LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — David Beckham’s Inter Miami became the first Major League Soccer team to lose its first five games when Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scored midway through the second half Monday in New York City’s 1-0 victory.
Two other expansion teams had been winless in their first five games, including draws: Chivas USA in 2005 and Montreal in 2012.
NYCFC (1-4) won for the first time in the 2020 season and guaranteed a third-place finish in Group A with three points. But NYCFC will need help from others to advance in the MLS is Back tournament as one of the top four third-place finishers.