On Thursday night’s New York Derby win, Head Coach Chris Armas gave Marc Rzatkowski, Ryan Meara, and Jared Stroud their first starts of the season. He also gave the center-back pairing of Aaron Long and Tim Parker its first start of the 2020 season. With a tight schedule ahead, the depth of the Red Bulls squad will be put to the test.
“I saw two defenders that were up for the challenge but really stick to the Red Bull principles of defending, which is aggressive defending, which means that they're aggressive to step out, they're reading plays early to defend balls behind, they're shifting into channels,” said Armas on the Long-Parker defensive partnership.