The New York Red Bulls have lost their best player. Tyler Adams, as has been completely expected for almost all of the season, has signed for Red Bull Leipzig.
The departure of the marauding midfielder is not a surprise. He has spoken of his desire to move to Europe at the end of the season, his former head coach, Jesse Marsch, is already an assistant coach at Leipzig, and the Red Bulls sports group have teams in different regions for precisely this reason: to acquire the best talent and funnel it into one team.