NYCFC look to make it six points out of six when they take on a surging Seattle Sounders side on Sunday evening at 5PM ET.
The injury news is good – with no additional knocks from Thursday night’s festivities in Florida.
David Villa remains out, but it’s all clear for Jo Inge Berget and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi after their late cameos in the Orlando win.
Alex Ring misses out due to yellow card accumulation, but Dome will be licking his chops with an almost full corps of attackers ready to go.
Roll on Sunday…
INJURY REPORT
NYCFC
- OUT: M - Yangel Herrera (ankle)
- OUT: D - Cedric Hountondji (hamstring)
- OUT: F - David Villa (knee)
Seattle Sounders
- OUT: F – Jordan Morris (torn ACL, out for season)
- OUT: M – Handwalla Bwana (right midfoot sprain)
- QUESTIONABLE: M – Victor Rodriguez (right hamstring strain)
KEY STATS
- NYCFC has set a franchise record by keeping a clean sheet in four consecutive matches and have scored multiple goals in eight of their last 11 league games (7W-2L-2D).
- Seattle have scored seven right footed goals, the fewest of any team in the league. NYCFC have conceded seven right footed goals, the fewest of any team in the league.
- City have now played 10 out of their 60 MLS regular season away games without David Villa in the starting lineup. They average 1.1 points and 1.3 goals per game with Villa in the lineup, and 1.3 points and 1.5 goals per game without Villa.
- Stefan Frei has saved 89.5% of shots in July. Only two other keepers have a save percentage of more than 78% this month.
- Thursday’s 2-0 win over Orlando was Sean Johnson’s sixth game with 5+ saves this season, tied for his second-highest total in a single MLS season..
- Since the start of the 2010 season, Osvaldo Alonso has made 969 tackles, the most of any player in the league (inc. playoffs). Only three other players have made more than 600 tackles.
- Maxi Moralez has four goals in his last 10 league appearances, after tallying nine in his first 40.
- Cristian Roldan’s assist on Wednesday night snapped a seven-game appearance streak where he did not tally a single assist.
