2021 New York City Football Club MLS Cup Championship Ring

Right:

The right shoulder pays homage to the team’s “UNDENYABLE” slogan in yellow gold.

Added touches to this shoulder include the NYCFC smokestacks set off after every goal and the date of the Championship win.

North and South:
Wrapping around the entire ring is a band of stunning clear diamonds and light and dark blue stones.

Front:
The beautiful ring top features the club’s logo surrounded by sparkling diamonds and the MLS Cup Champions wordmark.

The “NYC” monogram logo is displayed with a caged blue custom stone.

Left:
The left shoulder allows for customization of player name and number over the historic MLS Cup trophy.

Right:
The right shoulder pays homage to the team’s “UNDENYABLE” slogan in yellow gold.

Added touches to this shoulder include the NYCFC smokestacks set off after every goal and the date of the Championship win.

Engraving and Shank:
The engraving shows NYCFC’s playoff results en route to securing the Cup.

The shank carries 7 stones representing the years the club has been in the league, with an orange stone highlighting their first-ever MLS Cup title.

New York City Football Club’s 2021 MLS Season

July 23, 2022 – 2021 has been an outstanding year for New York City Football Club with historic events celebrated by all fans, as the only Major League Soccer (MLS) team having to play in the five divisions.

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To summarize New York City Football Club’s 2021 MLS season:

• NYCFC won the MLS Eastern Conference for the first time in Club history
• Taty Castellanos was named the 2021 MLS Golden Boot presented by Audi winner for the most goals scored across the League
• New York City made history when qualified to play in their first-ever MLS Cup Final against the Portland Timbers
• NYCFC has won their first historic MLC Cup Championship title while defeating Portland Timbers with 9 penalty kicks, a thrilling 4-2 shootout.

Major League Soccer Presents: 2021 MLS Cup HIGHLIGHTS: Portland Timbers vs. New York City Football Club | December 11, 2021 – Even before kickoff Saturday afternoon, MLS Cup 2021 is a historic event – both in terms of league history and the city of Portland.Watch Major League Soccer YouTube

2021 MLS Cup Playoffs

The 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs were the Major League Soccer’s 26ths edition of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The soccer tournament’s postseason started on November 20, 2021, and concluded with the 2021 MLS Cup Championship on December 11, 2021.

The 2021 Playoffs included 13 matches and a total of 14 teams qualified to compete in the postseason: 7 teams from the Eastern Conference and 7 teams from the Western Conference.

At the start of the season, Columbus Crew were defending their 2020 MLS Cup Championship title. However, the Crew did not qualify for the playoffs after finishing ninth in the Eastern Conference. Together with CF Montreal from the Eastern Conference, with LA Galaxy and LAFC from the Western Conference, did not qualify to compete in the playoffs.

During the MLS Cup Playoffs, the City played and won against the Atlanta United FC with 2-0, and New England Revolution with 5-3.

Collins scored right down in the middle in the last penalty shoutout. “New York City will play in the Eastern Conference final for the first time in team history!” said the announcer.

On December 5, 2021, New York City played against the Philadelphia Union in Subaru Park for the Conference Finals. NYCFC’s 2-1 score secured their place in the MLS Cup final. Additionally, the NYC was the fourth seed in the East Conference after finishing the regular season 14-9-11.

Portland’s playoff wins included Minnesota United FC with 3-1, Colorado Rapids 1-0, and Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference Finals with 2-0.

New York City Football Club’s home stadiums are Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, and Citi Field Queens.

Portland Timbers’ home stadium is Providence Park in Portland, Oregon which held the 2021 MLS Cup Championship.

It was reported, that the New York City FC were in control of the action for the first half of the Championship.

Only about 41 minutes in, an opener was made by Castellanos, who got to the end of a free-kick into the box from Maximiliano Moralez.

Then Castellanos sent a header back across goal which was deflected off Timbers goalkeeper Steve Clark and made its way into the net.

The dramatic yet scrambled event unfolded as such: Moreno to Chara, to Bravo, to Chara, to Mabiala, to Ikoba, to Mora who sent the ball from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner, at 90′ +4, and tied the game.

“The first half was a little bit difficult, because New York tried to control the ball, control the game. They found a way to score on us, and made it more difficult on us,” Portland’s Diego Chara said. “In the second half, we found a way to tie the game. I think after that it was different for us, getting confidence, playing with the ball, and we created a lot of opportunities.” (CBC)

After that, neither side managed to score following the two 15-minute extra time periods.

As a result, bringing the match to penalty shootouts.

“The highlight of the game was just winning on penalties, you know. It’s such a 50/50 thing. It’s so random. Anyone can win,” one fan said. (CBS News)

Major League Soccer Presents: Watch the 2021 MLS Cup be DECIDED in PENALTY KICKS – The dramatic conclusion to the 2021 MLS Cup between New York City Football Club and Portland Timbers was decided in penalty kicks. Watch the entire shootout right here.Watch Major League Soccer YouTube

Looking back in time, Portland Timbers won the 2015 Western Conference Finals in the playoffs against FC Dallas.

Later, the American professional men’s soccer club faced the Columbus Crew SC on December 6, 2015, and won their first major trophy, the 2015 MLS Cup Championship title with a final score of 2-1.

Savarese commented on the MLS Cup 2021.

“Before we learn something from it, we need to feel and understand the emotions that we’re going to have after this match, not to achieve what was our goal, to lift the trophy at home,” Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said. (CBC)

In 2017, he then joined NYCFC.

“For me, he’s the big, big winner. He wins us this game in the end,” Deila said.

“The way he speaks to the team, the way he goes in front every day in training and brings people together and also when the big moments are coming, how he stands out time after time, he’s a winner, a real winner and a leader. He’s a captain the whole club should be really proud of.” (MLS)

It was reported that 25,218 fans gathered in Providence Park of Portland, Oregon, to watch the 2021 MLS Cup in person.

In contrast, the 2021 attendance total sits around the mid mark, noted by MLS Cup Wikipedia. As of June 2022, the smallest number of attendees was noted at the 2020 MLS Cup with 1,500, likely to have been affected by COVID safety put in place. While the most attendees noted at the 2018 MLS Cup with 73,019.

According to Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing/ Steven Goff, the 2021 MLS Championship was viewed by 1.5 million on average by fans across ABC, UniMas, and TUDN. The game was only the fourth most-viewed soccer Championship for 2021:

• Gold Cup Final at 7.6 million views
• Nations League Final at 4.2 million views
• Liga MX Clausura Final at 2.4 million views

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Major League Soccer Championship Ring

Congratulations to the New York City Football Club on winning the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals Championship and the club’s first-ever 2021 MLS Cup Championship. In addition to receiving a stunning Championship Ring to celebrate it!