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New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union 2-3

  • B. Traore (P)4'
  • Luighi (P)45+2'
  • D. Jean Jacques48'
  • B. Damiani69'
  • B. Damiani75'
Kick-off
Sun, 16 Aug 2026 · 22:00 (UTC)
Referee
Sergii Demianchuk, USA

Match timeline

  1. 90’Yellow cardNew York City FC crestNew York City FCM. Jones
  2. 85’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionK. Wagner
  3. 80’SubstitutionPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionA. Bedoya ONC. Sullivan OFF
  4. 79’Yellow cardNew York City FC crestNew York City FCT. Gray
  5. 78’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCRaul Gustavo ONM. Murray OFF
  6. 75’Goal!Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionB. DamianiAssist: Q. Sullivan2 – 3
  7. 70’SubstitutionPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionQ. Sullivan ONI. Vassilev OFF
  8. 69’Goal!Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionB. DamianiAssist: C. Sullivan2 – 2
Show 12 earlier events
  1. 67’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCTalles Magno ONLuighi OFF
  2. 67’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCM. Jones ONB. Traore OFF
  3. 62’SubstitutionPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionJ. Bueno ONJ. Lukic OFF
  4. 60’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCM. Carrizo ONJ. Shore OFF
  5. 60’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCK. O'Toole ONK. Parks OFF
  6. 51’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionM. Iloski
  7. 48’Goal!Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionD. Jean JacquesAssist: C. Sullivan2 – 1
  8. 45+2’Penalty goalNew York City FC crestNew York City FCLuighi2 – 0
  9. 44’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionJ. Lukic
  10. 43’Yellow cardNew York City FC crestNew York City FCLuighi
  11. 16’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionN. Harriel
  12. 4’Penalty goalNew York City FC crestNew York City FCB. Traore1 – 0
  13. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

New York City FC crestNew York City FCPhiladelphia UnionPhiladelphia Union crest
  • 51%Possession49%
  • 15Shots16
  • 2.17xG2.31
  • 4Shots on Target4
  • 8Corners4
  • 71%Pass Accuracy75%
  • 1Offsides3
  • 1Saves2
  • 335Passes320
  • 14Fouls20
  • 3Yellow Cards4

Lineups

Confirmed selections

New York City FC crestNew York City FC4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 49Freese
  2. 24Gray
  3. 23Murray
  4. 6Sands
  5. 2Cavallo
  6. 32Shore
  7. 55Parks
  8. 26Ojeda
  9. 8Perea
  10. 9Traoré
  11. 20Hanri

Substitutions

  1. 60’↑29 Máximo Carrizo↓32 Jonathan Shore
  2. 60’↑22 Kevin O'Toole↓55 Keaton Parks
  3. 67’↑11 Talles Magno↓ Luighi
  4. 67’↑88 Malachi Jones↓9 Bénie Traoré
  5. 78’↑34 Raul Gustavo↓23 Max Murray

Unused substitutes 30 Tomás Romero, 35 Mitja Ilenič, 75 El Hadij Samb, 15 Kevin Pierre

Coach Pascal Jansen

Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia Union4 - 4 - 2

  1. 18Blake
  2. 39Westfield
  3. 44Pierre
  4. 26Harriel
  5. 27Wagner
  6. 6Sullivan
  7. 4Lukić
  8. 21Jacques
  9. 19Vassilev
  10. 10Iloski
  11. 9Damiani

Substitutions

  1. 62’↑8 Jesus Bueno↓4 Jovan Lukić
  2. 70’↑33 Quinn Sullivan↓19 Indiana Vassilev
  3. 80’↑11 Alejandro Bedoya↓6 Cavan Sullivan

Unused substitutes 76 Andrew Rick, 5 Japhet Sery Larsen, 28 Agustin Anello, 16 Ben Bender, 14 Jeremy Rafanello, 23 Ezekiel Alladoh

Coach Ryan Richter

Match facts

Competition
Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
Date
Sun, 16 Aug 2026
Kick-off
22:00 (UTC)
Referee
Sergii Demianchuk, USA
New York City FC coach
Pascal Jansen
Philadelphia Union coach
Ryan Richter

League table

Major League Soccer - United States and Canada · Eastern Conference

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Nashville SC crestNashville SC332283+4474
2Inter Miami crestInter Miami3316116+2159
3New England Revolution crestNew England Revolution3318411+958
4Chicago Fire crestChicago Fire3316710+1155
5Charlotte crestCharlotte3315810+1553
6Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia Union3313812+1147
7FC Cincinnati crestFC Cincinnati33121011-646
8Columbus Crew crestColumbus Crew3313515+644
9Orlando City SC crestOrlando City SC3312714-1643
10New York Red Bulls crestNew York Red Bulls3311616-1739
11New York City FC crestNew York City FC3391212+339
12Toronto FC crestToronto FC3391212-1239
13Atlanta United FC crestAtlanta United FC339618-1433
14DC United crestDC United3371214-2133
15CF Montreal crestCF Montreal336819-3026

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Last 5 matches, all competitions

New York City FC crest

New York City FC

  1. W
  2. W
  3. D
Philadelphia Union crest

Philadelphia Union

  1. W
  2. W
  3. W

Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

New York City FC crestNew York City FC
W-D-L
2-1-0
Scored / match
2.0
Conceded / match
1.0
Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia Union
W-D-L
3-0-0
Scored / match
2.3
Conceded / match
1.0

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  • New York City FC crestNew York City FC0%
  • Draw0%
  • Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionResult0%

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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Philadelphia Union beat New York City FC 3-2 in the Major League Soccer - United States and Canada.

B. Traore 4' and Luighi 45+2' scored for New York City FC, D. Jean Jacques 48' and B. Damiani 69', 75' for Philadelphia Union.

New York City FC had 51% of the ball to Philadelphia Union's 49%; the sides had 15 and 16 shots (4 and 4 on target).

The referee showed 7 yellow cards and no reds.

Match record

Competition
Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
Kick-off
Match ID
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20 events

  1. 4’Penalty goalNew York City FC crestNew York City FCB. Traore1 – 0
  2. 16’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionN. Harriel
  3. 43’Yellow cardNew York City FC crestNew York City FCLuighi
  4. 44’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionJ. Lukic
  5. 45+2’Penalty goalNew York City FC crestNew York City FCLuighi2 – 0
  6. 48’Goal!Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionD. Jean JacquesAssist: C. Sullivan2 – 1
  7. 51’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionM. Iloski
  8. 60’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCM. Carrizo ONJ. Shore OFF
  9. 60’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCK. O'Toole ONK. Parks OFF
  10. 62’SubstitutionPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionJ. Bueno ONJ. Lukic OFF
  11. 67’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCTalles Magno ONLuighi OFF
  12. 67’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCM. Jones ONB. Traore OFF
  13. 69’Goal!Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionB. DamianiAssist: C. Sullivan2 – 2
  14. 70’SubstitutionPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionQ. Sullivan ONI. Vassilev OFF
  15. 75’Goal!Philadelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionB. DamianiAssist: Q. Sullivan2 – 3
  16. 78’SubstitutionNew York City FC crestNew York City FCRaul Gustavo ONM. Murray OFF
  17. 79’Yellow cardNew York City FC crestNew York City FCT. Gray
  18. 80’SubstitutionPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionA. Bedoya ONC. Sullivan OFF
  19. 85’Yellow cardPhiladelphia Union crestPhiladelphia UnionK. Wagner
  20. 90’Yellow cardNew York City FC crestNew York City FCM. Jones