New York City FC finally has a home — for a training facility it can truly call its own.
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, the Major League Soccer club unveiled the Etihad City Football Academy in the Rockland County hamlet of Orangeburg — giving NYCFC a permanent facility in which to prepare for its matches at Yankee Stadium.
“It’s like the facilities we have in Europe,” head coach Patrick Vieira said. “It’s all about having what you need to improve yourself and work well. When we were in Purchase, we knew that wasn’t our home. We weren’t allowed to do what we really wanted.