New York City FC secured their first road win of 2021 by beating the Philadelphia Union 2-0 at Subaru Park on Saturday evening.
Here’s Five Points from a comfortable victory, presented by Etihad Airways…
Get it Wide
If you read our Keys to the Match earlier this week, you’ll remember we talked about the benefit of getting the ball wide against a Philadelphia team that utilized a diamond in midfield.
Ronny Deila decided to switch things up for Saturday and set NYCFC up in a 3-4-2-1 formation by adding Alfredo Morales into midfield for his first start in MLS and pushing Anton Tinnerholm & Gudi Thorarinsson further up as wing-backs.