The New York Red Bulls begin their 15th-consecutive playoffs run with Match 1 of a Best-of-3 series vs. the Columbus Crew in the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs.
New York visits Lower.com Field to take on the reigning MLS Cup Champions on Tuesday, with the match beginning at 6:45 PM ET.
New York will have captain Emil Forsberg making his first MLS postseason appearance, alongside Felipe Carballo, Cameron Harper and Daniel Edelman. Carballo is also making his playoffs debut.
Forsberg recorded his second-career MLS multi-goal match in New York’s last match of the season against the Columbus Crew. He has now recorded a goal contribution in three-straight matches, which includes five goal contributions with three goals and two assists.
Lewis Morgan and Dante Vanzeir push the attack for RBNY.
Morgan recorded 20 goal contributions during the regular season, which is the most by a Red Bulls player since 2018.
Dylan Nealis returns to the Starting XI, with Sean Nealis, Andrés Reyes and John Tolkin all getting the nod to start.
Carlos Coronel is in goal for the Red Bulls.
Head Coach Sandro Schwarz, in his first playoff match in his debut season, will have Cory Burke, Wiki Carmona, Ronald Donkor, Noah Eile, Dennis Gjengaar, Julian Hall, Elias Manoel and Peter Stroud available off the bench. Ryan Meara will serve as the backup goalkeeper.
Serge Ngoma, Kyle Duncan and Roald Mitchell will miss the match.
Kickoff is set for 6:45 p.m. ET with coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in English, Spanish, FS1, TSN, RDS, and New York Red Bulls Radio in English via the New York Red Bulls app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.
Red Bulls Radio
Listen to every match, live, on New York Red Bulls Radio! Veteran soccer play-by-play voice Matt Harmon will handle the broadcasts alongside former MetroStars and Red Bulls standout Steve Jolley providing color commentary.
Steve Cangialosi will have the primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Danny Higginbotham on the English side, while Alejandro Figueredo will have the play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Eduardo Biscayart on the Spanish side. New York Red Bulls Radio begins at 6:30 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Toyota, hosted by Matt Harmon and Steve Jolley.
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