The Red Bull hex isn’t a thing anymore. Not only have New York’s Blues proven that they can overcome their cross-river rivals, but they’ve managed to shut them out in two of their last three league meetings. But Patrick Vieira’s boys are anything but out of the woods entering this weekend’s Yankee Stadium clash, the only time this year that they’ll host the New York Red Bulls.
You’ve presumably read various versions of “NYCFC LIMPS INTO HUDSON RIVER DERBY” this week; perhaps a lazy response to the optics of the 4-0 loss to Toronto coming one day after the Red Bulls bested Montreal with the exact same scoreline.