Andrew Leigh

2 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

For any regular Hudson River Blue readers who come to our site for the New York City FC coverage, this edition of How We Votedmight not be your favorite. For the unfamiliar, I cast a vote for MLS Player of the Matchday with the North American Soccer Reporters after every round of games and use this space to write about why I chose the two players who appeared on my ballot.

6 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Keaton Parks is trying to play through the pain of a lingering foot injury and it's making the midfield situation more complicated for New York City FC. Parks subbed out of New York City's 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati in the 26th minute and then was absent from the matchday squad at midweek when the team traveled to Pittsburgh to get knocked out of the US Open Cup by the Riverhounds.

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Welcome in for another edition of How We Voted, where I recap why I voted for the two players included on my MLS Player of the Matchday ballot following each round of league games. I talk through the votes I cast with North American Soccer Reporters and also share the winner of the final Player of the Matchday vote as well as the Team of the Matchday. For Matchday 11 it's a first in the short history of this column: My votes went to two players on the same team.

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

New York City FC opened their very busy month of May with an impressive 1-0 win at Citi Field, silencing an FC Cincinnati team that entered having won five straight matches. A lethal low strike from Julián Fernández in the ninth minute was all it took to separate the teams, though New York City had plenty of chances to add to their lead. Alonso Martínez drew a penalty in the 12th minute but failed to convert from the spot, blasting his shot off the post.

2 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

The first quarter of the 2025 New York City FC season is complete. Ten Major League Soccer matches played out of the 34 scheduled during the regular season, but there's also at least one US Open Cup match and at least three Leagues Cup matches, bringing us to a 38-game minimum. Advancing in any of Open Cup, Leagues Cup, or into the MLS Cup Playoffs would bring New York City's games played total to and beyond 40, making 10 a neat quarterly cutoff point.