New York City FC returned to Leagues Cup action – and Talles Magno returned to the Starting XI for the first time this year – with a scoreless draw in the Bronx. Per tournament rules, New York City earned an extra point after a diving save from Luis Barraza gave the squad a 4-3 triumph in penalty kicks. NYCFC now lead Leagues Cup East Group 1 with two points.
That result helps take the sting out of a largely lifeless game. A heavily rotated New York City squad couldn’t break down a defense-heavy Querétaro FC playing with a five-back that smothered the narrow Yankees Soccer Stadium pitch. Now it’s time for you to rate the players.
• For a hot second it looked like 17-year-old Christian McFarlane was going to score
• Alonso Martínez took a rocket of a penalty kick, ditto Jovan Mijatović
The ratings form will remain open until midnight on Monday, July 29 — that’s tomorrow. The results will be published on Tuesday, July 30.
that VAR mins the ref’s dying prayer for it to be an offside—when the review was to actually be about the hand in the box—was just ridiculous. every time concacaf officiates smh
What does VAR add to the game? About ten minutes…..