Goals and Highlights: New York City (2)1-1 (3) Pumas in Leagues Cup 2021

Sebastián Saucedo scores the last penalty to send the universitarios into the Leagues Cup Semifinal

Gonzalez saves again and Saucedo will have the chance to score

The teams have only managed to score two penalties on each side and the game will now go to sudden death.

Erick Lira puts the Pumas back in the game

Julio Gonzalez keeps the ball

Johnson stops Alan Mozo's shot

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi misses it and ties the circumstances.

Efrain Velarde misses, Johnson reads well and keeps the ball.

Valentín Castellanos is the first one to charge in front of González and with a powerful shot he gives the home team the lead.

At the end of regular time, the teams tied 1-1, the result of the match will be defined in a series of penalty kicks.

Castellanos crosses too much and misses the winning goal

NYC changes Jesus Medina and Santiago Rodriguez are out, Thiago Andrade and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi are in.

Great save! Johnson makes a perfect save to prevent the Universitarios' second goal.

Cambio Pumas. Entra Leonel López sale Érik Lira

GOOOOL. The equalizer came at the feet of José Rogeiro.

Pumas change. 

Favio Álvarez out, Washington Corozo in.

Thorarinsson receives a second concussion protocol, the match is restarted with a boat on the ground.

GOAL. Maxi Castellanos heads in a corner kick to give New York City the leadvv

Pumas change. Dinenno leaves, José Rogeiro enters.

Goal disallowed. Handball and yellow card for Castellanos

Goal. Santi Rodriguez heads in alone in front of the goalkeeper to give NYCFC the lead.

Pumas: Jerónimo Rodríguez and Emanuel Montejano are replaced by Cristian Battocchio and Sebastián Saucedo.

Complementary part fails

First half ends, NYCFC and Pumas draw 0-0

Corner kick for Pumas. Dinneno's shot goes wide.

The universitarios' goalkeeper is complaining of lower back pain. The medical assistants are already on their way to attend to him.

Goal disallowed for offside

Keaton Parks gives the New Yorkers the lead by keeping it in the right corner of the net. The play will be reviewed by VAR.

Gerardo Moreno is cautioned

Medina tries a shot from half distance and Julio Gonzalez manages to scratch the ball. Corner kick for NYCFC

Castellanos shoots a right-footed shot and sets up the first attacking goal for the New Yorkers.

The ball is rolling on the field at Yankee Stadium.

The teams are already in the center circle. We are seconds away from kickoff

The teams finally take the field at Yankee Stadium to warm up with just minutes to go before the game's opening whistle. The stadium staff removes the protective rain cover from the field that was covering the grass.

We outside‼️ pic.twitter.com/DcUrTOia3I

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) August 12, 2021

After Yankee Stadium was affected by the threat of a thunderstorm, the match between New York City and Pumas was initially postponed for 20 minutes, which later became almost exactly three hours late. According to the latest Leagues Cup press release, the match will now kick off at 10:00 CET.

The game will kick off at 10:00 PM in Mexico City time according to official information from New York City.

GAME ON: @LeaguesCup #NYCFC 🆚 @PumasMX kickoff at 10:58PM ⚽️ #VamosNYC

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) August 12, 2021

The auriazules shared on their social networks that they are still waiting for indications for the starting whistle.

Nuestro encuentro continúa suspendido, seguimos atentos a indicaciones. ⛈️#SoyDePumas pic.twitter.com/fUV922pO2k

— PUMAS (@PumasMX) August 12, 2021

Heavy rains at Yankee Stadium

New York City players wait in the locker room as weather conditions allow the game to start.

Kicking it in the clubhouse ✌️

Wyd? pic.twitter.com/8a6erMZS6A

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) August 12, 2021

The weather situation has not improved and the game still cannot start. 

Fans have had to take shelter in the roofed areas of Yankee Stadium.

Efraín Juárez, a Mexican soccer player who debuted with Pumas, is now an assistant coach at NYCFC and in an interview with TUDN, he admitted to having mixed feelings: 

Mixed feelings, Pumas is the institution to which I owe myself, it raised me as a professional player, it gave me the opportunity to debut, to fulfill my dream since I was a little boy, to play soccer, the affection and love and the first love is never forgotten, it is there, but today I really have to be honest, I owe myself to another institution that gave me the opportunity to change of scenery, to be a soccer player, to belong to a coaching staff, really mixed feelings but with desire and illusions that we can make a good game," mentioned Juarez.

 

Amundsen, Barraza, Gloster, Haak, Jasson, Latinovich, Morales, Rocha, Tajouri-Sheadi, Tailes Magno, Thiago, Zelalem

#6 Érik Lira #7 Sebastián Saucedo #12 Octavio Paz (P) #14 Amaury García #21 José Rogério #22 Cristian Battocchio #30 Gabriel Torres #31 Washington Corozo #48 Marco García #188 Julio Barragán #196 Ángel García #249 Alek Álvarez

The Auriazul fans demonstrate that the university club is one of the most popular in Liga MX and its fans are present in international scenarios. Here is a sample of the fans who came out to cheer at Yankee Stadium.

New York City is already at Yankee Stadium and this is how they arrived at the venue

We love this game ⚽️💙 pic.twitter.com/nJOT2lvPUg

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) August 11, 2021

Due to a threat of a thunderstorm in the Yankee Stadium area, the game time has been rescheduled by twenty minutes. Kickoff will be at 7:20 pm.

Here's how the New Yorkers jump: Acevedo, Callens, Castellanos, Gray, Johnson, Johnson, Medina, Moralez, Parks, Rodriguez, Sands, Thorarinsson

This will be the team with which Andrés Lillini takes the field in the first half: 
20 Julio González
02 Alan Mozo
47 Ricardo Galindo
18 Efraín Velarde
16 Jerónimo Rodríguez
13 Gerardo Moreno
08 Higor Meritao
17 Leonel López
10 Flavio Álvarez
09 Juan Dinenno
27 Emanuel Montejano

We are just minutes away from the start of the match between New York City and Pumas UNAM in the Leagues Cup. Each team will be looking to represent their league in the best way possible. For Pumas, it is a good opportunity to return to the important titles and finals that have been difficult for them in their local league.

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This is the start time of the game New York City F.C vs Pumas  of 11th June 2021 in several countries:

 

USA (ET): 20:00 PM in ESPN
Spain: 00:00 AM in Cuatro TV
Mexico: 19:00 PM in TUDN
 

Thiago has excelled at youth levels, mainly in Bahia's youth teams, where he was the best goal scorer and was later promoted with them to the Brasileirao A Series. Before that, he also played in Portugal for Portimonense, but that stage lasted six months, while in his growing club he was able to get into the starting eleven. Thiago arrived at NYCFC in January of this year and is expected to have a goal-scoring quota with the team from the Big Apple.

Juan Ignacio Dinneno has become one of the auriazules' most important players since his arrival.

On January 21, 2020, he officially signed with Club Universidad Nacional, better known as Pumas de la UNAM of Liga MX. In the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Mexico, he scored his first goal with the club, against Club Santos Laguna. In his first year with Club Universidad Nacional he scored 16 goals, being the team's top scorer for the last 6 months and runner-up in his second tournament with the universitarios.

The universitarios have not had the best start to GritaMexico 2021 and are in 16th place in the general table. Of the three games played, they have lost on two occasions and rescued a draw. With just one unit, they already have a goal difference of -4.

NYCFC is joined in Leagues Cup 2021 by MLS teams Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City and Orlando City SC, while Tigres UANL, Leon and Santos Laguna round out the LigaMX participants.

The New York squad comes into this match as third in the MLS Eastern Conference table. With 17 games played, they have a record of eight wins, four draws and five defeats. With a total of 28 points they are chasing New England and Orlando City.

NYC F.C. has scored thirty-two goals and conceded 18.

Yankee Stadium is a sports venue located in The Bronx, New York, United States. It hosts home games of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the New York City Football Club of Major League Soccer (MLS) and has a capacity for 47,309 spectators.

Opened in 2009, it supplanted the stadium of the same name that operated from 1923-2008, and was attached to the current stadium on its south side.

Overall, Yankee Stadium has features reminiscent of the old ballpark,1 albeit 63 percent larger plus several modern additions. It is the most expensive facility ever built in the history of baseball, and the second most expensive sports venue in the world behind Wembley Stadium.

 

Leagues Cup is a friendly soccer tournament played between Major League Soccer and Liga MX clubs. The first edition of the tournament began in July 2019 and the grand final was played in September of the same year. Although the competition has the endorsement of Concacaf to take place, as it is not organized by that confederation, it is not considered official as required by FIFA statutes.

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