New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls: Match Recap 3-1 Loss With Interviews from Coach Jason Kreis, Tommy McNamara and Commentary by Peachy DeeganOur Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates
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The good news: yesterday's game started off with a bang and more excitement than any other NYCFC game we've attended.
The bad news: it did not end that way for NYCFC.
What goes up must come down so said Isaac Newton, and the winning trajectory enjoyed by NYCFC at a franchise-record-length of three games ended with some fireworks by the New York Red Bulls (who play in New Jersey): namely, three goals by them in the second half. This was the first meeting at Yankee Stadium between these two teams, and the second Hudson River Derby.
Mix and Jacobson assisted starter Tommy McNamara as he began to paint the town blue by scoring the first goal early in the first half. The great majority of the first half was pure joy to observe as NYCFC looked as if they had really gelled. In fairness it was the first time they played in a lot of humidity, and we can personally attest to the brutality of New York's humid weather.
"From my point of view, it's the first time I don't think we felt like we got a real honest effort out of our players," said Coach Jason Kreis after the game. "My biggest fear coming into this game is that we had gone three games with a winning streak and four games unbeaten. I think the players began to felt like they made it a little bit. This happens in our league all the time, where teams go on a winning run and then perform really poorly. For me, it comes down to a little bit of attitude. A little bit of complacency and comfort, thinking that the game is easier than it really is. All of us are [so grateful] for the fans that continue to come out here, and support us so loud and so proudly. It's going to be a matter of time, but w
e're going to keep giving back.
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"We came out well. That's how you want to start games: best case scenario you score in the first 5-10 minutes," commented Tommy McNamara post-game. "I think after that we had a few other really good looks on goal that very well could have been goals so it was a good way to start the match. Soccer is a lot of the time a game of momentum and we came out and had a lot of the momentum and as the first half wore on, the Red Bulls got themselves back into it and started to gain some more momentum. When they came out at halftime and scored, all the momentum was with them and we were trying to fight it. We fought, we tried, but we just came up very short unfortunately. We're thankful and grateful for the support of the fans. They were amazing throughout the game."
In other news, it was fun to see LL Cool J in the stands (where is your pal Chris O'Donnell sporting the Johnnie-O?) Attendance was at 48,047 (bravo Scott Miller!).
Have no fear New York City FC enthusiasts: like The Terminator, NYCFC will be back. Winning.
NYCFC tells Whom You Know:
New York City FC’s four-match unbeaten streak came to an end on Sunday afternoon as the Club suffered a 3-1 loss to the Red Bulls in front of a season-high sellout crowd of 48,047 at Yankee Stadium.
Tommy McNamara’s early goal -- the fastest in Club history -- gave the supporters something to cheer about, but the visitors answered with a trio of goals in the second half to leave with all three points.
New York City FC are now 4-8-5 (17 points), while the Red Bulls improve to 6-5-5 (23 points).
"First off, I definitely want to thank all of the fans that came out and supported us – how many people were in the stadium, how loud they were, how supportive of us they were was truly amazing," McNamara said. "Myself and the rest of the team are very thankful for that.
"As for the game, we started off very well from the kickoff, but over the course of the game we started to lose more and more momentum. They came out at halftime and got the two quick goals and it was tough to get the momentum back into our hands."
New York City FC couldn’t have asked for a better start in front their largest ever crowd in the Bronx.David Villa played a short corner to Mehdi Ballouchy who teed it back up for the captain. Villa’s cross was headed away by the defense, but not out of harm’s way. Mix Diskerud latched onto the ball on the right side and chipped it into the danger zone. Andrew Jacobson headed it on toward McNamara, who showed lovely control in bringing it down from his chest to his feet before firing home the go-ahead goal to the low far corner in the sixth minute.
New York City FC continued to press, especially off of set pieces. In the 17th minute, Villa worked a short corner kick with Mix. Villa’s cross landed at the feet of defender Chris Wingert at the far post, but his backheel attempt deflected off his other foot and was pounced on by Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles.
Both teams had other opportunities in the first half, but the score remained in favor of the home side.
Just as New York City FC came out firing early in the first half, the Red Bulls did the same in the second interval needing just two minutes to equalize.
Bradley Wright-Phillips’ cross from the left side was deflected by a defender and ended up with Sacha Kljestan, who ran back out that way. His looping effort into the center of the box was met by Wright-Phillips, who one-timed his volley into the back of the net.
The Red Bulls took the lead six minutes later.
Kljestan’s free kick near the far sideline went into the box but wasn’t fully cleared. Mike Grella ran onto it and chipped it toward Anatole Abang, who headed it down to Chris Duvall at the near post, who blasted it home from close range for a 2-1 lead.
"I think the second half was a continuation of the end of the fist half," New York City FC head coach Jason Kreis said. "We did a nice job with how we started the game, it was real good, but after that it was real poor. We got away from everything we’ve tried to do the last several weeks and months."
The Red Bulls weren’t done though, sealing all of the spoils on a goal by defender Matt Miazga in the 73rd.
Again Kljestan was instrumental in the finish, lofting a ball from the right that was headed in at the far post by the defender.
New York City FC return to action on July 4 against the Montreal Impact. Kickoff is 8 p.m. EDT from Stade Saputo (YES Network, WFAN).
"We have to go back to work, there’s no question about it," midfielder Ned Grabavoy said. "We have to keep doing the things that made us successful the last four matches."
