2025 New York City FC Player Preview: Prince Amponsah
The "best left-footed CB in college" is New York City's newest Homegrown. Will the 21-year-old fight his way into Pascal Jansen's Starting XI?
Oliver Strand
Oliver is the executive editor and publisher of Hudson River Blue. A benchwarmer on the 1985 Culver City All-Stars, he grew up supporting the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
2025 New York City FC Player Preview: Strahinja Tanasijević
His 10 MLS starts was the most for a backup central defender since style icon Sebastien Ibeagha's 11 in 2019.
2025 New York City FC Player Preview: Birk Risa
The central defender faded last season, and spent the final three games of the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs on the bench. Will he rediscover his form under Pascal Janesn?
New York City FC valued at $1 billion
Major League Soccer now have five clubs worth $1 billion according to Sportico: The average team is now worth $721 million, up from $678 million last year.
2025 New York City FC Player Preview: Greg Ranjitsingh
The 31-year-old brings limited experience, good vibes to the goalkeeper depth chart.
New York City FC to participate in 2025 Leagues Cup
A slimmed-down version of the tournament will feature 18 clubs each from MLS and LIGA MX.
Andrew Leigh will be the next executive editor of Hudson River Blue
He becomes the website's fifth executive editor since the publication was established in 2013.
Leaving it late
David Lee takes his sweet, sweet time when it comes to doing business in the primary transfer window: Here are 5 things you should know about when the NYCFC sporting director adds players.
Jovan Mijatović: I'm waiting for Europe right now
Benfica, PSV, and Anderlecht are reportedly interested in the 19-year-old striker — who spoke to Serbian publication Sportal, and threw some shade on his time at New York City FC.
25 Predictions for 2025
We once again peer into our size 2 crystal ball and try to see the future... future... future... future...
The one player David Lee needs to sign
We tell the New York City FC sporting director how to do his job.
How did we do? A look back at our 24 predictions for 2024
Fully 10 of our predictions are completely (mostly?) right, and another 7 are firmly in the "kinda" category.
Wrapped 2024 on Hudson River Blue
Believe it or not, we published 635 articles this year: Here are the most popular posts of 2024.
New York City FC 2024 Final Report Card
Now that the season is done and dusted, here are the 2024 final grades for the New York City FC players and front office.
2024 Final Grade: Nick Cushing
The former New York City FC head coach had the longest tenure in club history — but only had one season in charge of a fully-operational team.
Why the MLS SuperDraft is worth the trouble
As New York City FC prepare to make a first-round selection in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft we look at the club's past picks — and at which players from across the league emerged from the draft in recent years.