On the 24th of April, New York City will host Toronto at Yankee Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 10th placed New York City, recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Real Salt Lake. Castellanos Gimenez scored the first goal for New York City in the 9th minute, then Thiago Eduardo de Andrade added another in the 15th minute In the end, Real Salt Lake couldn’t muster any offence and New York City ran away with the shutout win. New York City is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Toronto, recorded a 2-1 win against Philadelphia Union. Julián Carranza scored the first goal for Philadelphia Union in the 34th minute, then Jesús Jiménez tied it up for Toronto in the 39th minute on a feed from Jonathan Osorio Finally they completed the comback victory in the 51st minute on a goal by Pozuelo Melero to cap off a wild match. Toronto is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sat Apr 2nd, Toronto won by a score of 2 to 1. Jesús Jiménez struck first for Toronto in the 31st minute, then Thiago Martins added another on an own goal in the 43rd minute.
Jesús Jiménez has been the most prolific scorer on Toronto in the last five matches with 3 goals. New York City is glad to have Valentin Mariano Jose Castellanos Gimenez in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.