Welcome to the MLS Cup edition of the Hudson River Blue Roundtable, in which Arjun Ahuja, Noah Kassell-Yung, and Oliver Strand will do their biased best to handicap the title game that will be played this Saturday between New York City FC and the Portland Timbers.
First, let’s talk about the last game. NYCFC defeated the Union, but the NYCFC squad looked terrible in the first half—that game was saved by the subs who came on in the 58th minute.