It is the dog days of summer, whatever that really means. For NYCFC it meant to hot and humid matches. It also meant Pascal Jansen in a full track suit both nights. It also meant very limited rotation of players in a week with short rest. Most importantly it meant 4 points on the table.

This week Mike Anderer, Mike Allen and J.R. diBart go over the last two matches, talk about the absence of Mitjia Illenic and talk about the recommendations to MLS owners about changing the league format and schedule.

This week America was on full display as the Club World Cup Final was played in Met Life Stadium in NJ and NYCFC traveled to Charlotte. Mike Allen and Mike Anderer are joined by Christian Smith to breakdown the week in soccer and to look ahead at a busy week for NYCFC with two more road games coming up.

The Gold Cup comes to an end with the USMNT falling to their rivals Mexico in Houston. Sports loves controversy and in the 66th minute of the final there was a huge moment that impacted the outcome.

NYCFC also hosted another across the border rival in Yankee Stadium and Mitjia Illenic was in the thick of building the tension between the two sides.

Oh, and then there's the rumors of a new attacking midfielder, but we'll get to that at the end of the show.

This week was a tough one for the odds makers. CF Montreal had not won a home game all season long. NYCFC is notoriously bad as a road team and had already handed CF Montreal one of their few victories this season. CF Montreal was missing seven players to international duty and NYCFC was missing their striker and starting keeper. Then, if it wasn't difficult enough for the Vegas bookies, two days before the match it was announced that NYCFC head coach, Pascal Jansen, had to return to Europe for a family emergency.

In the end, the game played out as expected. NYCFC played down to their opponent's table position and lost 1-0. Luckily for NYCFC fans their two international stars, Matt Freese and Alonso Martinez, took center stage at the Gold Cup and truly put on a show. That's how Mike Anderer, Mike Allen and J.R. diBart start off this week's episode.

NYCFC welcomed former head coach, Ronny Delia, and his Atlanta United to Yankee Stadium and it was a wild night for the hometown team. Monsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf would combine to score the fastest three goals in club history.

This week Mike Anderer, J.R. diBart and Mike Allen are back to discuss the 4-0 victory against Atlanta and hit on some other topics around the sport.

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It has been an exhausting month for NYCFC and it's fans. The team closes out the month with their home game against Houston but it has already been a month of ups and downs. Currently, the team is on a high after a thrilling 3-1 victory at home against a surging Chicago Fire.

This week the guys talk about the struggle for consistency under Pascal Jansen as he tries to unlock the best from his squad.

There's audio from Pascal Jansen, Hannes Wolf, Monsef Bakrar and Tayvon Gray.

Revenge, redemption, and payback. This week Luis Barraza met his former team and played one his best games of his career to hold NYCFC scoreless in DC and then the Boys In Blue got some payback of their own with a demonstrative victory over Red Bull at Citifield. Questions still remain about this squad and their ultimate ceiling in the league, but for this week at least, the spirits and ambitions are high.

Mike Anderer and Mike Allen listen to the audio from Pascal Jansen on his team's inconsistency and look for some of the reasons why their is hope for the growth of the squad under the new coach. They also recap the two games from the week and share player audio from CitiField.