{"id":330854,"date":"2026-08-27T06:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330854\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:50:10","slug":"nycfc-signs-tayvon-gray-to-extension-in-boost-to-back-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330854\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCFC signs Tayvon Gray to extension in boost to back line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defender Tayvon Gray signed a contract extension with New York City FC, keeping the Bronx native with the club through the 2028-29 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal, announced Wednesday, includes an option for the 2029-30 season and keeps one of just five players on the current roster who was with the club in 2021 when it won the MLS Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful and honored to continue my journey with New York City FC,\u201d Gray said in a statement issued through the club. \u201cThis is my Club, and I\u2019m proud of everything we\u2019ve accomplished together, but I\u2019m hungry for more. I want to keep winning, continue helping this group, and be part of this next chapter as we look ahead to Etihad Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40532705\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MT1USATODAY29623066-122490983-3.jpg\" alt=\"New York City FC defender Tayvon Gray (24) kicks the ball against FC Cincinnati in the second half at TQL Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-40532705\"\/>New York City FC defender Tayvon Gray kicks the ball during their loss to FC Cincinnati on Aug. 19, 2026 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati.  IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Gray was in the final year of his contract with NYCFC this season, and sporting director Todd Dunivant told reporters earlier this month at a media event at the club\u2019s Manhattan headquarters that talks were \u201cabsolutely ongoing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/14\/sports\/tayvon-gray-agustin-ojeda-forming-dynamic-nycfc-duo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gray has appeared in 178 matches<\/a> across all competitions since he signed his first professional Homegrown contract with the club in 2019 at 17 years old. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, he\u2019s scored three goals and recorded 13 assists in an NYCFC jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters during a World Cup event earlier this summer, Gray acknowledged that he still had \u201caspirations to go to Europe\u201d in his career, but said his team had been talking with the club about a new contract and \u201cseeing what the next step is for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the short term, NYCFC is trying to move up in the table as they cling to a playoff spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40532706\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MT1USATODAY29623033-1711252382-3.jpg\" alt=\"A New York City FC player jumping to head the ball during a game against FC Cincinnati.\" class=\"wp-image-40532706\"\/>New York City FC defender Tayvon Gray kicks the ball against Evander during their loss to FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium on Aug. 19, 2026 in Cincinnati. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The club will play an important game on Saturday, facing a Toronto team that is chasing them in the standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defender Tayvon Gray signed a contract extension with New York City FC, keeping the Bronx native with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6583,9,24,402,55,54,56,400,319],"class_list":["post-330854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-mls","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-fc","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330854","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=330854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}