When it comes to New York City FC’s success over the past year, there are few as instrumental as defensive midfielder Alex Ring. The Finnish destroyer’s work rate and technicality are among the best Major League Soccer has to offer and led to him being an MVP candidate towards the end of the 2017 MLS season.
On Friday, it was announced that Ring would be called up to the Finnish national teams for their March 23 and March 26 friendlies against Macedonia and Malta respectively.
While we love to see any of our Boys in Blue be called up to represent their nations, it always comes at the cost of having to temporary replace said player for overlapping fixtures: New York City has a match against the New England Revolution on March 24, smack dab in the middle of both Finland’s games.