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Ensign9 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:14 am

Quite possibly the lamest thing I've ever seen.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/s ... index.html

Quote:

NYC gets energized
MetroStars sold, being renamed Red Bull New York
Posted: Thursday March 9, 2006 10:12AM; Updated: Thursday March 9, 2006 5:52PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Soccer's MetroStars are being sold and renamed Red Bull New York.

Anschutz Entertainment Group completed an agreement Thursday to sell the team to Red Bull Co. Ltd., an Austrian firm that manufactures an energy drink. Red Bull also bought naming rights for the soccer stadium the team hopes to build in Harrison, N.J., and will have 50 percent ownership. AEG will be in charge of building and operating the stadium.

Red Bull, which has a regional office in nearby Hoboken, N.J., also owns a soccer club in Austria, SV Red Bull Salzburg, and racing teams that compete in Formula One and NASCAR. The company also is involved in extreme sports.

Team president and general manager Alexi Lalas did not confirm the sale price but said it was the highest amount paid for an MLS club.

"This is a seminal moment in the history of this team and this league," he said. "What Red Bull brings to the table is something the likes of which this league has never seen."

AEG still owns four of the 12 MLS teams: the Chicago Fire, D.C. United, the Houston Dynamo and the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Lalas said the partnership between AEG and Red Bull "gets the stadium done in Harrison for the 2008 season." He said the name of the stadium has not yet been determined.

Red Bull said its Austrian and American teams will work together "in athletic areas as well as in management and marketing."

"Projected plans include talent scouting, mutual training camps and friendly matches," the company said in a statement.

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inadvertent imitation · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:47 am

The exact thought that crossed my mind when I heard about this was honestly "That's the goddamn lamest thing of all-time."

So it's unanimous.

Ensign9 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:11 am

inadvertent imitation wrote:

The exact thought that crossed my mind when I heard about this was honestly "That's the goddamn lamest thing of all-time."

So it's unanimous.

The 1876 (or whatever it was) down in Houston was a thousand times better than Red Bull NY. And Houston changed it.

Shaydee · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:57 pm

I'm a Metro season ticket holder. They're still Metrostars to us and the fan are refusing to call them Red Bull. Some are even starting a new team to play in a minor league called AFC Metro

pjam81373 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:43 pm **Posts:** 2398

The funniest thing is they actually want the tax payers of NJ to give them $85 million to help build a new stadium near Newark. :roll:

http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.s ... xml&coll=1

Athletic Supporter · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:37 pm

I bet in the next 10-20 years a franchise from one of the big 4 will do the same.

Ensign9 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:57 pm

Athletic Supporter wrote:

I bet in the next 10-20 years a franchise from one of the big 4 will do the same.

That's my fear as well.

Ricardo Tubbs · **Joined:** Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:08 pm **Posts:** 8255

Athletic Supporter wrote:

I bet in the next 10-20 years a franchise from one of the big 4 will do the same.

it's only a matter of time. Honestly, I really couldn't care less. It's not that big a deal to me. Soon there will likely be ads on uniforms as well.....

Athletic Supporter · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:12 pm

Ricardo Tubbs wrote:

Athletic Supporter wrote:

I bet in the next 10-20 years a franchise from one of the big 4 will do the same.

it's only a matter of time. Honestly, I really couldn't care less. It's not that big a deal to me. Soon there will likely be ads on uniforms as well.....

The ads on unis will come first, and probably soon.

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:58 pm

The sad part is that this is actually a better name then METROSTARS.

And hey, it doesn't matter what their name is...their trophy case is still EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY.

TIMES THREE

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:00 pm

shit, we even gave them a two year head start.

i got bugs · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:01 pm **Posts:** 14261

theres a pro soccer league in the usa??

Ensign9 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:51 pm

i got bugs wrote:

theres a pro soccer league in the usa??

Like the majestic yeti, 'tis but a myth.

Shaydee · **Posted:** Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:30 am

ManiacalClown wrote:

The sad part is that this is actually a better name then METROSTARS.

And hey, it doesn't matter what their name is...their trophy case is still EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY.

We're actually the only MLS team to win a European trophy.

La Manga Cup baby!

Shaydee · **Posted:** Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:34 am

i got bugs wrote:

theres a pro soccer league in the usa??

http://www.ibiblio.org/footy/2005g/0810_chi_kc_sab/web_86_sab.jpg
http://www.ibiblio.org/footy/2005e/0716_chi_clb_ajm/web_61_ajm.jpg
http://www.ibiblio.org/footy/2005e/0716_chi_clb_ajm/web_63_ajm.jpg
http://photos.matchnight.com/gallery%2FDonMacGregor%2F0Chicago%2DDC%5Fplayoff%5Fgame%5F1%2F20a%5Fcertain%5Fglow%2Ejpg
http://photos.matchnight.com/gallery%2FDonMacGregor%2F0Chicago%2DDC%5Fplayoff%5Fgame%5F1%2F21hot%5Fseat%2Ejpg
http://photos.matchnight.com/gallery%2FDonMacGregor%2F0Chicago%2DDC%5Fplayoff%5Fgame%5F1%2F22hot%5Fseat2%2Ejpg

A crowd of 88,816 -- the second largest in MLS history -- attended the final Honda SuperClasico of the season. (Juan Miranda/MLS/WireImage.com)

ManiacalClown · **Posted:** Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:23 am

Shaydee wrote:

ManiacalClown wrote:

The sad part is that this is actually a better name then METROSTARS.

And hey, it doesn't matter what their name is...their trophy case is still EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY.

We're actually the only MLS team to win a European trophy.

La Manga Cup baby!

Oh please. No one gives two shits about your made up cup that you won by beating a few reserve teams in Spain.

hgaff13 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:57 pm **Posts:** 957

ManiacalClown wrote:

Shaydee wrote:

ManiacalClown wrote:

The sad part is that this is actually a better name then METROSTARS.

And hey, it doesn't matter what their name is...their trophy case is still EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY.

We're actually the only MLS team to win a European trophy.

La Manga Cup baby!

Oh please. No one gives two shits about your made up cup that you won by beating a few reserve teams in Spain.

Linkzone1 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:18 pm

wow....that is fuckin retarded

Shaydee · **Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:55 pm

Red Bull N.Y.

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