2023 New York City FC 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.

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[1]
Home colors Away colors Third colors
← 2022 2024 →

Player movement

In

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]

Out

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]

Current roster

As of January 27, 2023^[26]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	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 28)	Chicago FC United	9	0
25	Cody Mizell		GK	2021	(1991-09-30) September 30, 1991 (age 33)	New Mexico United	0	0
49	Matt Freese		GK	2023	(1998-02-09) February 9, 1998 (age 27)	Philadelphia Union	0	0
Defenders
3	Braian Cufré		LB	2023	(1996-12-15) December 15, 1996 (age 28)	RCD Mallorca	0	0
4	Maxime Chanot		CB	2016	(1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 (age 35)	Kortrijk	176	8
12	Malte Amundsen		LB	2018	(1998-02-11) February 11, 1998 (age 27)	Vejle	71	1
13	Thiago Martins Bueno		CB	2022	(1995-03-17) March 17, 1995 (age 30)	Yokohama F. Marinos	36	0
24	Tayvon Gray		RB	2017	(2002-08-19) August 19, 2002 (age 22)	New York City Academy	49	0
35	Mitja Ilenic		RB	2023	(2004-12-26) December 26, 2004 (age 20)	NK Domžale	0	0
93	Tony Alfaro		CB	2023	(1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 31)	D.C. United	0	0
Midfielders
6	James Sands		DM	2017	(2000-07-06) July 6, 2000 (age 24)	Rangers F.C.	65	0
7	Alfredo Morales		DM	2021	(1990-05-12) May 12, 1990 (age 34)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	63	1
10	Santiago Rodríguez		AM	2023	(2000-01-08) January 8, 2000 (age 25)	Montevideo City Torque	79	11
11	Gabriel Pereira dos Santos		AM	2022	(2001-08-01) August 1, 2001 (age 23)	Corinthians	31	9
17	Matías Pellegrini		CM	2022	(2000-03-11) March 11, 2000 (age 25)	Inter Miami CF	6	0
20	Richard Ledezma		AM	2023	(2000-09-06) September 6, 2000 (age 24)	PSV	0	0
21	Andres Jasson		MF	2020	(2002-01-17) January 17, 2002 (age 23)	New York Soccer Club	42	0
55	Keaton Parks		CM	2019	(1997-08-06) August 6, 1997 (age 27)	Benfica	116	12
80	Justin Haak		CM	2019	(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 (age 23)	New York Soccer Club	24	0
Forwards
8	Thiago Andrade		LW	2021	(2000-10-31) October 31, 2000 (age 24)	Esporte Clube Bahia	66	11
22	Kevin O'Toole		LW	2022	(1998-12-14) December 14, 1998 (age 26)	Princeton Tigers men's soccer	12	0
43	Talles Magno Bacelar Martins		AM	2021	(2002-06-26) June 26, 2002 (age 22)	Vasco da Gama	63	14

Competitions

Preseason

Minnesota United FC v New York City FC

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

San Jose Earthquakes v New York City FC

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'

Los Angeles FC v New York City FC

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

LA Galaxy v New York City FC

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

St. Louis City SC v New York City FC

February 15 5

St. Louis City SC

3–3

New York City FC

Indio, CA

San Diego Loyal SC v New York City FC

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

Portland Timbers v New York City FC

February 18 7

Portland Timbers

1–0

New York City FC

Indio, CA

Friendlies

Inter Miami CF v New York City FC

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

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season

League tables

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2023)

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

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

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

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)

Match results

Nashville SC v New York City FC

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

Chicago Fire v New York City FC

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

New York City FC v Inter Miami FC

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

New York City FC v D.C. United

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

Houston Dynamo FC v New York City FC

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.

New England Revolution v New York City FC

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

New York City FC v Atlanta United FC

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

New York City FC v Nashville SC

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

New York City FC v FC Dallas

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

Toronto FC v New York City FC

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

Charlotte FC v New York City FC

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

New York Red Bulls v New York City FC

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

Orlando City SC v New York City FC

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

New York City FC v Philadelphia Union

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.

New York City FC v FC Cincinnati

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

New York City FC v New England Revolution

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

Real Salt Lake v New York City FC

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

New York City FC v Columbus Crew

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

Atlanta United FC v New York City FC

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

Portland Timbers v New York City FC

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

CF Montréal v New York City FC

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

New York City FC v Charlotte FC

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

Columbus Crew v New York City FC

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

Philadelphia Union v New York City FC

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

New York City FC v Minnesota United FC

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

FC Cincinnati v New York City FC

August 26 26	FC Cincinnati	3–0	New York City FC	Cincinnati, OH
7:30 PM EST	Boupendza 6' Miazga  45' Kubo  50' Moreno 52' Hagglund 59'	Report	Risa  88' Perea  90+2'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Chris Penso

New York City FC v CF Montréal

August 30 27	New York City FC	2–0	CF Montréal	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Jasson 30' Bakrar 37' Perea  58'	Report	Waterman  45'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 15,273 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

New York City FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

September 2 28	New York City FC	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	New York, NY
3:30 PM EST	Perea  20' Rodríguez  37' Bakrar 55' Sands  57'	Report	Laborda  28' Gauld 60' (pen.) Berhalter  90+1'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 17,942 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

New York City FC v New York Red Bulls

September 16 29	New York City FC	0–0	New York Red Bulls	New York, NY
3:30 PM EST	Pellegrini  42' Morales  63' Sands  90+3'	Report	Barlow  48' Ndam  69' Harper  90+7'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 29,657 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

New York City FC v Orlando City SC

September 20 30	New York City FC	2–0	Orlando City SC	New York, NY
7:30 PM EST	Bakrar 37' Ledezma  41' Talles Magno 68'	Report	Pereyra  45+1' Cartagena  54'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 15,238 Referee: Ismail Elfath

New York City FC v Toronto FC

September 24 31	New York City FC	3–0	Toronto FC	Harrison, NJ
1:00 PM EST	Perea 2' Bakrar 31' Jasson 45+4' Fernández 54',  90+2'	Report	O'Neill  30'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7,417 Referee: Sergii Boiko
Note: Match postponed from September 23 due to water main break at Red Bull Arena.

Inter Miami CF v New York City FC

September 30 32	Inter Miami CF	1–1	New York City FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
8:30 PM EST	Cremaschi  33' Avilés  40', 90+5' Farías  62' Kryvtsov  69' Arroyo  70' Allen  90+8'	Report	Ledezma  52' Rodríguez 77' Jasson  81'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 20,135 Referee: Victor Rivas
Note: Match delayed an hour due to lightning in the area

D.C. United v New York City FC

October 7 33	D.C. United	2–0	New York City FC	Washington, DC
7:30 PM EST	Klich 45',  90+2' Birnbaum  45+1' Durkin 62' Canouse  67'	Report	O'Toole  75' Perea  90+6'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

New York City FC v Chicago Fire FC

October 21 34	New York City FC	1–0	Chicago Fire FC	New York, NY
6:00 PM EST	Fernández 64' Rodríguez  78' O'Toole  89' Perea  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 23,260 Referee: Allen Chapman

Leagues Cup

See also: 2023 Leagues Cup

The Leagues Cup took place from July 21 to August 19. New York City FC entered in the group stage as a seeded team, based on the 2022 Major League Soccer standings.

East 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATL	NYC	TOR
1	Atlas	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–0
2	New York City FC	2	1	0	0	1	5	1	+4	3			0–1	—	5–0
3	Toronto FC	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0			—	—	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

New York City FC v Atlas

July 23, 2023 Group stage	New York City FC	0–1	Atlas	New York, NY
19:00 ET	Chanot  20'	Report	Rocha 7' Santamaría  14' Martínez  58' Rocha  86'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 22,267 Referee: Bryan López

New York City FC v Toronto FC

July 26, 2023 Group stage	New York City FC	5–0	Toronto FC	Harrison, NJ
19:30 ET	Chanot 30' Bakrar 45' Rodríguez 45+2', 75' Jasson 56' Gray  90'	Report	O'Neill  38'  84' Mabika  90'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7,417 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco Larios

New York Red Bulls v New York City FC

August 3, 2023 R32	New York Red Bulls	1–0	New York City FC	Harrison, NJ
20:00 ET	Fernandez 31' (pen.),  59' Amaya  34' Reyes  48' Tolkin  63' Luquinhas  75'	Report	Gray  28' Parks  59' Rodríguez  78'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,004 Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón

U.S. Open Cup

See also: 2023 U.S. Open Cup

New York City FC entered the Open Cup in the Round of 32, based on the 2022 Major League Soccer standings.

FC Cincinnati (MLS) v New York City FC (MLS)

May 10 Round of 32	FC Cincinnati (MLS)	1–0	New York City FC (MLS)	Cincinnati, OH
7:00 PM EDT	11' Nwobodo  20' Mosquera 56' Vazquez  81' Miazga	Report	82' Gray  89' Haak	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 7,196 Referee: Timothy Ford