The New York Red Bulls head to Lower.com Field to face off against Columbus Crew on Tuesday, October 29 in Game 1 of Round One of the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs.
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Slay The Beast
New York is facing down against the reigning MLS Cup Champions.
This will be the 90th overall meeting between New York and Columbus, with the Crew holding the advantage with a 40-35-14 mark, including a 26-13-7 mark in Columbus.
The Red Bulls have a 2-5-1 record against Columbus in the playoffs.
Swede Hot
Emil Forsberg recorded his second-career MLS multi-goal match in New York’s last match of the season against the Columbus Crew.
Forsberg has recorded a goal contribution in three-straight matches, which includes three goals and two assists in his last three MLS matches.
Track Record
The Crew won five different times in the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs (excluding penalty-kick shootouts), becoming the first team in the last 20 years to win five-or-more games in a single postseason.
Since the start of 2023 under Head Coach Wilfried Nancy, the Crew have scored a league-best 139 regular season goals (league-best 67 in 2023, Club-record 72 in 2024), tied for the fifth-most in a
two-season span in MLS history.
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.
First 15,000 fans get a RED RUNS ON rally towel.
