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Inter Miami’s Tomas Aviles headed in a good corner kick from Robert Taylor late in stoppage time Saturday to salvage a 1-1 draw against New York City FC. THE Herons played without Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba, again, but remain four points below the playoff cutoff with four matches to play. After each match, I pick the Herons’ most — and least — impactful three players and site co-expert Matt Clark tells us why I’m right or wrong. Here we go:

Robert Taylor, B

[KEN] Taylor entered in the 82nd minute, but he was impactful in his cameo, dribbling aggressively at the defense, clearing space for other players and reasserting a sense of urgency that had been waning in the final minutes — and his corner kick found an unmarked Tomas Aviles for the tying goal late in stoppage time. The Finn has been up and down this season but, luckily for La Rosa Negra, last night he was up.

[MATT] It's been a few matches since we've seen this version of Robert Taylor. In terms of his play in this match, I agree with Ken. However, the lack of consistency from the Finnish international is still a bit concerning.