"When he played the way he played tonight, we could play another hour and look like we're not going to concede..."
That was Patrick Vieira’s take on Sean Johnson’s Man of the Match-winning performance in NYCFC’s 2-0 win over LA Galaxy on Saturday night.
It was a victory that lifted Vieira’s men to second place in the Eastern Conference and in the Supporters Shield Race, following up the 3-2 Hudson River Derby victory on the previous weekend.
It could have been a very different story if NYCFC hadn’t fielded a goalkeeper who was at the very peak of his powers.