HARRISON, N.J. (September 29, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Red Bull New York II have signed Red Bulls Academy winger\u00a0Sean Baitinger to a one-and-a-half-year MLS NEXT Pro contract through the 2027-28 season, which goes into effect on January 1, 2027, the club announced today.<\/p>\n
\u201cSean\u2019s journey to earning his first professional contract with us is an inspiring one and we are happy to provide him with the platform to follow his goal of a professional soccer career,\u201d said Technical Director Tiger Fitzpatrick. \u201cHe\u2019s made wonderful strides since joining the RB II squad this year and continues to progress daily, which is a testament to his positive attitude and growth mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old made his MLS NEXT Pro debut on May 17, subbing on in the 80th minute against New York City FC II at MSU Soccer Park.<\/p>\n
Baitinger scored his first career MLS NEXT Pro goal in a 5-0 victory against Toronto FC II on June 21 at MSU Soccer Park. In the same match, he became the youngest in club history to record two assists in a match at 17 years and 284 days old.<\/p>\n
In a 2-1 victory against Columbus Crew 2 on August 8 at Historic Crew Stadium, he became the fourth youngest in club history to record a brace at 17 years and 331 days old.<\/p>\n
Overall, the winger has recorded five goals and six assists across 18 matches, logging 1,220 minutes. His 11 goal contributions are the fifth highest at the club this season.<\/p>\n
Baitinger joined the Red Bulls Academy in 2025. Prior to joining the club, the 18-year-old was a part of Sacramento Republic FC.<\/p>\n
\u201cSean is another player who has made great strides over the past few months,\u201d said Head Coach Dominik Wohlert. \u201cHe can play multiple positions and brings a very interesting skillset to the table. We\u2019re excited that he\u2019s continuing on this path us.\u201d<\/p>\n
TRANSACTION: Red Bull New York II have signed Red Bulls Academy winger Sean Baitinger to a one-and-a-half-year MLS NEXT Pro contract, which goes into effect on January 1, 2027, through the 2027-28 season on September 29, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISON, N.J. (September 29, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Red Bull New York II have signed Red Bulls Academy winger\u00a0Sean Baitinger to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5075,9,24,55,54,5076,56],"class_list":["post-359799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-mls-next-pro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-red-bulls-ii","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}