The first building blocks have been laid down for New York City FC’s MLS Pro Next team, NYCFC II. The club announced on February 9 that Matt Pilkington will be the inaugural head coach, with Danny Cepero grabbing the assistant coach position. Both bring many years of NYCFC Academy experience to the new team.
Pilkington is taking another step up the ranks in his coaching career. As head coach of the NYCFC Academy U-19 team, he won back-to-back national titles in 2018 and 2019. Most notably, Pilkington has worked with every Homegrown player NYCFC have signed to the first team.