"New York made a dream start to the series with a 1-0 win in Charlotte on Oct. 28 courtesy of a superb solo goal from Alonso Martinez but struggled to replicate that performance on home soil Saturday night, with Charlotte striking the crossbar twice in the first half. Charlotte leveled up the series by claiming a 7-6 victory on penalties after the game ended scoreless."
"We beat the odds. We won there, Jansen said. If you look at the four games that we've played so far, three clean sheets. We were quite dominant as well in their stadium, so those are ingredients that give us a lot of confidence going into this game that it's possible. Now we have to make it happen."
NYCFC lost a scoreless home leg and a 7-6 penalty shootout after failing to close out the best-of-three series. The club won the opening game 1-0 in Charlotte via Alonso Martinez’s solo goal but could not replicate that attacking performance at Yankee Stadium. Two Charlotte first-half efforts struck the crossbar, and NYCFC missed spot kicks while goalkeeper Matt Freese saved one for the hosts. Progress to the Eastern Conference semi-finals now requires a road victory. Previous results against Charlotte include two wins and a draw, and three clean sheets across four meetings, providing confidence.
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