Rare 7:25 pm kickoff in Charlotte for what is NYCFC’s only scheduled appearance on national TV (FS1, + Apple as usual) Also somehow the 3rd straight MLS game in which they face a team with an identical W-D-L record? Preview + more useful info on form, injuries, head-to-head history

Breaking down the NYCFC player salary data, with a few notable takeaways, like the numbers behind the Justin Haak-Kai Trewin-Raul Gustavo roster rearrangement, and that NYCFC has one of the lowest spends per Designated Player among teams using all 3 slots www.nysoccerjournal.com/new-york-cit...

They’re paying Kai Trewin $311k in salary while Justin Haak earns $810k from LA Galaxy. That’s that CFG Efficiency mlsplayers.org/resources/sa...

Another NYCFC matchday is fast approaching, so time to study up before the midweek trip to North Carolina @matthewmangam.bsky.social caught up with @dannybrams.bsky.social to get all the intel on Charlotte FC, winless in 4 and looking likely to soon end their Wilfried Zaha Era

First time Wolf has been named Player of the Matchday, joins Alonso Martínez (twice) as the only New York City FC players to earn it since 2023. Wolf becomes 2nd Austrian player to ever earn the award, joining Daniel Royer (ex-NYCFC killer for RBNY) who got it once in 2017

More than four dozen car-free school streets will be transformed into soccer fun zones, Mayor Mamdani will announce later on Monday in The Bronx.

Memorable night for Gotham as they welcomed USWNT coach Emma Hayes and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, with Hayes praising the mayor’s partnership with Gotham on $5 tickets: “Our sport should be accessible to everyone.” @meghaggupta.bsky.social reports from Gotham’s VIP evening

Pascal Jansen on Hannes Wolf’s hat trick/positional fluidity: “Players will end up in positions and areas where we think they can be dangerous or helpful make other players dangerous. Hannes has his part, one of those is: find moments in the central part of the pitch…” @matthewmangam.bsky.social

A hat trick from The Wolf of 161st St. carried NYCFC to a much-needed win, their first in MLS or at home since mid-March, with the defense also seeing out what was just their 2nd clean sheet of the season More on the big win in the Bronx: www.nysoccerjournal.com/nycfc-vs-col...

Two goals in a span of four minutes for Hannes Wolf, who doubled the lead for New York City in the 16th minute. Here's how it sounded on the radio side with Matty Lawrence and I. We're late in the first half at Yankee Stadium. Join us at nycfc.com/radio, Apple TV Home Radio, and SiriusXM FC Ch 157!

Matchday in the Bronx as NYCFC will try to snap a 7-match winless skid while operating with 7 members of the squad ruled out with injuries Preview with the gory injury details + NYC’s history of success at home vs the Crew, and other notes to get you Mother’s Day matinee ready

13 - Jaedyn Shaw has scored the opening goal of a regular-season match 13 times in her #NWSL career (20 career goals), more than any other player since she made her debut in July 2022. Breakthrough.

Tonight’s Gotham FC match featuring appearances by USWNT coach Emma Hayes and NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani was a lower-bowl sellout of 11,308, the fourth-largest regular-season attendance in club history.

We got The Mayor Himself @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the @cloud9goth.bsky.social Gotham FC supporters section, everyone coming to say hi to him and getting shouted out on the NWSL broadcast

Time to do that soccer. New Jersey & New York vs Boston. Who has the most balls? Gotham FC vs Boston Legacy FC (Breakers was better) in a first-time meeting. #NWSL #GothamFC

The Crew come to the Bronx with a new coach, without their star striker, and with a questionable back line that’s been surrendering goals aplenty @massive-report.com’s Ty Fisher fills us in on Columbus before they play NYCFC, via @matthewmangam.bsky.social

#USOC2026 Round of 16: Maxi Moralez of New York City FC has been voted TheCup's Player of the Round. His three assists (seventh player since 1995 to have 3 in a game) gave #NYCFC a first-ever knockout game win vs Red Bull New York. Article by @matthewmangam.bsky.social: thecup.us/2026/05/09/2...

This week on The Blueprint, @treyfillmore.bsky.social and I dive into the MLS Schedule flip Why is our schedule like this in the first place? Why did it need to change? And what will this change mean for MLS going forward? We dive into all this in the @nysoccerjournal.com feed. Give it a listen!

Our @matthewmangam.bsky.social spoke to FIFA's senior pitch manager at MetLife Stadium and learned lots about the natural grass surface just installed for the World Cup Why they chose this North Carolina-raised grass, why FIFA thinks it will hold up better than last summer's Club World Cup field

Loiola now officially joins NYCFC II on loan through the end of 2026 but with NYCFC retaining an option to buy him from Fluminense outright, if they so choose. Random rumor that first broke on March 27 now finally confirmed www.newyorkcityfc.com/news/new-yor...

The pitch is all set at New York/New Jersey Stadium for the World Cup. As expected, no sponsors are seen anywhere around the stadium and covered with FIFA World Cup signage. @nysoccerjournal.com

Which MLS-based Matt will start in goal for the USMNT at the World Cup? NYCFC’s Freese got the bulk of the recent MNT minutes but his 2026 is off to a mixed start while New England’s Turner is in form Our resident Matt @matthewmangam.bsky.social on the GK battle

Netherlands playing Uzbekistan at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in their last pre-World Cup friendly. Behind closed doors, but, a big get for Randall’s and for its new soccer field installed in 2024 www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Since NYCFC is now up to a seven-match winless streak in MLS, here are 7 stats from the streak that feel noteworthy and might help explain the team's persistent struggles www.nysoccerjournal.com/nycfc-stats-...

10 US Dollars to sit in UBS Arena and look up at the Jumbotron. At least the events like this in NYC proper became Free to attend

Bunch of Cosmos news & notes added to our 2026 Cosmos Tracker, via @battista.bsky.social Featuring the imminent arrival of a new GK, a friendly with LI’s American Soccer Club, and Ajmeer Spengler winning an award www.nysoccerjournal.com/all-new-york...

The #usmnt has long been able to count on goalkeeper being one of the team's strengths. But w/less than 2 months to go until the start of the World Cup, plenty of questions surround the position. Here's a look at how the U.S. got here and where things currently stand. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Yazbek and O’Neill injured within days, the Aussies are going to turn on MLS

Sources: New York Cosmos have acquired goalkeeper Javier Garcia from Athletic Club Boise via a transfer 🧤 Garcia, 28, shined for Texoma last year before signing for Boise. Now off to the Cosmos. 🤝

MLB Fan Cave died so this “Chief World Cup Watcher” could live. $50,000 might not get you into the World Cup final but it’s what you’ll get if you’re chosen to spend 39 days trapped in a glass cube in Times Square getting blasted with nonstop Fox coverage www.nysoccerjournal.com/fox-sports-i...

Plug alert ⚽️ 📖 New soccer trivia book out today from our own @andrewkleigh.bsky.social, The Complete Book of Soccer Trivia 750 questions covering the sport as deeply as possible: Top men’s and women’s players, World Cups, controversies, lots more, so be sure to check it out

New Pod! An episode that takes you from the high of NYCFC’s Open Cup win to the lows of their dull defeat vs DC and their 2 months winless in MLS Also discussed: the coming MLS Next Pro overhaul, João Loiola transfer intrigue, a preview of the Crew’s visit to the Bronx

#USMNT assistant coaches Jesús Perez and Miguel D’Agostino will be scouting MLS-based World Cup hopefuls this weekend: Perez will see Real Salt Lake-FCD and LAFC-Houston; Miki in attendance for NYCFC-Columbus.

Reports from Brazil first linked 21-year-old Fluminense centerback Loiola with a loan move to NYCFC/NYCFC II in late-March, right when the MLS transfer window closed, and no move materialized since. Yesterday, though, the young defender attended NYCFC-DCU at Citi Field with his agent

Gotham have 4 clean sheets in their last 5 despite, as Jess Carter described it postgame, “People are playing positions they’ve never played in their entire life” More on a 3rd straight win & shutout with a juggled backline, the Jaedyn+Jordynn connection, via @meghaggupta.bsky.social

Rare to see NYCFC this vulnerable in their home games, and on set piece after set piece, with both issues on display in a lifeless 2-0 loss to DC United More on the decimated lineup, problems defending DC’s long throw-ins, and the winless streak extending www.nysoccerjournal.com/new-york-cit...

7 matches without a win would be tied for 4th-longest league winless run in NYCFC’s history. They went 11 winless twice (2015, 2023), went 9 winless once (2024), and 7 winless in 2016. Not a great historical fact

Talles Magno scratched from lineup during warm-ups and to be replaced by Malachi Jones. So unlucky, another attacking option injured too as Hannes Wolf was out previous 2 matches and is only available as a sub

Wondering if it’s 3 at the back with Cavallo and Ojeda the “wingbacks,” or if Tanasijević lines up as a more traditional right back and they stick with a back 4. 3 at the back would allow Talles to play as a center forward, as he makes his first start in MLS since 10/21/23 vs Chicago

Prep for afternoon action in Queens as New York City FC plays at Citi Field for the last time until September. Attempting to snap a 6-match MLS winless streak vs a DC United side on a mini-unbeaten run of their own Preview, injury reports, + more here www.nysoccerjournal.com/nycfc-vs-dc-...

PRO on decision to disallow Evander's 58th-min goal in Cincinnati's 4-4 w/ NYCFC: "In process of moving into space, Evander tripped Gray & was then able to run unchallenged into a position from where he scored...referee correctly disallowed goal after video review" proreferees.com/2026/05/02/2...

90th minute winner for Mounsef Bakrar for Dinamo Zagreb today. 9 goals and 6 assists in 27 league appearances for them in 2025/26 (17 goals, 7 assists in 39 games in all comps b/w HNL, Europa League, Croatian Cup)

DC look better than they did while placing last in MLS in ‘25 but they’re still adjusting to René Weiler, still trying to get new club-record transfer DP Louis Munteanu going @matthewmangam.bsky.social gets the DC United scouting report from @blazindw.bsky.social of @districtpressdc.bsky.social

One era of New York soccer on baseball fields ends when Etihad Park opens in 2027, but another might begin on Staten Island, should the billionaire behind Gristedes and WABC radio follow through on his stated desire to bring soccer to SIUH Community Park www.nysoccerjournal.com/staten-islan...

i got twoooo podcasts excited to get started with @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social on some new ish 😤 vamos tap in!

Incredibly excited to launch this new show in the @nysoccerjournal.com feed Each episode, @treyfillmore.bsky.social and I will be picking topic in the #NYCFC, #MLS, or general American soccer world, and breaking it down in detail This week, we’re talking Pascal Jansen. Give it a listen! 👇 ⬇️

Brand-new podcast offering from us: The Blueprint, hosted by @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social and @treyfillmore.bsky.social, which picks a single topic and dives deep on that topic The inaugural episode: an attempt to define the tactics and principles of Pascal Jansen Ball

DC United coach Rene Weiler says that Tai Baribo will not be available for match at New York City FC on Sunday. Baribo has scored 6 of the club's 11 goals this season. #DCU #NYCFC #MLS #NYCvDCU

The private-equity-backed push to centralize biz operations of MLS Next Pro teams could drastically shake up the lower-league soccer scene Piece on the new initiative, including some past comments from NYCFC execs that hint at NYCFC II choosing this route www.nysoccerjournal.com/mls-next-pro...

USL labor peace ✊ www.uslsoccer.com/news_article...