It’s especially hard to do it in their house.
But tonight, with the Five Stripes closing in on the second-place spot in the Eastern Conference that NYCFC have held for much of the season only to lose their grip, it happened.
Thank you, Loons.
Our Boys in Blue don’t just get to hold on to that #2 seed with two games remaining; now that Atlanta no longer has any games in hand, they suddenly control their own destiny.
And it couldn’t have happened more sublimely.
The hosts somehow managed to slam two second-half goals into Minnesota’s net to take the lead despite going down a man on the hour.