Thanks for reading. Definitely a very important season for Lewis and NYCFC. As I noted, you don't trade that much money to have someone rot on the bench. But Lewis is very much PV's player, not Dome's -- which doesn't mean he's not good or anything. I wonder how it'll all unfold after USMNT camp and preseason. Obviously, that January camp is essentially showcase to other teams for JLew.
Thanks for reading!
Hackworth is a very honest coach who's seen Jonathan for a few years now. I omitted this from the story but he actually consulted with his son Morgan, who plays at Akron, about Lewis before bringing him in on loan. Morgan and Jonathan played together for a season and Morgan signed off on it, really praising Lewis too.
I think you need a larger sample size to really dissect Lewis' defensive efforts. I think Hackworth saw that during that stretch of games and Dome sees it in training.
Regarding PV: he was super tight-lipped around the media when the camera was on. It's probably just how he was media trained throughout his career, but he explained things away from the camera. I think he was just waiting for the right time to play Lewis since it was a very win-now mentality, but not sure why he fell out of favor for the first few months last season. I don't think Medina is a winger in Dome's team, fwiw.
Thanks! Appreciate the Twitter engagement too!
Of course. As for this season, I hope to focus more on feature stories like I did last year. I think those resonate better than the day-by-day stuff since Glenn and others do it much better being they are around the team more often.
