Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

DC United
3 - 1 Full time
New York City FC

RFK Memorial Stadium

Lineups

DC United4-1-4-1
BH28Hamid
ND14DeLeon
SB15Birnbaum
BB32âš½Boswell
TK2Kemp
RV26âš½Vincent
LS8↓76'Sam
LA11↓80'Acosta
JJ25Jeffrey
PN12Nyarko
PM16⚽↓85'Mullins
JS12Saunders
JH2Hernandez
FB13Brillant
JM23Mena
RM22↓46'Matarrita
TM15↓78'McNamara
AI51Iraola
AP21Pirlo
KS19↓56'Shelton
DV7âš½Villa
JH11Harrison
New York City FC4-3-3

DC United substitutes

13 Lamar Neagle 6.2 ↑76'
33 Julian Büscher 6.4 ↑80'
77 Kennedy Igboananike ↑85'
45 Alhaji Kamara
20 Jalen Robinson
34 Luke Mishu
48 Travis Worra

Coach: Ben Olsen

New York City FC substitutes

30 Diego Martinez 6.7 ↑46'
9 Stiven Mendoza 6.1 ↑56'
99 Tony Taylor 5.1 ↑78'
25 Eirik Holmen Johansen
6 Federico Bravo
4 Maxime Chanot
5 Mikey Lopez

Coach: Patrick Vieira

Match events

27'Patrick Mullins assist: Lloyd Sam 1 - 0âš½
31'Bobby Boswell assist: Lloyd Sam 2 - 0âš½
45'Rob Vincent assist: Patrick Mullins 3 - 0âš½
Second half
46'↑ Diego Martinez ↓ Ronald Matarrita⇄
56'↑ Stiven Mendoza ↓ Khiry Shelton⇄
72'David Villa (penalty) 3 - 1âš½
75'Nick DeLeon
76'↑ Lamar Neagle ↓ Lloyd Sam⇄
78'↑ Tony Taylor ↓ Thomas McNamara⇄
80'↑ Julian Büscher ↓ Luciano Acosta⇄
85'↑ Kennedy Igboananike ↓ Patrick Mullins⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 16 October 2016, 19:15 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5DC United wins3Draws11New York City FC wins

19 past meetings on record. Biggest DC United win: New York City FC 6–0 DC United (2021). Biggest New York City FC win: DC United 0–2 New York City FC (2022).

18 Mar 2023New York City FC 3 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
1 Sep 2022New York City FC 1 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
19 May 2022DC United 0 - 2 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
24 Oct 2021New York City FC 6 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
27 Jun 2021New York City FC 2 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
18 Apr 2021DC United 2 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
8 Oct 2020New York City FC 4 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
7 Sep 2020DC United 0 - 0 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
20 Jun 2019DC United 1 - 2 New York City FCUS Open Cup
21 Apr 2019DC United 0 - 2 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
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10 Mar 2019New York City FC 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
21 Oct 2018DC United 3 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
8 Sep 2018New York City FC 1 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
8 Apr 2017DC United 2 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
12 Mar 2017New York City FC 4 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
2 Sep 2016New York City FC 3 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
9 May 2016DC United 0 - 2 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
3 Oct 2015DC United 2 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
14 Aug 2015New York City FC 3 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer