New York City’s gearing up for the home stretch of its 2016 campaign. Last night, New York City’s starting eleven were visibly spent in the first half. Three games in seven days, and traveling a total of 1,391 miles in that span, will do that to you. But it’s more than that. The 37-year-old Andrea Pirlo and the 35-year-old David Villa have started 18 and 19 games, respectively. Pirlo’s logged 1,561 minutes already; Villa’s logged 1,726 minutes. Do the math: that comes out to 17 full games for Pirlo and 19 full games for Villa.
And on down the squad.