New York City II 1:1 Bethlehem Steel: Match Result

Match report

New York City II and Bethlehem Steel shared a point after 120 minutes before City won 8-7 on penalties in MLS Next Pro Group Stage action on Friday night. The result keeps City fifth in the table on 42 points, while Steel remain seventh on 39 after 26 games each. And here's the thing — the match had barely settled before I. Mendoza turned against his side in the 51st minute. The own goal put the hosts ahead and they looked comfortable enough to see out the remainder. To be fair, they controlled the tempo without forcing issues. M. De Paula dragged Bethlehem back level in the 80th minute, and that's when the game opened up. The visitors pressed higher, looking for a winner, and the visitors' approach eventually cost them discipline. O. Benitez picked up his second yellow in the 90th minute and was sent off, followed shortly by G. Sequera also seeing red. By then the pitch conditions weren't helping either side. Three players off in stoppage time meant the final minutes turned into a tactical exercise rather than anything resembling an end-to-end contest. Both managers had already made their changes — City brought on S. Reid and K. LeBlanc in the 60s, then added E. Davis III late. The penalty shootout told its own story. Eight rounds, and every City taker found the net. Bethlehem missed only S. Olivas in the eighth attempt, and that single error decided everything. It felt like the kind of result that could have gone either way after 120 minutes of a game that never quite found its rhythm. The table barely moved. City hold fifth place with a two-goal advantage over seventh-placed Steel, though both sides have played the same number of games. What matters more is the pattern — City have won 14, lost 12; Steel have won 13, lost 13. Neither side has drawn a single match this season, and that's something worth noting.

Prepared from match data

🟨 10' J. Griffin — Yellow card ⚽ 51' I. Mendoza — Own goal 🟨 58' S. Korzeniowski — Yellow card ⇄ 63' S. Reid — Substitution ⇄ 65' K. LeBlanc — Substitution 🟨 66' J. Ponce — Yellow card 🟨 67' G. Sequera — Yellow card 🟨 69' O. Benitez — Yellow card ⚽ 80' M. De Paula — Goal ⇄ 82' J. Griffin — Substitution ⇄ 82' S. Korzeniowski — Substitution ⇄ 82' I. Mendoza — Substitution ⇄ 85' A. Campos — Substitution ⇄ 85' E. Samb — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' E. Davis III — Substitution 🟨 90+5' L. Sunjic — Yellow card 🟨 90+8' O. Benitez — Yellow card 🟥 90+8' O. Benitez — Red card 🟨 90+10' J. Loiola — Yellow card 🟨 90+10' K. Moore — Yellow card 🟨 90+10' G. Sequera — Yellow card 🟥 90+10' G. Sequera — Red card

Penalty shootout

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Match events

10' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card J. Griffin
51' New York City II Own goal I. Mendoza
58' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card S. Korzeniowski
63' New York City II Substitution S. Reid off: J. Bilden
65' Bethlehem Steel Substitution K. LeBlanc off: G. Sequera
66' New York City II Yellow card J. Ponce
67' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card G. Sequera
69' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card O. Benitez
80' Bethlehem Steel Goal M. De Paula
82' Bethlehem Steel Substitution J. Griffin off: K. Moore
82' Bethlehem Steel Substitution S. Korzeniowski off: S. Olivas
82' Bethlehem Steel Substitution I. Mendoza off: A. Diop
85' New York City II Substitution A. Campos off: L. Sunjic
85' New York City II Substitution E. Samb off: J. Suchecki
90+1' Bethlehem Steel Substitution E. Davis III off: W. Ferreira
90+5' New York City II Yellow card L. Sunjic
90+8' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card O. Benitez
90+8' Bethlehem Steel Red card O. Benitez
90+10' New York City II Yellow card J. Loiola
90+10' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card K. Moore
90+10' Bethlehem Steel Yellow card G. Sequera
90+10' Bethlehem Steel Red card G. Sequera

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#	Team	P	W	L	%	Points
1	Austin II	26	19	7	73%	59
1	Crown Legacy	26	19	7	73%	54
2	Chattanooga	26	17	9	65%	50
2	Portland Timbers II	26	18	8	69%	54
3	Houston Dynamo II	26	18	8	69%	51
3	Atlanta United II	26	14	12	53%	45
4	LA Galaxy II	26	17	9	65%	50
4	Columbus Crew II	26	16	10	61%	45
5	New York Red Bulls II	26	14	12	53%	44
5	St. Louis City II	26	14	12	53%	43

New York City II — Bethlehem Steel, MLS Next Pro

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