MLS Orlando City SC

Know Your Opponent: New York Red Bulls

Published on September 29, 2020 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Orlando City SC News Release


The Lions return home Saturday to face the New York Red Bulls at 4:30 pm ET with a shot to extend their unbeaten streak to nine games. Here is what you need to know about our opponents:

Key Transactions and Player News

Red Bulls started the month of September making headlines as they dismissed Head Coach Chris Armas. Bradley Carnell has since taken over as Interim Head Coach.

The big additions on the roster for 2020 have been Josh Sims (loan from Southampton), David Jensen (from FC Utrecht), Mandela Egbo (from SV Darmstadt 98), Dru Yearwood (from Brentford) and Samuel Tetteh (from Red Bull Salzburg).

Notable departures have been Goalkeeper Luis Robles, forward Bradley Wright-Phillips and defender Kemar Lawrence.

You can view New York Red Bulls' full roster here.

Injury Report: Patrick Seagrist (groin injury) is the only player listed as out while Sean Davis (knee injury), Ryan Meara (hip injury) and Marc Rzatkowski (undisclosed injury) are listed as questionable.

Team Form

Red Bulls currently sit in 7th place in the Eastern Conference on 20 points. The Jersey side are 3-2-0 in their last five matches with wins over Montreal, Inter Miami and D.C. United.

Head-to-Head

City and Red Bulls split the 2019 season series with a win each. Both games ended 1-0 in tightly contested affairs.

Rasmussen College Fact

This will be the first meeting between the two sides since July 21st, 2019.

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