Thiago - Newspaper | Open Football Simulator

7 Edition

14 Sep 2026

From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

A defender's afternoon for Keaton Parks

Defensive actions: 36. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A one-man rearguard from Tomás Romero

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market14 Sep 2026

Tomás Romero asks to leave New York City

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match12 Sep 2026

No end in sight to New York City's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at New York City has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Alonso Martínez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Nicolás Fernández Mercau in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at New York City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Nothing got past Thiago

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

The one thing Talles Magno could not do

Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Match12 Sep 2026

No goals between New York City and Philadelphia Union

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Philadelphia Union will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

Squad Keaton Parks has seen what the next man earns
Squad Gonzalo Valenzuela still has not settled
Market The clock does Kevin O'Toole’s negotiating for him

5 Edition

31 Aug 2026

From our football correspondent Crisis

Market31 Aug 2026

Keaton Parks puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at New York City, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Hannes Wolf runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market31 Aug 2026

Tomás Romero has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around New York City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Nicolás Fernández Mercau in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at New York City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match29 Aug 2026

New York City come up short against Charlotte Football Club

Charlotte Football Club left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad31 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Thiago

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thiago, and the manager let it.

In brief

The terraces The spotlight tightens on Tayvon Gray
Squad Gonzalo Valenzuela is off the mark for New York City
Player ratings Gonzalo Valenzuela changes it off the bench
Squad Nicolás Fernández Mercau has taken the shirt

3 Edition

17 Aug 2026

From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Andrés Perea

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 39 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Raul Gustavo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 28, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Matt Freese

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Tomás Romero asks to leave New York City

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Keaton Parks

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nicolás Fernández Mercau in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at New York City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

One of those days for Talles Magno

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.31, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Keaton Parks gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match15 Aug 2026

New York City find a way past CF Montreal

CF Montreal made New York City work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

Squad Thiago knocks on the manager's door
Market Kevin O'Toole runs his contract down

1 Edition

3 Aug 2026

From our football correspondent Triumph

Match1 Aug 2026

The derby belongs to New York City

1‑0 against New York Red Bulls, and the songs went on long after the whistle. League positions come and go; days like this get retold at family dinners for years.

Market3 Aug 2026

Keaton Parks hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what New York City can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A derby belongs to Talles Magno

Beat anybody else and it is three points. Beat them and it is a story a city tells for a decade. New York City have their man.

Market3 Aug 2026

Tomás Romero has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around New York City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Talles Magno signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Talles Magno and New York City agree another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at New York City

Nicolás Fernández Mercau was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Alonso Martínez

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Keaton Parks knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at New York City, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nobody at New York City has picked up the phone to Thiago

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief

Player ratings Nobody could get near Hannes Wolf
Market The Keaton Parks story refuses to die
The terraces The press have found their man in Talles Magno