Welcome to the first-ever Hudson River Blue Transfer Tracker for Brooklyn FC as the club builds a men's USL Championship squad from scratch before the team's opening game on March 8. This page will be updated with Brooklyn's official announcements, breaking news, and sketchy posts from social media.
• Brooklyn sign forward Markus Anderson on loan from Philadelphia Union
February 27, 2026
Status: Official
The Brooklyn FC roster now weighs in at 18 players with the addition of Markus Anderson, a 22-year-old who joins from Philadelphia Union. That's enough players for a matchday lineup card!
A Brooklyn native, Anderson made his First Team debut with the Union in 2024, and went on to score one goal in six MLS appearances. Anderson had 10 goals in 33 appearances over 2024 and 2025 with Philadelphia Union II in MLS NEXT Pro.
• Brooklyn sign goalkeeper Kayne Rizvanovich on loan from Minnesota United
February 26, 2026
Status: Official
Kayne Rizvanovich joins Brooklyn on loan from Major League Soccer's Minnesota United FC. The 18-year-old spent the 2025 season with MNUFC2 in MLS NEXT Pro, where he made 17 appearances.
The loan is pending league and federation approval.
• Brooklyn sign Canadian center back Rocco Romeo
February 25, 2026
Status: Official
Brooklyn's defense just became a little stronger with the addition of 25-year-old center back Rocco Romeo. The Major League Soccer and Canadian Premier League veteran has spent time with Toronto FC and Vancouver FC. He also went on loan to Danish side HB Køge.
• Brooklyn add midfielder Abdoulaye Kanté
February 24, 2026
Status: Official
French midfielder Abdoulaye Kanté joins BKFC, pending league and federation approval. The 25-year-old most recently playied for FC Lahti in Finland’s second division. The French national also played with Bourges Foot 18 in France, Vila Real and Leixões in Portugal, and La Louvière Centre in Belgium.
• Brooklyn sign midfielder Taimu Okiyoshi
February 23, 2026
Status: Official
Taimu Okiyoshi joins Brooklyn FC after spending the end of 2025 with Westchester SC on loan from Rhode Island FC. The 24-year-old defensive midfielder made 25 professional appearances last year – 11 with Westchester, 14 with Rhode Island – and will bring USLC experience to the middle of Brooklyn's formation.
Okiyoshi played at Marshall University, where he was captain and led the team to the 2024 NCAA College Cup Final. Marshall went on to lost the title game to a University of Vermont squad that featured New York City FC defender Max Murray.
• Defender So Nishikawa joins Brooklyn
February 20, 2026
Status: Official
Brooklyn bolsters their back line with the addition of defender So Nishikawa. The 24-year-old joins from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where he transferred after starting his collegiate career at San Diego State University. Nishikawa also played for A-League side Melbourne Victory FC before college, making four appearances for the first team after making his debut in 2020.
• BKFC sign winger Pierre Da Silva
February 19, 2026
Status: Official
Forward Pierre Da Silva joins Brooklyn FC from Cusco FC in Peru's top flight. The 27-year-old New York native signed with Orlando City in 2017 and went on to make three appearances with the club before spending time at Saint Louis FC, Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense, USLC side Memphis 901 FC, Miami FC, Forward Madison FC, and Universidad Cesar Vallejo in Peru before moving to Cusco. Da Silva had two goals and one assist in 22 appearances with Cusco last year.
• BKFC sign midfielder Jaden Servania
February 18, 2026
Status: Official
Brooklyn added Puerto Rico international Jaden Servania from North Carolina FC, which ceased operations after the 2025 season. The 24-year-old midfielder came up through the FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo youth academies, and played with USLC side Birmingham Legion FC before joining NCFC in 2022. Servania has six caps with the Puerto Rico men's national team.
• BKFC sign New York City alum Vuk Latinovich
February 3, 2026
Status: Official
Former New York City FC defender Vuk Latinovich will be back in the Five Boroughs and playing for Brooklyn. The 28-year-old center back joined NYCFC in 2021, when he was selected in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft (#77 overall). He went on to make three appearances for the First Team that year, logging 100 minutes, then made nine appearances in 2022, logging 406 minutes.
After NYCFC declined his option at the end of the 2022 season, Latinovich went on to play with FCI Levadia in Estonia, GS Ilioupolis in Greece, and Sandnes Ulf in Norway. He returned to the US last year, becoming a regular starter for USL Championship side Orange County SC, where he made 28 appearances across all competitions, logging 2207 minutes and scoring two goals.
Vuk Latinovich scores for orange County SC | Courtesy Orange County SC
• Open tryouts rescheduled due to field conditions
January 21, 2026
Status: Official
This just in over the transom: The open tryout originally scheduled for tomorrow, January 22, will be rescheduled due to the conditions of Maimonides Park in Coney Island. The new date is TBD.
• Four additional Brooklyn signings announced
January 16, 2026
Status: Official, Confirmed
Four more players announced by Brooklyn FC and four different positions addressed in this batch of signings. The newest additions to the inaugural Brooklyn squad are:
• Midfielder Arun Basuljevic, a 30-year-old from The Bronx last with El Paso Locomotive for the 2024 USL Championship season. He was also a Red Bulls II player in the old USL during the 2017 season, then from 2019 on, logged six straight seasons in the USL Championship with four different teams: El Paso plus Monterey Bay FC (in their inaugural season), OKC Energy, and Fresno FC, though he was last a regular starter during the 2021 season with OKC.
• Goalkeeper Jackson Lee, 24, originally from Perth, Australia but last with Rhode Island FC also in USL-C, serving as their backup goalkeeper for two seasons, making 27 appearances in all competitions and keeping five clean sheets.
• Forward Stefan Stojanovic, 24, who joins from Las Vegas Lights FC and has played three seasons and 57 games total in the USL Championship. He split 2025 between the Lights and FC Tulsa, traded from Tulsa to Vegas last June. Further back, Stojanovic played under Brooklyn coach Marlon LeBlanc while with Philadelphia Union II in MLS Next Pro in 2022 and 2023. He had a prolific 10-goal season in 2023 under LeBlanc but is on seven goals scored through 57 career appearances in USLC.
• Defender Thomas Vancaeyezeele, a 31-year-old French center-back who made 31 appearances for the Tampa Bay Rowdies last season while also spending time as a central midfielder and right-back. Vancaeyezeele is well-traveled in USL and USL Championship, playing for five teams since beginning his USL career with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC in 2018. He made 88 career appearances for Pittsburgh through 2020, then spent one season with San Diego Loyal, two seasons with Birmingham Legion FC, then two seasons in 2023 and 2025 with the Rowdies with a brief detour on Hartford Athletic's 2024 squad in between.
• Brooklyn sign forward Juan Carlos “JC” Obregón Jr.
January 16, 2026
Status: Official
Forward Juan Carlos “JC” Obregón Jr. joins Brooklyn from USL League One side Westchester SC, where he was named Player of the Year. The 28-year-old won the Golden Boot after recording 17 goals in 29 appearances in Westchester's inaugural season. The New York native has 10 caps and two goals for the Honduras men's national team.
• Tommy McNamara joins BKFC
January 15, 2026
Status: Official
Tommy Mac is back: The former New York City FC midfielder has signed with Brooklyn FC, and will bring some much-needed experience of what it takes to play soccer on a baseball field to the young club.
Tommy Mac from West Nyack was on NYCFC's inaugural roster, signing with the team on December 12, 2014, after being selected by DC United in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. After McNamara option was declined at the start of the 2018 season, he moved to Houston Dynamo, then joined New England Revolution. The 34-year-old joined BKFC from USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights.
• Peter Mangione joins from FC Cincinnati 2
January 14, 2026
Status: Official
Peter Mangione, 24-year-old midfielder and cousin of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione, is officially a Brooklyn FC player.
Mangione spent his last two seasons playing 59 times for FC Cincinnati 2 in all competitions, scoring four goals and adding 10 assists for the MLS Next Pro side. He's mostly played as a deep-lying midfielder but showed a penchant for chipping in with a few goal contributions.
He'll generate lowbrow headlines thanks to his infamous cousin, but Peter Mangione appears to be another player who proved himself in MLS Next Pro who will now try to make the leap to second-division soccer in the USL Championship while getting the Brooklyn men's team off the ground.
Mangione is a legit pick-up for Brooklyn in the midfield, with the ability to run the gamut from the No. 6 to No. 10 spots. He put up 0.16 xG+xA per 90 in Next Pro last year, and he's got the forethought and skill to be a good one- and two-touch passer in a Championship lineup.
— John Morrissey (@usltactics.com) 2026-01-15T00:05:16.346Z
• Lukas Burns, Gabriel Alves, Shaan Hundal become first Brooklyn signings
January 14, 2026
Status: Official
Brooklyn FC finally unveiled some players set to be on their inaugural USL Championship roster, announcing their first three signings: Goalkeeper Lukas Burns, fullback Gabriel Alves, and forward Shaan Hundal.
Burns, a 23-year-old from Cinnaminson, New Jersey, came up through the Philadelphia Union's academy and played under former Union, now Brooklyn coach Marlon LeBlanc. The keeper most recently played 23 times for Portland Timbers 2 in MLS Next Pro last season, keeping three clean sheets for a Timbers 2 team that finished in 10th Place in Next Pro's Western Conference.
Alves, a 26-year-old left-back originally from Brazil, spent last season in USL League One with South Georgia Tormenta FC, but before that played back-to-back seasons in the second-tier USL Championship, in 2023 with Rhode Island FC and in 2024 with Birmingham Legion FC. He's got 46 appearances and 29 starts in the Championship under his belt and rates well, according to USL-knower John Morrissey of USL Tactics.
Hundal, a 26-year-old center-forward from Ontario, Canada, played most of his recent soccer in the Canadian Premier League, for Valour FC, Inter Toronto FC, and Vancouver FC. He also spent a season with Inter Miami CF II in MLS Next Pro, and logged three seasons (2016-2018) with Toronto FC II in the pre-Championship version of the USL. Hundal scored nine goals in 26 appearances in all competitions last season.
Brooklyn's USL Championship debut is set for Sunday, March 8 when they host Indy Eleven at Maimonides Park, and they've now got at least three players locked.
• $150 to try out for USL Championship team
January 13, 2026
Status: Official
Brooklyn FC will hold an open tryout on Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 2 pm ET at Maimonides Park in Coney Island for men's players age 17 and older who are willing to pay $150 to take part.
You can read more about Brooklyn's pay-to-play open tryout here.
Hudson River Blue Staff
• Brooklyn FC hire Marlon LeBlanc as first men's head coach
December 9, 2025
Status: Official
The longtime coach of Philadelphia Union II will take charge of the inaugural Brooklyn men's squad ahead of its USL Championship debut in 2026.
Read more here.
Andrew Leigh
• Brian McBride appointed general manager of Brooklyn FC
October 21, 2025
Status: Official
The former United States men's national team general manager and striker will oversee Brooklyn's men's and women's teams as the men remain on track for a 2026 debut.
Read more here.
Andrew Leigh
