News about Matt Freese

Across the street from Citi Field, within a few years' time, there will be a brand new soccer-specific stadium adjacent to the home of baseball's New York Mets. It'll be a state of the art facility with But that's a while from now. For tonight, they played this fixture in Queens for the first time - where grass is laid out on the Mets' dirt infields and corners are taken on turf put down on the warning track in the outfield. Yes, this is the character of the Hudson River Derby. Soon, New York City FC will be hosting their hated cross-river rivals - the New York Red Bulls - in a stadium of their own. But for years, they've gone to the city's two baseball parks to host their games.

At the intermission, the game was tied 1-1 as both teams tried to find their rhythm offensively. Both teams secured a clincher to leave Chase Stadium with three points at the end of 90 minutes and change. Luis Suarez scored in the 15th minute, his fourth goal of the season, as he began. Julian Gressel assisted with the header, going from a freekick to finding the Uruguayan for the header past Matt Freese. With Alonso Martinez's right-footed strike slotting past Drake Callender, NYCFC will equalize in the 34th. Martinez made his first appearance in MLS, his first for the club.