Five members of the New York Red Bulls will not be available for the team this weekend -- and could miss games thru June 25th -- due to being to their respective national teams for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Defender Tim Ream and forward Juan Agudelo of the Red Bulls will be in action Tuesday night when the USA begins play in Group C against Canada. Midfielder Dwayne DeRosario will be playing for Canada.
That game is being held Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET at Ford Field in Detroit, MI.
Other Red Bulls participating in the tournament are defender Rafa Marquez (Mexico) and midfielder Dane Richards (Jamaica).
The knockout phase consisting of three rounds -- quarterfinals, semifinals and finals -- starts June 18 and 19 and will be held in Rutherford, NJ and Washington, DC. The semifinals are scheduled for June 22 in Houston, TX and the finals on June 25 in Pasadena, CA.
You can follow all the Gold Cup action at CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 website. Games will be broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel with live online streaming available (for a fee) at Foxsoccer.tv.