{"id":428117,"date":"2023-03-01T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=428117"},"modified":"2023-03-01T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T20:54:08","slug":"sands-returns-to-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/sands-returns-to-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Sands returns to New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d3-l-col__col-12\">\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>James Sands has returned to New York City FC after being loaned to Scottish giants Rangers in January 2022, the MLS club announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*James Sands returns to NYCFC* <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t say it<br \/>Don\u2019t say it<br \/>Don\u2019t say it<br \/>Don\u2019t say it<br \/>Don\u2019t say it<br \/>Don&#39;t say it<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udd0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7qRRw6G8j3\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7qRRw6G8j3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York City Football Club (@NYCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCFC\/status\/1630962500597317633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>The homegrown center back, who can also play as a holding midfielder, was originally set to stay with the Glasgow-based side through June but fell out of favor under manager Mick Beale.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Premier League club held a purchase option.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>The 22-year-old US international has signed a new contract with NYCFC through the 2027 MLS season and will be available for NYCFC\u2019s Matchday 2 game, a Saturday visit to Chicago Fire, pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d3-l-col__col-12\">\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>\u201cIt was a priority for us to try and ensure James returned to New York this season,\u201d NYCFC sporting director David Lee said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite opportunities to continue his career in Europe, we are pleased that we\u2019ve been able to reach an agreement on a new contract and convince James that this is the right place for his continued career progression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text \">\n<p>\u201cWe know James\u2019 ambition remains to play at the highest levels in Europe and we will continue to support him with his career aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Sands has returned to New York City FC after being loaned to Scottish giants Rangers in January 2022, the MLS club announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":428118,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17579,17881],"news_category":[17676],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"He fell out of favor at Scottish club Rangers","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/428117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/428117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428117"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=428117"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=428117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}