New York City FC played the second match of their Abu Dhabi trip on Friday morning, earning a 1-1 draw against Swedish side AIK.
NYCFC dropped the first match of their trip on Sunday against Copenhagen but new signing Alexandru Mitrita scored his first goal as a member of the Cityzens to help Dome Torrent's team get a result.
The Romanian collected the loose ball at the top of the box five minutes into the second period before clinically dispatching his strike into the roof of the net to celebrate his birthday.
Jonathan Lewis, returning from US men's national team duty, played the full 90 minutes for the Cityzens.
Goals
- 50' — NYC — Alexandru Mitrita
- 53' — AIK — Saku Ylatupa
NYCFC lineups
First Half (R-L): GK - Sean Johnson; Anton Tinnerholm, Maxime Chanot, Ben Sweat, Ronald Matarrita; Alex Ring, Juan Pablo Torres, Maxi Moralez; Jonathan Lewis, Alexandru Mitrita, Valentin Castellanos
Second Half (R-L): GK - Luis Barraza; Anton Tinnerholm (Joe Scally, 63), Maxime Chanot (Sands, 63), Sebastian Ibeagha, Tony Rocha; Ebenezer Ofori, Alex Ring (Keaton Parks, 63), Jesus Medina; Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, Alexandru Mitrita (Daniel Bedoya, 63), Jonathan Lewis
