NYCFC went down to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Houston Dynamo in our Desert Diamond Cup opener on Saturday night and there was no shortage of talking points.
There could have been more, but here are five things we learned from the game…
1. VAR
Only one place to start… the moment David Villa was shown a straight red card, seconds after being shown a yellow.
How does something like that happen? Well, in between these two instances, the referee made the “box” motion, to indicate that video footage would be required to determine El Guaje’s fate.