With Concacaf's Champions League semifinal underway, the Seattle Sounders open with a 3-1 advantage over NYCFC in the first-leg. READ MORE
Seattle Sounders open with 3-1 advantage over NYCFC in semifinal
Author: Riley Frain
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island... Riley Frain is a sports journalist and editor who is covering NYCFC for Last Word on Soccer. A recent graduate from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Frain previously worked as the sports editor for The Hawk Newspaper and currently covers MLS, USL, and US youth soccer for OneGoal.US.
rileyfrain Toronto FC picks up a win over NYCFC to make it back-to-back
TORONTO, ON – Toronto FC picks up a 2-1 win over New York City FC. This was because of two first-half goals that made all the difference as Toronto beat a struggling NYCFC 2-1 to pick up a second win on the season and make it back-to-back victories for TFC. Toronto FC picks up a […] READ MORE
NYCFC’s offense keeps rolling in first leg of CCL quarterfinals
East Hartford, CT – Following six goals to start the round of 16, NYCFC’s offense keeps rolling with a 3-1 win over Guatemala’s Comunicaciones F.C. in the opening leg of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. NYCFC’s offense keeps rolling in the first leg Taty opens the quarterfinals scoring Despite both sides finishing on a fairly […] READ MORE
Four-goal rout of AD Santos moves NYCFC into quarterfinals
Los Angeles, California – Following two goals in the opening leg, NYCFC returned to the United States and scored four more in the second leg to beat AD Santos on aggregate 6-0 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. Four-goal rout of AD Santos moves NYCFC into quarterfinals NYCFC add on […] READ MORE
Two goals from Castellanos lifts NYCFC in first leg
San José, Costa Rica – Two early goals from the 2021 MLS Golden Boot winner, Valentín “Taty” Castellanos lifts NYCFC over AD Santos in the first leg of a best of two round of 16 matchups of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. Castellanos lifts NYCFC in the first leg Picking up where they left off […] READ MORE
2022 NYCFC Season Preview
Preview – Under head coach Ronny Deila and behind a Golden Boot campaign from Valentín “Taty” Castellanos, NYCFC brought home the MLS Cup trophy in 2021. Now heading into 2022 they will look to continue building on the previous seasons’ success despite a few key departures. For NYCFC, these departures come with some important re-signings […] READ MORE
MLS Cup Analysis: NYCFC’s first-ever Championship
ANALYSIS – Yesterday, NYCFC’s first-ever championship was achieved. They won the game in thrilling fashion in a penalty shootout. After six consecutive post-season appearances, they finally got their first-ever MLS Cup trophy. NYCFC’s first-ever Championship won in penalties 2021 MLS Season Concludes A victory in penalty kicks over Portland Timbers last night earns NYCFC’s first-ever […] READ MORE
Last minute winner sends NYCFC to MLS Cup Final
CHESTER, PA – Sunday afternoon, Philadelphia Union and NYCFC faced off in an Eastern Conference Finals matchup rife with suspensions, injuries, and players in COVID Protocol. With Philadelphia missing eight players including their starting defensive line and NYCFC without MLS Golden Boot Winner Valentín Castellanos it would be a tightly contested first half which saw […] READ MORE
NYCFC upset New England and advances to Eastern Conference Finals
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – On Tuesday night, the Supporters’ Shield winning New England Revolution hosted NYCFC in the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the MLS Cup Playoffs. With full-time concluding drawn at 1-1, the whirlwind that was extra-time held an additional goal for each side and a red card for NYCFC’s Valentín “Taty” Castellanos, sending the game […] READ MORE
Second half push sends NYCFC to Semifinals
NEW YORK – On Sunday afternoon, New York City FC hosted fifth place Atlanta United at Yankee Stadium for the second matchup of the Eastern Conference MLS Cup playoffs. After a back-and-forth first half, second half goals from 2021 Golden Boot winner Valentín “Taty” Castellanos and Alexander Callens would secure a 2-0 victory, sending NYCFC […] READ MORE
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Riley Frain
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island... Riley Frain is a sports journalist and editor who is covering NYCFC for Last Word on Soccer. A recent graduate from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Frain previously worked as the sports editor for The Hawk Newspaper and currently covers MLS, USL, and US youth soccer for OneGoal.US.