{"id":19854,"date":"2026-10-31T21:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T01:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=19854"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T01:31:44","slug":"match-preview-dc-united-vs-new-york-city-fc-11-07-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-dc-united-vs-new-york-city-fc-11-07-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"DC United vs NYCFC: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

DC United host NYCFC at Audi Field on Saturday, November 7 (4:00 PM ET \/ 3:00 PM CT \/ 1:00 PM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

DC United will again put faith in Tai Baribo, the striker who leads the squad with sixteen goals, fifty-nine shots and twenty-four of those on target this season. NYCFC’s threat starts in a different area of the pitch, built around midfielder Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau, who has matched Baribo’s tally with sixteen goals of his own while creating seventy-three chances from deep. Neither side has a fitness concern flagged ahead of this one, so expect both managers to field close to full-strength groups at Audi Field.<\/p>\n

DC United sit thirteenth in the Eastern Conference<\/a> with a goal difference of minus twenty-one, and the alarm bells are ringing after five straight losses. NYCFC, two places better off in eleventh, have been steadier without being spectacular, picking up one win and three draws across their own last five matches. That gap in momentum, allied to Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau’s quality in midfield, makes the visitors the value play at Audi Field.<\/p>\n\n\n