2022 New York Red Bulls season explained

The 2022 New York Red Bulls season was the club's twenty-seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States.

Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the regular season began early on February 26, 2022, and ended on October 9. The team ended their season on October 15, 2022, after losing to FC Cincinnati 1–2 in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Team information

Squad information

^{[1] [2]} Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Carlos Coronel		GK	29 December 1996	Red Bull Salzburg	71	0
18	Ryan Meara		GK		Fordham University	57	0
40	AJ Marcucci		GK		New York Red Bulls II	0	0
Defenders
4	Andrés Reyes		CB	9 August 1999	Atlético Nacional	33	2
6	Kyle Duncan		RB		Oostende (on loan)	86	5
12	Dylan Nealis		RB	30 July 1998	Nashville SC	34	1
15	Sean Nealis		CB	13 January 1997	Hofstra University	83	2
33	Aaron Long		CB	12 October 1992		175	14
47	John Tolkin		LB	31 July 2002	Academy	65	3
98	Hassan Ndam		CB	29 October 1998	New York Red Bulls II	5	0
Midfielders
8	Frankie Amaya		CM		FC Cincinnati	51	2
10	Lewis Morgan		RW/LW	30 September 1996	Inter Miami CF	37	18
16	Dru Yearwood		CM	17 February 2000	Brentford	70	3
17	Cameron Harper		RW/LW	19 November 2001	Celtic	26	2
19	Wikelman Carmona		CM	24 February 2003		26	1
21	Omir Fernandez		RW/LW	8 February 1999	Academy	91	11
22	Serge Ngoma		CM	9 July 2005	Academy	6	2
23			CM	20 January 2000	Deportivo La Guaira	106	14
30	Jesús Castellano		CM	22 March 2004	Yaracuyanos	1	0
37	Caden Clark		CM	27 May 2003		50	8
65	Steven Sserwadda		CM	28 August 2002	New York Red Bulls II	3	0
75	Daniel Edelman		CM	28 April 2003	Academy	19	1
82	Luquinhas		RW/LW	28 September 1996	Legia Warsaw	36	7
91	Bento Estrela		CM	10 February 2006	Academy	0	0
Forwards
9	Patryk Klimala		FW	5 August 1998	Celtic	61	14
11	Elias Manoel		FW		Grêmio (on loan)	7	2
28	Zach Ryan		FW	14 January 1999	Academy	7	1
74	Tom Barlow		FW	8 July 1995	New York Red Bulls II	96	14

Roster transactions

In

	Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Source
1						[3]
10						[4]
12						[5]
75			Academy	Homegrown Player		[6]
28			Academy	Homegrown Player		[7]
30				Undisclosed transfer		[8]
64				Free transfer		[9]
37				Loan until December 2022		[10]
82				Undisclosed transfer		[11]
7				Loan until December 2022		[12]
22			Academy	Homegrown Player		[13]
11			Watford	Loan until July 2022		[14]
6			Oostende	Loan until December 2022		[15]
11			Grêmio	Loan until December 2022		[16]
13			Houston Dynamo	Waivers		[17]
98			New York Red Bulls II	Free transfer		[18]

Out

	Pos.	Player	Signed by	Details	Date	Source
88			Cesena			[19]
20			Lviv
39			Swindon Town
77			Free agent
25			Esbjerg
6						[20]
27
5
7
37
44
9
64						[21]
67						[22]
11						[23]
24						[24]
2						[25]
7						[26]
13			Free agent			[27]

Total expenditure: $1,325,000

Total revenue: $0

Net income: $1,325,000

Draft picks

See main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft.

Round	Position	Player	College	Reference
1 (7)	DF	Matt Nocita	Naval Academy	[28]
1 (20)	FW	O'Vonte Mullings	Florida Gulf Coast	[29]
3 (71)	GK	Giannis Nikopolidis	Georgetown
3 (73)	MF	Seth Kuhn	Penn State

Preseason and Friendlies

Preseason matches were announced on January 18, 2022. The last three matches held in February are part of the Coachella Valley Invitational which will be hosted by LA Galaxy.^[30]

Friendlies

Major League Soccer season

See main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season.

Matches

Competitions summary

Competition	Record
MLS Regular Season
MLS Cup Playoffs
U.S. Open Cup
Total

Player statistics

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Top scorers

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1	MF	10	Lewis Morgan	14	1	3	18
2	MF	82	Luquinhas	5	0	2	7
3	FW	9	Patryk Klimala	5	0	1	6
	DF	33	Aaron Long	4	0	1	5
	FW	74	Tom Barlow	4	0	1	5
4	MF	21	Omir Fernandez	2	0	1	3
5	FW	11	Elias Manoel	2	0	0	2
	MF	16	Dru Yearwood	2	0	0	2
	MF	17	Cameron Harper	2	0	0	2
	MF	22	Serge Ngoma	2	0	0	2
	MF	23	Cristian Cásseres	2	0	0	2
	DF	47	John Tolkin	1	0	1	2
6	MF	8	Frankie Amaya	1	0	0	1
	DF	12	Dylan Nealis	0	0	1	1
	FW	28	Zach Ryan	0	0	1	1
	MF	37	Caden Clark	1	0	0	1
	MF	75	Daniel Edelman	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Total				50	1	12	63

As of October 15, 2022.

Assist Leaders

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1	MF	82	Luquinhas	3	0	3	6
2	FW	9	Patryk Klimala	3	0	2	5
3	MF	23	Cristian Cásseres	4	0	0	4
4	MF	8	Frankie Amaya	3	0	0	3
	MF	10	Lewis Morgan	3	0	0	3
	MF	17	Cameron Harper	2	0	1	3
	MF	21	Omir Fernandez	3	0	0	3
	DF	47	John Tolkin	3	0	0	3
5	DF	12	Dylan Nealis	2	0	0	2
	MF	16	Dru Yearwood	1	0	1	2
	DF	33	Aaron Long	0	0	2	2
6	FW	11	Elias Manoel	1	0	0	1
	MF	37	Caden Clark	1	0	0	1
Total				29	0	9	38

As of October 15, 2022.

Cleansheets

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1	GK	1	Carlos Coronel	8	0	1	9
2	GK	18	Ryan Meara	0	0	1	1
Total				8	0	2	10

As of October 15, 2022

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	MLS		Playoffs		Open Cup		Total
1	GK			2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF				4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
7	DF				6	0	0	0	1	1	7	1
8	MF				5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
9	FW			6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	MF				2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	FW			2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	DF				7	1	0	0	2	0	9	1
15	DF				6	1	0	0	3	0	9	1
16	MF			6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
17	MF				5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
21	MF			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF			10	0	0	0	1	1	11	1
24	DF				0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
28	FW				1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF				6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
37	MF			2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
47	DF				7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
74	FW				2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
75	DF				4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
82	MF			1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Totals				81	5	1	0	16	2	99	7

As of October 15, 2022.

Notes and References

1. http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/players Players
2. http://metrofanatic.com/team/players.jsp Roster
3. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Brazilian Goalkeeper Carlos Coronel. December 6, 2021.
4. Web site: New York Red Bulls Acquire Scottish Winger Lewis Morgan From Inter Miami CF. December 12, 2021.
5. Web site: New York Red Bulls Acquire Defender Dylan Nealis From Nashville SC. December 16, 2021.
6. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign New Jersey Native Daniel Edelman to Homegrown Deal. December 17, 2021.
7. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Stanford Forward Zach Ryan to a Homegrown Contract. January 20, 2022.
8. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Venezuelan Midfielder Jesús Castellano. January 20, 2022.
9. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Red Bulls II Forward Jake LaCava. January 20, 2022.
10. Web site: New York Red Bulls Move Up Allocation Order Via Two Trades; Add Caden Clark for 2022 MLS Season. February 9, 2022.
11. Web site: New York Red Bulls Acquire Brazilian Midfielder Luquinhas. February 16, 2022.
12. Web site: New York Red Bulls Bring Back Tom Edwards For 2022. February 17, 2022.
13. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Serge Ngoma to a Homegrown Deal. February 17, 2022. February 17, 2022.
14. Web site: New York Red Bulls Add Watford Striker Ashley Fletcher. February 17, 2022. February 28, 2022.
15. Web site: New York Red Bulls Add Defender Kyle Duncan on Loan from K.V. Oostende. August 5, 2022. August 5, 2022.
16. Web site: New York Red Bulls Add Brazilian Striker Elias Manoel on Loan from Grêmio. August 6, 2022. August 6, 2022.
17. Web site: New York Red Bulls Select Tyler Pasher Off Waivers. August 10, 2022. August 10, 2022.
18. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Defender Hassan Ndam to MLS Contract. September 3, 2022. September 3, 2022.
19. Web site: New York Red Bulls Announce End of Year Roster Decisions. December 1, 2021.
20. Web site: New York Red Bulls Announce End of Year Roster Decisions. November 25, 2021.
21. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Red Bulls II Forward Jake LaCava. January 20, 2022.
22. Web site: Red Bulls reserve forward Omar Sowe moves on loan to Iceland. March 12, 2022.
23. Web site: Ashley Fletcher returns to Watford FC after New York Red Bulls loan expires. mlssoccer.com. July 11, 2022. July 11, 2022.
24. Web site: New York Red Bulls Transfer Jason Pendant to Quevilly-Rouen Metropole. mlssoccer.com. July 12, 2022. July 12, 2022.
25. Web site: New York Red Bulls Mutually Agreed to Terminate Loan of Defender Lucas Monzón. July 18, 2022.
26. Web site: New York Red Bulls Mutually Agreed to Terminate Loan of Defender Tom Edwards . September 2, 2022.
27. Web site: New York Red Bulls Mutually Agreed to Terminate Contract of Tyler Pasher. September 2, 2022.
28. Web site: New York Red Bulls land Matthew Nocita after SuperDraft trades with Chicago, Montréal. January 11, 2021. January 11, 2021. Major League Soccer.
29. Web site: RBNY pick forward O’Vonte Mullings after SuperDraft trade with Seattle. January 11, 2021. January 11, 2021. Major League Soccer.
30. New York Red Bulls 2022 Preseason Will Feature in Florida and California. New York Red Bulls. January 18, 2022.