New York City FC extended their unbeaten start to the season with an assured 2-1 victory over the LA Galaxy on Sunday.
With City flashing their energetic pressing and fluid possession game, first-half goals from Anton Tinnerholm and David Villa banked all three points on offer in the 2018 curtain-raiser at Yankee Stadium. A response from Jonathan dos Santos after the break led to some late jitters for the hosts, but the Galaxy's comeback bid was disrupted by a second yellow card for Ashley Cole.
The pain of the loss was amplified for LA by injuries to starters Michael Ciani and Giovani dos Santos, the latter limping off with a hamstring issue one week before the Mexican national teamgather for a key pre-World Cup camp.
Goals
- 22' – NYC – Anton Tinnerholm | Watch
- 33' – NYC – David Villa | Watch
- 60' – LA – Jonathan dos Santos | Watch
Next Up
- NYC: Saturday, March 17 vs. Orlando City (3:30 pm ET | Univision, Twitter in US)
- LA: Saturday, March 24 at Vancouver Whitecaps (10 pm ET | TSN1 in Canada, MLS LIVE in US)
