{"id":37179,"date":"2021-09-15T22:18:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T02:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=37179"},"modified":"2021-09-15T22:18:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T02:18:39","slug":"nycfc-defensive-struggles-draw-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/09\/15\/nycfc-defensive-struggles-draw-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive struggles continue for NYCFC in 3-3 draw with FC Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City took on Western Conference side FC Dallas at Red Bull Arena this past Tuesday night following back-to-back losses to the top two squads in the Eastern Conference in Nashville SC and New England Revolution<\/a>. Unfortunately for the home side, the NYCFC defensive struggles continued in this game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NYCFC defensive struggles continue in 3-3 draw with FC Dallas<\/h2>\n

NYCFC would be without defensive midfielder Alfredo Morales who picked up a red card against the Revs, Santiago Rodr\u00edguez who suffered a lower-body injury over the weekend and forward Taty Castellanos due to yellow card accumulation, who leads the team with eleven goals and sits second with seven assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brazilian signing Talles Magno stepped in as the starting number nine while Nicol\u00e1s Acevedo moved into the midfield for the suspended Morales and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi took the place of the injured Rodr\u00edguez on the right-wing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But perhaps the most exciting addition to New York City\u2019s lineup for the night was striker H\u00e9ber who had returned to the squad on the bench for the first time since tearing his ACL in September 2020, despite being listed as questionable before the match.<\/span><\/p>\n

First Half<\/span><\/h3>\n

The NYCFC defensive struggles were on full display in the opening minutes against FC Dallas as J\u00e1der Obrian found the back of the net in the 4-minute on a looping cross which slipped under Anton Tinnerholm creating a one-on-one for Obrian against Sean Johnson who slotted it past the keeper to put Dallas up 1-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for NYCFC to answer however as just a little over 15 minutes later they would tie it up 1-1 on a picture-perfect backheel pass from Jes\u00fas Medina which found an open Maxi Moralez who snuck the ball past a few Dallas players in the 20-minute for his second goal of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The pass from @JesusMediina8<\/a> \ud83d\udd25
\nThe power from @mmoralezoficial<\/a> \ud83d\udd77
\nThe passion from @Heber__Araujo<\/a> \ud83e\udec2 pic.twitter.com\/862lXdDAuT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 New York City FC (@NYCFC) September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n