NYCFC tells bye to international competition. With goals from ‘Canelo’ Angulo and Paulinho, Toluca de México traced and defeated New York City FC 2-1 in the Leagues Cup 2025 and caresses the classification for the qualifiers, although it still depends on what their rivals do.
The “Red Devils” of the Toluca are provisional leaders of the Mexican group with 8 points of 9 and only need to seal its pass to rooms that one of the only four teams that could overcome it -Mazatlán, Tigres, Juárez or Pumas- stumbles on this last day.
In turn, the NYCFC is eliminated with only 3 points in the contest that faces the best of Major League Soccer (MLS) compared to the best of the MX League of Mexico.
It was a chaotic first time in the Yankee Stadium of the Bronx. The Toluca needed the three points to set foot and a half in the quarterfinals, while the New York City was urged to keep his scarce options alive.
The duel was very soon in the face of the New Yorkers, with a goal in the 10th minute of the Costa Rican striker Alonso Martínez, who received a pass from the Argentine Agustín Ojeda and, surrounded by defenses, shot from outside the area adjusted to the left stick of Luis García.
But the “citizens” needed more than 1-0. The Defeat for three goals against Puebla On the first day of the Leagues Cup, I left it, if not eliminated, yes to the edge of a ranking complex with several teams.
The Mexican champion turned the game into a pulse in the midfield, which inclined in his favor shortly before the break. In minute 37, Portuguese scorer Paulinho finished off the crossbar with the exterior of the Boot of the Brazilian Helinho from the right wing. The rebound took advantage of it, also head, Ricardo ‘Canelo’ Angulo to send it to the bottom of the network.
Nycfc had not yet replaced the coup when Angulo and Paulinho were protagonists again. ‘Canelo’ broke New York lines to attend Paulinho, who did not forgive the goalkeeper Matt Freese signing the second for the “Red Devils.”
The first half would end with a huge tangan (anger) that the referee resolved with two yellow on each side, and with one against one between Angulo and Freese that the American goalkeeper saved to keep his team in the game. 2-1 to rest.
In the resumption, it was the Toluca who enjoyed the first occasion to expand its advantage: a cross shot by Helinho that made Freese’s right stick tremble, which did not even threaten to move.
But minutes later, in 70, the “Tico” Alonso Martínez had the draw in his boots with a shot that crashed at the crosshead of Luis García’s goal.
With the passage of the minutes, NYCFC gained ground and domain of the ball. In addition, in the final stretch, Coach Pascal Jansen sacrificed Central Justin Haak to give entry to Seymour Reid -fow -head -forward- in search of the miracle.
But everything was in vain. The New Yorkers would not have a occasion as clear as Martínez’s and in the end they would bit the dust of defeat against their fans disappointed by the elimination in international football.
Thus they aligned
– Toluca (2): Luís García; Jesús Gallardo, Federico Pereira, Luan García, Everardo López; Marcel Ruiz, Franco Romero (Antonio Briseño, m.92); Alexis Vega (Robert Morales, m.79), Ricardo Angulo (Juan Domínguez, M.69), Hélio Castro (Nicolás Castro, m.69); Paulinho (Fernando Arce Juárez, m.79).
– Coach: Antonio Mohamed (Argentine).
– New York City FC (1): Matt Freese; Kevin O’Toole, Justin Haak (Seymour Reid, m.83), Strahinja Tanasijevic (Jonathan Shore, m.60), Tayvon Gray; Aiden O’Neill, Andrés Perea; Agustín Ojeda (Julián Fernández, M.59), Maximiliano Moralez, Nicolás Fernández (Hannes Wolf, m.60); and Alonso Martínez.
– Coach: Pascal Jansen (Dutch).
– Goals: 0-1, m.10: Alonso Martínez. 1-1, m.37: Ricardo Angulo. 2-1, M.40: Paulinho.
– Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada). He admonished Gallardo, Pereira, Romero and Morales, from Toluca; O’Neill and Tanasijevic, of the New York City.
– Incidents: The third day of the CUP Leagues played at the Yankee Stadium in New York (United States).
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