Bob Montgomery to be Appointed as Youth Director

Bob Montgomery is going to be named as Red Bull New York's youth director in the coming days.

Montgomery resigned as longtime coach of Adelphi University's soccer team earlier today.

This looks to be the end of a long mess created by the Red Bulls front office at the youth director position.

First came the very controversial firing of former MetroStars legend Giovanni Saverse from the position in March. The removing of Gio from the director position outraged many of the fans who have been with the club from the beginning because the only apparent reason he was fired was because he was not Red Bull blood. He was seemingly a "left-over" from the MetroStars era in the mind of the brass.

Now we don't know if that is the only reason for his firing, but that is what it appeared to the hardcore supporters and did well to taint the front office in their eyes.

The stain on the FO's shirt only grew bigger when they appointed Armen Simoniants to the youth director position, only to learn less than three weeks later that he had lied on his resume. Simoniants was fired on May 22.

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With all of the issues the brass has seemed to have with the youth director position, it seems they have finally got it right. Montgomery knows the area and has been head coach at Adelphi for almost thirty years. Saying this guy knows his youth soccer would be an understatement.

Montgomery will take over the best youth academy in the MLS and will have one of the richest talent pools in the country to choose from.

The fact that starting next year the Red Bulls can bring up players (2) from their youth academy makes this signing even more important towards the future. This has a direct effect on the future of the club. To put it bluntly; that is pretty cool and shows that RBNY and the league as a whole are becoming more sophisticated.