NYCFC are entering a hugely anticipated postseason under subpar circumstances.
After ending the season with a club-record 64 points and the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed, NYCFC are being booted from their home turf at Yankee Stadium because of the just-concluded ALCS.
NYCFC will host Toronto FC on Wednesday at Citi Field, relinquishing much of the home-field advantage that helped them to the best regular season in team history. Toronto enters the conference semifinals fresh off of a 5-1 shellacking over DC United on Saturday.
Despite NYCFC trading the Yankees’ digs for the Mets’, there’s reason to believe they can advance.