2025 New York City FC season

The 2025 New York City FC season will be the club's 11th season in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top division of soccer in the United States. The club will play most of its home games at Yankee Stadium and several games at Citi Field. NYCFC began their season on February 22 against Inter Miami CF in Florida; their first home match is on March 15 against the New England Revolution.^{[citation needed]}

New York City FC

2025 season
Head coach	Pascal Jansen
Stadium	Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, New York) Citi Field (Queens, New York) (6 matches)
MLS	Conference: TBD Overall: TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD
Leagues Cup	League phase
Home colors Away colors
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Player movement

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source

Roster

As of May 1, 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  USA Nico Cavallo 5 DF  NOR Birk Risa 8 MF  USA Andrés Perea 9 FW  ALG Monsef Bakrar 11 FW  ARG Julián Fernández 12 DF  SRB Strahinja Tanasijević 13 DF  BRA Thiago Martins 16 FW  CRC Alonso Martínez 17 FW  AUT Hannes Wolf 18 GK  TRI Greg Ranjitsingh 21 MF  AUS Aiden O'Neill 22 DF  USA Kevin O'Toole 23 DF  USA Max Murray 24 DF  JAM Tayvon Gray 26 FW  ARG Agustín Ojeda

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  ARG Maxi Moralez 29 MF  USA Máximo Carrizo 30 GK  SLV Tomás Romero 32 MF  USA Jonny Shore 33 DF  USA Prince Amponsah 35 DF  SVN Mitja Ilenič 36 FW  USA Zidane Yañez 38 DF  USA Drew Baiera 44 GK  USA Alex Rando 47 MF  USA Jacob Arroyave 49 GK  USA Matt Freese 55 MF  USA Keaton Parks 80 MF  USA Justin Haak 88 FW  SLE Malachi Jones 99 FW  JAM Seymour Garfield-Reid

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  USA James Sands (at FC St. Pauli) 7 FW  SRB Jovan Mijatović (at OH Leuven) 43 FW  BRA Talles Magno (at Corinthians)

Current technical staff

Executive
Chief executive officer	Brad Sims
Vice president for partnerships	Andres Gonzalez
Vice president for communications	Sam Cooke
Sporting director	David Lee
Coaching staff
Head coach	Pascal Jansen
Assistant coach	Mehdi Ballouchy
Assistant coach	Robert Vartughian
Assistant coach	Leon Hapgood[2]
Goalkeeping coach	Danny Cepero
Head Athletic Trainer	Kevin Christen
Youth technical coordinator	Rodrigo Marion

Last updated: November 9, 2022
Source: ^[3]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

All matches are in Eastern Time

Preseason

Real Salt Lake v New York City FC

January 24 1	Real Salt Lake	2–2	New York City FC	Santa Barbara, California
3:05 PM EST	Marczuk 37' Ojeda 60'	Report	Parks 13' Martínez 14'
Note: Behind Closed Doors.

LA Galaxy v New York City FC

January 27 2	LA Galaxy	0–2	New York City FC	Carson, California
3:00 PM EST			Bakrar 2nd half' Fernández 2nd half' (pen.)	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0
Note: Behind Closed Doors.

New York City FC v Sporting Kansas City

February 5 3 (CVI)	New York City FC	0–0	Sporting Kansas City	Indio, California
6:00 p.m. EST		Report		Stadium: Empire Polo Club

New York City FC v San Diego FC

February 8 4 (CVI)	New York City FC	3–1	San Diego FC	Indio, California
3:00 p.m.EST	Martinez 28', 65' Bakrar 39' Romero  88'	Report	NcNair 19' Alvarado  35' Tverskov  61' Diop  73'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

New York City FC v St. Louis City SC

February 12 5 (CVI)	New York City FC	1–3	St. Louis City SC	Indio, California
6:00 p.m. EST	Risa 86'	Report	Hartel 9' Becher 67', 79'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

New York City FC v Minnesota United FC

February 15 6 (CVI)	New York City FC	1–0	Minnesota United FC	Indio, California
3:00 p.m. EST	Martínez 78'	Report		Stadium: Empire Polo Club

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2025 Major League Soccer season

League tables

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Columbus Crew	26	12	5	9	42	37	+5	45	Qualification for round one
7	Charlotte FC	27	14	11	2	45	39	+6	44
8	New York City FC	25	12	8	5	36	30	+6	41	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Chicago Fire FC	26	11	9	6	50	44	+6	39
10	New York Red Bulls	27	11	10	6	42	37	+5	39

Updated to match(es) played on August 17, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table (2025)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Charlotte FC	27	14	11	2	45	39	+6	44
11	Seattle Sounders FC	26	11	7	8	43	36	+7	41
12	New York City FC	25	12	8	5	36	30	+6	41
13	Los Angeles FC	24	11	6	7	43	30	+13	40
14	Chicago Fire FC	26	11	9	6	50	44	+6	39

Updated to match(es) played on August 17, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	February 22, 2025	October 18, 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	16	7	3	6	18	18	+0	043.75
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
U.S. Open Cup	May 7, 2025	May 7, 2025	Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Leagues Cup	July 29, 2025	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					17	7	3	7	18	19	−1	041.18

Source: Competitions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
24	38	11	8	5	34	29	+5	8	3	0	19	10	+9	3	5	5	15	19	−4

Last updated: July 25, 2025
Source: MLS Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A
Result	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W
Points	1	1	4	7	8	8	8	11	11	14	17	17	18	21	24	24	25	28	28	31	31	34	35	38
Position (East)	5	10	8	7	8	10	11	10	10	9	8	10	9	7	6	8	9	7	9	7	7	7	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on July 25, 2025. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Conference leader;   = Playoffs berth;   = Wild card berth

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void   Postponed

Inter Miami CF v New York City FC

February 22 1	Inter Miami CF	2–2	New York City FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2:30 PM EST	Avilés 5',  23' Alba  23' Cremaschi  41' Segovia 90+10' Messi  90+11'	Report	Ilenič 26' Tanasijević  45+1' Martínez 55' Freese  90+4'	Stadium: Chase Stadium Attendance: 21,184 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

Los Angeles FC v New York City FC

March 1 2	Los Angeles FC	1–0	New York City FC	Los Angeles, California
10:30 PM EST	Ordaz  57' Hollingshead 86'	Report	Parks  42' Bakrar  45+1'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,021 Referee: Chris Penso

New York City FC v Orlando City SC

March 8 3	New York City FC	2–1	Orlando City SC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EST	Martínez 59' Moralez  66' Wolf 71' O'Toole  77'  86'	Report	Angulo  61' Muriel 69' Atuesta  82'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,846 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

New York City FC v New England Revolution

March 15 4	New York City FC	2–1	New England Revolution	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Fernández 38' Shore  61' Martínez 68' K. Parks  90'	Report	Thiago 26' (o.g.) Feingold  90+4'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,892 Referee: Malik Badawi

Columbus Crew v New York City FC

March 22 5	Columbus Crew	0–0	New York City FC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,235 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Atlanta United FC v New York City FC

March 29 6	Atlanta United FC	4–3	New York City FC	Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Miranchuk 42' Parks 62' (o.g.) Almirón 75' Latte Lath 84' Guzan  90+4'	Report	Wolf 15', 51' Martínez 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,518 Referee: Filip Dujic

New York City FC v Minnesota United FC

April 6 7	New York City FC	1–2	Minnesota United FC	New York, New York
5:00 PM EDT	Risa  36' Parks 89'	Report	Oluwaseyi 2' Trapp 29' Boxall  43'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,279 Referee: Sergii Boiko

New York City FC v Philadelphia Union

April 12 8	New York City FC	1–0	Philadelphia Union	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Martínez 55'	Report	Makhanya  33' Westfield  90+3'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 19,897 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

New England Revolution v New York City FC

April 19 9	New England Revolution	2–0	New York City FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 PM EDT	Campana 43' Ganago 48' Polster  54'	Report	Gray  90+2'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 21,081 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Toronto FC v New York City FC

April 26 10	Toronto FC	0–1	New York City FC	Toronto, Ontario
2:30 PM EDT	Flores  21' Long  31'	Report	O'Toole  22' Martínez 64' (pen.) Fernández  71' Gray  90+7'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,699 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

New York City FC v FC Cincinnati

May 4 11	New York City FC	1–0	FC Cincinnati	New York, New York
5:00 PM EDT	Fernández 9' Freese  39' Wolf  72' Haak  75'	Report	Miazga  12' Evander  90+2'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 21,611 Referee: Drew Fischer

New York City FC v CF Montréal

May 10 12	New York City FC	0–1	CF Montréal	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Haak  44' Ilenič  90'	Report	Piette  39' Owusu 48' Waterman  87'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 19,679 Referee: Chris Penso

D.C. United v New York City FC

May 14 13	D.C. United	0–0	New York City FC	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT	Rowles  23' Enow  34' Tubbs  87'	Report	Perea  57'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 14,283 Referee: Armando Villarreal

New York City FC v New York Red Bulls

May 17 14	New York City FC	2–0	New York Red Bulls	New York, New York
4:30 PM EDT	Martínez 13' Fernández  31' Moralez 50'	Report	Eile  42' Nealis  54' Duncan  63'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 30,804 Referee: Allen Chapman

New York City FC v Chicago Fire FC

May 25 15	New York City FC	3–1	Chicago Fire FC	New York, New York
5:00 PM EDT	Haak  14' Moralez  28' Gray  45+3' Martins  56' Bakrar 58' Wolf 70' Martínez 89' (pen.)	Report	Zinckernagel 19' Gutiérrez  32' Dean  45+1' D'Avilla  60'  84'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,524 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

New York City FC v Houston Dynamo FC

May 28 16	New York City FC	0–3	Houston Dynamo FC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Gray  65' O'Neill  85' Cavallo  90+2'	Report	Haak 26' (o.g.) Dueñas  35' Segal 50', 90+4' (pen.) Andrade  63'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 17,070 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Nashville SC v New York City FC

May 31 17	Nashville SC	2–2	New York City FC	Nashville, Tennessee
4:30 PM EDT	Surridge 27', 41' Acosta  84'	Report	O'Neill  40' Wolf 54', 87' Tanasijević  75' Parks  83'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 28,351 Referee: Jon Freemon

New York City FC v Atlanta United FC

June 12 18	New York City FC	4–0	Atlanta United FC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Moralez 44' Bakrar 55' Wolf 57', 59'	Report		Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,062 Referee: Sergii Boiko

CF Montréal v New York City FC

June 28 19	CF Montréal	1–0	New York City FC	Montreal, Quebec
7:30 PM EDT	Loturi 23'	Report	Perea  37' Moralez  56' Gray  90+4'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,070 Referee: Victor Rivas

New York City FC v Toronto FC

July 3 20	New York City FC	3–1	Toronto FC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Wolf 20' Martínez  25' Ilenič 49' O'Toole 74'	Report	Long  2' Longstaff  19' Dominguez  67' Romero 70' (o.g.) Henry  71'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 19,395 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Charlotte FC v New York City FC

July 12 21	Charlotte FC	2–0	New York City FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Toklomati 14' Marshall-Rutty  17' Scardina  61' Vargas 81' Bronico  84'	Report	Wolf  43' Fernández  67' Moralez  90+4'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 28,164 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Orlando City SC v New York City FC

July 16 22	Orlando City SC	1–2	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Jansson 36' Araújo  60'	Report	Tanasijević  39' O'Neill  85' Smith 87' (o.g.) Martínez 90+1'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 18,521 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Sporting Kansas City v New York City FC

July 19 23	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	New York City FC	Kansas City, Kansas
8:30 PM EDT	Bassong  47' Bartlett  66' Sallói 74'	Report	Perea 22'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 16,987 Referee: Timothy Ford

FC Dallas v New York City FC

July 25 24	FC Dallas	3–4	New York City FC	Frisco, Texas
8:30 PM EDT	Musa 15' Farrington 17', 45+8' Torquato  25' Cappis  90+2'	Report	Shore 11' Martínez 22', 46', 84' Haak  31' Perea  73'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 11,004 Referee: Jon Freemon

New York City FC v Nashville SC

August 17 26	New York City FC	–	Nashville SC	New York, New York
5:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium

FC Cincinnati v New York City FC

August 23 27	FC Cincinnati	–	New York City FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

New York City FC v D.C. United

August 30 28	New York City FC	–	D.C. United	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Chicago Fire FC v New York City FC

September 13 29	Chicago Fire FC	–	New York City FC	Chicago, Illinois
8:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Soldier Field

New York City FC v Columbus Crew

September 17 25	New York City FC	–	Columbus Crew	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for August 9 at Citi Field rescheduled and moved to Yankee Stadium due to field maintenance at the former.

New York City FC v Charlotte FC

September 20 30	New York City FC	–	Charlotte FC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for September 19.

New York City FC v Inter Miami CF

September 24 31	New York City FC	–	Inter Miami CF	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Citi Field

New York Red Bulls v New York City FC

September 27 32	New York Red Bulls	–	New York City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium

Philadelphia Union v New York City FC

October 4 33	Philadelphia Union	–	New York City FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Subaru Park

New York City FC v Seattle Sounders FC

October 18 34	New York City FC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	New York, New York
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: TBD

MLS Cup playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2025 U.S. Open Cup

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC v New York City FC

May 7 Round of 32	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	1–0	New York City FC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. EDT	Ydrach 90+6',  90+7'	Report	Tanasijević  78'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 3,661 Referee: Rodrigo Albuquerque

Leagues Cup

Main article: 2025 Leagues Cup

New York City FC v Puebla

July 29 Group stage	New York City FC	0–3	Puebla	Harrison, New Jersey
8:00 p.m. EDT	Cavallo  27' Carrizo  70' Haak  90+3'	Report	Fedorco 2' Moyano  23' Gómez 38' Pachuca  42' Díaz  77' González 88'	Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Iván Barton

New York City FC v León

August 1 Group stage	New York City FC	2–0	León	Harrison, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. EDT	Martínez 7' Ojeda 32'	Report	Barreiro  59' Funes Mori  90+4'	Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium Attendance: 12,149 Referee: Reon Radix

Toluca v New York City FC

August 5 Group stage	Toluca	2–1	New York City FC	New York, New York
7:30 p.m. EDT	Angulo 37' Paulinho 39' Pereira  45+8' Gallardo  45+8' Romero  57' Morales  87'	Report	Martínez 10' O'Neill  45+8' Tanasijević  45+9'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,496 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere