New York Metropolis FC followers can formally save the date.
The membership will play its first match at Etihad Park, being constructed subsequent door to Citi Subject in Queens on July 17, 2027. Membership CEO Brad Sims made the announcement Thursday throughout an MLS media occasion at league headquarters in midtown Manhattan.
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The date offers the membership a closing countdown to when it lastly ends the nomadic existence it has lived since its first season in 2015.
Nicolás Fernández of New York Metropolis FC celebrates his aim within the first half in opposition to Charlotte FC throughout their recreation at Financial institution of America Stadium on Could 13, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Getty Photos
“Initially, it’s a very long time coming, proper?” Sims stated. “I obtained goosebumps … saying the primary recreation as a result of that is 12, 13 years within the making, and lots of people put in a lot laborious work, time, effort, vetting out dozens and dozens of websites across the 5 boroughs. Begins, stops, excellent news, unhealthy information, and simply the help of the league, [MLS commisioner] Don [Garber] through the years, of the town and totally different stakeholders that we’ve had which have helped make this a actuality.”
Earlier this summer time, the membership confirmed that it will wait till the beginning of the brand new MLS calendar to maneuver into the brand new constructing. MLS will transfer to a summer-to-spring schedule, which mimics that of the European soccer calendar.
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The July date can be the primary perception into when the 2027-28 MLS season will start in its new kind. The league will play a condensed dash season that may go from February-Could 2027 earlier than the change.
New York Metropolis FC will play the dash season break up between Yankee Stadium and Citi Subject, which have served as properties for the membership over the previous decade-plus.
“We’ve been a crew that’s been homeless,” NYCFC protection stated through the occasion. “I feel from us as gamers to the membership to supporter group, everybody’s tremendous excited that I speak to. Proper throughout the road from Citi Subject, one in all our earlier properties, our official dwelling, and a spot the place they will make it their very own.”
Sims famous that the official date additionally fulfills a promise that NYCFC made early on in its inception, sustaining its metropolis id.
“We’re happy with the truth that we’re the one skilled sports activities crew in New York Metropolis with Metropolis within the identify,” he stated. “We knew it was going to be laborious. It was tougher than I feel anybody thought it was going to be, however extremely proud second for us to form of fulfill that promise that we made, and the truth that we form of by no means gave up and have been very persistent about that.”
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The MLS membership received’t be the one tenant within the new constructing.
Gotham FC introduced earlier this month that it beginning in 2028 after calling New Jersey dwelling.
The stadium information wasn’t the one announcement that NYCFC made Thursday, additionally saying that O’Toole had signed a contract extension by means of the 2028-29 season with an choice for the 2029-30 season.