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2025 Midterm Report Card: Jonny Shore

1 day ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Oliver Strand

Jonny Shore is the most surprising player on a New York City FC squad that is having a surprising season. From his unexpected start on opening day against Inter Miami at the tender age of 17, to his masterful performances in the wins over Orlando City on March 8 and Philadelphia Union on April 12, Shore has shown why he deserved to be promoted from NYCFC II to the First Team. The Homegrown midfielder is easily the biggest revelation on the NYCFC roster this year.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Maxi Moralez

1 day ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

This is part of our 2025 Midterm Reports for the New York City FC squad. You'll find past midterm reports and final grades here. At age 38 and in his ninth season with New York City FC, Maxi Moralez remained an every-match starter through the first half of the MLS season. The midfielder started all 17 of the team's MLS matches and was out there for 89.4% of the available 1,530 league minutes.
USMNT Match Preview: Friendly vs Türkiye in East Hartford, CT

2 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Game Day Essentials • International Friendly: United States vs Türkiye • Date and Time: Saturday, June 7, 3:30 pm ET • Venue: Rentschler Field at Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, CT • Forecast: Cloudy with the possibility of a thunderstorm, 73F/22C • Watch: TNT (English), plus Telemundo and Universo (Spanish); Streaming on Max (English) and Peacock (Spanish); "Alt Cast" featuring Men In Blazers and Clint Dempsey available on truTV and Max • Broadcast Team: (English) Luke Wileman...
Brooklyn FC transfers Neeku Purcell to Seattle Reign of NWSL

2 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Brooklyn FC made some transfer history this week as the USL Super League club announced the sale of goalkeeper Neeku Purcell. Purcell is joining Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League for an undisclosed transfer fee, and technically as a short-term replacement player, becoming the first player ever to be sold from the USL Super League to the NWSL.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Justin Haak

3 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Oliver Strand

Justin Haak's future with New York City FC at the end of the 2024 season was unclear. The midfielder, who signed his first professional contract with the club in 2019 at the age of 17, was frustrated with his lack of playing time with the First Team. He told the press that he was ready to be an everyday starter, and wanted to be with an organization that felt the same.
Another Lionel Messi masterclass, another Player of the Matchday win

5 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Is How We Votedat risk of turning into a column all about Lionel Messi? To spoil the mystery that should have been spoiled upon seeing the headline, for a second straight round of matches, I voted for Messi for MLS Player of the Matchday when submitting my ballot to the North American Soccer Reporters – and he won the final vote, handily. This column exists to explain my choices, though Matchday 17 also felt like one of the easiest rounds of voting I've faced in my few years casting ballots.
Alonso Martínez called up by Costa Rica

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Alonso Martínez is officially spending June with the Costa Rica national team as the New York City FC striker was named to Costa Rica's 26-player roster for a pair of 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. Martínez gets the call from Costa Rica national team manager Miguel Herrera thanks to another strong season in MLS, where the 26-year-old forward has eight goals and one assist in 15 appearances.
New York City vs Houston player ratings

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Oliver Strand

New York City FC player ratings are determined by you the Hudson River Blue readers: Here are your NYCFC player ratings after the soggy 3-0 midweek loss to Houston in The Bronx. Boy, are these ratings bad. How bad? So bad, that not a single player is above a 6.0 — Matt Freese's poor 5.8 is the best on the team. So bad, that the Starting XI has an average rating of 4.5 — and all 16 players who saw the field have an average rating of 4.4, a new low.
Lionel Messi wins his first Player of the Matchday of 2025

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

A genuine surprise it took this long for Lionel Messi to show up in How We Voted, the column in which I explain my every vote for MLS Player of the Matchday. It's not been due to some specific anti-Messi stance on my part, there have just been other deserving players for the places on the two-player ballots I've submitted through the North American Soccer Reporters following this MLS season's first 15 rounds of matches.
New York City 0-3 Houston: 4 Thoughts

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

New York City FC played Houston Dynamo FC on Matchday 16 at Yankee Stadium on an ugly, cold, rainy night and the home team lost in ugly fashion, falling 3-0 to the visiting Western Conference team. This snapped a mini-winning streak after NYCFC had won two straight home games and looked generally solid while going unbeaten in three.