2025 Austin FC season

Austin FC

2025 season
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Head coach	Nico Estévez
Stadium	Q2 Stadium
Average home league attendance	0
Away colors Third colors
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The 2025 season will be Austin FC's fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. They play in the league's Western Conference.

Austin FC started playing in the MLS Western Conference in 2021, finishing in 12th place with a record of 9W-4D-21L.^[1] 2022 brought many new experiences to Austin FC. They lost their first ever U.S. Open Cup match against San Antonio FC in extra time,^[2] won their first trophy, the Copa Tejas, and qualified for their first-ever MLS Cup Playoffs in just their second season as a franchise.^[3] Austin FC advanced to the Western Conference Finals but lost to LAFC.^[4] Austin FC fell almost all the way to the bottom of the 2023 standings, with the team finishing in 27th place in Major League Soccer. The new sporting director Rodolfo Borrell was quoted as saying "The team overachieved last year, the team underachieved this year", but showed his support for coach Josh Wolff as the team looks to rebuild for the 2024 season.^[5] At the end of the 2024 season, and after back-back seasons without reaching the MLS playoffs, Austin FC release their first ever coach Josh Wolff, having an interim coach for the final game of the season.^[6]

Austin FC started their 2025 roster build the week after their final game of the 2024 season. On October 21, 2024, Austin announced they had extended Jáder Obrian's contract through 2026 with a 1-year club option, after being one of the top goal scorers for the 2024 season.^[7] The next day, Austin FC announced the contract extension of Owen Wolff, the teams first homegrown player, signing him through 2027 with a 1-year club option.^[8] With their third announcement in three days, Austin FC announced the extension of Brendan Hines-Ike through the 2025 season with a 1-year club option.^[9] Austin FC continued agreeing to contract extensions for the fourth straight day, announcing Diego Rubio had been signed through the 2025 season with a 1-year club option.^[10] Closing out a week of updates, Austin FC announced the hiring of Nico Estévez as the new coach, with plans for him to join the team after the November 2024 FIFA window.^[11] On November 5, 2024, Austin FC announced their roster decision headed into the 2025 season. Austin exercised their club option on Daniel Pereira and Jimmy Farkarlun while they did not exercise the option for Matt Hedges, Jhojan Valencia, Alexander Ring, Ethan Finlay, and Matt Bersano. With Hector Jiménez out of contract the team continues to negotiate for his service during the 2025 season.^[12] After exercising their option on Pereira, Austin FC announced they had signed him to a new contract through the 2025 season with an option for 2026. After recently obtaining his Green Card, Pereira will hold a senior spot on the roster, but no longer an international slot.^[13]

Position	Name
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Sporting Director	Rodolfo Borrell[14]
Head coach	Nico Estévez[11]
Assistant coach	Davy Arnaud
Assistant coach	Rodrigo Rios
Assistant coach	Terry Boss[15]
Goalkeeping Coach	Preston Burpo
Set Piece Coach	Jason Grubb[16]
Chief Scout	Manuel Junco

As of November 5, 2024^[update].^[17]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Stuver		GK	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33)	2020	New York City FC	0	0
12	Damian Las		GK	(2002-04-11) April 11, 2002 (age 22)	2022	Fulham	0	0
30	Stefan Cleveland		GK	(1994-05-25) May 25, 1994 (age 30)	2024	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0
Defenders
3	Mikkel Desler		DF	(1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29)	2024	Toulouse FC	0	0
4	Brendan Hines-Ike		DF	(1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 (age 29)	2024	D.C. United	0	0
15	Leo Väisänen		CB	(1997-07-23) July 23, 1997 (age 27)	2023	IF Elfsborg	0	0
17	Jon Gallagher		LB/RB	(1996-02-23) February 23, 1996 (age 28)	2020	Atlanta United FC	0	0
18	Julio Cascante		CB	(1993-10-03) October 3, 1993 (age 31)	2020	Portland Timbers	0	0
21	Oleksandr Svatok		CB	(1994-09-27) September 27, 1994 (age 30)	2024	SC Dnipro-1	0	0
23	Žan Kolmanič (U22) [a]		LB	(2000-03-03) March 3, 2000 (age 24)	2021	Maribor	0	0
29	Guilherme Biro		LB	(2000-05-02) May 2, 2000 (age 24)	2024	Mirassol	0	0
Midfielders
6	Daniel Pereira (GA)		MF	(2000-07-14) July 14, 2000 (age 24)	2021	Virginia Tech Hokies	0	0
7	Osman Bukari (DP)		MF	(1998-12-13) December 13, 1998 (age 25)	2024	Red Star Belgrade	0	0
10	Sebastián Driussi (DP) (captain)		MF	(1996-02-09) February 9, 1996 (age 28)	2021	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0	0
19	CJ Fodrey (GA)		MF	(2004-02-10) February 10, 2004 (age 20)	2023	San Diego State	0	0
32	Micah Burton (HG)		MF	(2006-03-26) March 26, 2006 (age 18)	2024	Austin FC II	0	0
33	Owen Wolff (HG)		MF	(2004-12-30) December 30, 2004 (age 19)	2020	Austin FC Academy	0	0
Forward
9	Gyasi Zardes		FW	(1991-09-02) September 2, 1991 (age 33)	2023	Colorado Rapids	0	0
11	Jáder Obrian		FW	(1995-05-18) May 18, 1995 (age 29)	2024	FC Dallas	0	0
14	Diego Rubio		FW	(1993-05-15) May 15, 1993 (age 31)	2024	Colorado Rapids	0	0
26	Jimmy Farkarlun		FW	(2001-07-14) July 14, 2001 (age 23)	2024	Austin FC II	0	0

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
November 5, 2024	DF	2	Matt Hedges		Declined contract option	N/A	[12]
	MF	5	Jhojan Valencia		Declined contract option	N/A
	MF	8	Alexander Ring		Declined contract option	N/A
	MF	13	Ethan Finlay		Declined contract option	N/A
	GK	20	Matt Bersano		Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	16	Hector Jiménez		Out of Contract	N/A

2024 Austin FC Re-Entry Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	Team	Notes	Ref.
1	12
2	12 (42)

2025 Austin FC SuperDraft Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes	Ref.
1	12
2	12 (42)
3	12 (72)

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
October 21, 2024	FW	11	Jáder Obrian	2026 + 1yr option	[7]
October 22, 2024	MF	33	Owen Wolff	2027 + 1yr option	[8]
October 23, 2024	DF	4	Brendan Hines-Ike	2025 + 1yr option	[9]
October 24, 2024	FW	14	Diego Rubio	2025 + 1yr option	[10]
November 8, 2024	MF	6	Daniel Pereira	2025 + 1yr option	[13]

Competition	Starting round	Record
		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
MLS Regular Season	Matchday 1					!—
Leagues Cup	Group Stage					!—
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Matchday	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Position
1

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Other[a]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Brad Stuver	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	DEN	Mikkel Desler	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	USA	Brendan Hines-Ike	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	VEN	Daniel Pereira	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	GHA	Osman Bukari	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ARG	Sebastián Driussi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	COL	Jáder Obrian	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	CHI	Diego Rubio	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	FIN	Leo Väisänen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	IRL	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	CRC	Julio Cascante	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	USA	CJ Fodrey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Svatok	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	SVN	Žan Kolmanič	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW	LBR	Jimmy Farkarlun	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	BRA	Guilherme Biro	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	USA	Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	USA	Micah Burton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	USA	Owen Wolff	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			Other[a]			Total
1	GK	Brad Stuver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Mikkel Desler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Brendan Hines-Ike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Daniel Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Osman Bukari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Sebastián Driussi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Jáder Obrian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Diego Rubio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Leo Väisänen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CB	Julio Cascante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	CJ Fodrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Oleksandr Svatok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	LB	Žan Kolmanič	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	WG	Jimmy Farkarlun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Guilherme Biro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Micah Burton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Owen Wolff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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