New York City vs Querétaro player ratings

The glass-half-full crowd will overlook New York City FC's scoreless draw with Querétaro FC in Sunday night's Leagues Cup group stage match and instead focus on the penalty shootout: When NYCFC came out on top and won the extra point they put themselves in an excellent position to advance to the knockout round of the tournament.

The glass-half-empty crowd will go right back to that 0-0 scoreline: Why couldn't NYCFC find a way to get at least one goal at home when playing the team with the worst record in Liga MX?

And it's the glass-half-empty crowd that seemingly cast most of the votes in this player rating poll. For the most part, your numbers are one to two points lower than the ones produced by the HAL 9000 over at FotMob's international HQ.

Our readers didn't even spare Maxi Moralez: The 37-year-old playmaker was given an 8.0 by the FotMob algorithm, and a 7.1 by you. Or Louis Barraza. The goalkeeper kept a clean sheet and saved a penalty to earn New York City a second point that could prove to be key to the team advancing. You awarded him Player of the Match honors and a 7.4, while FotMob gave him a more dignified 8.0.

The ratings speak to your frustration with the night, and the performances you saw on the field. It seems that nobody came out of this game looking great, not even the goalkeeper who (checks notes) made five saves and had a 93% pass completion rate — and made more passes than every Querétaro player on the field.

Note: FotMob ratings are in parentheses.

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