Sometimes to achieve great things one must go the extra mile to obtain them no matter how pointless they may seem. The same can be said about this year's Red Bulls squad who only had to cross an ocean in order to win the mother of irrelevant trophies for their first piece of silverware since 2008. The allure of the Emirates Cup caught the attention of fans on both sides of the pond with the promise of the legendary Henry taking on his former team at the site of where he scored the first goal in the stadia's history.

Throw in two powerhouses from their respective leagues in Paris Saint-Germain and Boca Junior's, the 2011 edition gave fans plenty of reason to watch or witness it all in person. That is only of course if you are really into meaningless friendlies or follow Ligue 1 or Primera División avidly, otherwise like most of us, it was just another reason to spew anger at a club who has failed to win a domestic trophy in essentially forever.

Just weeks removed since the debacle of the US Open Cup which saw Hans Backe send his B-squad to lose against Chicago's first team nullifying the right to play in the semi-final, which would result in fan protests and general outage, the mid-season Bulls faced off against teams who viewed the occasion as preseason fixtures. No matter their form, the team managed to squeak past PSG 1-0 before proving their knack for draws literally knows no borders as a 1-1 deadlock was enough to win to the whole shabang.

Trophy in hand, the visit to Jolly old can give the team a strong moral boost as they look to retain and hold on to first place in the East ahead of a major clash at the end of the month vs LA. Few can actually be legitimately excited about this win as even one of the team's Twitter users labeled it as "no big deal". While this was clearly used in a moment of triumph in an almost bragging type of way, his words ring true as this whole "tournament" is just that.