Both teams compete for third place in the East
New York City had a difficult summer, with plenty of losses
New York City this Saturday the New York confrontation of the MLS was awarded to defeat their neighbors and rivals the New York Red Bulls 2-0.
Both goals came in the first halfboth were the result of a corner kick and both were goals with a Latin flavor.
In minute 1 of the match, the Peruvian Alexander Callens headed the locals ahead and in minute 23 the Uruguayan Santiago Rodríguez extended his team’s lead taking advantage of a second play after a corner.
The two teams from the Big Apple are in the fight for third place in the Easta conference led by the Philadelphia Union with Montreal in second place.
At this time, and with both clubs with two games to play before the end of the regular season, the New York Red Bulls are third with 50 pointswhile New York City is fourth with 49.
Current MLS Champion, New York City has had a very difficult summeror just after Argentine Valentín ‘Taty’ Castellanos left the team, his great reference in attack and who packed his bags to play for Spanish side Girona.
Thus, in the last ten days -not counting this Saturday’s game- accumulated a disastrous balance of seven defeatstwo draws and a single victory.
However, the New York team seems to have regained some morale this week since, in addition to this triumph in the MLS, on Wednesday they won the Champions Cup against Atlas 2-0, in a clash that pitted the champions of the MLS and those of Liga MX.