Preseason Look: NY City FC

NYCFC is coming up on their first season as a real MLS team. The shine of their expansion years with David Villa are gone and now we get to see if they (the investors, front office) are still interested in putting forth an effort.

Most indicators seem to say that they are. Their starting XI is solid. No weaknesses save for up top. They may be on the hunt for another center forward / scoring number 9 to fill that David Villa role. Jo Inge Berget should be sufficient with the midfield they have assembled.

Other players of above average note: Maxi Moralez, Alexander Ring, Ebenezer Ofori and Maxime Chanot. These aren't household MLS names, but they are good players.

It is refreshing to see a team relatively prepared for the upcoming season.

Rating	Name	Position	FM19	FIFA	WS
75	Maxi Moralez	Attacking Midfield	74	76	75
73	Alexander Ring	Central Midfield	73	75	70
72	Ebenezer Ofori	Defensive Midfield	72	72	66
71	Maxime Chanot	Centre-Back	70	71	72
71	Anton Tinnerholm	Right-Back	71	71	69
69	Jo Inge Berget	Centre-Forward	70	69	68
69	Jesús Medina	Left Winger	69	69	67
69	Keaton Parks	Defensive Midfield	69	69	62
69	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	Right Winger	68	71	69
69	Ronald Matarrita	Left-Back	68	71	69
69	Sean Johnson	Goalkeeper	69	70	68
68	Alexander Callens	Centre-Back	66	71	68
67	Ben Sweat	Left-Back	64	67	69
65	Cédric Hountondji	Centre-Back	65	67	60
65	Sebastien Ibeagha	Centre-Back	63	65	67
64	Brad Stuver	Goalkeeper	64	64	63
63	Valentín Castellanos	Attacking Midfield	63	63	64
63	Jonathan Lewis	Right Winger	61	63	64
62	Tony Rocha	Central Midfield	61	62	67
61	James Sands	Defensive Midfield	61	58	66
52	Dan Bedoya	Attacking Midfield	60	52
51	Jeff Caldwell	Goalkeeper	54	51
0	Joe Scally	Right-Back
0	Abdi Mohamed	Defender
0	Luis Barraza	Goalkeeper

I'm not sure NY City FC need much else. This team is prepared for the season. Anything they bring in at this point is just a bonus. Playoff material.

		Player Ratings (avg)		TransferMarkt Value (000)
	Team	Starters	Bench	Starters	Bench
1	ATL	70.9	65.9	$ 52,497	$ 6,067
2	TFC	70.5	65.7	$ 25,027	$ 4,315
3	NYC	70.5	64.6	$ 16,303	$ 4,470
4	DCU	69.7	56.6	$ 21,934	$ 2,990
5	NYR	69.7	64.9	$ 20,192	$ 3,745
6	CLB	69.3	66.2	$ 24,671	$ 4,180
7	NER	68.7	64.5	$ 13,278	$ 5,115
8	PHI	68.2	56.5	$ 9,933	$ 5,529
9	CHI	67.8	63.7	$ 17,022	$ 3,955
10	FCC	67.5	64.7	$ 11,014	$ 4,383
11	ORL	67.2	62.2	$ 10,365	$ 3,309