On Saturday, August 29, both New York Red Bulls and New York Red Bulls II took the field to compete against their respective opponents, New England Revolution and Loudoun United FC.
In those matches, three out of the four teams had at least one player that played in the Red Bulls’ Regional Development School (RDS).
“This night was an important moment for players currently within our RDS and Pre-Academy systems, as for the first time, there were RDS alumni wherever they looked,” Senior Manager of Player Development Simon Barrow said. “We’ve had a number of former RDS players grace the MLS and USL stages before, but never on this scale, and only once before on opposing teams.