- Address: 1 East 161st Street, New York
- Country: United States
- Capacity: 46,000
- Opened: 2 April 2009
- Main use: Baseball, football
- Tenants: NYCFC (football), New York Yankees (baseball)
Extra stadium info – Yankee Stadium
The construction of the Yankee Stadium started in 2006. It became one of the most expensive stadiums ever built when it opened in 2009. The venue is used for several events, like American football, baseball, concerts, football and ice hockey. The Yankee Stadium is located in the Bronx and it is the home of the Major League Soccer club New York City Football Club and the Major League Baseball club New York Yankees.
The New York Yankees
The New York Yankees baseball club became one of the major baseball clubs in the world. The club was founded in 1903. In 1921, they played their first-ever World Series match. The Yankees lost the World Series in 1921. They also lost the competition in 1922. In 1923, the Yankees won the World Series for the first time in their history. The Boston Red Sox from Massachusetts became the arch-rivals of the Yankees. The rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox is famous.
The Yankees in 1962
The Yankees baseball club became the first club with 20 World Series titles. They won their 20th title after defeating the San Francisco Giants in 1962. The 1962 World Series consisted of seven matches. The first of those seven matches took place in San Francisco in front of a crowd of 43,000. The New York Yankees won the game. The second game in the 1962 World Series also took place in San Francisco. The match ended in a victory for the San Francisco Giants. On 7 October 1962, the Yankees faced the Giants in the third 1962 World Series game. The match took place in New York in front of 71,000 fans. The home side won the match. The Yankees won two more games in the 1962 World Series.
George Herman Ruth and Mickey Charles Mantle
George Herman Ruth, considered by many to be the greatest baseball player ever, is one of the former players of the Yankees. He was born in 1895. George Herman Ruth, commonly known as Babe Ruth, played for the Boston Red Sox before he joined the New York Yankees. George Herman Ruth became the first baseball player with 15 homeruns in the World Series. Mickey Charles Mantle, who was born in 1931, broke the record. He became the first baseball player with 18 homeruns in the World Series. Ruth and Mantle both played numerous games for the Yankees.
New York City Football Club
NYCFC also use the Yankee Stadium for home games. It became the first football club from the New York metropolitan area with 1 million followers on its main social media page. New York City Football Club drew an average home attendance of 29,000 in their inaugural Major League Soccer season. Matthew Paige Damon and Robert Anthony De Niro, who became world famous actors, became known as NYCFC supporters.
NYCFC versus the New England Revolution
New York City Football Club played their first-ever Major League Soccer match at the Yankee Stadium on 15 March 2015. 43,000 spectators showed up for the game. NYCFC won the domestic top-flight football league match against the New England Revolution from Massachusetts 2-0 after a goal and an assist from the Spanish football star David Villa Sánchez.
David Villa
David Villa scored 18 goals for New York City Football Club in his inaugural Major League Soccer season. David Villa, who played in the prestigous 2010 FIFA World Cup final in South Africa, became one of the first athletes with 10 million followers on his main social media page. He won the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the national football team of Spain after defeating the Netherlands in the city of Johannesburg. Villa played for the Spanish clubs Real Sporting, Real Zaragoza, Valencia CF, FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid before he signed with New York City Football Club. Villa also played for Melbourne City from Australia and Vissel Kobe from Japan before the ended his professional football career in 2020.
The MLS Cup
In 2021, NYCFC won the MLS Cup for the first time in their history after beating the Portland Timbers in a penalty shoot-out. That year, the MLS Cup took place in Portland in front of a crowd of 25,000. NYCFC started the game with Alexander Martín Callens Asín, Alfredo Morales, Guðmundur Þórarinsson, James Hoban Sands, Jesús Manuel Medina Maldonado, Maxime Chanot, Maximiliano Nicolás Moralez, Santiago Mariano Rodríguez Molina, Sean Everet Johnson, Tayvon Howard Gray and Valentín Mariano José Castellanos Giménez.
