The champion fell: New York City FC said goodbye to the MLS by falling to Philadelphia Union [Video]

The current MLS champion, New York City FC, will not be able to defend their title won in 2021 after losing 3-1 to Philadelphia Union in the final of the Eastern Conference.

The great protagonist of the match was the Argentinian Julián Carranza, who participated with goals and assists in two of the three goals that Philadelphia scored against NYCFC.

The highlight is that New York started the match winning thanks to its top star Maximiliano Morález, who put his team ahead with a low cross shot from outside the area.

However, when everything was shaping up for the return to the NYCFC final, it was enough minutes for everything to change with the reaction of the Union and three goals that left New York cold.

The first of them was achieved by the Union by taking advantage of a defensive distraction by Peruvian Alexander Callens to equalize the duel with Carranza, who struck down the rival goalkeeper with a right cross that entered the second post.

Two minutes later, Carranza himself He enabled Daniel Gazdag to score the 2-1 target at will and complete the comeback.

It was a psychological blow for New York City, which definitively succumbed in the 76, when Cory Burke scored the 3-1 after recovering a ball against Justin Haak and traveled more of fifty meters to define with the left foot before Johnson.

Now for the first time since 2003 the MLS Cup final will measure the leader of the West, Los Angeles FC, with the Union, leader of the East; the best possible final for two teams that are one step away from being crowned champions.

A clash of styles and philosophies that will give its verdict next Saturday at the Banc of California in Los Angeles, where the new MLS Cup champion will be crowned. Both LAFC and Union will fight for the first title of champion garter belt of its history.