On the one hand 2016 has already featured the 7-0 win in the Bronx, a somewhat successful run in the CCL (over 3 games, but still) and the team sitting in contention for 1st in the East while BWP leads the league in goals and Kljestian leads the league in assists, which hasn't happened in MLS since the Miami Fusion / Tampa Bay Mutiny days despite the club's various injuries/difficulties.
On the other suffering 6 losses in first 7 games, the 5 blown 2-goal leads (including twice to DC), and the first ever loss to Boy City are all frustrating aspects of a 2016 in which the captain went down injured, as well as the longest tenured homegrown player (during a season in which Lade was blossoming) and the depth in central defense has been decimated in a season that has somehow seen Red Bull stay in contention.