HARRISBURG, Pa. – With both clubs sitting outside the race for the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs, the Harrisburg City Islanders welcome Toronto FC II with a chance to close the gap in the USL Eastern Conference in Saturday’s match at 7 p.m. ET at FNB Field.

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Harrisburg City Islanders news and notes

• Current record: 7-14-7, 28pts

• Harrisburg gave up a stoppage-time goal against FC Cincinnati on Tuesday night at FNB Field as it was forced to settle for a 1-1 draw that kept the side in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. 

• Jonny Mendoza put the City Islanders ahead with a well placed strike in the 51st minute and a strong defensive performance appeared to be earning the win until the stoppage-time equalizer from former City Islanders player Jimmy McLaughlin earned a point for Cincinnati.

• The City Islanders are now eight points out of the playoff positions with four games to go in the regular season, and appear set to miss the postseason for a third consecutive year after reaching the USL Cup Final in 2014.

• Goalkeeper Brandon Miller sits 10th in the USL with 65 saves this season, a new single-season high for the third-year goalkeeper.

Toronto FC II news and notes

• Current record: 5-16-7, 22pts

• Toronto FC II squandered a first-half lead in its last outing against the New York Red Bulls II last Saturday night, conceding two penalty kicks to fall to a 2-1 loss at BMO Field.

• The defeat to the Red Bulls II saw Toronto officially eliminated from playoff contention this season as the side sits last in the USL Eastern Conference.

• TFC II will be without Jordan Hamilton on Saturday night as he serves a one-game suspension for his red card against the Red Bulls II. Hamilton leads Toronto with five goals this season.

• Defender Brandon Aubrey is third in the USL this season with 82 interceptions, trailing only the Pittsburgh Riverhounds' Taylor Washington (93) and FC Cincinnati's Harrison Delbridge (91).

Series Notes

• The City Islanders have only lost one match to TFC II in their history with a 4-1-1 record all-time.

Squads

• Harrisburg – GK: Nick Noble, Brandon Miller, Sean Lewis; D: Griffin Libhart, Travis Brent, Tiago Calvano, Lee Nishanian, Jake Bond, James Thomas, Abass Mohammed, Chris Hill, Shawn McLaws; M: Mouhamed Dabo, Jonny Mendoza, Paul Wilson, Rasheed Olabiyi, Danny DiPrima, John Grosh, Pedro Ribeiro; F: Manolo Sanchez, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Olla, Cardel Benbow, Ropapa Mensah, Fredrick Opoku

• Toronto – GK: Angelo Cavalluzzo, Mark Pais, Gianluca Catalano; D: Antonio Romeo, Lars Eckenrode, Brandon Aubrey, Julian Dunn, Jordan McCrary, Anthony Osorio, Mitchell Taintor, Brandon Onkony; M: Brian James, Liam Fraser, Dante Campbell, Daniel Da Silva, Malik Johnson, Sergio Camargo, Tsubasa Endoh, Aidan Daniels, Luca Uccello, Matthew Srbely, Ryan Telfer; F: Shaan Hundal, Ben Spencer, Ricardo John, Aikim Andrews, Cyrus Rollocks

Discipline

• Harrisburg – Accumulation warning: Abbas Mohammed, Pedro Riberio, Ropapa Mensah

• Toronto – Suspended: Jordan Hamilton; Accumulation warning: Liam Fraser

Officials

• REF: GUSTAVO SOLORIO

• AR1: Ben Pilgrim

• AR2: Kevin Lock

• 4TH: Joshua Encarnacion

Game hashtag:

• #HARvTOR

Twitter social handles

• Harrisburg City Islanders – @City_Islanders

• Toronto FC II – @TorontoFCII