The New York Red Bulls and CF Monterrey will meet for the second match of Phase One of Leagues Cup on Sunday evening at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati.
Head Coach Sandro Schwarz will again rotate the squad, with Emil Forsberg coming back into the Starting XI following his last-second heroics against Chivas de Guadalajara.
Forsberg scored the game-winning goal in New York’s 1-0 win over Chivas, which marked his first career Leagues Cup goal. In three matches outside of MLS regular season this year, Forsberg has scored two goals.
He has recorded seven goal contributions in his last seven appearances across all competitions.
Forsberg will be joined by Dennis Gjengaar, Serge Ngoma and Julian Hall in the attack.
This will be the first ever meeting between the Red Bulls and C.F. Monterrey.
Carlos Coronel is in goal for RBNY.
Daniel Edelman and Ronald Donkor pair in the central midfield.
New York have posted a 6-3-2 mark against Liga MX teams in franchise history, including coming off a 1-0 victory over Chivas Guadalajara on July 31 in their first match of the 2025 Leagues Cup.
Kyle Duncan, Noah Eile, Alexander Hack and Omar Valencia start along the back.
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Monterrey are coming off a 3-2 loss against F.C. Cincinnati on July 31.
Off the bench, Schwarz and Red Bull will have Nehuen Benedetti, Wiktor Bogacz, Raheem Edwards, A.J. Marcucci, Adri Mehmeti, Marcelo Morales, Dylan Nealis, Sean Nealis, Tim Parker, Mohammed Sofo, Peter Stroud and Tobias Szewczyk available.
Kickoff is set for 8:30 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.
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.
Coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV begins at 8:30 p.m. ET. Neil Sika will have primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Lloyd Sam on the English side, while Sammy Sadovnik will have the play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Daniel Brailovsky on the Spanish side.
New York Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated begins at 8 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Toyota, hosted by Matt Harmon and Steve Jolley.
