Enjoyable for 2 minutes then over for NYCFC

A particular two-host episode this week as host Mark Radigan is with out John Baney however with producer Andrew Leigh to speak you thru the whole thing of the temporary New York City FC run within the 2025 Leagues Cup.

Yes, one other midseason cup event has unsuccessfully come and gone, with three matches performed and two losses sending New York City out meekly in Phase One of the overhauled event between MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX.

Episode 50 begins with Mark and Andrew reviewing the pair of blended outcomes earned throughout the Hudson River at Sports Illustrated Stadium, starting with the disastrous tournament-opening 3-0 loss to Club Puebla.

It all went mistaken for a rotated model of NYCFC, behind after two minutes of the event and finally handed a heavy three-goal defeat that basically doomed the membership to elimination. We surprise what that loss actually mentioned concerning the depth obtainable to Head Coach Pascal Jansen, which additionally results in some discuss extra usually concerning the new Leagues Cup format, an unforgiving one for outcomes just like the Puebla loss.

It wasn’t all unhealthy in Leagues Cup, although, as proved by NYCFC’s 2-0 win over Club León. That match gave us motive to speak a few uncommon purpose from Agustín Ojeda, and the problem in entrance of him to attempt to make the most of the chance to start out all through Leagues Cup. We additionally had heaps to say about each Alonso Martínez, who scored and assisted within the win, and Matt Freese, who denied Colombian megastar James Rodríguez of Club León from the penalty spot.

After the break, Mark and Andrew drop in from the press field at Yankee Stadium to offer a direct post-match response to the Leagues Cup-closing 2-1 loss to Deportivo Toluca FC. There’s discuss of the newest loss, but additionally discuss of what the event as a complete did for our rest-of-season NYCFC expectations, and whose inventory we thought rose throughout Leagues Cup.

Listen to our one all-Leagues Cup, all-the-time episode of 2025, which you may discover beneath, or over on Bleav, Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you may pod.