Finland, Costa Rica, and Panama all fell yesterday in their World Cup qualifying games while Venezuela drew with Peru. NYCFC players Alex Ring, Ronald Matarrita, and Yangel Herrera each got face time for their national team. Read the full recaps below.
Finland 0 - 2 Turkey
Turkey defeated Finland 2-0 thanks to a four-minute brace from Cenk Tosun.
Alexander Ring was in the Starting XI for Finland and played a full 84 minutes before being subbed out for Petteri Forsell.
Tosun opened the scoring in the ninth minute and then scored again in the 13th after a looping header that went past Finland keeper Lukas Hradecky from a Selcuk Inan corner kick.