This piece was published early in the morning of Tuesday, January 3, 2017. And it is to be hoped that it ceased to be relevant before the sun set on its first day of existence.
The New York Red Bulls have been relatively quiet up to this point in the MLS off-season. They have renewed a few contracts, allowed a few players to leave the club, lost Chris Duvall to the league's expansion process, ignored three drafts (waiver and two iterations of re-entry), and allowed very few whispers about their plans to retool the roster to leak out.