New York Red Bulls Tickets

The New York Red Bulls began play as a Major League Soccer charter club, once known as the New York/New Jersey MetroStars before the franchise was sold to Red Bull (and thus rebranded to its current identity) in 2006. The MetroStars entered the league with lofty expectations being New York’s only MLS club at the time, and had star power with the likes of Tab Ramos, Tony Meola, Juninho, and Carlos Valderrama – but it never quite came together on the field despite buzz and hype around the team. When Red Bull took over the club in 2006, the energy drink giant changed just about everything with the team and ushered in a new era of branding, payroll, and a soccer-specific stadium that would come a few years later.

First known as “Red Bull New York” and then later as “New York Red Bulls,” the club moved into Red Bull Arena – built across the Hudson River from New York City in Harrison, N.J., in 2010. The Red Bulls had played home matches for the previous 13 seasons at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. Since their ownership change and rebrand, the Red Bulls have been one of MLS’ most aggressive clubs in terms of acquiring star power (the likes of Thierry Henry, Sacha Kljestan and Bradley Wright-Phillips have worn the jersey in recent years) and constantly improving its roster. The Red Bulls are multiple-time winners of the MLS Supporters Shield and are accustomed to being near the top of the table in the Eastern Conference, as the club’s management and ownership group have stated numerous times that this is a team with annual championship aspirations and expectations.