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Maxime Chanot to remain with NYCFC for game against New England

City’s top center back will miss one international match to play a key matchup

By Christian A Smith
MLS: U.S. Open Cup-NYC FC at Orlando City SC Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

As we already know, this international “break” has not been kind to New York City FC. Faced with two key matchups approaching against the New England Revolution and Toronto FC, City were looking at missing up to six players due to international call-ups. These players include Alexander Callens, Ronald Matarrita, Sean Johnson, Justin Haak, Tony Rocha, and Maxime Chanot.

That’s... a lot. But one of these players has decided to remain with the team for at least one of these important games.

A few days ago, @JLa_NYC on Twitter claimed that Chanot had turned down his international call-up to Luxembourg in order to remain with the team.

Yesterday, Glenn Crooks somewhat confirmed this development, saying that Chanot would stay for NYCFC’s matchup against New England, but would eventually report to Luxembourg and miss the Toronto game.

You can’t hear it or see it, but I just breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Obviously, all absences are key at this point in the season. And yes, Chanot will miss a game after this weekend. But to retain one of your best players for at least one game definitely helps to mitigate the damage just a bit, especially when that player is a defender — an area that has been particularly drained by this recent slew of international call-ups.

Let’s hope that Chanot’s remaining with the team can push what is sure to be a makeshift backline in the right direction against the Revs.

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