2020 New York City FC season

New York City FC
2020 season
Head coach	Ronny Deila
Stadium	Yankee Stadium; (The Bronx, New York); Red Bull Arena (Temporary); (Harrison, New Jersey)
MLS	Conference: 5th; Overall: 7th
MLS Cup Playoffs	First round
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarter-finals
MLS is Back Tournament	Quarter-finals
Biggest win	+4 goals:; NYC 4–0 CIN (Sept. 26)
Biggest defeat	–4 goals:; UANL 4–0 NYC (Dec. 15)
Home colors	Away colors
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Head coachRonny Deila

StadiumYankee Stadium
(The Bronx, New York)
Red Bull Arena (Temporary)
(Harrison, New Jersey)

MLSConference: 5th
Overall: 7th

MLS Cup PlayoffsFirst round

The 2020 New York City FC season was the club's sixth season of competition and its sixth in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC usually played its home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx. ^[1] However, the 2020 MLS season saw the club play several of their home games at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey due to scheduling conflicts at both Yankee Stadium and Citi Field as well as winterization procedures during the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League which were unavoidable.^[2]

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

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No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
24	DF	Tayvon Gray	New York City FC	Promoted from the Academy	November 26, 2019	^[3]
55	MF	Keaton Parks	Benfica	Made permanent by the Club	January 8, 2020	^[4]
23	MF	Gedion Zelalem	Sporting Kansas City	Free transfer	January 8, 2020	^[5]
20	DF	Guðmundur Þórarinsson	Norrköping	Free transfer	January 10, 2020	^[6]
26	MF	Nicolás Acevedo	Liverpool Montevideo	Undisclosed	March 2, 2020	^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
80	MF	Justin Haak	Hartford Athletic	Loan out	September 9, 2020	^[8]
21	MF	Dan Bedoya	Atlético Pantoja	Option declined	November 20, 2019	^[9]
	GK	Jeff Caldwell	New England Revolution	Option declined	November 20, 2019	^[10]
5	DF	Eric Miller	Nashville SC	Option declined	November 20, 2019	^[11]
19	DF	Abdi Mohamed	Greenville Triumph	Option declined	November 20, 2019	^[12]
12	MF	Ebenezer Ofori	VfB Stuttgart	Loan return	November 20, 2019	^[13]
2	DF	Ben Sweat	Inter Miami CF	Expansion pick	November 20, 2019	^[14]

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 (age 36)	Chicago Fire FC	129	0
13	Luis Barraza	GK	2019	(1996-11-08) November 8, 1996 (age 29)	Chicago FC United	0	0
41	Brad Stuver	GK	2018	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 34)	Columbus	11	0
Defenders
3	Anton Tinnerholm	RB	2018	(1991-02-26) February 26, 1991 (age 35)	Malmö	98	9
4	Maxime Chanot	CB	2016	(1990-01-21) January 21, 1990 (age 36)	Kortrijk	110	5
6	Alexander Callens	CB	2017	(1992-05-04) May 4, 1992 (age 33)	Numancia	124	7
20	Guðmundur Þórarinsson	LB	2020	(1992-04-15) April 15, 1992 (age 33)	IFK Norrköping	21	0
22	Rónald Matarrita	LB	2016	(1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 31)	Alajuelense	121	4
24	Tayvon Gray	CB	2017	(2002-08-19) August 19, 2002 (age 23)	New York City Academy	0	0
25	Joseph Scally	RB	2018	(2002-12-31) December 31, 2002 (age 23)	New York City Academy	9	0
33	Sebastien Ibeagha	CB	2018	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 34)	San Antonio	63	0
Midfielders
8	Alexander Ring (captain)	CM	2017	(1991-04-09) April 9, 1991 (age 34)	Kaiserslautern	125	10
10	Maximiliano Moralez	AM	2017	(1987-02-27) February 27, 1987 (age 39)	León	120	24
14	Juan Pablo Torres	DM	2019	(1999-07-06) July 6, 1999 (age 26)	Lokeren	9	0
15	Tony Rocha	CM	2019	(1993-08-21) August 21, 1993 (age 32)	Orlando City SC	31	1
16	James Sands	DM	2017	(2000-07-06) July 6, 2000 (age 25)	New York Soccer Club	45	0
23	Gedion Zelalem	CM	2020	(1997-01-26) January 26, 1997 (age 29)	Sporting Kansas City	1	0
26	Nicolás Acevedo	DM	2020	(1999-04-14) April 14, 1999 (age 26)	Liverpool Montevideo	15	0
55	Keaton Parks	CM	2019	(1997-08-06) August 6, 1997 (age 28)	Benfica	54	6
Forwards
9	Héber	CF	2019	(1991-08-10) August 10, 1991 (age 34)	Rijeka	47	16
11	Valentín Castellanos	CF	2018	(1998-10-03) October 3, 1998 (age 27)	Atlético Torque	73	19
17	Gary Mackay-Steven	LW / RW	2019	(1990-08-31) August 31, 1990 (age 35)	Aberdeen	37	3
19	Jesús Medina	RW / AM	2018	(1997-04-30) April 30, 1997 (age 28)	Libertad	78	15
28	Alexandru Mitriță	LW / AM	2019	(1995-02-08) February 8, 1995 (age 31)	Universitatea Craiova	51	18
29	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	RW	2018	(1994-03-28) March 28, 1994 (age 31)	Austria Wien	72	22

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

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

2020 New York City FC season

In

Out

Roster

Competitions

Preseason

MLS

League tables

Eastern Conference

Overall

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

MLS is Back Tournament

Group A

Knockout stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Notes

References

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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

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

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
3	Columbus Crew SC	23	12	6	5	36	21	+15	41	1.78	MLS Cup First Round
4	Orlando City SC	23	11	4	8	40	25	+15	41	1.78
5	New York City FC	23	12	8	3	37	25	+12	39	1.70
6	New York Red Bulls	23	9	9	5	29	31	−2	32	1.39
7	Nashville SC^[a]	23	8	7	8	24	22	+2	32	1.39	MLS Cup Play-in Round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
5	Orlando City SC	23	11	4	8	40	25	+15	41	1.78	Leagues Cup
6	Seattle Sounders FC	22	11	5	6	44	23	+21	39	1.77
7	New York City FC	23	12	8	3	37	25	+12	39	1.70
8	Portland Timbers (M)	23	11	6	6	46	35	+11	39	1.70	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Minnesota United FC	21	9	5	7	36	26	+10	34	1.62

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

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

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.

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
Note: Group stage match of the MLS is Back Tournament that counts towards regular season standings.

October 11 17	New York City FC	1–2	New England Revolution	New York, NY
4:30 p.m. ET	Callens 90+3'	Report	Teal Bunbury 3' Lee Nguyen 45', 80' (pen.) Scott Caldwell 58' Kelyn Rowe 76' DeJuan Jones 83'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Armando Villarreal

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)

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

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
Note: Group stage match of the MLS is Back Tournament that counts towards regular season standings.

August 20 6 Hudson River Derby	New York Red Bulls	1–0	New York City FC	Harrison, NJ
7:00 PM EDT	Duncan 59'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 24 7	New York City FC	1–0	Columbus Crew SC	Harrison, NJ
7:00 PM EDT	Héber 22' Ring 59' Medina 67'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 29 8	New York City FC	3–1	Chicago Fire FC	Harrison, NJ
6:30 EDT	Parks 16' Sands 36' Tinnerholm 53' Ring 75' Callens 83'	Report	Frankowski 42' Pineda 45+2' Calvo 90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 2 9	New England Revolution	0–2	New York City FC	Foxborough, MA
8:00 PM EDT	Bunbury 40' Rowe 76'	Report	Parks 33' Mancienne 60' (o.g.) Héber 72' Callens 83'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Armando Villarreal

September 6 10	D.C. United	0–0	New York City FC	Washington, D.C.
7:00 PM EDT	Segura 16'	Report	Tinnerholm 76'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Ted Unkel

September 12 11	New York City FC	2–1	FC Cincinnati	Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EDT	Ring 39' Tinnerholm 55' Sands 78' Chanot 84'	Report	Waston 52' Vázquez 74' Deplagne 90+5'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 19 12	New England Revolution	0–0	New York City FC	Foxborough, MA
4:30 PM EDT		Report	Ring 22' Scally 47' Parks 54' Thórarinsson 64' Callens 67' Castellanos 80'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramy Touchan

September 23 13	New York City FC	0–1	Toronto FC	Harrison, NJ
7:00 p.m. ET	Callens 23' Castellanos 36' Sands 72' Acevedo 89'	Report	Piatti 25' DeLeon 40' Altidore 56' Nelson 64' Pozuelo 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

September 26 14	New York City FC	4–0	FC Cincinnati	Harrison, NJ
7:00 p.m. ET	Mitriță 1', 43' Tinnerholm 25' Callens 34' Matarrita 61' Castellanos 78' Medina 88'	Report	Waston 64' Medunjanin 71'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Armando Villarreal

October 3 15	Inter Miami CF	2–3	New York City FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
8:00 p.m. ET	Pírez 25' Morgan 27', 38' Trapp 47' Pellegrini 72'	Report	Mitriță 4', 43' Tinnerholm 35' Ibeagha 75' Chanot 90+1' Mackay-Steven 90+2'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jair Marrufo

October 7 16	New York City FC	4–1	D.C. United	New York, NY
8:15pm ET	Castellanos 4' (pen.), 81' Tajouri-Shradi 55' (pen.), 63' Parks 88'	Report	Kamara 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Drew Fischer

October 14 18	Orlando City SC	1–1	New York City FC	Orlando, FL
7:30 p.m. ET	Carlos 3' Mueller 18' Jansson 37' Miller 53'	Report	Ring 5' Parks 43', 82' Tinnerholm 45+5'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 2,745 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 18 19	Columbus Crew SC	3–1	New York City FC	Columbus, OH
7:30 p.m. ET	Artur 26' Santos 50' Díaz 82' Zardes 90+3'	Report	Ring 10' Castellanos 55', 84' Chanot 90+1'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

October 24 20	New York City FC	3–1	Montreal Impact	New York, NY
7:30 p.m. ET	Tinnerholm 68' Medina 68' Moralez 83' Rocha 86' Matarrita 89'	Report	Quioto 89'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramy Touchan

October 28 21	Toronto FC	0–1	New York City FC	East Hartford, CT
7:30 p.m. ET	Morrow 3'	Report	Callens 45+1' Medina 51', 90+2' Castellanos 75'	Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nima Saghafi

November 1 22 Hudson River Derby	New York City FC	5–2	New York Red Bulls	New York, NY
7:00 PM EST	Castellanos 12', 76', 84' (pen.) Mackay-Steven 42' Ring 51' Parks 68' Medina 70'	Report	White 18' Cásseres Jr. 38' Duncan 41'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

November 8 23	Chicago Fire FC	3–4	New York City FC	Chicago, IL
3:30 p.m. ET	Berić 33' Frankowski 42', 43'	Report	Callens 15' Mackay-Steven 32' Medina 37' Castellanos 77'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

November 21 First round	Orlando City SC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	New York City FC	Orlando, FL
12:00 PM	Nani 5' (pen.) Carlos 71' Ruan 77' 87' Jansson 90+4' Perea 90+6' Gallese 103' SO'	Report	Chanot 8' Castellanos 70' Mackay-Steven 88' Ibeagha 120+2'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Allen Chapman
	Penalties
	Akindele Perea Carlos Urso Nani Jansson Michel		Moralez Medina Rocha Tajouri-Shradi Castellanos Acevedo Þórarinsson

March 11 First leg	New York City FC	0–1	UANL	Harrison, United States
8:00 PM EDT	Medina 85'	Report	Vargas 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena^{[note 1]} Attendance: 10,212 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)