According to the number crunchers at FiveThirtyEight, New York City FC is the best club in MLS—and one of the better teams on the planet. NYCFC is ranked #117 in the world, on level with Ligue 1’s Montpellier and ahead of perpetual Champion’s League group stagier Dynamo Kyiv.
Just to be clear this isn't a hot take, it's science.
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Rather, it’s the Soccer Power Index, the ratings spit out by the HAL 9000 at the FiveThirtyEight campus. NYCFC’s SPI is 56.7, which is pretty sharp.