The New York City Post
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Bénie Traoré runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 44. 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
Andrés Perea damages knee ligaments — 33 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market14 Sep 2026
Adana Demirspor come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and New York City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Erick Cabaco 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: DeAndre Reyna joins the New York City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. DeAndre Reyna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match12 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for New York City against Philadelphia Union
0‑1 to Philadelphia Union, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at New York City
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Alex Wright signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alex Wright commits to New York City for another 3 years.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Matt Freese story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Matt Freese signs something — a contract at New York City or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market Greg Ranjitsingh placed on the list
- Player ratings James Sands spends the afternoon fouling