The German became the first NWSL goalkeeper to earn 10 shutouts in back-to-back seasons, with Gotham's 0-0 draw extending their unbeaten run to nine matches and extending their lead at the top of the NWSL table.
New York City FC took a point home from Gillette Stadium thanks to a Matt Freese penalty save, a pair of 40th-minute tactical substitutions made by Pascal Jansen, and a set-piece goal from James Sands.
New York City FC fell behind early, grabbed a classy equalizer from Luighi, then couldn't solve Cincinnati keeper Roman Celentano and let Evander beat them with a stoppage-time goal to make it four consecutive losses.
New faces in defense helped the Cosmos keep a fourth clean sheet of the season, with Sebastián Guenzatti's sixth goal of the season enough to earn the home team a 1-0 win at Hinchliffe Stadium on Saturday night.
A two-goal NYCFC lead at halftime got wiped away in the second half when Philadelphia's Cavan Sullivan and Bruno Damiani lit up the Bronx, earning the Union a 3-2 win.
They were long shots to advance going in, but New York City FC did get a first-half lead over their Liga MX rivals, but couldn't build on it and instead surrendered two second-half goals to close Leagues Cup with a 2-1 loss at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
New York City FC fell behind, pulled back level with the Liga MX champions shortly before halftime, but suffered their first loss post-World Cup when José Paradela scored a late, deflected winner for Cruz Azul.
Jaedyn Shaw's first-half goal from a Jordynn Dudley assist was enough for Gotham to beat San Diego Wave 1-0, Gotham's third straight 1-0 victory and their 12th clean sheet of the season.
A much-changed New York City lineup got past Santos Laguna at Sports Illustrated Stadium thanks to second-half goals from Tayvon Gray and Nico Cavallo, plus a six-save shutout from Matt Freese.
Kerr missed an early penalty but made up for it by scoring a 46th-minute winner, while goalkeeper Shelby Hogan kept another clean sheet to keep Gotham unbeaten in six and make it back-to-back 1-0 wins to close out a three-match road trip.
Riding high off two straight wins, New York City came back down to Earth with a disappointing draw against Toronto FC under the lights in the Bronx on Friday night.
Gotham remains in second place in the NWSL table after a Purce goal scored 119 seconds into the match held up thanks to another clean sheet kept, the 10th shutout for the Bats so far this season.
The Chicago Fire proved no match for a New York City FC attack led by Nico Fernández Mercau, Agustín Ojeda, and Malachi Jones.
An early goal from Nico Fernández Mercau and a late-ish second from Agustín Ojeda carried New York City FC to a 2-1 win in Columbus, a first away win there since the 2017 season.
La Roja silenced Lionel Messi and held Argentina's potent attack to just two shot attempts, with Spain ending Argentina's reign as World Cup champions thanks to a 106th-minute Ferran Torres goal.
Esther González's brace off the bench and a Rose Lavelle stoppage-time winner lifted Gotham to the top of the NWSL table and a third straight win.
