JT Marcinkowski

Goalkeeper - New York City
16 Nov 2027
Tuesday
Process
64 Edition

The New York City Post

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thiago

“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.

Squad

Thiago is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.35 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Columbus Crew take the points off New York City

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

Back issues
50 Edition

The New York City Post

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from JT Marcinkowski

There were 8 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.

Match

9 unbeaten for New York City

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation New York City did not have in the autumn.

Squad

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.

Squad

Mateo Silvetti is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.15 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. New York City know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of James Sands

“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.

Match

New York City and Inter Miami CF take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

  • Market Luis Otávio linked with a move away
  • The terraces The press cannot get enough of Thiago
41 Edition

The New York City Post

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

New York City are in real trouble now

Position 13, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

JT Marcinkowski: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” New York City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

New York City come up short against New England Revolution

New England Revolution left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Tayvon Gray

“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.

Squad

Nicolás Fernández Mercau has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Nicolás Fernández Mercau keeps the shirt for now, at New York City's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Andrés Perea linked with a move away

The name of Andrés Perea keeps appearing in other people's back pages. New York City say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

39 Edition

The New York City Post

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Andrés Perea 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.

Squad

JT Marcinkowski stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” JT Marcinkowski and New York City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

New York City draw a blank against FC Cincinnati

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. FC Cincinnati defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

38 Edition

The New York City Post

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Derby delight as New York City down New York Red Bulls

Bragging rights belong to New York City for another year after a 1-0 win over New York Red Bulls in front of a full house.

Market

New York City sign JT Marcinkowski for $1.9M

The paperwork is done: JT Marcinkowski joins from LA Galaxy in a deal worth $1.9M. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Juan Peñaloza 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.

Squad

Mateo Silvetti has taken the shirt

At 21 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at New York City are won quietly and lost loudly.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Juan Peñaloza

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market

The Luis Otávio talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. New York City know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief