With Major League Soccer done with its summer transfer window, the league shared updated roster profiles for all 30 teams late last week.
These color-coded documents offer glimpses behind the curtain at how each MLS squad is built. You get to see which roster construction model each team is following, who has open roster slots, where each team stands with its supply of General Allocation Money, and which players are facing the ends of their contracts, or contract option decisions to determine whether they stick with their teams or move on.
It's always a revealing thing to look over, one the league only started sharing back during the 2024 season in a bid to increase the transparency around MLS rosters and roster construction.
On the New York City FC side, the latest roster profile has some interesting bits of information on it that are worth digging into. It doesn't have the latest salary information for members of the NYCFC squad — though you can expect to see that released soon, too, since the league shares it twice per season.
For now, you can gaze upon the latest NYCFC roster profile in its entirety below, and you can scroll through the profiles for all 30 teams here as provided by MLS. After that, let's run through five of the biggest takeaways to emerge from the latest NYCFC roster profile.
Thiago Martins the headliner
He's no longer a Designated Player, bought down from that status to accommodate the summer DP signing of Bénie Traoré, but Thiago Martins is still the highest-profile name to discuss from this roster profile.
