Alex Ring shrugged off news that he’d earned a spot in the MLS Team of the Week.
For the Finland international midfielder, the team’s performance and the three points taken against Atlanta United were the only two factors of importance.
NYCFC lie in third place in the Eastern Conference going into Sunday’s showdown with FC Dallas and Alex is channeling his energies into stringing together three consecutive wins for the first time in 2017.
Ring told NYCFC.com: “I don’t really care about that stuff – I was happy with the team and the team made me look better in the game.