# 2017 New York City FC season

The 2017 New York City FC season was the club's third season of competition and their third in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer (MLS). New York City FC played their home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx.

## Roster

    As of October 26, 2017
| 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 28) | Chicago Fire | 35 | 0 |
| 24 | Andre Rawls | GK | 2016 | (1991-12-20)December 20, 1991 (aged 25) | Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Eirik Johansen | GK | 2015 | (1992-07-12)July 12, 1992 (aged 25) | Manchester City | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Ben Sweat | LB | 2017 | (1991-09-04)September 4, 1991 (aged 26) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 29 | 1 |
| 3 | Ethan White | CB | 2016 | (1991-01-01)January 1, 1991 (aged 26) | Philadelphia Union | 35 | 0 |
| 4 | Maxime Chanot | CB | 2016 | (1990-01-21)January 21, 1990 (aged 27) | Kortrijk | 27 | 2 |
| 6 | Alexander Callens | CB | 2017 | (1992-05-04)May 4, 1992 (aged 25) | Numancia | 36 | 2 |
| 13 | Frédéric Brillant | CB | 2016 | (1985-06-26)June 26, 1985 (aged 32) | Oostende | 59 | 2 |
| 22 | Rónald Matarrita | LB | 2016 | (1994-07-09)July 9, 1994 (aged 23) | Alajuelense | 41 | 1 |
| 27 | R. J. Allen | RB | 2015 | (1990-04-17)April 17, 1990 (aged 27) | Skive | 56 | 1 |
| 52 | Shannon Gomez | RB | 2016 | (1996-10-05)October 5, 1996 (aged 21) | W Connection | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | James Sands | CB | 2017 | (2000-07-06)July 6, 2000 (aged 17) | NYCFC Academy | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Andraž Struna | CB | 2017 | (1989-04-23)April 23, 1989 (aged 28) | Free agent | 7 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Mikey Lopez | CM | 2016 | (1993-02-20)February 20, 1993 (aged 24) | Sporting Kansas City | 30 | 0 |
| 8 | Alexander Ring | CM | 2017 | (1991-04-09)April 9, 1991 (aged 26) | Kaiserslautern | 32 | 0 |
| 10 | Maximiliano Moralez | AM | 2017 | (1987-02-27)February 27, 1987 (aged 30) | León | 32 | 5 |
| 11 | Jack Harrison | RM | 2016 | (1996-11-20)November 20, 1996 (aged 20) | Wake Forest | 60 | 14 |
| 12 | John Stertzer | CM | 2017 | (1990-10-04)October 4, 1990 (aged 27) | Real Salt Lake | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Kwame Awuah | CM | 2017 | (1995-12-02)December 2, 1995 (aged 21) | Connecticut | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Tommy McNamara | AM | 2014 | (1991-02-06)February 6, 1991 (aged 26) | D.C. United | 78 | 14 |
| 21 | Andrea Pirlo | CM | 2015 | (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979 (aged 38) | Juventus | 62 | 1 |
| 30 | Yangel Herrera | MF | 2017 | (1998-01-07)January 7, 1998 (aged 19) | Manchester City | 20 | 1 |
| 99 | Miguel Camargo | AM | 2017 | (1993-05-09)May 9, 1993 (aged 24) | Chorrillo | 8 | 1 |
| Strikers |||||||||
| 7 | David Villa (captain) | CF | 2014 | (1981-12-03)December 3, 1981 (aged 35) | Atlético Madrid | 99 | 65 |
| 9 | Sean Okoli | CF | 2016 | (1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 24) | Cincinnati | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | Jonathan Lewis | CF | 2017 | (1997-06-04)June 4, 1997 (aged 20) | Akron | 13 | 2 |
| 19 | Khiry Shelton | CF | 2015 | (1993-06-26)June 26, 1993 (aged 24) | Oregon State | 57 | 6 |
| 23 | Rodney Wallace | CF | 2017 | (1988-06-17)June 17, 1988 (aged 29) | Sport Recife | 28 | 4 |

## 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 |
| 9 | FW | Sean Okoli | FC Cincinnati | Free transfer | December 5, 2016 |
| 1 | GK | Sean Johnson | Chicago Fire | Trade for TAM | December 11, 2016 |
| 6 | DF | Alexander Callens | Numancia | Transfer | January 27, 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Alexander Ring | Kaiserslautern | Transfer | February 1, 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Maximiliano Moralez | León | Transfer | February 15, 2017 |
| 23 | FW | Rodney Wallace | Sport Recife | Transfer | February 15, 2017 |
| 12 | MF | John Stertzer | Real Salt Lake | Free transfer | February 16, 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Ben Sweat | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Free transfer | February 23, 2017 |
| 32 | DF | Andraž Struna | Free agent | Free transfer | September 6, 2017 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 8 | MF | Frank Lampard | — | Retirement after the end of contract | November 14, 2016 |
| 51 | DF | Andoni Iraola | — | Retired | November 17, 2016 |
| 20 | MF | Mehdi Ballouchy | — | Retired | November 18, 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Stiven Mendoza | Corinthians | End of loan | November 28, 2016 |
| 6 | MD | Federico Bravo | Boca Juniors | End of loan | November 28, 2016 |
| 99 | FW | Tony Taylor | Paços de Ferreira | End of contract | November 28, 2016 |
| 2 | DF | Jason Hernandez | Toronto FC | End of contract | November 28, 2016 |
| 30 | DF | Diego Martínez | Sportivo Estudiantes | End of contract | November 28, 2016 |
| 12 | GK | Josh Saunders | Orlando City SC | Trade | January 27, 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Mix Diskerud | IFK Göteborg | Contract buyout | March 2, 2017 |

### Loans

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

#### In

| Date | Player | Position | Loaned from | Notes | Ref |
| January 11, 2017 | Miguel Camargo | MF | Chorrillo | Season-long loan w/ option to buy | |
| February 14, 2017 | Yangel Herrera | MF | Manchester City | Season-long loan | |

#### Out

| Date | Player | Position | Loaned too | Notes | Ref |
| January 5, 2017 | Jefferson Mena | DF | Barcelona | Season-long loan | |

### Draft picks

| Round | # | Position | Player | College/Club Team |
| 1 (3) | 17 | F | Jonathan Lewis | Akron |
| 1 (16) | 14 | MF | Kwame Awuah | Connecticut |
| 2 (38) | - | F | Jalen Brown | Xavier |
| 3 (54) | - | MF | Chris Wingate | New Hampshire |
| 3 (60) | - | DF | Michael DeGraffenriedt | Louisville |

## Major League Soccer season
### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toronto FC | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 69 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | New York City FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 57 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 55 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 4 | Atlanta United FC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 55 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 54 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 50 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |

### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toronto FC (C, S) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 69 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | New York City FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 57 | |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 55 | |
| 4 | Atlanta United FC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 55 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 22, 2017. Source: MLS

### MLS Cup Playoffs
## U.S. Open Cup
## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Sean Johnson | 35 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Ben Sweat | 29 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Ethan White | 23 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | LUX | Maxime Chanot | 19 | 2 | 19+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | USA | Mikey Lopez | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | PER | Alexander Callens | 36 | 2 | 34+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | David Villa | 34 | 24 | 28+3 | 22 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Alexander Ring | 32 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Sean Okoli | 19 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Maxi Moralez | 32 | 5 | 28+1 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Jack Harrison | 37 | 10 | 33+1 | 10 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | John Stertzer | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Brillant | 26 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CAN | Kwame Awuah | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Tommy McNamara | 28 | 3 | 19+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | James Sands | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jonathan Lewis | 13 | 2 | 4+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Khiry Shelton | 15 | 1 | 3+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Pirlo | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CRC | Rónald Matarrita | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CRC | Rodney Wallace | 28 | 4 | 23+3 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Andre Rawls | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | NOR | Eirik Johansen | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | USA | R. J. Allen | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera | 20 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SVN | Andraž Struna | 7 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | TRI | Shannon Gomez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | PAN | Miguel Camargo | 8 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
NYCFC Etihad Airways Player of the Month : David Villa November 2017