It’s Match Day 34, and New York City FC are playing Atlanta United in a Decision Day contest that is already decided: NYCFC are going to the MLS Cup Playoffs after the game wraps up, and eleventh-place Atlanta are going home.
NYCFC do have something on the line: They need a win or a draw to secure the third seed in the playoffs. Atlanta will be playing for pride, and to entertain the home crowd in what might be the last game that talisman Josef Martínez plays for the Five Stripes.
The head-to-head between these clubs is a dead-even 4-4-4.