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09/12 22:54 CDT Fernndez, Luighi score goals, Freese has 5 saves for NYCFC in
2-0 win over RSL
Fernndez, Luighi score goals, Freese has 5 saves for NYCFC in 2-0 win over RSL
SANDY, Utah (AP) --- Nicols Fernndez and Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos each
scored a goal, Matt Freese had five saves, and New York City beat Real Salt
Lake 2-0 on Saturday night to snap an eight-game winless streak.
Agustn Ojeda added two assists for NYCFC (8-9-8), which has 32 points and
moved into seventh in the Eastern Conference standings.
Freese, the goalkeeper for the U.S. men's national team, had his fifth shutout
this season.
Ojeda played a free kick toward the top of the penalty arc where Fernndez
calmly flicked a rising shot inside the left post to open the scoring in the
41st minute. Fernndez has 15 goals this season, third most in MLS behind Petar
Musa (18) and Leo Messi (19).
Sousa Santos --- known simply as "Luighi" --- made it 2-0 in the 62nd minute.
On the counter-attack, Ojeda tapped a pass from the right end line to Luighi
for a first-touch finish from near the penalty spot.
Rafael Cabral stopped one shot for Real Salt Lake (8-11-5), who are winless in
11 straight, dating to a 2-1 home victory over Colorado on May 16.
NYCFC outshot Salt Lake 15-6.
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