While they might not yet be the blockbusters and big names some fans are baying for, the New York Red Bulls have been busy filling out their depth chart as preseason gets underway.
On Thursday the Red Bulls made three different varieties of youth signings, inking Zach Ryan, Jesús Castellano, and Jake LaCava to MLS contracts. However, the status of each player’s origin and immediate future differs significantly in ways that bring the club’s plans more into focus.
First chronologically was the signing of Ryan, the Stanford forward and former PAC-12 player of the year.