After going unbeaten in four, including the first three positive road results of the 2026 season, the Cosmos came back to earth by losing 2-1 at home to fellow USL League One expansion side Sarasota Paradise.
A third straight draw for New York City FC, this time a positive result to keep a clean sheet against the top team in all of MLS in a 0-0 at Yankee Stadium.
A walk through the history of the many different MLS Cup Playoff formats used over the years sheds a different light on the proposed new version the league is weighing introducing for the 2027/28 season.
NYCFC will try to break out of a prolonged winless streak back home at Yankee Stadium, though to do so, they'll need to snap the four-match winning streak Nashville rides in on.
NYCFC closed out the MLS summer transfer window by loaning Seymour Reid to Sporting Kansas City through next May, and by picking up GAM and a Second Round SuperDraft pick in exchange for an international slot.
Ben Wright of SixOneFive Soccer on Nashville's chase for the single season MLS points record, Brian Schwake's emergence at keeper, new signing Elias Saad's fit in the attack.
Santiago Rodríguez is back in MLS, but the $6M fee to bring him to Columbus isn't going to sellers Botafogo, instead being put towards settling Botafogo's debts to NYCFC (and Atlanta), the second time this summer a club from Brazil's debts to NYCFC made headlines.
NYCFC and MLS now confirm Edison, New Jersey, and a soon-to-be-completed 6,500-seat multi-purpose stadium will become the new home for a relocated and rebranded version of New York City FC II as part of MLS Next Pro's new Hometown Soccer Holdings initiative.
The 2027 US Open Cup will mark the first time all the American teams in MLS compete in the tournament since 2023, with the 27 MLS sides set to enter next year's tournament in July during the Round of 64.
Analyzing the state of the New York City FC squad in the closing hours of the MLS transfer window, as the club remains stuck in a winless streak, banged up, and staring down a visit from Supporters' Shield leaders Nashville SC.
Thiago Martins and Keaton Parks, recent returnees from injury, had to limp out of NYCFC's 1-1 draw with Toronto FC, deepening what's been a season-long string of injury setbacks for some of the team's most important players.
A second straight 1-1 draw on the road for New York City FC as Nicolás Fernández Mercau opened up a lead in the 29th minute only for the lead to disappear in the second half.
Gotham FC extended its unbeaten streak to 10 matches with a 1-1 draw with Portland Thorns FC, as Jaedyn Shaw's stunning goal from distance got canceled out by a 75th-minute PK for Portland's Sophia Wilson.
NYCFC tries to snap its five-match winless streak on the road against a Toronto side that's suddenly unbeaten in four, and only sits three points behind NYCFC in the Eastern Conference standings.
Toronto is in good form and in touching distance of a playoff spot, and it's in part because of Josh Sargent, who John Molinaro of TFC Republic says will be the X-factor when New York City FC plays TFC at BMO Field.
NYCFC has a record of 4W-3D-9L this season while playing on two or three days' rest, 26th out of the 30 MLS teams in terms of the points-per-game the club has picked up while enduring quick turnarounds between matches.
