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Sporting Kansas City (6-8-7, 25 points) travels to the city that never sleeps to clash with New York City FC (8-3-8, 32 points) at Yankee Stadium Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT. Live match coverage will be available on FOX Sports Kansas City Plus, FOX Sports Midwest Plus, FOX Sports GO, Sports Radio 810 WHB and ESPN Deportes KC 1480 AM.