New York City FC will be without two players for their home game against D.C. United at Yankee Stadium Saturday night.

Defender Anton Tinnerholm is out for the MLS season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon and midfielder Nicolás Acevedo is sidelined with a lower body injury.

The match, which will go a long way in determining NYCFC’s playoff fate, will be televised on YES at 7:30 p.m.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.