An understandable move given the injury but an absolutely brutal turn of events for Andres Perea. An option declined after his best season in blue is heartbreaking.

Per club on the bad site, attacker Sebastiano Musu added on short term loan.

I think Ojeda is a definite. Last couple games vs pressing teams, Pascal played him behind the opposing leftback. Make sense to play him behind Wagner.

Pascal has is work cut out for him to put together a line up for this one. Haak will fill in for O'Neill at the 6 but who else steps into midfield for Perea or at striker for Martinez?

@roryki.bsky.social: "Let Me Cook!"

Sometimes you just need a DP to do some shit.

Why on earth would you show that replay

A PSAL soccer player is now mayor of the City of New York.

Doyle with some info on David Lee's role/thinking inside NYCFC's FO - still hard to parse what is authentic and what is prop, for the reason Doyle notes, but this sounds like it makes sense (also, as mentioned always on pod, you should be subscribed to Doyle's substack already)

Taps the sign

@roryki.bsky.social says, "Pigeons in Two!"

Lots of players doing favors for NYCFC tonight: Messi taking care of 5th place for them, Zaha taking care of his presence in at least the opener if not longer

👀 Justin Haak to us postgame with no love lost for David Lee: “At the end of last year, our old sporting director told me he didn't think I was a 34 game starter, so it was really big for me to come here and prove him wrong” by starting every game + leagues cup + us open cup

what I’m saying is that @treyfillmore.bsky.social has bars

“When you peek behind the curtain, you find another curtain. Bureaucracies excel at this, dispersing responsibility until it dissolves…Every player transfer becomes both his and not his, both brilliant and inevitable, until the very concept of accountability loses its significance.”

The only king we need:

talked to team about this: 1. it was written by a human, as with every piece 2. it was ran through AI grammer check which inserted the errors, missed in final human edit lessons learned all around! (AI stinks ass!)

Probably a good idea to proof read your AI slop before posting it to your team's website.

David Lee’s tenure as NYCFC sporting director is over. But how do you grade a guy when you don't even know what his job was? @treyfillmore.bsky.social explores this and why NYCFC needs to turn off the corporate autopilot. www.theoutfield.nyc/p/grading-a-...

I have been working on a new USA Soccer stat hub for a couple of months now in Tableau, as I grew increasingly dissatisfied with what I put together at the start of 2025. It's *finally* ready for public consumption. The images here don't show the half of it: public.tableau.com/views/MLSAdv...

Hi, MLS expert here! American football markings on the pitch can be really annoying but they're actually really easy to avoid if you play soccer on a baseball diamond as god intended

I’m sure Matt enjoyed announcing this while sitting next to the man who questioned whether USMNT “had the wrong Matt” a few months ago teehee

. 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯️ 🕯 Barraza pls 🕯 🕯 don’t go beast mode 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

Justin Haak demonstrating that you don’t beat a low block by passing, you beat it with movement

Pay him!

What a way to celebrate the rich history of the Hudson River Derby with 4 current/former Red Bull players, 2 New York Knicks, and 0 NYCFC players at a concert venue that actual New Yorkers hate to go to.

🇦🇺 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚 🇦🇺

some exclusive reporting on the pod: NYCFC approached Justin Haak with an extension offer early in the season, but Haak and his team found the number far below expectation - two sides have not worked on a deal since Haak and co. hopeful NYC will return with a higher number, else he leaves for free

Cooper Flagg won the Wooden Award last year, now Cooper Flax has the Mac Hermann Award in his sights. Fantastic breakdown here from @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc on who and what to watch for from a NYCFC perspective as the collegiate season kicks off.

I enjoy the weird little world that is college soccer, and with that in mind I wrote about some players that might be of interest to NYCFC fans (and even some broader audiences as well)

College soccer is back! Cooper Flax is chasing the Mac Hermann. Alexander Yagudayev wants the No. 1 spot. More NYCFC alums are making moves this fall. @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc breaks down homegrowns, draft picks & local stars who could wear sky blue in 2026. www.theoutfield.nyc/p/varsity-bl...

Wishing Keaton all the best in recovery. A huge blow to the ceiling of NYCFC's midfield this year.

update: NYCFC announce Keaton Parks surgery "Keaton Parks successfully underwent surgery to address blood flow issues in his right leg." There is no timetable for his return as of now This is Keaton's third absence due to his vascular issue

Tired: Seeing your new DP assist a game-winning goal and your star striker score a hat-trick Wired: Seeing Pascal Jansen stabilize the defense in the with yellow card machine Strahinja Tanasijević and not allowing a shot on goal in the second half.

Wake up and watch the two shortest players on the pitch connect for an uncontested set-piece header in the middle of the box.

-Perea beats out the sauce brothers for the wing spot 🇨🇴 -Wolf gets the other after his short absence 🐺 -Bakrar gone, as we reported on the pod 🚶‍♂️ -TAYVON GRAY CB HOURS 🧱 HOMEGROWN CB PAIRING 🐣 -NICO ON THE BENCH 🌟

@chriscampbell.theoutfield.nyc asked Pascal yesterday about starting Perea at the wing. Mentioned wanting to get "the extra bodies in the central part of the pitch" and that Perea "can find his way into these spots in midfield" from the wing.

New York City FC II will play the rest of its 2025 regular season home matches at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, beginning this Saturday, July 26, against Philadelphia Union II at 4pm ET. #NYCFC

NYCFC CB Thiago Martins is out 4-6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery. A backline already dealing with Risa leaving gets even thinner.

Birk Risa held the line when NYCFC needed it most. Now he's back in Norway. @justinegan.theoutfield.nyc explains how Pascal Jansen is rethinking the defense without his only left-footed CB. Kevin O’Toole is part of the answer, but he can’t be the only one. www.theoutfield.nyc/p/no-risa-fo...

NYCFC CEO Brad Sims has confirmed: 1) Mounsef Bakrar to Croatia is done 2) Brazilian CB Raul Gustavo from Pascal Jansen's old club Ferencváros is incoming 3) NYCFC in the market for a winger that can play ST as 3rd DP

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This is what happens when a professional soccer team listens to @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc

Last week’s Montreal v. NYCFC game featured more tactical nuance than I was expecting. I wrote about the battle between acting head coaches Marco Donadel & Mehdi Ballouchy & how NYCFC struggled to find ways to defend Montreal’s inside fullbacks, w/ Dante Sealy as one of the primary beneficiaries.

new pod: imminent not covered in new pod: former Pascal Jansen CB Raul Gustavo coming over from Hungary www.csakfoci.hu/magyar-foci/...

NYCFC: unbeaten vs East playoff teams, but swept by last-place Montréal. @kevinnelson.theoutfield.nyc breaks down the latest loss—and how Donadel used inside fullbacks to outmaneuver #NYCFC. www.theoutfield.nyc/p/the-poutin...

We dropped g+ sub categories last week, and here is how we use them from @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc @mimburgio.bsky.social and @beninquiring.bsky.social www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/7/... Using Goals Added Subcategories for Player Evaluation — American Soccer Analysis