| 2025 season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Head coach | Brendan Burke |
| Stadium | Trinity Health Stadium |
| USL Championship | Conference: TBD Overall: TBD |
| U.S. Open Cup | TBD |
| USL Cup | Group stage |
The 2025 Hartford Athletic season will be the club's seventh season of existence and their seventh in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. [1]
Hartford Athletic will also play in the U.S. Open Cup for the fifth time in club history and the USL Cup for the first time. [2]
| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  Jonathan Jiménez | NYCFC II | Free transfer | December 4, 2024 | [3] |
| MF |  Samuel Careaga | Club Atlético Lanús | Loan | January 6, 2025 | [4] |
| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Anderson Asiedu | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| MF |  Danny Barrera | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| FW | Tyler Freeman | Carolina Core FC | Loan return | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| GK | Greg Monroe | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| MF | Joe Schmidt | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| MF |  Thomas Vancaeyezeele | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| DF |  Triston Hodge | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| DF |  Younes Boudadi | Free Agent | End of contract | December 4, 2024 | [5] |
| FW | Marcus Epps | Lexington SC | Free transfer | December 12, 2024 | [6] |
| February 15 | New England Revolution | v | Hartford Athletic | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 7:40 pm ET | Stadium: Gillette Stadium |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Charleston Battery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Detroit City FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Hartford Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Loudoun United FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March 81 | Lexington SC | v | Hartford Athletic | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lexington SC Stadium |
| March 222 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | v | Hartford Athletic | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Stadium: Highmark Stadium |
| March 293 | Hartford Athletic | v | El Paso Locomotive FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| April 54 | Loudoun United FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Leesburg, Virginia |
| Stadium: Segra Field |
| April 125 | Hartford Athletic | v | Indy Eleven | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| April 196 | Hartford Athletic | v | Birmingham Legion FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| May 37 | Charleston Battery | v | Hartford Athletic | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex |
| May 108 | Hartford Athletic | v | Detroit City FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| May 179 | Hartford Athletic | v | Louisville City FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| May 2810 | Indy Eleven | v | Hartford Athletic | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium |
| June 711 | Hartford Athletic | v | North Carolina FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| June 1412 | Hartford Athletic | v | Charleston Battery | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| June 2013 | Hartford Athletic | v | Loudoun United FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| July 1214 | Detroit City FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Hamtramck, Michigan |
| Stadium: Keyworth Stadium |
| July 1615 | Hartford Athletic | v | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| July 1916 | Rhode Island FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
| Stadium: Tidewater Landing Stadium |
| July 3017 | Hartford Athletic | v | New Mexico United | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| August 618 | Hartford Athletic | v | Miami FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| August 919 | Birmingham Legion FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Stadium: Protective Stadium |
| August 1620 | Hartford Athletic | v | FC Tulsa | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| August 2321 | Hartford Athletic | v | Rhode Island FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| August 3022 | North Carolina FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Cary, North Carolina |
| Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| September 623 | Miami FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Miami, Florida |
| Stadium: Pitbull Stadium |
| September 1324 | Monterey Bay FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Miami, Florida |
| Stadium: Pitbull Stadium |
| September 2025 | Hartford Athletic | v | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| September 2726 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | v | Hartford Athletic | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Stadium: Weidner Field |
| October 427 | Oakland Roots SC | v | Hartford Athletic | Oakland, California |
| Stadium: Oakland Coliseum |
| October 1128 | Hartford Athletic | v | Sacramento Republic FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| October 1829 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | v | Hartford Athletic | TBD |
| Stadium: TBD |
| October 2530 | Louisville City FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| Pos | Lg | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USLC | Detroit City FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | USLC | Hartford Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | USLC | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | USL1 | Portland Hearts of Pine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | USLC | Rhode Island FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | USL1 | Westchester SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 261 | Hartford Athletic | v | Portland Hearts of Pine | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| May 312 | Westchester SC | v | Hartford Athletic | Mount Vernon, New York |
| Stadium: The Stadium at Memorial Field |
| June 283 | Hartford Athletic | v | Detroit City FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium |
| July 264 | Rhode Island FC | v | Hartford Athletic | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
| Stadium: Tidewater Landing Stadium |
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