HARRISON, N.J. (March 15, 2016) – The New York Red Bulls have waived midfielder Chris Thorsheim, the club announced today.

Thorsheim, who hails from Manalapan, N.J., was signed as a Homegrown Player in December of 2015. He totaled 80 career games for Bucknell with 20 goals and 18 assists. He was a three-time All-Patriot League honoree, including back-to-back nods to the First Team, and was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List in the lead up to the 2015 season.

Thorsheim was a member of the unbeaten 2014 New York Red Bulls U-23 team that won the NPSL National Championship. He scored four goals that season and returned to the U-23 squad again last Summer, scoring another four in 11 appearances in the PDL. Prior to Bucknell, he played for the Red Bulls U-18s.



The Red Bulls return home this Saturday, March 19 to take on the Houston Dynamo at 7 p.m. (TV: MSG2, MSG GO; Radio: Red Bulls Radio via TuneIn).

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Transaction: New York Red Bulls waive midfielder Chris Thorsheim on March 15, 2016.