2025 Austin FC season

Austin FC
2025 season
ChairmanAnthony Precourt
Head coachNico Estévez
StadiumQ2 Stadium
MLS18th
U.S. Open CupQuarterfinals
Copa Tejas3rd
Copa Tejas Shield4th
Top goalscorerLeague: Brandon Vázquez (5 goals)
All: Brandon Vázquez (8 goals)
Highest home attendance20,738
Average home league attendance20,738
Biggest winCOL 0–2 ATX (6/7) MLS
ATX 3–1 HOU (5/21) USOC
Biggest defeatVAN 5–1 ATX (4/11) MLS
All statistics correct as of 00:28, June 18, 2025 (UTC).

The 2025 season will be Austin FC's fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. They play in the league's Western Conference.

Background

Austin FC started playing in the MLS Western Conference in 2021, finishing in 12th place with a record of 9W-4D-21L.[1] 2022 brought many new experiences to Austin FC. They lost their first ever U.S. Open Cup match against San Antonio FC in extra time,[2] won their first trophy, the Copa Tejas, and qualified for their first-ever MLS Cup Playoffs in just their second season as a franchise.[3] Austin FC advanced to the Western Conference Finals but lost to LAFC.[4] Austin FC fell almost all the way to the bottom of the 2023 standings, with the team finishing in 27th place in Major League Soccer. The new sporting director Rodolfo Borrell was quoted as saying "The team overachieved last year, the team underachieved this year", but showed his support for coach Josh Wolff as the team looks to rebuild for the 2024 season.[5] At the end of the 2024 season, and after back-back seasons without reaching the MLS playoffs, Austin FC release their first ever coach Josh Wolff, having an interim coach for the final game of the season.[6]

Summary

Pre-season

Austin FC started their 2025 roster build the week after their final game of the 2024 season. On October 21, 2024, Austin announced they had extended Jáder Obrian's contract through 2026 with a 1-year club option, after being one of the top goal scorers for the 2024 season.[7] The next day, Austin FC announced the contract extension of Owen Wolff, the teams first homegrown player, signing him through 2027 with a 1-year club option.[8] With their third announcement in three days, Austin FC announced the extension of Brendan Hines-Ike through the 2025 season with a 1-year club option.[9] Austin FC continued agreeing to contract extensions for the fourth straight day, announcing Diego Rubio had been signed through the 2025 season with a 1-year club option.[10] Closing out a week of updates, Austin FC announced the hiring of Nico Estévez as the new coach, with plans for him to join the team after the November 2024 FIFA window.[11] On November 5, 2024, Austin FC announced their roster decision headed into the 2025 season. Austin exercised their club option on Daniel Pereira and Jimmy Farkarlun while they did not exercise the option for Matt Hedges, Jhojan Valencia, Alexander Ring, Ethan Finlay, and Matt Bersano. With Hector Jiménez out of contract the team continues to negotiate for his service during the 2025 season.[12] After exercising their option on Pereira, Austin FC announced they had signed him to a new contract through the 2025 season with an option for 2026. After recently obtaining his Green Card, Pereira will hold a senior spot on the roster, but no longer an international slot.[13] On December 9, 2024, Austin FC announced they had used their season buyout on Gyasi Zardes, opening up a senior slot and removing his salary from the 2025 budget.[14] On December 17, 2024, Austin FC announced they would participate in the Coachella Valley Invitational for the second year in a row. This event will take place in February 2025 and Austin will face LA Galaxy, Sporting Kansas City, and Charlotte FC.[15] The 2025 MLS SuperDraft was held on December 20, 2024. Austin traded its first round pick and $75,000 GAM to Colorado Rapids for a 2025 International slot. In the second round they selected defender Riley Thomas from North Carolina and in the third round they selected forward Patrick Gryczewski from Rhode Island.[16] On the last day of 2024, Austin FC announced they had signed Ilie for the 2025 season with an option for the 2026 season.[17] On January 6, 2025, Austin announced they had acquired Brandon Vázquez from C.F. Monterrey for a team-record transfer fee. Vázquez signed a contract through 2028 with a one year option and will hold a designated player and senior team slot on the roster. In order to move to the top of MLS's waiver order, Austin also had to trade $50,000 of 2025 GAM and $50,000 of 2026 GAM to San Jose Earthquakes.[18] On January 13, 2025 Austin signed Nicolás Dubersarsky from Instituto. Dubersarsky is signed as part of the MLS U-22 initiative.[19] On January 17, 2025, Austin FC announced an agreement had been reached to transfer agreement with River Plate for Sebastián Driussi. Austin FC received $10 million and a 8.25% sell on fee for Driussi upon his transfer to River Plate.[20] On January 21, 2025, Austin FC announced the signing of free agent Besard Šabović to a contract through 2027 with a one-year option.[21] On January 23, 2025, Austin FC announced they had extended Žan Kolmanič's contract through the 2026 season, with an additional one year option.[22] On January 24, 2025, Austin FC announced they had signed Albanian forward Myrto Uzuni for a club record $12 million. Uzuni will hold a designated player, senior team, and international roster slot for Austin FC.[23] On January 31, Austin announced they had loaned Damian Las to Louisville City FC for the 2024 season.[24] and Guilherme Biro signed a contract extension keeping with the team through the 2027 season, with a one-year option.[25] To close out the preseason, Austin announced they had extended Damian Las's contract through the 2027 season, with a one year option.[26]

February/March

Austin started the season with a 1–0 win against Sporting Kansas City on a 76th minute goal from Osman Bukari.[27] In their first road game of the year, Austin travelled to Portland, falling 1–0 on an 89th minute Timbers' goal.[28] After outshooting their opponents 21–6 in the third game of the season, Austin FC lost their first home match 0–1 to the Colorado Rapids.[29] Traveling to Los Angeles for the first time of the season, Austin FC pulled out a hard fought 1–0 win against Los Angeles FC.[30] Facing San Diego FC for the first time in club history, Austin FC held off the expansion team on a strong match by Owen Wolff. Goals being scored by Brandon Vázquez and Jon Gallagher.[31] Traveling to St. Louis, Austin FC earned their third win in a row, beating St. Louis City SC 1–0 on the back of Myrto Uzuni first goal of the season.[32]

April/May

Continuing the strong defensive showing that has become the theme of the season, Austin held Portland Timbers scoreless, earning a 0–0 draw at home.[33] On April 11, Austin announced the signing of Riley Thomas to the first team for the 2025 season, with options for 2026 and 2027. Riley also was signed on loan to Austin FC II, allowing him to continue to play with Austin's MLS Next Pro team.[34] Austin travelled to the Western Conference leaders, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, falling 1–5 on a 4-goal game by Brian White.[35] Looking to bounce back, Austin hosted LA Galaxy, holding them scoreless, for their fifth clean sheet of the year and earning the 1–0 win. Austin will be without Brendan Hines-Ike in the next game after he was shown a red card in 90+2 minute of the game.[36] On April 23, Austin FC announced the signing of Robert Taylor from Inter Miami CF in a trade for $450,000 GAM in 2025, $250,000 GAM in 2026, and a conditional $50,000 in 2027. Taylor is signed through the 2026 season, with a one-year option.[37] In their first Copa Tejas match, Austin travelled to Houston, falling 0–2, while also losing Dani Pereira to an injury.[38] Austin returned home following the Copa Tejas match to face Minnesota United FC, falling 0–3 and becoming the worse scoring Western Conference team so far this season, with only seven goals in 11 games.[39] After their USOC round of 32 win, Austin returned to league play three days later, falling to FC Cincinnati 1–2, with the lone Austin goal coming from a Vázquez PK.[40] Austin extended their winless streak to five games by drawing with Vancouver at home 0–0.[41] Austin returned to MLS play after their second USOC win to face Minnesota United, earning a 1–1 draw on the back of Žan Kolmanič's first ever goal for ATX.[42] Continuing their home streak, Austin earned a record–breaking fouth draw in a row against Real Salt Lake finishing 1–1 on a second half stoppage time goal by Diego Rubio.[43] Austin closed out the month of May, by matching its longest league winless streak, falling 0–2 to San Diego on the road.[44]

U.S. Open Cup

Austin entered the Round of 32 for the 2025 U.S. Open Cup and hosted El Paso Locomotive FC. After falling behind 0–2 in the first half, Austin made some personnel changes starting in the 60th minute and mounted a comeback, winning 3–2 in full time. Vázquez had two goals and an assist, and Uzuni added the third goal. Wolff also had a strong showing as a substitute adding two assists to the teams offensive efforts.[45] Austin hosted Houston in the Round of 32, earning a 3–1 win on goals by Vazquéz, Bukari, and Sánchez.[46]

June/July

Austin started the month of June by winning their first league match in six-week, 2–0 against Colorado Rapids, on goals by Mikkel Desler and an own goal as the result of a Hines-Ike header.[47] Austin continued their best offensive performance of the season, beating New York Red Bulls 2–1 at Q2 Stadium on goals from Vázquez and Biro.[48] On the road in Seattle, Austin fell 0–2 to the sounders.[49] On June 30, 2025, Austin announced the signing of Nicky Beloko a midfielder from FC Luzern on a free transfer. Beloko signed with Austin in January 2025 and is signed through the 2028 season, with an option for 2029 season.[50]

Management team

Position Name
Chairman Anthony Precourt
Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell[51]
Head coach Nico Estévez[11]
Assistant coach Davy Arnaud
Assistant coach Alberto González[52]
Goalkeeping Coach Francisco Galán[52]

Roster

As of June 30, 2025.[53]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Brad Stuver GK (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 2020 New York City FC 21 0
30 Stefan Cleveland GK (1994-05-25) May 25, 1994 2024 Seattle Sounders FC 1 0
Defenders
2 Riley Thomas DF (2002-03-15) March 15, 2002 2025 Austin FC II 0 0
3 Mikkel Desler DF (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 2024 Toulouse FC 8 1
4 Brendan Hines-Ike DF (1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 2024 D.C. United 18 0
5 Oleksandr Svatok CB (1994-09-27) September 27, 1994 2024 SC Dnipro-1 19 0
17 Jon Gallagher LB/RB (1996-02-23) February 23, 1996 2020 Atlanta United FC 22 1
18 Julio Cascante CB (1993-10-03) October 3, 1993 2020 Portland Timbers 10 0
23 Žan Kolmanič LB (2000-03-03) March 3, 2000 2021 Maribor 17 1
29 Guilherme Biro LB (2000-05-02) May 2, 2000 2024 Mirassol 21 2
Midfielders
6 Ilie Sánchez MF (1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 2025 Los Angeles FC 17 1
8 Daniel Pereira (GA) MF (2000-07-14) July 14, 2000 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies 15 1
14 Besard Šabović MF (1998-01-05) January 5, 1998 2025 Djurgårdens 21 0
16 Robert Taylor MF (1994-10-21) October 21, 1994 2025 Inter Miami CF 7 0
20 Nicolás Dubersarsky (U22) [a] MF (2004-12-21) December 21, 2004 2025 Instituto 14 0
27 Nicky Beloko MF (2000-02-16) February 16, 2000 2025 Luzern 0 0
32 Micah Burton (HG) MF (2006-03-26) March 26, 2006 2024 Austin FC II 0 0
33 Owen Wolff (HG) MF (2004-12-30) December 30, 2004 2020 Austin FC Academy 21 0
Forward
7 Jáder Obrian FW (1995-05-18) May 18, 1995 2024 FC Dallas 22 0
9 Brandon Vázquez FW (1998-10-14) October 14, 1998 2025 C.F. Monterrey 21 8
10 Myrto Uzuni FW (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995 2025 Granada 18 2
11 Osman Bukari (DP) FW (1998-12-13) December 13, 1998 2024 Red Star Belgrade 21 2
19 CJ Fodrey (GA) FW (2004-02-10) February 10, 2004 2023 San Diego State 12 0
21 Diego Rubio FW (1993-05-15) May 15, 1993 2024 Colorado Rapids 15 0
26 Jimmy Farkarlun FW (2001-07-14) July 14, 2001 2024 Austin FC II 0 0
  1. ^ U22 initiative

Transfers

In

Date Position No. Name From Fee Ref.
December 31, 2024 MF 6 Ilie Sánchez Los Angeles FC Free Agent [17]
January 6, 2025 FW 9 Brandon Vázquez C.F. Monterrey $10 million [54]
January 24, 2025 FW 10 Myrto Uzuni Granada $12 million [23]
January 13, 2025 MF 20 Nicolás Dubersarsky Instituto $2.1 million [19]
January 21, 2025 MF 14 Besard Šabović Djurgårdens free agent [21]
April 11, 2025 DF 2 Riley Thomas Austin FC II free agent [34]
April 23, 2025 MF 16 Robert Taylor Inter Miami CF $700,000 GAM [37]
June 30, 2025 MF 27 Nicky Beloko Luzern free [50]

Loan in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
DF Riley Thomas Austin FC II March 14, 2025
March 22, 2025
March 29, 2025
April 4, 2025 		March 17, 2025
March 25, 2025
April 1, 2025
April 7, 2025 		[55][56][57][58]
DF Antonio Gomez Austin FC II March 22, 2025
April 25, 2025 		March 25, 2025
April 28, 2025 		[56][59]
DF Nico Van Rijn Austin FC II March 22, 2025
June 13, 2025 		March 25, 2025
June 16, 2025 		[56][60]
MF Ervin Torres Austin FC II April 11, 2025 April 14, 2025 [61]

Out

Date Position No. Name To Type Fee Ref.
November 5, 2024 DF 2 Matt Hedges Des Moines Menace Declined contract option N/A [12]
MF 5 Jhojan Valencia Universidad Católica Declined contract option N/A [12][62]
MF 8 Alexander Ring HJK Helsinki Declined contract option N/A [12][63]
MF 13 Ethan Finlay Retired Declined contract option N/A [12]
GK 20 Matt Bersano Retired Declined contract option N/A [12]
DF 16 Hector Jiménez Retired Out of Contract N/A [12][64]
December 9, 2024 FW 9 Gyasi Zardes Contract buyout $1,000,000 buyout fee [14]
January 17, 2025 MF 10 Sebastián Driussi River Plate Transfer $10 mil + 8.25% sell on fee [20]
March 25, 2025 DF 15 Leo Väisänen BK Häcken Transfer $450,000 [65]

Loan out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Start End Source
12 GK Damian Las Louisville City FC January 31 December 31 [24]
32 MF Micah Burton Austin FC II March 7 December 31 [66]
26 FW Jimmy Farkarlun Austin FC II March 7 December 31 [66]
19 FW CJ Fodrey Austin FC II March 7 December 31 [66]
2 DF Riley Thomas Austin FC II April 11 December 31 [34]
30 GK Stefan Cleveland Austin FC II April 27 December 31 [67]

MLS Re-Entry Draft picks

Main article: 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft
2024 Austin FC Re-Entry Picks
Round Selection Player Position Team Notes Ref.
1 12 PASS
2 12 (42) PASS

MLS SuperDraft picks

Main article: 2025 MLS SuperDraft
2025 Austin FC SuperDraft Picks
Round Selection Player Position College Notes Ref.
1 12 N/A Acquired 2025 International roster slot in trade with Chicago Fire for 12th pick and $75,000 in 2026 GAM [16]
2 12 (42) Riley Thomas DF North Carolina Signed with Austin FC II on February 13
Signed to first team on April 11 		[16][68][34]
3 12 (72) Patrick Gryczewski FW Rhode Island Signed with Austin FC II on February 13

New contracts

Date Pos. No. Player Contract until Ref.
October 21, 2024 FW 11 Jáder Obrian 2026 + 1yr option [7]
October 22, 2024 MF 33 Owen Wolff 2027 + 1yr option [8]
October 23, 2024 DF 4 Brendan Hines-Ike 2025 + 1yr option [9]
October 24, 2024 FW 14 Diego Rubio 2025 + 1yr option [10]
November 8, 2024 MF 6 Daniel Pereira 2025 + 1yr option [13]
January 23, 2025 DF 23 Žan Kolmanič 2026 + 1yr option [22]
January 31, 2025 DF 29 Guilherme Biro 2027 + 1yr option [25]
February 21, 2025 GK 12 Damian Las 2027 + 1yr option [26]
April 25, 2025 FW 19 CJ Fodrey 2027 + 2yr option [69]

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Location Result[a] Scorers Attendance Notes
January 21 New England Revolution IMG Academy Bradenton Bradenton, Florida 0–1 - N/A Played as two 35 minute halves
January 24 Charleston Battery Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex Clearwater, Florida 3–0 Vázquez PK
Vázquez
Gallagher 		N/A
February 1 Louisville City FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 3–1 Hines-Ike 15'
Rubio 45'
Pereira 86' 		N/A
February 5 LA Galaxy Coachella Valley Invitational Indio, California 1–1 Bukari 77' N/A
February 8 St. Louis City SC Coachella Valley Invitational Indio, California 1–1 Obrian 46' N/A
February 12 Charlotte FC Coachella Valley Invitational Indio, California 0–1 - N/A
February 15 Nashville SC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 2–1 Bukari 12' 69' N/A
  1. ^ Austin FC's score written first

Competitive fixtures

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
MLS regular season February 22, 2025 October 18, 2025 Matchday 1 TBD 20 7 5 8 15 23 −8 035.00
U.S. Open Cup May 7, 2025 TBD Round Of 32 TBD 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 100.00
Total 22 9 5 8 21 26 −5 040.91

Last updated: June 28, 2025
Source: Soccerway

Major League Soccer Regular Season

Main article: 2025 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Houston Dynamo FC 21 7 9 5 29 34 −5 26 Qualification for the wild-card round
9 Colorado Rapids 21 7 9 5 24 30 −6 26
10 Austin FC 20 7 8 5 15 23 −8 26
11 Sporting Kansas City 21 6 10 5 33 38 −5 23
12 Real Salt Lake 20 6 10 4 22 28 −6 22
Updated to match(es) played on July 6, 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 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
18 Houston Dynamo FC 21 7 9 5 29 34 −5 26
19 Colorado Rapids 21 7 9 5 24 30 −6 26
20 Austin FC 20 7 8 5 15 23 −8 26
21 New England Revolution 19 6 7 6 25 23 +2 24
22 Sporting Kansas City 21 6 10 5 33 38 −5 23
Updated to match(es) played on July 6, 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)

Matches

Win Draw Loss TBD
Matchday Date Opponent Venue Location Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee Position
1 February 22 Sporting Kansas City Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 1–0 Bukari 76' 20,738 Chris Penso 10th
2 March 1 Portland Timbers Providence Park Portland, Oregon 0–1 – 20,032 Ismir Pekmic 13th
3 March 8 Colorado Rapids Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 0–1 – 20,738 Marcos DeOliveira 22nd
4 March 15 Los Angeles FC BMO Stadium Los Angeles, California 1–0 Biro 12' 22,111 Rubiel Vazquez 20th
5 March 23 San Diego FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 2–1 Vázquez 10',
Gallagher 19' 		20,738 Filip Dujic 8th
6 March 30 St. Louis City SC Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri 1–0 Uzuni 33' 22,423 Sergii Boiko 5th
7 April 5 Portland Timbers Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 0–0 – 20,738 Drew Fischer 8th
8 April 12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place Vancouver, British Columbia 1–5 Pereira 90' 17,931 Víctor Rivas 12th
9 April 19 LA Galaxy Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 1–0 Vázquez 81' 20,738 Rosendo Mendoza 7th
10
Copa Tejas 		April 26 Houston Dynamo FC Shell Energy Stadium Houston, Texas 0–2 17,808 Chris Penso 9th
11 May 3 Minnesota United FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 0–3 20,738 Armando Villarreal 15th
12 May 10 FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio 1–2 Vázquez 48' (pen.) 25,513 Tori Penso 18th
13 May 14 Atlanta United FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 1–1 Vázquez 55' 20,738 Malik Badawi 18th
14 May 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 0–0 20,738 Alexis Da Silva 20th
15 May 24 Minnesota United FC Allianz Field Saint Paul, Minnesota 1–1 Kolmanič 27' 19,240 Joe Dickerson 20th
16 May 28 Real Salt Lake Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 1–1 Rubio 90+3' 20,738 Lukasz Szpala 20th
17 May 31 San Diego FC Snapdragon Stadium San Diego, California 0–2 27,133 Ricardo Montero 21st
18 June 7 Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado 2–0 Desler 6',
Navarro 66' (o.g.) 		15,701 Allen Chapman 18th
19 June 14 New York Red Bulls Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 2–1 Biro 6'
Vázquez 51' 		20,737 Rosendo Mendoza 15th
20 June 28 Seattle Sounders FC Lumen Field Seattle, Washington 0–2 30,101 Timothy Ford 18th
21 July 5 Los Angeles FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
22 July 12 New England Revolution Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
23 July 16 LA Galaxy Dignity Health Sports Park Carson, California
24 July 26 D.C. United Audi Field Washington, D.C.
25
Copa Tejas 		August 9 Houston Dynamo FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
26
Copa Tejas 		August 16 FC Dallas Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
27 August 23 CF Montréal Stade Saputo Montreal, Quebec
28 August 30 San Jose Earthquakes Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
29 September 7 Sporting Kansas City Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas
30
Copa Tejas 		September 13 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas
31 September 21[70] Seattle Sounders FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
32 September 27 Real Salt Lake America First Field Sandy, Utah
33 October 4 St. Louis City SC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
34 October 18 San Jose Earthquakes PayPal Park San Jose, California
  1. ^ Austin FC's score written first


U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2025 U.S. Open Cup
Matchday Date Opponent Venue Location Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee
Round of 32 May 7 El Paso Locomotive FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 3–2 Vázquez 73', 80'
Uzuni 76' 		Elton Garcia
Round of 16 May 21 Houston Dynamo FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 3–1 Vázquez 29'
Bukari 56' (pen.)
Sánchez 60' 		Timothy Ford
Quarterfinals July 8 San Jose Earthquakes PayPal Park San Jose, California 2−2
(4–2 p) 		Vázquez 65'
Uzuni 115' 		10,754 Brandon Stevis
Semifinals September Minnesota United FC Allianz Field Saint Paul, Minnesota
  1. ^ Austin FC's score written first

Leagues Cup

Main article: 2025 Leagues Cup

Austin FC did not qualify for the 2025 Leagues Cup as they were not one of the top 9 teams in the Western Conference for the 2024 season.[71]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Further information: List of Austin FC records and statistics

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS USOC
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  USA Brad Stuver 21 0 20+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF  DEN Mikkel Desler 8 1 6+2 1 0+0 0
4 DF  USA Brendan Hines-Ike 18 0 17+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF  UKR Oleksandr Svatok 19 0 16+2 0 1+0 0
6 MF  ESP Ilie Sánchez 17 1 11+5 0 1+0 1
7 FW  COL Jáder Obrian 22 0 5+15 0 2+0 0
8 MF  VEN Daniel Pereira 15 1 13+2 1 0+0 0
9 FW  USA Brandon Vázquez 21 8 19+0 5 2+0 3
10 FW  ALB Myrto Uzuni 18 2 14+2 1 1+1 1
11 MF  GHA Osman Bukari 22 2 16+4 1 1+1 1
14 MF  SWE Besard Šabović 21 0 15+4 0 1+1 0
16 MF  FIN Robert Taylor 7 0 0+6 0 0+1 0
17 FW  IRL Jon Gallagher 22 1 17+3 1 2+0 0
18 DF  CRC Julio Cascante 10 0 6+2 0 2+0 0
19 MF  USA CJ Fodrey 12 0 0+11 0 0+1 0
20 MF  ARG Nicolás Dubersarsky 14 0 2+10 0 2+0 0
21 FW  CHI Diego Rubio 15 1 1+12 1 1+1 0
23 DF  SVN Žan Kolmanič 17 0 3+12 0 1+1 0
26 FW  LBR Jimmy Farkarlun 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF  BRA Guilherme Biro 22 2 20+0 2 1+1 0
30 GK  USA Stefan Cleveland 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF  USA Micah Burton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF  USA Owen Wolff 22 0 19+1 0 1+1 0

Top scorers

Rank Position Number Name MLS USOC Total
1 FW 9 Brandon Vázquez 5 3 8
2 FW 10 Myrto Uzuni 1 1 2
FW 11 Osman Bukari 1 1
DF 29 Guilherme Biro 2 0
5 DF 3 Mikkel Desler 0 1 1
MF 6 Ilie Sánchez 0 1
MF 8 Daniel Pereira 1 0
DF 17 Jon Gallagher 1 0
FW 21 Diego Rubio 1 0
DF 23 Žan Kolmanič 1 0
Total 13 6 19

Top assists

Rank Position Number Name MLS USOC Total
1 MF 33 Owen Wolff 4 2 6
2 FW 11 Osman Bukari 3 1 4
3 FW 10 Myrto Uzuni 2 0 2
DF 17 Jon Gallagher 1 1
FW 21 Diego Rubio 2 0
DF 23 Žan Kolmanič 2 0
7 FW 9 Brandon Vázquez 0 1 1
MF 8 Daniel Pereira 1 0
Total 15 5 20

Clean sheets

Rank Number Name MLS USOC Total
1 1 Brad Stuver 7 0 7
Total 7 0 7

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player MLS USOC Total
     
1 GK Brad Stuver 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Mikkel Desler 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Brendan Hines-Ike 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5 DF Oleksandr Svatok 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
6 MF Ilie Sánchez 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
7 FW Jáder Obrian 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
8 MF Daniel Pereira 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
9 FW Brandon Vázquez 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
10 FW Myrto Uzuni 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 MF Osman Bukari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Besard Šabović 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
16 MF Robert Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Jon Gallagher 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
18 CB Julio Cascante 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
19 MF CJ Fodrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Nicolás Dubersarsky 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 FW Diego Rubio 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 LB Žan Kolmanič 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 WG Jimmy Farkarlun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Guilherme Biro 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
30 GK Stefan Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Micah Burton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Owen Wolff 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Total 36 1 0 2 0 1 38 1 1

Awards and honors

MLS All Star Team

Award Awardee Position Ref
MLS All-Star Team Brad Stuver GK [72]
Brandon Vázquez FW

MLS Team of the Matchday

Matchday Player Opponent Position Ref
4 Jon Gallagher Los Angeles FC DF [73]
5 Owen Wolff San Diego FC MF [74]
7 Brad Stuver Portland Timbers Bench [75]
9 Owen Wolff (2) LA Galaxy Bench [76]
13 Brandon Vázquez Atlanta United FC Bench [77]
15 Žan Kolmanič Minnesota United FC DF [78]
16 Diego Rubio Real Salt Lake Bench [79]
19 Guilherme Biro New York Red Bulls DF [80]


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