Sitting in a display case just inside the entrance of the New York City FC training facility are a trio of trophies, with their 2021 MLS Cup hardware proudly sitting atop the others. Since then, NYCFC has been chasing a league title to add to their display case.

NYCFC can inch closer to that goal when they face the Philadelphia Union in the MLS Cup Playoffs on Sunday, albeit they’ll have to upset one of the best teams in Major League Soccer and do it without their leading scorer, Alonso Martínez.

Add to it that they were already going to be without injured midfielder Andrés Perea and suspended midfielder Aiden O’Neill, and the Eastern Conference semifinal match may feel like a mountain to have to climb.

While the odds may seem insurmountable, the club viewed it as a call to arms for oth

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