On the road again, but for the last of their 3 games away from home, NCFC comes neaby to Montclair where we last saw Lucky and company of Penn FC. The Tues matchup will begin at 7 p.m.
Houston by way of their penalty kick win, earned the right to host the Union who we just saw at their home this past weekend. ESPN2 & UDN will have the game kicking off at 8p.m. ET. The BBVA faithful will see their hometown Dynamo in their first ever final of this historic tourney. Meahwhile the Union are back to the final yet again, for the 3rd time in 5 years. To the victor go the many spoils, 300,000 of them in dollars and a seat directly into the 2019 CCl. The loser in this last match will also get 6 figures with a $100,000 prize.
Contributed by Steven Torres
New York City FC (NYCFC) dropped a 2:0 league encounter to hosts Philadelphia Union, before a crowd of 17,594, at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pa. on Saturday evening.
After a scoreless first half, the Union got on the board in the 57th minute with a tally from Jamaican international forward Cory Burke off an assist from Czech Republic international midfielder Borek Dockal.
Aaron, on the strength of his play in the 2-0 win over Tampa is now an honoree for the week. Aaron lent his talents as NCFC ran their unbeaten streak to 6 games and just 2 points out of the playoffs. He totalled 4 interceptions, winning 3 tackles and all 6 duels, he is the 7th team member so honored.
James, it is a great town, my last team was there well before you were born in the 1986-'87 season. The first player from their academy program, this Homegrown from NYCFC was loaned out for 2 weeks as NYCFC reserves the right to recall him anytime. His only time with the first team has been in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup but saw sometime in the league showcase during All-Star festivities in ATL. Sands is now reunited with John Hackworth, the newly installed coach and his former coach with the U-17 USNT.
Sporting KC defender, Jimmy Medranda will be out from a knee surgery for the rest of the year. Last week, he underwent surgery showing damage in his left knee, another surgery is coming, sidelining him for 8 months. The 24 year old had been in each of the first 12 games for SKC, starting 8, getting 2 goals and an assist, the first in a 4-3 victory facing the Fire March 10 and then the goal of the week candidate in a 6-0 drubbing of the 'Caps April 20, on the 15th, his assist went to Zusi and the tying goal facing Seattle.
With a handful of former New York Cosmos players, Indy 11 were able to hold off the visitors 3-2 on a last minute goal after giving up a 2-0 lead. The away side had a major advantage in shots at 24-15 but Indy found the mark on a far higher % of their attempts on goal. Starikov opened the scoring in the 7th minute and Guerra closed the books near the closing of the game. NCFC kept pressing and in the 21st minute a goal line clearance by Carlyle held off a goal as the Kandziora shot got under the netminder, Williams. Kandziora again in the 29' just missed the post.
Earlier today, the 15 year partnership was announced for this one of a kind partnership. Under this union, La Liga will bring a regular season game a year to the States, a first for being out of Europe.
This agreement marks an interesting juncture for this, the world's most popular sport this side of the pond in that it is in the wake of a highly successful 2018 FIFA World Cup and part of the ramp up in North America for the 2026 version.
Saturday evening on MSG 7p.m. ET, see all the action. WIth a stellar 8-1-0 record facing Western Conference foes the overall record facing the 'Caps is just 1-1-2 in Vancouver they hope to bookend the record with 2's this weekend. NYRB have back to back away wins including 3 out of 4 as their 3 game road trip continues and they are looking for some more away cooking. MSG GO & NYRB Radio in English & Spanish start it all off at 6:30 with MSG and the Honda Countdown to Kickoff hosted by Matt Harmon then Ernesto Motta takes over for the Spanish broadcast.
In inking the 28 year old central defender, SKC gets over a decade of pro experience. TAM money went to work in getting Fontas and he is tied up until 2022, after passing his physical and getting his Visa & Transfer Cert. he is a go with an international spot on the team. Peter Vermes stated, " Amdreu is an experienced defender who strengthens our roster." Coming from La Liga and 5 years with Celta Vigo, he started 100 of 105 games played and achived the semis of the Uefa Europa League in 2016-'17.
