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On Tuesday night New York City made history in MLS since for the first time he reached the final of the Eastern Conference and he did it with a Uruguayan as a figure: Santiago Rodriguez.
The attacking midfielder emerged in Nacional and with a past through Montevideo City Torque, was a starter in the duel against New England Revolution and was the author of the first goal in what was the final 2-2.
When there were barely three minutes of play, the Uruguayan began the play and then went into the area to define it and thus put the partial 1-0 of his team that defined a place in the final with the best team of the regular season that had scored 73 points in 34 games and had only lost five games.
For MLS, Santiago Rodríguez ended up being the star of the game as “his early goal set the tone for the night, even though New England drew shortly after. He forced Matt Turner to make one of his toughest saves in the second. half, made four key passes and won more than half of their 18 games played. “
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In any case, the match was not made easy for the team that also has Nicolás Acevedo in the squad because Adam Buksa put the tie only six minutes later.
That is how the 90 ‘went and it was in the extension that Valentín Castellanos, an Argentinian ex-Montevideo City Torque, returned to overtake New York despite the fact that Tajon Buchanan put the final tie at two from the end which sent the definition to penalties.
Without Santi Rodríguez, because he retired at 114 ‘, New York City achieved the classification after winning 5-3 and now it will have to face Philadelphia Union for a place in the MLS grand final where, if it advances, it would be measured with Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake winner Marcelo “Milito” Silva.
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