History of the New York Red Bulls, MLS Franchise

The New York Red Bulls are a professional soccer team that currently play in Major League Soccer. Major League Soccer is the largest professional league for soccer in the United States and Canada. The club was founded in 1995 and they were one of the original MLS franchises that participated in the inaugural season of Major League Soccer. The team currently plays their home games for Major League Soccer in Giants Stadium. However, the construction of a new soccer specific stadium is underway. The name of this new soccer specific stadium is Red Bulls Park and is slated to open in 2010.

Giants stadium is their current home and it is capable of holding 80,522 soccer fans. Red Bulls Park will be holding closer to 22,000 fans which will allow for the entire stadium to fill up. This will ultimately create for a much more exciting soccer atmosphere for games. Red Bulls Arena is currently being constructed in Harison, NJ. The Red Bulls were known as the NY\NJ Metrostars all the way up until the 1998 season.

The New York Red Bulls have been one of the clubs throughout the history of MLS that have had more trouble winning post season games. However, in 2008 the New York Red Bulls managed to make it to the MLS Cup Final. In the 2008 MLS Final the New York Red Bulls were defeated by the Columbus Crew. There are several historical games and facts that you may be interested to know about the New York Red Bulls.

For example, Giovanni Saverese is the all time leading goal scorer for the New York Red Bulls. Saverese played for the team before 2000 when they were formerly known as the Metrostars. The first game that the New York Red Bulls ever played was against the Los Angeles Galxy on April 13^th 1996. This historic game took place at the Rose Bowl and the Red Bulls, the Metrostars at the time, were defeated by the LA Galaxy by a score of 2-1.

In recent years the New York Red Bulls have not managed to win any national championships or competitions. However, club officials are hoping that Red Bull Park gives their club the financial and emotional boost that they need to push further and win their first MLS Cup. Only time will tell as to how much of an impact Red Bull Park has on this New York soccer club.

The source of the information for this article was from web.mlsnet.com/t107/, the official website of the New York Red Bulls