The 2024 Detroit City FC season was the club's sixth professional season since the club was established in 2012, and the team's third season in the USL Championship. The club finished with their best record since joining the league, going 15W-11D-8L to finish with 56 points, an improvement of 15 points from their 2023 campaign and 2 points and 1 win from their 2022 campaign, their previous best finish in the league. They finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference, falling to the Tampa Bay Rowdies on penalties in the first round of the playoffs in their first home playoff game since joining the league. The season includes milestones when Rhys Williams and Michael Bryant played their 100th games for the club, becoming the 5th and 6th City Centurions of the club, and Matt Sheldon having played his 150th game in the league.
Kits Home Away Alternate Pridefor Ruth Ellis Center Charityfor CHASS Center
Roster
Final 2024 roster
Coaching staff Technical staff
Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Detroit City FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Detroit City FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the Detroit City FC roster.
In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource10MF Bohemian F.C. 3DF Orange County SC 19FW Hartford Athletic 13DF Hartford Athletic Skage Simonsen sent to Hartford Athletic as part of the exchange. 6MF Monterey Bay FC 91GK Sacramento Republic FC 4MF AFC Eskilstuna 14MF Municipal Grecia 7FW Chicago Fire FC Loan 22DF Orlando City SC Loan 23FW Oakland Roots SC 70MF FK Pardubice Loan August 20, 2024
Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource7FW Hartford Athletic Matt Sheldon received from Hartford Athletic as part of the exchange. 10FW Shelbourne FC 24MF Huntsville City FC Loan
Competitions
Preseason and friendlies
USL Championship
Eastern Conference
Matches On December 18, 2024, the USL Championship released the schedule for all 24 teams.
Playoffs
Detroit City officially qualified for the playoffs on October 12, following their 0-0 draw with Indy Eleven. The team earned their first home playoff game since joining USL Championship with their victory over Miami FC on October 19, and sealed third place in the Eastern Conference with a 4-1 win against San Antonio in the season finale.
U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club that finished below the top eight in the table in 2023, Detroit City FC entered the competition in the third round.
Statistics
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Top scorers RankPositionNumberNameTotal 1 MF 21 Maxi Rodriguez 10 0 2 12 2 FW 9 Ben Morris 10 0 0 10 3 DF 2 Rhys Williams 3 0 0 3 FW 7 Victor Bezerra 3 0 0 3 FW 11 Connor Rutz 3 0 0 3 FW 19 Elvis Amoh 3 0 0 3 7 MF 4 Ryan Williams 1 0 1 2 DF 5 Stephen Carroll 2 0 0 2 MF 8 Abdoulaye Diop 2 0 0 2 MF 70 Laurent Kissiedou 2 0 0 2 11 GK 1 Nate Steinwascher 1 0 0 1 MF 10 Ali Coote 1 0 0 1 DF 12 Michael Bryant 1 0 0 1 DF 13 Matthew Sheldon 1 0 0 1 DF 17 Brett Levis 1 0 0 1 FW 27 Yazeed Matthews 0 0 1 1 DF 30 Devon Amoo-Mensah 1 0 0 1
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