Club América are in New York, and the club filmed the entire journey. On Friday night it published “Nuestro viaje a Nueva York, Capital del mundo,” a travel video following the squad from Mexico to a rainy arrival in the New York area, on the eve of tonight’s friendly against the New York Red Bulls.
The video, trailed on the club’s Instagram with the full version on its YouTube channel, shows the players at the airport in their travel tracksuits, boarding the plane and settling in for the flight north.
The squad lands after dark and boards the team bus in the rain. Outside the hotel, a player stops to sign a ball for two young fans, one of them in a Nido North America shirt, a small scene that says plenty about what this club means to its support in the United States.
New York got a second dose of the club on Friday. América launched its Awake New York collaboration in the city under the line “From Coapa to NYC,” an afternoon where, in the club’s words, football and urban culture came together.
The football starts tonight at 6:30 PM CT at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, where América face the Red Bulls for the first time since a 2-0 defeat on the same ground on July 6, 2016.
América go in short-handed. Four players are with Mexico in Kingston tonight, Óscar Perea is with Colombia, Brian Rodríguez is injured and Raphael Veiga is rehabbing in Brazil, so the side leans on the senior players who stayed behind: captain Henry Martín, goalkeeper Luis Ángel Malagón and Alejandro Zendejas.
The friendly is also the final rehearsal before the regular-season finale at Tigres UANL on November 21, when first place is on the line. The confirmed lineup for tonight lands about an hour before kickoff.
Tonight’s match streams live and free in the United States on Layvtime and the Red Bulls’ own channels. Our where-to-watch guide has every option and the kickoff details.
Keep up with all the Club América news on FutnSoccer, and check the Club América watch guide for how to watch the Águilas in the United States.
