The lions are looking for a victory to climb up in the table while New York City FC will try to give their fans something to smile about after the 7-0 defeat in the New York Derby against New York Red Bulls.
Orlando City SC comes with a draw at home against Philadelphia Union (2-2), where they lost 2 players due to disciplinary suspensions, Cristian Higuita, who got his fifth yellow card of the season, and David Mateos, who got a red card in the last moments of the game, will miss the clash against NY City alongside the injured Rafael Ramos and Seb Hines. Also, Orlando will miss their captain, Kaka, who was called by the Brazilian National Team to replace Douglas Costa (Bayern Munchen) for the Copa America games.
If Orlando wants to win at Yankee Stadium, Adrian Heath, Orlando City’ coach, will need to adapt to the absences and give opportunity other players like Julio Baptista, Antonio Nocerino or Pedro Ribeiro to filled Kaka’s place in starting lineup, also Tommy Redding will play with a different partner due to both Mateos and Hines absence, maybe Conor Donovan, Tyler Turner or even Luke Boden will have a shot to impress the Coach this weekend.
Orlando City SC
Top Scorer: Cyle Larin 7 goals
Key Player: Kevin Molino 5 goals 2 assists.
Possible Lineup:
1-Joe Bendik (GK)
12-Kevin Alston (DEF)
29-Tommy Redding (DEF)
14-Luke Boden (DEF)
20-Brek Shea (DEF)
5-Servando Carrasco (MID)
17-Darwin Cerén (MID)
22- Antonio Nocerino (MID)
18-Kevin Molino (MID)
11-Carlos Rivas (MID)
9-Cyle Larin (FW)
New York City FC
Top Scorer: David Villa 8 goals
Key Player: Andrea Pirlo 2 assists
Possible Lineup:
12-Josh Saunders (GK)
51-Andoni Iraola (DEF)
13-Frederin Brillant (DEF)
2-Jason Hernandez (DEF)
20-Diego Martínez (DEF)
21-Andrea Pirlo (MID)
10-Mix Diskerud (MID)
8-Frank Lampard (MID)
20-Mehdi Ballouchy (FW)
9-Steven Mendoza (FW)
7-David Villa (FW)