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| Nicknames | Baby Bulls Baby Metro Dos Toros | ||
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| Founded | January 21, 2015; 11 years ago (January 21, 2015)[1] | ||
| Stadium | MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Sports Illustrated Stadium (Select home games) | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 (MSU Soccer Park) 25,000 (Sports Illustrated Stadium) | ||
| Owner | Red Bull GmbH | ||
| Sporting Director | Julian de Guzman | ||
| Head coach | Dominik Wohlert | ||
| League | MLS Next Pro | ||
| 2025 | 1st, Eastern Conference Playoffs: Champions | ||
| Website | newyorkredbulls | ||
 Current season | |||
TheNew York Red Bulls II is an American professionalsoccer team based inMontclair, New Jersey. They are the reserve team of theNew York Red Bulls and play inMLS Next Pro, the third tier in theAmerican soccer pyramid.
As of 2025, Red Bulls II is the only team to ever win both theUSL Championship (then known as the United Soccer League) and MLSNP championships.
Red Bull New York II were founded on January 21, 2015, when theNew York Red Bulls acquired the rights to start aUSL club. Red Bulls II competes in the second tier of American soccer and serves as a reserve side for the first team as well as a developmental stage for young prospects and academy players. The club follows in the footsteps of manyMLS clubs who created USL sides to help promote youth development throughout the nation.[2]
It was announced on March 2, 2015, that former MetroStars and Red Bulls player,John Wolyniec would be the club's new head coach. Wolyniec previously served as an assistant coach to the senior team and the academy. Former Red Bulls defender,Ibrahim Sekagya will also serve on his coaching staff.[3]
On March 19, 2015, the soccer club announced the signing of their first-ever player, and former academy standout,Tyler Adams.[4] Following their first signing, the club's first roster consisted of senior team players who were loaned down, draft picks, academy players and local trialists.[5] A week later, on March 28, the club played in their inaugural match, drawing 0–0 against theRochester Rhinos.[6] Senior team loanee,Anatole Abang scored the club's first ever goal in a 4–1 victory againstToronto FC II, marking the first victory in club history.[7]
A New York Red Bulls team composed mostly of NYRB II players defeatedChelsea F.C. in a friendly on July 22, 2015.[8]
After spending the majority of the 2015 and 2016 season playing atRed Bull Arena, the club announced on May 10, 2016, that their new home field would be atMontclair State University'sMSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field starting in 2017.[9]
The club won their first ever trophy[10] on September 7, 2016, claiming the Regular Season Title (the equivalent of theSupporters' Shield) 4–1 victory atHarrisburg City Islanders.[11] On October 23, Red Bulls II won their first USL Cup after a 5–1 victory againstSwope Park Rangers atRed Bull Arena.[12]
For the abbreviated2020 USL Championship season, due to the globalCOVID-19 pandemic, Red Bulls II are playing home matches at Red Bull Arena with no fans in attendance.[13]
On February 7, 2022, the club appointed Gary Lewis as new head coach.[14] However, amid a dismal first season that saw the team win just three of 34 games, Lewis was fired in July.[15] Assistant coachIbrahim Sekagya was named interim coach.
MLS announced that it would be one of the new eight teams to joinMLS Next Pro in 2023.[16]
Sekagya, who had been with the team as an assistant since its founding in 2015, was named the full-time head coach to start the 2023 season.[17] New York made the playoffs and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 2023 before falling toNew England Revolution II.
In 2024, they failed to make the postseason but re-established their reputation for promoting players to first team action, asRoald Mitchell,Ibrahim Kasule,AJ Marcucci,Omar Valencia andMohammed Sofo all made their debuts for the first team in either 2024 or 2025.
After a first half of 2025 that saw the team top the overall table through their first 13 games, Sekagya was promoted to a full-time assistant coach for the first team, after doing double duty with both teams through the previous 18 months.[18] Sekagya was replaced by former US international and ex-MetroStarMichael Bradley.[19]
Red Bulls II finished atop both the Eastern Conference and the Northeast Division, securing the No. 1 seed in the East and placing second overall in the league table.[20][21] In the postseason, New York won the Eastern Conference playoffs and then captured the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro Cup, defeating Colorado Rapids 2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw at Sports Illustrated Stadium.[22][23] Following the title, Bradley signed with Red Bull New York, becoming head coach of the club’s first team.[24]
The team-recognized, fan organized supporters group of Red Bulls II was The Rampage, founded by members of the New York Red Bulls supporters club Viking Army.[25] The Rampage stopped operations after the Red Bulls II last home USL Championship game in September 2022 following the decision to not support the team after they moved the club to MLS Next Pro, a league dedicated for the MLS reserves teams to develop players.
| Season | USL Championship | Play-offs | U.S. Open Cup | Top Scorer | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Position | Player | Goals | |||||
| 2015 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 45 | 42 | 4th (East) | Conference Semifinals | 2R |  Marius Obekop | 6 | ||
| 2016 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 21 | 69 | 1st (East)* | Champions | Not eligible (MLS Reserve Team) |  Brandon Allen | 21 | ||
| 2017 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 60 | 44 | 7th (East) | Conference Finals | Stefano Bonomo | 13 | |||
| 2018 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 59 | 52 | 5th (East) | Conference Finals |  Amando MorenoBrian White | 10 | |||
| 2019 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 51 | 57 | 6th (East) | Conference Quarterfinals | Jared Stroud | 15 | |||
| 2020 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 14th (East) 3rd (Group F) | Did not qualify |  Omar Sowe | 7 | |||
| 2021 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 42 | 67 | 28 | 14th (East) 7th (Atlantic) | Did not qualify | Omar Sowe | 8 | |||
| 2022 | 34 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 24 | 76 | 15 | 14th (East) | Did not qualify | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | 7 | |||
| Season | MLS Next Pro | Play-offs | U.S. Open Cup | Top Scorer | ||||||||||
| P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Position | Player | Goals | |||||
| 2023 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 51 | 4th (Eastern) | Conference Semifinals | Not eligible (MLS Reserve Team) |  Ibrahim Kasule | 15 | ||
| 2024 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 61 | 40 | 11th (Eastern) | Did not qualify | 2R |  Roald Mitchell | 8 | ||
| 2025 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 56 | 58 | 1st (Eastern) | Champions | Not eligible (MLS Reserve Team) |  Nehuén Benedetti | 11 | ||
*Regular season title winners
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | L | D | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wolyniec |  United States | February 14, 2015 | December 10, 2021 | 236 | 108 | 84 | 44 | 045.76 |
| Gary Lewis |  England | February 7, 2022 | July 2, 2022 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 005.88 |
| Ibrahim Sekagya | Uganda | July 2, 2022 | June 16, 2025[27] | 94 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 050.00 |
| Michael Bradley | United States | June 17, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 071.43 |
| Year | Pos | Player | Country | Honor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | FW | Brandon Allen | United States | All-League First Team |
| USL Cup MVP | ||||
| USL Rookie of the Year | ||||
| DF | Aaron Long | United States | USL Defender of the Year | |
| All-League First Team | ||||
| 2017 | MF | Vincent Bezecourt |  France | All-League Second Team |
| 2019 | Jared Stroud | United States | All-League First Team | |
| 2023 | Ibrahim Kasule | Uganda | MLS Next Pro Best XI | |
| 2025 | Nehuén Benedetti | Argentina | MLS Next Pro Best XI |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | DF |  PAN | Aimar Modelo(on loan fromCA Independiente) |
| 55 | GK | USA | Austin Causey |
| 56 | DF | USA | Matthew Dos Santos |
| 62 | MF | USA | Paul Sokoloff |
| 80 | MF | USA | Nate Worth |
| 91 | FW | PAN | Mijahir Jiménez(on loan fromC.D. Plaza Amador) |
| — | GK | USA | Tomas Hut |
| — | MF |  MLI | Sekone Kone(on loan fromYeelen Olympique) |
| — | MF | MLI | Makan Sissoko(on loan fromYeelen Olympique) |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | MF | USA | Aidan O'Connor(atVancouver FC) |
| # | Name | Career | USL | Playoffs | Open Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Konrad Plewa | 2015–2016 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 54 |
| Dan Metzger | 2015–2017 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 54 | |
| 2 |  Derrick Etienne | 2015–2019 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 47 |
| 3 | Brandon Allen | 2016–2017 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| 4 |  Devon Williams | 2015–2016 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
| 5 | Stefano Bonomo | 2015–2018 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 37 |
 Tim Schmoll | 2016–2017 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 37 | |
| Vincent Bezecourt | 2016–2019 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 37 |
Boldsignifies current Red Bulls II player
| # | Name | Career | USL | Playoffs | Open Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Allen | 2016–2017 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 2 | Jared Stroud | 2018–2020 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Stefano Bonomo | 2015–2018 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Tom Barlow | 2018–2019 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 | |
| 4 | Junior Flemmings | 2016–2017 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Vincent Bezecourt | 2016–2019 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Florian Valot | 2016–2021 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Derrick Etienne | 2015–2017 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Boldsignifies current Red Bulls II player
| National | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons | Runner-up |
| MLS Next Pro | |||
| MLSNP Cup (Tier 3) | 1 | 2025 | - |
| MLSNP Supporters' Shield | 0 | - | 2025 |
| MLSNP Eastern Conference (Regular Season) | 1 | 2025 | - |
| MLSNP Eastern Conference (Playoffs) | 1 | 2025 | - |
| MLSNP Northeast Division | 1 | 2025 | - |
| USL Championship | |||
| USLC Cup (Tier 3) | 1 | 2016 | - |
| USLC Players' Shield | 1 | 2016 | - |
| USLC Eastern Conference (Regular Season) | 1 | 2016 | - |
| USLC Eastern Conference (Playoffs) | 1 | 2016 | 2017,2018 |
