Steady as she goes: For the second consecutive year, New York City FC is the 20th most valuable football club in the world according to Sportico.
This comes after the sports publication valued NYCFC at $1 billion earlier this year. It's significantly more than the $875 million valuation made by Forbes in February.
NYCFC is one of 19 clubs from Major League Soccer to make Sportico's Top 50. That's down from the 20 that made the cut last year — St Louis City debuts this year at #42, but San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo both dropped off the list.
Here are 5 takeaways.
1. MLS dominates the list...
Even if MLS representation in the Top 50 slipped to 19 clubs, it's still the most of any football league in the world.
MLS is followed by the English Premier League (14), Italy's Serie A (5), Germany's Bundesliga (3), and Spain's La Liga (3). France's Ligue 1 (2), Mexico's Liga MX (2), Holland's Eredivisie (1), and Portugal's Primeira Liga (1) round out the Top 50. No clubs from Argentina or Brazil made the list.
