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New York City Football Club Drops Massive Opportunity, Falls 4-1 To Philly

NYCFC lost 4-1 to the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium - Image Credit: Ernesto Diaz/Latino Sports

Published by Scott Churchson of Stream Punk Entertainment – New York City Football Club Drops Massive Opportunity, Falls 4-1 To Philly

BRONX, NY — The New York City Football Club had a golden opportunity slip through their fingers as a Andre Blake-less Philadelphia Union trounced NYCFC 4-1 at Yankee Stadium. On a beautiful night in September NYCFC is now winless in their last 5 home matches against the club down the Turnpike. The match turned ugly early, after the Union picked up a 3 spot on the league’s top save percentage goalkeeper Matt Freese by the 32nd minute, after Tai Baribo, Mikael Uhre & Daniel Gazdag took the energy out of the Bronx crowd in lightning fast fashion. Alonso Martínez, the lone bright spot in the match scored his 12th of the season 5 minutes into added time to at least cut the deficit to 3-1.

ALONSO RECUPERA UNO 🇨🇷 pic.twitter.com/7CoTLOp9Ft

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) September 19, 2024

However the second half struggles continued after goals by Jakob Glesnes and Jose Bueno at 74 & 85 respectively gave the Union a 5-1 win, launching them into 9th place in the East at 33 points which keeps NYCFC in 6th for the moment at 40.

Next up for both squads: NYCFC remains at home as they take on Lionel Messi and Inter-Miami while the Union have a Sunday match at home against DC United.

NYCFC Crowd at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday evening – Image Credit: Ernesto Diaz/Latino Sports

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This was the first time that the club has given up 5 goals or more since November 2016.
NYCFC has now given up 8 2nd half goals in its past 4 matches.
Outside of their Leagues Cup run, the club is now winless in their last 7 with a 0W-2L-5D stretch & just 2 wins since June.
With the loss, their chances of getting a first round match at home have diminished to a mere 11%, per PlayoffStatus.com. Playoffs are still likely, but odds give it a 59% chance they’ll land in 6th or even 7th now due to the challenging schedule ahead.
With the upcoming match against Inter-Miami, NYCFC has faced the Herons 4 times at home, going 4W-0L-0D. Meanwhile Inter-Miami is the only team in MLS with 2 losses or less on the road, going 9W-2L-3W in 14 road matches this season.