Was the halfway point of the 34-game MLS season technically a couple weeks ago? Sure.
Are the New York Red Bulls lining up extra games in the cup and postseason left and right with their solid play? Seems so.
So we’ll go ahead and mark now, ahead of the team’s 20th league game of 2022, as the halfway point of a season that has developed a much broader scope than last year for the Red Bulls. It’s been a successful enough season that singling out award winners is the best kind of difficult, but I did my best:
Player of the year: Frankie Amaya
At the end of last season it wasn’t entirely clear that Frankie Amaya had a future in New York at all.