On Thursday Sep 1st, New York City and DC United will play a match in New York City in a meeting of these two Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 3rd placed New York City is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Chicago Fire. Gabriel Pereira dos Santos struck first for New York City in the 16th minute, then Santiago Rodriguez added another in the 46th minute In the end, Chicago Fire was frustrated by New York City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. New York City ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches New York City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 14th placed DC United is fresh off their 0-6 blowout loss against Philadelphia Union. Mikael Uhre struck first for Philadelphia Union in the 37th minute, then Daniel Gazdag added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot In the end, DC United couldn’t muster any offence and Philadelphia Union ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, New York City took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Alexander Martin Marquinho Callens Asin struck first for New York City in the 6th minute on a feed from Chris Gloster, then Castellanos Gimenez added another in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed DC United couldn’t manage to score, and New York City took the shutout win. Gabriel Pereira dos Santos has been the most prolific scorer on New York City in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.