Andrea Pirlo, one of the key pieces to the NYCFC midfield who missed Sunday’s playoff match in Toronto with a calf injury, did not practice Wednesday. But NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira sounded as if he is expecting Pirlo to be ready for Sunday’s second leg of the series at Yankee Stadium.
Pirlo has undergone an MRI exam.
“There are some things there,” Vieira said. “We just have to keep working on him and see how he progresses day after day. Hopefully, if we follow the program well, he should be training by the end of the week.