2017 New York City FC season

New York City FC
2017 season
OwnerCity Football Group (80%)
Yankee Global Enterprises (20%)
CEOFerran Soriano
Head coachPatrick Vieira
StadiumYankee Stadium
The Bronx, New York
(16 of 18 league matches)
Rentschler Field
East Hartford, Connecticut
Citi Field
Queens, New York
(One match each due to scheduling conflicts with Yankees)
MLSConference: 2nd
Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Semi-Finals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Villa (22)
All: David Villa (24)
Highest home attendance33,679 (Aug 6 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Lowest home attendance10,165 (Sep 3 vs. Houston Dynamo)*
* in East Hartford, Connecticut
Average home league attendance22,321 (regular season)
22,372 (including playoffs)
Biggest win4 goals:
NYC 4–0 DC (March 12)
Biggest defeat4 goals:
TOR 4–0 NYC (July 30)

The 2017 New York City FC season was the club's third season of competition and their third in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer (MLS). New York City FC played their home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx.

Roster

As of October 26, 2017[1]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Games Played Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1 Sean Johnson GK 2016 (1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 28) Chicago Fire 35 0
24 Andre Rawls GK 2016 (1991-12-20)December 20, 1991 (aged 25) Wilmington Hammerheads 0 0
25 Eirik Johansen GK 2015 (1992-07-12)July 12, 1992 (aged 25) Manchester City 9 0
Defenders
2 Ben Sweat LB 2017 (1991-09-04)September 4, 1991 (aged 26) Tampa Bay Rowdies 29 1
3 Ethan White CB 2016 (1991-01-01)January 1, 1991 (aged 26) Philadelphia Union 35 0
4 Maxime Chanot CB 2016 (1990-01-21)January 21, 1990 (aged 27) Kortrijk 27 2
6 Alexander Callens CB 2017 (1992-05-04)May 4, 1992 (aged 25) Numancia 36 2
13 Frédéric Brillant CB 2016 (1985-06-26)June 26, 1985 (aged 32) Oostende 59 2
22 Rónald Matarrita LB 2016 (1994-07-09)July 9, 1994 (aged 23) Alajuelense 41 1
27 R. J. Allen RB 2015 (1990-04-17)April 17, 1990 (aged 27) Skive 56 1
52 Shannon Gomez RB 2016 (1996-10-05)October 5, 1996 (aged 21) W Connection 0 0
16 James Sands CB 2017 (2000-07-06)July 6, 2000 (aged 17) NYCFC Academy 1 0
32 Andraž Struna CB 2017 (1989-04-23)April 23, 1989 (aged 28) Free agent 7 1
Midfielders
5 Mikey Lopez CM 2016 (1993-02-20)February 20, 1993 (aged 24) Sporting Kansas City 30 0
8 Alexander Ring CM 2017 (1991-04-09)April 9, 1991 (aged 26) Kaiserslautern 32 0
10 Maximiliano Moralez AM 2017 (1987-02-27)February 27, 1987 (aged 30) León 32 5
11 Jack Harrison RM 2016 (1996-11-20)November 20, 1996 (aged 20) Wake Forest 60 14
12 John Stertzer CM 2017 (1990-10-04)October 4, 1990 (aged 27) Real Salt Lake 6 0
14 Kwame Awuah CM 2017 (1995-12-02)December 2, 1995 (aged 21) Connecticut 5 0
15 Tommy McNamara AM 2014 (1991-02-06)February 6, 1991 (aged 26) D.C. United 78 14
21 Andrea Pirlo CM 2015 (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979 (aged 38) Juventus 62 1
30 Yangel Herrera MF 2017 (1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 19) Manchester City 20 1
99 Miguel Camargo AM 2017 (1993-05-09)May 9, 1993 (aged 24) Chorrillo 8 1
Strikers
7 David Villa (captain) CF 2014 (1981-12-03)December 3, 1981 (aged 35) Atlético Madrid 99 65
9 Sean Okoli CF 2016 (1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 24) Cincinnati 17 1
17 Jonathan Lewis CF 2017 (1997-06-04)June 4, 1997 (aged 20) Akron 13 2
19 Khiry Shelton CF 2015 (1993-06-26)June 26, 1993 (aged 24) Oregon State 57 6
23 Rodney Wallace CF 2017 (1988-06-17)June 17, 1988 (aged 29) Sport Recife 28 4

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
9 FW Sean Okoli FC Cincinnati Free transfer December 5, 2016 [2]
1 GK Sean Johnson Chicago Fire Trade for TAM December 11, 2016 [3]
6 DF Alexander Callens Numancia Transfer January 27, 2017
8 MF Alexander Ring Kaiserslautern Transfer February 1, 2017
10 MF Maximiliano Moralez León Transfer February 15, 2017
23 FW Rodney Wallace Sport Recife Transfer February 15, 2017
12 MF John Stertzer Real Salt Lake Free transfer February 16, 2017
2 DF Ben Sweat Tampa Bay Rowdies Free transfer February 23, 2017
32 DF Andraž Struna Free agent Free transfer September 6, 2017

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
8 MF Frank Lampard Retirement after the end of contract November 14, 2016 [4]
51 DF Andoni Iraola Retired November 17, 2016 [5]
20 MF Mehdi Ballouchy Retired November 18, 2016
9 FW Stiven Mendoza Corinthians End of loan November 28, 2016
6 MD Federico Bravo Boca Juniors End of loan November 28, 2016
99 FW Tony Taylor Paços de Ferreira End of contract November 28, 2016
2 DF Jason Hernandez Toronto FC End of contract November 28, 2016
30 DF Diego Martínez Sportivo Estudiantes End of contract November 28, 2016
12 GK Josh Saunders Orlando City SC Trade January 27, 2017
10 MF Mix Diskerud IFK Göteborg Contract buyout March 2, 2017

Loans

Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

In

Date Player Position Loaned from Notes Ref
January 11, 2017 Miguel Camargo MF Chorrillo Season-long loan w/ option to buy
February 14, 2017 Yangel Herrera MF Manchester City Season-long loan [6]

Out

Date Player Position Loaned too Notes Ref
January 5, 2017 Jefferson Mena DF Barcelona Season-long loan

Draft picks

Round # Position Player College/Club Team Reference
1 (3) 17 F Jonathan Lewis Akron [7]
1 (16) 14 MF Kwame Awuah Connecticut [8]
2 (38) - F Jalen Brown Xavier [9]
3 (54) - MF Chris Wingate New Hampshire [10]
3 (60) - DF Michael DeGraffenriedt Louisville [10]

Preseason and Friendlies

February 2 Jacksonville Dolphins 0–9 New York City FC Jacksonville, Florida
12:00PM EST Report Stertzer 5'
White 7'
Brown 21'
Villa 32', 34' (pen.)
Lewis 45+1'
Harrison 49'
Awuah 77'
Louima 79'
Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium
February 8 Emelec 2–2 New York City FC Guayaquil, Ecuador
4:00PM EST Preciado 41', 54' Report Okoli 83'
Stertzer 90+2'
Stadium: Estadio George Capwell
Attendance: 40,000

Major League Soccer season

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto FC 34 20 5 9 74 37 +37 69 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 New York City FC 34 16 9 9 56 43 +13 57
3 Chicago Fire 34 16 11 7 62 48 +14 55 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 Atlanta United FC 34 15 9 10 70 40 +30 55
5 Columbus Crew 34 16 12 6 53 49 +4 54
6 New York Red Bulls 34 14 12 8 53 47 +6 50
Source: MLS

Overall

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto FC (C, S) 34 20 5 9 74 37 +37 69 CONCACAF Champions League
2 New York City FC 34 16 9 9 56 43 +13 57
3 Chicago Fire 34 16 11 7 61 47 +14 55
4 Atlanta United FC 34 15 9 10 70 40 +30 55
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 16 9 9 56 43  +13 57 10 5 2 33 20  +13 6 4 7 23 23  0

Last updated: October 22, 2017.
Source: MLS

Matches

March 12 2 New York City FC 4–0 D.C. United New York, New York
2:00 PM EDT Wallace 8'
Villa 28', 75'
Moralez 39'
Report Birnbaum  24'
Jeffrey  35'
DeLeon  63'
Vincent  77'
Neagle  85'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 24,259
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 1 4 New York City FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes New York, New York
2:00 PM EDT Harrison 10',  86'
Ring  54'
Wallace  59'
McNamara 67'
Report Ureña 6'
Bernárdez  80'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 20,066
Referee: Jorge González
April 8 5 D.C. United 2–1 New York City FC Washington, D.C.
4:00 PM EDT Sam 53'
Acosta 73'
Report Callens  11'
Matarrita  35'
Villa 84'
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 18,855
Referee: Drew Fischer
April 14 6 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Elliott  25' Report Ring  43'
Harrison 52'
Matarrita  55'
Villa 90'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 16,553
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
April 23 7 New York City FC 1–2 Orlando City SC New York, New York
1:30 PM EDT Moralez  2'
Pirlo  45'
Villa  54', 74'
White  59'
Report Larin 31', 51',  90+3'
Higuita  57'
Redding  72'
Nocerino  82'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 22,470
Referee: Jair Marrufo
April 29 8 Columbus Crew 2–3 New York City FC Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT Higuaín 29'
Raitala  44'
Kamara 49'
Report Sweat  2'
Harrison 8', 76'
Herrera  17', 64'
Chanot  79'
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 17,336
Referee: Chris Penso
May 14 10 FC Dallas 1–1 New York City FC Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Acosta 20'
Gruezo  68'
Report McNamara  34', 68'
Ring  51'
Sweat  88'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 14,665
Referee: Robert Sibiga
May 19 11 Real Salt Lake 2–1 New York City FC Sandy, Utah
9:00 PM EDT Movsisyan  16'
Schuler  23'
Rusnák 38'
Maund 51'
Report Okoli 4'
White  21'
McNamara  45'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,434
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 21 12 Orlando City SC 0–3 New York City FC Orlando, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Rivas  34'
Pereira  90+2'
Report Villa 14', 82'
Lopez  19'
Wallace 35'
Moralez  45+1'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 25,527
Referee: Mark Geiger
May 28 13 Atlanta United FC 3–1 New York City FC Atlanta
5:00 PM EDT Almirón 16', 23'
Villalba 19'
Parkhurst  36'
Carmona  65'
Report Ring  43'
Harrison 71'
Moralez  90+1'
Stadium: Bobby Dodd Stadium
Attendance: 44,901
Referee: Armando Villarreal
June 17 16 New York City FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC New York, New York
1:00 PM EDT Wallace  44'
Villa 52' (pen.), 77'
White  80'
Okoli  90+4'
Report Svensson  28'
Roldan  29', 40'
Alonso  48'
Marshall  52'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 25,073
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 24 17 New York Red Bulls 0–2 New York City FC Harrison, New Jersey
1:30 PM EDT Murillo  11'
Muyl  77'
Lawrence  90+5'
Report Chanot  20'
McNamara  28'
Harrison 33'
Sweat 65'
Ring  84'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 25,219
Referee: Alan Kelly
June 29 18 New York City FC 3–1 Minnesota United FC New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT Callens 38'
Villa  45+4', 63'
Harrison 52'
Wallace  68'
Report Ramirez 9'
Molino  23'
Venegas  45+4'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 21,572
Referee: Armando Villarreal
July 5 19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 New York City FC Vancouver
10:00 PM EDT Montero 2'
Harvey 53'
Reyna 87'
Report Chanot 33'
Villa 41'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 22,120
Referee: Baldermo Toledo
July 19 20 New York City FC 2–2 Toronto FC New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT McNamara  23'
Villa 45'
Moralez 56'
Herrera  66'
Allen  90+1'
Report Morgan 11'
Moor  26'
Bono  34'
Morgan  70'
Vázquez 90'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 22,011
Referee: Jorge González
July 22 21 New York City FC 2–1 Chicago Fire New York, New York
2:00 PM EDT Herrera  8'  12'
Villa 47'
Brillant 50',  87'
Harrison  83'
Report Meira  44'
Accam 54'
Kappelhof  61'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 26,025
Referee: Allen Chapman
July 30 22 Toronto FC 4–0 New York City FC Toronto
2:00 PM EDT Giovinco 32', 67'
Altidore 75' (pen.)
Edwards  80', 82'
Report Callens  74' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Chris Penso
August 6 23 New York City FC 3–2 New York Red Bulls New York, New York
6:00 PM EDT Moralez  7'
David Villa 28', 72', 75' (pen.),  82'
Report Royer  6'
Wright-Phillips 41', 64'
Zizzo  75'  90'
Perrinelle  76'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 33,679
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
August 12 24 LA Galaxy 0–2 New York City FC Carson, California
10:30 PM EDT Jones  34' Report Callens  36'
Ring  45'
Lewis 54'
Villa 73'
White  80'
Wallace  85'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 25,667
Referee: Robert Sibiga
August 20 25 New York City FC 2–1 New England Revolution New York, New York
6:00 PM EDT Brillant  59'
Allen  75'
Villa 77'
Herrera  89'
Lewis 90+4'
Report Angoua  53'
Bunbury 57'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 22,415
Referee: Mark Geiger
September 6 27 New York City FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT Moralez  28'
Harrison 84'
Allen  89'
Report Espinoza  24'
Rubio  90+2'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 19,353
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
September 9 28 New York City FC 0–1 Portland Timbers New York, New York
5:30 PM EDT Sweat  71'
Moralez  88'
Report Guzmán  22'
Blanco  27'
Valeri 44' (Mattocks),  90+5'
Chara  76'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 23,651
Referee: Ishail Elfath
September 16 29 Colorado Rapids 1–1 New York City FC Commerce City, Colorado
9:00 PM EDT Gatt  58'
Badji 88'
Report McNamara 19',  90+2'
Johnson  63'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 14,336
Referee: Chris Penso
September 27 31 Montreal Impact 0–1 New York City FC Montreal
7:30 PM EDT Džemaili  40' Report Harrison 29'
Brillant  33'
Struna  45'
Ring  73'
Callens  74'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 16,005
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
September 30 32 Chicago Fire 1–1 New York City FC Bridgeview, Illinois
8:30 PM EDT McCarty  16'
Nikolic 20'
Report Villa 43'
Moralez  73'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 20,195
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
October 15 33 New England Revolution 2–1 New York City FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
3:00 PM EDT Harrison  26'
Herrera  44'
Matarrita  76'
Shelton 90+3'
Report Dielna  49'
Fagúndez 51', 90+2'
Farrell  78'
Agudelo  90+4'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 33,767
Referee: Nima Saghafi
October 22 34 New York City FC 2–2 Columbus Crew New York, New York
4:00 PM EDT Villa 18', 45'
Herrera  69'
Report Kamara 11'
Williams 58'
Stadium: Citi Field
Attendance: 20,113
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Note: Relocated from Yankee Stadium as a result of the New York Yankees qualifying for the American League Championship Series.[12]

MLS Cup Playoffs

October 31 Eastern Conference Semifinals Leg 1 Columbus Crew SC 4–1 New York City FC Columbus, Ohio
8:00 PM EDT Kamara 6'
Artur 58'
Meram 69'
Afful 90+3'
Report Callens  52'
Matarrita  64'
Villa 78'
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 14,416
Referee: Alan Kelly
November 5 Eastern Conference Semifinals Leg 2 New York City FC 2–0
(3–4 agg.)
Columbus Crew SC New York, New York
5:00 PM EST Villa 16' (pen.)
Struna 53'
Wallace  74'
Report Abu  63' Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 23,246
Referee: Kevin Stott

U.S. Open Cup

June 14 Fourth round New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC Harrison, New Jersey
8:00 PM EDT Long  56'
Royer 67'
Report Callens  52'
Ring  60'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11,311
Referee: José Carlos Rivero

Player statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  USA Sean Johnson 35 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF  USA Ben Sweat 29 1 25+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF  USA Ethan White 23 0 19+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF  LUX Maxime Chanot 19 2 19+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF  USA Mikey Lopez 13 0 5+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF  PER Alexander Callens 36 2 34+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW  ESP David Villa 34 24 28+3 22 2+0 2 1+0 0
8 MF  FIN Alexander Ring 32 0 29+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW  USA Sean Okoli 19 1 3+13 1 0+2 0 0+1 0
10 MF  ARG Maxi Moralez 32 5 28+1 5 2+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF  ENG Jack Harrison 37 10 33+1 10 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 MF  USA John Stertzer 6 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
13 DF  FRA Frédéric Brillant 26 1 16+7 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF  CAN Kwame Awuah 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF  USA Tommy McNamara 28 3 19+8 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF  USA James Sands 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW  USA Jonathan Lewis 13 2 4+7 2 0+1 0 0+1 0
19 FW  USA Khiry Shelton 15 1 3+12 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF  ITA Andrea Pirlo 16 0 14+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF  CRC Rónald Matarrita 14 0 8+4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
23 FW  CRC Rodney Wallace 28 4 23+3 4 2+0 0 0+0 0
24 GK  USA Andre Rawls 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK  NOR Eirik Johansen 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF  USA R. J. Allen 15 0 10+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF  VEN Yangel Herrera 20 1 14+4 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF  SVN Andraž Struna 7 1 4+1 0 1+1 1 0+0 0
52 DF  TRI Shannon Gomez 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
99 MF  PAN Miguel Camargo 8 1 2+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0

NYCFC Etihad Airways Player of the Month : David Villa November 2017

References

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