New York Red Bulls

If your team is named after a drink made from a chemical found in bull testicles, you've got to be good, right?

Yeah. Little known fact: taurine, one of the energy-inducing ingredients in Red Bull, can be found in bull testicles. We'll skip over the fact that for food use it's chemically synthesized, and jump right to the part where I tell you how awesome the soccer game was yesterday.

IT WAS AWESOME!

I went with a group of people from my building, and we had a really good time. Their new stadium is really nice, albeit in the middle of absolute nowhere. Harrison, New Jersey doesn't really have a whole lot going for it except the Red Bulls and what appeared to be a pretty killer tuna sandwich stand. The game itself was really good. I have never seen US soccer fans so riled up in all my life. They were cheering, and beating on drums, and some guy was even playing a horn at one point? They didn't stop making noise the entire game. Philly put up a good fight, but in the end the Red Bulls won. Three cheers for the home team! Also, three cheers to the guy who was asked to leave because he was throwing paper airplanes from his seat. Several of them landed on the field, and one hit some dude in the head. Don't worry, the stadium security walkie-talkied all over that, and all was righted. 

I'm really excited to go back for the international friendly the stadium is hosting next month; Turkey vs. the Czech Republic. Should be pretty good, and with tickets at $30 a pop, they're easy on my wallet too!

Ciao Bella!

Matteo