Preseason preparations have officially begun, so it's a perfect time to catch up on the current state of the New York City FC squad.
The team announced the list of players traveling for preseason when they all flew down to Florida to open camp. The preseason roster includes 35 players but five are unsigned invitees, while a few others under contract are not with the team. By our count, the New York City FC roster stands at 30 players signed to First Team contracts for 2026 who aren't currently out on loan or about to leave via transfer. Meaning, we're not including Jovan Mijatović, James Sands, or Mitja Ilenič, but we are including Talles Magno.
We include one additional player, midfielder Peter Molinari, who is signed to a contract with NYCFC II for 2026 but who had moments with the First Team in 2025, and whose contract stipulates that he becomes a Homegrown player on the First Team for the 2027 season.
We color-coded each member of the 31-player squad currently available to Pascal Jansen based on the level of past contribution a player made at MLS level. Mainly this was done to illustrate that there's a solid Starting XI core of players still in place, but with question marks related to inexperience, injuries, or lack of options sprinkled across areas of the roster.
