Street brawl breaks out between rival New York soccer teams

The clashes came ahead of a Major League Soccer derby match between New York Red Bulls and New York City FC. But after causing a disturbance on the PATH and being forced off the train en route to Harrison, when they arrived, they violated a number of Red Bull Arena policies, including tossing a flare that landed by Red Bulls’ keeper Luis Robles and forced a stoppage in play.

With two wins from two in the derby, the Red Bulls are comfortably in possession of the bragging rights after a 2-1 home win was followed up by a 3-1 comeback at Yankee Stadium in June.

Credit should go, also, to the Red Bulls midfield and defense, which frustrated Villa with an efficient offside trap and locked things down in the hectic final minutes. “I mean, we’ve talked about being fearless from the beginning, not being afraid, stepping on the field and playing for each other”, Marsch said after the match. They threw a lot at us.

“It sucks, we want to win this game for this team and for the fans and for everybody around the club and it’s important for us and when we lose for the third time against this team, it doesn’t feel too good,” Diskerud said.

In 2013, when the Red Bulls franchise got sick of their fans yelling obscenities during their chants, they offered to pay groups to be less profane in the stands. “But after 15 or 20 minutes, we had the rest of the game”, [Kljestan] said. I really thought Wednesday get a better result.”.

Veron is eligible to make his debut Sunday at Red Bull Arena, but the team wouldn’t reveal its plans for him just yet.

The Red Bulls are unbeaten in their last five games and 3-0 against NYC FC (6-11-6).

Not only are some of English football’s biggest names like Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard winding down their careers in the MLS, it seems hooliganism – which was once known as the English disease – has also migrated to the States. “We have a fearless team”.

NYCFC Head Coach Jason Kreis said Mena played well despite the mistake.

New York City FC are searching for the three points for another reason, as they chase a playoff berth in their inaugural season.

Both teams created some quality chances.