| Club: | New York City FC |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Nick Cushing (interim) |
| Stadium: | Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, New York) Citi Field (Queens, New York) (4 matches) Red Bull Arena (Harrison, New Jersey) (3 matches) Belson Stadium (Queens, New York) (At least 2 matches) Banc of California Stadium (Los Angeles, California) (1 match) Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Connecticut) (1 match) |
| League: | MLS |
| League Result: | Conference: 3rd Overall: 5th |
| Cup1: | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Conference Finals |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup3: | CONCACAF Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup4: | Campeones Cup |
| Cup4 Result: | Champions |
| Highest Attendance: | 23,277 vs. Inter Miami CF |
| League Topscorer: | Valentín Castellanos (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Valentín Castellanos (17) |
| Largest Win: | League/All: NYCFC 6–0 RSL (4/17) |
| Largest Loss: | League: NYCFC 0–2 PHI (3/19) All: RBNY 3–0 NYCFC (6/22, USOC QF) |
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| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
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The 2022 New York City FC season was the club's eighth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States. The club entered the season as the defending MLS Cup champions, having won the 2021 title. NYCFC also participated in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League and were eliminated in the semifinals by Seattle Sounders FC.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DF |  Thiago Martins |  Yokohama F. Marinos | Transfer | February 7, 2022 | [1] |
| 22 | FW |  Kevin O'Toole | Princeton | 2022 MLS SuperDraft pick | March 7, 2022 | [2] |
| 38 | AM | Gabriel Pereira dos Santos | Corinthians | Transfer | March 17, 2022 | |
| 17 | CM |  Matías Pellegrini | Inter Miami CF | Transfer | August 19, 2022 |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | DM | Juan Pablo Torres | Rio Grande Valley FC | Option Declined | December 13, 2021 | [3] |
| 15 | CM |  Tony Rocha | Orange County SC | Option Declined | December 13, 2021 | |
| 16 | DM | James Sands | Rangers F.C. | Loan | January 5, 2022 | [4] |
| 19 | RW / AM |  Jesús Medina |  CSKA Moscow | Option Declined | December 13, 2021 | |
| 20 | LB |  Guðmundur Þórarinsson |  AaB Fodbold | Option Declined | December 13, 2021 | |
| 17 | RW |  Ismael Tajouri-Shradi | Los Angeles FC | 2021 MLS Expansion Draft pick/Transfer | December 14, 2021 | [5] [6] |
| 11 | CF | Valentín Castellanos |  Girona FC | Loan | July 25, 2022 |
Current as of November 2, 2022.[7]
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Since | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Games Played | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | Sean Johnson | | GK | 2017 | 31 May 1989 | Chicago Fire FC | 206 | 0 | |
| 13 | Luis Barraza | | GK | 2019 | November 8, 1996 | Chicago FC United | 9 | 0 | |
| 25 | Cody Mizell | | GK | 2021 | 30 September 1991 | New Mexico United | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 3 | Anton Tinnerholm |  | RB | 2018 | 26 February 1991 | Malmö | 130 | 9 | |
| 4 | Maxime Chanot |  | CB | 2016 | 21 November 1989 | Kortrijk | 176 | 8 | |
| 6 | Alexander Callens |  | CB | 2017 | 4 May 1992 | Numancia | 193 | 15 | |
| 5 | Thiago Martins Bueno | | CB | 2022 | 17 March 1995 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 36 | 0 | |
| 2 | Chris Gloster | | LB | 2020 | 28 July 2000 | Jong PSV | 20 | 0 | |
| 24 | Tayvon Gray | | CB | 2017 | 19 August 2002 | New York City Academy | 49 | 0 | |
| 32 | Vuk Latinovich |  | CB | 2021 | 14 September 1997 | Chicago Football United | 12 | 0 | |
| 12 | Malte Amundsen | | CB | 2018 | 11 February 1998 | Vejle | 71 | 1 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 10 | Maximiliano Moralez | | AM | 2017 | 27 February 1987 | León | 194 | 35 | |
| 43 | Talles Magno Bacelar Martins | | AM | 2021 | 26 June 2002 | Vasco da Gama | 63 | 14 | |
| 42 | Santiago Rodríguez |  | AM | 2021 | 8 January 2000 | Montevideo City Torque | 79 | 11 | |
| 38 | Gabriel Pereira dos Santos | | AM | 2022 | 1 August 2001 | Corinthians | 31 | 9 | |
| 23 | Gedion Zelalem | | CM | 2020 | 26 January 1997 | Sporting Kansas City | 24 | 0 | |
| 7 | Alfredo Morales | | DM | 2021 | 12 May 1990 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 63 | 1 | |
| 26 | Nicolás Acevedo | | DM | 2020 | 14 April 1999 | Liverpool Montevideo | 82 | 0 | |
| 55 | Keaton Parks | | CM | 2019 | August 6, 1997 | Benfica | 116 | 12 | |
| 80 | Justin Haak | | CM | 2019 | 12 September 2001 | New York Soccer Club | 24 | 0 | |
| 17 | Matías Pellegrini | | CM | 2022 | 11 March 2000 | Inter Miami CF | 6 | 0 | |
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 9 | Héber | | CF | 2019 | 10 August 1991 | Rijeka | 95 | 27 | |
| 8 | Thiago Andrade | | LW | 2021 | 31 October 2000 | Esporte Clube Bahia | 66 | 11 | |
| 11 | Valentín Castellanos | | CF | 2018 | 3 October 1998 | Montevideo City Torque | 134 | 59 | |
| 21 | Andres Jasson | | LW | 2020 | 17 January 2002 | New York Soccer Club | 42 | 0 | |
| 22 | Kevin O'Toole | | CF | 2022 | 14 December 1998 | Princeton Tigers men's soccer | 12 | 0 | |
See main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season.
See main article: 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs.
See main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup.
See main article: 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.
See main article: 2022 Campeones Cup.