Jacksonville is really heating up and so too is NYCFC’s preseason…
Following that limb-loosening first hour of practice on a blustery day one, day two was a double session which required plenty of grit and intensity in far more typically Floridian conditions.
The morning session was particularly grueling as the coaches put the players through a series of drills targeted towards conditioning, as well as technique.
Gone are the days where preseason consisted of endless laps around pitches – these days there’s always a ball even in the most hard-running of exercises.
For some newcomers, this will have been one of the toughest mornings in their young careers but everyone stuck to the task and dug in to the delight of Head Coach Patrick Vieira.