New York City FC Vs New York RedBulls MLS Regular Season

Fighting broke out in Newark, New Jersey, today ahead of a Major League Soccer (MLS) derby match between New York Red Bulls and New York City FC.

Look at it this way: at least New York City’s fans weren’t given a full week to wallow in the existential devastation of Sunday’s 2-0 scraping at the hands of the rival Red Bulls, who completed a clean sweep of their cross-river counterparts.

The win takes New York Red Bulls up to second in the MLS Eastern Conference, while Lampard’s City languish down in eighth place after suffering their second defeat in a row.

Associated Press journalist Rob Harris filmed a fight between opposition fans and tweeted: “Was outside a bar about 1 mile from Red Bulls Arena – and was all over in a couple of minutes”. The energy leading up was big. Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo and David Villa should all start together.

“It’s just a commitment to what we’re doing”, the Red Bulls II coach said.

The previous two away fixtures had seen the Red Bulls overcome Philadelphia Union and Orlando City. “This has become a heated rivalry very quickly so were really up for this game. “Three wins. New York is RED”.

John Wolyniec called New York Red Bulls II’s 4-2 loss to Wilmington on Saturday a “hiccup” in an otherwise strong stretch of play. “We’re a blue-collar team and we’ve got a lot of experience and it shows with our results”. Also weird – the guy using a large sandwich board as a weapon. When the two clubs met for the first time on May 10 at Red Bull Arena, the more established club – one of the 10 original MLS teams in 1995 – came out on top by a 2-1 score, on a brace by Bradley Wright-Phillips.

Once again, NYCFC faced a harsh MLS reality: You can spend a fortune on all the attacking, designated players in the world, but somehow you still have to generate some chemistry on offense and field an effective, underpaid, unglamorous defense. NYCFC jerseys with his name are cropping up around the city, and so are T-shirts saying NO PIRLO, NO PARTY.

Colombian Jefferson Mena, terribly culpable against the Canadians, was at fault once more, totally misjudging a Kemar Lawrence cross from the left allowing Wright-Phillips, the poacher supreme, to tap home easily.

“After winning the two games, we knew it was going to be hard”, Wright-Phillips said.