New York City FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2018 MLS Match Preview

New York City FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2018 MLS Regular Season — Week 23 Yankee Stadium — Bronx August 4 - 8 pm ET WATCH: TSN2, ESPN+

After their four-match winning streak was snapped in Seattle Sunday, New York City FC return to the friendly confines of Yankee Stadium, where they are 10-0-1 this season. They take on a Vancouver Whitecaps FC side coming off a 4-2 home win over Minnesota United FC.

The Whitecaps earned a 3-2 win against NYCFC in the last meeting between the two clubs. The Cityzens had won the first two league games against Vancouver, and have scored 2+ goals in all three games.

New York City FC

Following a cross-country flight on short rest, NYCFC (13-5-4) were gassed on the turf at CenturyLink Field on a warm Sunday afternoon and fell to the Sounders, 3-1, Sunday in their second road game in four days.

Cristian Roldan opened the scoring with the lone goal of the first half and Gustav Svensson doubled the Sounders advantage in the 51st minute. Jesus Medina halved the visitors deficit in the 68th minute before Harry Shipp put the finishing touches on an impressive win five minutes from full time.

“We played well the first half. We played compact,” Dome Torrent said. “They had problems in between lines that they dont find the players who play inside because we played really well. We defended well. We defended compact. And after that, we are able to create three or four chances in the first half. But football is when you are more clinical than the opponent. That is football.”

Projected Starting XI (4-23-1, right to left) GK: Sean Johnson — Anton Tinnerholm, Maxime Chanot, Alex Callens, Ben Sweat — Alex Ring, Ebenezer Ofori — Jesus Medina, Maxi Moralez, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi — Jo Inge Berget

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

After making history with a record-setting transfer to Bayern Munich, Alphonso Davies had a day against Minnesota United to lead Vancouver (8-9-5) to a 4-2 win at BC Place.

The 17-year-old had two goals and two assists and Yordy Reyna and Kei Kamara each added a goal in the win. The Whitecaps took a commanding 3-0 lead in the 64th minute, but things got hairy when Ibson and Abu Danladi scored five minutes apart late; however, Davies came through with his second goal to put the finishing touches on an impressive win.

“The guys on the team at the moment are playing well, thats the first thing,” Carl Robinson said. “Obviously Wednesday-Saturday two big games for us against Montreal and Minnesota and they’ve put in really good performances.”

Projected Starting XI (4-4-1-1, right to left) GK: Stefan Marinovic — Jake Nerwinski, Jose Aja, Doneil Henry, Marcel de Jong — Cristian Techera, Aly Ghazal, Felipe, Alphonso Davies — Yordy Reyna, Kei Kamara

Officials

Referee: JC Rivero Assistant Referees: Brian Poeschel, Jose Da Silva 4th Official: Tim Ford VAR: Mark Geiger