The New York Red Bulls will see Marcelo Morales and Andy Rojas make their first team debuts on Thursday night in Phase One of Leagues Cup vs. FC Juárez.
Morales starts along the backline for New York, with Dylan Nealis, Tim Parker and Noah Eile. Parker captains the side.
The Chilean has started five times for Red Bulls II, scoring once.
Rojas, who is signed to Red Bulls II, helps push the attack, with Julian Hall, Wiktor Bogacz and Wiki Carmona.
Rojas, from Costa Rica, has two goals and an assist over 856 minutes with the second team.
Hall scored the lone goal in a 1-1 draw against C.F. Monterrey in New York’s second match of the 2025 Leagues Cup. Hall scored his first goal of the season and the third of his career across all competitions.
The Manhattan, N.Y. became the youngest goal scorer in an international competition for the Red Bulls at 17 years, 132 days old. He also became the sixth homegrown player to score a goal in an international competition and the first since 2023.
Daniel Edelman and Peter Stroud pair in the central midfield.
The Red Bulls have posted a 3-0-3 mark in Leagues Cup matches at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
A.J. Marcucci is in goal.
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This will be the first ever meeting between the Red Bulls and FC Juarez.
New York currently have four points in the MLS Leagues Cup standings, while FC Juarez has five points in the Liga MX Leagues Cup standings.
Off the bench, Head Coach Sandro Schwarz has Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Kyle Duncan, Raheem Edwards, Emil Forsberg, Dennis Gjengaar, Alexander Hack, Adri Mehmeti, Sean Nealis, Serge Ngoma, Mohammed Sofo, Aidan Stokes and Tobias Szewczyk available.
The Red Bulls are unbeaten in their last 12 non-MLS regular season matches at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET with coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in English and Spanish, and New York Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated in English via the New York Red Bulls app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.
Coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV begins at 7:30 p.m. ET. Neil Sika will have primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Lloyd Sam on the English side, while Oscar Salazar will have the play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Jamie Macias on the Spanish side.
New York Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated begins at 7 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Toyota, hosted by Matt Harmon.
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