New York Red Bulls

The New York Red Bulls are an American soccer team. They play in Major League Soccer in Harrison, New Jersey. Until 2006, they were known as the MetroStars. Their homeground is the Red Bull Arena in Harrison.

New York Red Bulls

Full name	New York Red Bulls
Nickname(s)	Red Bulls, Metro
Founded	1995 (as NY/NJ MetroStars)
Ground	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
Capacity	25,189
Manager	Gerhard Struber
League	Major League Soccer
2020/21	Eastern Conference: 7th Playoffs: 1st round
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1995 by John Werner Kluge and Stuart Subotnick, two managers for MetroMedia, under the name MetroStars. The club was a founding member of Major League Soccer. In 2006 the team was sold to the Austrian company Red Bull and renamed the New York Red Bulls. The team is the only one in the MLS which never reached a major title. There were a lot of well-known soccer players on the team from all over the world such as Roberto Donadoni, Lothar Matthäus (FIFA World Cup 1990, UEFA Champion 1980), Adolfo Valencia, Youri Djorkaeff, Amado Guevara, Juan Pablo Angel,Daniel Rodriguez, Thierry Henry, and Rafael Márquez.

Current squad

As of December 16, 2021

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
2	Defender	Lucas Monzón (on loan from Danubio)	Uruguay
4	Defender	Andrés Reyes	Colombia
7	Defender	Tom Edwards (on loan from Stoke City)	England
8	Midfielder	Frankie Amaya	United States
10	Forward	Patryk Klimala (DP)	Poland
13	Goalkeeper	Carlos Coronel	Brazil
15	Defender	Sean Nealis	United States
16	Midfielder	Dru Yearwood	England
17	Forward	Cameron Harper	United States
18	Goalkeeper	Ryan Meara	United States
19	Midfielder	Wikelman Carmona	Venezuela
21	Midfielder	Omir Fernandez (HG)	United States
23	Midfielder	Cristian Cásseres	Venezuela
24	Defender	Jason Pendant	France
27	Midfielder	Sean Davis (HG)	United States
33	Defender	Aaron Long	United States
40	Goalkeeper	AJ Marcucci	United States
47	Defender	John Tolkin (HG)	United States
67	Forward	Omar Sowe	Gambia
74	Forward	Tom Barlow	United States
91	Midfielder	Bento Estrela (HG)	United States
—	Midfielder	Lewis Morgan	Scotland
—	Defender	Dylan Nealis	United States

Captains

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Name	Years
Peter Vermes	1996
Tony Meola	1997–1998, 2006
Tab Ramos	1999–2002
Eddie Pope	2003–2004
Amado Guevara	2005, 2006
Youri Djorkaeff	2005–2006
Claudio Reyna	2007–2008
Juan Pablo Ángel	2008–2010
Thierry Henry	2011–2014
Dax McCarty	2015–2016
Sacha Kljestan	2017
Luis Robles	2018–2019
Sean Davis	2020–2021

|align="left"| Aaron Long||2021–2022 |} |align="left"| Sean Nealis||2022–Present |}

International players

Former players Tony Meola, Tab Ramos, Tim Howard, Alexi Lalas, Clint Mathis, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Claudio Reyna, Eddie Pope, and Tim Ream have all played for the U.S. national team. Current players Juan Agudelo,Daniel Rodriguez, Dax McCarty, and Kenny Cooper have also played for the USMNT.

Achievements

• MLS Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• Supporters' Shield (best regular-season record)
  • Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2018
• MLS Eastern Conference
  • Winners (Regular Season) (2): 2000, 2010
• MLS Western Conference
  • Winners (Playoff) (1): 2008
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2003
• Minor Trophies
  • Atlantic Cup (2): 2003, 2010
  • Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic (1): 2010

Head coaches

• Eddie Firmani (1996)
• Carlos Queiroz (1996)
• Carlos Alberto Parreira (1997)
• Alfonso Mondelo (1998)
• Bora Milutinović (1998–99)
• Octavio Zambrano (2000–02)
• Bob Bradley (2003–05)
• Mo Johnston (2005–06)
• Richie Williams (2006), (Interim)
• Bruce Arena (2006–07)
• Juan Carlos Osorio (2008–09)
• Richie Williams (2009), (Interim)
• Hans Backe (2010–2012)
• Mike Petke (2013-2014)
• Jesse Marsch (2015-2017)
• Chris Armas (2018-2020)
• Bradley Carnell (2020)
• Gerhard Struber (2020- present)

Gallery

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  Red Bull Arena, Harrison
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  Red Bull Arena, Harrison
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  Thierry Henry
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  Former headcoach Hans Backe
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  Headcoach Gerhard Struber
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  Former headcoach Bruce Arena

References

1. "Luis Robles Selected as New York Red Bulls Captain". NewYorkRedBulls.com. MLS Digital. February 21, 2018. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

Other websites

Media related to New York Red Bulls at Wikimedia Commons