The Alexander Callens sweepstakes ... The move keeps Callens within the City Football Group family – Girona are one of NYCFC’s sister clubs – and reunites him with striker Taty Castellanos ...

Forget the loss of defender Alexander Callens — who had played every minute of NYCFC’s regular season, only to pick up a red card through video review for raising his elbow to Crew forward ...

Alexander Callens scored in the 29th minute ... Santiago Rodríguez picked up an assist on Callens’ goal for NYCFC (8-3-2). Johnson turned away all five shots he faced to notch a clean sheet.