Traveling in Style

Is there anything better than stumbling out of a party bus upon arriving to your sports destination?  Well, I can think of a few things, but that for sure ranks up there.  After enjoying everything about my most recent MLS trip except for the travel and the crazy wait time after the game to get back on the train, this time we decided to explore other options.  And what we found ended up working better than we even imagined.

For $20, we got picked up at the Legends Sports Bar in Midtown, where of course the Red Bulls fans had congregated early for a pregame.  Then, we scrambled onto a bus that was right on time and that had a huge trash bag full of beers that you could partake of as much as you desired.  Sure, it was Bud Light and some Korean beer called Cass, but I feel drinking shitty beer and sporting events just go together.  Then, after a fairly rowdy ride, you get dropped off right by the stadium.  Five minutes later, you are in the game cheering on the Red Bulls.  Honestly, the trip couldn't have been handled better.  Will I ever again be taking the train?  Um, no. 

Then we discovered that the Red Bulls have a sweet VIP section!  If you have this little wrist band thing, they let you into this nice room that's in the first level located in the middle of the field.  And what is in this magical room? All you can eat and drink!  Okay, well not alcoholic all you can drink.  But all the water/soft drinks you can manage.  And there is a really nice bar where you can get any type of mixed drink you can think of, as well as a decent selection of beers on top.  The thing we weren't expecting was for the food to be as good as it was.  When we heard about it, we figured some chips, maybe pretzels if we were lucky (cough, cough, Mets...yep that's the famous Mets 'VIP' section), but that wasn't the case at all.  There were meatball subs, Italian Sausages, Salad Bar, Ice Cream Sundae Bar, Salmon...yep basically a crazy amount of good food.  My favorite?  The cheese/prosciutto/cracker station, as well as the homemade chips with a really good ranch-style dip.  Seconds?  Please...thirds at least!

Oh yeah...the game itself was much more exciting than my last as well (yes, sometimes I even forget that the whole point of the trek out to Jersey was for a sporting event).  Red Bulls: 2, Philadelphia: 1.  So tons of scoring and the game winner by Thierry Henry?  Yeah basically he brought a bit of the premier league to the US with that one.  A perfect tough with his thigh, followed by a volley into the upper corner of the goal.  You can't do it any better of that.

I don't know...I just might end up getting into this whole MLS thing.