August 14, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Inter Miami CF News Release
Inter Miami CF earned a crucial 3-2 home win over reigning champions New York City FC at DRV PNK Stadium on Saturday night, extending the team’s unbeaten run to four. Heineken Man of the Match Alejandro Pozuelo scored a brace and second-half substitute Ariel Lassiter scored Inter Miami’s other goal tonight to claim the three points and extend the team’s positive run at home, having fallen only once in its past 11 outings at DRV PNK Stadium.
Lineup Notes
Inter Miami returned to action following MLS All-Star Week with a strong starting XI. Drake Callender started in goal; Chris McVey, Damion Lowe and Kieran Gibbs lined up in the center of defense with DeAndre Yedlin and Robert Taylor in front of them as wingbacks; captain Gregore and Jean Mota slotted into midfield; Bryce Duke and Pozuelo lined up behind Gonzalo Higuaín in attack.
Gibbs and Lowe returned to the starting XI for tonight’s game, while defender / midfielder Brek Shea returned to a First Team matchday squad for the first time since the match against LAFC on March 12 after recovering from an injury. Yedlin, meanwhile, retained his spot in the starting XI after featuring in the MLS All-Star Game earlier this week.
The hosts had the first major chance of the night at the 11-minute mark; Mota hit a perfect long ball to Taylor behind the defense, who controlled with a soft first touch to beat his defender before curling a strike on target that Sean Johnson denied with a diving save.
In the 34th minute, though, New York opened the scoring from a set piece. Maxi Moralez clipped a free kick to Maxime Chanot at the far post, who headed it back to Talles Magno and the Brazilian hit a driven shot across goal, off the post and into the back of the net to make it 0-1.
Inter Miami responded just five minutes later. Pozuelo played a one-two with Duke, who released his perfectly timed pass between a pair of defenders and found Pozuelo at the top of the box, where the Spaniard then curled a strike inside the post to equalize. The goal was Pozuelo’s first for Inter Miami and fifth of the season in MLS, while the assist was Duke’s sixth.
The visitors then reclaimed their lead just before halftime after a scramble in the box and multiple blocks, when Thiago latched onto the loose ball and fired it into the back of the net to make it 1-2.
Early in the second half, Neville made a trio of substitutions that helped the hosts respond to the…
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