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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
James Nalton

Is New York City FC’s stay at Yankee Stadium really an insult to soccer?

Chris Gloster celebrates a goal for New York City FC at Yankee Stadium earlier this season
Chris Gloster celebrates a goal for New York City FC at Yankee Stadium earlier this season. Photograph: Brad Penner/USA Today Sports

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten, from the Battery to the top of Manhattan, New York City FC has long searched for a permanent home within the five boroughs, but has so far struggled to make it happen.

Since joining Major League Soccer in 2015, NYC FC has played the majority of its home games in the Bronx-based Yankee Stadium, home to Major League Baseball’s Yankees whose owners, Yankee Global Enterprises, also have a 20% stake in the soccer club. It was supposed to be a temporary measure while NYC FC worked on finding a site for a permanent, soccer-specific home, but eight seasons later the club is still there, playing on a baseball field.

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