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New York City FC 1, L.A. Galaxy 0: First-place Blues escape in return to the Bronx

Man, it was a hot one.

OK, enough with the theatrics: David Villa scored from what kinda looked like an offside position, and a Patrick Vieira-less New York City FC snapped the star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy’s nine-match winless run with a brazen 1-0 victory at a swooning, sweating Yankee Stadium.

“We have a great respect for the quality of players they have, for the quality of [the] coach, the quality of the staff,” New York City match day manager Christian Lattanzio said after the contest. “Very important win, very important game. And we believe in our work.