2022 New York City FC II season

New York City FC II
2022 season
Head coach	Matt Pilkington
Stadium	Belson Stadium; (Queens, New York)
MLS Next Pro	TBD
Biggest win	NYC 7–0 MIA (4/16)
Biggest defeat	CLB 3–0 NYC (8/7)
	2023 →

The 2022 New York City FC II season was the inaugural season of New York City FC's development team. They will compete in MLS Next Pro, a new league sitting on the third tier of the United States soccer league system, and partly serving as a development league for Major League Soccer.

Player movement

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
27	CF	Jonathan Jimenez	University of North Carolina	Transfer	January 19, 2022	^[1]
30	DF	Samuel Owusu	New York City FC Academy	Transfer	January 19, 2022	^[1]
33	DF	Nicholas Benalcazar	Wake Forest University	Transfer	January 19, 2022	^[1]
32	DF	Vukasin Bulatovic	Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons	Transfer	March 1, 2022
40	MF	Kenan Hot	Unattached	Transfer	March 1, 2022
31	MF	Jack Beer	Unattached	Transfer	March 24, 2022
34	DF	Stephen Turnbull	Unattached	Transfer	March 24, 2022
36	FW	El Mahdi Youssoufi	Unattached	Transfer	March 24, 2022
37	MF	Stevo Bednarsky	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	Transfer	March 24, 2022
38	FW	John Denis	Unattached	Transfer	March 24, 2022
39	FW	Andrew Maia	Esporte Clube Vitória	Transfer	March 24, 2022
41	FW	Julián Gómez	Monmouth Hawks	Transfer	March 24, 2022
42	MF	Piero Elias	Queensboro FC Academy	Transfer	March 24, 2022
50	GK	Giuliano Santucci	Patriotas Boyacá	Transfer	March 24, 2022
54	GK	Alex Rando	Unattached	Transfer	March 24, 2022

Roster

Current as of April 24, 2022.^[2]

Squad No.	Roster	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Games Played^[a]	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
13	MLS	Luis Barraza	GK	2019	(1996-11-08) November 8, 1996 (age 28)	Chicago FC United	1	0
50	Next Pro	Giuliano Santucci	GK	2022	(1999-08-17) August 17, 1999 (age 25)	Patriotas Boyacá	0	0
52	Next Pro	Pol Rodriguez	GK	2022	(2002-06-23) June 23, 2002 (age 22)	Queensboro FC Academy	1	0
54	Next Pro	Alex Rando	GK	2022	(2001-04-15) April 15, 2001 (age 23)	Unattached	4	0
Defenders
2	MLS	Chris Gloster	DF	2021	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 24)	Jong PSV	1	1
30	MLS	Samuel Owusu	DF	2022	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 23)	New York City FC Academy	4	0
32	Next Pro	Vukasin Bulatovic	DF	2022	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24)	Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons	1	0
33	MLS	Nico Benalcazar	DF	2022	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23)	Wake Forest University	6	0
34	Next Pro	Stephen Turnbull	DF	2022	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	5	2
47	Academy	Klevis Haxhari	DF		(2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 19)		2	0
60	Academy	Kamran Acito	DF		(2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20)		1	0
61	Academy	Diego Rossi	DF		(2005-05-19) 19 May 2005 (age 19)		1	0
Midfielders
31	Next Pro	Jack Beer	MF	2022	(1999-06-15) June 15, 1999 (age 25)	Lansdowne Yonkers FC	6	2
37	Next Pro	Stevo Bednarsky	MF	2022	(1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 26)	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	5	0
40	Academy	Kenan Hot	MF	2022	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20)	Unattached	5	1
42	Next Pro	Piero Elias	MF	2022	(2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 22)	Queensboro FC Academy	6	0
45	Academy	Brian Flores	MF		(2003-08-25) 25 August 2003 (age 21)		2	1
64	Academy	Francesco Di Ponzio	MF		(2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 (age 19)		2	0
80	MLS	Justin Haak	MF	2019	(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 (age 23)	New York Soccer Club	2	0
Forwards
22	MLS	Kevin O'Toole	FW	2022	(1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 25)	New York Red Bulls U-23	2	0
27	MLS	Jonathan Jimenez	FW	2022	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23)	University of North Carolina	5	3
28	Next Pro	John Denis	FW	2022	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	6	3
36	Next Pro	El Mahdi Youssoufi	FW	2022	(1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	3	0
39	Next Pro	Andrew Maia	FW	2022	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22)	Esporte Clube Vitória	0	0
41	Next Pro	Julián Gómez	FW	2022	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)	Monmouth Hawks	4	1
58	Academy	Dren Dobruna	FW		(2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 (age 19)		2	0
79	Academy	Massimo Murania Yankowitz	FW		(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20)		6	2

^ Regular season only, does not include appearances for NYCFC in Major League Soccer

Non-competitive

Win Draw Loss

Competitive

MLS Next Pro

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	NE	Philadelphia Union II	24	11	3	1	9	42	39	+3	40	Qualification for the 2022 MLS Next Pro Playoffs
4	NE	Rochester New York FC	24	10	4	2	8	37	30	+7	40	Qualification for the 2022 MLS Next Pro Playoffs
5	NE	New York City FC II	24	9	4	2	9	49	35	+14	37
6	CT	Inter Miami CF II	24	10	1	4	9	40	49	−9	36
7	NE	New England Revolution II	24	9	1	4	10	27	42	−15	33

Source: MLSNP Eastern Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Philadelphia Union II	24	11	3	1	9	42	39	+3	40
9	Rochester New York FC	24	10	4	2	8	37	30	+7	40
10	New York City FC II	24	9	4	2	9	49	35	+14	37
11	Inter Miami CF II	24	10	1	4	9	40	49	−9	36
12	Minnesota United FC 2	24	9	4	1	10	43	39	+4	36

Source: MLSNP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Matches

March 27 1	New York City FC II	2–2 (3–4 SO)	New England Revolution II	Queens, New York
5:00PM EST	Denis 9' Gloster 36' (pen.)	Report	Rivera 7', 70'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Christian Centeno

April 3 2	Orlando City B	2–2 (4–3 SO)	New York City FC II	Kissimmee, Florida
6:00PM EST	Tablante 18' Boccuzzo 39' (pen.)	Report	Denis 36' (pen.) Hot 45+3'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Referee: Brandon Stevis

April 10 3	Toronto FC II	3–1	New York City FC II	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1:00PM EST	Rothrock 44' Mbongue 75', 79'	Report	Beer 56'	Stadium: BMO Training Ground Referee: Ben Hoskins

April 16 4	New York City FC II	7–0	Inter Miami CF II	Queens, New York
1:00PM EST	Denis 12' (pen.) Murania Yankowitz 16', 58' Turnbull 57' Beer 68' Gómez 86' Jimenez 88'	Report	Romeo Beckham 85'	Stadium: Belson Stadium

April 23 5	Rochester New York FC	2–3	New York City FC II	Brighton, New York
7:00PM EST	Inalien 20' (pen.), 65'	Report	Turnbull 32' Jiminez 48', 90+3'	Stadium: John L. DiMarco Field Referee: Thomas Snyder

April 30 6	Philadelphia Union II	2–1	New York City FC II	Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00PM EST	Donovan 50' Craig 75'	Report	Turnbull 90+2'	Stadium: Subaru Park Referee: Gary Gutierrez

May 8 7	New York City FC II	4–1	Toronto FC II	Queens, New York
	Jimenez 20' Denis 68' (pen.) Elias 81' Youssoufi 90+1'	Report	Coello Camarero 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Kenneth Rojas

May 15 8	New York City FC II	0–1	Columbus Crew 2	Queens, New York
		Report	Russell-Rowe 54' Quinton 71'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Luis Arroyo

May 21 9	New York City FC II	3–0	Chicago Fire FC II	Queens, New York
	Haak 54' Murania Yankowitz 78' (pen.) Youssoufi 82'	Report		Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Greg Dopka

May 29 10	Inter Miami CF II	1–2	New York City FC II	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	Quinteros 23'	Report	Denis 41' Turnbull 85'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Referee: Ricardo Fierro

June 4 11	Orlando City B	1–1 (3–5 SO)	New York City FC II	Kissimmee, Florida
	Lynn 14' Hackenberg 48' Yan 61' Granados 86' Van Marter 90+1'	Report	Bednarsky 25' Turnbull 52' Denis 62' Owusu 90+3'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Referee: Adam Brzozowiec
	Shootout
	Boccuzzo Lynn Guske Bravo		Denis Murania Yankowitz Elias Benalcazar Beer

June 18 12	New York City FC II	0–2	Toronto FC II	Queens, New York
1:00 PM EDT		Report	Altobelli 50' Antonoglou 75'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Justin Saporito

June 27 13	Philadelphia Union II	0–5	New York City FC II	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Riasco 56' 57'	Report	Jasson 7' Denis 36' Murania Yankowitz 59' Beer 80' Jimenez 89'	Stadium: Subaru Park Referee: José Carlos Rivero

July 2 14	New York City FC II	5–1	FC Cincinnati 2	Queens, New York
7:00 PM EDT	Denis 3', 4' Elias 16' Jimenez 18' Gómez 71'	Report	Akindele 56'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Kenneth Rojas

July 10 15	New England Revolution II	0–4	New York City FC II	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	O'Hearn 45' Michel 61' Ben Reveno 90'	Report	Denis 2', , 7', 45', 45+3' Youssoufi 29' Bednarsky 72' Turnbull 73'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: John Rush

July 16 16	New York City FC II	0–1	Rochester New York FC	Queens, New York
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Inalien 77'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Albert Kyei-Mensah

July 24 17	New York City FC II	2–2 (4–2 SO)	Inter Miami CF II	Queens, New York
	Turnbull 17' Owusu 43' Jasson 63' Denis 82' Elias 85'	Report	Méndez 45+1' 90+7' Ruiz 57' Borgelin 66', 69'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Izlen Peksenar
	Shootout
	Elias Jasson Benalcazar Barraza		Hundal Allen Beckham Reyes

August 7 18	Columbus Crew 2	3–0	New York City FC II	Columbus, Ohio
5:00 PM EDT	Russell-Rowe 2', 74' Zawadzki 12' Parente 30' Farsi 45+2' Mohamed 52'	Report	McFarlane 77'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Referee: Kyle Johnston

August 12 19	New York City FC II	0–2	Orlando City B	Queens, New York
8:00 PM EDT		Report	Lynn 30', 51' Pareja 34' Yan 56' Forth 66' Silva 90+3'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: José Carlos Rivero

August 20 20	Chicago Fire FC II	5–0	New York City FC II	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Espinoza 7' Quintos 16' Oregel 22' Bezerra 27' Burks 45+1' Penn 64', 67' M. Rodriguez 71'	Report	Elias 34'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Referee: Becky Pagan

August 24 21	New York City FC II	1–2	Philadelphia Union II	Queens, New York
	Haxhari 36' Jimenez 58'	Report	Riasco 28', 64' Oliver 83' Pierre 86'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Melinda Sopka

September 10 22	New York City FC II	0–0 (4–2 SO)	New England Revolution II	Queens, New York
8:00 PM EDT	Di Ponzio 64'	Report	Reveno 85'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Nickrod Fateh
	Shootout
	Beer Jimenez Benalcazar Gómez		Italo Silva Rozhansky Ryan Lima

September 14 23	FC Cincinnati 2	0–4	New York City FC II	Highland Heights, Kentucky
3:30 PM EDT	Valenzuela 23'	Report	Jimenez 19', 24' Gómez 45' Turnbull 61' Owusu 69'	Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi

September 18 24	Rochester New York FC	2–2 (3–5 SO)	New York City FC II	Brighton, New York
3:00pm EDT	Dolabella 57' Rayo 71' (pen.)	Report	Jimenez 34' Denis 68' (pen.)	Stadium: John L. DiMarco Field Referee: Jeremy Scheer
	Shootout
	Lopez Rayo Costa Batiz		Denis Jimenez Benalcazar Elias Owusu

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "New York City Football Club Sign Three Players to Homegrown Contracts". nycfc.com. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "New York City FC roster". New York City Football Club. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[3] Regular season only, does not include appearances for NYCFC in Major League Soccer

[first_3_players-1] "New York City Football Club Sign Three Players to Homegrown Contracts". nycfc.com. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[2] "New York City FC roster". New York City Football Club. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

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