It wasn't simply that the finish was gorgeous. Sure, it was, and dazzlingly so. Rarely in NYCFC's short history have so many jaws hit the floor in unison.
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But the backdrop for Tommy McNamara's game-winning smasher at Providence Park -- that impeccable top-shelf looper that stole the air from the collective lungs of the Timbers Army -- could not have been more poetic.
It was at that very same ground in April of 2014 that McNamara, then a rookie with Chivas USA, fell to earth.