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NEW YORK — At the home of the New York Mets, New York City FC met its match against Toronto FC on Wednesday night.

The Reds played an outstanding road game at Citi Field against NYCFC, the top MLS team in the Eastern Conference this season, coming away with a hard-fought 2-1 victory on a 90th-minute penalty kick goal by midfield whiz Alejandro Pozuelo.

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The Reds had a lot going against them leading up to the match. NYCFC was rested, playing at home and Toronto was coming off a 120-minute, extra-time victory over D.C. United only last Saturday. But the Reds rose to the occasion, running their MLS unbeaten streak to 12 games.

“We’ve played on as many big days in the last few years as any team in this league and we have guys who understand what these nights are all about and it showed,” TFC captain Michael Bradley said.

The winning goal came about when Richie Laryea, who was substituted into the match in the 78th minute, was taken down by NYCFC’s Ronald Matarrita in the penalty area.