MLS

FT Saturday, March 17, 2018
Orlando City SC DLLDL 0
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New York City FC DLWWW 2
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Yankee Stadium · 18,584 att.

Match Report

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

NYCFC beats Orlando for third straight win to open season

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
3
40.5
Possession
59.5
11
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
260
Accurate Passes
437
373
Passes
547
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
67
24
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
20
24
Tackles
31
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
22
25
Clearances
22

Head to Head

ORL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NYC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sean JohnsonG
  2. 6Alexander CallensCD-L
  3. 4Maxime ChanotCD-R
  4. 2Ben SweatLB
  5. 13Saad Abdul-SalaamRB
  6. 10Maxi MorálezAM
  7. 30Yangel HerreraLM
  8. 8Alexander RingRM
  9. 29Ismael Tajouri-ShradiF
  10. 23Rodney WallaceAM-L
  11. 19Jesús MedinaAM-R

ORL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Joe BendikG
  2. 3Amro TarekCD-L
  3. 2Jonathan SpectorCD-R
  4. 13Mohamed El-MunirLB
  5. 27RJ AllenRB
  6. 9Justin MeramM
  7. 7Cristian HiguitaCM
  8. 16Sacha KljestanAM
  9. 4Will JohnsonLM
  10. 19Yoshimar YotúnRM
  11. 17Chris MuellerCF-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Cristian Higuita (Orlando City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Rodney Wallace (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Orlando City SC. Lamine Sané replaces Jonathan Spector.
  4. 54' Alexander Ring (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 62' Goal! New York City FC 1, Orlando City SC 0. Ismael Tajouri (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 66' Substitution, New York City FC. Ronald Matarrita replaces Ismael Tajouri.
  7. 67' Substitution, Orlando City SC. Richie Laryea replaces Cristian Higuita.
  8. 72' Substitution, New York City FC. Thomas McNamara replaces Ronald Matarrita because of an injury.
  9. 74' Goal! New York City FC 2, Orlando City SC 0. Maximiliano Morález (New York City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesús Medina.
  10. 76' Substitution, Orlando City SC. Josué Colman replaces RJ Allen.
  11. 83' Thomas McNamara (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 88' Substitution, New York City FC. Kwame Awuah replaces Maximiliano Morález.
  13. 90' Richie Laryea (Orlando City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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