NYCFC has at least one high-profile supporter pulling for the club in MLS Cup.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola offered his well wishes to NYCFC in his prematch press conference on Friday, which took place on the eve of the MLS championship match. NYCFC and Man City are both part of the City Football Group family, with the Premier League side the crown jewel in the worldwide network of clubs under the group's ownership umbrella.
Guardiola has a couple of more intimate ties to NYCFC, though, with his former right-hand man, Domènec Torrent, the former manager of the club.