# 2025 Miami FC season

The 2025 Miami FC season is the club's sixth season in the USL Championship, the second-tier of American soccer, and eleventh overall.

## Roster

    As of December 26, 2024
Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions and leagues.
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Khadim Ndiaye | GK | (2000-04-12) April 12, 2000 (age 24) | FC Hebar Pazardzhik | 2023 | | 12 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Allan Aniz | DF | (2003-05-11) May 11, 2003 (age 21) | SC Internacional U-20 | 2024 | | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Jordan Ayimbila | DF | (2001-02-14) February 14, 2001 (age 24) | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2023 | | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Nicolás Cardona | DF | (1999-02-11) February 11, 1999 (age 26) | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 2023 | | 30 | 0 |
| 13 | Daltyn Knutson | DF | (1997-03-01) March 1, 1997 (age 28) | Tormenta FC | 2024 | 2025 | 32 | 0 |
| 29 | Alejandro Mitrano | DF | (1998-04-04) April 4, 1998 (age 26) | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2024 | 2025 | 34 | 0 |
| | Bolu Akinyode | MF | (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 (age 30) | El Paso Locomotive FC | 2025 | | 98 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 99 | Allen Gavilanes | MF | (1999-08-24) August 24, 1999 (age 25) | Greenville Triumph SC | 2023 | 2025 | 34 | 5 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 19 | Michael Lawrence | FW | (1999-07-10) July 10, 1999 (age 25) | Miami FC | 2024 | 2025 | 18 | 3 |
| 50 | Roberto Molina | FW | (2001-01-28) January 28, 2001 (age 24) | Indy Eleven | 2024 | 2024 | 27 | 1 |

### Staff

* Gastόn Maddoni – Head coach
* Matias Farao – Assistant coach
* Cristian Blanco – Goalkeeper coach
* Lucas Vaeza – Strength and performance coach

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos. | Player | Signed from | Details | Date |
| 21 | DF | Bolu Akinyode | El Paso Locomotive FC | Free transfer | January 21, 2025 |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Ricketts | Sacramento Republic FC | Transfer, undisclosed details | January 22, 2025 |
| | MF | Matías Romero | Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba | Free transfer | January 27, 2025 |
| 17 | FW | Ricardo Rivera | O&M FC | Free transfer | January 30, 2025 |
| 10 | MF | Sebastián Blanco | San Lorenzo de Almagro | Free transfer | January 31, 2025 |
| 26 | FW | Lucas Melano | Neftçi PFK | Free transfer | February 5, 2025 |
| | MF | Diego Mercado | Ferro Carril Oeste | Free transfer | February 6, 2025 |
| 6 | DF | Walid Yacoubou | Memphis 901 FC | Free transfer | February 7, 2025 |
| 28 | GK | Bill Hamid | Virginia Dream FC | Free transfer | February 10, 2025 |
| 29 | FW | Kevin Hoyos | Unattached | Free transfer | February 11, 2025 |
| 11 | MF | Deian Verón | Estudiantes de La Plata | Free transfer | February 13, 2025 |
| 16 | MF | Gerald Díaz | Academia Quintana | Free transfer | February 16, 2025 |
| 30 | MF | Cristian Vázquez | Vinotinto F.C. Ecuador | Free transfer | February 18, 2025 |
| 22 | MF | Francesco Celeste | Zamora F.C. | Free transfer | February 20, 2025 |
| 12 | GK | Rafael Martell | Club Atlético Brown | Free transfer | February 21, 2025 |
| | FW | Tobías Zárate | Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. | Free transfer | February 26, 2025 |
| | FW | Francisco Bonfiglio | Club Atlético Tucumán | Free transfer | February 27, 2025 |

### Out

| # | Pos. | Player | Signed to | Details | Date |
| 5 | MF | Joey DeZart | Unattached | End of contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 15 | DF | Mujeeb Murana | Unattached | End of contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Khalid Balogun | Lexington SC | End of loan | November 30, 2024 |
| 18 | DF | Junior Palacios | Unattached | End of contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 30 | MF | Christopher Jean-Francois | Miami FC Academy | End of academy contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 31 | GK | Felipe Rodriguez | Miami FC Academy | End of academy contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 33 | MF | Lucas De Paula | Miami FC Academy | End of academy contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 34 | DF | Marco Santana | Miami FC Academy | End of academy contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 35 | FW | Sébatien Joseph | Miami FC Academy | End of academy contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 50 | FW | Roberto Molina | Unattached | End of contract | November 30, 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Luis "Luisinho" Pedro | Esporte Clube São Luiz | Mutual contract termination | December 26, 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Gabriel Cabral | South Georgia Tormenta FC | Contract option not extended | December 26, 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Isaac Zuleta | Unattached | Contract option not extended | December 26, 2024 |
| 12 | GK | Daniel Gagliardi | Unattached | Contract option not extended | December 26, 2024 |
| 14 | DF | Daniel Barbir | Lexington SC | Transfer | December 26, 2024 |
| 23 | FW | Rocco Genzano | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | December 26, 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Frank López | El Paso Locomotive FC | Transfer, undisclosed details | January 22, 2025 |
| 16 | MF | Manuel Botta | FBC Gravina | Free transfer | January 30, 2025 |

### Loan out

| # | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Details | Date | Source |
| 3 | DF | Jordan Ayimbila | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Season-long | February 24, 2025 | |

## Competitive
### USL Championship
#### Standings — 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 |
| 6 | North Carolina FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Birmingham Legion FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 12 | Miami FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 1, 2024. Source: Match reports

#### Matches

* MORE GAMES TO ADD *

### USL Cup

On December 12, 2024, the United Soccer League announced an expansion of the USL Cup, known as the Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons. All clubs from the second division USL Championship and third division USL League One will compete in a world cup style, interleague competition.
Miami was drawn into Group 6.

#### Standings — Group 6

| Pos | Lg | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | USLC | Charleston Battery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | USL1 | Greenville Triumph SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | USLC | Miami FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | USL1 | FC Naples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | USL1 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | USLC | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 1, 2024. Source: Match reports

#### Matches
##### Group stage
### U.S. Open Cup

The Miami FC, as a member of the second division USL Championship, entered the U.S. Open Cup in the First Round based on its performance in the 2024 USL Championship season.