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:; LA5–1NYC(August 23)
Home colors	Away colors
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The2015 New York City FC seasonwas the club's first season of existence, their first season in the top tier of American soccer, and their first season inMajor League Soccer.New York City FCplayed their home games atYankee Stadiumin the New York City borough ofThe Bronx.

Background

MLS commissionerDon Garberannounced 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 withNew York MetsownerFred Wilponabout a second NY club and with owners of the rebootedNew York Cosmos.^[2]The Wilpons' interest in MLS reportedly faded following the family's losses in theMadoff investment scandal,^[3]while the Cosmos began playing in the second-tierNorth American Soccer Leaguein 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 aMiami expansion teamled byFC Barcelonathat 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 appointedManchester CityCEO 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 withWFANon October 3, 2013.^[12]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

February 1, 2015Friendly	Jacksonville Armada FC	1–2	New York City FC	Jacksonville, Florida
	Perea50'		Shelton2' Naglestad87' (pen.)	Stadium:Patton Park Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Four 24 minute quarters.

Manchester training camp

February 10, 2015Friendly	New York City FC	2–0	St Mirren	Manchester,England
	Villa34' Taylor69'			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, 2015Friendly	New York City FC	0–2	Brøndby	Manchester,England
			Ornskov26' Hasani49'	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, 2015Friendly	New York City FC	1–1	Orlando City SC	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30EST(UTC−05:00)	Shelton55'	Report	Kaká30'	Stadium:Blackbaud Stadium

February 25, 2015Friendly	New York City FC	1–2	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
16:00EST(UTC−05:00)	Diskerud80'		Davis50' Garcia69'	Stadium:Blackbaud Stadium

February 28, 2015Friendly	Charleston Battery	0–3	New York City FC	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30EST(UTC−05:00)	Boyd50'	Report	Grabavoy26',37' Diskerud63'	Stadium:Blackbaud Stadium

Post-season

Puerto Rico tour

December 11, 2015Friendly	Puerto Rico	1–2	New York City FC	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00AST(UTC−04:00)	Hurtado66' (o.g.)	Report	Arrieta7' (o.g.) Poku90+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, 20151	Orlando City SC	1–1	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
17:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Collin83' Kaká90+1'	Report	Diskerud76'	Stadium:Citrus Bowl Attendance: 62,510 Referee: Alan Kelly

March 15, 20152	New York City FC	2–0	New England Revolution	New York City
	Wingert6' Villa19' Williams57' Mullins84'	Report	Rowe11' Gonçalves66' Dorman73'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 43,507

March 21, 20153	Colorado Rapids	0–0	New York City FC	Commerce City, Colorado
16:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Badji49'	Report	Facey51'82' Saunders90' Wingert90+3'	Stadium:Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,692 Referee: Sorin Stoica

March 28, 20154	New York City FC	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Diskerud73' Watson-Siriboe86'	Report	Opara12' Nagamura68'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,454 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 11, 20155	Philadelphia Union	2–1	New York City FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00 p.m.EDT	Pfeffer27' Lahoud81' Nogueira90+2'	Report	Villa55' Watson-Siriboe85'	Stadium:PPL Park Attendance: 18,603 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 16, 20156	New York City FC	1–1	Philadelphia Union	New York City
7:00 p.m.EDT	Grabavoy25' Calle32' Ballouchy57',58' Watson-Siriboe73' Jacobson87'	Report	Nogueira22' Williams41' Sapong67',86'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 20,461 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 19, 20157	New York City FC	0–1	Portland Timbers	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)		Report	Powell68' Asprilla79'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 21,891 Referee:Armando Villarreal

April 24, 20158	Chicago Fire	1–0	New York City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Accam20'	Report	Jacobson24'	Stadium:Toyota Park Attendance: 19,124 Referee:Ricardo Salazar

May 3, 20159	New York City FC	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Watson-Siriboe28'88' Diskerud50' Ballouchy54' Poku85'	Report	Martins23',66',79' Pappa39' Mears44' Dempsey58'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,384 Referee:Silviu Petrescu

May 10, 201510	New York Red Bulls	2–1	New York City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Wright-Phillips4',52' Miazga18'36' Kljestan90'	BBC Report MLS Report	Mullins76' Allen82' Poku87' Ballouchy88'	Stadium:Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,217 Referee: Alan Kelly

May 15, 201511	New York City FC	2–2	Chicago Fire	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Allen26' Ballouchy45+1' Villa45+3' Facey51' Jacobson71' Shelton90+1'	[1]	Cociș14' Larentowicz27' (pen.),55' Jones61' Maloney63'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 23,315 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 23, 201512	Real Salt Lake	2–0	New York City FC	Sandy,Utah
22:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Stertzer25' Phillips40' Saborío49'	Report		Stadium:Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,801 Referee:Juan Guzman

May 30, 201513	New York City FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Wingert32' Villa45+1' (pen.) Hernandez79'	Report	Bruin16' Clark35' Garrido54' Rodríguez90+4'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 26,211 Referee: Sorin Stoica

June 6, 201514	Philadelphia Union	1–2	New York City FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Sapong46' Edu89'	Report	Hernandez4' McNamara53' Mullins87'	Stadium:PPL Park Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 13, 201515	New York City FC	3–1	Montreal Impact	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Villa31' Allen52' Diskerud76' Poku90'	Report	Lefevre88'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 24,042 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 20, 201516	Toronto FC	0–2	New York City FC	Toronto,Ontario,Canada
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)		Report	Villa8' (pen),58'	Stadium:BMO Field Attendance: 30,029

June 28, 201517	New York City FC	1–3	New York Red Bulls	New York City
17:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	McNamara6' Villa41'	Report	Duvall34',52' Robles41' Wright-Phillips47' Perrinelle54' Miazga73'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 48,047

July 4, 201518	Montreal Impact	1–2	New York City FC	Montreal
20:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Ciman69' Piatti77' (pen.) Romero90+3'	Report	Villa34',82' Poku45+1' Mullins53' Allen61'	Stadium:Saputo Stadium Attendance: 18,112 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

July 12, 201519	New York City FC	4–4	Toronto FC	New York City
17:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Villa17',65' (pen.) Perquis29' (o.g.) Iraola60' Ballouchy66' Mullins84'	Report	Hagglund25' Giovinco34' (pen.),40',43' Warner62' Delgado82' Morrow90+3'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,533 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 18, 201520	New England Revolution	1–0	New York City FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30EDT(UTC−04:00)	Nguyen12'29' Caldwell42' Hall90+2'	Report	Hernandez48' Grabavoy55' Jacobson68'	Stadium:Gillette Stadium Attendance: 28,811 Referee: Sorin Stoica

July 26, 201521	New York City FC	5–3	Orlando City SC	New York City
14:30EDT(UTC−04:00)	Villa45',67' Calle53' McNamara71' Diskerud90+3'	Report	Larin50',61',85'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 32,041 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 1, 201522	New York City FC	2–3	Montreal Impact	New York City
15:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Calle22' Mena43' Hernandez53' Villa68' (pen.) McNamara85'	Report	Oduro5' Piatti32',84' (pen.) Donadel45+1' Romero75'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27,645 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

August 9, 201523	New York Red Bulls	2–0	New York City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Wright-Phillips21' Felipe85' Lade90+2'	Report	McNamara45' Facey59' Mullins90+2'	Stadium:Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,219 Referee:Ismail Elfath

August 13, 201524	New York City FC	3–1	D.C. United	New York City
20:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Facey31' McNamara51'75' Villa80'80' Poku88'	Report	Saborío36'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 28,262 Referee: Jorge González

August 19, 201525	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	New York City FC	Columbus, Ohio
19:30EDT(UTC−04:00)	Kamara24' Cedrick72'	Report	Villa51' Poku54',66' Saunders90+3' Iraola90+4'	Stadium:Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,514 Referee:Allen Chapman

August 23, 201526	LA Galaxy	5–1	New York City FC	Carson, California
15:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Zardes36' Keane54',81' dos Santos67' Lletget70'	Report	Villa80' (pen.) Grabavoy83'	Stadium:StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee:Baldomero Toledo

August 29, 201527	New York City FC	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	New York City
16:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Jacobson29'	Report	Higuain10' Tchani69' Kamara82' Meram83'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 30,018 Referee:Juan Guzman

September 12, 201528	FC Dallas	2–1	New York City FC	Frisco, Texas
20:30EDT(UTC−04:00)	Harris30' Akindele45' Michel45+4',64'	Report	Wingert62' Mullins70'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,937 Referee:Alan Kelly

September 16, 201529	New York City FC	2–0	Toronto FC	New York City
19:30EDT(UTC−04:00)	Lampard20' Hernandez62' Mullins77' Saunders88'		Cheyrou52' Perquis90+3'	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,075 Referee:Chris Penso

September 19, 201530	New York City FC	3–2	San Jose Earthquakes	New York City
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Pirlo33' Allen44' Grabavoy51',63' Villa65' Wingert66' Jacobson86'	Report	Goodson34' Pelosi45+1' Amarikwa72' Wondolowski76' (pen.)	Stadium:Yankee Stadium Attendance: 28,231 Referee:Edvin Jurisevic

September 26, 201531	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	New York City FC	Vancouver,British Columbia
22:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Morales82' Techera83' Morales88' (pen.)	Report	Facey12' Lampard29' Villa90+5' (pen.)	Stadium:BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee:Ricardo Salazar

October 2, 201532	D.C. United	2–1	New York City FC	Washington, D.C.
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Franklin66' Espindola73' Boswell87' Saborio90+2'	Report	Lampard1' Wingert31' Mena54' Allen81' Hernandez90+1'	Stadium:RFK Stadium Attendance: 21,517 Referee:Silviu Petrescu

October 16, 201533	Orlando City SC	2–1	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
19:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Higuita36' Larin62',70' Rivas68'	Report	Watson-Siriboe45+2'	Stadium:Citrus Bowl Attendance: 43,179 Referee:Allen Chapman

October 25, 201534	New York City FC	1–3	New England Revolution	New York City
17:00EDT(UTC−04:00)	Watson-Siriboe77' McNamara86' Villa90+1' (pen.)	Report	Nguyen5' Davies38' Rowe55' Fagundez88'	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 otherMajor League Soccerteams in the fourth round.^[14]

June 16, 20154R	New York Cosmos	2–2(a.e.t.) (4–3p)	New York City FC	Hempstead, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Gorskie40' Fernandes65' Szetela80' Mkosana90' Chirishian90+1' Ayoze117' Freeman118'	NYCFC Report MLS Box Score NASL Report	Poku24',57' Ballouchy59' Wingert86' Grabavoy115'	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 SoccerPlayer of the Weekaward

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

Major League SoccerTeam of the Weekselection

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 SoccerGoal of the Weekaward

Week	Player
14	Tommy McNamara^[28]

Etihad AirwaysPlayer of the Monthaward

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
5	DF	Jeb Brovsky	25	US	Montreal Impact	Trade	Summer 2014	2017	2016 SuperDraft 2nd Round pick	MLSsoccer
12	GK	Josh Saunders	33	US	Real Salt Lake	Free	Summer 2014	2017	Free	NYCFC
4	MF	Andrew Jacobson	28	US	FC Dallas	Trade	Summer 2014	2016	2016 SuperDraft 3rd Round pick	NYCFC
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	27	US	Real Salt Lake	Trade	Summer 2014	2016	2016 SuperDraft 4th Round pick	NYCFC
23	MF	Matt Dunn	20	US	Chivas USA	Draft	Winter		Chivas USA Dispersal Draft	NYCFC
13	DF	Josh Williams	26	US	Columbus Crew	Trade	Winter		Allocation funds	NYCFC
	DF	Omar Salgado	21	US	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Trade	Winter		Undisclosed	NYCFC
11	MF	Ned Grabavoy	31	US	Real Salt Lake	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
14	FW	Patrick Mullins	22	US	New England Revolution	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
21	DF	Jason Hernandez	31	US	San Jose Earthquakes	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
	MF	Daniel Lovitz	23	US	Toronto FC	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
99	FW	Tony Taylor	25	US	New England Revolution	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
20	MF	Mehdi Ballouchy	31	US	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
6	DF	George John	27	US	FC Dallas	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
15	MF	Tommy McNamara	23	US	D.C. United	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
	MF	Sal Zizzo	27	US	Sporting Kansas City	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
17	DF	Chris Wingert	32	US	Real Salt Lake	Draft	Winter		Expansion Draft	NYCFC
1	GK	Akira Fitzgerald	27	US		Free	Winter		Free	NYCFC
26	MF	Sebastián Velásquez	23	Non-US	Real Salt Lake	Trade	Winter		Allocation money	NYCFC
2	DF	Andrés Mendoza	25	Non-US	CD Maldonado	Transfer	Winter		Undisclosed	NYCFC
10	MF	Mix Diskerud	24	US	Rosenborg	Free	Winter		Free	NYCFC
19	FW	Khiry Shelton	21	US		Draft	Winter		SuperDraft	NYCFC
16	MF	Connor Brandt	22	US		Draft	Winter		SuperDraft	skyscraperblues
	GK	Andre Rawls	23	US		Draft	Winter		SuperDraft	MLSSoccer
88	FW	Kwadwo Poku	22	US		Transfer	Winter		Undisc.	NYCFC
32	FW	Adam Nemec	29	Non-US	Union Berlin	Transfer	Winter		Free	NYCFC
22	MF	Pablo Álvarez	34	Non-US	Langreo	Transfer	Winter		Free	NYCFC
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

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
	MF	Sal Zizzo	27	US	New York Red Bulls	Trade	Winter	Ryan Mearap/x	NYCFC
	DF	Omar Salgado	21	US	Tigres	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	MLSSoccer
32	FW	Adam Nemec	29	Non-US	Willem II	Transfer	Summer	Free	sbisoccer
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
30	MF	Javier Calle	Independiente Medellín	February 6, 2015	December 2015	NYCFC
24	DF	Shay Facey	Manchester City	March 6, 2015	January 1, 2016	NYCFC
69	DF	Angeliño	Manchester City	July 8, 2015	January 1, 2016	MLSsoccer

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
12	GK	Josh Saunders	San Antonio Scorpions	July 18, 2014	December 31, 2014	NYCFC ArchivedJuly 15, 2014, at theWayback Machine
4	MF	Andrew Jacobson	Stabæk IF	July 29, 2014	December 31, 2014	NYCFC ArchivedJuly 29, 2014, at theWayback Machine
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	Carolina RailHawks	August 22, 2014	December 31, 2014	CarolinaRailhawks

Non-player transfers

Acquired	From	For	Source
Additional international roster slot – 2015 & 2016	D.C. United	Allocation money	MLSsoccer
Discovery rights forKwadwo Poku	Seattle Sounders FC	Conditional2017 MLS SuperDraftpick	NYCFC

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