New York City FC II Goals:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Quick Read<\/p>\n
New York City FC II opened the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro regular season with a scoreless draw against Columbus Crew 2 in Ohio. Despite controlling large stretches of the game, NYCFC II could not find a breakthrough and ultimately fell short in the ensuing penalty shootout, with Columbus winning 5-4.<\/p>\n
\n Match Recap<\/p>\n
New York City FC II kicked off the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro regular season with a trip to Ohio to take on Columbus Crew 2.<\/p>\n
Head Coach Matt Pilkington named a strong side to face Columbus, including a number of players with first-team experience already on their resume.<\/p>\n
Despite that, it was the hosts who created the first chance of the game after five minutes when Chase Adams tested Mac Learned from distance.<\/p>\n
In response, Seymour Reid produced NYCFC II\u2019s first look at goal but saw his effort blocked. The Jamaican forward then had several follow-up efforts minutes later but was unable to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n
Next it was Jonathan Shore who went close after firing a shot from outside the box that just missed the target.<\/p>\n
It continued to be one-way traffic, with M\u00e1ximo Carrizo forcing a save from Luke Pruter in the 20th minute before teammate Sebastiano Musu missed the target with a header seven minutes later.<\/p>\n
Shore went close again just before the half-hour mark but saw his effort blocked by Nico Rinc\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
Columbus forced a save from Learned in the 37th minute, and eight minutes later Johann Chirinos had a shot blocked by Max Murray.<\/p>\n
The two sides went in scoreless at the break, with Shore having the final chance of the half.<\/p>\n
New York City FC\u2019s control continued in the second half, with Nico Cavallo drawing a save from Pruter in the opening minute.<\/p>\n
Carrizo fired over in the 55th minute before Shore registered a look on target minutes later that did not trouble Pruter.<\/p>\n
Quinton Elliot responded for Columbus with a header that missed the target.<\/p>\n
Pilkington turned to his bench in the 72nd minute, making a triple change as Juan Camilo Ponce, Joe Suchecki, and Uriel Zeitz replaced Shore, Musu, and Carrizo. Peter Molinari entered in the 78th minute, replacing Cooper Flax.<\/p>\n
New York City FC II continued to push for an opener, and in the 80th minute Zeitz came close with a header that was saved by Pruter.<\/p>\n
The two sides battled until the final whistle but were unable to find a breakthrough, forcing both teams to settle for a point and a penalty shootout to decide the bonus point. In the end, Columbus claimed the shootout 5-4.<\/p>\n
\n What’s Next<\/p>\n
Next up for New York City FC II is a meeting with Red Bulls II in the Hudson River Derby. Kickoff is scheduled 7:00PM ET on Sunday, March 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC II Goals:\u00a0 Quick Read New York City FC II opened the 2026 MLS NEXT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7269,9,24,55,54,12,56,22179],"class_list":["post-157629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-match-recap","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nycfc-ii-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}