The New York Red Bulls are halfway through a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal series against Tijuana, but before that can be concluded on Tuesday, March 13, the team must get its MLS season underway.
RBNY’s 2018 MLS home-opener - and MLS season-opener - sees Portland Timbers provide the opposition. Arguably the Timbers’ biggest off-season move was the change in head coach that saw Caleb Porter leave the club and Giovanni Savarese replace him.
Savarese used to score goals for fun for MetroStars, and went to win trophies for fun as coach of the New York Cosmos in NASL.