{"id":83,"date":"2016-08-16T02:24:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T02:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2020-03-22T21:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T01:38:37","slug":"columbus-crew-nycfc-similar-aesthetics-different-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2016\/08\/16\/columbus-crew-nycfc-similar-aesthetics-different-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Crew &#8211; NYCFC: Similar Aesthetics, Different Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbuscrewsc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Columbus Crew SC<\/strong><\/a> returns from a bye week to face <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycfc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New York City FC<\/strong><\/a> at MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday night (7:30 PM ET). It marks the second of three meetings between the two sides in 2016 and fifth all-time since NYCFC joined the league last year.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into this matchup, both teams are in unexpected spots in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MLS<\/strong><\/a> standings. For the visitors, that\u2019s certainly a good thing. Despite two high profile blowout losses to their Tri-State rival <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkredbulls.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New York Red Bulls<\/strong><\/a>, the <em>Citizens<\/em> currently sit at the top of the <strong>Eastern Conference<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Columbus Crew &#8211; NYCFC: Similar Aesthetics, Different Execution<\/h2>\n<p>In Crew SC\u2019s case, it\u2019s a different story altogether. A year removed from hosting MLS Cup, the <em>Black and Gold<\/em> languish second from bottom in both the East and overall league table. Having already played 21 games, the club finds itself with just 19 points and seven points out of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more alarming for Columbus is the recent history of the league. Since MLS went to a 34-game schedule in 2011, the average minimum number of points needed to qualify for the postseason out of the East has been 49.2 points. That means Crew SC would need at least 30 more to feel safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus Crew SC face off against New York City FC this weekend with some similiar aesthetics, but different execution of play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[52,50],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crew","category-nycfc","tag-columbus-crew","tag-nycfc"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}