2018 New York City FC season
The 2018 New York City FC season is the club's fourth season of competition and its fourth in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC plays its home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx.
Roster
Player movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred From | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
| 3 | DF |  Anton Tinnerholm | Malmö FF | Free transfer | December 13, 2017 | |
| 13 | DF |  Saad Abdul-Salaam | Sporting Kansas City | Traded Khiry Shelton for Adbul-Salaam | December 14, 2017 | |
| 41 | GK | Brad Stuver | Columbus Crew | Traded 2019 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick | December 14, 2017 | |
| 19 | MF |  Jesús Medina | Club Libertad | Undisclosed fee | December 31, 2017 | |
| 5 | DF |  Cédric Hountondji |  GFC Ajaccio | Free transfer | January 11, 2018 | |
| 29 | MF |  Ismael Tajouri |  Austria Wien | Undisclosed fee | January 12, 2018 | |
| 32 | FW |  Jo Inge Berget | Malmö FF | Free transfer | January 19, 2018 | |
| 33 | DF | Sebastien Ibeagha | San Antonio FC | Free transfer | February 27, 2018 | |
| 20 | MF |  Eloi Amagat | Girona | Free transfer | July 25, 2018 | |
| 21 | MF |  Dan Bedoya | Long Island Rough Riders | Free transfer | August 9, 2018 |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred To | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
| 21 | MF |  Andrea Pirlo | Retired | November 6, 2017 | ||
| 27 | DF | R. J. Allen | Orlando City | Traded to Orlando City for a third round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft | November 27, 2017 | |
| 13 | DF | Frédéric Brillant | D.C. United | Traded to DC United for $75,000 in GAM and an international roster spot | November 27, 2017 | |
| 99 | MF |  Miguel Camargo | Chorrillo | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 52 | DF |  Shannon Gomez | Sacramento Republic | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 25 | GK | Eirik Johansen | Sandefjord Fotball | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 5 | MF | Mikey Lopez | San Antonio FC | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| — | DF | Jefferson Mena |  Barcelona | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 9 | FW | Sean Okoli |  Landskrona BoIS | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 12 | MF | John Stertzer | — | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 32 | DF |  Andraž Struna |  Anorthosis Famagusta | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 3 | DF | Ethan White | — | Option declined | November 27, 2017 | |
| 19 | FW | Khiry Shelton | Sporting Kansas City | Traded to Sporting Kansas City for Saad Abdul-Salaam | December 14, 2017 | |
| 11 | MF |  Jack Harrison | Manchester City | Undisclosed fee | January 30, 2018 |