Off-Season Roster Moves: Trades, Free Agents, MLS Draft and Academy

He'd certainly be an upgrade for us but where did you see the rumor that we're interested?

 

Twitter. Lol, I know, hardly reliable.

 

I think Marco Pappa would be a great addition. He always struck me as a dangerous player.

 

Daigo Kobayashi is available now after having his option declined by Vancouver. I would love him in New York.

 

Oh and Brad Rusin is available now. Good back-up option for a team with potentially 2 over 30 starting CBs.

 

Marco Pappa would be very interesting.

Pass on Kobayashi. He was very disappointing in Vancouver and for the type of money he would command I think we could do better.

Former Metro Corey Hertzog was also cut by Vancouver.

 

Zach lloyd was cut from Dallas. I think he would be a great signing and can fill in the RB or CB role

 

Wonder how much of a raise from last year's $90k he was asking for, had to be a decent amount if Dallas didn't want to renegotiate. Petke's on record saying that he wants attack-minded fullbacks though, so not sure if Loyd would offer much more in that department than any of the guys we had this year.

 

I dont think Hertzog would be interested in coming back to the team that gave him the boot--i've got nothing specific to base that on, only human psychology. Then again if he isn't getting nay interest from other teams and the choice is between coming back to Red bull or not working at all, i think he would prefer getting paid.

 

Do you think Sekagya will be getting his walking papers soon ?

 

Nope.
http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/redbulls2.php?article_id=35817

 

I'm not an advocate for throwing anyone out, but the decisions the front office makes sometimes leave me (and i suspect others) saying "huh?". So we keep the playoff "goat" but get rid of a hard worker like barklage? Ok so maybe it's harsh and unprofessional to base everything on one game. So let's say Sekagya had a good season, was he as valuable to the team as Barklage was? (keeping in mind Sekagya came in during the summer transfer window while Barklage was there since day 1).

Oh well, I give up trying to figure it all out. Hopefully the team will make some shrewd acquisitions in the offseason.

 

"The goat" is a very solid centerback, while Barkledge just isn't up to the level he should be to be kept. Not that he's not quality player, but in Petke's depth chart he is a 3rd string RB with another one possibly on their way in.

 

Still can't get over the thought that going into this season we thought fullback would be the one position we WOULDN'T need help with, and now its turned into priority #1 in the off season.

 

This year's re-entry draft is lining up to be a great one, a whole lot of quality players up for grabs. Chavez from SJ is in the mix, he'd certainly address Petke's wish for speed and attacking prowess on the wings.

 

Judging by Petke's comments about an attacking LB we can probably expect for Roy Miller to remain our starting LB for next season

 

Reddit mate... reddit.

 

I would not mind that. Miller was good last season after what I would call a breakdown.

 

http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2013/12/red-bulls-sign-alexander-kimura-luyindula-new-contracts

Kimura and Luyindula are definitely staying then.

 

But wasnt Luyindula the second coming of Kandji??
He was initally hired to be a target man but it looks like now now he is being re-signed to be an assists guy.

 

Alexander too but I guess nobody ever really doubted that. Gotta figure he's getting a pay bump from $70k after the amount of minutes played this year.

Still a bit upset at choosing Kimura over Barklage, but to me "restructuring" his contract sounds like he's at least taking a paycut.

Luyindula is a bit of a mystery though. He went from making millions at PSG to only $80k last year, I can't imagine he'd be happy to continue at such a low salary. On the flip side, he's only getting older and is clearly considered to be a bench player by the coaching staff, so how much more is he really worth?