August 5, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
New York City FC News Release
New York City FC suffered a 4-2 defeat against FC Cincinnati in Leagues Cup. City took the lead in the 25th minute through a well-taken finish from Santiago Rodríguez. City would score a second goal in the 61st minute through Jovan Mijatović’s first goal for the Club. FC Cincinnati would score their first goal of the night in the 79th minute through Pavel Bucha. Two minutes later Yamil Asad drew Cincinnati level. The hosts completed the turnaround in the 86th minute through Yuya Kubo. Sergio Santos made it 4-2 to Cincinnati in the 89th minute.
Match Recap
New York City FC were back in Leagues Cup action on Monday night as they took on FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium.
Although both sides had booked their place in the next round of the competition it was still to play for in terms of who finished top of the group.
Head Coach Nick Cushing made two changes to the team that faced Club Querétaro last time out – forward pair Jovan Mijatović and Santiago Rodríguez replacing Mounsef Bakrar and Talles Magno.
The hosts started the brighter of the two sides and that forced Luis Barraza into several early saves.
Cincinnati came within a whisker of taking the lead in the eighth minute when a corner found its way to Gerardo Valenzuela on the edge of the box and his volley struck Barraza’s post.
City emerged from that sustained spell of pressure and were eventually able to take the lead in the 25th minute with their first shot of the game.
The product of a fine team move that started at the back with Luis Barraza’s long goal kick to Julián Fernández, it was Fernández’s pass to Maxi Moralez that allowed the little magician to pick out Rodríguez in space on the left-hand side of the penalty area – the Uruguayan side footing City ahead.
Buoyed by their opener, City set about trying to secure a second and came close through a fierce shot across goal by Christian McFarlane.
The momentum was now firmly in City’s favor and a deep cross from Tayvon Gray landed perfectly on the foot of Rodríguez – his volleyed effort landing in the side netting.
With halftime approaching Mijatović earned his best look at goal thanks to a delightful scoop pass from Rodríguez. Unfortunately, the forward could not make clean contact with the ball and it fizzed wide of the post.
Minutes later, Fernández almost added his name to the scoresheet after taking up a dangerous spot in the box – his low shot forcing Paul Walters into a…
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