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Ticos teammates reunited - How Mataritta convinced Wallace to join NYCFC

Costa Rica's Rodney Wallace and Ronald Matarrita are now together on New York City FC, and both should play key roles in the MLS club's title chase.

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Before their recent reunion as New York City FC teammates, the last time Ronald Matarrita and Rodney Wallace shared a field wearing the same uniform was while celebrating Costa Rica's 4-0 World Cup qualifying victory against the United States. T

But that was before NYCFC reached out to Wallace hoping to convince him to join its push for an MLS Cup. Wallace was well aware how good a team NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira had put together, but he still needed to make one phone call after NYCFC reached out.