ALSO READ: Panthers\u2019 Rico Dowdle turns penalty flag into purpose<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe need to turn up, though. It\u2019s not about the fans, we have to start well, and give the fans something to cheer,\u201d said Ashley Westwood.<\/p>\n
\u201cScore more than them. It\u2019s a simple game still. We\u2019ve got to make sure we do the basics really well,\u201d Head Coach Dean Smith said on the match.<\/p>\n
In their previous game in New York, goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina made a pivotal save that kept their season alive, allowing Charlotte to force this decisive game three. The team is counting on the support of their fans, often referred to as the \u201912th man,\u2019 to create a special atmosphere at the stadium.<\/p>\n
Charlotte will face the Philadelphia Union in the next round if they get passed New York.<\/p>\n
(WATCH BELOW: Charlotte FC star Adilson Malanda talks next playoff match, plans for future)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlotte FC faces a decisive playoff match at Bank of America Stadium on Friday night, where a win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19135,19670,7120,19669,19671,6497,9,24,55,54,56,19672],"class_list":["post-32744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-ashley-westwood","tag-bank-of-america-stadium","tag-charlotte-fc","tag-decisive-game","tag-kristijan-kahlina","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-philadelphia-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}