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Regular Season - 19• 17 Aug 2026

New York City FC 2–3 Philadelphia Union

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Match Recap

Philadelphia Union produced one of Major League Soccer's more stunning second-half reversals, coming back from two goals down to beat New York City FC 3-2 and extend a four-win run across their last five games. NYCFC looked firmly in control: B. Traore struck inside four minutes, and Luighi added a second right on the stroke of half-time to give the hosts a cushion that seemed to settle the contest. D. Jean Jacques shattered that comfort immediately after the break, scoring in the 48th minute to make it 2-1, and then B. Damiani took over completely, finishing in the 69th and again in the 75th to hand Union a lead they would not relinquish. The home side had won two of their three previous meetings with Philadelphia, but none of that head-to-head edge counted for much once Damiani got going. Watch both of his goals and judge whether the second one, struck six minutes after the first, was the cooler finish.

Match Statistics

New York City FC
VS
Philadelphia Union
51% Ball Possession 49%
2.25 Expected goals (xG) 2.39
16 Total Shots 17
4 Shots on target 5
6 Shots off target 7
6 Blocked Shots 5
10 Shots inside box 8
6 Shots outside box 9
8 Corner Kicks 4
1 Offsides 3
15 Fouls 21
3 Yellow Cards 4
— Red Cards —
2 Goalkeeper Saves 2
345 Total passes 329
247 Accurate passes 247
72% Pass accuracy 75%
0.68 Goals prevented 0.68

Lineups

New York City FC
Pascal Jansen 4-2-3-1
VS
Philadelphia Union
Ryan Richter 4-4-2

Substitutes — New York City FC

30Tomás Romero 35Mitja Ilenič 34Raul Gustavo 22Kevin O'Toole 29Máximo Carrizo 75El Hadij Samb 15Kevin Pierre 11Talles Magno 88Malachi Jones

Substitutes — Philadelphia Union