PS: It is true that I can catch a PATH train from Philadelphia into Harrison and the REd Bulls SSS Stadium is located within walking distance of 3 to 5 minutes from the Harrsion stop?

Or the P in PSV stands for the Philips Electronics company at Eindhoven in dutch? Wolfsberg is owned by Volkswagon, and their company shield is slapped on the front of their shirts.

Dude, if these supporters can accept and support their clubs that are owned and advertised by these corporations, then I don’t mind having Red Bull show their logos within the shield.

Cheers. I was hoping that those Red Bull sale rumors were true. And a part of me will always think they are.

So yes Dude, Red Bull did bring the stadium. They were the ones who broke the political red tape and all that baggage crap that Anschutz had with all those delays. Also they never erased the history of the club. Clint Mathis is still the all time goal scoring leader with 45 goals in all competitions. Giovanni Savarese is stil has the record for most goals scored in the regular season & Juan Pablo Angel has the record for scoring the most goals in a single season with 19 passing Adolpho Valencia.

Now if you feel that Red Bull is just promoting themselves and you think they don’t care about the soccer, then that’s your belief and I’m not going to get in your way. If you attended the ESC meeting with RBNY at Nevada Smith’s before the USA/Sweden Friendly, you would’ve liked to hear that Red Bull wants the Salary Cap raised to a competabale level, not at the low 2.3 Million that it’s on right now and hopefully during the C.B.A. Negotiations that will be fixed as these new investors coming in wants to have a competitive league to bid on players.

Are you angry that Metro is gone? In your eyes I understand. It’s not about being the “Stupid Soccer American”. It’s about having this league move forward and this club in the New York City area having success as well. You have to remember that everyone in NYC even though there are pubs that show Euro football didn’t want to be associated with the league. No one wanted Metro to build a stadium in the 5 boroughs & care for the US National Team till that performence in 2002. Since then it all blew up and the positives have been coming. Granted it’s been slow, and there have been years where the level of play has stalled a bit, but neither Metromedia or A.E.G. cared about Metro & Red Bull came in did.

Fine they took away the colors and slapped their brand on the front, but you wouldn’t be saying all this if they did keep the colors & badge of Metro and slap their brand on the front of the shirts. You would be joining in with the many that would say “Finally my jersey looks like it does in Europe”.

You feel your club is dead, fine. My club is alive but under a new shield since 2006. But if for some reason you want to come back, I will open the door, shake your hand and tell you to come on in. If not, then I understand. After all Metro never got to a CONCACAF Champions Cup in 10 years while Red Bull NY got us in the CONCACAF Champions League in it’s first three years.

To Pyro,

I supported the Metrostars and, for a year-and-a-half, I supported the Red Bulls in some form of American soccer denial. After years of denying the embarrassment of supporting a team called Red Bull New York, I realized that I have ideals and principles that, by supporting RBNY, I compromised. Letting a company (non-American at that) clear the history of MY club, and further using it as marketing devalues who I am and is something I will never support. I take offense to anyone who says that I am lazy, because I still remember my pre-college dream of one day becoming a season-ticket holder. Unfortunately, when I graduated, my team had already died.

Most people claim some statement like this, “Well we wouldn’t have gotten the stadium without Red Bull.” Is a team identity, history, and pride really worth the price of a stadium? How much does your club cost to you?

And any person who claims that the product on the field has increased is truly a person that cannot face the facts (DCU and Fire fans know this very well). I want an MLS team in my backyard, just not one that makes me look like the Stupid “Soccer” American.

(Although as a FIRE fan, I agree, your team is not beautiful)

As we’re seeing with Poplar Point, it takes years to get Congress to turn land over to the local DC government. Quite simply, a bunch of representatives from other places really don’t care about local DC (and surrounding regional) issues. After all, that’s why home rule was instituted during the Nixon Administration. The elected officials from other places don’t want to spend time on local issues when they are there to work on federal matters.

There are also rumors of the current mayor (the one who backstabbed DC United at Poplar Point, even though the land hasn’t been turned over to the DC Government yet) making deals with Redskins owner Dan Snyder to construct a 100k seat MegaDome with retractable roof. However, those matters are all rumor and are a distant second to the fact the land that’s under RFK is tied up in years if not decades of Congressional red tape.

No one was talking about a stadium or jersey sponsors. Would you support Ocean Spray Washington after the years under DCU?

I feel you DC fans. It would be a huge disservice to the league if DC moves. Why not knock down RFK? Is it landmarked?