New York City FC remain unbeaten in 2026 after their 3-1 win over Colorado Rapids at Yankee Stadium in Matchday 4, and your ratings reflect the result. The Starting XI earned an average rating of 7.2, as, once again, a team missing a proper No 9 still found a way to create and finish goals.
Nico Fernández Mercau is your Player of the Match for the second time this season, taking 80% of the vote. Was it because of his brace? His overall quality of play? Or was it because of the devilishly crafty free kick he took in the second half that caught Colorado goalkeeper Nicolas Hansen napping when he should have been watching the near post?
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It's no surprise that Nico leads the team with a 9.1, his second-highest rating since he joined the team — only topped by the 9.5 he earned last year after the 3-1 win over Charlotte FC in Round One, Game 3 of the 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs.
He's followed by Maxi Moralez and Talles Magno, who both earned an 8.1. In fact, this is Talles Magno's second-highest rating since Hudson River Blue introduced the feature, trailing only the 8.3 he earned way back in the fall of 2023 when New York City defeated Orlando City 2-0 at Citi Field on September 30, 2023.
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Head Coach Pascal Jansen earned an 8.7 for figuring out how to beat a team that went the full 90' with all eleven players. It was his 20th win in the Major League Soccer regular season as the head coach of New York City, a feat he accomplished in 37 games — that sets a new club record, slightly bettering the 38 games it took Ronny Deila in 2020 and 2021.
The tables below include the ratings given to each NYCFC player by the Sofascore algorithm in parentheses, followed by our reader-generated ratings.
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