Red Bull New York is an American professional soccer organization based in New Jersey that
currently plays in Major League Soccer. While the organization is Red Bull New York, the
actual team and playing squad is officially and commonly known as the New York Red Bulls.
The team plays their home matches at Giants Stadium located at the Meadowlands Sports
Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey but is currently constructing a new stadium named
Red Bull Park. The team's headquarters are located in Secaucus, New Jersey. The team colors are blue and red.
Although the team has been in the league since its inaugural season (1996), it has gone
through several name changes. The team was originally known as the New York/New Jersey
MetroStars through 1997. From the 1998 season until right before the 2006 season, the
team was known as simply the MetroStars. On March 9, 2006, it was sold to Red Bull, and
the name changed to Red Bull New York. The team's playing squad is referred to as the New
York Red Bulls. The sale of the team has been controversial among some fans of the MetroStars,
not dissimilar to the situation in Austria, where Red Bull bought SV Austria Salzburg and
renamed it FC Red Bull Salzburg.
