No fresh injury concerns reported, no suspension worries, a five-game winning streak to close out the (best-ever) regular season: the New York Red Bulls can’t ask for a better platform from which to launch a playoff campaign.
No reason to assume RBNY is going to do anything but put everything it’s got into quieting Columbus Crew from the opening whistle of the first leg of this Eastern Conference Semifinal series - which means no reason to assume RBNY is going to do anything but put its best XI on the field from the start.