Our prediction for this MLS match:
New York City
Match Time & Date:
09/03/2024
20:00
Prediction: 2-2
Portland Timbers
New York City will look to record their first win of the season when they take on Portland Timbers at Yankee Stadium on Saturday evening. The Blue Pigeons failed to impress in back-to-back defeats to Charlotte and St Louis City, but they are still seen as favourites to beat Portland in front of home fans. Midfielder James Sands is banned for the match, while all Talles Magno, Rio Hope-Gund, Tayvon Gray, and Maxi Moralez remain in the recovery room.
The Timbers, on the other hand, have been scoring goals for fun in the new MLS campaign and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. Given New York City’s attacking potential at Yankee Stadium, both teams to score betting option should be considered. The likes of Evander, Felipe Mora, Marvin Loria, and Claudio Bravo are all out of contention with injuries 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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