Yes and no. Imports do come in and bust every year, but the field of quality teams is getting larger and larger while Red Bull is chasing after defenders, goalies and high schoolers.
Would you take Red Bull's current top 3 attackers of White, Royer and Clark over any of these groups found in other eastern conference teams?
Zardes, Zelarayan, Santos
Pryzybylko, Bedoya, Montiero
Akinola, Pozuelo, Piatti
Bou, Bunbury, Gil
Martinez, Barco, Moreno
Higuain, Morgan, Pizarro
Nani, Mueller, Dike
I wouldn't. And any of those guys mentioned above would walk into the Red Bulls starting lineup. They aren't all MLS Cup winners but their respective clubs are putting themselves in a much better chance to win by having them.
the right comparison group i think is Clark, Royer, Fabio. But still a good question nontheless. I dont think anyone here thinks we dont need an attacker DP to supplement what we have. But i also agree with Eric that our defense and midfield is better than a lot of people on here think.
We need that attacker to be more than a fringe playoff team.