We’re now more than halfway through the Jacksonville leg of NYCFC’s preseason.
Since our last journal entry, the team enjoyed a well-earned day off on Saturday to allow muscles to rest after an intense first five days of the training camp.
Duelling
It was needed as Sunday’s double session required every bit of endurance available to our 28-strong party.
The highlight of the morning portion of the day was undoubtedly the 1v1s which pitted Chanot vs Brillant, McNamara vs Pirlo, Shelton vs Okoli and Harrison vs Matarrita to name but four matchups.
They might be teammates at Yankee Stadium on gameday but there was certainly no easing up on the competitive nature of these duels as you’ll see in the video below from around 03:50!