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# New York City FC beat Atlanta United FC 2-1 in MLS

New York City FC defeated visiting Atlanta United FC 2-1 in a match that saw a stoppage-time winner in matchday 32 of MLS.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 29 October 2026، 10:37 Saudi time

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New York City FC beat Atlanta United FC 2-1 in MLS

[New York City FC](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/new-york-city-fc-468) secured a valuable 2-1 win over [Atlanta United FC](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/atlanta-united-fc-479) in their matchday 32 fixture in [MLS](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/mls-33), which kicked off at 02:30 Damascus time.

[Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/nicol%C3%A1s-ezequiel-fern%C3%A1ndez-mercau-8589) opened the scoring for New York City FC in the 70th minute, before [Breel Donald Embolo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/breel-donald-embolo-8914) equalised for Atlanta United FC in the 88th minute. Then, in the 90+5th minute of stoppage time, [Bénie Adama Traoré](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/b%C3%A9nie-adama-traor%C3%A9-8600) scored the winning goal for New York City FC.

The match saw no red cards, while New York City FC received 2 yellow cards compared to 4 yellow cards for Atlanta United FC.

In terms of statistics, Atlanta United FC had 54 percent possession compared to 46 percent for New York City FC, and recorded 19 shots compared to 11 for New York City FC, with 6 on target for each side. The expected goals rate stood at 2.22 for Atlanta United FC compared to 1.2 for New York City FC.

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau was named man of the match after playing the full 90 minutes and scoring a goal, with a rating of 8.2.

With this result, New York City FC raised their tally to 38 points in 12th place in the Eastern Conference after playing 32 matches, winning 9, drawing 11 and losing 12, while Atlanta United FC remained on 30 points in 14th place after 32 matches, winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 18.

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