2015 New York City FC season

New York City FC
2015 season
Chairman	Ferran Soriano
Manager	Jason Kreis
Stadium	Yankee Stadium; The Bronx, New York
Major League Soccer	Conference: 8th; Overall: 17th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	David Villa (18)
Highest home attendance	48,047; (June 28 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Lowest home attendance	20,461; (April 16 vs. Philadelphia Union)
Average home league attendance	29,016
Biggest win	2 goals:; 6 times
Biggest defeat	4 goals:; LA 5–1 NYC (August 23)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2015 New York City FC season was the club's first season of existence, their first season in the top tier of American soccer, and their first season in Major League Soccer. New York City FC played their home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx.

Background

MLS commissioner Don Garber announced the league's intent to award a second team in the New York area in 2010, with the new team originally aimed to begin operations by 2013.^[1] Initially, the league held talks with New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon about a second NY club and with owners of the rebooted New York Cosmos.^[2] The Wilpons' interest in MLS reportedly faded following the family's losses in the Madoff investment scandal,^[3] while the Cosmos began playing in the second-tier North American Soccer League in 2013.^[4]

Garber had previously cultivated an interest in acquiring investment from a major European soccer team to be owners of a future franchise, and in December 2008, he announced a bid for a Miami expansion team led by FC Barcelona that was to begin play in 2010,^[5] though the bid eventually fell through^[6] (Garber also briefly discussed Barcelona investing in a New York franchise before moving the focus to Miami^[7]).

But when Ferran Soriano, Barcelona's vice president at the time of the Miami bid, was appointed Manchester City CEO in August 2012, Garber reached out to him about a New York City team.^[7] In December 2012, unnamed sources told the media that Manchester City were close to being announced as the new owners of the 20th team of MLS, and the brand name "New York City Football Club" was trademarked, although the club quickly denied the report.^[8] However, Garber announced in March 2013 that he was almost ready to unveil the new expansion team,^[9]

New York City Football Club, LLC was registered with the New York State Department on May 7, 2013,^[10] and on May 21 the team was officially announced as the 20th Major League Soccer franchise.^[11]

The team announced an English-language radio deal with WFAN on October 3, 2013.^[12]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

February 1, 2015 Friendly	Jacksonville Armada FC	1–2	New York City FC	Jacksonville, Florida
	Perea 50'		Shelton 2' Naglestad 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Patton Park Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Four 24 minute quarters.

Manchester training camp

February 10, 2015 Friendly	New York City FC	2–0	St Mirren	Manchester, England
	Villa 34' Taylor 69'			Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Mark Heywood

N.B. The friendly against St Mirren deemed the club's first ever match according to the club itself.^[13]

February 15, 2015 Friendly	New York City FC	0–2	Brøndby	Manchester, England
			Ornskov 26' Hasani 49'	Stadium: Academy Stadium

Carolina Challenge Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Houston Dynamo	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
New York City FC	3	1	1	1	5	3	2	4
Charleston Battery	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4
Orlando City SC	3	0	2	1	2	5	-2	2

February 21, 2015 Friendly	New York City FC	1–1	Orlando City SC	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST (UTC−05:00)	Shelton 55'	Report	Kaká 30'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

February 25, 2015 Friendly	New York City FC	1–2	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
16:00 EST (UTC−05:00)	Diskerud 80'		Davis 50' Garcia 69'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

February 28, 2015 Friendly	Charleston Battery	0–3	New York City FC	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST (UTC−05:00)	Boyd 50'	Report	Grabavoy 26', 37' Diskerud 63'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Post-season

Puerto Rico tour

December 11, 2015 Friendly	Puerto Rico	1–2	New York City FC	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00 AST (UTC−04:00)	Hurtado 66' (o.g.)	Report	Arrieta 7' (o.g.) Poku 90+1'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Competitions

Major League Soccer

League tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Toronto FC	34	15	15	4	58	58	0	49	MLS Cup Knockout Round
7	Orlando City SC	34	12	14	8	46	56	−10	44
8	New York City FC	34	10	17	7	49	58	−9	37
9	Philadelphia Union	34	10	17	7	42	55	−13	37
10	Chicago Fire	34	8	20	6	43	58	−15	30

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Houston Dynamo	34	11	14	9	42	49	−7	42
16	Real Salt Lake	34	11	15	8	38	48	−10	41
17	New York City FC	34	10	17	7	49	58	−9	37
18	Philadelphia Union	34	10	17	7	42	55	−13	37
19	Colorado Rapids	34	9	15	10	33	43	−10	37

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	7	17	49	58	−9	37	6	4	7	32	31	+1	4	3	10	17	27	−10

Last updated: October 2, 2015.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 25, 2015. Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

March 8, 2015 1	Orlando City SC	1–1	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
17:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Collin 83' Kaká 90+1'	Report	Diskerud 76'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 62,510 Referee: Alan Kelly

March 15, 2015 2	New York City FC	2–0	New England Revolution	New York City
	Wingert 6' Villa 19' Williams 57' Mullins 84'	Report	Rowe 11' Gonçalves 66' Dorman 73'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 43,507

March 21, 2015 3	Colorado Rapids	0–0	New York City FC	Commerce City, Colorado
16:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Badji 49'	Report	Facey 51' 82' Saunders 90' Wingert 90+3'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,692 Referee: Sorin Stoica

March 28, 2015 4	New York City FC	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Diskerud 73' Watson-Siriboe 86'	Report	Opara 12' Nagamura 68'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,454 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 11, 2015 5	Philadelphia Union	2–1	New York City FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00 p.m. EDT	Pfeffer 27' Lahoud 81' Nogueira 90+2'	Report	Villa 55' Watson-Siriboe 85'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,603 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 16, 2015 6	New York City FC	1–1	Philadelphia Union	New York City
7:00 p.m. EDT	Grabavoy 25' Calle 32' Ballouchy 57', 58' Watson-Siriboe 73' Jacobson 87'	Report	Nogueira 22' Williams 41' Sapong 67', 86'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 20,461 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 19, 2015 7	New York City FC	0–1	Portland Timbers	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)		Report	Powell 68' Asprilla 79'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 21,891 Referee: Armando Villarreal

April 24, 2015 8	Chicago Fire	1–0	New York City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Accam 20'	Report	Jacobson 24'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

May 3, 2015 9	New York City FC	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Watson-Siriboe 28' 88' Diskerud 50' Ballouchy 54' Poku 85'	Report	Martins 23', 66', 79' Pappa 39' Mears 44' Dempsey 58'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,384 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

May 10, 2015 10	New York Red Bulls	2–1	New York City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Wright-Phillips 4', 52' Miazga 18' 36' Kljestan 90'	BBC Report MLS Report	Mullins 76' Allen 82' Poku 87' Ballouchy 88'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,217 Referee: Alan Kelly

May 15, 2015 11	New York City FC	2–2	Chicago Fire	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Allen 26' Ballouchy 45+1' Villa 45+3' Facey 51' Jacobson 71' Shelton 90+1'	[1]	Cociș 14' Larentowicz 27' (pen.), 55' Jones 61' Maloney 63'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 23,315 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 23, 2015 12	Real Salt Lake	2–0	New York City FC	Sandy, Utah
22:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Stertzer 25' Phillips 40' Saborío 49'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,801 Referee: Juan Guzman

May 30, 2015 13	New York City FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Wingert 32' Villa 45+1' (pen.) Hernandez 79'	Report	Bruin 16' Clark 35' Garrido 54' Rodríguez 90+4'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 26,211 Referee: Sorin Stoica

June 6, 2015 14	Philadelphia Union	1–2	New York City FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Sapong 46' Edu 89'	Report	Hernandez 4' McNamara 53' Mullins 87'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 13, 2015 15	New York City FC	3–1	Montreal Impact	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Villa 31' Allen 52' Diskerud 76' Poku 90'	Report	Lefevre 88'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 24,042 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 20, 2015 16	Toronto FC	0–2	New York City FC	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)		Report	Villa 8' (pen), 58'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 30,029

June 28, 2015 17	New York City FC	1–3	New York Red Bulls	New York City
17:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	McNamara 6' Villa 41'	Report	Duvall 34', 52' Robles 41' Wright-Phillips 47' Perrinelle 54' Miazga 73'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 48,047

July 4, 2015 18	Montreal Impact	1–2	New York City FC	Montreal
20:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Ciman 69' Piatti 77' (pen.) Romero 90+3'	Report	Villa 34', 82' Poku 45+1' Mullins 53' Allen 61'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 18,112 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

July 12, 2015 19	New York City FC	4–4	Toronto FC	New York City
17:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Villa 17', 65' (pen.) Perquis 29' (o.g.) Iraola 60' Ballouchy 66' Mullins 84'	Report	Hagglund 25' Giovinco 34' (pen.), 40', 43' Warner 62' Delgado 82' Morrow 90+3'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,533 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 18, 2015 20	New England Revolution	1–0	New York City FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Nguyen 12' 29' Caldwell 42' Hall 90+2'	Report	Hernandez 48' Grabavoy 55' Jacobson 68'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 28,811 Referee: Sorin Stoica

July 26, 2015 21	New York City FC	5–3	Orlando City SC	New York City
14:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Villa 45', 67' Calle 53' McNamara 71' Diskerud 90+3'	Report	Larin 50', 61', 85'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 32,041 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 1, 2015 22	New York City FC	2–3	Montreal Impact	New York City
15:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Calle 22' Mena 43' Hernandez 53' Villa 68' (pen.) McNamara 85'	Report	Oduro 5' Piatti 32', 84' (pen.) Donadel 45+1' Romero 75'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,645 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

August 9, 2015 23	New York Red Bulls	2–0	New York City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Wright-Phillips 21' Felipe 85' Lade 90+2'	Report	McNamara 45' Facey 59' Mullins 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,219 Referee: Ismail Elfath

August 13, 2015 24	New York City FC	3–1	D.C. United	New York City
20:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Facey 31' McNamara 51' 75' Villa 80' 80' Poku 88'	Report	Saborío 36'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 28,262 Referee: Jorge González

August 19, 2015 25	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	New York City FC	Columbus, Ohio
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Kamara 24' Cedrick 72'	Report	Villa 51' Poku 54', 66' Saunders 90+3' Iraola 90+4'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,514 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 23, 2015 26	LA Galaxy	5–1	New York City FC	Carson, California
15:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Zardes 36' Keane 54', 81' dos Santos 67' Lletget 70'	Report	Villa 80' (pen.) Grabavoy 83'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 29, 2015 27	New York City FC	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	New York City
16:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Jacobson 29'	Report	Higuain 10' Tchani 69' Kamara 82' Meram 83'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 30,018 Referee: Juan Guzman

September 12, 2015 28	FC Dallas	2–1	New York City FC	Frisco, Texas
20:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Harris 30' Akindele 45' Michel 45+4', 64'	Report	Wingert 62' Mullins 70'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,937 Referee: Alan Kelly

September 16, 2015 29	New York City FC	2–0	Toronto FC	New York City
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Lampard 20' Hernandez 62' Mullins 77' Saunders 88'		Cheyrou 52' Perquis 90+3'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,075 Referee: Chris Penso

September 19, 2015 30	New York City FC	3–2	San Jose Earthquakes	New York City
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Pirlo 33' Allen 44' Grabavoy 51', 63' Villa 65' Wingert 66' Jacobson 86'	Report	Goodson 34' Pelosi 45+1' Amarikwa 72' Wondolowski 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 28,231 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

September 26, 2015 31	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	New York City FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
22:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Morales 82' Techera 83' Morales 88' (pen.)	Report	Facey 12' Lampard 29' Villa 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

October 2, 2015 32	D.C. United	2–1	New York City FC	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Franklin 66' Espindola 73' Boswell 87' Saborio 90+2'	Report	Lampard 1' Wingert 31' Mena 54' Allen 81' Hernandez 90+1'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 21,517 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 16, 2015 33	Orlando City SC	2–1	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Higuita 36' Larin 62', 70' Rivas 68'	Report	Watson-Siriboe 45+2'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 43,179 Referee: Allen Chapman

October 25, 2015 34	New York City FC	1–3	New England Revolution	New York City
17:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Watson-Siriboe 77' McNamara 86' Villa 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Nguyen 5' Davies 38' Rowe 55' Fagundez 88'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 34,150 Referee: Jair Marrufo

U.S. Open Cup

New York City FC entered the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with all other Major League Soccer teams in the fourth round.^[14]

June 16, 2015 4R	New York Cosmos	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	New York City FC	Hempstead, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Gorskie 40' Fernandes 65' Szetela 80' Mkosana 90' Chirishian 90+1' Ayoze 117' Freeman 118'	NYCFC Report MLS Box Score NASL Report	Poku 24', 57' Ballouchy 59' Wingert 86' Grabavoy 115'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 11,446 Referee: Matt Kreitzer
	Penalties
	Stokkelien Freeman Fernandes Mkosana Moffat Gorskie		Wingert Grabavoy Ballouchy Diskerud Mullins Facey

Squad information

As of October 5, 2015^[15]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
12	Josh Saunders	GK	2014	(1981-03-02)March 2, 1981 (aged 34)	Real Salt Lake	33	0
18	Ryan Meara	GK	2014	(1990-11-15)November 15, 1990 (aged 24)	New York Red Bulls	1	0
25	Eirik Johansen	GK	2015	(1992-07-12)July 12, 1992 (aged 23)	Manchester City	1	0
Defenders
2	Jason Hernandez	CB	2014	(1983-08-23)August 23, 1983 (aged 32)	San Jose Earthquakes	27	0
3	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	RB / CB	2014	(1986-11-13)November 13, 1986 (aged 28)	Real Salt Lake	12	1
5	Jeb Brovsky	RB	2014	(1988-12-03)December 3, 1988 (aged 26)	Montreal Impact	16	0
17	Chris Wingert	LB	2014	(1982-06-16)June 16, 1982 (aged 33)	Real Salt Lake	28	0
24	Shay Facey	CB / RB	2015	(1995-01-07)January 7, 1995 (aged 20)	Manchester City	24	0
69	Angeliño	LB	2015	(1997-01-04)January 4, 1997 (aged 18)	Manchester City	14	0
51	Andoni Iraola	RB	2015	(1982-06-22)June 22, 1982 (aged 33)	Athletic Bilbao	9	0
27	R. J. Allen	RB	2015	(1990-04-17)April 17, 1990 (aged 25)	Skive	15	0
Midfielders
4	Andrew Jacobson	AM	2014	(1989-09-25)September 25, 1989 (aged 26)	Stabæk	34	1
8	Frank Lampard	CM	2015	(1978-06-20)June 20, 1978 (aged 37)	Manchester City	10	3
10	Mix Diskerud	CM	2015	(1990-10-02)October 2, 1990 (aged 25)	Rosenborg	28	3
11	Ned Grabavoy	LM	2014	(1983-07-01)July 1, 1983 (aged 32)	Real Salt Lake	27	2
21	Andrea Pirlo	CM	2015	(1979-05-19)May 19, 1979 (aged 36)	Juventus	13	0
15	Tommy McNamara	AM	2014	(1991-02-06)February 6, 1991 (aged 24)	Chivas USA	19	5
16	Connor Brandt	CM	2015	(1992-09-15)September 15, 1992 (aged 23)	Tucson	1	0
20	Mehdi Ballouchy	LM	2014	(1983-04-06)April 6, 1983 (aged 32)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	20	3
26	Sebastián Velásquez	AM	2014	(1991-02-11)February 11, 1991 (aged 24)	Real Salt Lake	12	0
30	Javier Calle	CM	2015	(1991-04-29)April 29, 1991 (aged 24)	Independiente Medellín	12	1
88	Kwadwo Poku	AM	2015	(1992-02-19)February 19, 1992 (aged 23)	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	6
Strikers
7	David Villa (captain)	CF	2014	(1981-12-03)December 3, 1981 (aged 33)	Atlético Madrid	30	18
14	Patrick Mullins	CF	2014	(1992-02-05)February 5, 1992 (aged 23)	New England Revolution	25	6
19	Khiry Shelton	CF	2015	(1993-06-26)June 26, 1993 (aged 22)	Lane United	17	1
99	Tony Taylor	CF	2014	(1989-07-13)July 13, 1989 (aged 26)	Omonia	2	0

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	USA	Jason Hernandez	27	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	USA	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	15	1	10+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
4	MF	USA	Andrew Jacobson	34	1	33+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	USA	Jeb Brovsky	16	0	12+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	USA	George John	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ESP	David Villa	30	18	29+1	18	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Frank Lampard	10	3	9+1	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	USA	Mix Diskerud	28	3	23+4	3	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy	27	2	22+4	2	0+0	0	0+1	0
12	GK	PUR	Josh Saunders	33	0	33+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	USA	Patrick Mullins	25	6	11+13	6	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	USA	Tommy McNamara	19	3	15+4	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	USA	Connor Brandt	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	USA	Chris Wingert	28	0	26+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	GK	USA	Ryan Meara	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	USA	Khiry Shelton	17	1	7+10	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	MAR	Mehdi Ballouchy	20	3	16+3	3	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	ITA	Andrea Pirlo	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ESP	Pablo Álvarez	9	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	COL	Jefferson Mena	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Shay Facey	24	0	20+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	GK	NOR	Eirik Johansen	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF	COL	Sebastián Velásquez	12	0	5+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	USA	R. J. Allen	15	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
30	MF	COL	Javier Calle	12	1	7+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
51	DF	ESP	Andoni Iraola	9	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
69	DF	ESP	Angeliño	14	0	10+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
88	MF	GHA	Kwadwo Poku	28	6	6+21	4	0+0	0	1+0	2
99	FW	USA	Tony Taylor	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Released	MF	USA	Matt Dunn	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Released	DF	USA	Josh Williams	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Released	FW	SVK	Adam Nemec	9	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Honors

Major League Soccer Player of the Week award

Week	Player
2	David Villa^[16]
15	David Villa^[17]

Major League Soccer Team of the Week selection

Week	Player
1^[18]	Mix Diskerud
2^[19]	David Villa
14^[20]	Tommy McNamara
15^[21]	Jason Hernandez David Villa
16^[22]	R. J. Allen David Villa
18^[23]	Josh Saunders David Villa
19^[24]	David Villa
21^[25]	Kwadwo Poku David Villa
24^[26]	Kwadwo Poku
29^[27]	Ned Grabavoy

Major League Soccer Goal of the Week award

Week	Player
14	Tommy McNamara^[28]

Etihad Airways Player of the Month award

Awarded to the player who receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the NYCFC website

Month	Player
March^[29]	Josh Saunders
April^[30]	Josh Saunders
May^[31]	Mehdi Ballouchy
June^[32]	Tommy McNamara
July^[33]	David Villa
August^[34]	Kwadwo Poku
September^[35]	Frank Lampard
October^[36]	Josh Saunders

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	US	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	FW	David Villa	32	Non-US	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer 2014	2017	Undisclosed	NYCFC.com
5	DF	Jeb Brovsky	25	US	Montreal Impact	Trade	Summer 2014	2017	2016 SuperDraft 2nd Round pick	MLSsoccer.com
12	GK	Josh Saunders	33	US	Real Salt Lake	Free	Summer 2014	2017	Free	NYCFC.com
4	MF	Andrew Jacobson	28	US	FC Dallas	Trade	Summer 2014	2016	2016 SuperDraft 3rd Round pick	NYCFC.com
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	27	US	Real Salt Lake	Trade	Summer 2014	2016	2016 SuperDraft 4th Round pick	NYCFC.com
23	MF	Matt Dunn	20	US	Chivas USA	Draft	Winter		Chivas USA Dispersal Draft	NYCFC.com
13	DF	Josh Williams	26	US	Columbus Crew	Trade	Winter		Allocation funds	NYCFC.com
	DF	Omar Salgado	21	US	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Trade	Winter		Undisclosed	NYCFC.com
11	MF	Ned Grabavoy	31	US	Real Salt Lake	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
14	FW	Patrick Mullins	22	US	New England Revolution	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
21	DF	Jason Hernandez	31	US	San Jose Earthquakes	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
	MF	Daniel Lovitz	23	US	Toronto FC	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
99	FW	Tony Taylor	25	US	New England Revolution	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
20	MF	Mehdi Ballouchy	31	US	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
6	DF	George John	27	US	FC Dallas	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
15	MF	Tommy McNamara	23	US	D.C. United	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
	MF	Sal Zizzo	27	US	Sporting Kansas City	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
17	DF	Chris Wingert	32	US	Real Salt Lake	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC.com
1	GK	Akira Fitzgerald	27	US		Free	Winter		Free	NYCFC.com
26	MF	Sebastián Velásquez	23	Non-US	Real Salt Lake	Trade	Winter		Allocation money	NYCFC.com
2	DF	Andrés Mendoza	25	Non-US	CD Maldonado	Transfer	Winter		Undisclosed	NYCFC.com
10	MF	Mix Diskerud	24	US	Rosenborg	Free	Winter		Free	NYCFC.com
19	FW	Khiry Shelton	21	US		Draft	Winter		SuperDraft	NYCFC.com
16	MF	Connor Brandt	22	US		Draft	Winter		SuperDraft	skyscraperblues.com
	GK	Andre Rawls	23	US		Draft	Winter		SuperDraft	MLSSoccer.com
88	FW	Kwadwo Poku	22	US		Transfer	Winter		Undisc.	NYCFC.com
32	FW	Adam Nemec	29	Non-US	Union Berlin	Transfer	Winter		Free	NYCFC.com
22	MF	Pablo Álvarez	34	Non-US	Langreo	Transfer	Winter		Free	NYCFC.com
8	MF	Frank Lampard	36	Non-US	Manchester City	Free	Summer	2017	Free	BBC Sport
51	DF	Andoni Iraola	33	Non-US	Athletic Bilbao	Transfer	Summer		Free	MLSsoccer
21	MF	Andrea Pirlo	36	Non-US	Juventus	Transfer	Summer		Free	NYCFC.com

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	US	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF	Daniel Lovitz	23	US	Toronto FC	Trade	Winter	Allocation money	NYCFC.com
	MF	Sal Zizzo	27	US	New York Red Bulls	Trade	Winter	Ryan Meara p/x	NYCFC.com
	DF	Omar Salgado	21	US	Tigres	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	MLSSoccer.com
32	FW	Adam Nemec	29	Non-US	Willem II	Transfer	Summer	Free	sbisoccer.com
13	DF	Josh Williams	26	US		Release
23	MF	Matt Dunn	20	US		Release
1	GK	Akira Fitzgerald	27	US		Release
2	DF	Andrés Mendoza	25	Non-US		Release

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
18	GK	Ryan Meara	New York Red Bulls	December 11, 2014	December 2015	NYCFC.com
30	MF	Javier Calle	Independiente Medellín	February 6, 2015	December 2015	NYCFC.com
24	DF	Shay Facey	Manchester City	March 6, 2015	January 1, 2016	NYCFC.com
69	DF	Angeliño	Manchester City	July 8, 2015	January 1, 2016	MLSsoccer.com

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
7	FW	David Villa	Melbourne City	June 3, 2014	December 31, 2014	BBC.co.uk
5	DF	Jeb Brovsky	Strømsgodset	June 13, 2014	December 31, 2014	EmpireOfSoccer.com
12	GK	Josh Saunders	San Antonio Scorpions	July 18, 2014	December 31, 2014	NYCFC.com Archived July 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
4	MF	Andrew Jacobson	Stabæk IF	July 29, 2014	December 31, 2014	NYCFC.com Archived July 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	Carolina RailHawks	August 22, 2014	December 31, 2014	CarolinaRailhawks.com

Non-player transfers

Acquired	From	For	Source
Additional international roster slot – 2015 & 2016	D.C. United	Allocation money	MLSsoccer.com
Discovery rights for Kwadwo Poku	Seattle Sounders FC	Conditional 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick	NYCFC.com

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[5] Lalas, Greg (February 11, 2009). "Garber: Barca/Miami Team Would Start in 2010". Goal.com.

[6] "Miami Barcelona MLS Campaign Is Dead". Goal.com. March 3, 2009.

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[8] "Manchester City Said Close to Being Awarded MLS Queens Team". Bloomberg L.P. December 15, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2013.

[9] "MLS Commissioner Don Garber talks NYC2 progress, Florida expansion, Champions League schedule tweak". mlssoccer.com. March 17, 2013. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2013.

[10] "Entity Information". NYS Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.

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[12] "Broadcast Deal with WFAN". nycfc.com. October 3, 2013. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2013.

[13] "New York City FC beats St Mirren 2-0 in a preseason friendly". nycfc.com. February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

[14] "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.

[15] "First Team". New York City FC.

[16] "New York City FC forward David Villa named MLS Player of the Week". mlssoccer.com. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[17] "New York City FC's David Villa named MLS Player of the Week after masterful outing vs. Montreal Impact". mlssoccer.com. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

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