New York City FC player ratings are determined by Hudson River Blue readers: Here are your NYCFC player ratings after a professional 1-0 win over Toronto FC played on a blustery afternoon in the 51st State.
The player ratings are strong after New York City's first away win of the 2025 season. The Starting XI is mostly made up of 7s and 6s, and the team average of 6.4 is the fourth-highest of the year. True, those numbers fall short of the ones handed out by the FotMob bot, but you've always been a tough audience.
The highest rating of the afternoon belongs to Alonso Martínez, who converted a penalty to score his 6th goal of the year. Martínez is now in a seven-way tie for Second Place in the Golden Boot race, and keeping company with the likes of Evander, Brian White, Josef Martínez, and Cristian Arango. He's a low-key striker who can keep pace with the league's big-name signings.
There's no doubt that El Clínico is the key to New York City's attack, but the question remains if that's a good thing. Martínez accounts for 50% of the team's total goals, scored the game-winner in three of the club's four wins, and contributed a goal in the fourth win. New York City has 14 points after 10 games, but if you remove Martínez's goal contributions that drops to just 3 points.
Note: FotMob ratings are in parentheses.
Andrew Leigh
Alonso Martínez, off 90' (8.5) – 7.7
Hannes Wolf (7.7) – 6.6
Agustín Ojeda, off 65' (6.5) – 5.2
Maxi Moralez, off 78' (7.3) – 6.6
Keaton Parks (7.3) – 7.0
Jonny Shore, off 79' (7.2) – 6.5
Tayvon Gray (7.6) – 7.3
Kevin O'Toole, off 65' (6.7) – 6.1
Thiago Martins (7.7) – 6.8
Justin Haak (7.1) – 6.9
Matt Freese (7.2) – 7.2
