Matchday 12: New York City FC hosts Columbus in the Bronx

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A late-afternoon kickoff at Yankee Stadium on MLS Matchday 12 as Columbus Crew visit New York City FC, with the hosts looking to snap their seven-match winless streak in their final home match before the league pauses for the FIFA World Cup.

For a second straight match, New York City faces an Eastern Conference rival with an identical record, as Columbus also enters at 3W-3D-5L on the season, with NYCFC's slightly superior goal differential (a +1 to the Crew's break-even 0) enabling them to enter this match in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, just ahead of Columbus in 12th place.

New York City's squad is extremely banged up entering this match, with seven players ruled out on the injury report, including some new and significant additions that will severely limit Pascal Jansen's options while in search of that elusive MLS win.

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New York City FC vs Columbus Crew Head-to-Head