It's national team call-up season, with an official FIFA international match window open and in place from June 2 through June 10, and other summer international tournaments like the Concacaf Gold Cup quickly approaching on the horizon.
New York City FC features multiple players who receive calls from their national teams, so we're going to use this as a central post in which to track all the NYCFC international call-ups for this latest period of national team activity.
Below you'll find a running list of each confirmed NYCFC call-up as well as the who/when/where/why details for the matches they'll be playing.
We'll keep updating this through the year as more and more international call-ups continue to roll in, so check in whenever you're wondering whether or not a NYCFC player is heading off to represent their country.
Máximo Carrizo, United States U-17
Matches: Friendlies in Valencia, Spain, vs Sweden (June 5), Canada (June 7) and Japan (June 10)
Carrizo is back with the US U-17s after captaining the team through Concacaf's U-17 World Cup qualifying tournament in February. He and the rest of the players called in by US U-17 coach Gonzalo Segares for this training camp in Spain remain age-eligible for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, taking place in Qatar between November 3-27.
Carrizo scored five goals and collected two assists across two appearances during the United States's successful qualifying campaign, which included an absurd 22-0 win over the US Virgin Islands and a tighter 2-0 result against Cuba to seal qualification for this fall's World Cup.
The promising 17-year-old also looked decent in his longest cameo to date with New York City FC in MLS when he played 25 minutes on Matchday 13 in the 0-0 draw at DC United. Carrizo has two goals and three assists in six 2025 appearances at MLS Next Pro level with NYCFC II and heads back to the U-17 national team to do some summer preparations for this fall's big tournament.
Mitja Ilenič, Slovenia U-21
Matches: UEFA U-21 Euros in Slovakia: Group Stage vs Germany (June 12), England (June 15), Czechia (June 18)
In 2024, Ilenič played for Slovenia in four qualifiers for the UEFA U-21 European Championship, and Slovenia didn't lose any of them. The nation booked its spot in this summer's U-21 Euros and now Slovenia faces three tough games in the group stage against Germany, England, and Czechia, all to be played in Slovakia.
Ilenič has featured for Slovenia all through the youth national team ranks and has one appearance with the full, senior Slovenia national squad, but a good showing in the U-21 Euros this summer might set him up for a graduation of sorts.
Matt Freese, United States
Matches: Friendlies vs Turkiye (June 7, East Hartford, CT), Switzerland (June 10, Nashville, TN)
A big call-up for Freese to the United States men's national team for their June training camp. We only list these two above-mentioned friendlies vs Turkiye and Switzerland, as the USMNT will go straight from those games to the Concacaf Gold Cup but it's not yet a certainty that Freese will be participating in the Gold Cup – there are 26 Gold Cup roster spots but Mauricio Pochettino called in 27 players for this training camp.
You can read more about his call-up and what lies ahead for the USMNT and their unsettled goalkeeper situation this summer, here, in our bigger post about the news of Freese heading to the USMNT.
Andrew Leigh
