The excitement around New York City FC isn’t reserved for Patrick Vieira’s club’s run to the top of the Eastern Conference in Major League Soccer.
The Club’s Academy teams began preseason Monday with a vastly different look than a year ago.
“Last year it was just the one team with a couple of coaches and now we’ve grown into a full staff. They will be training out of St. John’s University [during the season] and there will be two teams and younger teams who will watch the older kids play,” NYCFC Sporting Director Claudio Reyna said. “It really starts to build out and feel more like an Academy where there’s kids of different age groups we’re looking to develop.