Daily News | Still-shorthanded Union host New York City FC with first place at stake
The Union’s first hosting of New York City FC since last year’s Eastern Conference final was set to be a big deal the moment the Union’s schedule came out. Now it will be an even bigger deal than that.
That is a pretty good place to be heading into the last weekend of June. It’s a pretty good place for the league, too, with both of this weekend’s big games set for national TV. The Union-NYCFC contest is Sunday at 6 p.m. on FS1 and Fox Deportes, and the LAFC-New York Red Bulls game is Saturday at 3 p.m. on 6ABC and ESPN Deportes.
“It’s the team that won MLS Cup last year, it’s a team that’s playing the best in our league right now in terms of, you know, the recent form,” Curtin said of an NYCFC squad that hasn’t lost a league game since April 2. The Pigeons hadCory Burke symbolizes the Union’s problems in disappointing tie with Cincinnati
But he pointed to the Union’s 2-0 win at Yankee Stadium on March 19 as evidence of what is possible for a team with eight ties in 15 games this year .
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