He’ll deservedly win the honor in 2022.įALSE! Johnson ended the season with a club-record 14 clean sheets, but Andre Blake or Djordje Petrovic are likely to snag that honor.ġ1. Matt Turner might have been the media darling of 2021, but Johnson was the keeper who showed up and won the title. Sean Johnson will win MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.
While the memories are sweet, it’s time to move on: Bing and Bong, we will never forget you.ġ0.
Acevedo will not inherit “Bing-Bong,” which Sands is allowed to use in Scotland. TRUE! The defensive midfielder is growing into the position, making 27 starts and 31 appearances this season.ĩ. Nicolás Acevedo will take over the role vacated by James Sands and become a regular starter. TRUE! The rivalry between the two teams is growing, and could reach new heights if there’s a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Final.Ĩ. Philadelphia Union and NYCFC will grow into a bona fide rivalry fueled by the ongoing #stopthesteal protests that City’s win in the 2021 Eastern Conference Final isn’t legitimate- because the honorable thing would have been to reschedule for January, or field ten players, or give Jim Curtin veto power over Delia’s substitutions. TRUE! We’ll give ourselves this one as NYCFC face David Beckham’s shiny pink toy in the First Round of the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs next Monday at Red Bull Arena. Inter Miami will try to stoke an Eastern Conference rivalry with NYCFC, release a Pitbull track featuring DeAndre Yedlin. He has 8 goals in 22 appearances, and scored what turned out to be the game-winner against Atlanta United in the last game of the season - and NYCFC’s first-ever win at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.Ħ. PARTIALLY TRUE! Héber plays regularly as striker, but he’s the second choice after Talles Magno. Héber will ease back into the striker position once Castellanos leaves (see #1 above), come close to matching his 2019 performance of 15 goals in 22 appearances. Santiago Rodríguez will take over the playmaker role from Maxi Moralez in a graceful transition that sees the 34-year-old Argentine mentor the 22-year-old midfielder.įALSE! While Rodríguez has taken on a bigger role on the field, Moralez still puts the strings.ĥ. The new kit was leaked EIGHT DAYS after our predictions ran, and was officially confirmed the day after that.ĥ. PARTIALLY TRUE! That Medina-sized hole was filled by the exceptional Gabriel Pereira, but both Talles Magno (32 starts) and Thiago (14 starts) are now regulars in the Starting XI. Talles Magno and Thiago will step into the Jesús Medina-sized hole up top, start at least 15 games each. TRUE! OK, he’s at Standard Liege in Belgium, but at the start of the year nobody saw Deila leaving NYCFC.
Deila’s contract will include a strip-and-pushups clause if they win the Premier League. Another departure: Ronny Deila will leave to take over Watford FC after Roy Hodgson gets the sack. TRUE! It didn't happen exactly as expected, but Castellanos bagged 13 goals before leaving in July, and is now a regular starter in La Liga. He’ll play to impress during the start of the season, becoming even less wasteful in front of goal knowing that every game will be scrutinized by the sporting directors of the biggest clubs in the world. Taty Castellanos will complete his move to a top-five European league during the summer transfer window. What we saw surprised us, and turned out mostly to be true - in one form or another.Įven though the 2022 season isn’t over yet – you might say that with the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs about to begin it’s just hotting up – we’ll take a look back and see which predictions came to pass, which sorta happened, and which were completely stoopid.
CRYSTAL CLEAR MEMORIES HOW TO
Way back in February, when New York City FC’s 2022 season was an adorable little toddler just learning how to nutmeg, the Hudson River Blue panel of experts gazed into our size-two crystal-clear ball and tried to envision what the future held for the Pigeons.
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