Let me start this off by saying that as a lifelong New York Yankees fan, I take no pleasure in seeing them eliminated from the American League Championship Series — especially after they displayed such a tremendous effort to eliminate the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS after falling behind two-games-to-none, and almost did the same against the heavily favored Houston Astros in the ALCS.
With that said, I do feel one thing as a New York City FC fan: relief.
For the better part of two months now, I have tried to perform a balancing act between supporting the team I have loved since birth and supporting the team I have learned to love a little more recently.