It would have been naive and short-sighted to believe that New York City FC would go undefeated for the rest of the regular season. Despite the squad’s amazing early season performance — which still sees them at the top of the Eastern Conference — a loss was in the cards for some time now.
Losing like they did in Portland, however, was shocking in how poor it was.
Western Conference cellar-dwellers Portland Timbers smoked NYCFC 3-0 at Providence Park. While Diego Valeri was given free reign in the midfield and Fanendo Adi certainly played well, the loss was more attributable to City’s atrocious play.