New York City FC player ratings are determined by Hudson River Blue readers: Here are your NYCFC player ratings after the 1-0 cupset loss to Pittsburgh Riverhounds at beautiful Highmark Stadium.
Another US Open Cup, another loss: The player ratings are miserable after New York City were eliminated from the tournament after just a single game for the sixth time in eight appearances. This year, NYCFC fell to Pittsburgh Riverhounds, the 6th Place team in the Eastern Division of the USL Championship.
How did NYCFC lose to a middling lower-division club just three days after taking down the hottest team in MLS? The sputtering attack didn't help: Mounsef Bakrar, who was in the Starting XI for just the third time this year, had the fewest touches of any NYCFC player, and managed to take only three shots all game. The 2.6 our readers handed him is dramatically lower than the 6.3 from FotMob, and it expresses the frustration among fans with a striker whose last goal came on August 31, 2024.
But you reserved your harshest rating for Strahinja Tanasijević, whose straight red card in the 78th minute set up New York City to fail. His 2.0 isn't just the worst number handed out this night, or even this season — it's the lowest rating for a player in Hudson River Blue history.
If there was a bright spot, it was Tomás Romero's performance. The goalkeeper's clutch saves kept New York City in the game, earned a team-high 7.0 rating from our readers, and was voted Player of the Match.
Note: FotMob ratings are in parentheses.
Mounsef Bakrar (6.2) – 2.6
Agustín Ojeda (6.2) – 3.6
Andrés Perea, off 81' (7.1) – 5.1
Hannes Wolf, off 81' (6.9) – 3.7
Justin Haak, off 26' (6.8) – 5.5
Jonny Shore (7.7) – 5.7
Tayvon Gray (6.9) – 5.5
Nico Cavallo, off 90+5' (6.9) – 5.2
Birk Risa, off 46' (6.7) – 4.5
Strahinja Tanasijević, red card 78' (7.5) – 2.0
Tomás Romero (7.3) – 7.0
