McNamara ended draw 1-1 for NYCFC
New York City FC, home game vs. New England Revolution.
American soccer became new sport in the city, fans may not be as competable as the European’s, but feels even better atmosphere with this club of NYCFC, always surprising as specially with McNamara headed the ball into the back of the net to give NYCFC the early lead.
New England equalized in the 38th minute with Chris Tierney hitting a free kick from the edge of the box that took a wicked deflection past Josh Saunders sending the teams in level at the break.
In the 51st minute New England midfielder Gershon Koffie made an unadvised foul against McNamara and drew a red card which reduced the Revolution to only 10 men for the rest of the match.
In the 90th Minute, Tony Taylor lofted a pass into the box which found the head of Patrick Mullins but was saved by Bobby S.
Only a minute later, McNamara found himself outside the box and fired a shot on net, but the shot went wide and the final whistle blew as the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Jefferson Mena and Kwadwo Poku, Steven Mendoza each made their first starts of the 2016 MLS Season.
Tommy McNamara scored his second goal of the year and first header goal for the Club Diego Martinez made debut in the 28th minute. Mehdi Ballouchy made his second consecutive appearance for the Club Tony Taylor has started all four games thus far. There has been a straight red card in three of the Club’s four matches vs. New England Revolution.
New York City FC head coach Patrick Vieira, spoke out after conference “You recruit 2 out of a possible 9 points, how would you characterize the homestand and Is tha acceptable to you?
“Of course we aim to do better than that but at the end I am really disappointed tonight about the way we played more than the result.
