Much ballyhooed trialist Miguel Ibarra will not be signing with the New York Red Bulls after all.

A little over a week into their preseason training camp, New York have declared the Ecuadorian international surplus goods and will move on to Jacksonville without him.

“Ibarra, we could see some quality in him,” admits head coach Mike Petke said. “However, having said that, it doesn’t look like we’re going to move forward with Ibarra. I feel that with [Richard] Eckersley signing, with Kosuke [Kimura] returning, being comfortable with Kosuke and what he brings, and the prospect of someone like [Chris] Duvall, who hopefully in the next 30 days before the season starts will establish himself, we didn’t feel a need to keep Ibarra.

“We thanked him very much for his work and coming and stuff. So, Ibarra, it looks like we’re going to part ways with.”

A 29-year-old New York City native, Ibarra offered the Red Bulls their most experienced trialist of this year’s bunch. He has earned four caps with Ecuador and is considered one of the better attacking fullbacks of the Ecuadorian Serie A.

While Petke was forthright about Ibarra’s situation, he was equally eager to point out the successes of another trialist.

“We also have Tyler Polak who was with the Revolution over the last year,” he said. “He is somebody who I remember back to the combine last year being impressive and he’s done some good things. Has he done enough to jump on him right and sign a contract? No, but he has done enough that we want him to come back in camp for the remainder and continue to take a look at him.”

Aside from his prime trialists, Petke praised the work of draft picks Chris Duvall and Eric Stevenson, but added, “In no way shape or form is anyone guaranteed a contract at this point but the players that we are bringing back are doing enough of the right things for me to have a look at them.”