This wasn't a preseason friendly. It's not the preseason.
But, at the very least, New York City FC can say that it got a trip to the beach and a 2-1 victory.
In a vastly underwhelming Friday night affair at the Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, an own goal apiece (!!!) and a late winner from Kwadwo Poku decided the scoring in front of 7,850.
The Bronx Blues came out in a 4-3-3, with a couple tweaks we haven't seen before.
SUBSTITUTES: Mix (46' - Lampard), Hernandez (46' - Jacobson), Hurtado (46' - Wingert), Ballouchy (46' - Pirlo), Mullins (46' - Villa), Johansen (46' - Saunders), Rawls
Andrew Jacobson in central defense and R.