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Breaking Down the XI: Small Changes in Big Apple

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Orlando City is set to take on NYCFC on the road at Yankee Stadium. The match kicks off at 1pm ET on My65 and Youtube TV.


James O’Connor has deployed a similar lineup to the one that secured three points at home last weekend against the Vancouver Whitecaps.


In the back, Brian Rowe will get the start. Miguel Gallardo sat down with the veteran keeper this week to talk about his journey to Orlando City.


In the back, Orlando City will likely go four wide again with João Moutinho, Robin Jansson, Lamine Sané, and Ruan starting as a group again after recording a clean sheet last week.


Ahead of them, O’Connor will again deploy Will Johnson, Uri Rosell and Sebas Méndez. This trio consists of City’s top three passers by percentage this season.


Up top, we see our only change of the day with Tesho Akindele replacing Dom Dwyer. He’ll pair up with Nani and Chirs Mueller in the attack.


Starting XI: Rowe, Moutinho, Jansson, Sané, Ruan, Johnson, Rosell, Méndez, Nani, Akindele, Mueller.


Bench: Colmán, Dwyer, Higuita, Kljestan, Miller, Ranjitsingh, Smith.

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