{"id":55037,"date":"2020-08-27T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nycfc-is-surviving-instead-of-thriving\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:09:00","slug":"nycfc-is-surviving-instead-of-thriving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nycfc-is-surviving-instead-of-thriving\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYCFC is surviving instead of thriving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28144d8252c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28144d8252c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nycfc-is-surviving-instead-of-thriving\/#Red_Bulls_cant_outlast_fine_margins_forever\" >Red Bulls can\u2019t outlast fine margins forever<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYCFC is surviving instead of thriving<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 27, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 11:09am          <\/p>\n<div>\n                        It hasn\u2019t been easy.<\/p>\n<p>The performances have been labored. Talisman Maxi Moralez has been hurt. Seven <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s have yielded just two wins, even after Monday night\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>Still, New York City FC\u2019s 1-0 squeaker against Columbus this week was a win nonetheless and you could tell just how much it meant for this desperate team from the players\u2019 postgame comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe owed it to ourselves,\u201d goalkeeper Sean Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has a right to their opinion,\u201d said captain Alex Ring, who celebrated his winning goal by shushing an unclear target in the empty stadium. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to say stuff, but say it to my face or the face of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the three points were a welcome return for the club, it\u2019s hard not to notice the feeling that has surrounded it of late. The East\u2019s top seed a year ago now has an air of survival around it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone who\u2019s been [in] football understands just how tough of a situation this is, when you go around and you\u2019re not winning games,\u201d head coach Ronny Deila said. \u201cThis club is used to [winning]. That pressure is on all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16198049\"><img alt=\"Anton Tinnerholm NYCFC\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Anton Tinnerholm of New York City FC and Derrick Etienne of the Columbus Crew pursue the ball at Red Bull Arena.<\/span><span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To look at the finer details of NYCFC\u2019s season thus far obfuscates from the larger picture that shows the season has gone woefully wrong to date. This is a team that felt on the cusp of real success last year, so to be currently scraping to get back into the playoff picture feels like a massive step back.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Moralez\u2019s eventual return from injury will help (as Deila pointed out during his virtual presser), but when you\u2019re still talking about attackers gaining \u201cconfidence\u201d after seven league games, as he did, things aren\u2019t quite right. Especially when those attackers are all prime-aged players who formed the league\u2019s second-most prolific attack last season.<\/p>\n<p>Heber and Alexandru Mitrita should have no reason not to be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly confident. Both hit double figures in goals last season, but neither has scored yet this season. That regression should be troubling to New York City fans, and so too should Deila\u2019s passive outlook toward the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy winning and performing, we will get the quality out of the players,\u201d he said after the Columbus victory.<\/p>\n<p>Creating that momentum, however, is precisely Deila\u2019s job. You can criticize his tactics or bemoan Moralez\u2019s health if you want, but this much is objectively true: a team that returned its core from a record-breaking season is now struggling to create good chances and win games in the same way.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t feel like progress.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Red_Bulls_cant_outlast_fine_margins_forever\"><\/span>Red Bulls can\u2019t outlast fine margins forever<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although they bested New York City FC in the Hudson River Derby last week and have a more comfortable position in the table, the Red Bulls have problems of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Results are catching up with them.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, the Red Bulls have enjoyed a decent start to the season with 10 points, and just three losses from seven games. The more advanced stats, however, show them as a team in grave danger of falling off a cliff.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Bulls have conceded far more xG (7.8) than NYCFC (5.3) per FBref.com, and have barely outscored their crosstown rivals in the same metric (3.6 to 3.4). They were fortunate to beat NYCFC with an error from keeper Johnson (and possibly the refs), and probably should have been dispatched more easily than the 1-0 scoreline they fell to Philadelphia on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative around the Red Bulls seems less alarmist than NYCFC (maybe because the latter had higher expectations entering this year), but this team will struggle mightily to win games going forward if it can\u2019t effectively create chances. You know things are a bit dire when your top scorer is a defender (full-back Kyle Duncan leads the team with a meager two goals).<\/p>\n<p>Things could improve, but right now this is a worse team than the table would tell you.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/27\/nycfc-is-surviving-instead-of-thriving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#NYCFC is surviving instead of thriving&#8221; August 27, 2020 | 11:09am It hasn\u2019t been easy. The performances have been labored. Talisman Maxi Moralez has been hurt. Seven games have yielded just two wins, even after Monday night\u2019s success. 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