New York City FC (NYCFC) coach Pascal Jansen says his side is ready for a "do-or-die" clash with Charlotte FC Friday night after suffering an agonizing penalty shootout defeat at Yankee Stadium Saturday night as they missed the chance to close out their best-of-three play-off series in two games.

New York made a dream start to the series with a 1-0 win in Charlotte on Oct. 28 courtesy of a superb solo goal from Alonso Martinez but struggled to replicate that performance on home soil Saturday night, with Charlotte striking the crossbar twice in the first half.

Charlotte leveled up the series by claiming a 7-6 victory on penalties after the game ended scoreless. NYCFC's Augustin Ojeda and Julian Fernandez missed their spot kicks after Matt Freese had given the hosts an early advantage by d

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