On Frame

After training on Monday, New York City FC head coach Dome Torrent described how both he and his players have achieved a comfort level with each other. The result - 13 matches without a loss in all competitions.

"I remember our first year in Manchester was not easy for Pep and for me. But the second year was much butter and the third year much better. This os normal especially when you want to play positional, right? It's very important for me to play positional because that is the reason they can understand the different shapes what is expected." - NYCFC head coach, Dome Torrent

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The most important result in Dome Torrent’s brief tenure as head coach of the New York City Football Club came on April 24 at Audi Field in Washington, D.C.

It was week eight of Major League Soccer and the boys in blue had yet to record a victory and Torrent’s job security was in question.

City won that match in convincing style, 2-0 – part of what is currently an 11-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.

Audi Field will be the venue for New York City’s Round of 16 match in the 106-year old U.S. Open Cup – the Pigeons recording their first win in the competition last week against North Carolina FC.

Because of injuries and international call-ups, Anton Tinnerholm, normally an outside back, played at center back for the first time since he was 15 years old in that match.

Torrent and Tinnerholm spoke to Pro Soccer USA’s Glenn Crooks about the run in the U.S. Open Cup and the earlier success against D.C. United.

“There were a couple of times he (center back Sebastian Ibeagha) had to scream at me – I really wanted to go forward. That was the biggest challenge for me.” – Anton Tinnerholm on his adjustment from wing back to center back.

“When I want to change the system or move some players, normally I will speak to the players when I have any doubt. I respect their opinion.” – Dome Torrent on the necessity of change in the midst of injuries and international call-ups.

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On this week's On Frame, reaction from the locker room after New York City FC's first U.S. Open Cup victory. Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks has 1-on-1 conversations with former USMNT interim coach Dave Sarachan, now heading up North Carolina FC and USWNT defender Kelley O'Hara.

“Oh, it’s ridiculous – it’s way too early for people to be going nutty about this. People on the outside have no idea what goes on on the inside." - Dave Sarachan responding to the criticism of Gregg Berhalter and the USMNT.

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New York City FC has a Thursday night match-up with FC Cincinnati at Yankee Stadium and City back-up goalkeeper is expected to make a rare start for the Pigeons.

The Kicking and Screening Film Festival features a Thursday night film, "Coach" - the story of UC Davis women's coach Tracy Hamm and her journey to obtain a license in Europe when U.S. Soccer would not comply with her request.

“I felt if U.S. Soccer, my own country is not going to let me in for my professional experience I don’t know why a European country would – but I applied and they accepted me.” –Tracy Hamm on becoming just the second American woman to earn a UEFA “A” License.

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The Kicking + Screening Film Festival enters its 11th year with a group of independent soccer films unveiled June 4-7 at the Scandinavian House in New York City. Pro Soccer USA’s Glenn Crooks sat down with festival co-founder, Greg Lalas who gives a capsule on all the feature films.

Soccertown USA is a film that takes a close look at Kearny, NJ – the cradle of American soccer that has produced Tony Meola, John Harkes and Tab Ramos – who all grew up just a mile from each other before representing the USA together in the World Cup. South Orange, NJ resident Tom McCabe is one of the producers of Soccertown USA and he talks to Glenn about all the soccer history that Kearny has to offer – dating back to the late 1800’s.

“Kearny is a mysterious even mystical soccer place. There’s field all over town, there’s dust bowls. When you study American soccer you have to look at this as the cradle of American soccer, one of these really, really important places to our game in this country.” – Tom McCable, Soccertown USA.

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After a weekend off, New York City FC will look to extend their seven-game unbeaten streak when they visit the Chicago Fire for a Saturday match. The Chicago-based beat writer for Pro Soccer USA, Dan Santaromita, will join Glenn Crooks to share the Fire’s story in 2019 and help preview this Eastern Conference match-up.

Glenn also speaks to soccer story teller, Jeff Kassouf, the founder of The Equalizer and co-author of the new book, “The Making of the Women’s World Cup – Defining Stories from the Sports Coming of Age.”

“April Heinrichs had some stories about trains with holes in the bottom of them and you could look down and see the tracks and they said, well that’s actually the toilet.” – Jeff Kassouf from “The Making of the Women’s World Cup – Defining Stories from the Sports Coming of Age.”

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In a one-on-one with Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks, New York City FC coachDome Torrent explains the situation with Keaton Parks. Also, goalkeeper Sean Johnson reacts to Zlatan Ibrahimovic squeeze and NYCFC Spanish commentator Roberto Abramowitz assesses City's performance up to this point of the season.

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Youth will be served - a close-up look at the New York City FC Academy Director, Sam Pugsley and 15-year old Academy player, Prince Amponsah. Also, a 1-on-1 with NYCFC first team captain Alex Ring and thoughts from head coach Dome Torrent

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If you watch a lot of soccer on TV, then you will recognize the voice of Jon Champion. He has called games for over 30 years and is currently the lead play-by-play voice for MLS matches on ESPN.

In this On Frame, Champion speaks to Pro Soccer USA’s Glenn Crooks about his career and assesses the current state of New York City FC following his broadcast of their match at Minnesota United last weekend.

Among those in attendance at the opening of Allianz Field, City Football Group executive Brian Marwood – a former co-commentator with Champion in England. Champion visited with Marwood and said that the man in charge of CFG’s satellite teams will stay and watch two more matches for the winless Pigeons – Sunday at D.C. United and Wednesday versus the Chicago Fire.

“I think it is significant that he’s around taking a look a what’s going on.” - ESPN commentator Jon Champion in regard to City Football Group executive Brian Marwood who is in the states and will observe a total of three matches for the winless New York City Football Club.

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The ESPN commentator explains his remark about the relationship between New York City FC and the City Football Group during the nationally televised broadcast of Minnesota United versus NYCFC.

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