player · data as of 2026-08-25 11:07 UTC
James Sands
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 266' 1"
United Statescurrently New York City FC
United Statescurrently New York City FCCareer goals
4
all competitions, from the season archive · club 4 · country 0 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
247
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
4
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
James Hoban Sands is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back or defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer side New York City FC and United States national team. He became NYCFC's first homegrown player in July 2017. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
4 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours4 | ||||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ×1 | 2021 | United States | |
| MLS Cup | ×1 | 2021 | New York City FC | |
| Scottish Cup | ×1 | 2021–22 | Rangers | |
| USL Cup | ×1 | 2018 | Louisville City FC | |
| Individual honours2 | ||||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament | 2017 | |||
| More honours · 1 | ||||
| MLS All-Star | 2021 | |||
The Record
season by season · 33 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 247 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 53 |
| 2026 | Leagues Cup | New York City FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | MLS | New York City FC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | Bundesliga | St. Pauli | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 2025 | DFB-Pokal | St. Pauli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | Friendlies | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Bundesliga | St. Pauli | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Leagues Cup | New York City FC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | MLS | New York City FC | 33 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023 | Friendlies | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Gold Cup | United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–now | New York City FC | — | — |
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