David Villa Signs With New York City FC

You can say what you want about any player from Europe that has come to America, but you can't deny the huge move made by New York FC, the newest club in the MLS. The team made a bold first move signing a World Cup caliber player who can still hang with the best as David Villa demonstrated this season with Atletico Madrid. The team is slated to begin their first campaign in 2015 and they have sent a clear message to the rest of the league and that is that they want to win ASAP (which means as soon as possible). Claudio Reyna, who is the director of soccer for NYCFC had this to say, "This is exciting. We could visualize how we were going to play, now we can visualize who is going to play for us at Yankee Stadium. It's one step closer. It's very exciting...It's a huge day for us as a club."

David Villa who wasn't on hand for the conference call had this to say on the teams website, "Above all it was the quality and capacity of the project and the desire they have to improve in MLS which is really growing in importance. More than anything, the interest they have shown in me to be the figurehead of this project. I'm happy and really looking forward to helping the City group grow even bigger with the team in New York. So let's hope it all goes well." Villa scored 13 goals in 36 league matches with Atletico Madrid which means this is going to be one exciting player to watch in the MLS. There's also a rumor that another player from Europe as Frank Lampard from Chelsea is rumored to come as well. He had already told Chelsea that he will not be returning next season. Who else could be coming to the MLS from Europe? Just wait and find out is what I say.