New York City FC attendance climbed slightly in 2025
While MLS attendance overall shrank by 5.36% in 2025, NYCFC's grew for the fourth consecutive year to average 21,853 per match — that's the highest since 2018.
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New York City FC Transfer Tracker: All 2026 news and rumors
When will NYCFC sign a striker?!?
Episode 71: Taty Castellanos at West Ham, NYCFC transfer wish lists, Talles Magno's future
What Taty Castellanos to the Premier League means for the player and his former MLS club, who New York City FC should target in the transfer market, and what might come next for Talles Magno after his Corinthians loan.
How did we do? A look back at our 25 predictions for 2025
Fully 10 of our predictions were 100% (sorta) right, and another 5 get partial credit. Which counts for something?
Editor's Picks: Hudson River Blue's Best Stories of 2025
Happy New Year! Here are 18 of our favorite articles from this past year as selected by the editorial staff at Hudson River Blue.
Hudson River Blue's Top 10 Stories of 2025
We published more than 750 articles in 2025: Here are the 10 most-viewed posts this year.
Episode 70: Justin Haak exits, the kit leaks, new Homegrowns and SuperDraft picks arrive
Our final episode of 2025 includes thoughts on Justin Haak to LA Galaxy, New York City FC's new 2026 kit, the recent approach to Homegrown signings, and the latest SuperDraft class.
New York City FC 2025 Final Report Card
With the 2025 season is in the rearview mirror, here are the final grades for New York City FC players and the front office.
2025 Final Grade: David Lee
David Lee did some of the best business in his NYCFC career just before leaving, bringing in Nico Fernández Mercau and Aiden O'Neill, and signing Matt Freese to an extension. But he let Justin Haak slip away, and Jovan Mijatović and Talles Magno are still on the club's books.
A tribute to Justin Haak
We look back on the Homegrown's seven-season career at New York City FC, and how his breakout 2025 established him as one of the best defensive players in Major League Soccer.
Justin Haak departs New York City FC for LA Galaxy
The 24-year-old Homegrown and Brooklyn native leaves for a one-year contract.
2025 Final Grade: Pascal Jansen
New York City FC found the exact right coach for the 2025 team, as Jansen's "Bulletproof mindset" and tactical flexibility helped the team exceed expectations.
2025 Final Grade: Seymour Reid
The 17-year-old wasn't supposed to be here: He signed with NYCFC II, not New York City FC. But the striker earned a spot on the First Team — and became the youngest goal-scorer in club history.
2025 Report Card: Alonso Martínez
El Clínico finished the season strong, cementing his place as one of the greatest goal-scorers in New York City FC history before sitting out the final playoff games with an ACL injury suffered while on international duty with Costa Rica.
2025 Final Grade: Agustín Ojeda
The 21-year-old winger had a stretch of summer productivity as an assist-maker, but Ojeda's attacking output was missing for much of the season despite his playing in all 43 of New York City FC's 2025 matches.
New York City FC's new 2026 away kit leaks
It looks like NYCFC will go back to having a dark blue-dominant away jersey in 2026, bringing back memories of the Gotham Kit the club wore during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.