2017 New York City FC season
The 2017 New York City FC season was the club's third season of competition and their third in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC played their 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 |
| 9 | FW |  Sean Okoli | FC Cincinnati | Free transfer | December 5, 2016 | |
| 1 | GK | Sean Johnson | Chicago Fire | Trade for TAM | December 11, 2016 | |
| 6 | DF |  Alexander Callens |  Numancia | Transfer | January 27, 2017 | |
| 8 | MF |  Alexander Ring |  Kaiserslautern | Transfer | February 1, 2017 | |
| 10 | MF |  Maximiliano Moralez |  León | Transfer | February 15, 2017 | |
| 23 | FW |  Rodney Wallace |  Sport Recife | Transfer | February 15, 2017 | |
| 12 | MF | John Stertzer | Real Salt Lake | Free transfer | February 16, 2017 | |
| 2 | DF | Ben Sweat | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Free transfer | February 23, 2017 |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred To | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
| 8 | MF |  Frank Lampard | Retirement after the end of contract | November 14, 2016 | ||
| 51 | DF | Andoni Iraola | Retired | November 17, 2016 | ||
| 20 | MF |  Mehdi Ballouchy | Retired | November 18, 2016 | ||
| 9 | FW |  Stiven Mendoza | Corinthians | End of loan | November 28, 2016 | |
| 6 | MD | Federico Bravo | Boca Juniors | End of loan | November 28, 2016 | |
| 99 | FW |  Tony Taylor |  Paços de Ferreira | End of contract | November 28, 2016 | |
| 2 | DF |  Jason Hernandez |  Toronto FC | End of contract | November 28, 2016 | |
| 30 | DF | Diego Martínez | Sportivo Estudiantes | End of contract | November 28, 2016 | |
| 12 | GK | Josh Saunders | Orlando City | Trade | January 27, 2017 | |
| 10 | MF | Mix Diskerud |  IFK Göteborg | Contract buyout | March 2, 2017 |