New York City FC vs Santos, 2026 Leagues Cup, League Phase

· Leagues Cup
New York City FC
  • 50': Tayvon Gray
  • 66': Nico Cavallo
FT
2 - 0
Santos

    About

    New York City FC are hosting Santos at Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the Leagues Cup.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Offside, Santos Laguna. Fran Villalba is caught offside.
    • 3': Eduardo Aguirre (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Tayvon Gray (New York City FC).
    • 4': Foul by Tayvon Gray (New York City FC).
    • 4': Eduardo Aguirre (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Felipe Sánchez.
    • 9': Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Franco Pardo.
    • 15': Emmanuel Echeverría (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 15': Foul by Tayvon Gray (New York City FC).
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Diego González (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Kevin O'Toole (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 21': Offside, New York City FC. Malachi Jones is caught offside.
    • 23': Delay in match for a drinks break.
    • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Aldo López (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Foul by Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC).
    • 28': Mauricio Cuevas (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Kevin O'Toole (New York City FC).
    • 33': Foul by Carlos Gruezo (Santos Laguna).
    • 33': Andrés Perea (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 36': Offside, Santos Laguna. Lucas Di Yorio is caught offside.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna). Assisted by Tayvon Gray.
    • 41': Diego González (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by Jonathan Shore (New York City FC).
    • 43': Attempt saved. Diego González (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
    • 43': Attempt missed. Fran Villalba (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 44': Foul by Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna).
    • 44': Max Murray (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Offside, New York City FC. Agustín Ojeda is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': Diego González (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Kevin O'Toole (New York City FC).
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, New York City FC 0, Santos Laguna 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins New York City FC 0, Santos Laguna 0.
    • 45': Substitution, New York City FC. Luighi replaces Bénie Traoré.
    • 45': Substitution, New York City FC. Nicolás Fernández Mercau replaces Kevin O'Toole.
    • 45': Substitution, New York City FC. Hannes Wolf replaces Malachi Jones.
    • 48': Offside, New York City FC. Luighi is caught offside.
    • 49': Foul by Diego González (Santos Laguna).
    • 49': Nico Cavallo (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 50': Goal! New York City FC 1, Santos Laguna 0. Tayvon Gray (New York City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Aldo López (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego González.
    • 51': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by James Sands.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Andrés Perea (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna). Assisted by Agustín Ojeda.
    • 55': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Kevin Picón replaces Emmanuel Echeverría.
    • 55': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Ezequiel Bullaude replaces Eduardo Aguirre.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 55': Foul by Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna).
    • 55': Max Murray (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Offside, Santos Laguna. Diego González is caught offside.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Fran Villalba (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Di Yorio.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
    • 62': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Matt Freese.
    • 62': Delay in match because of an injury Max Murray (New York City FC).
    • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 63': Substitution, New York City FC. Loiola replaces Max Murray because of an injury.
    • 65': Foul by Ezequiel Bullaude (Santos Laguna).
    • 65': Luighi (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 66': Goal! New York City FC 2, Santos Laguna 0. Nico Cavallo (New York City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrés Perea.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Ezequiel Bullaude (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
    • 71': Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Felipe Sánchez.
    • 73': Diego González (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Jonathan Shore (New York City FC).
    • 73': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Salvador Mariscal replaces Carlos Gruezo.
    • 73': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Javier Abella replaces Mauricio Cuevas.
    • 73': Delay in match for a drinks break.
    • 73': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Kevin Palacios replaces Fran Villalba.
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 75': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Tayvon Gray.
    • 77': Kevin Palacios (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Foul by Tayvon Gray (New York City FC).
    • 77': Offside, Santos Laguna. Kevin Palacios is caught offside.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matt Freese (New York City FC). Assisted by Kevin Palacios.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Kevin Palacios (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
    • 79': Attempt saved. Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
    • 79': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Matt Freese.
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Matt Freese (New York City FC).
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Diego González (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Palacios.
    • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Luighi (New York City FC).
    • 82': Diego González (Santos Laguna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Foul by Javier Abella (Santos Laguna).
    • 83': Hannes Wolf (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Ezequiel Bullaude (Santos Laguna).
    • 83': Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Ezequiel Bullaude (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Foul by Hannes Wolf (New York City FC).
    • 85': Attempt saved. Luighi (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna). Assisted by Nico Cavallo.
    • 86': Offside, Santos Laguna. Ezequiel Bullaude is caught offside.
    • 88': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Loiola.
    • 89': Foul by Salvador Mariscal (Santos Laguna).
    • 89': Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Substitution, New York City FC. Cooper Flax replaces Andrés Perea.
    • 90': Foul by Franco Pardo (Santos Laguna).
    • 90': Luighi (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+1': Franco Pardo (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Luighi (New York City FC).
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Felipe Sánchez (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Salvador Mariscal.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Felipe Sánchez (Santos Laguna).
    • 90'+3': Luighi (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Kevin Palacios (Santos Laguna).
    • 90'+4': Tayvon Gray (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+6': Handball by Lucas Di Yorio (Santos Laguna).
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, New York City FC 2, Santos Laguna 0.
    • 0': Match ends, New York City FC 2, Santos Laguna 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 11
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    5 Offsides 3
    5 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 6
    45.3 Possession 54.7
    12 SHOTS 8
    6 ON GOAL 5
    0.5 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    384 Accurate Passes 484
    437 Passes 536
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 3
    15 Crosses 9
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    37 Long Balls 63
    21 Accurate Long Balls 43
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
    4 Blocked Shots 2
    6 Effective Tackles 8
    11 Tackles 13
    0.5 Tackle % 0.6
    6 Interceptions 4
    18 Effective Clearances 15
    18 Clearances 15

    Game Information

    Competition: Leagues Cup

    Venue: Red Bull Arena
    Location: Harrison, New Jersey, USA

    Leagues Cup Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 León 3 +3 9
    2 Toluca 3 +4 6
    3 América 2 +4 6
    4 Cruz Azul 2 +2 6
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NYC New York City FC (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    49 Matt Freese (GK)
    6 James Sands
    23 Max Murray
    2 Nico Cavallo
    24 Tayvon Gray
    8 Andrés Perea
    22 Kevin O'Toole
    32 Jonathan Shore
    9 Bénie Traoré
    88 Malachi Jones
    26 Agustin Ojeda
    New York City FC Substitutes:
    Kevin Pierre, Seymour Reid, João Loiola, Luighi Hanri, Mitja Ilenic, Greg Ranjitsingh, Cooper Flax, Hannes Wolf, Tomas Romero, Talles Magno, Maxi Carrizo, Nicolás Fernández.

    SAN Santos (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Carlos Acevedo (GK)
    25 Felipe Sanchez
    18 Franco Pardo
    17 Emmanuel Echeverría
    3 Mauricio Cuevas
    21 Francisco Villalba
    11 Carlos Gruezo
    5 Aldo López
    9 Lucas Di Yorio Yellow Card
    19 Eduardo Aguirre
    7 Diego González Yellow Card
    Santos Substitutes:
    Efraín Orona, Diego Medina, José Abella, Kevin Picón, Magnus Francisco López Gustavsen, Hector Holguin Perez, Javier Güemez, Salvador Mariscal, Sergio Jesús Barajas Aguilera, Kevin Palacios, Joshua Mancha, Ezequiel Bullaude.

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