NYCFC tops Galaxy

ANTON Tinnerholm scored his first MLS goal and David Villa notched another to help host NYCFC beat the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-1, on Sunday.

Tinnerholm blasted a left-footed volley to give NYCFC (2-0-0) the lead in the 22nd minute. Villa’s cross, off a feed from Jesus Medina, deflected high off Michael Ciani and Tinnerholm rifled it off the crossbar.

Sean Johnson made a diving save of a sliding half-volley by Ola Kamara in the 27th minute and Villa made it 2-0 in the 33rd. Medina, on a counter-attack breakaway, touched it around a defender and then fed a left-footed cross to Ben Sweatt, whose shot from near the spot was stopped by a charging David Bingham. Villa tapped the rebound into the open net.

Jonathan dos Santos, from point-blank range, redirected a cross from Emmanuel Boateng past Johnson to cap the scoring in the 60th.

NYCFC, which has lost just two regular-season home matches since June 2, 2016, outshot the Galaxy (1-1-0), 20-7. —AP