Stars scored goals in bunches on Wednesday night to earn their place on the Matchday 9 Team of the Matchday presented by Audi.<\/p>\n
\n Full team (3-4-3, left to right)<\/p>\n
Starters: Matt Turner (NE) – Anthony Markanich (MIN), Mamadou Fofana (NE), Paul Marie (SJ) – Mart\u00edn Ojeda (ORL), Rodrigo De Paul (MIA), Ronald Donkor (RBNY), Jorge Ruvalcaba (RBNY) – Tai Baribo (DC), Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau (NYC), Preston Judd (SJ)<\/p>\n
Coach: Guillermo Hoyos (MIA)<\/p>\n
Bench: Luka Gavran (TOR), Lucas Herrington (COL), Taha Habroune (CLB), Jos\u00e9 Cifuentes (TOR), Luis Ot\u00e1vio (ORL), Aliyu Ibrahim (HOU), Agust\u00edn Ojeda (NYC), K\u00e9vin Denkey (TOR), Timo Werner (SJ)<\/p>\n
\n Team highlights<\/p>\n
Mayhem unfolded across the tri-state area as\u00a0Tai Baribo<\/a> netted a hat trick to help D.C. United<\/a> scrape out a 4-4 draw<\/a> at Red Bull New York<\/a>. On the flip side, RBNY winger Jorge Ruvalcaba<\/a> bagged a brace and Ronald Donkor<\/a> produced 1g\/2a, including his first MLS goal.<\/p>\n Rodrigo De Paul<\/a> delivered for Inter Miami CF<\/a> in a 2-0 victory<\/a> at Real Salt Lake<\/a>, scoring the late game-winner via a gorgeous long-range curler for the Herons’ second consecutive away victory under interim manager Guillermo Hoyos.<\/p>\n Catapulting themselves into the Supporters\u2019 Shield lead, the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> routed Austin FC<\/a>, 5-1<\/a>, courtesy of a hat trick of assists from Paul Marie<\/a>, who set up both of Preston Judd<\/a>\u2019s two goals.<\/p>\n Mart\u00edn Ojeda<\/a> netted a second-half brace for\u00a0Orlando City<\/a>, scoring the game-winner and a pinpoint free kick in the Lions’ 4-1 home win<\/a> over Charlotte FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Minnesota United FC<\/a> defender Anthony Markanich<\/a> scored the game-winner in a 1-0 triumph<\/a> at FC Dallas<\/a>, helping the Loons surge up the Western Conference table.<\/p>\n Lastly, Mamadou Fofana<\/a>\u00a0was active defensively in front of goalkeeper Matt Turner<\/a> during the New England Revolution<\/a>\u2019s 2-1 away win<\/a> over Atlanta United<\/a>. The USMNT<\/a> shotstopper was forced into eight saves, half of which were diving denials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stars scored goals in bunches on Wednesday night to earn their place on the Matchday 9 Team of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82268,82258,82259,38952,82260,82261,13425,51328,82262,82269,59600,82267,36830,14547,9,24,14242,55,54,67675,56,80573,59388,82263,82270,82274,80650,36179,82271,82272,82264,54939,12687,82265,82273,80671,82266],"class_list":{"0":"post-207477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-anthony-markanich","9":"tag-atlvsne-04-22-2026","10":"tag-clbvsla-04-22-2026","11":"tag-d-c-united","12":"tag-dalvsmin-04-22-2026","13":"tag-houvssd-04-22-2026","14":"tag-inter-miami-cf","15":"tag-jorge-ruvalcaba","16":"tag-lafcvscol-04-22-2026","17":"tag-mamadou-fofana-i","18":"tag-martin-ojeda","19":"tag-matt-turner","20":"tag-minnesota-united-fc","21":"tag-new-england-revolution","22":"tag-new-york","23":"tag-new-york-city","24":"tag-new-york-city-football-club","25":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","26":"tag-new-york-city-news","27":"tag-nicolas-fernandez-mercau","28":"tag-ny","29":"tag-nycvscin-04-22-2026","30":"tag-orlando-city-sc","31":"tag-orlvsclt-04-22-2026","32":"tag-paul-marie","33":"tag-preston-judd","34":"tag-rbnyvsdc-04-22-2026","35":"tag-red-bull-new-york","36":"tag-rodrigo-de-paul","37":"tag-ronald-donkor","38":"tag-rslvsmia-04-22-2026","39":"tag-san-jose-earthquakes","40":"tag-sendtonews","41":"tag-sjvsatx-04-22-2026","42":"tag-tai-baribo","43":"tag-team-of-the-matchday","44":"tag-torvsphi-04-22-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207477","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=207477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}