Starting XI and Roster Notes: Atlanta United vs. New York City FC

Atlanta United Starting XI:

Raúl Gudiño (Rocco Ríos Novo – HT); Brooks Lennon, Juanjo Purata, Alan Franco, Andrew Gutman; Matheus Rossetto (C) (Marcelino Moreno – HT), Amar Sejdic (Caleb Wiley – 86’); Luiz Araujo, Dom Dwyer (Josef Martínez – HT), Edwin Mosquera (Franco Ibarra – 61’)

Atlanta United substitutes not used:

Ronald Hernández, Ronaldo Cisneros, Machop Chol, George Campbell

New York City FC Starting XI:

Sean Johnson (C); Tayvon Gray (Anton TInnerholm – 17’), Thiago Martins, Maxime Chanot, Alexander Callens (Alfredo Morales – 65’); Nicolas Acevedo, Maxi Moralez; Gabriel Pereira (Santiago Rodriguez – 65’), Keaton Parks (Thiago Andrade – 65’), Kevin O’Toole; Talles Magno (Héber – 45+2’)

New York City FC substitutes not used:

Luis Barraza, Malte Amundsen, Matias Pellegrini, Justin Haak

Yellow cards:

Alexander Callens (10'), Luiz Araújo (45+6’), Thiago Almada (64’), Santiago Rodriguez (72'), Juanjo Purata (80'), Sean Johnson (83’), Anton Tinnerholm (85')

Roster notes:

• Edwin Mosquera makes his first career MLS start for Atlanta United. Here are 17 questions to get to know him better.
• Matheus Rossetto makes his first start since August 6 vs. Seattle Sounders.
• Santiago Sosa was unavailable due to MLS suspension for his use of a homophobic slur during the team's match against New England Revolution.

Player availability:

• Ozzie Alonso is out due to a torn ACL.
• Brad Guzan is out due to a ruptured Achilles.
• Dylan Castanheira is out due to a ruptured Achilles.
• Miles Robinson is out due to a ruptured Achilles.
• Emerson Hyndman is out due to a quad injury.