Pascal Jansen is totally assured that New York Metropolis’s power in depth will enable them to maintain constructing on their sturdy dwelling kind in opposition to Atlanta United on Thursday.
NYCFC sit tenth within the Jap Convention with 25 factors, going winless of their final two video games (D1 L1), however can transfer into the playoff locations in the event that they safe a win in opposition to Atlanta.
They misplaced their final dwelling match 3-0 in opposition to the Houston Dynamo, however had received their earlier two outings at Citi Subject, beating rivals New York Pink Bulls and Chicago Hearth, scoring 5 targets within the course of.
Regardless of lacking some gamers attributable to worldwide responsibility, Jansen has little question that they’ll pose a risk.
“Now we have a roster the place we consider we will substitute these guys [missing through international duty],” he stated.
“All the main target, as soon as we completed Nashville [SC], went into making ready the group that can play—constructing chemistry and cohesion with the gamers who will now have to start out or come on as substitutes.
“Goalkeeper is clearly an enormous piece, with Tomas [Romero] in as an alternative of Matt [Freese, who received a first United States cap], and some others [absent too].”
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Atlanta are three locations additional down the East than NYCFC, with simply 17 factors, and have received solely 4 of their 17 MLS video games this season.
That they had received back-to-back video games in opposition to FC Cincinnati and Orlando Metropolis however noticed that streak snapped by the Pink Bulls in a 2-0 defeat on the weekend.
Atlanta have already crushed NYCFC this time period, and head coach Ronny Deila is concentrated on enhancing their protection to get a repeat outcome.
“Now we have labored lots with the protection,” Deila stated. “We used the break rather well. The boys have been very skilled and switched on.
“It’s important to handle smaller areas. It’s important to be faster on the ball. It’s going to be a extra intense recreation.
“We’ll get probabilities, and it’s about eliminating as [many chances] as potential for them.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
New York Metropolis FC – Keaton Parks
Keaton Parks got here off the bench to help each targets in New York Metropolis FC’s 2-2 draw at Nashville SC on Saturday.
Parks is the third NYCFC participant to file a number of assists off the bench in a regular-season match, becoming a member of Frank Lampard and Khiry Shelton, who every did so in 2016.
Atlanta United – Miguel Almiron
Miguel Almiron has scored 4 profession targets in opposition to New York Metropolis FC (incl. playoffs), his most in opposition to any MLS opponent.
Almiron has scored in every of his final two conferences with NYCFC, together with in Atlanta’s 4-3 win when the edges met on March 29.
Second half of the season begins
