NEW YORK CITY. New York City prevails over DC United with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Rodríguez (20′) and a goal from J. Fernández (90′).
The match was played at the Yankee Stadium stadium in New York City on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Malik Badawi assisted by Matthew Nelson and Jeffrey Swartzel. The 4th official was Thomas Snyder. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.02 degrees Celsius or 53.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 22 Total 11
- 8 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 7
- 8 Shots blocked 3
- 97 Attack 112
- 42 Dangerous attack 57
- 72 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. New York City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. DC United that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
DC United was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, New York City was able to find the solution to win this match.
New York City shot 22 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, DC United shot 11 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
New York City received 1 yellow card (Monsef Bakrar). Talking about the opposition, DC United received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Bartlett and Matai Akinmboni).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, New York City has 11 points like Atlanta United, Charlotte and CF Montréal to go down in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, DC United will stays with 10 points to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
New York City – Formation
New York City
20'
90'
63'
New York City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nick Cushing decided to play with the following team: Matt Freese , M. Ilenič , Thiago Martins , Birk Risa , Kevin O’Toole , Keaton Parks , James Sands , Hannes Wolf , Santiago Rodríguez , Agustín Ojeda and Monsef Bakrar .
The home team had on the bench: Luis Barraza, J. Mijatović, Andrés Perea, Julián Fernández, Strahinja Tanasijevic, Alonso Martínez, Andres Jasson, Tayvon Gray and M. Jones.
Substitutions
New York City made 3 changes: Hannes Wolf for Andrés Perea (90′), Agustín Ojeda for Julián Fernández (72′) and Monsef Bakrar for J. Mijatović (77′).
Player of the match: Hannes Wolf
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for New York City was Hannes Wolf even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12.
DC United – Formation
DC United
DC United started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
Troy Lesesne played with: Alex Bono , Christopher McVey , Lucas Bartlett , Matai Akinmboni , Jackson Hopkins , Jared Stroud , Gabriel Pirani , Matti Peltola , Pedro Santos , C. Benteke and Cristian Dájome .
The following players were sitting on the bench: T. Miller, Martín Rodríguez, Jacob Murrell, K. Fletcher and Luis Zamudio.
Substitutions
DC United made 3 changes: Pedro Santos for Jacob Murrell (58′), Jackson Hopkins for Martín Rodríguez (66′) and Matai Akinmboni for K. Fletcher (79′).
Player of the match: Lucas Bartlett
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for DC United was Lucas Bartlett.
His rating is with 62 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 16. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Atlanta United – Cincinnati – 1-2
- Columbus Crew – Portland Timbers – 2-2
- Inter Miami – Nashville SC – 3-1
- CF Montréal – Orlando City – 2-2
- New York City – DC United – 2-0
- Toronto – New England – 1-0
