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Granted the club has only been in existence for five minutes so talk of all-time records is a little premature, but Frank Lampard took just 48 seconds to score the fastest goal in New York City FC’s brief history against DC United last night.
Lampard took less than a minute to score his third goal in four games for NYCFC, cleaning up after David Villa’s shot had come back off the DC ‘keeper…
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Sadly, Lampard’s quick-fire opener wasn’t enough to prevent NYCFC from going down 2-1 at the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium, with late goals from Fabian Espindola and Alvaro Sarborio (in the 92nd minute, no less) resigning the boys from the Big Apple to defeat.