red bulls - champions

So tonight the team that I’ve followed week in week out for the past 3.5 seasons won the Supporters' Shield for MLS. This means they have the best record, and in any other league in the world this is the real prize. In MLS, it is the second most important win behind the MLS Cup. They are the home team for the whole playoffs up to that. The final, if New York makes it, is in New York on December 7th. Maybe I can go for a great sendoff!

What an amazing game 5-2 over Chicago. It was a very happy moment for me but it was also a bit sad. It is almost certainly the perfect capper for my time as a Red Bulls fan in New Jersey but I know that I won’t be able to follow them the same in the future. The games won’t be available and even if they were they’d be on at something like 1 in the morning often. Unless I use a VPN and pay for MLS Live. It still won’t be the same.

But hey what a way to go out. Tim Cahill, Thierry Henry, Dax McCarty, Lloyd Sam, Markus Holgersson, Ibrahim Sekagya, Jamison Olave, David Carney, Péguy Luyindula, Luis Robles, Jonny Steele, Fabian Espindola, Ryan Meara, Eric Alexander, Kosuke Kimora, Connor Lade, Roy Miller, Brandon Barklage, Bradley Wright-Philips, Kevin Hartman, Ian Christianson, Heath Pearce, Marius Obekop, Andre Akpan, Amando Moreno, Matt Miazga, Ruben Bover, Michael Bustamante, Santiago Caetano, Andy Roxburg, Jérôme de Bontin, Robin Fraser, and of course MIKE PETKE! Thank you all.