The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer team based in Harrison, NJ. The team competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception in 1996 (though originally known as New York/New Jersey MetroStars and from 1998 to 2005 season as MetroStars). 

The Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield in 2013 and 2015. The team's prior best result in an MLS season was reaching the MLS Cup final in 2008 In the US Open Cup, the MetroStars reached three semi-finals (1997, 1998, 2000), before reaching their first final in 2003, losing 1–0 to the Chicago Fire.