New York City FC
American soccer club
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January 1 2025 | New badge design was fully rolled out across the club. |
2024 | Agustín Ojeda joins NYCFC from Racing Club de Avellaneda, becoming a forward with 25 games played by 2024. |
2024 | Piero Elias joins NYCFC from NYCFC II, starting his first game with the team. |
2024 | Hannes Wolf joins NYCFC from Borussia Monchengladbach, becoming a forward with 42 games played by 2024. |
2024 | Strahinja Tanasijević joins NYCFC from FK Spartak Subotica, becoming a defender with 19 games played by 2024. |
2024 | Makachi Jones joins NYCFC from Lipscomb Bisons, becoming a forward with 14 games played by 2024. |
2024 | Jovan Mijatović joins NYCFC from Red Star Belgrade, becoming a forward with 15 games played by 2024. |
2024 | Head coach Nick Cushing was fired three days after the season-ending loss and replaced by Pascal Jansen, a Dutch-English manager previously with Ferencváros. |
2024 | New York City FC played in the first post-season Hudson River Derby against the Red Bulls in the eastern conference semifinals, losing 0-2. |
2024 | The club returned to the playoffs, defeating FC Cincinnati on penalties in the first round. |
December 2024 | Construction of Etihad Park began, with expected completion in time for the 2027 regular season. |
December 4 2024 | Groundbreaking ceremony for Etihad Park, attended by MLS commissioner Don Garber, Mayor Adams, Borough President Richards, and Councilmember Moya, marking the official start of stadium construction. |
November 21 2024 | New York City FC officially announced the stadium will be named 'Etihad Park' after the airline secured a 20-year naming rights deal. |
September 2024 | New ownership structure established for Etihad Park, with the New York Yankees reducing their club ownership stake and obtaining a share in a new holding company. City Football Group retains 80% of shares, while Yankee Global Enterprises and Marcelo Claure each hold 10% of the remaining 20%. |
September 2024 | New York City Public Design Commission granted final approval for Etihad Park's design. |
September 9 2024 | Updated badge was unveiled, incorporating a new 'NYC' monogram designed by Tobias Frere-Jones with a simpler, bolder configuration. |
May 20 2024 | A public hearing with the New York City Public Design Commission was held to finalize stadium design elements, with HOK's design conditionally approved pending further studies and clarifications. |
April 20 2024 | Mayor Adams attended a pre-game event before NYCFC's match against D.C. United to celebrate the project's full approval, following the New York City Council's 47-1 vote approving the stadium project. |
March 2024 | NYC Industrial Development Agency approved an agreement providing New York City FC with 4,000 game-day parking spots in Citi Field lots, resolving a previous parking dispute initiated by Mets owner Steve Cohen. |
March 5 2024 | Club announced a 'refreshed' visual identity in collaboration with Brooklyn-based design studio Gretel, featuring updated color shades and new custom typefaces. |
January 2024 | Queens borough president Donovan Richards recommended the project, contingent on the club's commitment to hire local vendors and improve nearby parks. |
2023 | Andrés Perea joins NYCFC from Philadelphia Union, becoming a defensive midfielder with 42 games played by 2024. |
2023 | Santiago Rodríguez joins NYCFC from Montevideo City Torque, becoming a key attacking midfielder with 154 games played by 2024. |
2023 | Birk Risa joins NYCFC from Molde FK, becoming a center-back with 44 games played by 2024. |
2023 | Matt Freese joins NYCFC from Philadelphia Union as a goalkeeper, playing 44 games by 2024. |
2023 | Every New York City match became available via MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app. |
2023 | The club experienced a significant performance decline, with only 2 wins in 21 matches between April and August across all competitions. |
2023 | New York City FC experienced a challenging season, finishing 11th in the conference and 22nd overall. They did not qualify for the playoffs and were eliminated in the Round of 32 of the U.S. Open Cup and Leagues Cup, with Gabriel Pereira emerging as the top goalscorer with 6 goals. |
2023 | New York City FC missed the MLS Cup playoffs for the first time in its history, finishing 11th in the conference and 22nd overall. |
December 2023 | Queens Community Board 7 voted to advance the Willets Point stadium plan. |
May 2023 | Soil remediation project was completed, clearing the site of historical environmental contamination. |
May 2023 | Reporting emerged that Etihad Airways was pre-approved as the primary stadium naming rights partner for the Willets Point Phase 1B project. |
2022 | Kevin O'Toole joins NYCFC from Princeton Tigers men's soccer, becoming a left-back with 71 games played by 2024. |
2022 | Striker Taty Castellanos was loaned to CFG side Girona six weeks into the competition. |
2022 | New York City FC finished as Eastern Conference Playoff runners-up. |
2022 | New York City FC faced the Philadelphia Union in a rematch of the previous year's Eastern Conference Final, with the Union winning this time. |
2022 | The team reached the Semi-Finals of the MLS playoffs and won the Campeones Cup. They finished 3rd in the conference and 5th overall, with Valentín Castellanos scoring 13 goals before his departure. |
2022 | New York City FC finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference and 5th overall, reaching the MLS Cup 2022 conference finals where they were defeated by the Philadelphia Union. |
2022 | New York City FC participated in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, reaching the semifinals before being defeated by the Seattle Sounders. |
2022 | The club began playing at least six of its seventeen home matches at Citi Field in Queens, diversifying its home stadium strategy. |
2022 | Confirmed that neither Yankee Stadium nor Citi Field are approved CONCACAF Champions League venues, leading to matches being played at alternative locations like Red Bull Arena, Banc of California Stadium, and Pratt & Whitney Stadium. |
November 2022 | New York City government and NYCFC reached an agreement to build a 25,000-seat stadium in Willets Point, with a targeted completion date of 2027, officially announced at the Queens Museum. |
November 2022 | Reached an agreement to build Etihad Park, a 25,000-seat stadium in Willets Point, Queens. |
September 2022 | New York City FC won the Campeones Cup by defeating Mexican side Atlas, becoming the first New York-based club to win an international trophy. |
July 2022 | New York Post reported Mayor Eric Adams would approve a stadium plan in Willets Point, targeting completion before the 2026 FIFA World Cup. |
June 2022 | Head coach Ronny Delia departed to manage Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League, with assistant coach Nick Cushing taking over as interim and then full-time manager. |
February 11 2022 | Los Templados #12 is recognized as the club's second official supporters group. |
2021 | Talles Magno Bacelar Martins joins NYCFC from Vasco da Gama, becoming an attacking midfielder with 101 games played by 2024. |
2021 | Tomás Romero joins NYCFC from Toronto FC as a goalkeeper. |
2021 | Talles Magno becomes the youngest goalscorer in club history at 19 years, 2 months, and 20 days old. |
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