Bermuda international Khano Smith has been cast into the footballing wilderness after having his contract cancelled by struggling MLS team New York Red Bulls.

The 28-year-old failed to make an impression at Giants Stadium, making only eight first team appearances following a move from Seattle Sounders at the start of the season.

Smith arrived at the Big Apple-based club with plenty of promise having impressed Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osario while playing for New England Revolution.

But after a string of uninspiring performances the ex-Dandy Town player was shunted onto the club's non-protected players list last month, giving Red Bulls the power to waiver his contract at any time.

It leaves him facing an uncertain future at the professional level with a return to Revolution seeming unlikely considering Steve Nicol's side are well-stocked in Smith's position with Kenny Mansally particularly impressing on the left wing this term.

A frustrated Smith voiced his discontent at being dropped from Red Bulls' starting line-up back in May and admitted that Osario had spoken to him about his inconsistent form, but refused to expand on their conversation.

"I just come here and try to do my best," said Smith. "I'm not playing, of course I'm not happy.

"We discussed it. I don't want to talk about it. You can ask him. Maybe he'll want to tell you.

"But he told me the reason for it last week. I'll keep that between him and me. If he wants to tell you, he can tell you.'"

In an exclusive interview with The Royal Gazette earlier this season Osario demanded more from his under-performing winger.

He said: "He's still not the Khano that I think he can be. In isolated situations he needs to take his defender one-on-one and produce more for us when we are attacking.

"As an individual player we need to find a little more from him particularly in the attacking third."

Smith finished on the wrong end in two successive MLS Cup finals at New England Revolution during his four year-stint at the Boston-based outfit.

From there he joined MLS new-boys Sounders where he spent a few weeks during pre-season before signing a lucrative $120,000 a-year contract with Red Bulls, who are currently bottom of the Eastern Conference.