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INTERVIEW – Austin FC have experienced a difficult inaugural season. From a player’s perspective, the only thing more arduous than battling for points in a struggling MLS team is not being able to. Sidelined since the end of April 2021 with an ACL injury, Ben Sweat has spent the better part of the season rehabbing […] READ MORE
MLS continues to play a spring to fall schedule which is the opposite of most leagues in the world. Here's why moving to the FIFA calendar makes sense. READ MORE
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK (June 11, 2018) – In 1994, a young midfielder from Dakar, Senegal, made his way to France to begin his professional career. For two seasons, Patrick Vieira featured for AS Cannes. Located about 30 minutes away from Nice, Cannes sits at the bottom of France. Now, over 20 years later, Vieira is […] READ MORE
EDITORIAL (May 23, 2018) — Someone is lying. Either OGC Nice in a large piece of brinksmanship or Patrick Vieira trying to keep the team focused on that task at hand while it all plays out. Or possibly both sides. Each exaggerating or underplaying their position in the chess game of negotiations. Patrick Vieira has […] READ MORE
HARRISON, NJ. – New York Red Bulls won the first Hudson River Derby match of 2018, making sure New York is red. They defeated New York City FC by a score of 3-0 with an aggressive high press and some good early game finishing. New York is Red: New York Red Bulls shock New York […] READ MORE
BRONX, NY (March 23, 2018) – What can one learn from spending St. Patrick’s Day with NYCFC? Perhaps everything. Perhaps nothing. Or perhaps forty things. Lets see. Forty Shades of Blue: St. Patrick’s Day with NYCFC Nine points from three matches? Good lord. The team didn’t get nine points in its first season until late […] READ MORE
Editorial (March 18, 2018) – On St. Patrick’s Day, in New York, everyone is more than just a little bit Irish. Bagpipes are tolerated. Silly green accessories are donned. And the Man in Seat 9’s local pub opens at eight so that our first responders who are marching in the parade can raise one, or […] READ MORE
Editorial (March 10, 2018) – Every season starts with hope. Every season starts with a dream. A belief that maybe, just maybe, this is the year the team pulls it all together, the year the passes connect, the year the saves are made, the year the points are taken at the key moments. That this […] READ MORE
It may be that I am too close to it. It may be that if I were in, say Seattle, or Toronto or Houston or Los Angeles I would have a different opinion. But in September, when I watched the final regular season Hudson River Derby of 2017, I found myself thinking about the natures […] READ MORE
It’s the end of the year, which means it’s awards time, right? No? Oh, well, here's a Bestie for some deserving members of the NYCFC family anyway. READ MORE