PLAYER PROFILE

James Sands.

New York City FC · USA

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At a glance

Full name: James Hoban Sands
Born: 06 Jul 2000
Age today: 26
Nationality: USA

Career by season

199 recorded appearances

James Sands appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
2026	Major League Soccer	New York City FC	18	18	1	1	1,586	2
25/26	International Friendly Games	USA	1	1	0	0	64	0
25/26	DFB-Pokal	FC St. Pauli	4	4	0	1	389	1
25/26	Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	24	23	1	0	1,941	4
24/25	Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	7	5	0	0	471	1
2024	Major League Soccer	New York City FC	33	33	1	1	2,925	13 / 1 red
22/23	UEFA Champions League	Rangers FC	8	8	0	0	674	2 / 1 red
2023	U.S. Open Cup	New York City FC	1	1	0	0	90	0
22/23	Scottish Premiership	Rangers FC	17	10	0	0	918	3
22/23	Scottish Cup	Rangers FC	1	1	1	0	90	0
2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC	26	24	0	0	2,168	4
22/23	International Friendly Games	USA	1	1	0	0	90	0
21/22	UEFA Europa League	Rangers FC	5	0	0	0	86	0
21/22	Scottish Premiership	Rangers FC	4	3	0	0	257	1
21/22	Scottish Cup	Rangers FC	1	1	0	0	90	0
2021	Major League Soccer	New York City FC	30	30	0	0	2,643	7
2020	Major League Soccer	New York City FC	18	18	0	1	1,589	7

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

James Sands match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
13 Apr 2024	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v New England Revolution	2 – 0	90
06 Apr 2024	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Atlanta United FC	1 – 1	90
30 Mar 2024	Major League Soccer	Inter Miami CF v New York City FC	1 – 1	90
23 Mar 2024	Major League Soccer	FC Cincinnati v New York City FC	1 – 0	90
16 Mar 2024	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Toronto FC	2 – 1	90
03 Mar 2024	Major League Soccer	St. Louis CITY SC v New York City FC	2 – 0	90
25 Feb 2024	Major League Soccer	Charlotte FC v New York City FC	1 – 0	90
21 Oct 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Chicago Fire FC	1 – 0	90
07 Oct 2023	Major League Soccer	D.C. United v New York City FC	2 – 0	90
30 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	Inter Miami CF v New York City FC	1 – 1	90
24 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Toronto FC	3 – 0	90
20 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Orlando City SC	2 – 0	90
16 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v New York Red Bulls	0 – 0	90
02 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FCSubstitute, on 46′	1 – 1	45
20 Aug 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Minnesota United FC	0 – 2	61
15 Jul 2023	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia Union v New York City FCSubstitute, on 57′	2 – 1	33
17 Jun 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Columbus Crew	1 – 1	90
11 Jun 2023	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City v New York City FC	0 – 0	90
03 Jun 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v New England Revolution	0 – 0	90
31 May 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v FC Cincinnati	1 – 3	90

Career transfers

8 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

James Sands career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
30 Jun 2026	FC St. Pauli	New York City FC	Loan return
01 Jan 2025	New York City FC	FC St. Pauli	Loan	—
01 Mar 2023	Rangers FC	New York City FC	Loan return
05 Jan 2022	New York City FC	Rangers FC	Loan	—
30 Nov 2018	Louisville City FC	New York City FC	Loan return
15 Aug 2018	New York City FC	Louisville City FC	Loan	—
01 Jul 2017	New York City FC Academy	New York City FC	Internal move	—
01 Jul 2015	New York Soccer Club	New York City FC Academy	Transfer	Free

Contracts and market values are not available yet.