New York Red Bulls don’t like playing Philadelphia Union, but they don’t want you to know it. For Red Bulls, a branded rebirth of the New York MetroStars, there is a strong tug of ego that leads to an on-field overcompensation. In order to prove that they do not view the Union as a threat, the club from New Jersey must adopt an aloofness that doesn’t serve them well when facing Philly. After these clubs drew in May, with the Union failing to convert a breakaway and a penalty, the message from the Red Bulls camp was to shrug it off as just a personal unwillingness to match the energy with which the Union entered the match.
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