On May 21, 2013, MLS announced New York City Football Club as its 20th team
Three years ago today, New York City Football Club was born.
It's appropriate, in a way, that the club's third birthday coincides with the first game of the Hudson River Derby. Major League Soccer intended all along for there to be two teams from New York in the league. That it took nearly 20 years for it to happen is a long story in and of itself, but it finally came to be.
Later today, nearly 50,000 people will fill Yankee Stadium; some will wear red, most will wear blue.