There have been a few key contributors to the New York Red Bull's success this season: Bradley Wright-Phillips, the league leader in goals; Sacha Kljestan, the league leader in assists; Luis Robles, the league leader in shutouts. All three of those players have seen their contributions acknowledged in the league's end-of-season awards shortlists.
But the turning point of RBNY's year - which had once seemed destined to be a bust, or at best a struggle to be adequate - was arguably the acquisition of Aurelien Collin.
The Red Bulls picked up Collin in late April.