Following a full match of rest in the New York Red Bulls midweek victory, Bradley Wright-Phillips and Kaku are both back in the Starting XI for Head Coach Chris Armas.
Kaku is joined in the midfield by Daniel Royer and Derrick Etienne, Jr., with Wright-Phillips at forward.
Sean Davis and Marc Rzatkowski will anchor the defensive midfield for New York.
Connor Lade, Fidel Escobar, Aaron Long and Kemar Lawrence will start along the back line. Lade and Escobar both start after helping to keep the Houston Dynamo off the scoresheet on Wednesday.
Luis Robles captains the team and starts in goal.