# 2025 Detroit City FC season

The 2025 Detroit City FC season is the club's seventh professional season since the club was established in 2012, and the team's fourth season in the USL Championship.

## Roster

    As of March 14, 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | USA | Rhys Williams |
| 3 | DF | USA | Alex Villanueva |
| 4 | DF | USA | Shane Wiedt |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carroll |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Jay Chapman |
| 7 | FW | RSA | Darren Smith |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Abdoulaye Diop |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ben Morris |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Jeciel Cedeño |
| 11 | MF | USA | Connor Rutz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | USA | Michael Bryant |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Sheldon |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Haruki Yamazaki |
| 21 | GK | MEX | Carlos Herrera |
| 23 | MF | URU | Sebastián Guenzatti |
| 24 | MF | USA | Dominic Gasso |
| 30 | DF | USA | Devon Amoo-Mensah |
| 32 | FW | SEN | Ates Diouf (on loan from Lexington SC) |
| 33 | DF | CAN | Morey Doner |
| 45 | MF | CAN | Marcello Polisi |
| 91 | GK | MEX | Carlos Saldaña |
| 99 | FW | USA | Jordan Adebayo-Smith (on loan from Minnesota United) |
* ^ USL Academy Contract

## Coaching staff

Technical staff :
| Head Coach | Danny Dichio |
| Assistant Coach | Nick Dasovic |
| Sports Performance Coach | Elisa Baeron |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Emerson Lovato |

## Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Detroit City FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Detroit City FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the Detroit City FC roster.

### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 4 | DF | Shane Wiedt | Sacramento Republic FC | | December 5, 2024 |
| 33 | DF | Morey Doner | Monterey Bay FC | | December 6, 2024 |
| 21 | GK | Carlos Herrera | Monterey Bay FC | | December 10, 2024 |
| 45 | MF | Marcello Polisi | Valour FC | | January 28, 2025 |
| 7 | FW | Darren Smith | FC Inter Turku | | January 29, 2025 |
| 14 | MF | Haruki Yamazaki | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | | January 30, 2025 |
| 6 | MF | Jay Chapman | Hartford Athletic | | February 3, 2025 |
| 32 | FW | Ates Diouf | Lexington SC | Loan | February 20, 2025 |
| 99 | FW | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | Minnesota United FC | Loan | March 14, 2025 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |

## Competitions
### USL Championship
#### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Loudoun United FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Detroit City FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Louisville City FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Indy Eleven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Charleston Battery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Playoffs |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports

#### Matches

On December 19, 2024, the USL Championship released the schedule for all 24 teams for both the regular season and the USL Jägermeister Cup.

### USL Jägermeister Cup

Detroit City was placed into group 4 for the group stage, alongside Hartford Athletic, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Portland Hearts of Pine, Rhode Island FC and Westchester SC.

#### Table

| Pos | Lg | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | USLC | Detroit City FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | USLC | Hartford Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | USLC | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | USL1 | Portland Hearts of Pine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | USLC | Rhode Island FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | USL1 | Westchester SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### U.S. Open Cup

As one of the top four teams in the USL Championship Eastern Conference in the 2024 season, Detroit City will enter the tournament in the third round and be guaranteed to host the game at home.

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL | USL | USL Playoffs | USL Playoffs | USL Cup | USL Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | MEX | Carlos Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | MEX | Carlos Saldaña | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Rhys Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Alex Villanueva | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Shane Wiedt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carroll | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matthew Sheldon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | USA | Devon Amoo-Mensah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CAN | Morey Doner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CAN | Jay Chapman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Abdoulaye Diop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Michael Bryant | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Haruki Yamazaki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | USA | Dominic Gasso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | CAN | Marcello Polisi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | RSA | Darren Smith | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ben Morris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Jeciel Cedeño | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Connor Rutz | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | URU | Sebastián Guenzatti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SEN | Ates Diouf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | USA | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: March 7, 2025. Source:

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | USL | USL Playoffs | USL Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Darren Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Connor Rutz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | 12 | Michael Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: March 15, 2025. Source: