New York City FC vs CF Montreal 1-1

New York City FC and CF Montreal drew 1-1 at Citi Field after a late equaliser from Daniel Rios denied the home side a win. Andrés Perea had put New York City FC ahead in the first half, and Montreal finished with the final goal.

New York City FC opened the scoring in the 41st minute when Perea finished from Nicolás Fernández Mercau to make it 1-0. That was the only goal before half-time, with the home side leading 1-0 at the interval.

Montreal found the equaliser in the first minute of stoppage time through Rios, who had come on in the 86th minute. New York City FC made three changes on 57 minutes, while Montreal also used a three-substitution window on 74 minutes as both sides tried to shift the match late on. Rios sealed the 1-1 score after replacing Gennadiy Synchuk.

The numbers were close throughout. New York City FC had 53% of the possession and 455 passes to Montreal's 400, while both sides finished with 10 shots. New York City FC had three shots on target to Montreal's two, while the visitors had more corners, 4-2, and the same xG of 0.78. New York City FC also made one save more overall, with 2 saves to 1, and the foul count finished 17-18.

There were three bookings for New York City FC, with Kevin O'Toole cautioned in the 23rd minute before Jonathan Shore and Talles Magno were booked on 52 and 55 minutes. Montreal collected five yellow cards, for Alexis Sanchez on 29 minutes, Daniel Pereira on 38, Olger Escobar on 47, Viktor Radojević on 73 and Fabian Herbers in the 90th minute. There were no red cards.