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NYCFC announce 2024 roster moves

New York City declined the option for winger Matías Pellegrini, who earned $1.12 million in 2023 but failed to make a positive impact on the team

Hudson River Blue Staff by Hudson River Blue Staff
October 30, 2023
in New York City FC, NYCFC, NYCFC II, Transfer News + Rumors
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Matías Pellegrini after NYCFC's 1-0 win over Inter Miami at Yankee Soccer Stadium

Hugging it out after a strong first home performance of 2023. | Photo via NYCFC.com.

Earlier today, New York City FC announced the club’s roster moves ahead of the 2024 season.

The club exercised the 2024 options for goalkeeper Luis Barraza, goalkeeper Matt Freese, winger Andres Jasson, wingback Kevin O’Toole, and striker Gabriel Segal. 

The club also announced that they declined the options for defender Nico Benalcazar, defender Braian Cufré, striker Jonathan Jimenez, midfielder Alfredo Morales, defender Samuel “Kwaku” Owusu, winger Matías Pellegrini, and defender Stephen Turnbull.

In addition, NYCFC announced that assistant coach Kléberson will leave the club. It confirms a post that Kléberson himself made on Instagram on Saturday night.

Today #NYCFC announced its roster options ahead of the 2024 season.

Five players have had their options exercised for 2024: Luis Barraza, Matt Freese, Andres Jasson, Kevin O’Toole, and Gabriel Segal.

The Club declined the options of seven players: Nico Benalcazar, Braian Cufré,… pic.twitter.com/rr0IunXGiq

— New York City Football Club (@NYCFC) October 30, 2023

NYCFC roster moves

It comes as no surprise that NYCFC exercised the options of Barraza, Freese, Jasson, and O’Toole.

Barraza and Freese shared duties in the goal, with Barraza starting most games during the first two-thirds of the year and Freese taking over the No 1 spot at the end of the season. Both are a good value: Barraza had a guaranteed salary of $152,688 in 2023, while Freese had a guaranteed salary of $180,000. (You will find a table with the complete payroll of NYCFC at the end of this post.)

Likewise, Jasson ($142,144) and O’Toole ($85,444) provided quality play without impacting the payroll much. Both made important starts at the end of the season, and often came off the bench throughout the season.

Retaining Segal ($67,360) is a little more of a surprise. The striker was one of just a handful of players paid made the minimum salary and made 10 appearances for their clubs, but he was loaned to Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv in September rather than spend the rest of the season in New York City.

Does this mean Segal will return to NYCFC in 2024?


MLS Players Earning the League-Minimum of $67,360

Name

Team

Pos

Mins

Starts

Apps

G

A

Noel Buck

New England

M

1663

19

24

3

1

Emeka Eneli

Real Salt Lake

M

1228

12

20

0

0

Noah Allen

Inter Miami

D

1186

13

18

1

2

Philip Quinton

Columbus Crew

D

937

10

12

0

1

Andrew Privett

Charlotte FC

M

953

10

11

0

0

Akil Watts

St. Louis City

M

835

10

17

0

1

Cody Baker

Seattle Sounders

D

682

8

12

0

0

Preston Judd

LA Galaxy

F

640

6

12

3

2

Miguel Perez

St. Louis City

M

607

7

15

1

0

Gabriel Segal

NYCFC

F

417

4

10

2

0

Ajani Fortune

Atlanta United

M

352

3

13

0

1

Malik Pinto

FC Cincinnati

M

380

2

21

0

0

Patrick Agyemang

Charlotte FC

F

182

1

12

1

0


Options declined

The decision to decline the options of Morales ($662,250) and Cufré ($757,800) are more unexpected but not entirely surprising.

Morales joined NYCFC in 2021, and was an important part of the squad that won the MLS Cup that year. But the 33-year-old spent significant parts of the 2023 season unavailable because of injuries, and didn’t have much of an impact. Cufré arrived before the start of the 2023 season, and was head coach Nick Cushing’s left-back of choice for most of the season. But he lost his starting spot to O’Toole during a recent run of games in which the team put up their best results of the year.

The least surprising departure is Pellegrini ($1,120,833). The 23-year-old was formerly a Designated Player for Inter Miami, and his 2023 salary was the fourth-highest on the team, but he failed to make a consistently positive impact in his 14 starts for the team.

Turnbull ($85,444) was signed to the First Team from NYCFC II in April in order to reinforce a defense suffering from injuries. The 25-year-old went on to make 11 appearances for the team, but he saw little playing time in the final third of the season.

Benalcazar, Jimenez, and Owusu were NYCFC II players who failed to break into the First Team.


NYCFC 2023 Player Salaries

Name

Guaranteed Salary

Starts

Apps

HRB Rating

1. Thiago Martins

$2,112,000

23

25

6.1

2. Santiago Rodríguez

$1,331,333

27

30

6.2

3. Talles Magno

$1,198,000

19

29

5.2

4. Matías Pellegrini

$1,120,833

14

24

4.7

5. James Sands

$1,058,333

23

25

6.3

6. Brian Cufré

$757,800

22

25

5.9

7. Birk Risa *

$689,750

9

9

6.3

8. Alfredo Morales

 $662,250

11

22

5.5

9. Julián Fernández *

$604,300

1

8

5.7

10. Andrés Perea *

$591,500

8

9

6.6

11. Keaton Parks

$550,000

29

31

6.0

12. Maxi Moralez *

$500,000

4

4

6.9

13. Mounsef Bakrar *

$432,720

9

9

5.8

14. Richie Ledezma

$396,000

14

23

5.5

15. Tayvon Gray

$350,000

23

27

5.3

16. Mitja Ilenič

$295,000

13

21

6.0

17. Alonso Martínez *

$278,479

0

3

4.4

18. Matt Freese

$180,000

9

9

7.2

19. Justin Haak

$165,000

10

14

6.0

20. Luis Barraza

$152,688

24

24

5.7

21. Andres Jasson

$142,144

9

20

5.4

22. Cody Mizell

$85,444

0

0

—

23. Kevin O'Toole

$85,444

11

20

5.2

24. Stephen Turnbull

$85,444

5

11

5.3

25. Nico Benalcázar

$68,775

0

1

5.7

26. Gabe Segal

$67,360

4

10

6.1

* Signed in the summer transfer window

Tags: Alfredo MoralesAndres JassonBraian CufrécushingGabriel SegalJonathan JimenezKevin O'TooleKwaku OwusuLuis BarrazaMatí PellegriniMatt FreeseNico BenalcazarNYCFC IISamuel OwusuStephen Turnbull
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Comments 3

  1. Juan says:
    4 weeks ago

    Is it safe to assume that the team is banking on internal development more than acquisitions for long term improvement? Considering how relatively young and inexpensive a lot of NYCFC’s players are, and the choice to bring Cushing back(an inexperienced coach), maybe we shouldn’t expect a big splashy acquisition during the offseason.

    Reply
    • orangeology says:
      4 weeks ago

      agreed. i don’t anticipate a ground breaking name-sake acquisition for a meaningful while.

      Reply
  2. Sean Patrick Kersten says:
    4 weeks ago

    That’s frustrating for the money we pay to watch them. Cushing is not a coach who gets the most out of his players. Rather I think he lost us 4-8 points with his run of tie games.

    Reply

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