Overview

• Kickoff is Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET in The Bronx for the first meeting between the clubs this season.
• New York City enters on a positive run that includes five league matches without defeat and a three-game home winning streak.
• Martínez has delivered six of NYCFC’s last nine league goals and remains the team’s leading scorer.
• D.C. United is winless in 11 MLS matches, sits last in the East, and has conceded a conference-high 53 goals despite two recent 1-1 draws.
• NYCFC has regained captain Thiago Martins after knee surgery and leaned on a steady O’Neill–Perea midfield, while D.C. expects top scorer Christian Benteke back and has seen Jackson Hopkins score twice under coach Rene Weiler.