HARRISON, N.J – The Red Bulls have teamed up with Garden State Equality, as well as other local non-profit LGBTQ organizations, to host the second annual Pride Night when Sporting Kansas City visits Red Bull Arena Saturday, July 14.

Pride Night is expected spread the message of acceptance within the community while celebrating both diversity and inclusion. The Red Bulls Pride night falls the day before the Newark Pride Parade Sunday, July 15.

The Pride Night celebration will feature prominent members and supporters of the LGBTQ community participating in a pre-game panel including Miles Chamley-Watson (Olympian and Red Bull athlete), Ray Kerins (SVP, corporate affairs, Bayer), Joel Shoemaker (business development director, Pride Media), Oris Stuart (chief diversity & inclusion officer, NBA) and Ashley Faust (director of partnerships, Jopwell).

The panel will be moderated by Christian Fuscarino, executive director of Garden State Equality.

“Our entire organization is very proud to support the LGBTQ community,” Red Bulls general manager Marc de Grandpre said. “Pride Night at Red Bull Arena represents a true celebration of inclusion and diversity, which are essential values to our club and community.”

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.