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NYCFC Must Host Another Concacaf Champions League Match at Red Bull Arena

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) – Major League Soccer's New York City team is going back to New Jersey for a second straight home game at Red Bull Arena, the venue of its biggest rival.

NYCFC said Friday it will play the first leg of its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal against Mexico's Tigres at Red Bull Arena on March 11. The second leg of the total-goals series will be in Monterrey on March 17.

NYCFC played its round of 16 match at Red Bull Arena on Wednesday night, and the announced crowd for the 1-0 win over Costa Rica's San Carlos was 4,396 in the 25,000-capacity stadium.