Pre-season

Austin FC ended the 2023 season with multiple players at the end of their contract. The front office made their first move by signing Ethan Finlay to a new one-year contract with an option for a second year at the end of October.^[6] In addition to working on their roster Austin FC started making plans for their 2024 pre-season, announcing they would participate in the AEG sponsored Coachella Valley Invitational taking place February 4–17, 2024.^[7] In mid-November 2023, Austin FC announced their initial roster changes for the 2024 season. Alexander Ring met his performance metrics and his contract was extended automatically through the 2024 season. Both Daniel Perreira's and Damian Las's options were exercised for 2024. Charlie Asensio, Will Bruin, Sofiane Djeffal, Kipp Keller, Adam Lundqvist, Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez, Rodney Redes, Memo Rodriguez, and Maximiliano Urruti options were all declined. Brandan Craig will return to the Philadelphia Union at the end of his loan.^[8]

Austin started the month of December, by announcing they had exercised Hector Jiménez option for the 2024 season.^[9] On December 11, 2023, Austin FC traded Nick Lima to the New England Revolution for $300,000 in GAM.^[10] On December 14, Austin traded up for the first pick in the 2023 MLS Re-Entry Draft^[11] and subsequently picked Jáder Obrian, who had previously played for FC Dallas.^[12] On December 19, 2023, Austin FC chose Nate Jones from University of Washington with the 5th overall pick,^[13] and subsequently traded him for $250,000 GAM and the 31st pick. Austin FC then picked Bryant Farkarlun from UT Rio Grande Valley with that pick.^[14] Austin FC signed Stefan Cleveland on December 24, 2023 as a free agent, bringing the roster up to four goalkeepers.^[15] On January 9, 2024, Austin FC announced they had traded Jhohan Romaña to the Argentine team San Lorenzo de Almagro^[16] for $750,000.^[17] The same day the team announced they had signed defender Guilherme Biro as a free agent. Biro spent the previous season with Brazilian team Mirassol.^[18] On January 10, Austin FC announced the signing of their second homegrown player, Micah Burton. Burton was signed to Austin FC II for the 2023 MLS Next Pro season and has multiple appearances with the United States men's national under-17 soccer team.^[19] The team reported for pre-season on January 13, 2024, and announced that Sebastián Driussi had obtained his green card and no longer would occupy an international spot on the roster.^[20]

In

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
December 24, 2023	GK		Stefan Cleveland	Seattle Sounders FC	Free Agent	[15]
January 9, 2024	DF		Guilherme Biro	Mirassol	Free Agent	[18]
January 10, 2024	MF		Micah Burton	Austin FC II	Free	[19]

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
November 17, 2023	DF	26	Charlie Asensio		Declined contract option	N/A	[8]
	FW	29	Will Bruin		Declined contract option	N/A
	MF	22	Sofiane Djeffal		Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	4	Kipp Keller		Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	21	Adam Lundqvist		Declined contract option	N/A
	FW	28	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez		Declined contract option	N/A
	FW	11	Rodney Redes		Declined contract option	N/A
	MF	30	Memo Rodríguez		Declined contract option	N/A
	FW	37	Maximiliano Urruti		Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	27	Brandan Craig		Loan expiration	N/A
December 11, 2023	DF	24	Nick Lima	New England Revolution	Trade	$300,000 in 2024 GAM	[10]
January 9, 2024	DF	3	Jhohan Romaña	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Trade	$750,000[17]	[16]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
2	FW	Moussa Djitté	Bandırmaspor	July 3, 2023	June 30, 2024	[24]

MLS Re-Entry Draft picks

2024 Austin FC SuperDraft Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	Team	Notes	Ref.
1	1	Jáder Obrian	FW	FC Dallas	Pick received from Toronto FC	[11][12]
2	5 (34)	None

MLS SuperDraft picks

New contracts

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
October 31, 2023	MF	13	Ethan Finlay	2024 + 1yr option	[6]

Preseason

Overall record

Major League Soccer Regular Season

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup		U.S. Open Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Brad Stuver	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Matt Hedges	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	COL	Jhojan Valencia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	VEN	Daniel Pereira	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ARG	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	FIN	Alexander Ring	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ARG	Sebastián Driussi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	USA	Damian Las	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	USA	Ethan Finlay	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	FIN	Leo Väisänen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	USA	Hector Jiménez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	IRL	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	CRC	Julio Cascante	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	USA	CJ Fodrey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	GK	USA	Matt Bersano	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	SVN	Žan Kolmanič	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	FRA	Valentin Noël	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	USA	David Rodríguez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	USA	Owen Wolff	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	COL	Jáder Obrian	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	USA	Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	BRA	Guilherme Biro	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	USA	Micah Burton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			National Cup			Other			Total
1	GK	Brad Stuver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Matt Hedges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Jhojan Valencia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Daniel Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Alexander Ring	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Sebastián Driussi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	Damian Las	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Ethan Finlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Leo Väisänen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CB	Hector Jiménez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CB	Julio Cascante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	CJ Fodrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Matt Bersano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	LB	Žan Kolmanič	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Valentin Noël	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	David Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Owen Wolff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Jáder Obrian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Guilherme Biro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Micah Burton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0