RBNY captain and heart again Sean Nealis, reflecting at the season, expressed pleasure in what the membership achieved in 2023. But he additionally highlighted their early-season woes, which contributed to move trainer Gerhard Struber and the membership mutually parting tactics in early May. Lesesne, in the past an assistant below the now-Red Bull Salzburg supervisor, took fee.
“The last few months, it kind of matured us,” Nealis mentioned. “We’re a young group in there, but we’ve matured a lot. We’re very disappointed ourselves, but we know going into next year we’ve got to start off strong. We’ve got to have momentum early on in the year so we can make a big playoff push. That’s the key: Have a good preseason and a good start to next season.”
From right here, various questions floor.
Does Lesesne keep in fee for 2024? Will Tolkin, a emerging US world, get his long-rumored switch to Europe? How a lot does the entrance administrative center, as has been floated, spend money on the roster? Can famous person attackers Dante Vanzeir and Lewis Morgan go back to top shape after present process season-ending surgical treatment? Is the RBNY method, with its prime urgent and competitive taste, a formulation that wins championships?
As solutions arrive, and MLS Cup desires stay unfulfilled, Lesesne takes pleasure in New York’s combating spirit.
“There is no quit in this group and that’s something that you have to respect,” Lesesne mentioned. “I do not believe that we get the dignity that we deserve always. Some of it is our personal doing. We want to struggle for extra admire.
“But when it comes to that type of mentality, I told the players this is something that will stay with them for the rest of their lives and it’s an important learning lesson in their careers. They can always stay true to that. And if you default to that type of mentality, you’re going to be alright.”