New York City FC today announced that its MLS NEXT Pro affiliate, New York City FC II, has signed Academy product\u00a0El Hadji Samb\u00a0through\u00a02028.\u00a0The Forward will then join the First Team as a Homegrown on an MLS contract through the\u00a02029-2030\u00a0season\u00a0with options through 2031-2032.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old\u00a0has earned\u00a0regular opportunities with New York City FC II during the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season, making\u00a0nine\u00a0starts across 12\u00a0appearances, recording two goals and\u00a0four\u00a0assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have El Hadji continue his career with New York City FC,\u201d said Sporting Director Todd Dunivant. \u201cSince progressing through our Academy, El Hadji has made a positive impact with New York City FC II this season, and we\u2019re looking forward to supporting his continued growth as he progresses toward the First Team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Forward joined New York City\u2019s\u00a0Academy in 2023 and has since progressed through the Club\u2019s player pathway, debuting with the Second Team in April 2026 and recording a first MLS NEXT Pro goal and\u00a0assist\u00a0in\u00a0the New Yorkers\u00a0second appearance for the Pigeons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am excited to take the next step in my career and sign my first professional contract with New York City FC,\u201d said Forward El Hadji Samb. \u201cI have really enjoyed my first season with New York City FC II and the opportunity to work alongside the coaches and my teammates every day.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0excited to continue working hard, developing as a\u00a0player\u00a0and reaching my full potential.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Transaction:\u00a0New York City FC MLS NEXT Pro affiliate,\u00a0New York City FC II,\u00a0Signs\u00a0Forward\u00a0El Hadji Samb\u00a0on a contract through\u00a02028.\u00a0Samb will then join the First Team as a Homegrown player through the\u00a02029-2030\u00a0season\u00a0with options through 2031-2032.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Date of Birth:\u00a0October 29, 2009\u00a0<\/p>\n
Birthplace:\u00a0Manhattan, NY\u00a0<\/p>\n
Previous\u00a0Club:\u00a0New York City FC Academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC today announced that its MLS NEXT Pro affiliate, New York City FC II, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,12,56,22179],"class_list":["post-310154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nycfc-ii-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}