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Crew rally to beat NYCFC for fourth straight win
The Columbus Crew extended their winning streak to four games -- all on the road -- when they rallied with three second-half goals to defeat short-handed New York City FC 3-2 on Friday.,Columbus (7-2-6, 27 points) ran its road unbeaten streak to 4-0-2 in its first match since losing 3-0 at Mexico's ...
New York City FC tries to maintain momentum at New England
The early-season difficulties of scoring once in a three-game losing streak to begin the season are in the past for the New York City Football Club.,Now NYCFC are one of the hotter teams in the MLS and, coming off an emotional win over the New York Red Bulls in last week's Hudson River Derby, they a...
Monsef Bakrar scores tiebreaker as NYCFC edge Red Bulls
Monsef Bakrar scored the tiebreaking goal in the 64th minute as host New York City Football Club earned a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls in the latest installment of the Hudson River Derby on Saturday night.,NYCFC (7-5-2, 23 points) moved to 7-2-2 in its past 11 matches since losing its fir...
Hudson River rivals running hot as Red Bulls visit NYCFC
Heading into the latest installment of the "Hudson River Rivalry," New York City Football Club and the New York Red Bulls significantly are ascending.,As the rivals attempt to climb the Eastern Conference standings, three points separate them. NYCFC will attempt to increase their advantage Saturday ...
Alonso Martinez, Hannes Wolf help NYCFC beat Union
Alonso Martinez and Hannes Wolf had a goal each in the first half as New York City FC dealt the Philadelphia Union another loss at home, winning 2-1 on Wednesday in Chester, Pa.,NYCFC (6-5-2, 20 points), who won just once in their first seven matches, are 5-1-2 over their past eight matches. The Uni...
Alonso Martinez, Hannes Wolf help New York City FC beat Union
Alonso Martinez and Hannes Wolf had a goal each in the first half as New York City FC dealt the Philadelphia Union another loss at home, winning 2-1 on Wednesday in Chester, Pa.,NYCFC (6-5-2, 20 points), who won just once in its first seven matches, is 5-1-2 over their past eight matches. The Union ...
Toronto FC coach among those suspended in post-match melee
Toronto FC coach John Herdman and two of his players were suspended for Wednesday's match at Nashville SC on the heels of a post-match melee with New York City FC.,Goalkeeper Sean Johnson and defender Richie Laryea also received one-match bans for their parts in an on-field altercation with NYCFC on...
USWNT win the most CONCACAF game ever
We realize the enormity of saying “the most CONCACAF game ever,” as this particular region of the soccer world is literally where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is the way it seems. Just about anything can happen when the North and Central American Federation is in charge, and boy did it...
Soccer, much like football, didn’t come home either
I wanted to resist the urge to give into the Timbers Army’s desire to claim Portland as “Soccer City USA.” It’s quite a label to bestow on yourself, and having grown up in direct opposition to Detroit’s “Hockeytown” self-flagellation, my alarms don’t need much prodding to go off. ...
The Philadelphia Union got screwed, but there was probably little MLS could do
We don’t think any of the current seasons taking place now as “COVID seasons” like we did of the previous ones played in empty stadiums/arenas or in weird, neutral venues altogether. But it still very much is, which the Philadelphia Union learned the all-too hard way yesterday....
MLS is just silly, and it loves it, apparently
The MLS playoffs concluded their second round last night, with some of its trademark goofiness. And in true nothing-means-anything fashion of the whole league, both No. 1 seeds failed to win a game....
The New England Revs are going to set the league points record, and they’re not going to play any defense to do it
While MLS still has its fair share of issues, the one thing you have to give it credit for is that during the regular season, the league rewards teams that just say, “Fuck it, it’s free cake.” They don’t generally live on in history, because wonky defensive teams get found out by the extremely callo...
Citi Field opens for 'mass' vaccinations, but with far fewer doses than Yankee Stadium, because NYC
If this isn’t a metaphor for New York baseball I don’t know what is....
Supporters Clashed In The Streets Before The Red Bulls-New York City FC Match
This blurry, cargo-shorted gentleman striking a come at me, bro pose amid a crowd of soccer fans and police outside Yankee Stadium? He’s your mascot for a bunch of chest-puffery and general ass-showing before the Red Bulls and New York City FC played in the Bronx today....
New York Red Bulls Fans Drop Sick Burn On NYCFC And The Rest Of MLS
Kinda hard to argue when Pirlo’s playing like this:...
Sandwich Board Becomes Weapon In New Jersey Soccer Fight
The third New York Derby takes place this evening, and it got wild in New Jersey beforehand. The AP’s Rob Harris was there as a brawl popped off out front of Bello’s Bar & Grill, right across the Passaic River from Red Bull Arena. One dude even started swinging with a sandwich board:...
NYCFC Keeper Josh Saunders Smokes Head Against Goal Post
New York City FC's goalkeeper Josh Saunders suffered this ugly head injury in today's season opener against Orlando City. While corralling a free kick, an opposing player runs into him, carrying him back towards goal where he drills the back of his head into the post. Here's a GIF of the blow:...
Fans Righteously Pissed At Realizing NYCFC Is A Glorified Farm Team
The strange Frank Lampard/NYCFC/Manchester City love triangle always felt like it was going to end in a bit of a train wreck, with Lampard's stay with City set to end this month and the MLS expansion club counting on him to be its face. Well, that train just jumped the tracks: Lampard is staying in ...
New York FC's New Kits Look Like Hand-Me-Down Manchester City Ones
A league of hand-me-down players wearing hand-me-down jerseys? Sounds about right....
Say Hello To NYCFC, New York's Second MLS Team
MLS has announced its 20th team: New York City FC, which will begin play in 2015, in a yet-to-be-determined stadium. It'll be owned by Manchester City, in partnership with the New York Yankees. It will be sponsored by oil and evil....