Tim Parker and the intrepid quest for the right Red Bulls backline
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As fans in a salary-capped league increasingly seeking to become enmeshed in the global transfer market, Major League Soccer fans are used to key players leaving their club. While Tim Parker’s departure to Houston has some solid rationale on paper, many New York Red Bulls supporters will still feel a twinge in their heart to see him go. Although his last two seasons could be bumpy as the club stagnated, Parker’s stint in New York should be associated first and foremost with the success of the blistering 2018 shield-winning campaign.
Patrick Seagrist traded to Miami for draft pick, allocation money
Rookie left back struggled with injury after early season appearances
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The overhaul continues in Harrison.
New York Red Bulls announced a trade with Inter Miami FC for the contract rights to defender Patrick Seagrist, recently put on waivers after having his contract option declined by New York. His now-former club receives the princely sum of one third-round 2021 MLS SuperDraft selection and the potential for $50,000 in General Allocation Money provided “performance-based incentives are met.”
A Chicagoland native who played four years at Marquette University, Seagrist was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Then-sporting chief Denis Hamlett traded up to select the left back “we knew we liked” who provided necessary depth at what is arguably the most labor-intensive role in the high pressing system. Expectations might not have been great, but the mere existence o