NYCFC Academy - General Discussion

[Dnigly13]

That was fun to watch. Gio and sands are good. sands little bro wasn’t bad. 40 was fast. 5 played ok. Wanted to see more from Haak.

 

[Kjbert]

And we won with a bunch of kids younger than the age group.

 

[sundance]

I asked Claudio after the game when we would have a USL team. He told me 2020. Said that it’s a big cost, and there have been a lot of moving pieces with the league—D2/D3, etc. But said emphatically that “we really, really want it.”

 

[Aguero-kun]

I think galaxy are young too though (certainly llanez and Alvarez are on the young side). Someone not named Aguero-kun should check the average ages of the teams through the tournament, I think. My guess is the better teams will generally be younger.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

sands little bro wasn’t bad.

We had different streams.

Haak is the best player on that team.

Yeah, I said it. He’s better than Gio. Gio chews the ball and makes slow decisions way too often.

 

[LionNYC]

In a 0-0 game, Kwaku Owusu is my Man of the Match.

Penaranda made two huge saves in extra time then came up big in the PK shootout.

Coach Matt Pilkington, the staff, the families, and the players congrats on a championship season!

 

[LostAnvil]

not too shabby for their first year in that age group

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Owusu is my Man of the Match.

He was really really good. He and Sands are a great pair back there. I like Owusu. Athletic, strong, fast, pretty damn good with ball and plays penetrative (heheheheh) passes.

 

[LostAnvil]

We had different streams.

Haak is the best player on that team.

Yeah, I said it. He’s better than Gio. Gio chews the ball and makes slow decisions way too often.

Cavani is a hero!

 

[Midas Mulligan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1016892661024874496

 

[adam]

 

[LionNYC]

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They need to work on their trophy lift, but they’ll have time to perfect it before they’re pros.

 

[LostAnvil]

They need to work on their trophy lift, but they’ll have time to perfect it before they’re pros.

 

[adam]

They need to work on their trophy lift, but they’ll have time to perfect it before they’re pros.

They got it up there. But it was blurry because they kept bouncing.

 

[COLINMOUTH]

We had different streams.

Haak is the best player on that team.

Yeah, I said it. He’s better than Gio. Gio chews the ball and makes slow decisions way too often.

Often has far too strong a first touch and turns the ball over as result as well. Dude needs to stick around, screw Europe.

 

[JayH]

Was cool how a couple of the guys consoled and helped up the dejected keeper before jumping into the celebration pile. Great stuff boys.

 

[Shwafta]

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Was cool how a couple of the guys consoled and helped up the dejected keeper before jumping into the celebration pile. Great stuff boys.

noticed this as well, it was really nice!

 

[Dnigly13]

Haak is the best player on that team.

Based off the hype, I just expected more.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

USL please. Has to happen.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Based off the hype, I just expected more.

He’s not hyped. That’s what none of us understand.

And did you see the way he protected the defense? He was standing up Llanez and Alvarez all over the pitch. Those guys are rated right up there with or above Gio, and Haak managed to largely make both look mundane in any duel, while also being excellent in possession and bringing the ball forward.

If you weren’t impressed with him, then you might want to skip watching youth matches for NYC, or any national team for that matter. He was absolute class. Plays a very mature #6 game for a teenager.

I’d rather see that than some physical beast out there shoving folks off the ball and running past people.