Head Coach Michael Bradley will make major changes to the Starting XI as Red Bull New York take on FC Cincinnati on Saturday night in Ohio.
Joyeux Masanka Bungi makes his first MLS start after a debut performance last match, while Tim Parker and Gustav Berggren enter the lineup from the opening whistle.
This will be the 16th all-time regular season meeting between New York and Cincinnati, with the Red Bulls holding the series advantage with a 8-4-3 mark, including a 4-2-1 mark on the road against Cincinnati.
Dylan Nealis will don the armband, with Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty rounding out the defense.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Cade Cowell and Mohammed Sofo push the attack for RBNY.
Update - 7:30 PM ET: Julian Hall will start in place of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who will not play due to an illness.
Ronald Donkor and Adri Mehmeti anchor the central midfield, while Ethan Horvath starts in goal.
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Donkor scored his first career MLS goal in New York’s 4-4 draw against D.C. United on Wednesday. Donkor also recorded his second multi-assist match for the club and now has three assists on the season, which ranks tied for first on the team this season.
Off the bench, Bradley will have Nehuen Benedetti, Matthew Dos Santos, Emil Forsberg, Julian Hall, John McCarthy, Juan Mina, Rafael Mosquera, Jorge Ruvalcaba, Robert Voloder available.
Cameron Harper, Justin Che and A.J. Marcucci are sidelined.
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET with coverage on Apple TV in English and Spanish, and Red Bulls Radio in English via the Red Bull New York app and RedBullNewYork.com.
Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated begins at 7 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Toyota, hosted by Matt Harmon and Steve Jolley.
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