International matches are once again slated at Red Bull Arena and the New York Red Bulls will be helping to warm up a World Cup hopeful.

Colombia will be taking on Peru in Harrison on September 8th. As part of their preparations, national team boss Jose Pekerman reveals a closed door scrimmage will take place between the Colombian hopefuls and their Red Bull hosts.

“We will have a match against Peru, but we will have some work before that and we will cap it off with a closed door scrimmage against the Red Bulls,” Peckerman told members of the press on Friday.

The approach by the Argentine mastermind is similar to Colombia’s last World Cup cycle. As Pekerman notes, “We didn’t take the FIFA calendar to play friendlies against rivals. We closed ourselves and concentrated on working on aspects of communication and recognition to see new players.

“This can be similar,” he continues. “Back then we did the same with Atletico Madrid. This time, it will be similar with the players we want to see.”

The Red Bulls will be out of action from this weekend’s August 30th encounter against DC United through September 11th. That gives New York ample time to schedule a closed door encounter prior to their return match against the Chicago Fire.