New York City FC v. D.C. United 2025 MLS Regular Season - Matchday 31 Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025 | Kickoff: 7:40pm ET Location: Yankee Stadium | The Bronx, NY Television: MLS Season Pass Radio (English/Spanish): New York City FC App | Tune In App newyorkcityfc.com/radio
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NEW YORK CITY FC HEAD COACH PASCAL JANSEN
On the approach of the final 10 matches of the season... “The approach is not different [on going into the first 10 games of a season to the final 10], but [the context is different, where now] you're in the final stage of the season. As you probably know as well as I do, the first part of the season is about making sure that you're still in the game and don't give it away, [and making sure that you are not putting yourself in a position where you are] ending up chasing the league because you didn't start well. The mid part of the season is about creating stability and making sure that you are ready to go into this final phase. The final phase is all about making sure that you get to the point where you need to be in order to get ready for the playoffs and be in them. This is the phase where that will be determined. So, for us, it was very important to be part of this ranking going forward into the playoffs and to have a chance to get in—then make sure that you treat it the best you can to get into the best possible shape to compete.”
On what the key battles will be against D.C. United... “The two previous results are positive from D.C. [United's] perspective. If you get a draw against one of the strongest teams in the league, [against Inter] Miami [CF], that's huge considering where D.C. is at the moment and what's happened at the Club. They will [try to build and] use these positive moments going forward, trying to end the season as strong as they can. At the moment, they're not in a good position because they're not able to get into the playoffs anymore, but [they'll want to] look ahead and make sure that they have a competitive side going into the final stages of the League's [Regular] Season. For us, it's very important that we are aware of this and [that we] focus on our own targets. Our main goal is to get ourselves into the playoffs in the best possible shape.”
NEW YORK CITY FC MIDFIELDER AIDEN O'NEILL
On his performance the last two matches... “I think I've just hit my stride here in terms of understanding my role, other people's roles, the movement from other players in the team and where I fit in [that movement]. In the last two games, like you said, [we have faced Hany Mukhtar and Evander and] they were quality players. My role during those games was to try shutting those guys down, [limit their chances], and make sure they don't have the opportunities they're sometimes given, because they're quality players and they can punish you. [Overall], I felt like I competed with them, and I enjoyed that [challenge], to be honest.”
On what has changed for the team to be on this five-match unbeaten run... “We've had a bit of stability in terms of our starting eleven not changing too much, which is obviously down to good performances and good results. Something's just really switched in us in terms of what all our roles are in the team, how to score goals and not concede too many. [Also,] our understanding of each other and where we are on the pitch is just getting better every week, and I think that's made us go on a good run of fixtures.”
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Currently, New York City are eighth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 13-8-5 (W-L-D), with a total of 44 points, with 39 coming from wins and five from draws.
New York City FC is top five in the league when playing at home. They rank fifth with a home record of 9-3-0, earning all 27 of their points from home wins.
The teams that have a better home record are all in the Eastern Conference: The New York Red Bulls are 10-2-2, Nashville SC is 10-1-3, the Philadelphia Union are 10-1-4 and Charlotte FC is 11-2-1.
New York City ranks in the top five in the Eastern Conference for goal differential, with a differential of seven, tied with Charlotte FC and FC Cincinnati.
New York City also ranks in the top five in the Eastern Conference in points per game (PPG) at 1.69 points.
New York City’s defense ranks second in the league, conceding only 30 goals in 26 matches played.
The number one ranked defense in the league is the Philadelphia Union, conceding 26 goals in 28 matches played.
New York City is currently on a five-game unbeaten run (4-0-1), the Club’s longest this season, dating back to a 2-1 win against Orlando City SC at Inter&Co Stadium on July 16, 2025.
The last time New York City went on a five-game unbeaten run was last season. The Club won five games in a row. New York City beat Toronto FC 3-2 at BMO Field on May 11, 2024, the Philadelphia Union 2-1 at Subaru Park on May 15, 2024, the New York Red Bulls 2-1 at Citi Field on May 18, 2024, the New England Revolution 1-0 at Gilette Stadium on May 24, 2024, and the San Jose Earthquakes 5-1 at Yankee Stadium on May 31, 2024.
During last season’s unbeaten run, New York City scored 13 goals and conceded five goals. During this season’s current unbeaten run, New York City scored 10 goals and conceded six.
Within this unbeaten streak, the team has won their past three matches, their first three game-winning streak of the season.
During this winning streak they beat FC Dallas 4-3 at Toyota Stadium on July 25, 2025, Nashville SC 2-1 at Yankee Stadium on August 17, 2025, and FC Cincinnati 1-0 at TQL Stadium on August 23, 2025.
Nashville SC and FC Cincinnati are ranked second and third in the Eastern Conference. Including New York City’s victories above against these two teams, New York City did not lose to either one of these teams this season.
The Club defeated FC Cincinnati earlier in the season 1-0 at Citi Field on May 4, 2025, shutting Cincinnati out in both matches. The team drew against Nashville SC earlier in the season 2-2 at Geodis Park on May 31, 2025, after being down 2-0 at the half.
During this three game-winning streak, Forward Alonso Martínez has scored five goals, including a hat-trick against FC Dallas. In the total five-game unbeaten run, Martinez has scored six goals, adding one more against Orlando City SC.
Excluding the 1-1 draw against Sporting Kansas City, Martínez has scored the game-winning goal in each of the four wins during this streak. He did this in the team’s last four wins against Orlando City SC, FC Dallas, Nashville SC, and FC Cincinnati.
The last time Martínez scored in three consecutive games played was earlier this season. He scored against Orlando City SC at Yankee Stadium on March 8, 2025, versus the New England Revolution at Yankee Stadium on March 15, 2025, and against Atlanta United at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 29, 2025.
The only other time Martínez scored in three consecutive games in his career coincided with the most recent time New York City went on a three game-winning streak. This occurred when New York City beat the New York Red Bulls 5-1 on September 28, 2025, FC Cincinnati 3-2 on October 2, 2024, and Nashville SC 3-1 on October 6, 2024. All three matches took place at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
New York City is also currently on a three game-winning streak in home matches, scoring nine goals and conceding only two (one of them being an own goal from Goalkeeper Tomás Romero). All three matches took place at Yankee Stadium.
The streak includes a 4-0 clean sheet victory against Atlanta United on June 12, 2025, a 3-1 win against Toronto FC on July 3, 2025, and their most recent home match resulting in a 2-1 comeback victory against Nashville SC.
Midfielder Hannes Wolf recorded six goal contributions during this three-home game-winning streak, averaging two goal contributions per game in this stretch. He scored three goals, doing so in back-to-back games. He scored a brace against Atlanta United and netted once against Toronto FC. He recorded three assists, one in each of the three matches played.
Midfielder Maxi Moralez has recorded four goal contributions during this three-home game-winning streak, scoring against Atlanta United and recording one assist in each of the three matches played.
This season at Yankee Stadium, New York City has won double the matches they have lost, posting a 6-3-0 record.
The following statistics illustrate how current New York City FC players rank all time at Yankee Stadium (including MLS Regular Season and MLS Playoffs):
Moralez ranks first in assists with 48, 26 more than Former Forward David Villa in second with 22.
Moralez ranks second in total goal contributions with 67, only three behind Former Forward David Villa who ranks first with 70.
Moralez ranks third in goals with 19. Former Forward Valentín Castellanos ranks second with 30 and Former Forward David Villa ranks first with 48.
Martínez is tied for fifth all-time in goals scored at Yankee Stadium with nine (including MLS Regular Season and MLS Playoffs). He is tied with Former Forward Santiago Rodríguez.
This season at Citi Field, New York City has won all its matches, posting a 3-0-0 record.
All of the Club’s matches at Citi Field this year have been shut out wins.
This season, Martínez has recorded three goal contributions at Citi Field.
He scored and assisted in a 2-0 clean sheet win against their rivals the New York Red Bulls on May 17, 2025, and scored in a 1-0 clean sheet win against the number one team in the league, the Philadelphia Union, on April 13, 2025.
A CLEAN SWEEP With the 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati on Matchday 30, New York City FC completed their third sweep of a fellow Major League Soccer team of the season by winning both games against them this year.
New York City has also swept Toronto FC and Orlando City SC this season.
Against Toronto, their first win was a 1-0 clean sheet victory at BMO Field on April 26, 2025, and the second was a 3-1 victory at Yankee Stadium on July 3, 2025.
Against Orlando, both of their wins were 2-1 victories at Yankee Stadium on March 8, 2025, and at Inter&Co Stadium on July 16, 2025.
The 2020, 2024, and 2025 MLS Regular Seasons are tied for having the most sweeps by New York City, as the Club accomplished this feat three times in each season.
In 2020, the Club won twice against Chicago Fire FC, FC Cincinnati and Inter Miami CF.
In 2024, the Club won twice against the New England Revolution, the New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC.
In 2025 thus far, the Club won twice against Toronto FC, Orlando City SC and FC Cincinnati.
In addition to the teams already swept this season, New York City can still sweep the Philadelphia Union (the team won 1-0 in at Citi Field on April 12, 2025), the New York Red Bulls (the team won 2-0 at Yankee Stadium on May 17, 2025) and Chicago Fire FC (New York City won 3-1 at Yankee Stadium on May 25, 2025).
Achieving one more sweep against one of these teams would put New York City at four sweeps this season, which would be a new Club record.
Achieving another clean sheet win against the Union or the Red Bulls this season would mark New York City’s second sweep this season in which both matches were clean sheet victories.
With consecutive sweeps, it has been achieved by the Club three times.
First was against FC Cincinnati, as New York City won six consecutive regular season matches in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Overall, New York City has swept Cincinnati the most, sweeping them four times.
The most goals scored in a single series by New York City was also against Cincinnati in 2019, where the Club recorded nine goals with three conceded.
Second was against Inter Miami CF, where New York City won four straight games in 2020 and 2021.
These were the two seasons in which New York City swept Inter Miami.
Most recently, New York City has won the last four regular season matches against Toronto FC this season and in 2024.
New York City has swept Toronto FC the second most times, doing so on three occasions.
In addition to this season, New York City swept Orlando City SC in 2018. This is the only time that New York City recorded three consecutive wins against a team in a single regular season.
All three of those wins were clean sheet victories.
New York City has completed six sweeps where all the matches were shutouts.
New York City achieved this for the sixth time in their most recent match against FC Cincinnati, shutting out the third-place team in the league 1-0 both times this season.
The first time New York City accomplished this feat was against Orlando City SC in 2018, where New York City scored seven goals and conceded zero.
New York City attained this milestone on four other occasions against four different teams, scoring three goals in each of these series: Chicago Fire FC (2022), the New York Red Bulls (2022), CF Montréal (2023), and the New England Revolution (2024).
11 current players have scored in games that helped New York City achieve a sweep over a team: Midfielder Maxi Moralez (7), Forward Alonso Martínez (6), Midfielder Hannes Wolf (3), Midfielder Keaton Parks (3), Midfielder Andrés Perea (2), Forward Julián Fernández (2), Defender Kevin O’Toole (2), Forward Agustín Ojeda (1), Forward Malachi Jones (1), Defender Mitja Ilenič (1) and Defender Tayvon Gray (1).
11 current players have assisted in games that helped New York City achieve a sweep over a team: Moralez (21), Wolf (4), Parks (4), Gray (3), Fernández (3), Ojeda (2), Midfielder Aiden O’Neill (2), Ilenič (1), O’Toole (1), Jones (1), and Defender Thiago Martins (1).
This season, the following players recorded a goal contribution in the team’s first season sweep against Toronto FC:
On April 26, 2025, at BMO Field, Martínez scored a goal.
On July 3, 2025, at Yankee Stadium, Wolf recorded a goal and an assist, Ilenič recorded a goal and an assist, O’Toole scored a goal, Ojeda recorded an assist, O’Neill recorded an assist and Moralez recorded an assist.
This season, the following players recorded a goal contribution in the team’s second season sweep against Orlando City SC:
On March 8, 2025, at Yankee Stadium, Martínez scored a goal, Wolf scored a goal and Fernández recorded an assist.
On July 16, 2025, at Inter&Co Stadium, Martínez scored a goal and Fernández recorded an assist.
This season, the following players recorded a goal contribution in the team’s most recent season sweep against FC Cincinnati:
On May 4, 2025, at Citi Field, Fernández scored a goal.
On August 23, 2025, at TQL Stadium, Martínez scored a goal, Moralez recorded an assist and O’Neill recorded an assist.
Martínez has contributed at least one goal in each of the three season sweeps this season. He is also the only New York City player to record a goal contribution (goals and/or assists) in all three of this season’s sweeps.
He scored in each of New York City’s 2-1 victories over Orlando City SC.
He scored in New York City’s most recent match in a 1-0 clean sheet win versus FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium.
He scored in New York City’s 1-0 clean victory against Toronto FC at BMO Field on April 26, 2025.
In these sweeps, Martinez becomes the second New York City player all time to face an opponent multiple times within a season, winning each time, while scoring in at least one of the contests, and doing so against three different opponents in the same season.
The only other player to accomplish this feat for the Club was Former Defender Anton Tinnerholm in 2020, doing so against Chicago Fire FC, FC Cincinnati and Inter Miami CF.
UNITED AGAINST D.C. UNITED In the overall series, New York City has posted a record of 11-7-5 (W-L-D) against D.C. United, scoring 41 goals and conceding 25.
D.C. United is the only team in the league that has been eliminated from playoff contention.
New York City has shut out United nine times, only suffering a shut-out defeat once.
Three of these shut outs occurred in consecutive matches: a 0-0 draw on March 10, 2019, at Yankee Stadium, a 0-0 draw on September 6, 2020, at Audi Field, and a 2-0 win on April 21, 2019, at Audi Field.
Currently, New York City is on a three-game unbeaten streak versus D.C. United, conceding only one goal.
The first and most recent match of this stretch were clean sheets: A 2-0 clean sheet win at Citi Field on April 20, 2024, and a 0-0 draw at Audi Field on May 14, 2025.
The other match ended in a 1-1 draw at Audi Field on September 14, 2024.
The team went on a three-game winning streak scoring 10 goals and conceding just one. from their 2-1 win on June 27, 2021, at Sports Illustrated Stadium, to their 2-0 clean sheet victory at Audi Field on May 18, 2022.
The other win was an emphatic 6-0 clean sheet victory at Yankee Stadium on October 23, 2021.
This marks the Club's highest goal tally in a single match against United. In contrast, the most goals the team has ever conceded in one match is just three, only half as many.
New York City has not conceded more than two goals in a single match against United since their 3-1 loss at Audi Field on October 21, 2018.
The only other occurrence was in a 3-1 loss at RFK Stadium on October 16, 2016.
Their longest unbeaten run against United in Club history was a four-game stretch from their 0-0 draw on March 10, 2019, at Yankee Stadium, to their 4-1 win on October 7, 2020, at Yankee Stadium.
The team posted a 2-0-2 record during that span, with three of the matches being clean sheets.
At home, they have played United 11 times, posting an impressive record of 8-1-2.
In these matches New York City has scored almost triple the goals scored by United, scoring 29 times and conceding only 10 times.
New York City has never suffered a shut-out defeat from United at home.
The only time United has defeated New York City at home was in a narrow 2-1 win at Sports Illustrated Stadium on August 31, 2022.
Prior to United’s sole win, New York City remained undefeated at home over the course of seven years, from their first ever matchup in a 3-1 win on August 13, 2015, at Yankee Stadium, to their defiant 6-0 win at Yankee Stadium on October 23, 2021.
Three players on the current roster have scored against United: Midfielder Maxi Moralez (two), Midfielder Keaton Parks (two) and Forward Julián Fernández (one).
Four current players have registered assists against United: Moralez (four), Parks (one), Midfielder Hannes Wolf (one) and Defender Tayvon Gray (one).
Moralez and Wolf have each recorded a game-winning assist against United.
Goalkeeper Matt Freese has posted a 1-1-2 record against United, recording two clean sheets in a 2-0 win on April 20, 2024, at Citi Field and a 0-0 draw on May 14, 2025, at Audi Field.
Across these four matches, he faced 16 shots, made 13 saves, and has only conceded three goals. He has posted a goals-against average (GAA) of 0.75.
