{"id":55988,"date":"2025-11-30T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/55988\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:57:09","slug":"mls-cup-awaits-inter-miami-dominate-new-york-city-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/55988\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS Cup awaits! Inter Miami dominate New York City FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/tadeo-allende\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tadeo Allende<\/a> led the way with a hat trick, giving him an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs-leading eight goals, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/mateo-silvetti\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mateo Silvetti<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/telasco-segovia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Telasco Segovia<\/a> added tallies to give the Herons their first Eastern Conference title.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lionel-messi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionel Messi<\/a> &amp; Co. will host MLS Cup on Dec. 6 against the Western Conference winner. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-diego-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego FC<\/a> welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> later Saturday (9 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/tbd-vs-tbd\/umc.cse.5qqw6h8bwwhj7e19tope738zl?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLS Season Pass, Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami broke through after 14 minutes, pulling ahead when Allende latched onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/sergio-busquets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Busquets<\/a>&#8216; clipped ball before smashing a low drive past NYCFC goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/matt-freese\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Freese<\/a>. Less than 10 minutes later, Allende finished off a brilliant cross from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/jordi-alba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordi Alba<\/a> with a flicked header.<\/p>\n<p>Though they struggled throughout the first half, NYCFC halved the deficit in the 37th minute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/justin-haak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Haak<\/a> met a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/maximiliano-moralez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxi Moralez<\/a> free kick with a powerful header to make it 2-1 at the halftime break.<\/p>\n<p>The Cityzens nearly equalized in the 66th minute when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/nicolas-fernandez-mercau\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau<\/a>&#8216;s cross reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/julian-fernandez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juli\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a> alone in the box, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/rocco-rios-novo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rocco R\u00edos Novo<\/a> sprawled to make a diving save. The Herons wasted no time taking advantage of the missed chance, as Alba found Silvetti for a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Segovia then made it 4-1, combining beautifully with Alba in the box before calmly slotting past Freese in the 83rd minute. Allende put the finishing touches on the comprehensive victory by completing his hat trick to secure the 5-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Goals<\/p>\n<p>14&#8242; &#8211; MIA &#8211; Tadeo Allende | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/video\/#goal-t-allende-vs-nyc-14\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH<\/a><br \/>\n23&#8242; &#8211; MIA &#8211; Tadeo Allende | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/video\/#goal-t-allende-vs-nyc-23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH<\/a><br \/>\n37&#8242; &#8211; NYC &#8211; Justin Haak | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/video\/#goal-j-haak-vs-mia-37\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH<\/a><br \/>\n67&#8242; &#8211; MIA &#8211; Mateo Silvetti | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/video\/#goal-m-silvetti-vs-nyc-67\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH<\/a><br \/>\n83&#8242; &#8211; MIA &#8211; Telasco Segovia | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/video\/#goal-t-segovia-vs-nyc-83\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH<\/a><br \/>\n89&#8242; &#8211; MIA &#8211; Tadeo Allende | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/video\/#goal-t-allende-vs-nyc-89\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tadeo Allende led the way with a hat trick, giving him an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs-leading eight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13425,28004,28320,14241,9,24,14242,55,54,56,12687],"class_list":{"0":"post-55988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-inter-miami-cf","9":"tag-match-reaction","10":"tag-miavsnyc-11-29-2025","11":"tag-mls-cup-playoffs","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-city-football-club","15":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-city-news","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-sendtonews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55988","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=55988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}