{"id":104522,"date":"2025-07-30T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104522\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:08:09","slug":"match-recap-new-york-city-fc-0-3-club-puebla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104522\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Recap | New York City FC 0-3 Club Puebla\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Club Puebla Goals:<\/strong> Fedorco 2′, G\u00f3mez 38′, Gonzalez 88′<\/p>\n

\n Quick Read<\/p>\n

New York City FC battled hard but fell 3-0 to Club Puebla in Leagues Cup action. Pascal Jansen’s side created a number of good chances, but could not find a way through on the night. Goals from Juan Manuel Fedorco, Emiliano G\u00f3mez, and Owen Gonzalez secured victory for the visitors.<\/p>\n

\n Match Recap<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York City FC were back in action Tuesday night for Phase One of the Leagues Cup as they took on Mexican side Club Puebla.<\/p>\n

Pascal Jansen\u2019s men entered the contest riding the momentum of a dramatic win over FC Dallas on Friday night in Texas. For this clash, Jansen made several changes to the lineup, handing a first start of the season to both Seymour Reid and Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it was a tough start for NYCFC, who fell behind early. A Puebla corner was headed into the six-yard box and turned home by Juan Manuel Fedorco.<\/p>\n

The visitors continued to apply pressure and carved out several chances within the opening fifteen minutes, but were denied by a strong performance from Matt Freese. At the other end, Nicol\u00e1s D\u00edaz was presented with a golden opportunity but saw his attempt blocked by Johnny Shore.<\/p>\n

With temperatures soaring, a first-half cooling break offered both teams a moment to regroup. However, Puebla would soon double their advantage in the 38th minute through Emiliano G\u00f3mez.<\/p>\n

New York City appeared to have crafted the perfect response just minutes later when Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau won a penalty\u2014only for the decision to be overturned following a VAR review.<\/p>\n

In stoppage time, the hosts came agonizingly close to pulling one back. A well-worked set-piece saw Justin Haak crash a volley off the crossbar after Reid flicked the ball into his path.<\/p>\n

At the break, Jansen introduced Andr\u00e9s Perea and Kevin O\u2019Toole for Nico Cavallo and Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau. Juli\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez looked to make an immediate impact just minutes into the second half, but his effort was again denied by Fedorco.<\/p>\n

On the hour mark, further changes saw Tayvon Gray and M\u00e1ximo Carrizo replace Mitja Ileni\u010d and Shore. Puebla nearly added a third shortly after when Ricardo Mar\u00edn broke through on goal, but O\u2019Toole made a brilliant recovery challenge to snuff out the chance.<\/p>\n

The fifth and final change came in the 66th minute, with Reid making way for Alonso Mart\u00ednez. The Costa Rican was lively off the bench and nearly found the net with a sharp strike that deflected wide. Moments later, he set up Shore with a clever layoff, whose effort forced another fine save from Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez was called upon again during a late wave of NYCFC pressure, denying a powerful strike from Mart\u00ednez before watching a corner-kick effort from the forward clip the crossbar.<\/p>\n

Despite a late surge from New York City, Puebla added a third goal in the 88th minute, with Owen Gonz\u00e1lez applying the finishing touch to a well-worked team move.<\/p>\n

Juli\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez continued to press for a response, forcing another sharp save from Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez with a fierce strike. In stoppage time, Alonso Mart\u00ednez came close after a surging run down the left by M\u00e1ximo Carrizo, who cut the ball back into the box. Unfortunately, Mart\u00ednez\u2019s effort sailed over the bar.<\/p>\n

That confirmed a disappointing 3-0 defeat for New York City on the night.<\/p>\n

\n What’s Next<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next up for New York City FC is a meeting with Club Leon in League Cup on Friday, August 1. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Club Puebla Goals: Fedorco 2′, G\u00f3mez 38′, Gonzalez 88′ Quick Read New York City FC battled hard but…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":104523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,61117,15277,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67376,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-104522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-leagues-cup","10":"tag-match-recap","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nycvspue-07-29-2025","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114941637834578845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}