Starts: 1
Minutes: 167
Age: 17
Key Stat: 1 goal in 74 regular season minutes
This year, three of New York City FC's teenage Homegrowns had their First Team debuts under Head Coach Pascale Jansen: Máximo Carrizo, Jonny Shore, and Seymour Reid.
Out of the three, Reid's was the most unexpected. Unlike the 17-year-old Carrizo, the club's long-term star in the making, or the 18-year-old Shore, who inked a First Team contract in 2023 when he was just 15, the 17-year-old Reid joined the club's Academy only last year. He started the year at NYCFC II, with an agreement in place to move to the First Team as a Homegrown in 2026. But that timeline was accelerated in late May, after a First team that desperately needed healthy bodies to fill out the gameday lineup cards ran through Reid's limited number of Short-Term Agreements that allowed the striker to join from NYCFC II.
He spent much of the rest of the year with the First Team, making eight appearances in the final 17 games of the season and scoring one goal. He even made two appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs, coming in off the bench in the dying minutes of the Game 1 win over Charlotte FC, and the Eastern Conference Final loss to Inter Miami. Reid only logged 74 minutes in the regular season – plus another 100 minutes over the playoffs, US Open Cup, and Leagues Cup – but with his debut season out of the way, Reid is in a position to become a regular fixture in this squad next year.
13 goals in 15 appearances for NYCFC II
To be clear, Reid's final grade only takes his time with the First Team into account. But we have to acknowledge that the striker had a spectacular season with NYCFC II, scoring 13 goals over 15 appearances. With just 1,233 minutes played for the Baby Blues, that works out to one goal every 94.9 minutes.
Reid's 13 goals give him the third-most in NYCFC II history, behind only MD Myers (18 in 28 appearances in 2023) and Taylor Calheira (14 in 24 appearances in 2024). If Reid managed 13 goals in less than half a season, you have to think he could have easily reached 20 goals with a full 28 games under his belt.
