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

WESTERN CONFERENCE
RnkTeamMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
1Vancouver Whitecaps11623149520
2FC Dallas106221713420
3Seattle Sounders9513159616
4Sporting Kansas City103521313014
5LA Galaxy113531111014
6San Jose Earthquakes104241011-114
7Real Salt Lake10352911-214
8Portland Timbers1034399013
9Colorado Rapids1017299010
10Houston Dynamo102441113-210
EASTERN CONFERENCE
RnkTeamMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
1New England Revolution105321410418
2DC United9531117418
3Columbus Crew94231510514
4New York Red Bulls8341128413
5Toronto FC7304111109
6Chicago Fire8305710-39
7Orlando City SC9234812-49
8New York City FC9135610-46
9Philadelphia Union111371021-116
10Impact Montreal502338-52