Montréal – New York Rb Lineups Announced as Red Bulls Host Montréal
Red Bull New York will host CF Montréal at Sports Illustrated Stadium Sunday in a match that features multiple first starts and matters as New York looks for a third straight win. Coverage begins Sunday at 4: 30 p. m. ET, and the matchup is listed under the keyword montréal – new york rb in club notices.
Montréal – New York Rb Starting XI and First Starts
Head coach Michael Bradley has named Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in his first start of the season alongside Julian Hall, Cade Cowell, Jorge Ruvalcaba and captain Emil Forsberg in the attack. Robert Voloder also makes his first start, slotting into a back line that includes Justin Che, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty and Matthew Dos Santos, while Adri Mehmeti anchors the defensive midfield.
Red Bull New York Records and Horvath Milestone
This meeting is the 31st all-time regular-season clash between the clubs; New York holds a 16-10-4 edge overall and is 13-2-1 at home versus Montréal. Goalkeeper Horvath recorded his first career MLS clean sheet recently, and the club has compiled 101 home clean sheets since 2010, the most in MLS over that span.
CF Montréal Offensive Slide, Recent Form, and Odds
New York enters the match 2-0-0 after a gritty 1-0 win over the New England Revolution, and bookmakers list the Red Bulls as strong favorites to make it three straight. Montréal has yet to score this season, opening with a 0-5 loss to San Diego and a 0-3 defeat at Chicago; CF Montréal will not make its MLS season debut at home until April.
Across the last four meetings at New York’s ground the aggregate score is 6-5 in the Red Bulls’ favor, and New York has posted two consecutive clean sheets against L’Impact in their most recent encounters. Bench options for New York include Gustav Berggren, John McCarthy, Juan Mina, Roald Mitchell, Rafael Mosquera, Tim Parker, Andy Rojas, Tanner Rosborough and Omar Valencia.
Coverage details: live coverage on MLS Season Pass begins at 4: 30 p. m. ET, Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated starts at 4: 00 p. m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff hosted by Matt Harmon and Steve Jolley, and English-language play-by-play duties list Callum Williams with Calen Carr.
Sunday at 4: 30 p. m. ET is the next confirmed event for this matchup; kick-off coverage and the listed broadcasts will begin at that time.