New York City FC will have another opportunity to end their winless streak on Friday. An Eastern Conference clash against the Chicago Fire is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Univision Deportes.

What They're Saying

City midfielder Ned Grabavoy (via MLS): "We've hit rock bottom and we need to work harder and look forward to the next game. It just feels like this momentum against us right now is such a headwind. We're trying anything and everything we can to break out of this and start finding results."

Fire manager Frank Yallop: "We tied a ton of games last year, I'd have taken a tie [vs. RSL] for sure. It's still in the making a little bit. We've not been dull, that's for sure. We've just got to figure out as a group, and I'm the leader of it all, just a way of getting to grind some results, get back into games and not give up goals when you're on the front foot."

The In-Form Player

David Villa's frustration is mounting. A true forward, the Spanish international has been subjected to operating as a left midfielder due to his team's inability to hold possession in the midfield. Forcing the issue, Villa has two goals and an assist.

Projected Lineups

City (4-4-1-1): Saunders; Allen, Wingert, Hernandez, Williams; Alvarez, Jacobson, Diskerud, Shelton; Villa; Mullins

Chicago (4-4-2): Johnson; Jones, Adailton, Larentowicz, Palmer; Maloney, Ritter, Polster, Shipp; Prado, Amarikwa

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

Houston Dynamo

11

3

4

4

13

14

-1

13

10

Colorado Rapids

10

1

7

2

9

9

0

10

Rnk

Team

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

+/-

Pts

1

DC United

10

6

3

1

13

8

5

21

2

New England Revolution

10

5

3

2

14

10

4

18

3

New York Red Bulls

9

4

4

1

14

9

5

16

4

Columbus Crew

9

4

2

3

15

10

5

14

5

Toronto FC

8

3

0

5

12

13

-1

9

6

Chicago Fire

8

3

0

5

7

10

-3

9

7

Orlando City SC

10

2

3

5

9

14

-5

9

8

New York City FC

10

1

3

6

7

12

-5

6

9

Philadelphia Union

11

1

3

7

10

21

-11

6

10

Impact Montreal

5

0

2

3

3

8

-5

2