2023_New_York_City_FC_season

New York City FC
2023 season
Head coach	Nick Cushing
Stadium	Yankee Stadium; (The Bronx, New York); Citi Field; (Queens, New York); (6 matches)
MLS	Conference: 11th ; Overall: 22nd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
Leagues Cup	Round of 32
Average home league attendance	19,816
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2023 New York City FC season

New York City FC 2023 soccer season

The 2023 New York City FC season was the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States. The club split its home games between Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, and began play against Nashville SC on February 25, 2023.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Braian Cufré	RCD Mallorca	Loan	February 3, 2023	^[2]
6	DF	James Sands	Rangers F.C.	End of loan	March 1, 2023	^[3]
9	ST	Monsef Bakrar	NK Istra 1961	Transfer	July 11, 2023	^[4]
10	AM	Santiago Rodríguez	Montevideo City Torque	Transfer	March 3, 2023	^[5]
11	FW	Julián Fernández	Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield	Transfer	August 1, 2023	^[6]
19	ST	Gabriel Segal	1. FC Köln II	Transfer	January 10, 2023	^[7]
20	AM	Richard Ledezma	PSV	Loan	March 23, 2023	^[8]
35	DF	Mitja Ilenič	NK Domžale	Transfer	January 4, 2023	^[9]
49	GK	Matt Freese	Philadelphia Union	$350,000 in General Allocation Money	January 27, 2023	^[10]
93	DF	Tony Alfaro	D.C. United	Transfer	December 22, 2022	^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
1	GK	Sean Johnson	Toronto FC	Free transfer	January 27, 2023	^[12]
2	LB	Chris Gloster		Buyout	February 17, 2023	^[13]
3	RB	Anton Tinnerholm	Malmö FF	Free transfer	November 14, 2022	^[14]
6	CB	Alexander Callens	Girona FC	Free transfer	January 23, 2023	^[15]
8	FW	Thiago Andrade	Athletico Paranaense	Loan	April 3, 2023	^[16]
9	ST	Héber	Seattle Sounders FC	$400,000 of General Allocation Money	December 29, 2022	^[17]
10	CAM	Maximiliano Moralez	Racing Club de Avellaneda	Free transfer	December 23, 2022	^[18]
11	MF	Gabriel Pereira dos Santos	Al-Rayyan SC	Transfer	July 22, 2023	^[19]
20	AM	Santiago Rodríguez	Montevideo City Torque	End of loan	December 31, 2022
23	MF	Gedion Zelalem	FC Den Bosch	Option declined	November 15, 2022	^[20]
26	MF	Nicolás Acevedo	Bahia	Loan	December 20, 2022	^[21]
32	DF	Vuk Latinovich	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Option declined	November 15, 2022	^[23]
93	DF	Tony Alfaro	LA Galaxy	Transfer	July 11, 2023	^[24]
4	CB	Maxime Chanot	AC Ajaccio	Free	August 29, 2023	^[25]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Games Played	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Luis Barraza	GK	2019	(1996-11-08) November 8, 1996 (age 27)	Chicago FC United	9	0
25	Cody Mizell	GK	2021	(1991-09-30) September 30, 1991 (age 32)	New Mexico United	0	0
49	Matt Freese	GK	2023	(1998-02-09) February 9, 1998 (age 26)	Philadelphia Union	0	0
Defenders
3	Braian Cufré	LB	2023	(1996-12-15) December 15, 1996 (age 27)	RCD Mallorca	0	0
4	Maxime Chanot	CB	2016	(1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 (age 34)	Kortrijk	176	8
12	Malte Amundsen	LB	2018	(1998-02-11) February 11, 1998 (age 26)	Vejle	71	1
13	Thiago Martins Bueno	CB	2022	(1995-03-17) March 17, 1995 (age 29)	Yokohama F. Marinos	36	0
24	Tayvon Gray	RB	2017	(2002-08-19) August 19, 2002 (age 21)	New York City Academy	49	0
35	Mitja Ilenic	RB	2023	(2004-12-26) December 26, 2004 (age 19)	NK Domžale	0	0
93	Tony Alfaro	CB	2023	(1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 30)	D.C. United	0	0
Midfielders
6	James Sands	DM	2017	(2000-07-06) July 6, 2000 (age 23)	Rangers F.C.	65	0
7	Alfredo Morales	DM	2021	(1990-05-12) May 12, 1990 (age 33)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	63	1
10	Santiago Rodríguez	AM	2023	(2000-01-08) January 8, 2000 (age 24)	Montevideo City Torque	79	11
11	Gabriel Pereira dos Santos	AM	2022	(2001-08-01) August 1, 2001 (age 22)	Corinthians	31	9
17	Matías Pellegrini	CM	2022	(2000-03-11) March 11, 2000 (age 24)	Inter Miami CF	6	0
20	Richard Ledezma	AM	2023	(2000-09-06) September 6, 2000 (age 23)	PSV	0	0
21	Andres Jasson	MF	2020	(2002-01-17) January 17, 2002 (age 22)	New York Soccer Club	42	0
55	Keaton Parks	CM	2019	(1997-08-06) August 6, 1997 (age 26)	Benfica	116	12
80	Justin Haak	CM	2019	(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 (age 22)	New York Soccer Club	24	0
Forwards
8	Thiago Andrade	LW	2021	(2000-10-31) October 31, 2000 (age 23)	Esporte Clube Bahia	66	11
22	Kevin O'Toole	LW	2022	(1998-12-14) December 14, 1998 (age 25)	Princeton Tigers men's soccer	12	0
43	Talles Magno Bacelar Martins	AM	2021	(2002-06-26) June 26, 2002 (age 21)	Vasco da Gama	63	14

January 18 1	Minnesota United FC	1–0	New York City FC	Orlando, FL
	Oluwaseyi 90'	NYC Report MLS Report

January 24 2	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	New York City FC	Santa Barbara, CA
	30' 53'	NYC Report SJE Report	Jiménez 65' (pen.) Haxhari 72'

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2023 New York City FC season

Player movement

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Current roster

Competitions

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Friendlies

Major League Soccer

League tables

Eastern Conference

Overall

Match results

Leagues Cup

East 3

U.S. Open Cup

References

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January 28 3	Los Angeles FC	1–1	New York City FC	Los Angeles, CA
	30'	Report	Magno 32' (pen.)

February 4 4	LA Galaxy	1–2	New York City FC	Los Angeles, CA
	Hernández 52' Costa 90'	Report	Andrade 37' Denis 82'

February 15 6	San Diego Loyal SC	Cancelled	New York City FC	Indio, CA
		Report

November 10 Friendly	Inter Miami CF	1–2	New York City FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00p.m. EST	Robinson 81'	Report	Magno 43' Fernandez 48'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Charlotte FC	34	10	11	13	45	52	−7	43	Qualification for the Wild card round
10	CF Montréal	34	12	17	5	36	52	−16	41
11	New York City FC	34	9	11	14	35	39	−4	41
12	D.C. United	34	10	14	10	45	49	−4	40
13	Chicago Fire FC	34	10	14	10	39	51	−12	40

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
20	CF Montréal	34	12	17	5	36	52	−16	41
21	Minnesota United FC	34	10	13	11	46	51	−5	41
22	New York City FC	34	9	11	14	35	39	−4	41
23	D.C. United	34	10	14	10	45	49	−4	40
24	Chicago Fire FC	34	10	14	10	39	51	−12	40

February 25 1	Nashville SC	2–0	New York City FC	Nashville, TN
4:30 PM EST	Zimmerman 34' Shaffelburg 58', 80'	Report	Cufré 28' Talles Magno 62' Thiago 75' Chanot 90+3'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 28,051 Referee: Armando Villarreal

March 4 2	Chicago Fire	1–1	New York City FC	Chicago, IL
8:30 PM EST	Pineda 34' Herbers 75'	Report	Perreira 39' Pellegrini 44' Jasson 58'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 19,671 Referee: Filip Dujic

March 11 3	New York City FC	1–0	Inter Miami FC	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Cufré 32' McVey 36' (o.g.) Ilenic 53' Pellegrini 70' Gray 77'	Report	Negri 6' Mota 47' Yedlin 51' Kryvtsov 59'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 24,489 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

March 18 4	New York City FC	3–2	D.C. United	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Talles Magno 17' Rodríguez 37', 53' Pellegrini 73' Andrade 88'	Report	Canouse 8' Benteke 46' Pálsson 49' Jeahze 58' Birnbaum 90'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 17,281 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 8 23	Columbus Crew	1–1	New York City FC	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST	Zelarayán 41' Hernández 45+2' 68' Amundsen 57' Nagbe 64' Zawadzki 85', 90+4' Degenek 90+9'	Report	Barraza 13' Rodríguez 68' Haak 75', 90+12' Cufré 90+8'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,533 Referee: Sergii Boiko

March 25 5	Houston Dynamo FC	1–0	New York City FC	Houston, TX
8:30 PM EST	Artur 18' Bassi 55' (pen.) Dorsey 90'	Report	Parks 29' Rodríguez 55' Gray 90+3' Barraza 90+9'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 13,024 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

April 1 6	New England Revolution	1–1	New York City FC	Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EST	Gil 70'	Report	Ilenič 32' Magno 80'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 18,521 Referee: Ismail Elfath

April 8 7	New York City FC	1–1	Atlanta United FC	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Pellegrini 54' Pereira 72' Chanot 77' Ilenic 90+2'	Report	Giakoumakis 45+1', 70' Ibarra 62'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 20,095 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 15 8	New York City FC	2–1	Nashville SC	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Parks 11' Chanot 25' Ilenič 45' Jasson 76'	Report	Mukhtar 81'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 18,687 Referee: Allen Chapman

April 22 9	New York City FC	3–1	FC Dallas	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Rodríguez 44', 50', 90' Magno 55'	Report	Pomykal 51' Obrian 66' Paul Arriola 71' Jiménez 77'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 20,922 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

April 29 10	Toronto FC	1–0	New York City FC	Toronto, ON
7:30 PM EST	Sapong 46' Laryea 65' Hedges 72' Johnson 80'	Report	Parks 54'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 21,847 Referee: Armando Villarreal

May 6 11	Charlotte FC	3–2	New York City FC	Charlotte, NC
7:30 PM EST	Jones 2' Copetti 8', 39' 66' Meram 14' Ledezma 74' (o.g.)	Report	Ledezma 14' Pereira 37' Rodríguez 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 30,454 Referee: Chris Penso

May 13 12	New York Red Bulls	1–0	New York City FC	Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EST	Reyes 67' Nealis 72' Fernandez 76' Cásseres Jr. 88'	Report	Parks 37'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,121 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 17 13	Orlando City SC	1–1	New York City FC	Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EST	Kara 7' Smith 33' McGuire 67'	Report	Chanot 71' Segal 89'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 17,012 Referee: Sergii Boiko

May 27 14	New York City FC	1–3	Philadelphia Union	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Pereira 37' Gray 38' Thiago Martins 52' O'Toole 61'	Report	Glesnes 30' Carranza 45+1', 45+3' Gazdag 53' (pen.) Uhre 69' Bueno 83'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 22,830 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

May 31 15	New York City FC	1–3	FC Cincinnati	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Cufré 41' 64' Chanot 53' Sands 56' Gray 58' Pereira 66' Alfaro 82' Morales 88'	Report	38' 50' Acosta 43' Mosquera 45+5' 70' (pen.) Vazquez 59' Barreal 90+1' Gaddis	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 14,806 Referee: Armando Villarreal

June 3 16	New York City FC	0–0	New England Revolution	New York, NY
3:30 PM EST	Chanot 81' Cufré 90+1'	Report	Boateng 43' Gil 85'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 22,203 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

June 10 17	Real Salt Lake	0–0	New York City FC	Sandy, UT
9:30 PM EST	Glad 42'	Report	Pereira 32' Haak 70' Barraza 83' Alfaro 84'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,301 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

June 17 18	New York City FC	1–1	Columbus Crew	New York, NY
3:30 PM EST	Cufré 32' Parks 90' Segal 90+4' Rodríguez 90+6'	Report	Ramírez 48'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 30,615 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

June 21 19	Atlanta United FC	2–2	New York City FC	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EST	Wolff 11' Cobb 22' Gutman 75' Firmino 90+5'	Report	Pereira 1', 56' Cufré 75' Pellegrini 81' Rodríguez 86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,557 Referee: Jon Freemon

June 24 20	Portland Timbers	1–1	New York City FC	Portland, OR
10:30 PM EST	Evander 38', 90+3' Mabiala 50' Bravo 70'	Report	Parks 51' Turnbull 90'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,676 Referee: Nima Saghafi

July 1 21	CF Montréal	0–1	New York City FC	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EST	Lassiter 30'	Report	Pellegrini 29', 33' Ilenic 64' Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 16,038 Referee: Victor Rivas

July 5 22	New York City FC	1–1	Charlotte FC	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Haak 58' Cufré 81' Parks 88'	Report	Gaines II 17' Świderski 58' Tuiloma 90+2'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 15,122 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 15 24	Philadelphia Union	2–1	New York City FC	Chester, PA
7:30 PM EST	Martínez 23' Donovan 81'	Report	Jasson 86'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 19,363 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

August 20 25	New York City FC	0–2	Minnesota United FC	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Sands 32' Pellegrini 39'	Report	Greguš 53' Trapp 60' Reynoso 62' García 90+5'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 18,606 Referee: Nima Saghafi