In what is becoming one of the club’s less savory traditions, Red Bull New York will be selecting a new squad captain for the third time in four years going into the 2020 season.
While many teams make accommodations for key veterans in order to retain their know-how and leadership skills, the combination of the MLS salary cap and the accelerated personnel turnover pursued by Red Bull’s global soccer scheme have been a lethal cocktail for recent Red Bulls skippers, leading to short tenures wearing the armband for Dax McCarty, Sacha Kljestan, and now Luis Robles.