NYCFC 2026 season preview: Position-by-position breakdown

NYCFC has one aim this year as they embark on their 11th campaign in Major League Soccer. After finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference, Inter Miami knocked out the Boys in Blue in a 5-1 defeat during the conference finals last season, but Pascal Jansen said, “We’re trying to establish a winning culture within NYCFC.” “We did a pretty decent job but we want more,” Jansen. “We want to be successful — that means we have to do better than last season. We reached the conference finalbut at the end of the day, we didn't win anything.” The Pigeons kick off their season against the Los Angeles Galaxy in Carson, CA, this Sunday evening, where Brooklyn native and former Blue Justin Haak will face...