{"id":279154,"date":"2025-10-05T08:59:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279154\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:59:25","slug":"match-recap-philadelphia-union-1-0-new-york-city-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279154\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Recap | Philadelphia Union 1-0 New York City FC\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Union Goals:<\/strong> Uhre 40′<\/p>\n

\n Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York City FC fell 1-0 to the Philadelphia Union despite a strong effort. Mikael Uhre\u2019s deflected first-half strike proved decisive, with Juli\u00e1n and Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez going close late on as New York City FC were denied by an offside call against M\u00e1ximo Carrizo and missed chances.<\/p>\n

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

New York City FC were on the road Saturday night as they took on the Philadelphia Union.<\/p>\n

The visitors had already secured a spot in the playoffs, while the hosts knew that victory would seal the Supporters\u2019 Shield.<\/p>\n

Head Coach Pascal Jansen made one change from the team that won the Hudson River Derby last time out, with Alonso Mart\u00ednez returning to the XI in place of Agust\u00edn Ojeda.<\/p>\n

New York City almost had a dream start when Mart\u00ednez got in behind and rounded Andre Blake from a narrow angle. Unfortunately, he was unable to convert his eventual shot.<\/p>\n

The hosts responded with several looks at goal over the next ten minutes, but important blocks from Hannes Wolf and Thiago Martins removed the danger.<\/p>\n

In the 17th minute, Matt Freese was called into action to deny Bruno Damiani. The Brazilian forced the former Union goalkeeper into a smart save down low to his right.<\/p>\n

In response, Wolf produced a dipping volley from the edge of the box that required an important intervention from Blake.<\/p>\n

The Austrian was then handed a great chance to break the deadlock in the 32nd minute after a flowing move culminated with a loose ball bouncing into his path. Unfortunately, Wolf slashed at the ball and saw the effort go over.<\/p>\n

The deadlock was broken in the 41st minute through Mikael Uhre. His strike from the right side of the area took a wicked deflection off Raul Gustavo and wrong-footed Freese in the process.<\/p>\n

The second half saw New York City make one change, with Kevin O’Toole replaced by Aiden O’Neill. The frantic pace that defined the first half continued after the break as Milan Iloski fired wide.<\/p>\n

Indiana Vassilev then tested Freese with an effort from just outside the box, before Jansen made two changes in the 59th minute \u2014 Mitja Ileni\u010d and Ojeda replacing Mart\u00ednez and Tayvon Gray.<\/p>\n

Ojeda registered a shot on target for New York City ten minutes later, but a deflection took much of the power off the effort, allowing Blake to collect comfortably.<\/p>\n

In the 78th minute, a fourth change for New York City saw Wolf replaced by Juli\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez. The winger created a great chance for the visitors after skipping past two Union defenders and clipping the ball onto the head of Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez. Unfortunately, his header deflected behind for a corner.<\/p>\n

New York City’s final change came in the 87th minute as M\u00e1ximo Carrizo replaced Maxi Moralez. The teenager thought he had equalized after latching onto a pass from Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez and poking it past Blake, only for the offside flag to deny him a first MLS goal.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that would prove to be New York City’s last chance of note, forcing them to accept a narrow defeat on the night.<\/p>\n

\n What’s Next<\/p>\n

Next up for New York City FC is a meeting with the Seattle Sounders on Saturday, October 18. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union Goals: Uhre 40′ Quick Read New York City FC fell 1-0 to the Philadelphia Union despite…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":279155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,15277,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,139334,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-279154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-match-recap","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-phivsnyc-10-04-2025","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115320741273341507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279154","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=279154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}