The 2025 Hartford Athletic season was the club's seventh season of existence and their seventh in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer.
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, defeating Sacramento Republic FC in the final to win their first competitive trophy in the latter.
Transfers
In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSourceFW Jonathan JiménezNYCFC IIFree transferDecember 4, 2024MF Samuel Careaga Club Atlético LanúsLoanJanuary 6, 2025DF Adrián DizIndy ElevenFree transferJanuary 27, 2025FW Adewale Obalola FK EkranasFree transferJanuary 30, 2025FW Sebastian AndersonColorado RapidsFree transferFebruary 6, 2025DF TJ PresthusYale BulldogsFree transferFebruary 12, 2025GK Antony SiahaIndy ElevenFree transferFebruary 25, 2025MF Junior Moreira Cancún F.C.UndisclosedFebruary 26, 2025FW Jack PanayotouNew England RevolutionLoanApril 25, 2025MF Baboucarr NjieFree agentSigningJuly 29, 2025MF Owen PresthusColumbus CrewLoanAugust 15, 2025GK John BernerFree agentSigningAugust 27, 2025
Out PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSourceMF Anderson AsieduFree AgentEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024MF Danny BarreraFree AgentEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024FW Tyler FreemanCarolina Core FCLoan returnDecember 4, 2024GK Greg MonroeFree AgentEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024MF Joe SchmidtRetiredEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024MF Thomas VancaeyezeeleTampa Bay RowdiesEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024DF Triston HodgeNorth CarolinaEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024DF Younes BoudadiLas Vegas LightsEnd of contractDecember 4, 2024FW Marcus EppsLexington SCFree transferDecember 12, 2024MF Jay ChapmanDetroit City FCTransferFebruary 3, 2025GK Renan RibeiroFree AgentMutual terminationFebruary 7, 2025FW Mamadou DiengMinnesota United$300,000August 22, 2025FW Deshane BeckfordWestchester SCLoanAugust 29, 2025
Competitions
Friendlies
USL Championship
Standings
Matches
USL Championship playoffs
As the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, Hartford clinched a playoff position, being matched up away against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. Playing away in Pittsburgh, Hartford Athletic's season came to an end, losing in a penalty shootout to the Riverhounds 4–2, following a scoreless match.
US Open Cup
USL Cup
Table
Matches
Group stage
Knockout stage
References