April 25, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – New York City FC News Release
New York City Football Club deservedly edged an instant nine-goal classic at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon.
Here’s Five Points, presented by Etihad Airways.
Five On It
There have been occasions in 2022 where profligacy has cost NYCFC in front of goal but that couldn’t have been further from the truth vs. Toronto this time.
It hadn’t looked like that was going to be the case midway through the first half when the home side somehow found themselves two goals down but from there, everything Ronny Deila’s men touched turned to goal.
Taty Castellanos shrugged off his luckless disallowed equalizer with a brilliant sliding finish right before halftime to light the kindle for the turnaround before the irrepressible Thiago arrived at the back post on the other side of the interval to level things up.
Further strikes from Santiago Rodríguez, Keaton Parks and a first goal for Gabriel Pereira made it an unforgettable afternoon for the 17k inside Citi Field.
It wasn’t just the number of goals scored but the quality of each which will linger in the memory long after this 2022 MLS regular season.
Comeback Kings of Queens
It was Joe Tolleson on the YES Network’s postgame interview who drew Ronny’s attention to the fact this was the first time in Club history NYCFC had retrieved a two-goal deficit to win.
For Deila, this spoke volumes to the character of his team, as well as the talent but it must have been extra satisfying too for those involved in the unfortunate defeat at BMO Field a few weeks back when Talles Magno was wrongly denied a penalty early in the match.
It’s this steely mentality that could carry NYCFC forward to more glory on numerous fronts over the course of this still-young campaign.
Future is Blue
Deila also drew attention to the fact there were just three players over the age of 25 in the starting XI on Sunday.
That speaks to the squad construction undertaken to build for the future and to…
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