The technical report summarizes New York City FC's 2015 season, providing statistics, descriptions of players and staff, and analyses of offensive and defensive tactics. It finds that NYCFC relies on positional passing attacks and gives David Villa freedom in offense. Defensively, there is a high block but gaps between lines, and a lack of midfield cover. The report recommends playing a more compact formation to stifle NYCFC's passing and targeting their defensive midfield on counters.

1. TECHNICAL REPORT
New York City FC
Season 2015
Yankee Stadium

2. GENERAL INFORMATION
Index
ATTACK DEFENSE
OFENSIVE PHASE
PREVIOUS RESULT
OFFENSIVE DEATH BALL
STRONG AREAS
DEFENSIVE PHASE
TRANSITION ATTACK-
DEFEND
WEAK AREAS
DEFENSIVE DEATH BALL
PRESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
PROBABLE LINE UP
LAST LINE UP
TRANSITION ATTACK-
DEFEND
Game 26.New York City FC. Season 2015
TECHNICAL STAFF
PLAYERS
RECOMENDATIONS
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
ESTADISTICSGENERAL DATA
ROSTER

3. GENERAL INFORMATION

4. Club Name: New York City FC
Address: One East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
Web: http://www.nycfc.com
Uniforms:
General Data

5. Enviroment
Name: Yankee Stadium
Dimensions: 110 yards long/70 yards wide
(Smallest Field in MLS)
Grass: Grass
Capacity: 49,642
Behavior:

6. Previous Results
GAME HOME TEAM RESULT AWAY TEAM
20 New York City FC 5-3 Orlando City SC
21 New York City FC 2-3 Montreal Impact
22 New York Red Bulls 0-2 New York City FC
23 New York City FC 3-1 DC United
24 Columbus Crew 2-2 New York City FC
25 LA Galaxy 5-1 New York City FC
26 New York City FC Columbus Crew
27 FC Dallas FC New York City
POS TEAM GP W T L GF GA PTS
7 New York City FC 26 7 12 7 37 44 28

7. Statistics up to Game 22

8. Statistics up to Game 22
Overall
Home
Away
Overall
Home
Away

9. Statistics up to Game 26

10. Goals Count For Minutes
GOALS AGAINST GOALS FOR
0
5
10
15
0-15 15-30 30-45
1*Half
Goals
0
5
10
15
45-60 60-75 75-90
2*Half
Goals
0
5
10
15
0-15 15-30 30-45
1*Half
Goals
0
5
10
15
45-60 60-75 75-90
2*Half
Goals

11. DESCRIPTIVE PART

12. Technical Staff
Head Coach: Jason Kreis
Previous Teams: Real Salt Lake
Technical Staff: Rob Varguthian
(Assistant Coach)
Miles Joseph
(Assistant coach)
CJ Brown
(Assistant coach)
Observations :

13. Players
Name:Josh Saunders
Height: 1.94 meters
Position: GoalKeaper
Description: Right only footed.
Good reflexes, jumping reactions, and strength
Good in comunication; command of area.
Weak in handling and positioning.
International experience with Puerto Rico
Name: Ryan Meara
Height:
Position: GoalKeaper
Description:

14. Players
Name:Eirik Johansen
Height:
Position: Goalkeaper
Description:
Name: Jason Hernandez
Height:1.78 meters
Position: Center defender
Description: Right footed
Strong points in tacking, and marking.
Weak points in passing, anticipation, and decisions.

15. Players
Name:Kwane Watson-Siribo
Height:1.97 meters
Position: Center Defender
Description: Right only footed
Strong points in fitness ,work rate, aerial game and aggressive.
Weak point with the ball (first touch, passing), in acceleration and pace
Name: Jeb Brosvsky
Height: 1.86 meters
Position: Right back
Description: Right footed
Team player. High rate work.
Good acceleration.
No have problem with the ball in his feet.
No aggressive player

16. Players
Name:Chris Wingert
Height:1.78 meters
Position: Left/Right back. Center defender.
Description: Either footed
Good defending and mental features.
Weak in the aerial game.
Name: Jefferson Mena
Height:
Position: Defender
Description: Right footed.
Good speed and physical condition.
Stand out in the aerial game.
Weak technique.

17. Players
Name:Shay Face
Height:1.85 meters
Position: Centre defender
Description: Right only footed.
Problems with the ball in his feet
Strong points in his physical features.
Name: RJ Allen
Height:
Position: Defender
Description:

18. Players
Name:Andoni Iraola
Height:1.82 m
Position: Right back
Description: Right footed
Complete player
Weak in aerial game, and stamina.
Player with a long European soccer experience.
Name: Angelino
Height:
Position: Defender
Description:

19. Players
Name:Connor Brandt
Height:
Position: Left back. Left midfielder
Description:Left footed
Good physical features. Good Acceleration.
Weak in passing and concentration.
Name: Andrew Jacobson
Height:
Position: Defensive Midfielder
Description: Right footed
Complete player, standing our his aerial game
Make equilibrium at their midfielder line.

20. Players
Name:Frank Lampard
Height:1.84m
Position: Centre Midfielder
Description: Either footed
Team player, with high work rate.
Incredible mental, and attacking features.
Perfect first touch, passing, and vision. Good finishing
Weak in pace, acceleration,and stamina (36 years old)
Long experience in European soccer
Name: Mix Diskerud
Height:1.84m
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Description: Right footed
Weak aerial game, and defending features.

21. Players
Name:Ned Grabavoy
Height:1.71 m
Position: Centre Midfierder
Description: Either footed
Weak in the aerial game.
Good passing and vision.
Name: Thomas McNamara
Height:1.76m
Position: Attacking midfielder
Description: Right footed
Weak in defending,aerial, and mental features.
Good acceleration, crossing, and dribbling.

22. Players
Name:Mehdi Ballouchy
Height:
Position: Midfielder
Description:
Name: Andrea Pirlo
Height:1.77m
Position: Centre Midfielder
Description: Either footed
Incredible vision, technical, and mental features.
Key player in the creation of game.
Probably the best player passing,first touch, and vision from the league.
Weak points in speed,aerial and defending. Alhtough smart player with high
anticipation capacity
Incredible in free kick, and corners.

23. Players
Name:Pablo Alvarez
Height:1.74
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Description: Right footed.
Good acceleration, and technique.
Weak defending and aerial features
Name: Javier Calle
Height:1.76m
Position: Midfielder
Description:Left footed
Complete player features.
Weak in finishing, and defending.

24. Players
Name:Kwadwo Poku
Height:1.91m
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Description: Right only footed
Good strength conditions
Weak with the bal in his feet.
Bad decisions, and vision.
Name: David Villa
Height: 1.75m
Position: Striker
Description: Either footed
Incredible finishing, long shots, technique, and move off the ball.
Good acceleration, anticipation, and forward flair.
Plenty move freedom.
High success rate in penalty kicks.
Key player in the attack
Long European soccer experience.

25. Players
Name:Patrick Mullins
Height:1.86m
Position: Striker. Attacking Left Midfielder
Description: Left only footed
Weak pace, and technique
Good finishing, and move off the ball.
Name: Khiry Shelton
Height:1.91m
Position: Strike
Description:Right footed
Good speed features.

26. Players
Name:Adam Nemec
Height:1.90m
Position: Strike
Description: Either footed
Incredible physical features. High balance capacity.
Good mental features
Team player
Long European Soccer experience.
Name: Tony Taylor
Height:1.83m
Position: Strike
Description:Right footed
Incredible speed feature. With a high acceleration capacity.

27. Players
Name:Sebastian Velasquez
Height:1.81m
Position: Attacking midfielder left
Description: Left only footed
Good technique, and dribbling.
Weak in mental features, aerial game, and stamina.

28. Line Round 26
Vs Columbus Crew (Home)

29. Line Round 25
Vs LA Galaxy (Away)

30. Line Round 24
Vs Columbus Crew (Away)

31. Line Round 23
Vs New York Red Bulls (Away)

32. Line Round 22
Vs Montreal Impact (Home)

33. Defend
Start of Pressure
OFENSIVE PHASE
Destruction of Creation
Defense of Goal
TRANSITION ATTACK-
DEFEND
DEFENSIVE DEATH BALL

34. Defensive Phase
1-Start of Pressure Phase:
High pressure, Midfielders line step up their positions to reduce
spaces.
The left or right back from the side where the ball is.He goes up
his position, standing at the level than midfielders line.
Looking for enclose the ball in that area.
The presure start with David Villa, although he do the pressure
intermittently. He take down from the pressure for a
possible transition defense-attack. In the case that David
Villa do not participate in the pressure, the attack center
midfielder is in charge to make the pressure on the ball.
When Poku is in the pitch, he does not participate in the pressure,
staying with David Villa. When this happens, it provokes the
apparition of space in the center zone between midfielders
line and fowards

35. Defensive Phase
2-Destruction of creation Phase:
1-4-2-3-1 formation, with David Villa out from defensive works.
Slow defensive shift.
Apparition of space between left/right backs and the side
midfielders. The majority of the attacks against NYCFC
come from this areas.

36. Defensive Phase
3-Defense of Goal Phase:
Defense of 4 players in zone with few shift. Apparition
of spaces if the left/right backs are taking to sides
positions. There are not good covers between the
center backs and sides backs. Neither with the
midfielders line.
If the centers back are taking out from their zone,
there are not cover to fill those spaces.
Low concentration in second balls and rebounds from
the goalkeeper.
Helps from the side midfielders, they incorporate in
the defensive line in case of players number
superiority rival in the side of zone 1.

37. Defensive Transition Phase
Defensive reorganization:
Pressure after ball loss from players closer to the ball.
Disequilibrium between lines when they make the
pressure.
Defensive line stay very behind. This provokes the
apparition of spaces between defensive line and
midfielders line.
Counterattack in Defense:
Timings on the ball from the player closer, waiting that
more players arive. Drop very slow from
midfielders line.

38. Deffensive Corner Kick 1
LAG vs NYCFC
Wall:22
Short Surveillance:6
Marking:13,3,14,17,8
Second Ball Zone:23,10
Transicion:15

39. Attack
ATTACK
Start of Creation
OFFENSIVE DEATH BALL
TRANSITION ATTACK-
DEFEND
Creation of Game
Finalization

40. Ofensive Phase
1-Start of Creation phase:
Start of creation based on positional
combinative game. Through short pass and
without care the posesion time.
Pirlo encrust between two centrals backs to
elaborate the game. The centrals back
open their positions to create space for
Pirlo.
The right and left back play deep, provoking
amplitude in NYCFC game. This provoke
risky situations if there is bad pass or loss
of the ball in the start of creation phase.
Due to the two centrals backs would be
the only players between the ball and
their goal.

41. Offensive Phase
2-Creation Game phase :
Positional combinative game is the game model for NYCFC
to create danger. Short pass in zone 3, till find space
in the sides by long pass. Pirlo is the main team
reference in the build up.
Overlap run from the left- right back from second line to
make an occupation of side spaces.
Variant to looking for space in the sides, it is looking for
David Villa. This player has plenty freedom in zone 4.

42. Offensive Phase
3-Finalization Zone phase:
Very often looking for long shot when the ball is near to zone 4. The majority of their shots on goal come from shots outside the
box. David Villa has total move freedom, like in the picture he left his target position to come to the side to receive the
ball. He used to go out from his forward zone to the left side. Moreover, he has total freedom to try to create danger by
individual game.

43. Offensive Transition Phase
1- Offensive Reorganization :
Slow offensive reorganization, without verticality. Looking for a
security pass after steal the ball. High percentage of
imprecision when NYCFC start the Defend - Attack
transition.
2-Counterattack:
Few times is used for NYCFC in games. If they made a
counterattack is based on passing the ball to David Villd.
The pass can be behind the defenders to take advantage
of his speed, or to his feet looking for solo goal.

44. Offensive Corner Kick 1
Kicker: 21
Finished Area:6 players
Second Balls: 2 players
Aware: 2 players
LAG vs NYCFC
21

45. Offensive Corner Kick 2
Kicker: 21
Finished Area: 5 players
Second Balls: 3 players
Aware: 2 players
LAG vs NYCFC
21

46. Offensive Corner Kick 3
Kicker: 21 + 1 player
Finished Area: 6 players
Second Balls: 1 player
Aware: 2 players
LAG vs NYCFC

47. Offensive Thrown in 1
Kicker:
Finished Area:
Second Balls:
Aware:
LAG vs NYCFC
7

48. Parte Prescriptive

49. Weak Points

50. Strong Points

51. Probable Line Up
or

52. Recommendations
GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC OF PHASE ORGANIZATION ATTACK
Positional Combinative Attack like game model. Thru ball possesion and short
passes in zone 1,2, and 3.
In creation zone, slow ball circulation. When ball arrive to zone 3,variant of
long pass looking for the back of the sides backs, or advances from their sides
backs.
Looking for long shots close to zone 4. They tend to attack for their left side.
David Villa has freedom with high movility. One midfileder move between both
CB
CHARACTERISTIC OF OFENSIVE TRANSITION
Looking for security pass after steal the ball to start the creation of game.
Pressure with deficiency in the distances between lines.
Amplitude from the left-right backs. Sides midfielders move to inside to create
spaces for left-right backs. Few mobility from the players in front the ball.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC OF PHASE ORGANIZATION DEFENSIVE
Team with high block and pressure defend. Difficult to control the center area,
due to they only have one player in the midfielder with defensive profile.
High pressure with the objetive to avoid the clean ball circulation.
High separation between lines, defenders line don’t step up when team make
pressure after ball loss. Therefore, the team doesn’t deffend within 25 metres.
CHARACTERISTIC OF DEFENSIVE TRANSITION
High pressure and high intensity after ball loss. Difficulties to steal the ball in
central zone of the pitch due to the low defensive profile from their CM
Sides backs advances their positions for pressure when the another team is in
Star of Creation phase.
Invitational pressure to the sides of the field to create superiority in those
areas.

53. Recommendations
Playing with a formation with only one forward and more players
in center zone to difficult their circulation of the ball. Moreover,
to attack their center midfielders with low defender profiles.
Working during the week the block down and the counter attack.
With a block down, we won’t let them to circulate the ball
easily in our field. Moreover, we will cover all the line of pass to
the forwards and their long ball at the back of our LB and RB.
Moreover, with the block down we will provoke that their left
and right backs go deep. This provoke that their center backs
will be alone in case a counter attack. Moreover, we will take
advantage from their slow drop.