2020 New York City FC season

The 2020 New York City FC season is the club's sixth season of competition and its sixth in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC plays its home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx. [1]

New York City FC

2020 season
Head Coach	Ronny Deila
Stadium	Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York
MLS	Conference: TBD Overall: TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarter-finals
MLS is Back Tournament	Quarter-finals
Home colours Away colours

The club's season will begin on February 20, 2020 with their CONCACAF Champions League fixture against San Carlos.

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
24	DF	Tayvon Gray	New York City	Promoted from the Academy	November 26, 2019	[2]
55	MF	Keaton Parks	Benfica	Made permanent by the Club	January 8, 2020	[3]
23	MF	Gedion Zelalem	Sporting Kansas City	Free transfer	January 8, 2020	[4]
20	DF	Guðmundur Þórarinsson	Norrköping	Free transfer	January 10, 2020	[5]
26	MF	Nicolás Acevedo	Liverpool Montevideo	Undisclosed	March 2, 2020	[6]

Out

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
21	MF	Dan Bedoya	Atlético Pantoja	Option declined	November 20, 2019	[7]
	GK	Jeff Caldwell	New England Revolution	Option declined	November 20, 2019	[8]
5	DF	Eric Miller	Nashville	Option declined	November 20, 2019	[9]
19	DF	Abdi Mohamed	Greenville Triumph	Option declined	November 20, 2019	[10]
12	MF	Ebenezer Ofori	VfB Stuttgart	Loan return	November 20, 2019	[11]
2	DF	Ben Sweat	Inter Miami	Expansion pick	November 20, 2019	[12]

Current roster

As of March 4, 2020[13]

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	Chicago Fire	0	0
13	Luis Barraza		GK	2019	(1996-11-08) November 8, 1996	Chicago FC United	0	0
41	Brad Stuver		GK	2018	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991	Columbus	0	0
Defenders
3	Anton Tinnerholm		RB	2018	(1991-02-26) February 26, 1991	Malmö	0	0
4	Maxime Chanot		CB	2016	(1990-01-21) January 21, 1990	Kortrijk	0	0
5	Eric Miller		RB / LB	2019	(1993-01-15) January 15, 1993	Minnesota United	0	0
6	Alexander Callens		CB	2017	(1992-05-04) May 4, 1992	Numancia	0	0
22	Rónald Matarrita		LB	2016	(1994-07-09) July 9, 1994	Alajuelense	0	0
24	Tayvon Gray		CB	2017	(2002-08-19) August 19, 2002	New York City Academy	0	0
25	Joseph Scally		LB	2018	(2002-12-31) December 31, 2002	New York City Academy	0	0
33	Sebastien Ibeagha		CB	2018	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992	San Antonio	0	0
Midfielders
8	Alexander Ring		CM	2017	(1991-04-09) April 9, 1991	Kaiserslautern	0	0
10	Maximiliano Moralez		AM	2017	(1987-02-27) February 27, 1987	León	0	0
14	Juan Pablo Torres		DM	2019	(1999-07-06) July 6, 1999	Lokeren	0	0
15	Tony Rocha		CM	2019	(1993-08-21) August 21, 1993	Orlando City	0	0
16	James Sands		DM	2017	(2000-07-06) July 6, 2000	New York Soccer Club	0	0
19	Jesús Medina		AM	2018	(1997-04-30) April 30, 1997	Libertad	0	0
20	Guðmundur Þórarinsson		CM	2020	(1992-04-15) April 15, 1992	IFK Norrköping	0	0
23	Gedion Zelalem		CM	2020	(1997-01-26) January 26, 1997	Sporting Kansas City	0	0
26	Nicolás Acevedo		DM	2020	(1999-04-14) April 14, 1999	Liverpool Montevideo	0	0
55	Keaton Parks		CM	2019	(1997-08-06) August 6, 1997	Benfica	0	0
80	Justin Haak		CM	2019	(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001	New York City Academy	0	0
Forwards
9	Héber		CF	2019	(1991-08-10) August 10, 1991	Rijeka	0	0
11	Valentín Castellanos		CF	2018	(1998-10-03) October 3, 1998	Atlético Torque	0	0
17	Gary Mackay-Steven		RW	2019	(1990-08-31) August 31, 1990	Aberdeen	0	0
28	Alexandru Mitriță		LW / AM	2019	(1995-02-08) February 8, 1995	Universitatea Craiova	0	0
29	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi		RW	2018	(1994-03-28) March 28, 1994	Austria Wien	0	0

Competitions

Preseason

New York City FC v Corinthians

January 15 1	New York City FC	1–2	Corinthians	Orlando, FL
6:00 PM EST	Méndez  75' (o.g.)	Report	Luan  10', 30'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium

New York City FC v Palmeiras

January 18 2	New York City FC	1–2	Palmeiras	Orlando, FL
EST	De Rosario  45+2'	Report	Willian  56', 73'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium

Los Angeles FC v New York City FC

January 31 3	Los Angeles FC	3–1	New York City FC	Los Angeles, CA
EST	Rodríguez  23' A. Perez  31' Gonzalez  60'	Report	De Rosario  73'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

Orange County SC v New York City FC

February 4 4	Orange County SC	1–2	New York City FC	Long Beach, CA
4:00 PM EST	Ohanyan	Report	Jasson ,	Stadium: George Allen Field

Miami FC v New York City FC

February 13 5	Miami FC	0–0	New York City FC	Boca Raton, FL
EST		Report		Stadium: Florida Atlantic University

Inter Miami CF v New York City FC

February 6	Inter Miami CF	v	New York City FC	Boca Raton, FL
EST				Stadium: TBD

MLS

Main article: 2020 Major League Soccer season

League tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	D.C. United	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
11	Nashville SC[lower-alpha 1]	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	4
12	Chicago Fire FC	5	1	3	1	4	8	−4	4
13	New York City FC	5	1	4	0	2	6	−4	3
14	Inter Miami CF	5	0	5	0	3	8	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2020. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. On June 10, 2020, Major League Soccer announced that Nashville SC would switch from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference for the remainder of the 2020 season.[14]

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
21	Nashville SC	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	4
22	Chicago Fire FC	5	1	3	1	4	8	−4	4
23	New York City FC	5	1	4	0	2	6	−4	3
24	Houston Dynamo	5	0	2	3	6	11	−5	3
25	LA Galaxy	5	0	3	2	5	11	−6	2

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2020. 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

Match Results

Columbus Crew SC v New York City FC

March 1 1	Columbus Crew SC	1–0	New York City FC	Columbus, OH
12:30 PM EST	Wormgoor  10' Santos  20' Artur  53' Zelarayán  56' Harrison  77'	Report	Chanot  3' Héber  31'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 17,473 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Toronto FC v New York City FC

March 7 2	Toronto FC	1–0	New York City FC	Toronto, ON
5:00 PM EST	Achara  81' Auro Jr.  87'	Report	Ring  22' Sands  35' Parks  69'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 26,171 Referee: Ted Unkel

New York City FC v Philadelphia Union

July 9 3 MLSiBT Group Stage	New York City FC	0–1	Philadelphia Union	Bay Lake, FL
9:00 AM EDT		Report	Bedoya  63'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Armando Villarreal
Note: Group stage match of the MLS is Back Tournament that counts towards regular season standings.

New York City FC v Orlando City SC

July 14 4 MLSiBT Group Stage	New York City FC	1–3	Orlando City SC	Bay Lake, FL
8:00 PM EDT	Castellanos  18' Sands  37' Medina  38' Ring  52'	Report	Mueller  4',  10' Jansson  22' Moutinho  56' Gallese  73' Pereyra  79' Akindele  81'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Robert Sibiga

Inter Miami CF v New York City FC

July 20 5 MLSiBT Group Stage	Inter Miami CF	0–1	New York City FC	Bay Lake, FL
9:00 AM EDT	Agudelo  19'  90' Figal  41'	Report	Sands  23' Chanot  39' Tinnerholm  45+3' Tajouri-Shradi  64'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Toronto FC v New York City FC

July 26 6 MLSiBT Round of 16	Toronto FC	1–3	New York City FC	Bay Lake, FL
8:30 PM EDT	González  15' Osorio  83' Mullins 87'	Report	Medina  5' Ring  12' Castellanos  55' Sands  66' Moralez  81'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Alex Chilowicz

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

Due to their final standings for the 2019 season, the NYCFC will enter the competition in the Fourth Round, to be played May 19–20.[15]

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

San Carlos v New York City FC

February 20 First leg	San Carlos	3–5	New York City FC	San Carlos, Costa Rica
8:00 PM EST	Aguilar  45' Mena  63',  72' Browne  79'	Report	Héber  13', 35', 52' (pen.),  38' Callens  61' Castellanos  65' Mitriță  77',  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

New York City FC v San Carlos

February 26 Second leg	New York City FC	1–0 (6–3 agg.)	San Carlos	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
6:00 PM EST	Callens  41'	Report	Meza  39' Arboine  82' Cruz  87'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4,396 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Quarter-finals

New York City FC v UANL

March 11 First leg	New York City FC	0–1	UANL	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
8:00 PM EDT	Medina  85'	Report	Vargas  90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

UANL v New York City FC

TBD Second leg	UANL	P–P	New York City FC	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
TBD EDT				Stadium: Estadio Universitario

MLS is Back Tournament

Main article: MLS is Back Tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City SC (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Philadelphia Union	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	New York City FC	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Inter Miami CF	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: MLS
(H) Host.

New York City FC v Philadelphia Union

July 9 1	New York City FC	0–1	Philadelphia Union	Bay Lake, FL
9:00 AM EDT		Report	Bedoya  63'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Armando Villarreal
Note: Group stage match of the MLS is Back Tournament that counts towards regular season standings.

New York City FC v Orlando City SC

July 14 2	New York City FC	1–3	Orlando City SC	Bay Lake, FL
8:00 PM EDT	Castellanos  18' Sands  37' Medina  38' Ring  52'	Report	Mueller  4',  10' Jansson  22' Moutinho  56' Gallese  73' Pereyra  79' Akindele  81'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Robert Sibiga

Inter Miami CF v New York City FC

July 20 3	Inter Miami CF	0–1	New York City FC	Bay Lake, FL
9:00 AM EDT	Agudelo  19'  90' Figal  41'	Report	Sands  23' Chanot  39' Tinnerholm  45+3' Tajouri-Shradi  64'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Knockout stage

Toronto FC v New York City FC

July 26 Round of 16	Toronto FC	1–3	New York City FC	Bay Lake, FL
8:30 PM EDT	Gonzalez  15' Osorio  83' Mullins  87'	Report	Medina  5' Ring  12' Castellanos  55' Sands  66' Moralez  81'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Alex Chilowicz

New York City FC v Portland Timbers

August 1 Quarterfinal	New York City FC	1–3	Portland Timbers	Bay Lake, FL
10:30 PM EDT	Medina  27' (pen.)	Report	Blanco  43' Valeri  65' Polo  76'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Allen Chapman

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on March 1, 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Sean Johnson	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK		Luis Barraza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK		Brad Stuver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Anton Tinnerholm	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Maxime Chanot	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Alexander Callens	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
22	DF		Rónald Matarrita	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF		Tayvon Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Joseph Scally	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Sebastien Ibeagha	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Alexander Ring	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Maximiliano Moralez	3	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
14	MF		Juan Pablo Torres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Tony Rocha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		James Sands	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF		Jesús Medina	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF		Gudmundur Thorarinsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Gedion Zelalem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Nicolás Acevedo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF		Keaton Parks	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
80	MF		Justin Haak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Héber	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	3
11	FW		Valentín Castellanos	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
17	FW		Gary Mackay-Steven	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW		Alexandru Mitriță	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
29	FW		Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club

References

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2. "Academy player Tayvon Gray signs with NYCFC". MLSSoccer.com. November 26, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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15. "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.