American association soccer club based in New York City

football club
New York City Football Club, normally referred to as NYCFC, is an american professional soccer club based in New York City that competes in Major League Soccer ( MLS ), the highest degree of american soccer, as a member of the league ‘s Eastern Conference. New York City FC is the reigning MLS Cup Champion, having won the MLS Cup in 2021. [ 14 ] The club is owned by City Football Group, which besides owns the english soccer golf club Manchester City, and Yankee Global Enterprises, owners of the New York Yankees.

New York City played its first game in 2015, as the twentieth overall expansion team of the league ; [ 15 ] it is the first gear franchise based in the city, and the second in the New York metropolitan area, after the New York Red Bulls, with whom they contest the Hudson River Derby. [ 16 ] Since 2015, the baseball club have chiefly played their family games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Jason Kreis was appointed as the golf club ‘s first passenger car, remaining for a year before being replaced by Patrick Vieira. Vieira guided New York City to their beginning MLS Cup playoff appearance the be season, setting a Major League Soccer commemorate for the largest improvement in wins over a straight season. Vieira and Domènec Torrent would both lead the club to second position finishes in the MLS Supporters ‘ Shield standings, in 2017 and 2019. After five years of performing well in the regular season but falling short in the playoffs, norwegian bus Ronny Deila won the baseball club ‘s first trophy, the 2021 MLS Cup. Based on attendance from the 2019 regular season, New York City ‘s attendance was the ninth-largest in the league. [ 17 ] In 2019, Forbes estimated the franchise was the seventh most valuable in MLS, worth over $ 385 million .

history [edit ]

foundation [edit ]

In early 2006, Major League Soccer had an interest in placing a second team in the New York City area. This followed the death of MetroStars ‘ exclusive territorial rights as a circumstance of the cabaret ‘s sale to Red Bull GmbH and the creation of New York Red Bulls. [ 19 ] By 2007, the league had held talks with several groups, including New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his class, about owning the second New York franchise. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Wilpons ‘ interest in MLS reportedly faded following the family ‘s losses in the Madoff investment scandal, but the league continued to look for investors. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In 2010, MLS commissioner Don Garber officially announced the league ‘s purpose to make its twentieth franchise a second team in the New York area. At that indicate, the league hoped to have the newly team beginning operations by 2013. [ 21 ] Garber besides held discussions with the owners of the boot New York Cosmos, but they balked at the league ‘s expansion tip and single-entity structure and decided not to apply for entry, rather joining the second-tier north american Soccer League. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Garber had previously cultivated an pastime in acquiring investment from a major european soccer club to be owners of a future franchise, and in December 2008, he announced a offer for a Miami expansion team led by FC Barcelona. The team was to begin play in 2010 if accepted, however, the wish finally fell through. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Garber besides briefly discussed Barcelona investing in a New York franchise, before moving the focus to Miami. [ 29 ] In 2012, Ferran Soriano, Barcelona ‘s frailty president of the united states at the time of the Miami bid, was appointed Manchester City CEO, prompting Garber to reach out to him about a New York City team. [ 29 ] In December 2012, unnamed sources told the media that Manchester City were close to being announced as the new owners of the twentieth team of MLS, and the brand diagnose “ New York City Football Club ” was trademarked, although the club quickly denied the report. [ 30 ] however, Garber announced in March 2013 that he was about ready to unveil the new expansion team. [ 31 ] Manchester City, in association with the New York Yankees baseball team, paid the $ 100 million expansion fee to join the league. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] New York City Football Club, LLC was besides registered with the New York State Department on May 7, 2013, [ 34 ] and on May 21, the team was formally announced as the twentieth Major League Soccer franchise. [ 35 ] On May 22, 2013, the golf club named erstwhile United States and Manchester City midfielder Claudio Reyna as its director of football operations, responsible for coaching staff and player recruitment ahead of the team ‘s inaugural MLS season in 2015. [ 36 ] Reyna, a New Jersey native, besides played for the nearby New York Red Bulls. He said he had begun identifying candidates to be the cabaret ‘s head coach, but would not name one in 2013. [ 37 ] The team announced an English-language radio distribute with WFAN on October 3, 2013. [ 38 ] The cabaret made their first recruitment dealing in off-field matters on September 6, 2013, when they hired former Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti to serve as Chief Business Officer, contribution of a five-year conduct with the university. [ 39 ] Further hirings were made in mid-November, when three experienced administrators were appointed to frailty president roles. [ 40 ] On December 11, 2013, Jason Kreis was announced as the first head coach of the new franchise, having reached the end of his contract at Real Salt Lake and declined an extension. [ 41 ] The move came just four days after he missed out on lifting his second MLS Cup with the Utah team, losing on penalties to Sporting Kansas City. It was revealed in the announcement that his contract, starting on January 1, 2014, would see him begin by traveling to Manchester, England, to familiarize himself with the set-up of the franchise owners. [ 41 ] Kreis ‘ official uncover was made at a press league on January 10, 2014, where he made it public that his former assistant Miles Joseph had joined him at the club. [ 42 ] On June 2, 2014, the baseball club announced that spanish World Cup -winning striker David Villa had signed as the first ever player. [ 43 ] While the team awaited its MLS begin in 2015, Villa was loaned to Melbourne City, a club besides owned by City Football Group. He was, however, called back after alone four matches. [ 44 ] On July 24, 2014, New York City announced at a populate iron conference in Brooklyn that ex-England external and Chelsea all-time top goal scorer Frank Lampard would be joining them as their irregular Designated Player. Reyna hailed Lampard as “ one of the greatest players in populace history ”, while Lampard stated “ it is a privilege to be able to help make history here in New York City ”. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] On July 6, 2015, the clubhouse signed ex-Italian international Andrea Pirlo from Juventus as their third base Designated Player. [ 47 ] In the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, as an expansion team, New York City had second overall choice, choosing Oregon State forward Khiry Shelton as their inaugural pick. [ 48 ]

2015–2021 : Inaugural season and first trophies [edit ]

An up-and-down pre-season saw them dominate their first always exhibition match, played against Scotland ‘s St Mirren, with Villa scoring the club ‘s beginning ever goal in a baffle match, [ 49 ] while in the Carolina Challenge Cup, they finished second out of four teams after a slowly startle ruled out their chances of picking up the non-competitive silverware. Their inaugural ever league plot was played on March 8 against fellow expansion slope Orlando City, with Mix Diskerud scoring their beginning always competitive finish in a game which finished 1–1 in front of a pack Citrus Bowl stadium. [ 50 ] A workweek later in their first base home game, Villa and Patrick Mullins scored in their first base win against New England Revolution in front of a push of 43,507. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The team finally suffered an eleven-game winless streak which ended on June 16, after defeating the Philadelphia Union 2–1. [ 53 ] New York City faced the New York Cosmos in the fourthly round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and were eliminated on penalties after playing overtime. [ 54 ] The team finished 8th in the Eastern Conference, 17th overall. After the season ended, Kreis was relieved from his fountainhead coaching duties on November 2. The team ‘s failure to make the playoffs and the team ‘s second lowest points in the league, were the main factors in his turn. [ 55 ] A week late, Patrick Vieira was announced as the new promontory coach of the team. [ 56 ]
Under Vieira ‘s stewardship, the baseball club had a remarkable season in 2016. The golf club began pre-season trading for Jack Harrison, the first overall woof in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. Harrison made an immediate impingement and became a kernel component of the baseball club in his first year with the team, forming a formidable partnership with Villa. Villa besides regained his fall upon form, finally becoming the recipient of the league ‘s MVP Award after scoring 23 goals. [ 57 ] New York City qualified for the playoffs for the foremost clock time in franchise history, finally losing to Toronto in a two-game series in the eastern Conference semi-finals. Following the season ‘s stopping point, the club parted ways with Lampard, who had become injury prone during his time with the club. [ 58 ] 2017 saw a exchangeable season, with the club replacing Lampard with the arrival of Argentine midfielder Maximiliano Moralez as their raw, one-third Designated Player, while Alexander Ring joined from Kaiserslautern, the match soon becoming stalwarts in midfield. [ 59 ] The baseball club, however, became runner-up for the 2017 Supporters ‘ Shield, finishing the regular season with a record of 16–9–9, arsenic well as a read points total of 57. The golf club again, however, were once again eliminated from the playoffs in the conference semi-finals, losing to the fifth seeded Columbus Crew by a 4–3 goal aggregate. [ 60 ] New York City had then utilized the following off-season in order to undertake an aggressive overhaul of the squad, with ten-spot senior players departing, including sensed starters Mikey Lopez, R. J. Allen, Frédéric Brillant, and Ethan White. Designated Player Andrea Pirlo besides departed, announcing his retirement anterior to the club ‘s final playoff game against Columbus Crew. He was then replaced with the addition of Paraguayan international Jesus Medina on New Year ‘s Eve, as New York City ‘s third base Designated Player. The club further began upon replacing other departing players with the promotions of both Jonathan Lewis, the third-overall choice in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, and James Sands, the clubhouse ‘s first gear ever Homegrown Player. [ 61 ] Sands besides grew up in the nearby city of Rye, New York. soon after, 2016 ‘s Defensive Player of the Year, Rónald Matarrita, extended his shrink to remain with the club beyond the 2018 season. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] The club then made its first learning on December 13, with the sign of defender Anton Tinnerholm, who joined from Allsvenskan champions Malmö. [ 64 ] Tinnerholm, a swedish external, is typically deployed as a right-back. The team then acquired another right-back in the form of Saad Abdul-Salaam in a trade with Sporting Kansas City, trading former second overall pick Khiry Shelton, largely considered a bust, on December 14. [ 65 ] The club then rounded out the roll with a three of internationals, as striker Jo Inge Berget, cardinal defender Cédric Hountondji, and speedster Ismael Tajouri-Shradi all joined the team. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] Brad Stuver was besides acquired in a barter with Columbus, in decree to provide traverse as third-choice goalkeeper. [ 69 ] Finally, Ghanaian international Ebenezer Ofori joined on loan from Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, while the club selected goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell with the nineteenth overall clean in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, as they began the temper in search of a MLS Cup. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] The team besides conducted business through the season, as they signed Sebastien Ibeagha, a defender who last played for affiliate club San Antonio, after he impressed following a trial. [ 72 ]
Midway through the season, however, Vieira would depart the cabaret to return to France, in order to coach at Ligue 1 cabaret Nice. His tenure saw the team adopt a free-flowing, attacking, press-based system, which gained both the team and coach several plaudits from experts, players, and colleague coaches. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ] He departed alongside his band of assistant coaches : christian Lattanzio, Kristian Wilson and Matt Cook. [ 77 ] Vieira was then cursorily replaced by Domènec Torrent, Pep Guardiola ‘s long-run assistant bus. [ 78 ] Torrent was successful in his first gear plot, securing a 2–1 winnings at home against Toronto on June 24. The club then added to their roll during the season, with unblock agentive role Eloi connect as Torrent ‘s beginning sign, who arrived from sister club Girona on July 25. [ 79 ] The team then concluded a loan deal for youth prospect Valentín Castellanos two days former. [ 80 ] Castellanos would score on his debut on August 4. Despite this, Torrent ‘s bright get down would finally fade, and he could alone register an extra six victories to close the temper, including a time period of one win in two months. New York City would finally qualify for the playoffs as the third base sow in the Eastern Conference, but again, were defeated in the second base round to conclude the 2018 season. Individually, Moralez glow, and was voted an All-Star for his performances. [ 81 ]
The golf club then undergo another time period of passage in the off-season, with respective players ‘ options declined on November 29, including cult-hero Tommy McNamara, recent signings Ofori and Eloi, and first team regulars Maxime Chanot and Rodney Wallace. [ 82 ] furthermore, Berget ‘s condense with the baseball club was mutually terminated, after precisely a single season. [ 83 ] The baseball club besides parted ways with read appearance manufacturer and goalscorer Villa—who had been voted into the MLS Best XI twice and was a four-time MLS All-Star in his four seasons with New York—who joined J-League side Vissel Kobe. Alexander Ring was named the club ‘s second master after Villa ‘s passing. [ 84 ] Later, an choice to buy was exercised in Castellanos ‘ loan batch to make his transfer permanent. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] Chanot was finally resigned to a multi-year shrink on December 8, while Ofori ‘s lend was extended for another season. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] New York City made their first skill, Tony Rocha, good under a week later in a trade with Orlando City, whereby the team parted with a fourth-round choice in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. [ 89 ] The club later loaned in U.S. external Keaton Parks in January, who joined from portuguese side Benfica, [ 90 ] while Juan Pablo Torres joined from belgian Pro League side Lokeren. [ 91 ] interim, Justin Haak was promoted to the aged team as the clubhouse ‘s second gear Homegrown Player. Hountondji was subsequently waived in arrange to clear a roll spot for the baseball club ‘s 12th overall conscription pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, goalkeeper Luis Barraza. [ 92 ] New York City then signed Romanian external Alexandru Mitriță as the clubhouse ‘s third gear Designated Player on February 4, for a rumored club-record transfer fee of US $ 9.1 million, making him besides one of the most expensive transfers in MLS history. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] The cabaret late signed Brazilian forth Héber on March 21, and in June, signed Scottish ahead Gary Mackay-Steven on a release transfer from Aberdeen. Mid-season, the clubhouse traded for defender Eric Miller from Minnesota United on July 29, for $ 50,000 in general allocation money. [ 95 ] Despite these roll changes, the team again failed in the playoffs, falling to previous MLS Cup champions Toronto, despite the club finishing atop the regular season standings in Eastern Conference for the foremost prison term. [ 96 ] Following this, the club “ mutually parted ways ” with forefront coach Torrent. [ 97 ] The club announced its end of season awards on November 12, with Chanot receiving Defensive Player of the Year, [ 98 ] while Héber won Newcomer of the Year. [ 99 ] Moralez again shine in New York for a second consecutive season, being voted into the 2019 MLS Best xi. At the start of the off-season, the team oversaw a total of departures ; veteran defender Ben Sweat left after being selected by kip MLS club Inter Miami as their first overall pick in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft, while Sporting Director Claudio Reyna besides left the club, joining expansion side Austin. Reyna was replaced by the in-house forwarding of Technical Director David Lee, who assumed the character as Sporting Director. [ 100 ] furthermore, the golf club besides announced Homegrown Player Joe Scally would depart to join Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, effective January 1, 2021. The official transfer fee was undisclosed, although, multiple reports suggested the fee is to be a seven-figure union that could rise to become one of the highest transmit fees received for a musician in MLS history. [ 101 ] Soon thereafter, Parks ‘ loanword was made permanent wave, [ 102 ] while the cabaret completed the learning of Gedion Zelalem on a unblock transfer. [ 103 ] On January 28, 2020, New York City signed Icelandic midfielder Guðmundur Þórarinsson from swedish club Norrköping, and the club announced the appointment of Ronny Deila as the newfangled forefront coach ; Deila signed a three-year narrow. [ 104 ] New York City began the 2020 season with their debut in the CONCACAF Champions League, and advanced to the quarter finals after defeating costa Rican kit San Carlos 6–3 over two legs. The golf club then began the 2020 MLS season with a frustration, losing 1–0 away against Columbus. New York City subsequently announced the sign of Uruguayan midfielder Nicolás Acevedo from Liverpool Montevideo on March 2, 2020. [ 105 ] After the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City returned to play in July in the MLS is Back Tournament, where they placed 3rd in Group A, progressing to the quarter finals before falling to eventual champions Portland Timbers 3–1. [ 106 ] They finished at the like phase of the CONCACAF Champions League, losing to Mexican side UANL. In the regular temper, New York City besides failed to see significant success, finishing 5th in the Eastern Conference and losing to Orlando City in the first orotund of the playoffs. [ 107 ] In the subsequent postseason, the club sanctioned the departures of club captain Alexander Ring, leftback Ronald Matarrita, and Gary Mackay-Steven, while erstwhile golf club record transfer Alexandru Mitriță left on loanword. [ 108 ] The club signed Malte Amundsen in 2021, their inaugural sign language of the decade, for a reported fee of $ 1.6 million, on February 12. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] The clubhouse by and by completed respective additions by June : they drafted Andres Jasson and Vuk Latinovich, [ 111 ] [ 112 ] signed goalkeeper Cody Mizell, [ 113 ] re-signed Zelalem and brought Chris Gloster back to MLS, [ 114 ] [ 115 ] signed eventual first-team regular Alfredo Morales, [ 116 ] and the brazilian pair Thiago Andrade and Talles Magno ; [ 117 ] [ 118 ] they besides loaned Uruguyan midfielder Santiago Rodríguez. [ 119 ] meanwhile, reserve goalkeepers Stuver and Mason Stajduhar departed. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] The club ended 2021 season as 4th in the eastern Conference but finally won its inaugural Conference title and first MLS Cup against Portland Timbers in a pen gunfight 2-4 after the game ended in a 1-1 all draw after extra clock .

Colors and badge [edit ]

The badge used at the launch of the club With the team announced in 2013, about two years before it was due to play its inaugural competitive game in 2015, the board of the nascent New York club announced their intention to take their time in building the baseball club, and at the team ‘s establish ceremony did not unveil colors or a badge, rather only using a placeholder image of a blue r-2 with “ New York City FC ” written within. Although club chair Ferran Soriano emphasized the desire to create a club with its own identity, quite than relying entirely on the brands of cabaret owners Manchester City and the New York Yankees, the on-line presence that the clubhouse kept up across its own web site and on versatile social network websites maintained a consistent approach of using the sky blue of the Manchester club and the dark blue blue of the MLB team, along with the white employed by both owner-clubs. [ 122 ] With the soccer side running the operations of New York City, however, the huge majority of journalistic report and speculation assumed that the golf club ‘s color-scheme would finally be revealed as a observation of, if not a transcript of Manchester City ‘s sky blue kits with white trim, [ 123 ] [ 124 ] with Director of Football Operations Claudio Reyna saying at the press league announcing his appointment that he was “ excited to again wear City ‘s ‘ Sky Blue ’ as separate of the expansion of the MLS ”. [ 36 ] [ 125 ] Having allowed the speculation and amateur designs to build interest in the club for about nine months, on February 4, 2014 it was announced that the choice of an official cabaret badge was to be extroverted, with the club design to release two designs for the peak in two different styles, which would then be put to a public vote to select the choose design. [ 126 ] In the interim, New York City ‘s official web site announced a “ Badge of Badges ” crusade, inviting all to create their own crests on a hosted badge-designer page, with every entrance ultimately to be incorporated into a mosaic of the badge when a concluding design was selected, the mosaic to be available both on-line and in physical kind at the clubhouse ‘s educate ground once built. [ 127 ] Although March 3 was originally set as the passing date for the two proposed logos, the right to vote was pushed back as the Yankees vetoed one of the likely crests for infringing their own brand. [ 128 ] The two badge options, both designed by Rafael Esquer following the success of his Made in NY score, were revealed on March 10. At that meter, the club ‘s official color dodge of united states navy gloomy, flip blue and orange was besides announced. The orange was an court to the city ‘s Dutch inheritance, and is the like shade found in the city ‘s pin. [ 129 ] Fans were given three days to vote on the final design, and the achiever was announced on March 20. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] At an consequence at Hell ‘s Kitchen in Manhattan on November 13, 2014, thousands of fans and media were on hand to see New York City unveil its inaugural new jersey. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] The away new jersey was revealed on November 24, a black shirt with flip blue and orange trim and five brooding black stripes to represent the five boroughs of the city. [ 134 ] For the golf club ‘s second season, a new away uniform was unveil, featuring shirt, shorts and socks all of dark blue blue trimmed in orange. The shirt was dominated by lighter-blue concentric circles radiating out from the logo that “ celebrate the energy of New York City ”. [ 135 ] The home plate uniform remained virtually unchanged, with flip blue socks substituting for the white. [ 136 ] On January 7, 2017, the club unveiled its second-ever home consistent, pairing the flip blue shirt with united states navy blue shorts. A modest New York City flag is on the front of the shirt. [ 137 ] The club ‘s third away uniform was unveiled on February 7, 2018. The kit out is chiefly gray with flip blue details, “ inspired by the concrete hobo camp that is the Big Apple ”. [ 138 ] [ 139 ]

Season Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref.
2015–present Adidas Etihad Airways [140]

City Football Group sponsor Etihad Airways was announced to be New York City ‘s inaugural jersey sponsor in an consequence at Terminal 5 on November 13, 2014, at the same consequence which revealed the club ‘s first ever new jersey design. [ 140 ] The announcement capped a week in which Heineken and Adidas had besides been signed up as secondary coil sponsors of the club. [ 141 ] [ 142 ]

Broadcasting [edit ]

In one of the club ‘s first announcements on October 3, 2013 – before announcing where the team would play and before any players had been signed – New York City signed an agreement with WFAN to broadcast English-language radio comment to the New York area for club games and besides serves as the flagship station of the ‘New York City FC Radio Network ‘, powered by CBS. [ 38 ] A class subsequently, on December 18, 2014, the club announced that it was following up its radio batch with an agreement with the YES Network to televise all home and away games. [ 143 ] On top of the YES broadcasting rights, the bargain included unblock stream of all games across the internet via the Fox Sports Go web site. [ 143 ] With club co-owners the New York Yankees besides part-owners of YES, the deals were of fiddling surprise, with even Yankees president Randy Levine openly speculating on the possibility within days of the club ‘s uncover. [ 144 ] Games were broadcast on radio by WFAN and WNYM during the team ‘s first season ; the games were available via webstream for the subsequent two seasons. Broadcasts returned to sublunar radio receiver in 2018, as noncommercial WNYE became the team ‘s flagship sound recording wall socket. [ 145 ] In 2019, Spanish-language radio station WEPN began to broadcast New York City games, with play-by-play from announcer Roberto Abramowitz and semblance comment from Ariel Judas. [ 146 ]

stadium [edit ]

On April 21, 2014, the club confirmed that they would play their first season home games at Yankee Stadium, and that plans for a future stadium were in progress. [ 149 ] Before the official team was announced, plans were presented by MLS to build a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens. [ 150 ] however, due to opposition to building a stadium on park land adenine well as objections from the New York Mets, who play nearby, the site lost privilege once the new team was announced. The team came up with an alternate marriage proposal to build the stadium in the Bronx adjacent to Yankee Stadium. [ 151 ] In 2015, New York property lawyer Martin Edelman, a extremity of Manchester City ‘s board of directors, said that New York City had abandoned plans for the Bronx site. [ 152 ] On August 17, 2017, the club ‘s architects attended a locate visit of Belmont Park on Long Island held by the Empire State Development Corporation for parties concern in developing nation adjacent to the racetrack. [ 153 ] Club president Jon Patricof confirmed in September 2017 that the franchise “ ( has ) multiple sites under active circumstance – some involve public processes and some are individual. ” [ 154 ] On September 25, 2017, it was reported that the club would submit a proposal to build a soccer-specific stadium on the 43-acre ( 17 hour angle ) locate at Belmont Park. [ 155 ] On December 19, 2017, the locate at Belmont Park was selected by the Empire State Development Corporation for the New York Islanders ‘ fresh 18,000-seat arena, ending the club ‘s pursuit of a soccer-specific stadium at the locate. [ 156 ] On September 23, 2017, New York City played a home couple at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, 107 miles ( 172 kilometer ) from the city, due to a scheduling dispute with a reschedule Yankees game. [ 157 ] [ 158 ] On October 22, 2017, New York City played their final examination regular season home match at Queens ‘ Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, due to another scheduling conflict with a yankee american League Championship Series bet on at Yankee Stadium. [ 159 ] In April 2018, new plans for the Harlem River Yards development in the south Bronx were revealed, for the land north of the Willis Avenue Bridge ; the area would be anchored by the new stadium of 26,000 seats, which would be designed by Rafael Viñoly. [ 160 ] On April 25, 2018, it was reported by cabaret president of the united states Jon Patricof that the club is focusing on other sites more seriously than Harlem Yards. “ We submitted something to the State [ of New York ] as share of a request for expressions of pastime, ” said Patricof about the Harlem River Yards web site. “ But that ‘s it. That site is not an active site. ” [ 161 ] In 2020, they used Red Bull Arena for two matches of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League due to both Yankee Stadium and Citi Field undergoing ineluctable winterization procedures at the time. [ 162 ] The team would besides use the stadium again between August and September 2020 after scheduling conflicts at Yankee Stadium prevented the team from using the stadium. [ 163 ] The clubhouse hosted an extra eight home matches at Red Bull Arena for the 2021 MLS Season due to scheduling conflicts at Yankee Stadium. [ 164 ]

culture [edit ]

Supporters [edit ]

New York City ‘s official athletic supporter group, The Third Rail, began to form after the club ‘s announcement in May 2013, when fans met through social media, and through member drives and viewing parties for 2014 FIFA World Cup matches. It had registered 1,600 members before the team ‘s first season. [ 165 ] Although the group operates independently from the baseball club, it was recognized as the official supporter group and has received single access to one section in Yankee Stadium. Then-group president of the united states Chance Michaels said the name reflected the group ‘s desire to “ world power NYCFC ” the room the third rail powered the New York City Subway system. [ 166 ] Before the club began play in March 2015, the club ‘s season-ticket membership had already surpassed 14,000, [ 167 ] and by April 2015 season-ticket sales had reached 16,000. [ 168 ] In October of that class, the baseball club announced that it had sold 20,000 season tickets for the inaugural address season. [ 169 ]

On April 29, 2017, NYCSC ( New York City Supporters Club ) was recognized as the club ‘s second official supporters group. [ 170 ] [ non-primary source needed ] On February 13, 2020, NYCFC formally parted ways with NYCSC. [ citation needed ]

Rivalries [edit ]

In May 2015, the New York metropolitan sphere experienced a genuine local bowler hat in MLS league act for the first time, when New York City played their first game against the New York Red Bulls. [ 171 ] [ 172 ] [ 173 ] Although initially regarded as a manufactured competition with short of the traditional banter apparent between long-time local rivals, [ 174 ] the first meetings between the two clubs displayed an increasing flush of animosity between the two sides. [ 175 ] The Red Bulls won the first ever find between the two, a league game on May 10, 2015, at Red Bull Arena. [ 176 ] A series of brawl between supporters of the two teams occurred before and after matches between the two teams. [ 177 ] The contest has been dubbed the Hudson River Derby by supporters .

sociable media campaigns [edit ]

In 2015, MLS hosted a contest between New York City and New York Red Bulls ahead of the Hudson River Derby on June 28. The team with the most votes would have the Empire State Building lit up in their favor. New York City, with over 1 million Facebook followers, launched the ‘WINNYCFC ‘ crusade on the chopine and won the contest. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] In the 2016 MLS season, the clubhouse started the ‘We Are One ‘ political campaign on social media, followed by the ‘Support Your City ‘ campaign during the playoffs late that year .

Players and staff [edit ]

roll [edit ]

As of January 1, 2022[180]
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Out on lend [edit ]

No. Pos. Player Nation

current technical staff [edit ]

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 Ronny Deila
Assistant coach Mehdi Ballouchy
Assistant coach Nick Cushing
Assistant coach Efraín Juárez
Assistant coach Robert Vartughian
Goalkeeping coach Danny Cepero
Head trainer Kevin Christen
Youth technical coordinator Rodrigo Marion

last update : November 9, 2019
source : [ 181 ]

Executives [edit ]

Title Name Tenure
President Tim Pernetti September 9, 2013 – February 1, 2015
President Tom Glick February 1, 2015 – March 1, 2016
President Jon Patricof March 1, 2016[182]–December 31, 2018[183]
CEO Brad Sims January 1, 2019[184] – present

Affiliates and club academy [edit ]

The USL ‘s Wilmington Hammerheads were New York City ‘s first affiliate club, announced on January 16, 2015. [ 185 ] One year late, both clubs announced a long-run extension to that original agreement. [ 186 ] On April 21, 2016, the club besides announced that the Long Island Rough Riders would be their official Premier Development League collaborator beginning with the 2016 season. [ 187 ] After the Wilmington Hammerheads dropped to an amateur league following the 2016 season, New York City farther announced another affiliation agreement, partnering with San Antonio on February 9, 2017. Sporting Director Claudio Reyna called the agreement “ an authoritative affiliation for NYCFC with an ambitious, forward-thinking club like San Antonio, which shares our drive to grow the game within their own passionate soccer residential district. ” [ 188 ] New York City besides began building its young development plan in April 2014 by partnering with eight local young person soccer clubs. [ 189 ] This foresaw the club formally announcing the universe of an academy in February 2015, beginning with a one team at U-13 and U-14 level. [ 190 ] The academy saw its first base success in 2017, with the U-16 team winning the Generation Adidas Cup, becoming the beginning major silverware earned by New York City in any capacity. [ 191 ]

team records [edit ]

This is a overtone number of the last five seasons completed by New York City. For the full season-by-season history, see List of New York City FC seasons .
^ 1. Avg. Attendance include statistics from league matches alone.
^ 2. Top Goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, MLS is Back Tournament, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches .

head coaches [edit ]

  • Includes regular season, playoff, CONCACAF Champions League, U.S. Open Cup and MLS is Back Tournament games.
As of December 11, 2021[ citation needed]
All-Time New York City Coaching Stats
Coach Nationality Tenure Games Win Loss Draw Win %
Jason Kreis  United States December 11, 2013 – November 2, 2015 35 10 18 7 0 28.57
Patrick Vieira  France January 1, 2016 – June 11, 2018 90 40 28 22 0 44.44
Domènec Torrent  Spain June 12, 2018 – November 8, 2019 45 20 13 12 0 44.44
Ronny Deila  Norway January 6, 2020 – present 69 31 15 23 0 44.93

Captains [edit ]

median attendance [edit ]

As of 2020 season

Honors [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]