With just two years to go until New York hosts the World Cup final, could ‘soccer’ culture finally be taking root in the Big Apple? To find out, FourFourTwo crossed the Atlantic to see Manchester City’s sister side NYCFC face the Red Bulls in the feisty Hudson River Derby.
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00:00Okay, so here's the situation.
00:06Red Bulls versus New York City is a derby that doesn't have a storied history, but it
00:10does have a fierce one.
00:17And tonight, both teams are in great form.
00:21Both teams think they're going to win this game.
00:23Both teams need to win this game and 442 is here in the Citi Field Stadium to see what
00:29happens.
00:35But before all that, we took the liberty of the afternoon to sit down with some fans of
00:39Citi and some fans of Red Bull just to see what the story is here, to tell you the side
00:44of it you probably haven't heard yet.
01:14How you doing?
01:15I'm good.
01:16I'm good.
01:17Wait, this picture you want right now, look.
01:18Hey, listen, we get along right now.
01:19It's okay, because he's a good guy.
01:21He's actually a very good guy.
01:22But for 90 minutes, I don't like this guy for one, for nothing.
01:25That's right.
01:26That's right.
01:27I tell him, go back to Jersey all day.
01:28Before and after the game, it's all love.
01:29But during the game, we hate each other to death.
01:30That's it.
01:31That's it.
01:32That's a high school ring.
01:33That's a high school ring.
01:34I got one.
01:35I got one.
01:36I got one.
01:37I got one.
01:38I got one.
01:56That's all we've got.
01:57And I love to be incredibly British about this.
01:59We've got two New York City and Red Bull fans there.
02:04These chairs are throwable.
02:07They should be 100 yards apart with a police cordon.
02:10America's got so far to go with these rivalries, man.
02:13So far to go.
02:18NYC FC, sir.
02:20You've got to end that C in there, man.
02:22That's for you, sir.
02:23New York City Football Club.
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02:25New York Football Club.
02:26But that's the problem.
02:27These guys only come from the city.
02:29That's why we're the true New York team.
02:31You know, it's pretty crazy, because we haven't been neck and neck like that for a bit for
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02:37You know, so to actually see that, that we're actually playing for positions this high.
02:45What the...
02:48Did you just go to the hardware store there, Vic, to get a hacksaw?
02:50Get the hacksaw, yeah.
02:51Here it is.
03:00Full-on barbecue.
03:03What do you say?
03:04What's like the thing?
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03:06Go City.
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04:42Here comes Malakai Jones, Noah Ayla defending, Jones getting the cross, Cedric, oh my god,
05:03Cedric!
05:05And Cedric now, how does he float?
05:07Oh my god, Cedric!
05:08And that's the score!
05:10And the Hudson River Derby!
05:35Oh my god!
05:59Harper from distance, oh it's in!
06:02Spectacular from Cameron Harper!
06:06Level in the Hudson River Derby!
06:23New York City will be patient, Sands to Wolfe, Wolfe cutting inside away from Morgan, leaving
06:29for Graham Cross, oh it's in!
06:33Take the load off, Moussa Fakhraoui!
06:36His first goal of the year, at long, long last, and what a match to do it in!
06:43It's in!
06:59And just like that, New York is blue.
07:02City 2, Red Bulls 1, the MLS season does roll on apace.
07:07But that's been it for us at 442 here in New York City.
07:10Thank you so much for joining us on this little journey.
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07:25And until next time, I'm going to leave you with my brand new friends,
07:29the New York Red Bulls fans, who are just having the worst possible time.
07:34Goodbye!