2023-07-09 02:49:00
New York City FC has once once more gone back to consecutive games without winning, now, following signing a 1-1 draw once morest the Columbus Crew on matchday 23 of the MLSletting slip once once more, the opportunity to get into the qualifying positions for the ‘playoffs’.
Just a week ago, the New York team defeated CF Montreal 1-0 to break a streak of 12 games without a win, among which they accumulated up to six defeats, generating hope in their fans with the possibility of reaching the postseason, without embargo, It has not gone beyond a draw in the last two games, once morest Charlotte (1-1) and now with Columbus, falling back into a losing streak.
Despite not having dominated the ball in this match, the ‘Citizen’ team managed to open the scoring at minute 75 through Justin Haakthanks to a play that began near the middle of the field to move to the right side where the Uruguayan Santiago Rodríguez scored a diagonal and then sent an assist to the scorer.
With the result in their favor, City began to work on defending themselves and looking to hold on to the advantage, however, the defense failed in the twilight of the game, specifically at 90+4 and the Crew managed to tie thanks to a goal from central defender Sean Zawadskiwho arrived to finish off a short pass that Christian Ramírez gave him following covering the ball in a great way inside the rival area.
Santiago Rodríguez enters the history of the NYCFC
Despite the bad result, New York City lived a moment to remember when Santiago Rodríguez, with his goal pass in this match and at the age of 23, he tied Italian legend Andrea Pirlo for the fifth most assists in club history with a total of 18.
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Helper: @NYCFC midfielder Santiago Rodríguez drew level with Andrea Pirlo for the fifth-most assists in club history with the 18th of his MLS career tonight once morest the Columbus Crew. pic.twitter.com/JNNAUQIU1c— MLS Communications (@MLS_PR) July 9, 2023
With this draw, the team led by Nick Cushing, reaches 26 points, still with chances of reaching the MLS playoffs since it is with the same units as the ninth classified, Montreal, although it has two games less.
For its part, Columbus is in fourth place in the standings with 36 points in 22 games and is, for the moment, qualifying for the postseason.
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