2018 New York City FC season

New York City FC
2018 season
Owner	City Football Group (80%); Yankee Global Enterprises (20%)
CEO	Ferran Soriano
Head coach	Patrick Vieira (until June 11); Domènec Torrent (after June 11)
Stadium	Yankee Stadium; The Bronx, New York
MLS	Conference: 3rd ; Overall: 7th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semi-Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Villa (14); All: David Villa (15)
Highest home attendance	30,027 (July 8 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Lowest home attendance	18,584 (March 17 vs. Orlando City SC)
Average home league attendance	23,189
Biggest win	4 goals:; NYC 4–0 RSL (April 11) ; NYCFC 4-0 CR (May 19) largest loss = 4 goals:; NY 4–0 NYC (May 5)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2017 2019 →
	All statistics correct as of June 11, 2018.

OwnerCity Football Group (80%)
Yankee Global Enterprises (20%)

CEOFerran Soriano

Head coachPatrick Vieira (until June 11)
Domènec Torrent (after June 11)

StadiumYankee Stadium
The Bronx, New York

The 2018 New York City FC season was the club's fourth season of competition and its fourth in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC played its home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx.

Squad No.	Name	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 29)	Chicago Fire	70	0
18	Jeff Caldwell	GK	2018	(1996-02-20)February 20, 1996 (aged 22)	Virginia Cavaliers	0	0
24	Andre Rawls	GK	2016	(1991-12-20)December 20, 1991 (aged 26)	Wilmington Hammerheads	0	0
41	Brad Stuver	GK	2018	(1991-04-16)April 16, 1991 (aged 27)	Columbus	3	0
Defenders
2	Ben Sweat	LB	2017	(1991-09-04)September 4, 1991 (aged 27)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	61	1
3	Anton Tinnerholm	RB	2018	(1991-02-26)February 26, 1991 (aged 27)	Malmö	34	4
4	Maxime Chanot	CB	2016	(1990-01-21)January 21, 1990 (aged 28)	Kortrijk	49	4
5	Cédric Hountondji	CB	2018	(1994-01-19)January 19, 1994 (aged 24)	Ajaccio	2	0
6	Alexander Callens	CB	2017	(1992-05-04)May 4, 1992 (aged 26)	Numancia	70	3
13	Saad Abdul-Salaam	RB / LB	2018	(1991-09-08)September 8, 1991 (aged 27)	Kansas City	5	0
22	Rónald Matarrita	LB	2016	(1994-07-09)July 9, 1994 (aged 24)	Alajuelense	67	3
33	Sebastien Ibeagha	CB	2018	(1992-01-21)January 21, 1992 (aged 26)	San Antonio	27	0
25	Joseph Scally	LB	2018	(2002-12-31)December 31, 2002 (aged 15)	New York City Academy	1	0
Midfielders
8	Alexander Ring	CM	2017	(1991-04-09)April 9, 1991 (aged 27)	Kaiserslautern	63	2
10	Maximiliano Moralez	AM	2017	(1987-02-27)February 27, 1987 (aged 31)	León	67	14
14	Kwame Awuah	CM	2017	(1995-12-02)December 2, 1995 (aged 22)	Connecticut	11	0
15	Tommy McNamara	AM	2014	(1991-02-06)February 6, 1991 (aged 27)	D.C. United	89	14
12	Ebenezer Ofori	DM	2018	(1995-07-01)July 1, 1995 (aged 24)	VfB Stuttgart	28	1
16	James Sands	DM	2017	(2000-07-06)July 6, 2000 (aged 18)	New York Soccer Club	5	0
19	Jesús Medina	CM	2018	(1997-04-30)April 30, 1997 (aged 21)	Libertad	31	6
20	Eloi Amagat	DM	2018	(1985-05-21)May 21, 1985 (aged 33)	Girona FC	9	0
21	Dan Bedoya	AM	2018	(1994-02-13)February 13, 1994 (aged 24)	Long Island Rough Riders	0	0
30	Yangel Herrera	CM	2017	(1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 20)	Manchester City	38	1
Strikers
7	David Villa (captain)	CF	2014	(1981-12-03) December 3, 1981 (age 44)	Atlético Madrid	126	80
9	Jo Inge Berget	CF	2018	(1990-09-11) September 11, 1990 (age 35)	Malmö	24	4
17	Jonathan Lewis	CF	2017	(1997-06-04) June 4, 1997 (age 28)	Akron	34	3
23	Rodney Wallace	CF	2017	(1988-06-17) June 17, 1988 (age 37)	Sport Recife	46	5
29	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	RW	2018	(1994-03-28)March 28, 1994 (aged 24)	Austria Wien	30	12
11	Valentín Castellanos	AM	2018	(1998-03-18)March 18, 1998 (aged 20)	Club Atlético Torque	10	1

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Anton Tinnerholm	Malmö FF	Free transfer	December 13, 2017	^[2]
13	DF	Saad Abdul-Salaam	Sporting Kansas City	Traded Khiry Shelton for Abdul-Salaam	December 14, 2017	^[3]
41	GK	Brad Stuver	Columbus Crew	Traded 2019 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick	December 14, 2017	^[4]
19	MF	Jesús Medina	Club Libertad	Undisclosed fee	December 31, 2017	^[5]
5	DF	Cédric Hountondji	GFC Ajaccio	Free transfer	January 11, 2018	^[6]
29	MF	Ismael Tajouri	Austria Wien	Undisclosed fee	January 12, 2018	^[7]
32	FW	Jo Inge Berget	Malmö FF	Free transfer	January 19, 2018	^[8]
33	DF	Sebastien Ibeagha	San Antonio FC	Free transfer	February 27, 2018	^[9]
20	MF	Eloi Amagat	Girona	Free transfer	July 25, 2018	^[10]
21	MF	Dan Bedoya	Long Island Rough Riders	Free transfer	August 9, 2018	^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
21	MF	Andrea Pirlo	N/a	Retired	November 6, 2017	^[12]
27	DF	R. J. Allen	Orlando City SC	Traded to Orlando City for a third round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft	November 27, 2017	^[13]
13	DF	Frédéric Brillant	D.C. United	Traded to DC United for $75,000 in GAM and an international roster spot	November 27, 2017	^[13]
99	MF	Miguel Camargo	Chorrillo	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
52	DF	Shannon Gomez	Sacramento Republic	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
25	GK	Eirik Johansen	Sandefjord Fotball	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
5	MF	Mikey Lopez	San Antonio FC	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
—	DF	Jefferson Mena	Barcelona	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
9	FW	Sean Okoli	Landskrona BoIS	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
12	MF	John Stertzer	—	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
32	DF	Andraž Struna	Anorthosis Famagusta	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
3	DF	Ethan White	—	Option declined	November 27, 2017	^[13]
19	FW	Khiry Shelton	Sporting Kansas City	Traded to Sporting Kansas City for Saad Abdul-Salaam	December 14, 2017	^[14]
11	MF	Jack Harrison	Manchester City	Undisclosed fee	January 30, 2018	^[15]

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
February 14, 2017	Yangel Herrera	MF	Manchester City	Season-long loan	^[16]
February 21, 2018	Ebenezer Ofori	MF	VFB Stuttgart	Season-long loan	^[17]
July 24, 2018	Valentín Castellanos	MF	Club Atlético Torque	Season-long loan	^[18]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
13	DF	USA	Saad Abdul-Salaam (on loan to Phoenix Rising until November 30, 2018)
17	FW	USA	Jonathan Lewis (GA, on loan to Louisville City until October 13, 2018)

2018 New York City FC season

Player movement

In

Out

Loans

In

Out on loan

Draft picks

Results

Preseason and Friendlies

Major League Soccer season

League tables

Eastern Conference

Overall

Results summary

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

References

Related Articles

Round	#	Position	Player	College/Club Team	Reference
1 (19)	—	GK	Jeff Caldwell	Virginia	^[19]
2 (42)	—	DF	AJ Paterson	Wright State	^[20]
3 (-)	—	DF	Alex Bumpus	Kentucky	^[21]

January 31, 2018	Jacksonville Dolphins	2–5	New York City FC	Jacksonville, Florida
7:00 PM EST		Report	Wallace Tinnerholm Lewis	Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium

February 9, 2018	Los Angeles FC	1–1	New York City FC	Los Angeles
6:00 PM EST	Ureña 16'		Herrera Ring 56'	Stadium: Drake Stadium

February 10, 2018	LA Galaxy	3–0	New York City FC	Carson, California
10:00 PM EST	Kamara 10' Hilliard-Arce 70' Hušidić 90'	Report	Matarrita 42'	Stadium: StubHub Center

February 13, 2018	Club Atlético de San Luis	3–0	New York City FC	San Luis Potosí, Mexico
9:30 PM EST	Catalan 4' Barraza 55' dos Santos 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras

February 22, 2018	New York City FC	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Orlando, Florida
3:30 PM EST

February 24, 2018	New York City FC	2–2	Montreal Impact	St. Petersburg, Florida
5:00 PM EST				Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	22	7	5	62	33	+29	71	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Atlanta United FC	34	21	7	6	70	44	+26	69	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	New York City FC	34	16	10	8	59	45	+14	56	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	D.C. United	34	14	11	9	60	50	+10	51
5	Columbus Crew	34	14	11	9	43	45	−2	51
6	Philadelphia Union	34	15	14	5	49	50	−1	50

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57
6	FC Dallas	34	16	9	9	52	44	+8	57
7	New York City FC	34	16	10	8	59	45	+14	56
8	Portland Timbers	34	15	10	9	54	48	+6	54
9	D.C. United	34	14	11	9	60	50	+10	51

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	8	10	59	45	+14	56	12	4	1	36	10	+26	4	4	9	23	35	−12

March 4, 2018 1	Sporting Kansas City	0–2	New York City FC	Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM EST		Report	Medina 23' 53' Moralez 32' Ring 34' Johnson 59' Chanot 88'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,831 Referee: Mark Geiger

March 24, 2018 4	New England Revolution	2–2	New York City FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
1:30 PM EDT	Fagúndez 11' Caldwell 43' Agudelo 63' Dielna 70'	Report	Tajouri 34' 51', 75' Abdul-Salaam 90+3'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 12,376 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 31, 2018 5	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	New York City FC	San Jose, California
8:00 PM EDT	Quintana 3' Godoy 29'	Report	Ofori 41' Tinnerholm 49', 89' Moralez 60', 90+2' Callens 67' Herrera 74'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Armando Villarreal

April 22, 2018 8	Portland Timbers	3–0	New York City FC	Portland, Oregon
6:00 PM EDT	Blanco 26' Adi 38' Mabiala 66'	Report	Ring 63' Callens 90+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Ted Unkel

March 11, 2018 2	New York City FC	2–1	LA Galaxy	New York, New York
5:00 PM EDT	Tinnerholm 22' Villa 33'	Report	J. Dos Santos 11' 60' Cole 76' 85'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 26,221 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 17, 2018 3	New York City FC	2–0	Orlando City SC	New York, New York
3:30 PM EDT	Wallace 28' Ring 54' Tajouri 62' Moralez 74' McNamara 83'	Report	Higuita 27' Laryea 90'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,584 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

April 11, 2018 6	New York City FC	4–0	Real Salt Lake	New York, New York
7:00 PM EDT	Tajouri 12' Moralez 30' (pen.) Berget 41' Ofori 70'	Report	Beckerman 32'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,603 Referee: Mark Geiger

April 15, 2018 7	Atlanta United FC	2–2	New York City FC	Atlanta
6:00 PM EDT	Garza 29' McCann 56' 70' Larentowicz 90+3'	Report	Ring 32' 73' Villa 38' (pen.) 89' Moralez 55' Herrera 80'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 45,001 Referee: Allen Chapman

April 29, 2018 9	New York City FC	3–1	FC Dallas	New York, New York
6:00 PM EDT	Medina 3' Villa 36' (pen.) 69' 69' Herrera 49' Johnson 58'	Report	Lamah 8' Mosquera 10' Díaz 76'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 22,115 Referee: Ismail Elfath

May 5, 2018 10 – Hudson River Derby	New York Red Bulls	4–0	New York City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
1:55 PM EDT	Gamarra 2' Valot 4' Wright-Phillips 35' Parker 75' Etienne 79'	Report	Ofori 64'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,219 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 13, 2018 11	Los Angeles FC	2–2	New York City FC	Los Angeles
8:30 PM EDT	Ibeagha 23' (o.g.) Atuesta 28' Miller 32' Gaber 37' Vela 66'	Report	Villa 13' Herrera 16' Sweat 62' Tajouri 75'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Chris Penso

May 19, 2018 12	New York City FC	4–0	Colorado Rapids	New York, New York
1:00 PM EDT	Villa 22', 74' Matarrita 49' Moralez 56' McNamara 83'	Report	Nicholson 3' Wilson 31' Azira 46' Smith 84'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 21,494 Referee: Dave Gantar

May 25, 2018 13	Houston Dynamo	3–1	New York City FC	Houston
8:55 PM EDT	Fuenmayor 16', 21' Martínez 69' Elis 80', 80'	Report	Villa 6', 36' Callens 89'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,123 Referee: Allen Chapman

June 2, 2018 14	New York City FC	3–0	Orlando City SC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Tajouri 35', 79' Moralez 77', 87'	Report	Rosell 78' Johnson 86'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 22,103 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

June 9, 2018 15	New York City FC	1–1	Atlanta United FC	New York, New York
12:30 PM EDT	Sweat 35' Berget 58' Callens 77'	Report	Martínez 48' González Pírez 64' Williams 73'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,628 Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 24, 2018 16	New York City FC	2–1	Toronto FC	New York, New York
5:00 PM EDT	Berget 51', 68'	Report	Vázquez 37' Aketxe 27'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 23,930 Referee: Ismail Elfath

June 30, 2018 17	Chicago Fire	3–2	New York City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
8:00 PM EDT	Nikolić 6' Bronico 10' Katai 47', 52' Sánchez 89' Gordon 90+1'	Report	Ring 28' Tajouri 36' Berget 40'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,204 Referee: Chris Penso

July 8, 2018 18 – Hudson River Derby	New York City FC	1–0	New York Red Bulls	New York, New York
7:00 PM EDT	Chanot 67' Moralez 85'	Report	Muyl 83'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 30,027 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

July 11, 2018 19	New York City FC	3–0	Montreal Impact	New York, New York
7:00 PM EDT	McNamara 11' Tinnerholm 21' Medina 60' Matarrita 65' Lewis 76'	Report	Edwards 23'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,706 Referee: Alan Kelly

July 14, 2018 20	New York City FC	2–0	Columbus Crew	New York, New York
7:00 PM EDT	Medina 80' Tinnerholm 90'	Report	Mensah 20' Zardes 36' Grella 82' Sosa 90+3'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Armando Villarreal

July 26, 2018 21	Orlando City SC	0–2	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
8:00 PM EDT	Dwyer 44' Higuita 62' O'Neill 83'	Report	Morález 40' Tinnerholm 45+1' McNamara 58' Johnson 87' Ring 90+5'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,790 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 29, 2018 22	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York City FC	Seattle
5:00 PM EDT	C. Roldan 36' Svensson 51' Shipp 86'	Boxscore	Medina 68'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,528 Referee: Jair Marrufo

August 4, 2018 23	New York City FC	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	New York, New York
8:00 PM EDT	Medina 45+1' Castellanos 46' Matarrita 55' Moralez 68' Callens 89'	Report	Mezquida 22' Hurtado 87'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 20,802 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

August 12, 2018 24	Toronto FC	2–3	New York City FC	Toronto
4:00 PM EDT	Altidore 11' Giovinco 27' Osorio 35' Bradley 40' Vázquez 51' Delgado 90+4'	Report	Villa 15' Tajouri-Shradi 36', 88' Ofori 37' Ring 55'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 27,935 Referee: Hilario Grajeda