Red Bulls trade captain Kljestan

For the second straight year the Red Bulls traded away their team captain.

After dealing Dax McCarty last offseason, they shipped Sacha Kljestan and $150,00 of targeted allocation money to Orlando for striker/midfielder Carlos Rivas and centerback Tommy Redding.

The move was first reported by ESPN and confirmed by The Post. It also was a case of the Red Bulls cashing in on win-now Orlando’s desperation to land a pair of young assets. Kljestan led the league in assists the past two seasons and will ably replace retiring Brazilian icon Kaka; but he’s 32, set to make well over $1 million and is going into the final year of his contract.

Moving Kljestan — suspended for the first two games of the season — opens $500,000 in cap room. And the reshaping of the team is still ongoing.

The Red Bulls added Redding, 20, and Rivas, 23, both promising talents.

Redding was part of the U.S. Under-20 national team at last year’s U-20 World Cup, alongside young Red Bulls standout Tyler Adams.

Rivas arrived in Orlando as a young Designated Player on a $1.5 million transfer, notching five goals and five assists in 1,960 minutes last season.

The Colombian won’t count as a DP or even an international player since he has a green card. He can serve as a second striker or play wide left.

In an unrelated move, the Red Bulls reached agreement with Argentine side Atletico Huracan on a club-record $6.25 million transfer fee for Alejandro Romero Gamarra.