New York City FC is a new football team of American sports competition Major League Soccer. Though it is a new soccer team, the club have signed naming players for their first season. It was founded on May 21, 2013 & will play their first league of MLS in 2015. The team is owned by City Football Group [holding 80% of shares] and Yankee Global Enterprises [20%]. Jason Kreis is the head coach of New York City FC.
New York City FC On-Loan players list of first season
Player name | Position | Age | Height | Nationality |
David Villa | Forward | 32 | 5.9 feet | Spain |
Joshua Saunders | Goalkeeper | 33 | 6.4 feet | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
Frank Lampard | Midfielder | 36 | 6.0 feet | England |
Job Brovsky | Defender | 25 | 6.1 feet | United States |
Andrew Jacobson | Midfielder | 28 | 6.2 feet | United States |
Kwame Watson | Defender | 27 | 6.3 feet | United States |
Complete team squad of the team is not announced so far. The next season [2015] of Major League Soccer will begin from March to October. Along with New York City FC, one more team, Orlando City SC will play their first season in 2015. For new season, MLS have launched their new MLS official logo named as MLS next. The former United States and Manchester City midfielder Claudio Reyna is the director of football operations. He will be responsible for coaching staff and player recruitment ahead of the team’s inaugural MLS season in 2015. Tim Pernetti is named as the Chief Business Officer of the club, whereas Doug Fillis is appointed as the senior vice president for partnerships.Jason Kreis is the head coach of the team. He will be assisted by the assistant coach Miles Joseph.