The New York City Post
Market8 Mar 2027
Greg Ranjitsingh 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 ratings8 Mar 2027
Bénie Traoré runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Mar 2027
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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at New York City
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Sam Zardes joins the New York City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sam Zardes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Aaron Pepi joins the New York City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aaron Pepi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Jack Dempsey steps up from the New York City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Dempsey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at New York City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Iván Pomba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Hannes Wolf takes the honours
Marked 7.39 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, New York City had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at New York City
- Squad New York City pick somebody else ahead of Peyton Miller
- Match No goals between New York City and Chicago Fire