


But great examples also pass through the innovation of 2005, the latest Metrostars jersey made with the T90 template. But it will be the stripes that will characterize the best kits of the team, such as the fabulous home version of 1998 - hands down the best representation of the football aesthetic of the 90s in the USA. The journey begins with the 1996 away version of the inaugural jersey worn by Roberto Donadoni, with a template that enhances the alternation of black and white and that goes perfectly with the electric design of the Metrostars. Nike produced all of the club's jerseys until 2005, giving life to legendary models. The best business card of the Metrostars are the game jerseys. The story ends in 2006, when Red Bull buys the franchise for a little over $ 30 million and takes possession of the culture that fans and players have helped to create in 10 years.
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From the third season, therefore, it will be only Metrostars, creating a unicuum in the history of American professional sport. In 1998 the New York vs New Jersey diatribe begins to get heavy and the company decides to eliminate the " localization" from the name. Those two moments are considered by many to be " The Curse of Caricola", the one that will never allow the Metrostars to win an MLS title. An unfortunate own goal by Caricola - former European champion with Juve in 1984 - is worth the victory of the Galaxy in the opening match and in the first home game of the Metrostars at the Giants Stadium another defeat comes 15 seconds from the end with a other own goal by Caricola. If Harrison is still pronounced " The Curse of Caricola" today, everyone knows what it is talking about and the legend begins right from its debut in California.

Almost 70,000 people for the first historic day of MLS, a game that looks more like an omen of doom than a party for the Metrostars. The debut came on Apin Pasadena against the Galaxy, in a Rose Bowl still brand new after USA94. The 1996 team is considered one of the strongest, with Roberto Donadoni and Nicola Caricola as Italians called to illuminate American soccer. The first owners, John Kluge and Stuart Subotnick, chose " Empire Soccer Club" as their name, but soon changed their mind by choosing " Metrostars" as the media company owned by Kluge was called Metromedia. The New Jersey/New York Metrostars were among the founding fathers of Major League Soccer, which officially opened its doors in 1996.
