This franchise continually gives lip service to its fans about everything, so should we really be surprised their, "We care about the US Open Cup, really, we do" was all lip-service?
A disrespectful XI, and what was he waiting for on the Harrison sub? Was he hoping we'd score so he wouldn't have to use Jack with the Philly game on Saturday? That's not taking a competition seriously, that's hoping you can escape with a result, but not really trying to go out and get the result.
The nickname of this team should be the NYCFC Lip Services.