The New York Red Bulls are in North Carolina to take on Charlotte FC on Sunday Night Soccer, looking to move their winning streak to three matches.
Head Coach Sandro Schwarz will deploy Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Emil Forsberg, Wiki Carmona and Mohammed Sofo in the attack.
Choupo-Moting scored a brace in his first career match against Charlotte FC, when New York defeated them, 4-2, on May 28 at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
Carlos Coronel starts in goal, with Raheem Edwards, Tim Parker, Noah Eile and Dylan Nealis along the backline.
Charlotte FC are unbeaten in their last seven MLS regular season matches and have posted a 10-2-1 mark at home this season.
Daniel Edelman and Peter Stroud link up in the central midfield.
This will be the eighth overall regular season meeting between the Red Bulls and Charlotte FC, with New York holding the series advantage with a 3-1-3 mark.
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Off the bench, New York will have Wiktor Bogacz, Ronald Donkor, Kyle Duncan, Julian Hall, Marcelo Morales, Rafael Mosquera, Sean Nealis and Serge Ngoma available. John McCarthy is the backup goalkeeper after being acquired last week.
Lewis Morgan, Cameron Harper and A.J. Marcucci are out with injuries.
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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 7 p.m. ET. Jake Zivin will have primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Taylor Twellman on the English side, while Sammy Sadovnik will have the primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Diego Valeri on the Spanish side.
New York Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated begins at 6:30 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Toyota, hosted by Matt Harmon and Steve Jolley.
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