The New York Red Bulls will look to hop over D.C. United with a victory on Sunday night at Red Bull Arena.
The Red Bulls will see Kaku return to the Starting XI, alongside Daniel Royer, Marc Rzatkowski, Josh Sims and Cristian Casseres Jr. in the midfield.
The Red Bulls have not lost a regular-season match to D.C. United in nine previous meetings and are 7-1-3 at Red Bull Arena in league games versus D.C.
Tom Barlow starts up top for New York.
Along the back line, the Red Bulls will have Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Tim Parker and Kyle Duncan.
Luis Robles starts in goal and wears the captains armband.
Robles recently reached to the 25,000 minute-milestone across all competitions. Robles recorded back-to-back clean sheets for the second time this season to raise his season total to eight and career total to 71. The Fort Hauchuca, Arizona, native has amassed 59 league shutouts since 2015, which is the most among MLS goalkeepers during that span.
Head Coach Chris Armas has Sean Nealis, Alex Muyl, Omir Fernandez, Sean Davis, Michael Amir Murillo and Bradley Wright-Phillips available off the bench.
Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. EST with coverage on FS1, Fox Sports Go and New York Red Bulls Radio on TuneIn.
New York Red Bulls Radio begins at 4:30 p.m. EST with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Honda, hosted by Matt Harmon. Ernesto Motta will carry the Spanish play-by-play responsibilities, beginning at 5 p.m. EST.
