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Must-Watch Material: New York City vs. New England
This contest features international icons (but not Frank Lampard); a legendary (temporary) venue; and U.S. national team stars (but no Jermaine Jones). Clearly, New York City FC's home opener is intriguing.
ONE TEAM FINISHED last year as the hottest in Major League Soccer. The other didn’t exist this time last year but grabbed more than its share of offseason headlines—and not all of them were good.
So yeah, Sunday's clash between the New England Revolution and New York City FC presents one of the more intriguing early season matchups and is American Soccer Now’s choice for the MLS Game of the Week (5pm ET, ESPN2).
THE BASICS
New York City (0-0-1) is playing its first-ever home game at a venue with more than a little history, Yankee Stadium. That alone is almost worth watching, especially after Yankees all-star Mark Teixeira and NYCFC coach Jason Kreis got into a media tussle this week about Yankee Stadium being used for MLS. (Condensed version: Teixeira thinks it sucks, Kreis says too damn bad.)
NYCFC is coming off a tie with expansion twin Orlando City, where the Bronx Bombers—do we call them that?—were outplayed most of the game but nearly secured three points before conceding an unlucky equalizer off a deflected Kaka free kick that cost them two points.
The Revs (0-1-0) entered the season as heavy favorites to win the Eastern Conference then went out to Seattle and got curb-stomped by the Sounders in Week One. Granted, Jay Heaps' team was without three of its top players, but it has to be said that the team looked nothing like a contender at either side of the field...[/quote]
Must-Watch Material: New York City vs. New England
This contest features international icons (but not Frank Lampard); a legendary (temporary) venue; and U.S. national team stars (but no Jermaine Jones). Clearly, New York City FC's home opener is intriguing.
ONE TEAM FINISHED last year as the hottest in Major League Soccer. The other didn’t exist this time last year but grabbed more than its share of offseason headlines—and not all of them were good.
So yeah, Sunday's clash between the New England Revolution and New York City FC presents one of the more intriguing early season matchups and is American Soccer Now’s choice for the MLS Game of the Week (5pm ET, ESPN2).
THE BASICS
New York City (0-0-1) is playing its first-ever home game at a venue with more than a little history, Yankee Stadium. That alone is almost worth watching, especially after Yankees all-star Mark Teixeira and NYCFC coach Jason Kreis got into a media tussle this week about Yankee Stadium being used for MLS. (Condensed version: Teixeira thinks it sucks, Kreis says too damn bad.)
NYCFC is coming off a tie with expansion twin Orlando City, where the Bronx Bombers—do we call them that?—were outplayed most of the game but nearly secured three points before conceding an unlucky equalizer off a deflected Kaka free kick that cost them two points.
The Revs (0-1-0) entered the season as heavy favorites to win the Eastern Conference then went out to Seattle and got curb-stomped by the Sounders in Week One. Granted, Jay Heaps' team was without three of its top players, but it has to be said that the team looked nothing like a contender at either side of the field...[/quote]
