“When you lose your head coach, it’s now everyone playing for their jobs,” Tim Parker said after the New York Red Bulls’ 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union in September.
Parker was right, especially with Gerhard Struber coming in as the New York Red Bulls’ new head coach. With the team rotating the roster and evaluating talent while waiting for Struber’s full installation, everyone is back on the starting line in the race for a roster spot, While it’s expected that Struber will demand senior signings of his preference this offseason, his background adhering to the Red Bull football ethos (including a stint in charge of Salzburg’s reserve team FC Liefering) means he might take a long look at some of the best young players in the New York’s USL reserve team.