The New York Red Bulls Gazette
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 16 signed and 0 gone
That is the business done at New York Red Bulls until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Santiago Beltrán due for a New York Red Bulls medical
Everything agreed with River Plate, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Héctor Fort rejects the move
New York Red Bulls had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Real Sociedad, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Robert Voloder signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Robert Voloder and New York Red Bulls agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at New York Red Bulls
Robert Voloder was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kobe Franklin stays at Toronto FC as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. New York Red Bulls will try again when the window opens; Toronto FC may not be selling by then.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Robert Voloder gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for New York Red Bulls against Orlando City
0‑2 to Orlando City, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brenden Wright steps up from the New York Red Bulls academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brenden Wright has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market New York Red Bulls promote Brenden Sargent from within
- Market David Zardes steps up from the New York Red Bulls academy
- Market New York Red Bulls promote Daniel Zardes from within