Ned Grabavoy brace inspires New York City FC to win over San Jose Earthquakes

Sep 20, 2015 at 12am UK

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Ned Grabavoy hits two second-half goals as New York City FC beat San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 in a hard-fought win at Yankee Stadium.

Published: September 20 2015 | 02:02

Last updated: September 21 2015 | 17:38

New York City FC produced a rousing second-half display to beat San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 in a hard-earned win at Yankee Stadium.

Jason Kreis's side rode the crest of a wave into this morning's clash after beating Toronto 2-0 last time out to end a three-match losing streak.

The hosts did not have it all their own way early on, though, and Sanna Nyassi forced Josh Saunders into a smart save on 16 minutes as City survived.

Frank Lampard, who opened the scoring against the Canadian outfit for his first MLS goal, tried in vain to lead his side to an opening goal as he saw two promising efforts blocked.

MLS legend Chris Wondolowski could and should have opened up a half-time lead against the run of play, but the veteran thrashed wide from a good position before the break.

It proved a significant miss, as New York flipped the game on its head after the interval.

First, Ned Grabavoy opened the scoring on 51 minutes with a drilled left-footed effort, before doubling the lead shortly after the hour mark to consolidate their advantage. Minutes later, former Barcelona hitman David Villa headed home an Angelino cross for a third and seemingly killer goal.

However, the visitors threw themselves a major lifeline when Quincy Amarikwa reduced the arrears, before Wondolowski slotted a 75th-minute penalty to ensure a nervy final quarter in the Big Apple.

Despite huffing and puffing from San Jose, Kreis and co held strong for their second successive win.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21