Our prediction for this MLS match:
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over New England Revolution and DC United, New York City will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Charlotte on Sunday morning. The Blue Pigeons have been in a fine form of late and, as a result, the bookies see them as favourites to win this match. Despite finding his goal-scoring touch, Julian Fernandez should once again start from the bench, while all Rio Hope-Gund, Talles Magno, and Maxi Moralez are out of contention with injuries.
Dean Smith’s troops, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 defeat to Minnesota United at the weekend and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling New York City’s party at Yankee Stadium. Both Brandon Cambridge and Ben Bender continue to miss out with injuries for the visiting side.
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.