NYCFC Shutout In New England

 

It was a tough night for NYCFC goalkeeper Matt Freese. Provided by NYCFC.

The New York City Football Club was shutout by the New England Revolution, 2-0, in Foxborough, Mass., on Saturday night.

NYCFC fell to 3-2-4, with 11 points, and they remain in 10th place in the MLS Eastern Conference. The teams are pretty compressed in what is still the early season, with NYCFC just five points behind fifth-place Philadelphia (5-1-3) and eight points behind the two teams at the top, Charlotte (6-1-2) and Cincinnati (6-1-2), who each have 19 points.

With this loss, NYCFC is now winless in four of their last five matches (1-1-3), with the only win coming at Citi Field on April 12, a 1-0 win over Philadelphia.

NYCFC has yet to win a game on the road, as they are 0-3-2. The last time NYCFC won a road game was on September 28, 2024, when they beat the Red Bulls, 5-1.

New England's goals came in a tight span, just before and after halftime, a one-two punch that was too much for NCYFC to overcome.

The Revolution scored in the 43rd minute when Leo Campana buried a shot from the center of the box, off a feed from Ignatius Ganago.

Then, in the 48th minute, just a few minutes into the second half, Ganago got a goal of his own, when Carles Gil found him at the center of the box, and he fired one into the left lower corner of the net to make it 2-0.

Even thought possession was nearly even - 50.1 percent for New England, 49.9% for NYCFC - the Revolution fired in seven shots on net, while NYCFC had just two on target. NYCFC had more overall shots, 16 to 13.

New England improved to 3-1-4, with 10 points, right behind NYCFC in the standings.

COACH'S COMMENTS: NYCFC Head Coach Pascal Jansen addressed the media after the game:

On what the identity of the team is: "The last part of the game, that's always our intention - so that is our identity. Just to be clear on that, there are games where you look for a certain momentum in the game. That wasn't the case in our first half, but that doesn't mean the guys are not looking for the energy that we normally bring to the game. You also have to deal with an opponent. The opponent is a strong side; we already experienced that in the home game. So, we knew what we were up to. But then again, I said to my guys also just now, the level, the quality of the game is something that is separate from the energy. You have to bring quality to the game. And in possession we couldn't find the spare man in the middle. The connection up front was a little off, so we didn't get and find our own rhythm and that was the problem, especially in the first half."

On what he attributes the struggles in the final third are: "We have shown in several games that we have the quality to be very dangerous in the final third. Today it was tough given the shape of the opponent as well, having a lot of bodies behind the ball. So you need to be very, very sharp and very bright in these moments in order to get some of the moments that you're looking for in the final third. If you look at the first half, the quality was simply not there in order to have more threat going forward to their goal...but we have guys who are developing themselves into better players with more impact, more quality. Unfortunately, it's not something that is consistent yet."