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1 month ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh |Oliver Strand |Noah Kassell-Yung
Major League Soccer today released the Club Roster Profiles for all 30 teams, giving us a clear look at where the New York City FC roster stands in the early days of the 2025 season. This is the second year running now in which MLS has pulled back its proverbial curtain and shared all the nitty-gritty details of each team's roster and each player's status on their team's roster.
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1 month ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh |Oliver Strand |Noah Kassell-Yung
Major League Soccer's Disciplinary Committee fined Inter Miami's Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez "an undisclosed amount for violating the hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent policy" following Saturday's 2-2 draw with New York City FC. Messi was fined after grabbing the back of the neck of New York City Assistant Coach Mehdi Ballouchy after the end of the game. You can see the incident in the official video released by MLS below.
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1 month ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Noah Kassell-Yung |Andrew Leigh |John Baney |Matthew Mangam
Minutes after receiving his first yellow card in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Inter Miami, New York City FC center-back Strahinja Tanasijević lunged to intercept a pass and caught Luis Suárez in what could have easily been a second yellow and a sending-off. Tanasijević is a naturally rash player – he earned six yellow cards in 16 games last year, fourth-most on the team despite making the 17th-most appearances – and a halftime subbing off seemed inevitable.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Oliver Strand |Michael Battista |Noah Kassell-Yung |Andrew Leigh
With the 2025 Major League Soccer season set to begin on Saturday, it's time to take stock of the recent predictions made by the punditry, and document how they see the year finishing. That's right: We're keeping tabs. To be fair, it's unusually difficult to forecast the MLS table. Roster rules make it hard to keep a squad intact, and MLS are a selling league: Even the best teams will part with their top players if the money is right.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh |John Baney |Noah Kassell-Yung |Matthew Mangam
Name: Pascal JansenRole: Head CoachAge: 52Key Stat: 1.94 points per match across all competitions in his 192 matches as manager of AZ Alkmaar and Ferencvárosi TC. Pascal Jansen is in as Head Coach in 2025 and so far he remains the only new signing of note made by New York City FC this offseason. Jansen arrives with the expectation he'll get more out of the team's remaining young talent, but he's not starting his NYCFC tenure with the easiest hand ever dealt.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | John Baney |Noah Kassell-Yung |Andrew Leigh |Matthew Mangam
New York City FC and Inter Miami CF will no longer play the first match of the 2025 Major League Soccer season, as kickoff time for the season opener on Saturday, February 22 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. has been moved from 2:30 PM to 7:30 PM Eastern. The switch of kickoff times is made as a side effect of Inter Miami having its first 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup match vs.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Takashi Williams |John Baney |Noah Kassell-Yung |Andrew Leigh
Name: Mounsef Bakrar Position: Center-ForwardAge: 24Key Stat: 8.01 touches in the opposition's box per 90 minutes, in the 100th percentile for forwards per FotMob. Watching Mounsef Bakrar last summer in a match against Orlando City, one New York City FC was favored to win against an underperforming Orlando side, it was more contentious than supporters of the Boys in Blue would have preferred.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Mark Radigan |John Baney |Noah Kassell-Yung |Andrew Leigh
Name: Hannes WolfPosition: WingerAge: 25Key Stat: One assist across the final 16 games of the season including MLS league play and the MLS Cup Playoffs. With the transfer of Santi Rodríguez to Botafogo set to be completed and a new head coach taking over, what will Hannes Wolf's role look like for New York City FC in 2025? Signed on a free transfer in January 2024, the Austrian played 42 times in all competitions for New York City FC last season, making 39 starts.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Mark Radigan |Oliver Strand |John Baney |Noah Kassell-Yung
We unpack what Santiago Rodríguez's departure would mean for New York City FC in 2025 and beyond. Plus there's talk of that sharp new Excelsior Kit, preseason storylines, and what to expect from NYCFC's midfield in 2025. Scoreline aside, Birk Risa looked sharp and the kids are promising. But where is Santi Rodríguez? We hold court on skyline-inspired Excelsior Kit, the sixth home shirt in New York City FC's 10-year history.
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2 months ago | 
hudsonriverblue.com | Oliver Strand |John Baney |Noah Kassell-Yung |Andrew Leigh
New York City FC's third game of their four-match residency at the 2025 Coachella Invitational was a 3-0 loss to St Louis City. New York City fielded a Starting XI full of unfamiliar faces, Here are five thoughts about New York City's first win at this year's edition of the Invitational — and San Diego's first-ever game against a club from Major League Soccer. 1. Heavy rotationThere was just one player in the Starting XI who also started the final game of the 2024 season: Hannes Wolf.
