This is when it matters most. In the playoffs. In knockout football. When any mistake can end a season; when any moment of brilliance can win a trophy. These are the moments that all sportsmen and women live for. These are also the moments that the New York Red Bulls tend to flounder.
They have never won an MLS Cup. They might be the most esteemed, successful and established organisation in all of MLS never to win the league’s greatest prize.
And that is not to say that they have not been good enough to win the MLS Cup.