{"id":345453,"date":"2026-09-13T05:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T05:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345453\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T05:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T05:38:13","slug":"new-york-city-fc-add-to-real-salt-lakes-woes-with-shutout-win-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345453\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City FC add to Real Salt Lake’s woes with shutout win – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicolas Fernandez scored a goal in the first half, Luighi added his second in as many matches in the second half, and New York City FC shut out struggling Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah.<\/p>\n

Agustin Ojeda assisted on both goals as New York City (8-9-8, 32 points) snapped a seven-match MLS winless streak (0-3-4) with its first league triumph since July 25.<\/p>\n

RSL (8-11-5, 29 points) slumped to an 11th consecutive winless league result (0-7-4) with its second straight loss.<\/p>\n

NYCFC took the lead in the 41st minute on a set-piece routine, as Fernandez came to meet Ojeda\u2019s free kick and sent a booming shot past RSL goalkeeper Rafael Cabral to make it 1-0. It was his 15th goal of the season, tying him with Nashville SC\u2019s Sam Surridge for third-most in MLS.<\/p>\n

New York City doubled its lead to 2-0 in the 62nd minute. Ojeda caught up with a long ball from Tayvon Gray, cut into the box and centered a pass for Luighi, whose touch beat Cabral at the far post. It was Luighi\u2019s fourth of the season.<\/p>\n

That was more than enough for NYCFC, which was outshot 15-6 overall and 6-3 in shots on target but improved to 4-4-4 on the road. Salt Lake fell to 7-3-2 at home.<\/p>\n

Matt Freese turned aside all six RSL shots he faced to keep his fifth clean sheet of the season. Cabral finished with one save.<\/p>\n

Fernandez\u2019s goal on Saturday gave him two goals and three assists in his last six league matches. NYCFC\u2019s clean sheet was its second in three matches.<\/p>\n

New York City head coach Pascal Jansen, who missed Wednesday\u2019s 2-1 loss to the New England Revolution while tending to a personal matter in Europe, was back with the club on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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