In the 7th’ Jimenez of TFC was alone in the area and his shot went awry . Scant minutes later, Magno with the ball, passed his mark was taken down. A PK no doubt, maybe soft, but it would absolutely be whistled down anywhere else on the field, you see Magno trip himself, and the defender stumble, further, no card to Magno for embellishment furthers the case for the PK. As it turns out there was an angle that VAR did not see, showing far better it was a PK. Taty losses then recovers the ball from Bradley, the value of immediate pressure. Taty in on goal should have shot, he held on as the defender drew nearer and as he closed on goal his angles to shoot reduced, finally going wide on his attempt. Maxi take a more than hopeful shot and it goes into the crowd. Osorio hits Jimenez with a ball as he went left, the ball went right, right into the NYCFC goal, 1-0 TFC a 31’. TFC makes Swiss Cheese of the NYCFC D only to have one skied by Osario, way off frame. The talking heads are speaking on how the CCL may be more important than the league? This is a new concept to me, league is first, will get you to more competitions, that it might be best to mortgage the time being for success in the CCL is a thing to do does not work for me either, win each and every game, do your best. Acevdo now takes too many touches and his centered ball goes for a corner. Pozuelo tries to put a DFK beyond the net and over the endline but does not get enough on it and it finds the inside of the net at 43’ the VAR check of offside kept the goal on record.
NY is moving the ball well enough, but not forward. Parks continued to be dangerous sending shots on goal from distances. Martinez picked up a foolish caution. Rodriguez with a quick shot that goes over the endline. Heber is in at 84’ , he sends home a very well headed ball from a driven ball by Morales, his first goal since Sept. Final score 2-1, NYCFC drops a game.