The New York Red Bulls finished their already-over (it ended when RBNY's season started with CONCACAF Champions League on February 22) preseason with a 2-0 loss to New England Revolution in Desert Diamond Cup.
The squad representing RBNY in Arizona is the one from which this year's NYRB II roster is expected to emerge, and it was perhaps predictably beaten by a close-to-full-strength Revs.
#NERevs lineup vs. RBNY: Cropper; D. Smith, Angoua, Delamea, Farrell; Fagundez, Caldwell, Agudelo, Rowe; Nguyen, Kamara
— NewEnglandRevolution (@NERevolution) February 25, 2017
#RBNY Starting XI New England: Diaz; Batista, Schmoll, Ndam, Kutler; Bezecourt, Basuljevic, Muckette, Valot; Lewis, Fernandez #NEvNY
— NYRB II (@NYRBII) February 25, 2017
Despite the mismatch on paper, the II-teamers held their own against the Revs for long periods of the game.