With CF Montreal having a new Head Coach, the Red Bulls as they go on the road to Canada are going to be in a test of the unknown.

They are going to have to as Coach Michael Bradley is preaching implement the style of play that they want and hope the momentum that they were able to build in the US Open Cup match against Pittsburgh continues as they re-enter MLS play.

When it comes time for playing against Montreal the guys have a 16-11-4 record , while earning three results in the last four trips there.

One of the leaders on the Red Bulls and a fun thing for the fans to see is the development of Julian Hall as he is ranked tied for second-most in the Eastern Conference and fifth-most in MLS.

Coach Bradley, someone very familiar and one of those that went through the development process had reflected on what things are like now or days and the rewards the League is reaping thanks to the development of players by Hall by saying, “For sure, the infrastructure that is in place now is much better than it was 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago. You guys have heard me say, when I was a young player, playing for the Metro Stars, there was no second team, there was no reserve league, there was no Academy. And so at that time, my dad would find games on Sunday morning for the guys who didn’t play on Saturday night against local universities. It could be other teams in the area that were looking for games, other teams coming through. He made sure that the guys who weren’t playing with the with the first 11 regularly were still getting minutes and still getting opportunities to improve. But it wasn’t in the structured way that it is now. Now, when you look, what do you see? You see MLS NEXT Pro. You see just about every team in the league that has a second team that competes at that level, every club has a real Academy in place. You have MLS NEXT. You have all of the important competitions and events that go with that. And so there is a real pathway for young players in this country to grow and develop and to continue to move themselves along. When we speak more specifically than about Julian (Hall) or Adri (Mehmeti) or Matty Dos Santos or Tanner (Rosborough), like any of these guys, then at that point you have to be give huge credit to the people at Red Bull who have played a huge part in their growth, in their development. Tanner came a later at a slightly older age, but Julian and Adri and Matty were here at really, really young ages, and they moved through our entire system, and so the coaches and the people who played such a role in their journey. They deserve huge credit, and so as a club, we are really, really proud of the players that they are, the young men that they are, and we’re going to continue to try to push them so that we can make sure this isn’t the end.”

This is the second time that the Red Bulls is clashing against Montreal and the guys were able to learn a ton from that first meeting in Sports Illustrated Stadium that was played in March.

“We definitely looked at the past game we played against Montreal. Now it’s obviously also going to probably be a little bit different with a new coach,” said Defender Robert Voloder.”We can’t really tell if the system is going to change, we will be prepared for everything that can come to us. So, yeah, I think we are more than enough prepared for whatever way they want to play, and we’re going to come after them.”

Volodor thus far is bringing value to the team from his ability to play the ball from out of the back and had himself a 90-minute shift in the victory against Cincinnati. In that match he had himself a 7.4 rating and looks to continue to be a part of the team’s defensive leadership group.

The match between the Red Bulls and Montreal is going to be an early one on 4/18/26 with the action scheduled at 2:30 p.m. fans can catch the action on the Apple TV streaming platform.

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