Boston City FC was founded in 2015 by Renato Valentim and
Jorge Ferreira da Silva (Palhinha). In their inaugural season (2016), the club placed second in NPSL's 9-team Northeast Atlantic Conference. With its inaugural season results, City qualified for the
2017 U.S. Open Cup via an At-Large berth. The team won its first tournament game on May 10, defeating
PDL side
Western Mass Pioneers via penalty kicks. The Lions lost 2-1 at home to
GPS Omens of the BSSL in the second round. In early 2018, the organization announced a second team that would compete within the Bay State Soccer League, a fully amateur state run league affiliated within
Region I of the
United States Adult Soccer Association. The team, initially called "Boston City FC Under 20s" and later simply 'Boston City FC II', competed within Division 3 North in both 2018 and 2019. The second team also entered
2019 U.S. Open Cup qualification in late 2018, reaching the second round before falling to Safira FC. Having not played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston City FC returned in 2021 under new head coach and former defender Gabriel De Souza, finishing fifth in the NPSL North Atlantic Conference with a 3-6-1 record. Boston City FC moved to
USL League Two on January 24, 2022. Boston City's home kit typically consists of all red, with two vertical stripes of navy blue and white on the left chest. This design is reminiscent of the home kit worn by
Boston Minutemen, the city's former
North American Soccer League club during the mid-1970s. == Roster ==