NYCFC went into Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale with zero designated players available for their season opener against Inter Miami FC. Just hours before kick-off on Saturday night the team officially announced the departure of midfielder Santi Rodriguez and captain, Thiago Martins, was still recovering from a preseason injury. Even without the presence of those key players, the Boys in Blue were able to fight back from a one goal deficit to equalize and eventually take the lead for a large portion of the second half only to concede the equalizer in the last minutes of play.
This week Mike Anderer, J.R. diBart and Michael Allen breakdown the choices made by David Lee and by Pascal Jansen this week. There’s also audio post-game from Mitjia Illenic and our annual list of over/under lines for 2025.
As the days remaining to NYCFC’s first game of the season tick away, the squad is getting younger on average thanks to a little addition by subtraction. The pending loss of Santi Rodriguez means an already young team will be even younger with the departure of the veteran midfielder.
This week Mike Anderer and Mike Allen look at the impact that Santi’s departure will have on the decisions Pascal Jansen will have to make in his starting XI.
It has been just over a month with new head coach, Pascal Jansen, in charge of the club and already some keywords are already starting to permeate the preseason camp. Top among them is “bullet-proof mindset”.
This week Mike Anderer and J.R. diBart are joined by Adam and Justin from Post 90 Podcast to dive into the preseason mindset of the Boys in Blue. J.R. traveled out to the Coachella Invitational and collected some audio from Justin Haak, Mounsef Bakrar and Tayvon Gray.
