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New York Red Bulls kick off their 2011 Major League Soccer campaign with the visit of Seattle Sounders tonight.
The Red Bulls finished second in the Eastern conference last season and made it all the way to the semi-finals, and with former Arsenal and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry leading the line, they will be looking to go one better.
Henry, in his first full season with the New York franchise, said: “MLS reminds me of a young version of the English premiership. Guys are athletic here. They get into you, there's a fast pace.
“But I was more than happy, too, to see a lot of teams want to play real football here. Dallas, Salt Lake, Galaxy, they pass the ball on the ground.”
Seattle, meanwhile, will be looking to bounce back from their opening night loss to Los Angeles Galaxy.
Coach Sigi Schmid said: “At the end of the day, as I said before this game, there's going to be 33 games left after this one and there's still a lot of points out there.”
Watch NY Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders live at 365, kicking off at 23.30 GMT.