Episode 502:

This week was a tough one for the odds makers.  CF Montreal had not won a home game all season long.  NYCFC is notoriously bad as a road team and had already handed CF Montreal one of their few victories this season.  CF Montreal was missing seven players to international duty and NYCFC was missing their striker and starting keeper.  Then, if it wasn’t difficult enough for the Vegas bookies, two days before the match it was announced that NYCFC head coach, Pascal Jansen, had to return to Europe for a family emergency.

In the end, the game played out as expected.  NYCFC played down to their opponent’s table position and lost 1-0.  Luckily for NYCFC fans their two international stars, Matt Freese and Alonso Martinez, took center stage at the Gold Cup and truly put on a show.  That’s how Mike Anderer, Mike Allen and J.R. diBart start off this week’s episode.