New York City FC

9th · 8-9-10 · 33 pts · +5

YES!

New York City FC beat Real Salt Lake

8-8-9 2 – 0

9-5-13

FT · Sat, Sep 12

Match Details

America First Field (Sandy, Utah) · Apple TV

Commentary

·Match ends, Real Salt Lake 0, New York City FC 2.
90'+10'Second Half ends, Real Salt Lake 0, New York City FC 2.
90'+9'Attempt blocked. Taylor Booth (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze.
90'+8'Matt Freese (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7'Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Real Salt Lake).
90'+7'Bénie Traoré (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7'Attempt missed. Alonso Martínez (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Lineker Rodrigues (Real Salt Lake) header from very close range is high and wide to the left following a corner.
90'+3'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+3'Delay in match because of an injury Tayvon Gray (New York City FC).
90'+2'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Andrés Perea.
90'+2'Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.

Line Score

	1	2	T
NYC	1	1	2
RSL	0	0	0

Match Leaders

New York City FC

NF Nicolás Fernández · 1Goals
NF Nicolás Fernández · 3Total Shots
Matt Freese · 6Saves
James Sands · 18Defensive Interventions
Thiago Martins · 57Accurate Passes

Real Salt Lake

SL Saba Lobjanidze · 4Total Shots
R Rafael · 1Saves
Noel Caliskan · 8Defensive Interventions
Noel Caliskan · 68Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026 MLS

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Nashville	27	18	6	3	+34	60
2	New England	27	14	4	9	+9	46
3	Miami	27	12	10	5	+14	46
4	Charlotte	27	12	7	8	+9	43
5	Chicago	26	12	6	8	+8	42
6	Philadelphia	27	11	6	10	+10	39
7	Orlando	27	10	4	13	-16	34
8	Red Bull NY	27	9	6	12	-17	33
9	NYCFC	27	8	9	10	+5	33
10	Cincinnati	26	8	9	9	-9	33
11	D.C. United	26	6	12	8	-8	30
12	Columbus	27	8	5	14	-4	29
13	Toronto	27	6	11	10	-12	29
14	Atlanta	27	7	6	14	-13	27
15	CF Montréal	27	6	6	15	-20	24

Qualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Round One Best-of-3 seriesQualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Wild Card Matches

Key Events

90'+8'Matt Freese (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card.

88'Substitution, New York City FC. Alonso Martínez replaces Hannes Wolf.

81'Kevin O'Toole (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

80'Substitution, New York City FC. Aiden O'Neill replaces Jonathan Shore.

80'Substitution, New York City FC. Kevin O'Toole replaces Nico Cavallo.

76'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Taylor Booth replaces Morgan Guilavogui.

72'Substitution, New York City FC. Bénie Traoré replaces Luighi.

69'Lineker Rodrigues (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

67'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Aiden Hezarkhani replaces Philip Quinton.

67'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Lineker Rodrigues replaces Sergi Solans.

64'Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

61'Goal! Real Salt Lake 0, New York City FC 2. Luighi (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Agustín Ojeda.

57'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Colin Guske replaces Luca Moisa.

57'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Kobi Henry replaces Juan Jose Arias because of an injury.

41'Goal! Real Salt Lake 0, New York City FC 1. Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Agustín Ojeda following a set piece situation.