New York City FC Goals: Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau 70′, Traor\u00e9 90+5′\u00a0<\/p>\n
Atlanta United Goals: Embolo 88′\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Quick Read<\/p>\n
New York City FC earned a dramatic 2-1 win over Atlanta at Citi Field on Wednesday, keeping their playoff hopes alive.\u00a0Nico Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau opened the scoring with a superb free kick in the 70th minute, before Breel Embolo equalized in the 88th minute. Substitute B\u00e9nie Traor\u00e9 then delivered a winner in stoppage time, curling home a brilliant effort.<\/p>\n
\n Match Recap<\/p>\n
New York City FC were back in the World\u2019s Borough on Wednesday night as they hosted Atlanta United at Citi Field.<\/p>\n
The hosts arrived at the game fresh off a dramatic 2-2 draw in Orlando.<\/p>\n
A fast start from Atlanta saw them register two looks at goal in the opening five minutes.<\/p>\n
First, J\u00fanior Alonso fired over from distance before Giuliano Galoppo fired wide from a good position.<\/p>\n
The pressure continued in the 11th minute as Matthew Edwards saw a shot blocked by Tayvon Gray.<\/p>\n
Alexey Miranchuk then drew an impressive save from Matt Freese in the 15th minute, before Miguel Almir\u00f3n fired over.<\/p>\n
Chances for Tristan Muyumba and Galoppo followed before Atlanta thought they had the lead through Breel Embolo.<\/p>\n
The Swiss international headed the ball past Freese, but following a video review, the goal was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n
New York City FC responded with an ambitious effort from Alonso Mart\u00ednez that did not trouble the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, that would be the Costa Rican\u2019s last involvement, as he was forced off through injury in the 25th minute, with Talles Magno replacing him.<\/p>\n
In the 32nd minute, a brilliant save from Freese down to his left denied Muyumba. The midfielder tried to side-foot a daisy cutter into the bottom corner, but saw his effort tipped onto the post and cleared.<\/p>\n
By far New York City\u2019s best chance of the half came in the 42nd minute, after a quick throw facilitated a combination between Hannes Wolf and Nico Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau, with the latter getting off a shot that drew a save from Lucas Hoyos.<\/p>\n
The second half saw no changes for either side, but there was an early chance for Almir\u00f3n that flew just wide.<\/p>\n
Miranchuk then saw an effort blocked by Thiago Martins, before Andr\u00e9s Perea almost broke the deadlock in style.<\/p>\n
The midfielder was played in by Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau after a 3v2 breakaway but saw his effort saved by Hoyos.<\/p>\n
Head Coach Pascal Jansen opted to make a double change in the 64th minute, as Malachi Jones and Keaton Parks replaced Aiden O\u2019Neill and Agust\u00edn Ojeda.<\/p>\n
The hosts were now ramping up the pressure, and two minutes later, Kevin O\u2019Toole fizzed a low effort from distance just past the post.<\/p>\n
The breakthrough finally arrived in the 70th minute, thanks to a moment of magic from Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau. The playmaker whipped a brilliant free kick around the wall after Talles Magno was felled outside the box.<\/p>\n
It was almost two in the 78th minute when Talles Magno played Jones in on goal, but Hoyos did well to block his effort.<\/p>\n
Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau almost doubled his tally minutes later after he exchanged passes with Wolf before firing off a venomous effort that Hoyos did well to hold.<\/p>\n
Atlanta were now desperately chasing an equalizer, and in the 84th minute, a dangerous in-swinging cross flashed across Freese\u2019s goal, with Embolo unable to apply the required touch.<\/p>\n
They would find that equalizer in the 88th minute after Fafa Picault\u2019s curled shot hit the post and Embolo headed in.<\/p>\n
As the clock ticked into stoppage time, Jansen made one final change, introducing B\u00e9nie Traor\u00e9 for Wolf.<\/p>\n
That would prove to be an inspired change as, midway through stoppage time, Traor\u00e9 produced a fantastic curled effort that left Hoyos with no chance, re-establishing New York City\u2019s 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n
There was still time for one last dash of drama as Picault stood the ball up for Embolo to head at goal. Thankfully, Freese was able to claim the ball.<\/p>\n
That would prove to be the last chance of the game, confirming a memorable 2-1 win for New York City FC that kept their playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n
\n What’s Next\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up for New York City FC is a game against CF Montr\u00e9al on Saturday, October 31. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC Goals: Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau 70′, Traor\u00e9 90+5′\u00a0 Atlanta United Goals: Embolo 88′\u00a0 Quick Read New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7269,9,24,55,54,12,56],"class_list":["post-386214","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386214","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=386214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}