1. This is NYCFC's first-ever playoff match at home
2. NYCFC have an eight game unbeaten streak at home stretching back five months
3. This is the second leg of the series - the team to score more goals on aggregate wins
4. In the event of a 2-0 NYCFC win, the match will go to 2 x 15 minute periods of extra time
5. David Villa and Sebastian Giovinco finished second and third respectively in the Golden Boot list for the 2016 Regular Season.
6. NYCFC beat Toronto 2-0 at Yankee Stadium in 2015 - a result which would be enough to take this semifinal to extra time.
7. The match in the Bronx earlier in the season finished 2-2.
8. No team scored more goals than NYCFC's 62 in the MLS Regular Season.
9. The winners of this Eastern Conference semifinals match will go on to face the victors of Montreal Impact v Red Bulls (1-0 after first leg).
