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Union’s Mark McKenzie, a Bronx native, set to play biggest game of his career at Yankee Stadium against New York City FC

The latest chapter in the story of Mark McKenzie's stellar rookie season will be written just a few miles from where he was born.

If the Union are able to beat New York City FC at Yankee Stadium for the first time (4:30 p.m. Sunday, PHL17), they'll clinch their first home playoff game in seven years. McKenzie, 19, spent his early years in the Bronx before his family moved to Bear, Del., in 2003.

He traveled by the old Yankee Stadium many times. This weekend, he'll enter the new Yankee Stadium for the first time in his life, and for the biggest game of his pro career to date.