david villa has graced the grandest stages of them all world cup and champions league triumphs sit proudly on a superb cv his spell at new york city fc may not be on the same level, yet the unbridled joy displayed at creating history with the new major league soccer side’s first ever goal on the hallowed turf of yankee stadium was there for all to see it was his presence which attracted a healthy and encouraging 43,507 here and  it was his typically busy display which ultimately was the difference david villa fires past bobby shuttleworth to score the first goal for new york city fc at yankee stadium  the spaniard finished off a neatly worked move with ned grabavoy to put the hosts on the way to a well deserved victory  yankee stadium played host to a whole new ball game as the mls expansion franchise won its first game in the big apple  a packed yankee stadium watches as the two teams battle it out in the second game of the mls season  new york city: saunders; williams (facey 79), hernandez, wingert, brovsky; velasquez (shelton 66), diskerud, jacobsen, grabavoy; villa, nemec (mullins 84) booked: wingert, williams  goals: villa 19, mullins 84  new england revolution: shuttleworth; alston (barnes 59), farrell, goncalves, tierney; kobayashi, dorman; rowe, nguyen (caldwell 71), fagundez; agueldo (davies 65) booked: agueldo, dorman  sent off: goncalves  attendance: 43,507  his first goal since moving to the us this summer was a clinically taken strike on 20 minutes and, on another day and without the seemingly impenetrable bobby shuttleworth standing in his way, the 33 year old would have bagged a hatful yet he still managed to retain his composure and cross for patrick mullins on 84 minutes to nab the killer second and prove the former barcelona and atletico madrid striker brings much more to the table than just lightning quick reactions in front of goal of course, it's not all about one man and, in truth, manchester city’s newest fledgling entity were decent value after securing their first win against a new england revolution side who were harshly forced to play with 10 for the last 23 minutes following jose goncalves’ straight red card city have aggressively marketed their brand new adventure in manhattan, hammering home the fact that they – and not the new jersey based red bulls – are the true team of new york the numbers swilling around outside before kick off suggested it had done the trick yankee stadium, no matter how resplendent an arena it is, will never be a perfect fit for the beautiful game yet nycfc and their freshly conceived, enthusiastic fanbase did their best to make it feel like home the makeshift pitch which has already got the baseball players fretting ahead of their season opener in three weeks time, was certainly passable there was a decent atmosphere though here in the bronx the rarest of sightings in this vast country   away fans   played their part too it was hard to gauge exactly at what stage jason kreis’ side were at in the opening day draw with fellow newcomers orlando city they are still in an embryonic stage after just a handful of games together new york city fc celebrate after patrick mullins wrapped up the first victory of the mls season for the team  villa leaps into the air after scoring the first goal of his mls career in front of an adoring crowd  villa shakes hands with new york city mayor bill deblasio as chris wingert looks on before the victory at yankee stadium  new york city fc fans wait for the start of the game during the inaugural game of the mls franchise  new england, who were denied the title last season by robbie keane’s la galaxy, would certainly provide a much clearer yardstick and so it proved villa buzzed around early on, teeing up frontman adam nemec who shot straight at revolution keeper bobby shuttleworth before the spanish was ace was denied on 15 minutes following a typical jinking run into the box the former barcelona man was, by far and away, the most potent player on the pitch and on 19 minutes came his first mls strike it was a classic villa moment a sweet exchange with ned grabavoy opened up the visitor’s backline and as villa bore down on goal, there was only going to be one outcome his finish was assured, calm and clinical when frank lampard arrives in the summer, the added quality will ensure city will be hugely competitive yet in the land of single entity leagues and the desperation of ensuring level playing fields, weaknesses in other parts of the pitch are harder to plug the home side’s defence looked particularly creaky with new england knocking on the door with increasing regularity following villa’s opener the best chances fell to juan agudelo, the first on 36 minutes when a weak flick dribbled the wrong side of the post before he somehow headed straight at josh saunders from four yards out an new york city fan sports a frank lampard shirt ahead of the englishman's arrival in new york at the end of the premier league season  fans flock to the stadium in the bronx to watch new york's latest sporting team compete against the new england revolution  fans wait to enter yankee stadium for the mls match between the two teams in the first home game for new york city fc  three minutes after the re start , the game should have been dead and buried twice villa was set free, twice he failed to apply the finishing touch it was fast becoming the shuttleworth and villa show   the revolution keeper brilliantly tipping over a fierce 12 yard volley from the spanish superstar the visitors were soon reduced to ten men on 67 minutes after centre half jose goncalves was handed a straight red for hauling down substitute khiry shelton yes, he was the last man yet contact was minimal if that it was left to that man villa though to have the final say when he crossed for mullins to make it two villa has wasted no time in making an impact he is already the big man in the big apple
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