The New York Red Bulls Gazette
Squad21 Dec 2026
Cameron Harper falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Emil Forsberg has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at New York Red Bulls will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Ahmed Longmire
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Andy Rojas wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and New York Red Bulls will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes Ethan Horvath a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at New York Red Bulls. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Michael Creek knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at New York Red Bulls, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The Andy Rojas story refuses to die
- Squad Word from the training ground: Erik Palmer-Brown
- Squad Cameron Johnson back in training