2025 Hartford Athletic season

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Hartford Athletic
2025 season
Hartford Athletic wordmark stacked blue.png
Head coach Brendan Burke
Stadium Trinity Health Stadium
USL Championship Conference: 5th
U.S. Open Cup Second round
USL Cup Semifinals
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The 2025 Hartford Athletic season is the club's seventh season of existence and their seventh in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. [1]

Contents

Hartford Athletic also played in the U.S. Open Cup for the fifth time in club history and the USL Cup for the first time. [2]

Transfers

In

PosPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource
FW Flag of Mexico.svg Jonathan Jiménez NYCFC II Free transferDecember 4, 2024 [3]
MF Flag of Argentina.svg Samuel Careaga Flag of Argentina.svg Club Atlético Lanús LoanJanuary 6, 2025 [4]
DF Flag of Cuba.svg Adrián Diz Indy Eleven Free transferJanuary 27, 2025 [5]
FW Flag of Nigeria.svg Adewale Obalola Flag of Lithuania.svg FK Ekranas Free transferJanuary 30, 2025 [6]
FW Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Anderson Colorado Rapids Free transferFebruary 6, 2025 [7]
DF Flag of the United States.svg TJ Presthus Yale Bulldogs Free transferFebruary 12, 2025 [8]
GK Flag of Cameroon.svg Antony Siaha Indy Eleven Free transferFebruary 25, 2025 [9]
MF Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Junior Moreira Flag of Mexico.svg Cancún F.C. UndisclosedFebruary 26, 2025 [10]
FW Flag of the United States.svg Jack Panayotou New England Revolution LoanApril 25, 2025 [11]
MF Flag of The Gambia.svg Baboucarr Njie Free agentSigningJuly 29, 2025 [12]
MF Flag of the United States.svg Owen Presthus Columbus Crew LoanAugust 15, 2025 [13]
GK Flag of the United States.svg John Berner Free agentSigningAugust 27, 2025 [14]

Out

PosPlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource
MF Flag of Ghana.svg Anderson Asiedu Free AgentEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
MF Flag of the United States.svg Danny Barrera Free AgentEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
FW Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Freeman Carolina Core FC Loan returnDecember 4, 2024 [15]
GK Flag of the United States.svg Greg MonroeFree AgentEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
MF Flag of the United States.svg Joe Schmidt RetiredEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
MF Flag of France.svg Thomas Vancaeyezeele Tampa Bay Rowdies End of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
DF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Triston Hodge North Carolina End of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
DF Flag of Morocco.svg Younes Boudadi Las Vegas Lights End of contractDecember 4, 2024 [15]
FW Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Epps Lexington SC Free transferDecember 12, 2024 [16]
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jay Chapman Detroit City FC TransferFebruary 3, 2025 [17]
GK Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Ribeiro Free AgentMutual terminationFebruary 7, 2025 [18]
FW Flag of Senegal.svg Mamadou Dieng Minnesota United $300,000August 22, 2025 [19] [20]
FW Flag of Jamaica.svg Deshane Beckford Westchester SC LoanAugust 29, 2025 [21]

Competitions

Friendlies

February 3 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Hartford Athletic Whippany, New Jersey
Gjengaar Soccerball shade.svg
Sofo Soccerball shade.svg		 Report Stadium: Red Bulls Training Facility
February 15 New England Revolution 2–0 Hartford Athletic Foxborough, Massachusetts
12:30 pm ET
 Report Stadium: Gillette Stadium
February 19 Hartford Athletic Cancelled Rhode Island FC Windsor, Connecticut
Report Stadium: Day Hill Dome
Note: No score was reported
February 28 Hartford Athletic 2–1 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
Soccerball shade.svg11'
Soccerball shade.svg22'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg83' TrialistStadium: Trinity Health Stadium

USL Championship

Standings

PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
3 Loudoun United FC 2511954142−138 Playoffs
4 North Carolina FC 2411943734+337
5 Hartford Athletic 25101053829+935
6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 259972524+134
7 Detroit City FC 258982931−232
Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

March 81 Lexington SC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Lexington, Kentucky
7:00 pm ET Hafferty Soccerball shade.svg10'
Goldthorp Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report Samadia Red card.svg 90+3'Stadium: Lexington SC Stadium
Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
March 222 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1–0 Hartford Athletic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 pm ET Griffin Soccerball shade.svg76' Report Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 4,026
Referee: Brandon Stevis
March 293 Hartford Athletic 1–2 El Paso Locomotive FC Hartford, Connecticut
2:00 pm ET Dieng Soccerball shade.svg29' Report Soccerball shade.svg10' Avila
Soccerball shade.svg86' Ackwei 		Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Atahan Yaya
April 54 Loudoun United FC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Leesburg, Virginia
Report Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 1,517
Referee: Corbyn May
April 196 Hartford Athletic 1–0 Birmingham Legion FC Hartford, Connecticut
Beckford Soccerball shade.svg71' Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,034
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
May 37 Charleston Battery 4-2 Hartford Athletic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
17:00 EDT (UTC-04:00) Jennings Soccerball shade.svg24' (p)

David Torres Soccerball shade.svg38'Soccerball shade.svg64'

Houssou Soccerball shade.svg56'		 Report Scarlett Soccerball shade.svg5' ( Ngalina Soccerball shade.svg62' (p)Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 4,288
May 108 Hartford Athletic 0-0 Detroit City FC Hartford, Connecticut
Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,304
May 179 Hartford Athletic 1-1 Louisville City FC Hartford, Connecticut
Edwards Soccerball shade.svg88' Report Goodrum Soccerball shade.svg39'Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,749
May 2810 Indy Eleven 4-4 Hartford Athletic Indianapolis, Indiana
19:00 EDT (UTC-04:00) Ofeimu Soccerball shade.svg13'

Williams Soccerball shade.svg45+2', 90+3'

Blake Soccerball shade.svg46'		 Report Edwards Soccerball shade.svg26' (p), 32'

Scarlett Soccerball shade.svg42'

Dieng Soccerball shade.svg46'		Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 9,056
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
June 711 Hartford Athletic 0-1 North Carolina FC Hartford, Connecticut
Farrell Yellow card.svg 64' Yellow-red card.svg 68' Report Dolabella Soccerball shade.svg90'+4'Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Edson Carvajal
June 1412 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
Report
Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,610
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
June 2013 Hartford Athletic 3–0 Loudoun United FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:30 PM EDT
Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
July 1214 Detroit City FC 1–2 Hartford Athletic Hamtramck, Michigan
Report Stadium: Keyworth Stadium
Attendance: 6,529
Referee: Trevor Wiseman
July 1615 Hartford Athletic 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Hartford, Connecticut
Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
July 1916 Rhode Island FC 0–0 Hartford Athletic Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Report Stadium: Centreville Bank Stadium
Attendance: 10,619
July 3017 Hartford Athletic 4–0 New Mexico United Hartford, Connecticut
Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,151
Referee: Elton García
August 618 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Miami FC Hartford, Connecticut
Report Akinyode Red card.svg 70'Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,365
Referee: Thomas Snyder
August 919 Birmingham Legion FC 1–4 Hartford Athletic Birmingham, Alabama
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg90'+5' Report
Stadium: Protective Stadium
Attendance: 5,007
Referee: Servando Berna Rico
August 2321 Hartford Athletic 3−0 Rhode Island FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 pm Careaga Soccerball shade.svg5'

Edwards Soccerball shade.svg73'

Presthus Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Sanchez Red card.svgStadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 3022 North Carolina FC 2–3 Hartford Athletic Cary, North Carolina
7:30 PM
 Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Amin Hadzic
September 35 Hartford Athletic 0–2 Indy Eleven Hartford, Connecticut
7:30 PM Report
Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,966
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Note: Match was originally scheduled for April 12 but was postponed due to weather and field conditions. [22]
September 623 Miami FC 0–1 Hartford Athletic Miami, Florida
7:30 PM Report Panayotou Soccerball shade.svg54'Stadium: Pitbull Stadium
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Muhammad Hassan
September 1324 Monterey Bay FC 0–4 Hartford Athletic Seaside, California
Report
Stadium: Cardinale Stadium
Attendance: 3,132
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
September 2025 Hartford Athletic 1-2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Hartford, Connecticut
Diz Pe Soccerball shade.svg11' Report
Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Note: The game was abandoned during stoppage time after allegedly racially offensive language from a Riverhounds player to Marlon Hairston [23]
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 St. Petersburg, Florida
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
October 2530 Louisville City FC v Hartford Athletic Louisville, Kentucky
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium

US Open Cup

March 18First round Hartford Athletic Flag of Connecticut.svg 3–0 Flag of New York.svg New York Shockers Hartford, Connecticut
6:30 p.m. EDT
 Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,287
Referee: Johnathan Luk
April 2Second round Portland Hearts of Pine Flag of Maine.svg 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Flag of Connecticut.svg Hartford Athletic Lewiston, Maine
6:30 pm ET Report Stadium: Franklin Athletic Complex
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Kyle Averill

USL Cup

Table

PosLgTeam
PldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 USLC Rhode Island FC 43010114+710Advance to knockout stage
2 USLC Hartford Athletic 4211096+39Advance to knockout stage (wild card)
3 USLC Detroit City FC 4210186+28
4 USL1 Portland Hearts of Pine 41102710−35
5 USLC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 4101234−14
6 USL1 Westchester SC 40004311−80
Updated to match(es) played on July 26, 2025 (2025-07-26). Source: USL

Matches

Group stage
April 261 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Portland Hearts of Pine Hartford, Connecticut
Panayotou Soccerball shade.svg41, 65'
Panayotou Red card.svg 72'		 Report Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,878
Referee: Ricardo Montero
May 312 Westchester SC 2–3 Hartford Athletic Mount Vernon, New York
Report
Stadium: The Stadium at Memorial Field
Attendance: 1,653
Referee: Drew Klemp
June 283Hartford Athletic2–2
(2–3 p)		 Detroit City FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Rodrigo Albuquerque
Penalties
July 264 Rhode Island FC 2–2
(3–4 p)		 Hartford Athletic Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Report Stadium: Centreville Bank Stadium
Knockout stage
August 20Quarterfinals San Antonio FC 0–2 Hartford Athletic San Antonio, Texas
Report Dieng Soccerball shade.svg36'
Hairston Soccerball shade.svg58'		Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Natalie Simon
September 10Semifinals Hartford Athletic 3–1 Greenville Triumph SC Hartford, Connecticut
Farrell Soccerball shade.svg70'
Hairston Soccerball shade.svg85'
Ngalina Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		 Lee Soccerball shade.svg74'Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Referee: Alyssa Pennington
October 4Final Sacramento Republic FC v Hartford Athletic Sacramento, California
TBDStadium: Heart Health Park

References

  1. ↑ "Our Story". www.hartfordathletic.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ "USL Expands Jägermeister Cup, Launches First Interleague Competition Created by a Domestic Soccer League". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Sign Forward Jonathan Jimenez Vargas". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Acquire Midfielder Samuel Careaga on Loan From Lanús". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Boost Back Line with Dynamic Defender Adrian Diz Pe". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Adewale Obalola joins Hartford Athletic as the Newest Front-Line Addition". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  7. ↑ "MLS Alum Sebastian Anderson joins Hartford Athletic". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ "From New Haven to Hartford: TJ Presthus Joins the Green and Blue". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Adds Proven USL Goalkeeper Antony Siaha". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Midfielder Junior Moreira Signs with Hartford Athletic for 2025 Campaign". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Acquire MLS Midfielder Jack Panayotou On Loan". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Sign Defender Baboucarr Njie". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Adds Midfielder Owen Presthus on Loan from Columbus Crew". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Goalkeeper John Berner Joins Hartford Athletic". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hartford Athletic 2025 Roster Update". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Marcus Epps Joins Lexington Sporting Club USL Championship Men's Team". Lexington Sporting Club. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Detroit City Football Club Signs Midfielder Jay Chapman from Hartford Athletic". Detroit City FC. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Hartford Athletic and Renan Ribeiro Mutually Terminate Contract". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  19. ↑ MNUFC. "Minnesota United Signs Striker Mamadou Dieng from Hartford Athletic | Minnesota United FC". MNUFC. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  20. ↑ Scholes, Oliver. "Hartford Athletic in Advanced Talks to Sell Mamadou Dieng to Minnesota United". www.theblazingmusket.com. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Hartford Athletic Loan Deshane Beckford to Westchester SC". Hartford Athletic. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Home Match Against Indy Eleven Rescheduled to September 3rd". Hartford Athletic . April 23, 2025.
  23. ↑ https://www.wtnh.com/sports/hartford-athletic/hartford-athletic-match-abandoned-by-players-staff-due-to-alleged-use-of-racially-offensive-language/
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