Red Bulls fans arrived and then it got nasty. Feels like England in the 80s... pic.twitter.com/VJIKyDYlC3
— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) May 21, 2016
Brawl breaks out between New York Red Bulls and New York City FC fans
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
We’ve been waiting for soccer to engender the same passion on the East Coast as Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders fans enjoy in the Pacific Northwest, but this is beyond the pale. On Saturday afternoon fans of the New York Red Bulls and New York City FC clashed ahead of their MLS game in Yankee Stadium.
There are no reported injuries or arrests so far, which means there could be more to come from this -- or perhaps this is all just fake hooliganism for show. Either way it’s a bad look.
Here's another video from the earlier clashes with NYCFC and NYRB fans outside Yankee Stadium... pic.twitter.com/NTfWPuyiWt
— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) May 21, 2016
This isn’t the first time the sides have clashed. Now the police are involved, so it’s escalating.
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