The New York Red Bulls will face off against New York City FC for the first time in Audi MLS Cup Playoffs history on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.
Emil Forsberg, the team’s captain, will lead the attack alongside Lewis Morgan and Dante Vanzeir.
Forsberg has notched seven goal contributions in the last five matches, while Morgan has recorded five assists in his last five matches across all competitions.
Head Coach Sandro Schwarz will deploy Daniel Edelman and Felipe Carballo in the central midfield. Cameron Harper sees the pitch at the opening whistle, as well.
This will be the first time ever that the two clubs have met in the postseason. In competitions outside of the MLS regular season, the Red Bulls have posted a 4-0-0 mark in those matches.
John Tolkin, Dylan Nealis, Andrés Reyes and Sean Nealis get the nod to start in front of Carlos Coronel in goal.
Coronel recorded 10 saves in the first two matches of the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs, including eight saves in Game 1 of Round One against the Columbus Crew, which was tied for the second most saves in a playoff match in franchise history. Coronel has recorded six shutouts in 11 career matches across all competitions against New York City FC.
Off the bench, RBNY will have Wiki Carmona, Ronald Donkor, Noah Eile, Dennis Gjengaar, Julian Hall, Elias Manoel, Serge Ngoma and Peter Stroud available. Ryan Meara will serve as the backup goalkeeper.
Cory Burke, Roald Mitchell and Kyle Duncan will miss the match.
Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. ET with coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in English and Spanish, and New York Red Bulls Radio in English via the New York Red Bulls app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.
Coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV begins at 5:30 p.m. ET. Steve Cangialosi will have the primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Danny Higginbotham on the English side, while Bruno Vain will have the play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Andres Agulla on the Spanish side.
New York Red Bulls Radio begins at 5 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Toyota, hosted by Matt Harmon and Steve Jolley.
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.
