Nickname(s) | Young Pigeons The Baby Blues | ||
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Short name | NYCFC II | ||
Founded | December 6, 2021 | ||
Stadium |
Belson Stadium Queens, New York City | ||
Capacity | 2,168 | ||
Owners |
New York City FC ( City Football Group) | ||
Head coach | Matt Pilkington | ||
League | MLS Next Pro | ||
2023 | 8th, Eastern Conference Playoffs: Did not qualify | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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New York City FC II is an American professional soccer team based in New York City. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of New York City FC, and plays in MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the United States soccer league system.
When NYCFC entered MLS in 2015, the league had no reserve competition. For their first few seasons NYCFC affiliated first with Wilmington Hammerheads FC [1] and then with San Antonio FC [2] but these partnerships were little used and the club continued with no minor league affiliate for several seasons afterwards.
On December 6, 2021 Major League Soccer announced the formation of a new league, MLS Next Pro, which would be a combination of a development league and a competitive tournament sitting on the third tier of the United States soccer league system. [3] Amongst the teams listed as having signed up to participate in the first season was NYCFC. [3] The name of the team – New York City FC II (mentioned as "NYCFC II") – was revealed when the club announced the signing of three players to stock the nascent team's roster. [4] On February 24, 2022, it was announced that NYCFC II would play its home matches at Belson Stadium on the campus of St. John's University.
No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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2 | DF | Rio Hope-Gund ( [A]) | United States |
20 | MF | Jacob Arroyave | United States |
29 | MF | Máximo Carrizo ( [A]) | United States |
30 | GK | Tomás Romero ( [A]) | United States |
31 | MF | Samuel Owusu | United States |
32 | MF | Jonny Shore ( [A]) | United States |
36 | FW | El Mahdi Youssoufi | Morocco |
37 | MF | Stevo Bednarsky | United States |
38 | MF | Drew Baiera ( [A]) | United States |
41 | FW | Julián Gómez | United States |
42 | MF | Piero Elias | United States |
45 | MF | Brian Flores | Puerto Rico |
50 | GK | Kofi Hope-Gund | United States |
61 | DF | Klevis Haxhari | Albania |
63 | DF | Matthew Leong | United States |
64 | DF | Alexander Hauschild ( [B]) | United States |
67 | DF | Adam Basse ( [B]) | United States |
68 | MF | Christopher Tiao | United States |
74 | FW | Ronald Arévalo | El Salvador |
77 | FW | Jonathan Jimenez | Mexico |
88 | FW | Malachi Jones ( [A]) | Sierra Leone |
91 | MF | David Duque ( [B]) | United States |
99 | FW | Taylor Calheira | United States |
— | MF | Peter Molinari | United States |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Matt Pilkington |
Assistant coach | Danny Cepero |
Analyst | Marina Schachowskoj |
Season | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | Top Scorer | ||||||||||
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P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Conference | Overall | Player | Goals | |||
2022 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 35 | 37 | 5th, Eastern | 10th | Did not qualify | John Denis | 14 | |
2023 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 60 | 55 | 41 | 8th, Eastern | 16th | Did not qualify | MD Myers | 19 |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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Matt Pilkington [6] | England | February 9, 2022 | present | 52 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 109 | 90 | 40.38 |