May 23, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – New York City FC News Release
New York City Football Club kept up their winning run with a 1-0 victory over Chicago Fire.
Here are Five Points from a Citi Field success.
Clinch The Record
NYCFC went into their meeting with Chicago Fire on a four-game clean sheet streak in MLS. In fact, Kacper Przybylko’s effort was the first on target in three games against NYCFC.
The team have come together to forge an impressive defensive unit with Thiago Martins appearing more settled with each passing week. The consistency shown to keep five straight clean sheets is impressive. Those displays of concentration and focus have helped propel the team up the table and you can guarantee they won’t want this streak to end anytime soon.
“Defensively it was very good,” Deila said. “Everybody was organized and we didn’t give away anything. We produced six or seven big chances and we should have taken more of them than we did, but sometimes it’s like that. As I said, we had to suffer in the end of the game to get the result, but that’s a winning mentality.”
Depth
While the first half injury sustained by Gabriel Pereira was unfortunate, to be able to replace him with a player like Talles Magno is a blessing that should not be overlooked.
That same sentiment presented itself In the second half when Ronny Deila made a triple substitution. Being able to replace tired legs with such quality is a testament to the hard work done by the coaching staff and recruitment team, and affords NYCFC the opportunity to push the accelerator down again as games move into the latter stages.
On Sunday it helped their momentum continue in the face of a talented Chicago attack and ultimately helped the team close out a narrow game.
Héber Goal
The Brazilian striker earned his third start of the month after games against Sporting KC and Rochester New York FC.
The pressure to deliver in the absence of Taty Castellanos was there, and he set about his task from the opening…
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