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In the News: Media Reacts to Villa's Contract Extension

In our weekly roundup of NYCFC media headlines, we begin with the media buzzing around David Villa's one-year contract extension.

David Villa announced the new deal which will keep him at the club until the end of the 2018 season on Good Day New York Wednesday morning. Watch the full clip here.

News sites such as the New York Times and the Daily News reported of Villa's extension and singled out his humility and patience.

The Daily News spoke about the press conference Villa held in front of elementary students at PS 49 "fielding with smiles such questions as, 'Do you like soccer?