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The midfielder has completed a move from New York Red Bulls to the team’s sister club in Leipzig. It is the culmination of a long-held dream
Soon after Tyler Adams signed his first senior contract with the New York Red Bulls in 2015, he went on a two-week trip to the team’s sister clubs in Leipzig, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. He stayed in the same building as the Leipzig academy players and trained with the under-19 team, playing in a few friendlies while he was there. It was more than just a valuable experience, as his teammate in New York – and roommate on the trip – Sean Davis noted: “I think that’s when Tyler fell in love there.”
Adams has been working, and hoping, for a move to Leipzig ever since, and he made it official on Sunday. He joins a growing contingent of young US men’s national team players in the Bundesliga. It also keeps Adams in a familiar spot: after playing and excelling in New York with the pressing system the Red Bull clubs share, it seems like the higher-ups in Germany feel the defensive midfielder is ready for the plans they have for him. That said, Adams had been getting ready in other ways as he patiently waited for a career-changing move.
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