According to Own Goal Nigeria, RBNY has signed 18-year-old attacker Jerome Philip (Philip Jerome)? He is currently a member of the Gee-Lec Academy of Jos. RBNY would be Philip's first professional team. OGN described him as "tall, lanky and deadly with the ball at his feet due to his searing pace".

"It wasn't easy picking a club for Jerome as we had offers from Norway and Czech Republic for him. He did well in various event that was held by agents and scouts in the last few months", Philip's agent told the website. "We settled for New York Red Bulls because of several indices but particularly due to the fact that I have given my word to the agent who brought the deal, Damani Ralph. The other options would have given us more money than the move to NYRB, but in life money isn't it all the time. He will join them next year before the start of the next MLS season."

According to Kristian Dyer, if signed, Philip would go to RBNY II.