Inter Miami vs New York City FC 2-0

Inter Miami beat New York City FC 2-0 at Nu Stadium, with both goals in the first half enough to settle it. Germán Berterame and Rodrigo De Paul scored before the break, and New York City FC were left chasing the game from there.

Berterame opened the scoring in the 20th minute, steering in Luis Suárez's assist for 1-0. Deep into first-half stoppage time, in the 45+5th minute, De Paul made it 2-0 from Lionel Messi's pass. That left Inter Miami 2-0 up at half-time.

New York City FC made two changes on 58 minutes and another on 65, but they never found a way back into the match. Inter Miami also used the bench at 65, 74, 75 and 90 minutes, with Matías Galarza replaced before Telasco Segovia came on, while Berterame made way for Riquelme Fillipi. A late penalty miss for Nicolás Fernández Mercau in the 90+7th minute summed up the visitors' evening.

Inter Miami had 57% of the ball and 661 passes to New York City FC's 486, while also finishing with 13 shots to 14 and 5 on target apiece. The home side posted 1.93 expected goals to 0.74, but New York City FC still won 5 corners to 3. Inter Miami made 14 fouls to 8 and 5 saves were needed in their box, compared with 3 at the other end.

Matías Galarza was booked for Inter Miami in the 52nd minute, and Riquelme Fillipi was shown yellow in the 85th minute. New York City FC had no bookings.