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Serge Ngoma scored his first MLS goal in an impressive way in the 89th minute as host New York Red Bulls defeated Atlanta United 2-1 Thursday night in Harrison, NJ. I did.
Ngoma played in his fourth MLS game, joined the game for Omil Fernandez in the 69th minute, and made an impressive defensive play to snap a 1-1 tie. did.
Ngoma intercepted Atlanta's Alan Franco's pass, overtaking defender Alex De John and shooting with his right foot from the center of the box to the lower right corner of the net.
Lewis Morgan scored a tie with a penalty kick in the 83rd minute before the 16-year-old New Jersey native won the game's winner.
Morgan scored his third penalty kick this season after being defeated by Atlanta defender Caleb Wiley's sliding tackle. After being defeated, Morgan easily scored an eighth goal by stepping into a left foot shot that landed in the center of the net.
The second half of the rally helped Red Bull (8-5-5, 29 points) win the home three times in a row and enter the first tie at the Eastern Conference between Montreal and Philadelphia. rice field.
Josef Martinez scored a scramble in the 75th minute after playing the match 12 minutes ago.
After the Red Bull failed to clear the rebound of Atlanta's Emerson Hyndman's right foot shot, Martinez got a rebound and lifted his right foot shot very close to the right corner. rice field.
New York goalkeeper Carlos Coronel made two saves in the 53rd minute, including a dive stop at Ronald Sisneros.
Atlanta goalkeeper Roccoli Osnova starts his fourth career as United (5-7-4, 19 points) reach six games (0-5-1-). I stopped one shot at.
The only shot in Atlanta's opening half occurred in the 31st minute when Coronel jumped a shot of Luiz Araújo's left foot from the center of the box.
A solo shot in New York occurred in the 41st minute, but Rio Snovo stopped the header attempt from Patryk Klimala.
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