Our prediction for this MLS match:
New York City
Match Time & Date:
05/09/2018
07:00 PM
Prediction: 2-0
New England Revolution
With seven games to go until the end of the regular season, New York City are sitting pretty in third in the Eastern Conference standings, and while they have all but secured a play-off berth, Domenec Torrent’s men are hoping to arrest the poor run of results and attempt to catch either local rivals New York Red Bulls or second-placed Atlanta United to make it to the final series. While losing last two games on the road, New York City shared spoils with Red Bulls in their previous home game and will now be looking to the likes of Villa, Moralez and Medina to help them return to winning ways. New England Revolution, on the other hand, are still within touching distance of play-off positions, but with just 2 draws and 6 defeats in last eight, we seriously doubt they will be able to match very good hosts. Therefore, we predict a fairly comfortable home win.
Highlighted Player (David Villa):
Over the years David Villa has established himself as one of the best attackers in the world. The Spanish superstar was producing excellent performances with Valencia from 2005 to 2010 and on May 19, 2010 Barcelona chiefs brought him to Camp Nou. “El Guaje” signed a four-year deal with Barca for a fee of €40 million and it is well known that he won a number of trophies with the Catalan giants.
Villa clinched two La Liga titles with Barca (2011/2012, 2012/2013) and in 2011 he scored for Pep Guardiola’s team in a 3-1 victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final. After spending one season at Atletico Madrid, the Spain international joined New York City in June, 2014 and he has been playing for Patrick Vieira’s team ever since.
Nonetheless, it has to be noted that he made four league appearances for Melbourne City during his loan spell with the Australian club. Villa’s international career was successful as well as he won both FIFA World Cup (2010) and UEFA European Championship (2008) with La Furia Roja.
Highlighted Team (New England Revolution):
Unlike famous NFL club New England Patriots, the Revolution have yet to win the domestic trophy. New England participated five times in the MLS Cup final, but they were more than fortunate not to lift the silverware. The Revs played their last final in 2014, with the team losing to LA Galaxy in the title game at StubHub Center. New England Revolution, though, clinched the North American SuperLiga trophy in 2008 and that is considered as the club’s biggest success.
It has to be noted that the Revs defeated Houston Dynamo on penalties in the final of the tournament. New England Revolution were founded in 1994 and Gillette Stadium is the home ground of the club. Legendary defender Alexi Lalas played for the Revolution (1996-1997) and he scored three goals for the Gillette Stadium outfit. Fellow USA ace Clint Dempsey was part of the team as well and you should know that he netted 25 goals in 71 league appearances for the club.
