WHO: Red Bulls midfielder David Roth and two Red Bull Street Team members.
WHAT: Fleet Week in New York City; Players embark on USS Kearsarge and conduct soccer skills demonstration
The ships heading up the East Coast for the Fleet Week commemoration are the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), guided missile cruisers USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and USS Monterey (CG 61), and the guided missile destroyers USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and USS Nitze (DDG 94).
The ships will parade into New York Harbor Wednesday morning, May 21. Following the parade, Kearsarge and Leyte Gulf will berth in Manhattan, and Monterey, The Sullivans, and Nitze will berth at Staten Island.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21
WHERE: Red Bull members will helicopter out and sail into Manhattan during the Parade of Ships before docking and media availability
HOW: Contact Andy McGowan, Red Bull New York Vice President of Communications and Community Relations, at (c): 551-482-9203 or at andrew.mcgowan@newyorkredbulls.com.
Fleet Week in New York City will be May 21-28. Hosted nearly every year since 1984, Fleet Week New York is the City's celebration of the sea services. Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard will participate in the 21st anniversary of Fleet Week New York.
