Mancuso: NYCFC Is The Playoff Team In Town

Source: www.nysportsday.com --- Sunday, October 22, 2017
The playoff team in New York was at Citi Field Sunday afternoon as a Baseball diamond was converted to a soccer field. NYCFC contingency plans called for their season finale to be played in Queens instead of the Bronx at Yankee Stadium. With the Yankees at the time in a hunt for a World Series title, NYCFC was forced to relocate the past few weeks. Yankee Stadium has been a good venue for NYCFC, and now Citi Field as the one-time alternative home venue was just as good. An alternative home for NYCFC is not what the fan base wants and soon there could be a permanent and new home for a franchise that has developed this winning formula in New York. So it was a 2-2 tie with Columbus on Decision Day Sunday that assured a second place finish in the Eastern Conference and second round bye in their postseason run for a MLS Cup.No knockout round this time for NYCFC, and next is the Eastern Conference semifinals at Yankee Stadium in two weeks on November 5th. And at Yankee Stadium the eventual MVP of the league. David Villa will be there. He scored both goals for NYCFC, his 21st and 22nd of the season. But this team thrives and wins at Yankee Stadium. They are looking forward to a return there as much as the fans after finishing second in their conference two straight years. “I don’t know when we’ve played at home the last time,” midfielder Alex Ring said. “Seven eight weeks ago. It feels like we’ve been on the road the whole time and it’ ...

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