For a single November morning, North London arrived in Brooklyn, New York.

On Saturday, Arsenal played - and defeated - Hull City before a sold-out Emirates Stadium crowd with millions more watching across the world. But exactly 3,471 miles away from the Emirates, the Premier League champions staged an event to bring the club's American contingent closer to the action.

Arsenal Worldwide came to New York to bring the club closer to its fervent stateside fan base. The event sold out, highlighting the size and passion of the team’s following as encompassing in the Big Apple as it is in the Big Smoke.

Packed inside Industry City, hundreds of Arsenal fans lived, breathed, chanted and sang every tackle, pass, and shot. When captain Martin Odegaard nipped in to give the Gunners the lead and eventually all three points, the place erupted.

The United States is a crucially important branch of the Arsenal family tree; there are over 90 Arsenal supporter groups in the United States, and the five most-viewed Premier League matches in the country have all involved the Gunners. With events like Arsenal Worldwide, the reigning English champions are doing the utmost to bring fans and followers together and create a real sense of belonging and community in areas far beyond North London.

“You have people flying out to places, driving up. We have all these people out here at 10 a.m., I took an hour on the train to come down here just to watch our team play. It’s really great.”

It makes perfect sense that the club turned to Santi Cazorla to be the legend in attendance at such a unifying event.

A beloved figure at a time when finances strained the club’s hopes, Cazorla allowed the club and its fans to fall in love with another Spanish midfield maestro following the exit of Cesc Fabregas. Arriving from Malaga in the summer of 2012, Cazorla instantly won the hearts of Arsenal fans and became the heartbeat of a team that challenged for league honors and hoisted the FA Cup.

However, Cazorla and his generation of teammates never won the coveted Premier League trophy.

But when Arsenal ended its 22-year wait for Premier League glory, celebrations spanned the Atlantic Ocean with fans - including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani - celebrating on the streets of the five boroughs. The Empire State Building even lit up in Arsenal colors, and the celebrations on this side of the Atlantic showed how deep the connection between the club and its fans runs.

The celebrations proved that Arsenal is a pillar of so many people's lives, whatever the weather. And they are making a concerted effort to bring a real taste of North London, of community, and of Arsenal Football Club to fans in New York City.