When the New York Red Bulls faced off against NYCFC last year for the New York Derby series, it was finally time to find out what color New York was. But, as red versus blue had already become one of the strongest Major League Soccer rivalries before then, it was pretty difficult to tell that May 10th at Red Bull Arena was the first iteration of it in a stadium.
The weeks leading up to the games were packed with social media assurances from both fans and players that New York was red, and then while the team made sure the world could see that during the games themselves, the supporters did all they could to make sure they would could hear it too.