For the first time since 2018, NYCFC has no one on MLS's annual 22 Under 22 list, with the club's academy products and young international signings not held in as high regard as they once were.
The New York City FC season is spiraling after another loss and a not-good-enough draw, though an update on the progress made toward Etihad Park's construction might ease some of the pain.
Etihad Park is starting to look like the home New York City FC has long waited for. The club, however, is facing challenges on multiple fronts as the stadium's opening nears.
LAFC took a lead but Andrés Perea headed home an equalizer for NYCFC, and a possible stoppage-time winner for Heung-Min Son instead hit the post, making it a 1-1 draw at Citi Field.
New York City FC returns home after a three-match road swing trying to snap a four-match winless streak, and trying to earn a first win at Citi Field this season.
Loradana Paletta, age 15, will be the youngest member of the 21-player United States squad competing at the U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, the latest major accomplishment for the phenom out of the NYCFC girls academy.
Don Garber said MLS won't investigate NYCFC's owners in light of the Premier League's guilty verdict on Man City financial rules violations, but City Football Group and Man City CEO Ferran Soriano's influence inside MLS means the league can't easily ignore the ongoing case.
First-half goals from Germán Berterame and Rodrigo De Paul doomed New York City FC to a 2-0 defeat at Nu Stadium, making it a four-match winless streak and extending the suffering to just one win across NYCFC's last 12 league matches.
New York City makes a first trip to Miami's brand-new Nu Stadium, facing the defending MLS Cup champions and looking for a positive result to breathe some life into a late-season push for a playoff spot.
After collapsing while playing with a lead and up a man in Chicago, it's time to wonder if NYCFC has hit rock bottom, what it all means for Pascal Jansen and the roster, and whether the upcoming Miami and LAFC matches will stop the slide.
Matt Freese's mistake on the match-winning goal in the loss to Chicago made it a third straight match in which an individual error has taken points off the board for a NYCFC team falling further and further behind in the race for a playoff spot.
New York City FC threw away a first-half lead and an 11v10 advantage and conceded twice in the second half, including on a brutal error from Matt Freese, to lose 2-1 to the Fire at Soldier Field.
NYCFC returns from the international break and starts a tricky three-match week with an early afternoon kickoff in Chicago against a Fire squad that's won back-to-back matches.
The three NYCFC players called up by their senior national teams — Matt Freese of the United States, Aiden O'Neill of Australia, and Tayvon Gray of Jamaica — saw very little playing time during this window while they were also badly missed at club level.
Youth movement working for United States men's national team, plus a New York Cosmos leadership shakeup, Westchester SC shutdown rumors, and New York City FC's desperate need for a late-season spark.
The Premier League found Manchester City guilty of all 115 charges related to violations of the league's financial rules, creating lots of hard-to-answer questions about what the fallout looks like for other City Football Group clubs.
