It’s a meeting of two of the East’s hottest teams, with conference-leading NYCFC riding a five-game winning streak and TFC 3-1-3 in their last seven dating back to late July, and sure to be an emotional occasion in the Bronx on the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center.

“It’s going to be a big match, I think for both sides,” said Toronto center back Drew Moor on Tuesday.

Wednesday, September 11 at 7:00pmYankee Stadium GET TICKETS While NYCFC are 2-0-3 all-time in home regular-season meetings with the Reds, there’s a glaring exception to that track record.

TFC thrashed the Cityzens 5-0 at Yankee Stadium in the second leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series back in 2016, a stunning rout of the higher-seeded side paced by a Sebastian Giovinco hat trick that ensured a 7-0 aggregate victory for the Canadians as they marched to that year’s MLS Cup final.

Moor also credited his squad – who currently sit in sixth place , just four points above the playoff line – for their recent emphasis on “grinding a little bit” as they seek to smooth out the costly inconsistency that’s bedeviled them for much of 2019.