The Major League Soccer website has this nice feature where they provide a summary of the current rosters for each team. Sometimes there can be some interesting information that’s overlooked. Hat tip to Jermiah Oshan of Sounder at Heart for finding this.
Every team in MLS gets eight international slots for their roster each year. The New York Red Bulls though, have a permanent ninth slot. What does permanent mean?
This slot, according to the MLS website, was acquired from the Houston Dynamo in 2009. The screen shot below is from the Red Bull roster page, which was last updated on July 28th.