5 New York Red Bulls U-15’s to watch at MLS Next Cup

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The New York Red Bulls U-15's enter this tournament as one of the top teams in the country having won their division and showing well at GA Cup. The headline names on this team include [player_tooltip player_id='100088' first='Aidan' last='Stokes'] in goal, who signed a pro contract this year, and [player_tooltip player_id='100096' first='Julian' last='Hall'] up top, who recently notched his first professional goal and assist in a MLS Next Pro match vs New England Revolution 2. However, top to bottom this team is full of talent 2008 and 2009 born talent that the Red Bull staff are super high on.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='271295' first='Eric' last='Tai']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"null","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"101","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"New York Red Bulls","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='271295' first='Eric' last='Tai'] is a left footed center back who joined New York Red Bulls this spring after recovering from an ACL injury that had him out for over a year. 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