New York City FC Goals: Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau \u00a090+3′\u00a0<\/p>\n
Charlotte FC Goals: Toklomati 54′, Vargas 90′\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Quick Read<\/p>\n
New York City FC returned home but fell to a frustrating 2-1 defeat against Charlotte FC. Despite controlling long stretches and creating a number of good chances, they were undone by clinical finishing from the visitors. Idan Toklomati opened the scoring early in the second half before Kerwin Vargas added a second. A late strike from Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau offered brief hope, but it proved only a consolation on a disappointing night at home.<\/p>\n
\n Match Recap\u00a0<\/p>\n
New York City FC were back on home soil Saturday night as they hosted Charlotte FC.<\/p>\n
Pascal Jansen\u2019s side were keen to make it two wins in a week after a midweek success against Westchester SC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.<\/p>\n
New York City\u2019s head coach made a number of changes to the team that won on Tuesday, including a return for captain Thiago Martins after a short spell out through injury.<\/p>\n
Kai Trewin registered the hosts\u2019 first chance of the night, with a left-footed shot from range that missed the target.<\/p>\n
Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau then went close with a drive from distance in the 16th minute that required a good save from Kristijan Kahlina to palm away.<\/p>\n
At the other end, a header from Brandt Bronico was blocked by Raul Gustavo.<\/p>\n
New York City went close again in the 24th minute after some short passing culminated in a well-timed ball over the top from Tayvon Gray to put Agust\u00edn Ojeda in behind.<\/p>\n
The winger drove at goal and fired off a shot from a narrow angle that was well saved before Hannes Wolf saw a follow-up attempt blocked.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, dazzling dribbling from Wolf saw him twist one way and the other before passing inside to the onrushing Kai Trewin. The Australian international got a shot off but saw it deflected behind.<\/p>\n
The pressure was mounting as the clock ticked past the half-hour mark. First, Wolf was denied by a brilliant save from Kahlina with a low drive.<\/p>\n
Next, it was Ojeda, who rose highest to meet Kevin O\u2019Toole\u2019s cross and headed the ball against the far post.<\/p>\n
Goalless at halftime, the start of the second period saw Matt Freese called into action to claim a dangerous low cross that trickled through the six-yard box.<\/p>\n
Despite keeping Charlotte quiet for long periods, New York City fell behind not long after, as a pass inside from Harry Toffolo found Idan Toklomati, who slid it under Freese.<\/p>\n
New York City quickly set about chasing an equalizer, and Maxi Moralez went close with a delightful curled effort from the right-hand side of the penalty area.<\/p>\n
Jansen turned to his bench in the 67th minute to introduce Talles Magno, fresh off his hat trick on Tuesday, in place of Ojeda.<\/p>\n
It was another Brazilian who went close, however, after Moralez curled in a delightful cross for Raul Gustavo. Unfortunately, he could not keep it on target.<\/p>\n
In the 76th minute, Tayvon Gray picked the ball up and got off a shot from distance that nestled safely in the arms of Kahlina.<\/p>\n
New York City\u2019s second change of the night came just after that, with Keaton Parks replacing Raul Gustavo.<\/p>\n
The hosts continued to push the issue, and that saw Wolf size his defender up before taking a step inside and firing just over from the right of the penalty area.<\/p>\n
Next, it was the turn of the two substitutes to combine, as a Parks cross found Talles Magno. Unfortunately, his header did not find the target.<\/p>\n
The final New York City FC change of the night saw Seymour Reid replace Trewin.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Charlotte found a second goal as stoppage time approached through Kerwin Vargas.<\/p>\n
The visitors would register a goal of their own midway through stoppage time thanks to a rasping drive from Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau.<\/p>\n
Sadly, his late strike would serve only as a consolation for New York City FC on a night they suffered a disappointing 2-1 defeat.<\/p>\n
\n What’s Next\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up for New York City FC is a game against FC Cincinnati on Wednesday, April 22. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC Goals: Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau \u00a090+3′\u00a0 Charlotte FC Goals: Toklomati 54′, Vargas 90′\u00a0 Quick Read New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7269,9,24,55,54,12,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-202434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-match-recap","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-city-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202434","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=202434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}