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
27 May 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Philadelphia Union	1 – 3	90
17 May 2023	Major League Soccer	Orlando City SC v New York City FC	1 – 1	90
13 May 2023	Major League Soccer	New York Red Bulls v New York City FC	1 – 0	90
10 May 2023	U.S. Open Cup	FC Cincinnati v New York City FC	1 – 0	90
06 May 2023	Major League Soccer	Charlotte FC v New York City FC	3 – 2	90
29 Apr 2023	Major League Soccer	Toronto FC v New York City FC	1 – 0	90
22 Apr 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v FC Dallas	3 – 1	90
20 Apr 2023	International Friendly Games	USA v Mexico	1 – 1	90
15 Apr 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Nashville SC	2 – 1	90
08 Apr 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Atlanta United FC	1 – 1	66
01 Apr 2023	Major League Soccer	New England Revolution v New York City FC	1 – 1	90
26 Mar 2023	Major League Soccer	Houston Dynamo FC v New York City FC	1 – 0	90
18 Mar 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v D.C. United	3 – 2	90
12 Mar 2023	Major League Soccer	New York City FC v Inter Miami CF	1 – 0	90
05 Mar 2023	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire FC v New York City FC	1 – 1	73
18 Feb 2023	Scottish Premiership	Livingston FC v Rangers FCSubstitute, on 88′	0 – 3	2
12 Feb 2023	Scottish Cup	Rangers FC v Partick Thistle	3 – 2	90	1
18 Jan 2023	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock FC v Rangers FCSubstitute, on 83′	2 – 3	7
02 Jan 2023	Scottish Premiership	Rangers FC v Celtic FCSubstitute, on 85′	2 – 2	5
28 Dec 2022	Scottish Premiership	Rangers FC v Motherwell FCSubstitute, on 66′	3 – 0	24

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.