{"id":386248,"date":"2026-10-29T04:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/386248\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T04:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:52:57","slug":"benie-traores-late-goal-gives-nycfc-win-over-united-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/386248\/","title":{"rendered":"Benie Traore\u2019s late goal gives NYCFC win over United – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benie Traore\u2019s spectacular goal five minutes into second-half stoppage time gave New York City FC a critical 2-1 win over visiting Atlanta United on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Traore came off the bench as a substitute for Hannes Wolf in the 90th minute, and needed only five minutes to find his second goal of the season. The forward launched a well-placed shot from just outside the goal arc that found the back of the net, in a potentially season-saving goal for his club.<\/p>\n

New York City (9-12-11, 38 points) remains in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, but only one point back of the ninth and final East playoff berth.<\/p>\n

NYCFC won for just the second time in their last 15 regular-season matches (2-6-7), and Wednesday\u2019s result ended a six-match (0-3-3) winless drought.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Fernandez Mercau scored his team-leading 16th goal for NYCFC in the 70th minute.<\/p>\n

Matt Freese stopped five of six Atlanta shots on target. The New York City FC goalkeeper performed well despite playing through some obvious discomfort, as Freese needed on-field treatment three separate times in the match.<\/p>\n

The loss eliminated Atlanta (8-18-6, 30 points) from postseason contention. The Five Stripes needed to win all three of their remaining matches to have even a slim chance at the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Breel Embolo scored for the Five Stripes, and Lucas Hoyos stopped four of six shots on target.<\/p>\n

Embolo seemingly had the game\u2019s opening tally in the 21st minute, but a video review erased the would-be goal due to an offsides call. Atlanta outshot NYCFC 9-3 in the first half, with Freese making a trio of impressive saves to keep the match scoreless.<\/p>\n

In the 68th minute, Fernandez Mercau drew a foul that resulted in a yellow card for Atlanta\u2019s Tristan Muyumba and a free kick just outside the goal arc. Two minutes later, Fernandez Mercau made no mistake with a brilliant left-footed shot for the go-ahead goal.<\/p>\n

Embolo delivered the equalizer in the 88th minute, heading in a rebound after Miguel Almiron\u2019s initial shot deflected off the goalpost.<\/p>\n

NYCFC striker Alonso Martinez left the pitch in the 28th minute with an apparent right leg injury.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benie Traore\u2019s spectacular goal five minutes into second-half stoppage time gave New York City FC a critical 2-1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-386248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386248","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=386248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}