It's a battle for New York. The Hudson River derby between the New York Red Bulls and New York City FC scheduled for 7 p.m. ET will be held at Red Bull Arena and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Sports 1.
What They're Saying
New York Red Bulls midfielder Mike Grella (via MLS): "What is this, 15 minutes outside the city?. You can get out here with the train; it's just outside the city. [Red Bull Arena] is an unbelievable building to play in. It's fantastic for the fans, fantastic for the players. Our location being 15 minutes outside of New York has nothing to do with anything, really. It's a non-factor."
City manager Jason Kreis (via MLS): "I wanted this team to be a diamond in midfield, and a lot of the players we've recruited were guys, especially in the Expansion Draft, would be really good in that system. But then going through preseason we made a pretty quick identification that perhaps that wasn't going to be the best system for these players."
The In-Form Player
Lloyd Sam will be expected to punish City's suspect fullbacks on Sunday. In eight appearances this year, the 30-year-old has three goals and 12 chances created.
Projected Lineups
New York Red Bulls' (4-2-3-1): Robles; Miller, Perrinelle, Miazga, Duvall; McCarty, Martins; Grella, Kljestan, Sam; Phillips
NYCFC (4-4-2): Saunders; Brovsky, Wingert, Hernandez, Facey; Grabavoy, Ballouchy, Mix, Shelton; Villa, Nemec
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
Standings
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 2 | FC Dallas | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Sporting Kansas City | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 14 | |||
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 | |||
| 6 | San Jose Earthquakes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 10 |
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Revolution | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 2 | DC United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | New York Red Bulls | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Toronto FC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Orlando City SC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 9 | |||
| 8 | New York City FC | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Impact Montreal | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
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