A long-rumored move that began as a tampering tussle ended with a trick tweet on Tuesday afternoon.
At the close of a sponsored “pass the phone challenge” tweet on the official New York Red Bulls Twitter account, the final player to address the fans was none other than Franuel “Frankie” Amaya. Moments later it was confirmed that Amaya, a 20-year-old midfielder who was the first overall pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, had joined the Red Bulls from FC Cincinnati for a $950,000 allocation fee that could eventually increase to $1,075,000.
NEWS: We've acquired Frankie Amaya and signed him to a new @MLS contract!