Chelsea’s preparations for the new season hardly got off to the ideal start as they slumped to a 4-2 defeat at the hands of New York Red Bulls in the first match of their North American tour. Jose Mourinho fielded completely different sides in the two halves, and despite going into the half-time break 1-0 ahead, the Blues imploded in the second half, making some uncharacteristically silly errors to gift their opponents the win.
This game saw Chelsea wear their new kits for the 2015/16 season for the very first time.
Loic Remy scored the only goal of the first half with a fine control and finish following an Oscar cross.