So it was, last night, as Pirlo looked up, spotted a run from teammate David Villa and unlock the DC United defence with one, glorious swoosh of his right boot.
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The victory moves NYC one point behind the Montreal Impact for the sixth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Despite calls to the contrary, I think that Ben Olsen keeps his central midfield pairing of Perry Kitchen and Davy Arnaud for this game.
Alvaro Saborio gave United (13-8-5, 44 pts) the lead in the 37th minute.
New York equalised after the break through McNamara who successfully finished off Poku’s pass. With that goal Hamid’s streak of 400 minutes without conceding a goal came to an end which was the longest in the MLS this season.
“You can see the ability Andrea has”, McNamarasaid.
Reports out of NYCFC training suggest the 37-year-old midfielder will be a game-time decision for Thursday’s DC United encounter at Yankee Stadium after leaving practice with a quad injury on Wednesday afternoon.
“I needed to get forgiven for the bad pass that led to the first goal in the first half”, Pirlo said. “Villa was really good at picking up on it and it ended up really well.”. Arnaud, despite his flaws, is perfectly suited for relentlessly pestering Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard along with Kitchen.
“Even before the game, we knew we didn’t need a tie”, Poku said.
After setting up Tommy McNamara’s 50th-minute equalizer with his team-leading seventh assist, Poku put the icing on the massive win with his insurance goal two minutes from full time. They head to Columbus in six days in search of three more massive points.
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I’ll take a chance with the plus money and the home team here.
