{"id":768177,"date":"2026-05-02T12:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/768177\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:46:25","slug":"etihad-player-of-the-month-maxi-moralez-claims-april-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/768177\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Player of the Month | Maxi Moralez Claims April Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City FC is pleased to announce that Maxi Moralez has been named the Etihad Player of the Month for April.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran playmaker continues to be a vital figure in Pascal Jansen\u2019s side, delivering another influential run of performances.<\/p>\n<p>Already enjoying a strong 2026 campaign, Moralez added to his assist tally while consistently creating chances for his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>One of his standout contributions came during the thrilling 4-4 draw against FC Cincinnati. With quick thinking and precision, Moralez produced a clever pass around the corner to release Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau, who scored.<\/p>\n<p>The move showcased Moralez&#8217;s creativity and technical quality, as well as his ability to split the defense with a single touch.<\/p>\n<p>Moralez also opened the month with an assist for Hannes Wolf during the 1-1 draw against St. Louis CITY SC. His clever pass into the box allowed Wolf to stroke the ball home and give New York City FC the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Club would like to congratulate Maxi on being named Etihad Player of the Month for April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC is pleased to announce that Maxi Moralez has been named the Etihad Player of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":768178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,29649,193014,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,29648,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-768177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-etihad-airways","tag-maxi-moralez","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-player-of-the-month","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116505056791194576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}