Age: 19
Position: Right Back
2021 League Games: 10 games, 3 starts, 375 minutes
2021 Postseason: 4 games, 4 starts, 420 minutes
What went right in 2021:
The numbers above say it all: New York City FC Homegrown Tayvon Gray featured only occasionally during the regular season, but he played every second of every game in the club’s run to the title—even if that meant gimping around with a leg cramp in extra time against New England Revolution.
The Bronx native wasn’t supposed to be the starting right-back in NYCFC’s most important games of the season.