New York City FC's new signing Sean Okoli showed hisnew employers a glimpse of what he has to offer in the new season in an international friendly against Emelec in Ecuador. The American forward scored a brilliant goal to give the The Blues a glimmer of hope over the Ecuadorian outfit, who were leading by two goals late into the second half. The game ended in a 2-2 draw following a late equalizer from John Stertzer.
Watch Okolo's stunning opener for the visitors
Another Look: @AskAboutUgo scores his first #NYCFC goal here in Ecuador pic.twitter.com/yWR38LRBSM
— New York City FC (@NYCFC) February 9, 2017
Okolo just turned 24 on a week ago and his goal could be an early indication of what to expect from the ex-Cincinnati star. At the USL club, he made 29 appearances in 2016 and scored 16 goals.
Watch the equalizer below
Another Look: John Sterzer levels the score for #NYCFC at the death pic.twitter.com/KaccZsSIvf
— New York City FC (@NYCFC) February 9, 2017
Patrick Vieira's men played this match as a warm up ahead of the new MLS season. The Pigeons play Orlando City on March 5 for the first league game of the 2017 season. Check out some of the reactions on Twitter to Okoli's screamer:
Pretty sick of Okoli scoring all these goals not in a Sounders shirt tbh
— InsufferabO(@mattoak) February 9, 2017
SEAN UGO OKOLI!!!! OPENS HIS ACCOUNT FOR NYCFC!!!!@AskAboutUgo !!!!
— Daniel Sngiem (@dsngiem) February 9, 2017
Okoli sure shows he can put it on target from distance. Johansen making acrobatic save. Good signs for #NYCFC
— Another Size 9 1/2 (@NYCFirm) February 9, 2017
Stunner from Sean Okoli! #NYCFC #MLS
— Anders Aarhus (@Sportsviking) February 9, 2017
SEAN OKOLI!!!!!!!! #HOWBOUTDAT#nycfc @AskAboutUgo #EMEvNYC
— Jeff Weisinger (@MrWeisGuy) February 9, 2017
Sean Okoli continues his goal-scoring form from @fccincinnati with a bullet-curler from the top of the box for #NYCFC. Promising finish.
— Kyle Schnitzer (@Kyle_Schnitzer) February 9, 2017
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