“I do believe strongly that it would be a good thing to have a stadium specifically designed for soccer in a global city as incredibly diverse as New York,” Ms. Glen said. “We’re going to have the World Cup in 2026.”

“But,” she added, “it is way too early to say it’s happening in the Bronx as opposed to Queens. All these locations require discretionary approvals.”

Melinda Katz, the Queens Borough president, has favored the development of a soccer stadium or a hockey arena at Willets Point.

Rubén Díaz Jr., the Bronx borough president, said he looks “forward to working with community leaders, elected officials and other stakeholders to examine the pros and cons of this proposal and to ensure that any potential development works for the people of my borough.”

New York City F. C. is owned by a joint venture of the Yankees and an investment group led by Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi who also owns Manchester City Football Club, a top soccer team in England.

New York City F.C. has played most of its home games at Yankee Stadium, where more than 30,000 fans attended a match on Sunday. Earlier this year, the team opened a new training center in Orangeburg, N.Y., and has completed the creation of 10 junior-sized soccer fields in New York City in partnership with Adidas and the U.S. Soccer Foundation.

Wherever New York City F.C. builds a stadium, however, it would not be big enough for World Cup matches, which can fill stadiums with 80,000 seats or more. New York City F.C.’s stadium would have about 26,000 seats and cost an estimated $400 million, according to an executive who has been briefed on the project but was not authorized to discuss it.