The New York City Post
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Alonso Martínez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market12 Jul 2027
Matt Freese wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at New York City hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad12 Jul 2027
James Sands signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” James Sands commits to New York City for another 5 years.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at New York City
Talles Magno 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Nicolás Fernández Mercau falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad12 Jul 2027
No hiding place for James Sands
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to James Sands, and the manager let it.
Match10 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for New York City against Inter Miami CF
0‑1 to Inter Miami CF, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market12 Jul 2027
New York City sign Walker Yedlin, one for the future
Walker Yedlin is 16, and New York City have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market12 Jul 2027
New York City sign Cameron Dempsey, one for the future
Cameron Dempsey is 15, and New York City have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market New York City buy the years ahead of Michael Robinson
- Player ratings The referee tires of Nicolás Fernández Mercau