What it lacks in glamour it may make up for in strategic significance, as representing the first steps in NYC FC and City Football Group establishing a meaningful physical base in the United States. When New York City FC had yet to play a competitive match they traveled to Manchester as part of their first ever pre-season, to train at the then newly completed City Football Academy. Facebook Twitter Pinterest New York City FC’s Etihad City Football Academy in Orangeburg, New York. City Football Group’s attempts to find a stadium site in the notoriously difficult New York real estate market have been well documented. NYC FC may not yet have opened the stadium home their fans want to see, but City Football Group’s American starter home is now in place, and may yet shape NYC FC’s folklore as much as Banc of California Stadium shapes LAFC’s.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 11:03 UTC