NEW YORK, N.Y. February 9, 2017 - The YES Network will televise 19 New York City FC regular season matches and two pre-season matches this year as the club, led by 2016 MLS MVP David Villa, looks to build upon its 2^nd place finish in MLS' Eastern Conference last year. YES will televise a pair of NYCFC Desert Diamond Cup pre-season matches, on February 15 and 18, before the network opens its regular season telecast schedule on Sunday, March 12 when NYCFC hosts DC United at Yankee Stadium.

YES is the exclusive regional TV home of NYCFC; this will be the network's third season televising NYCFC matches. All NYCFC matches televised by YES will also be streamed live via the FOX Sports GO app to authenticated YES viewers whose operators have streaming deals with YES (which include Cablevision Optimum, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable/Spectrum and Verizon FiOS). Fans can visit www.foxsportsgo.com or download the FOX Sports GO app for more information. Joe Tolleson will carry the play-by-play duties on YES for the third straight year, while Ian Joy and Janusz Michallik will return to split analyst duties.

YES Network 2017 New York City FC Telecast Schedule*

Pre-Season

Wednesday, February 15           Red Bulls                      4:00 pm#

Saturday, February 18               Houston                        8:00 pm#

Regular Season

Sunday, March 12                     DC United                     2:00 pm

Saturday, March 18                   Montreal                       1:00 pm

Saturday, April 1                       San Jose                      2:00 pm

Saturday, April 29                      at Columbus                 7:30 pm

Wednesday, May 17                  at Real Salt Lake           9:00 pm&

Wednesday, May 31                  New England                 7:30 pm

Saturday, June 3                       Philadelphia                  1:00 pm&

Thursday, June 29                    Minnesota                     7:30 pm

Wednesday, July 5                    at Vancouver                10:00pm

Wednesday, July 19                  Toronto                         7:30 pm

Saturday, July 22                      Chicago                        2:00 pm                      

Sunday, August 20                    New England                 6:00 pm

Wednesday, September 6         Kansas City                  7:30 pm&

Saturday, September 9             Portland                        5:30 pm

Saturday, September 16            at Colorado                   9:00 pm

Wednesday, September 27        at Montreal                   7:30pm

Saturday, September 30            at Chicago                    8:30 pm

Sunday, October 15                  at New England             3:00 pm

Sunday, October 22                  Columbus                     4:00 pm

*all times ET; schedule subject to change

#Desert Diamond Cup, Tucson, Arizona

&Will be streamed live via FOX Sports Go and will be shown on the YES Network on tape delay following YES' Yankees coverage on each of these three days