After a famous playoff flameout on a 7-0 aggregate at the hands of the eventual Eastern Conference champions from Toronto, there wasn’t much for New York City FC fans to feel quite really pleased about. Such a humbling exeunt felt like regression for the Bronx Blues, who had barely begun to look as if they were building something real in the Five Boroughs.
What on earth is the solution for NYCFC’s defense? Who’s going to pick up the goal-scoring slack for Frank Lampard?
Count gaffer Patrick Vieira among those who are aren’t concerned about the future in the least.