Sands scores late goal to lift NYFC to 1-1 draw with Messi, Miami

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — James Sands scored late in stoppage time and New York FC salvaged a 1-1 draw with Lionel Messi and Inter Miami. Miami didn’t get on the board until the 75th minute when Leo Campana, a late entry to the game, finished a play started by Messi. Messi carried the ball forward before finding Jordi Alba to his left streaking inside the box and he tapped it across to a wide-open Campana. New York got a corner kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time and Santiago Rodriguez sent a perfect feed into the box where Sands was wide open at the 6-yard line to head the ball just inside the near post. The game drew 44,738 to Yankee Stadium, the second highest total in NYFC history.