A documentary chronicling the inaugural season of NYCFC and the challenges of starting a team from scratch.
The all-access story of the inaugural 2015 season of New York City Football Club, aka NYCFC. Even with the backing of the New York Yankees and British soccer powerhouse Manchester City, winning over the hearts of New Yorkers will be an uphill battle. The first step is to sign three of the most legendary international players of all time: David Villa, Frank Lampard, and Andrea Pirlo.—FilmBuff
An all-access, vérité film about a former player turned sporting director, a coach and a team of diverse football players given the mission to create a professional soccer team from scratch in New York City. Manchester City FC, an English club with ambitions to spread a style of beautiful football around the globe, joined up with the New York Yankees and handed the job of Sporting Director of New York City FC to Claudio Reyna, former captain of the US National team. When Reyna selected Jason Kreis as the teams first coach, a race began to find players in the months before the inaugural season. Global soccer stars like David Villa and Frank Lampard join a growing squad of American rising stars, to face the highs and lows, joys and sacrifices, disappointments and triumphs of the first season. Playing in front of their home fans in Yankee Stadium, at a time when soccer has never been more popular in the US, they fight to win the hearts of New Yorkers.
