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Regular Season - 32• 29 Oct 2026

New York City FC 2–1 Atlanta United FC

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Match Recap

Bénie Adama Traoré had no business getting a shot in stoppage time, and he made New York City FC pay off on it anyway, bundling in the winner in the fifth minute of extra time to beat Atlanta United FC 2-1 at home. Nicolás Fernández Mercau had broken the deadlock in the 70th minute before Breel Embolo leveled for Atlanta in the 88th, setting up a finish nobody saw coming until Traoré struck. Both sides arrived desperate for exactly this kind of result: NYCFC had gone winless in their last five games in Major League Soccer, while Atlanta had managed just one win in the same stretch. The head-to-head favored the home side too, NYCFC unbeaten in their last two meetings with Atlanta. None of that mattered once Traoré found space in the box when it counted most. Go watch how he gets on the end of that 90+5 chance, the goal that turns a share of the points into three.

Match Statistics

New York City FC
VS
Atlanta United FC
46% Ball Possession 54%
1.2 Expected goals (xG) 2.22
11 Total Shots 19
6 Shots on target 6
5 Shots off target 7
0 Blocked Shots 6
7 Shots inside box 12
4 Shots outside box 7
3 Corner Kicks 3
1 Offsides 4
13 Fouls 14
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
5 Goalkeeper Saves 4
382 Total passes 451
297 Accurate passes 338
13 Free Kicks 13

Lineups

New York City FC
P. Jansen 4-2-3-1
VS
Atlanta United FC
G. Martino 4-1-4-1

Substitutes — New York City FC

Substitutes — Atlanta United FC

19Sergio Santos 48C. Sanchez 22F. Picault 42Jayden Hibbert 16Adrian Gill 35A. Fortune 20L. Brennan 3E. Báez 7S. Alzate