Playing time never comes easy for MLS rookies, and it was especially true of top SuperDraft picks in 2017. But one player is making the most of his chance late in the season: No. 3 pick JonathanLewis with back-to-back winning goals for New York City FC. The consensus top rookies are German Julian Gressel, taken […]
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Video Pick: Veteran and rookie golazos from NYCFC
Among the MLS Goal of the Week candidates, NYCFC’s 35-year-old David Villa with his league-leading 18th goal of the season and 20-year-old rookie teammate JonathanLewis with his first MLS goal. Lewis also struck from outside the penalty area, after skipping past a Jermaine Jones slide-tackle. Also nominated, Diego Valeri, LuisSilva and Sean Davis.
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What They're Saying: Jonathan Lewis
“I beat three defenders, looked up, didn’t know what to do so I just kicked the ball.” — Rookie Jonathan Lewis, describing his first MLS goal for New York City FC, the game-winner in a 2-0 victory at the LA Galaxy, followinga move that dropped Jermaine Jones to the ground. (@JSB_TV via Twitter)
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MLS Weekend: Toronto FC shows off class
Toronto FC is the class of MLS. If anyone doubted, its 4-0 win over New York City FC showed why TFC, now with a five-point lead in the Supporters’ Shield race, is the team to beat.
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Video Pick: Pirlo gives Juve pals a New York tour
Andrea Pirlo, now with MLS’s NYCFC, played tour guide for his old Juventus pals, currently on a U.S. preseason tour. Pirlo shows them where he buys Italian goods, the Chelsea Market,and explains the High Line, where they pose for selfies and excite the crowd with some team juggling.
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MLS: Grella out for season, Matarrita breaks foot
New York Red Bulls midfielder Mike Grella will miss the remainder of the 2017 season due to a knee injury. Grella will undergo surgery next week to address discomfort in his leftknee. Grella has made just eight appearances this season after playing 66 games in 2015 and 2016 when he was a key factor in […]
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MLS Today: NYCFC makes it four wins in a row
NYCFC won its fourth game in a row to keep pace with Eastern Conference leaders Toronto FC and Chicago when it beat Minnesota United, 3-1, in a rare Thursday night MLS game. In their last10 games, NYCFC has gone 6-2-2, just behind Toronto FC (8-1-1) and Chicago (7-1-2) as the three teams have opened up […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Busy week yields little movement
In a week of 14 league matches, the top teams prevailed and mixed results for most of the teams that played twice didn’t much reshuffle the positions in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The top four held their places by winning — collectively, they have lost only one of the last 12 games — and […]
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What They're Saying: Dax McCarty
“You can take the ginger out of NY, but NY will still be red. Good luck to my boys in the derby this weekend!!” — Chicago Fire midfielder Dax McCarty, who was surprisingly tradedfrom the New York Red Bulls in the offseason, expressing his support for his former teammates in Saturday’s match against archrival New […]
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MLS: NYCFC makes Sands its first Homegrown player
James Sands became the seventh member of the U.S. under-17 national team to turn pro when New York City FC made the central defender its first Homegrown signing. Sands, 16, will join the teamon July 1 and divide his time with NYCFC and the U-17s as well as attend summer school. U.S. U-17s in the […]