RBNY TRAINING REPORT –
TUESDAY, JULY 7
After training at the RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center in Morris Township, N.J. on Tuesday, Head Coach Michael Bradley spoke with the media.
The full interview is attached here: The Facebook Page of Soccer Long IslandMagazine
Red Bull New York Head Coach Michael Bradley
On taking advantage of the break…
We said from day one that we were going to take advantage of every day, that we were going to use this unique opportunity of a second preseason and really maximize it. MLS is always a league where the teams that can really find their form and find momentum in the second part of the season as you get into that last stretch run of games, those are the teams that historically do really well.
On Red Bull II and the pathway…
We're always going to be a club that tries to take advantage of the pathway from our academy to the second team to right on into the first team. It's a fun group to watch. The results have been good, even if that is never the most important thing with Red Bull. We still want to have a team that steps on the field to win, steps on the field to compete, steps on the field to play the football that we want, but does it all in a way that develops our young players and prepares them for the next step of the first team.
On being the top destination for youth players…
We want to be a club that provides opportunity for the most talented young players in this area. We're really lucky that when you think about New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, a tri-state area, like the diversity of talent, the population density, like you name it, everything is there for us to have the best academy and the best young players of any club in the country. We want to be a club that develops young players, plays young players, and wins with young players, and does all of that in a way that also moves them along for the next step in their career.
