haaland shirt kids Something else to consider is the status of Justin Meram, who hasn’t looked himself since returning from international duty earlier this month. Whether it is a foot injuryor fatigue, Meram could be forced to sit in favor of Kekuta Manneh if Berhalter feels Meram is struggling.
All that said, the Crew showed in the latest meeting between these teams that they can also find the cracks in NYCFC’s defense, and Federico Higuain has enjoyed a good amount of success against Patrick Vieira’s team. NYCFC also didn’t finish the season in the best of form, and its defense hasn’t looked as strong since Maxime Chanot was sidelined with an injury. That is good news for Ola Kamara, who has scored nine goals in the Crew’s past 13 matches, and also scored in each of the Crew’s matches against NYCFC in 2017.
The Crew will be hoping Zack Steffen can build on his stellar outing against Atlanta United, and we shouldn’t forget the David Villa penalty kick he saved best site for fake football kits in the regular season finale. He will need more heroics like that if the Crew are going to get past NYCFC.
PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO
SCHEDULE: Timbers at Dynamo, Monday, 9:30 p.m.; Dynamo at Timbers, Sunday, TBD.