New York City FC suffered a disappointing 3-2 defeat against New England Revolution on Saturday. The team twice rallied back, but fell to a late goal from Tommy McNamara.
Here’s Five Points from the loss against the Revs, presented by Etihad Airways…
Penalty Pain
If you read ‘Keys to the Match’ earlier this week you’ll remember we discussed the need to start quickly.
It appeared New York City FC were on course for that after Jesús Medina earned a 12th-minute penalty. The build-up for the goal owed so much to the intelligence of Taty Castellanos, with his dummy to free Medina a moment of brilliance.