Three players with what the team called “lower body injuries” are sidelined for New York City FC’s match against Chicago Fire FC Wednesday night.

Nicolás Acevedo, Gudmundur Thórarinsson and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi will watch the two sides clash as NYCFC tries to secure an MLS Cup Playoff berth at Yankee Stadium at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The YES Network will televise the game.

Defender Anton Tinnerholm also is out for the season with an Achilles injury.

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.