MLS - April 4 - St. Louis (CF)

[mgarbowski]

Didn’t parking used to be $25?

Is NYCFC following the FIFA plan? Parking is more expensive than some tickets. Ooooofff.

It's been going up at Citi every year. I think it was $40 last year and $25 sounds right for back when the team first started playing there regularly. I also think the Mets set these prices.
But since we'll be using the Mets parking even with our own stadium this is unlikely to improve. Given how the club is pricing tickets, it would probably not be any better if the club controlled it either.

 

[canchon]

And they're playing reasonable well despite the record and the opposition.

ASA has their team Goals Added differential at +1.92, ranked 9th in the league and just slightly ahead of us at +1.87.
They also rank 8th in xGD and xPts, while their actual GD and Points rank 20th and T22 respectively.

In sum, their results are lagging far behind their play, which is a stark reversal from their first season and a half, when every shot went in and every opponent gifted them a turnover directly in front of goal. In 2023, St Louis had 56 Points and 44.73 xPts, and their actual GD was almost 19 goals better than the xGD. Oh how the turntables have turned.

If you're wondering, the distance between our Pts and xPts is less than 1, but our actual GD of 7 is more than double our xGD. A lot of the reason those don't line up is we won one game by 5 goals and no matter what you can only get 3 points out of that. The Orlando game was worth 2.89 xPts.

I remember that first season when it was inconceivable how many dumb mistakes and breaks they were getting to score easy breakdown goals. What was even more funny was their (new) fans trying to explain that their press was something MLS hadn’t ever seen before and it was skill that was allowing them to get so many of these goals.

Regression is a rough game sometimes.

 

[BC19]

Horrible result. Something is broken at your football club when a 40 year old has to be pressing in 5th minute of injury time to protect a lead. Do Nothing Dunivant and Gaslighting Brad Sims can stick it.

 

[Kenny]

Speaking of which, Moussa Sylla started, played 79 minutes, and scored a goal in his last match for Schalke

 

[moogoo]

How sad.. Should have protected that lead better instead of trying to kill the game. Multiple opportunities to game manage when we were 1 v 5 in our attack toward the end and somehow tried to shoot on goal instead of running the clock out. Gets to a point where it's like WTF?

btw - did you guys know polvara used to be a season ticket holder for NYCFC? *eyeroll

 

[Matchday Logbot]

Spoiler: matchday log

Apr 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM - LionNYC: Saw a guy wearing a Red Bulls kit on the subway going back home before changing for our match. On the way to the subway to the LIRR to the match, a guy said, let’s go NYCFC. So 50/50 day thus far. Let’s get that W. And with some helpful results go top of the east. But it’s cold out there tonight. But I’m just glad NYCFC is back
Apr 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM - Gene:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2040557472675512348

Apr 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM - moogoo: looks like no new faces breaking into the XI. probably cause alternative options are pretty slim.
Apr 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM - Gene: Is Joe doing PBP tonight?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2040557986007887962

Apr 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM - Gotham Gator: I would guess he’s going to be doing in stadium stuff, but hopefully, you’re right.
Apr 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM - BC19: My first and probably one few games in person this season. Skyscraper running across the field and planting the flag is hystercial
Apr 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM - Gene: No Joe. Williams and Severese.
Apr 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM - Gene: GAME ON!!!
Apr 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM - Kenny: Wolf is completely ineffective.
Apr 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM - LIexpat: Are the cameras for this game on Artemis II , players look tiny in this view
Apr 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM - Gene: Ojeda has to pull the trigger there.
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM - Marito: Wolf has some value, but he can't dribble at all
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM - Kenny: sloppy tonight
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM - Kenny: The passing
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM - Gotham Gator: I hope we don’t rue those missed chances.
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM - Gotham Gator: What the hell Grey???? (Bad cross)
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM - Gotham Gator: Last 10-15 mins have been fairly even.
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM - gbservis: Stl spending a lot of time chasing the ball, hopefully they start to wear down
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM - Kenny: I figured when we all predicted comfortable wins in the pickem thread we could be in for some trouble
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM - Gotham Gator: Interesting shooting stats via FotMob.
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM - Gotham Gator: xG: 0.57 - 0.36
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM - Gotham Gator: xGOT: 0.13 - 1.09
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM - Gene: gollllll
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM - Gene: Wolf!
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM - Kenny: My reverse jinx worked
Apr 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM - gbservis: Very clean from Wolf
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM - Gene: It's okay to get selfish every now and then, boys!
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM - Marito: Lowe's should sue for such crappy best assist segments
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM - gbservis: Martins channeling Chanot
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM - Kenny: This is not super comfortable
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM - Gene: fuck me
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM - Kenny: Totally deserved. We fucked around and found out
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM - yogicen: Oops, what happened?
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM - Kenny: Everything else falling our way in the conference and we blew it
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM - Alex Da Silva: Ugh feels like a loss, so many chances for the 2nd. Almost like not having a true striker on the field reduces our ability to score
Apr 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM - LionNYC: Missed opportunity to make it 1st in the east how results are going. Battle of the keepers tonight. Nico walked right off the field