Our prediction for this MLS match:
Portland Timbers
Match Time & Date:
11/12/2021
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
New York City
All eyes will be on Providence Park when Portland Timbers and New York City go head to head in the MLS title game. Portland set up a meeting with New York City by beating Real Salt Lake 2-0, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry in the decider. Colombia international Dairon Asprilla is back from suspension, while all Attinella, Jome, Polo, Sulte, and Williamson are sidelined with injuries.
The Blue Pigeons, on the other hand, did well to beat Philadelphia Union in the semis. New York City aim to put icing on the cake on a very successful season, but seeing that they were beaten by Portland in each of the previous four meetings between the two teams, we are tempted to put our money on draw. Valentin Castellanos returns from suspension, whereas Parks and Tinnerholm are injured for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Dario Zuparic):
Dario Zuparic is a Croatian footballer, who plays for Pescara as a defender. Zuparic played for the likes of Sladograna Zupanja, NK Granicar Zupanja and Cibalia during his youth career. He continued playing for Cibalia at senior level and he made 57 league appearances for the Croatian outfit from 2011 to 2013.
In 2013 he signed a contract with Pescara and made 21 appearances for the team in the 2013/2014 Serie B campaign. Zuparic quickly established himself as a first-team regular at Pescara and it has to be noted that he played 36 games for the Delfini in the 2015/2016 season. The Pescara highly rated defender was born in Croatia, but he started playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He has 3 caps for Bosnian and Herzegovina U19 team, but he eventually decided to represent Croatia on the international stage. Zuparic has 5 caps for Croatia U20 and he played three matches for Croatia U21. The 188-cm-tall footballer was born on 3 May, 1992 in Zupanja.
Highlighted Team (New York City):
New York City are an American soccer club and they have been competing in Major League Soccer since 2015. The Pigeons play their home games at Yankee Stadium and they are the second club in New York after the New York Red Bulls.
Famous Arsenal player Patrick Vieira took over the reins in January, 2016 and he helped the team finish the season in second place in the Eastern Conference. However, they were totally outclassed by Toronto FC (0-7 on aggregate) in the conference semifinals.
New York City chiefs have been pumping up a lot of money into the squad ever since the team began play in MLS and it has to be noted that the likes of Andrea Pirlo and David Villa played for the Pigeons in the 2016 season. New York City footballers wear sky blue shirts when playing at home, while the colour of the team’s away kit is dark blue.
Companies City Football Group (80%) and Yankee Global Enterprises own the club.
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