NEW YORK - Former Chelsea star Frank Lampard will leave Major League Soccer's New York City FC once his contract expires at the end of the year, the team announced Monday. The 38-year-old English midfielder was signed by the North American league expansion squad in 2014 and scored 15 goals in 31 appearances. He netted the team's first-ever hat trick against the Colorado Rapids and helped NYCFC reach the playoffs for the first time. He wound up at New York City FC's owners, Manchester City, in the 2014-2015 English Premier League campaign before joining the MLS side last year. Lampard, paired with Italian Andrea Pirlo in the NYC lineup, scored 29 goals in 106 caps for England before retiring from international football in 2014.

Source: Bangkok Post November 14, 2016 17:03 UTC