New York Red Bulls star Juan Pablo Angel admits he's excited about playing in the soccer-specific Red Bull Arena this year. The former Aston Villa star feels the $150 million, soccer-specific stadium was worth the wait.

"It's worth every second, every day," Angel told BigAppleSoccer.com. "It's just phenomenal. I've been following the progress through the website. Until you can come here and see it by yourself, it is just amazing."

He called it the "best stadium in the country."

"It can't get any better," he added.

Angel wasn't finished gushing about the 25,000-seat stadium, which isn't finished. Thousands of seats must be added between now and March and a lot of the interior work must be completed.

"It's beautiful," he said. "You see the grass is inviting. The stadium looks beautiful and it is not even finished. You can see the difference. It is a different atmosphere when you walk into a soccer-specific stadium. Even if you have only 10, 12, 13,000 people, its going to have a different feeling, a different atmosphere. So I'm excited about it. This is going to be a new beginning for soccer in the whole tri-state area."