Soccer is a funny game. Virtually every league in the world has that one pitch, that one venue that just acts as a trick room of sorts, baiting opposition teams in with the hope they can overcome the 12th player that is the field itself. New York City Football Club and the minuscule Yankee Stadium are that duo in MLS, and will probably retain that designation until the club can finally open the doors on a true soccer-specific-stadium of its own.
Gonzalo Pineda and co. are very aware of the challenges involved in playing on that tiny pitch that’s piggybacked onto a baseball field, having lost in the first round of the playoffs there in 2021.