John McCarthy

Goalkeeper - New York Red Bulls
3 Dec 2026
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13 Edition

The New York Red Bulls Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Oct 2026

Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at New York Red Bulls

Elliot Panicco and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Tim Parker is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Cameron Harper 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.

Market26 Oct 2026

The Justin Che question follows New York Red Bulls around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Justin Che’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Alec Kann has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Alec Kann has written the date down.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The New York Red Bulls Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, 37, rolls back the years — 8.33

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.33 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad28 Sep 2026

A falling-out at New York Red Bulls

Gianluca Busio and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match26 Sep 2026

New York Red Bulls come up short against Philadelphia Union

Philadelphia Union left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Emil Forsberg runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

No hiding place for John McCarthy

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to John McCarthy, and the manager let it.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Christian Aaronson to a room that had heard them before.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Tim Parker gives it away

There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. New York Red Bulls lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Tim Parker is still paying for one afternoon at New York Red Bulls

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Words at New York Red Bulls training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Ruiz is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

8 Edition

The New York Red Bulls Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Emil Forsberg

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at New York Red Bulls

Robert Voloder and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match19 Sep 2026

6 unbeaten for New York Red Bulls

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation New York Red Bulls did not have in the autumn.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.64 on the card, and the New York Red Bulls support went home talking about one name.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Christian Aaronson on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Christian Aaronson after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Somebody else is better right now than Cameron Harper

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

Match19 Sep 2026

Point won or two lost for New York Red Bulls?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Atlanta United FC? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Mohammed Sofo 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.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

John McCarthy faces his old club

Philadelphia Union next, and one man in the New York Red Bulls dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief