The New York Red Bulls have not tended to show great care or respect for history or tradition. RBNY is, after all, a club that was totally re-branded by new ownership in 2006, and Papa Red Bull wasn't satisfied with merely taking away the MetroStars name and colors, but also tried (for much longer than he should have done) to take the team's history as well.
Fortunately, the effort to erase the time and effort fans, players and staff put into the team before Red Bull took a shine to it was not successful. And MetroFanatic.