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Coming off back-to-back wins over the Philadelphia Union and the Seattle Sounders, New York City FC is hoping to ride that momentum against the New York Red Bulls in the latest installment of the New York Derby Sunday at Yankee Stadium on Sunday July 3 at noon. (ESPN | WFAN | WADO | International)
After defeating Philadelphia at home, NYCFC knocked off the Sounders 2-0 at CenturyLink Field Saturday for their league-leading fourth road victory of the year.
“I watched the game again [Monday] and we played even better than I thought we played,” NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira said. “I was really pleased with how we conducted ourselves on the field, with and without the ball.”
NYCFC is currently second in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the Philadelphia Union and one point ahead of the Red Bulls, who are coming off a 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew on Saturday.
Bradley Wright-Phillips put the Red Bulls in front on 52 minutes, but Ola Kamara leveled three minutes into stoppage time for the Crew.
The Red Bulls defeated NYCFC, 7-0, in the first of three meetings this season.
“Like I’m going to mention to the players, that was a one-off game,” Vieira said. “What I want, of course, is that result to be somewhere in our mind, but the main focus will be on ourselves, how we want to play, how we’re going to play, respecting our game plan. That will not change. We’re going to concentrate on ourselves and how we can hurt them.”
Frank Lampard, who has scored in consecutive games for the second time in his Major League Soccer career, is also confident that things will be different come Saturday.
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“I know we’re not seven goals worst than them,” Lampard said. “We’re a team that can beat them, it’s as simple as that. But we need to show it on the pitch.”
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