Predicted Lineups and Player News for New York City FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps 02/09/23 - MLS News

By Renata Leite, FootballPredictions.NET, 17:52 01/09/2023

Here are the possible line-ups as well as player fitness updates for Saturday’s upcoming MLS match.

New York City FC will be looking for another win after the 2-0 MLS success vs Montreal Impact. It looks as if The Pigeons look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Brian Cufre, Keaton Parks, Andres Jasson, Andrés Perea, Richard Ledezma, Maxi Moralez and Monsef Bakrar.

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the New York City FC boss Nick Cushing to be concerned with due to a largely intact set of players. James Sands will miss out.

Possible New York City FC team to play Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver Whitecaps will go into the match following on from a 0-1 MLS win with the downing of Chicago Fire in their previous fixture. We are inclined to think that Caps seem most likely to utilise a 3-1-4-2 lineup, starting the game with Yohei Takaoka, Javain Brown, Ranko Veselinovic, Tristan Blackmon, Sebastian Berhalter, Richie Laryea, Ali Ahmed, Pedro Vite, Ryan Raposo, Brian White and Ryan Gauld.

Whitecaps boss Vanni Sartini has a number of players out of action. Thomas Hasal (Jumpers knee) and Luís Martins (Calf Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

Likely Vancouver Whitecaps lineup

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