While the overhaul of the New York Red Bulls first team continues this offseason, the changes at youth and reserve level continue to be even more rapid.
According to Jeremiah Oshan of Sounder At Heart, Seattle Sounders academy director Gary Lewis has left the club to take a new job as head coach of the New York Red Bulls II reserve side. Lewis will be replacing longtime Red Bulls player and official John Wolyniec, who left the role at the end of 2021.
Like Red Bulls sporting chief Kevin Thelwell, Lewis is originally from the English province of Cheshire, and his coaching career began in nearby Merseyside where he served as a youth coach at Everton before spending six years as head of youth development at rivals Liverpool.