New York City FC will be without the services of Yangel Herrera, Ronald Matarrita and Khiry Shelton for the trip to FC Dallas.
Matarrita and Shelton are still working their way back from injuries, while Herrera is away on international duty.
Both injured players have returned to training in recent weeks and will hope to be involved on gamedays oncemore by the end of the month.
For the hosts, Mauro Diaz misses the match with a torn Achilles’ tendon and Paxton Pomykal is out with an ankle strain.
Reigning Supporters’ Shield champions FC Dallas are the only unbeaten MLS side going into this showdown between East and West, boasting five wins and three draws.
Coming up against an NYCFC team who have won their last two road games at Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew SC, it promises to be one of the games of the season so far.
Injury Report
NYCFC
- Suspended: None
- Int'l Duty: Yangel Herrera
- Injuries: OUT — DF Ronald Matarrita (high ankle sprain), FW Khiry Shelton (hamstring)
FC Dallas
- Suspended: None
- Int'l duty: None
- Injury report: OUT — Mauro Diaz (torn Achilles' tendon), Paxton Pomykal (ankle strain)
All-Time Series
This will be only the third MLS meeting between the two teams. FC Dallas triumphed 2-1 in the only prior MLS game played between the two teams in Texas (Sept. 12, 2015), while New York City FC rallied for a 2-2 draw at Yankee Stadium last September.
Officials
- Referee: Robert Sibiga
- Assistant Referees: Eric Weisbrod, Jeff Muschik
- Fourth official: Daniel Radford
