New York City FC player ratings are determined by Hudson River Blue readers: Here are your NYCFC player ratings from a 0-0 stalemate in Chicago that was low on quality on both sides, yet still counts as one away point gained.
The draw-iest draw of a draw in Chicago against the Fire for New York City FC on Matchday 23.
Each team put exactly one shot on target, no player on either team produced what you'd call a standout performance, and the 0-0 felt well deserved all around. Your NYCFC player ratings were fitting for a meh performance, with the Starting XI averaging a 5.5 and no player earning a rating above 6.4.
There was not much to be said about this match, very little went right for either team, yet New York City are likely happy to walk away with a point gained, their fifth positive result away from home out of 11 road games played this season (3 W-2 D-6 L).
Matt Freese earned Player of the Match but also had to make just two saves on a shot with an expected goal (xG) value of 0.06, in a three-way tie for only the sixth highest-xG chance of the night. It was that kind of game.
Note: FotMob ratings are in parentheses.
Alonso Martínez, off '68 (7.2) – 5.3
Santiago Rodríguez, off '87 (6.4) – 5.5
Hannes Wolf, off '68 (6.9) – 5.2
Andrés Perea, off '14 (5.7) – 4.3
Keaton Parks, (5.9) – 5.4
James Sands (7.4) – 5.4
Mitja Ilenič (7.5) – 5.8
Christian McFarlane (6.3) – 5.5
Thiago Martins (7.1) – 6.2
Strahinja Tanasijević (7.1) – 5.4
Matt Freese (7.4) – 6.4
