Sean Nealis returns to the Starting XI, alongside Andrés Reyes, Noah Eile. This will be the 16th overall regular season meeting between New York and Atlanta, with the Red Bulls holding the advantage in the overall series with a 9-1-5 mark. New York have posted a 4-1-2 mark in Atlanta.

With just two years to go until New York hosts the World Cup final, could ‘soccer’ culture finally be taking root in the Big Apple? To find out, FourFourTwo crossed the Atlantic to see Manchester City’s sister side NYCFC face the Red Bulls in the feisty Hudson River Derby.

First Half_None. Second Half_1, Atlanta, Miranchuk, 3 (penalty kick), 75th minute; 2, Atlanta, Wolff, 1 (Miranchuk), 90th+7; 3, New York Red Bulls, Ngoma, 1 (Stroud), 90th+14.

Second Half_2, New York Red Bulls, Tolkin, 2 (Morgan), 48th; 3, Toronto FC, Owusu, 9 (penalty kick), 66th; 4, New York Red Bulls, Morgan, 13 (penalty kick), 69th; 5, New York Red Bulls, Manoel, 8 (Morgan),