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Three Things We Learned against the Philadelphia Union with Ian Joy

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Three things we learned from the NYCFC vs Philadelphia Union match:

1. How important it is to have your Designated Players fit and healthy to play the way they can play

Frank Lampard came back to the team today and showed us what he’s all about.

Lampard is such an experienced player that he can have an impact on any team in Major League Soccer, to be honest, any team around the world, even at his age. But he needed to be one hundred percent fit, he needed to get his training done, he needed to get himself back and ready one hundred percent so that mentally he can be tuned in to play to the best of his abilities and I thought his performance today was simply outstanding.