2025 Midterm Report Card: David Lee
Positive moves have been made, but the work of NYCFC's Sporting Director feels incomplete and left too late to make the most of what remains of the 2025 season.
Report Cards
2025 Midterm Report Card: Pascal Jansen
The Dutchman is six months into shaping a young and inconsistent squad that is undefeated against the top clubs in the conference, but that can lose to some of the worst teams in the league.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Alonso Martínez
The striker is in the midst of another great season, but his underlying numbers say he should be scoring even more goals, and the eye test backs it up.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Hannes Wolf
The 26-year-old is turning into New York City's secondary scorer, someone the team turns to when Alonso Martínez isn't playing his A-game. Can Wolf live up to that expectation for the rest of the season?
2025 Midterm Report Card: Jonny Shore
Before the start of this season, nobody would have guessed that Jonny Shore would be NYCFC's breakout player. But the midfielder is the first teenager since Jack Harrison to be fully integrated into the squad.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Maxi Moralez
The legendary midfielder remains an influential presence, but his goal creation has been lacking through the first half of the season, a period in which he started every single MLS match for New York City.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Keaton Parks
Despite suffering from a nagging foot injury, the 27-year-old midfielder is instrumental to NYCFC's success.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Strahinja Tanasijević
The Serbian center-back brings a toughness to NYCFC's defense. But his lack of discipline – and knack for earning cards – remains a liability.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Justin Haak
At the end of last season, the 23-year-old wanted to become an everyday player. He got his wish.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Thiago Martins
It's been an up-and-down year for the New York City FC captain, but Thiago Martins is a big part of the team logging 6 clean sheets in 17 games.
2025 Midterm Report Card: Matt Freese
New York City FC goalkeeper Matt Freese starts off our 2025 Midterm Report Cards. Not to give anything away, but the Iceman is a star student.
New York City FC 2024 Final Report Card
Now that the season is done and dusted, here are the 2024 final grades for the New York City FC players and front office.
2024 Final Grade: Nick Cushing
The former New York City FC head coach had the longest tenure in club history — but only had one season in charge of a fully-operational team.
2024 Final Grades: Front office
The undisputed stars of 2024 for New York City FC didn't kick a ball at any point this season, they just made sure the team finally broke ground on its permanent home in Queens.
2024 Final Grades: Malachi Jones
The sophomore from Lipscomb University was one of New York City FC's most exciting players to watch in 2024, but he needs to be more clinical in front of goal if he's to level up.
2024 Final Grades: Alonso Martínez
Guess what grade we gave El Clínico after his first full season in the Bronx?