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The Red Bulls held training on Tuesday, their first of two training sessions in New Jersey before departing for extended training camp in Argentina, and there was one glaring absence. Red Bulls head coach Juan Carlos Osorio wasn't there.
Osorio is in Central America on a scouting mission, with defenders at the top of his wish list. The club would not reveal where Osorio was, but the chances are good he is in Honduras or Costa Rica.
Here are some other notes from Red Bulls training on Wednesday:
Another player missing from training was David Roth, who sources tell SBI has been waived. A fourth-round pick in 2008, Roth saw his rookie season marred by a major knee injury.
Rookie goalkeeper Alec Dufty was the lone trialist from the team's January tryout to make it to this portion of camp. The other trialists, including Eric Brunner and Scott Palguta, are gone.
Khano Smith took part in his first training session with the Red Bulls since being acquired from Seattle in a trade for allocation money. The long-time New England winger is definitely the biggest field player the Red Bulls have now, at least until rookie Babajide Ogunbiyi shows up (if he ever shows up).
That's all for now. I will add more in a bit.
