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Andoni Iraola, former captain of Athletic Club de Bilbao signed last Tuesday with New York City FC. Born in Usurbil (Gipuzkoa), Andoni played for Athletic Club de Bilbao for 12 seasons. This coming Sunday July 12th at 3:00 pm Andoni will debut in the match between NYC FC and Toronto FC at Yankee Stadium, and after the match he will take part in a reception with members of the New York Basque Club and the city's Athletic Peña. If you want to participate, read this article.

New York, USA. This is the message we got from Eusko Etxea of New York:

As you might know Andoni Iraola, former captain of Athletic Club de Bilbao has just signed with New York City FC. Born in Usurbil (Gipuzkoa), Andoni played for Athletic Club de Bilbao for 12 seasons. This coming Sunday July 12th at 3:00 pm Andoni will debut in the match between NYC FC and Toronto FC at Yankee Stadium, and EENY has been contacted by NYC FC to participate in a small get together after the match to welcome Andoni to NYC.

The expectation is that Andoni will play a few minutes and after the match he will meet with representatives of Peña Athletic Club de Bilbao of New York and of Eusko Etxea at a venue place in the stadium.

Those of you that are willing to come to the match this Sunday and meet Andoni Iraola in person please contact as soon as possible to EENY or the Peña (nyeuzkoetxea2013@gmail.com or Peña's Facebook).