New York City FC Drafts Five Players in 2025 MLS SuperDraft
NEW YORK – December 20, 2024 – New York City FC has drafted five players in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.
In the First Round, New York City FC moved up in the draft trading its 24th pick and $75,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) to San Diego FC in exchange for their 17th pick. With that pick, the ‘Boys in Blue’ selected Defender Max Murray from the University of Vermont (UVM).
The Kennebunkport, Maine, native played 91 career matches, the most in UVM Men’s Soccer history, scoring 18 goals and providing 10 assists. In 2024, Murray helped the Catamounts win their first-ever NCAA Men’s Soccer championship. He also received America East All-Conference First Team and Second Team honors, as well as America East Academic Honor Roll accolades during his time in Vermont.
With the 54th overall pick, the ‘Boys in Blue’ drafted Midfielder Collin McCamy from Northwestern University. In four years with the Wildcats, the Wake Forest, N.C., native made 67 appearances, scoring four goals and providing seven assists. While at Northwestern, McCamy was a three-time All-Big Ten selection, most recently being named to the Second Team All-Big Ten Conference for his performance this past season.
In the Third Round, Forward AJ Smith was selected with the 78th overall pick from the University of Virginia. From Oregon State University, Forward Arnau Farnos was selected with the 85th overall pick. To close out the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, Defender Nicholas Cavallo was selected with the 88th overall pick from the University of California Los Angeles.
After today’s draft, the club has now made 29 SuperDraft selections in franchise history. Last season’s draft picks made notable contributions: Malachi Jones provided a goal and an assist in 14 appearances before sustaining a season-ending injury. Meanwhile, Forward Taylor Calheira had a standout season for New York City FC II, finishing as the league’s third-highest scorer with 14 goals in 25 matches, in addition to providing five assists. The Forward was named to the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro Best XI and was a finalist for the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro MVP presented by Adidas
ABOUT NEW YORK CITY FC New York City Football Club (NYCFC) is an American professional soccer team that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference of the League. It was announced as the League's 20th franchise on May 21, 2013 and is the first and only MLS Club located within the five boroughs of New York City. NYCFC kicked off its inaugural MLS season in March 2015 and is majority owned by City Football Group (CFG). In 2021, NYCFC won MLS Cup in the Club's first ever appearance, becoming the first professional sports franchise based in New York to win a championship in a decade. In 2022, NYCFC added to its trophy cabinet by winning Campeones Cup, the annual clash between the champions of MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX.
NYCFC’s affiliate team, NYCFC II, plays in MLS NEXT Pro, a professional soccer league that completes the pro player pathway from MLS NEXT, the youth academies associated with MLS, through to MLS, the top U.S. domestic league. NYCFC II plays their home matches in Belson Stadium at St. John’s University in Queens, NY.
NYCFC’s Academy currently features teams from the U-12 to U-18 age groups and became the first Academy in the country to win back-to-back national titles at the U-19 level. NYCFC proudly supports City in the Community (CITC) foundation to use the power of soccer to uplift communities. One of the programs, New York City Soccer Initiative (NYCSI), is a first-of-its-kind public-private community partnership to open 50 mini-soccer pitches in NYC neighborhoods in five years. In 2021, NYCSI opened its 50th pitch and committed to install 26 more mini-pitches across NYC in the lead up to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ which will be hosted across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
