Despite odd form, NYCFC emerges as favorites to beat Pumas in Leagues Cup

I can’t express to you how frustrating this past week has been in relation to being an New York City FC supporter. Despite facing match congestion on a short road trip, it wasn’t asking much of an in-form NYCFC to make easy work of teams like the Chicago Fire and Toronto FC, two clubs that have struggled immensely all season. Collecting a mere two points from each — a scoreless draw against Chicago and terrible collapse that lead to a 2-2 draw against Toronto — was unacceptable. City came into those games with the opportunity to put themselves firmly in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference.