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| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Charleston Battery |
| Commissioner's Cup | Orlando City SC |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 330 (2.5 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dennis Chin (11) |
| Biggest home win | CHB 4, ANT 0 (May 4) HAR 4, DDL 0 (May 19) DDL 4, WIL 0 (June 23) ORL 4, ROC 0 (July 14) ORL 4, CHB 0 (July 27) CHE 4, ANT 0 (August 4) |
| Biggest away win | ORL 4, LAB 0 (July 8) CHB 4, ROC 0 (August 11) |
| Highest scoring | WIL 4, LAB 2 (June 30) ORL 4, HAR 2 (August 1) |
| Longest winning run | 6 games: ROC (April 14 – May 12) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games: ORL (June 9 – August 17) |
| Longest winless run | 12 games: DDL (April 13 – June 17) |
| Longest losing run | 8 games: ANT (April 28 – June 29) |
| Highest attendance | 8,932 ORL vs DDL (August 17) |
| Lowest attendance | 200 LAB vs WIL (May 4) |
| Average attendance | 2,777 |
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The 2012 USL Pro season was the 26th season of third-division soccer in the United States, [1] and the second season of USL Pro. The season started with 11 teams. FC New York self-relegated to the National Premier Soccer League prior to the release of the schedule. The final weekend of the regular season was August 17–19.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For full list, see List of USL Pro transfers 2012.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando City SC (C) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 57 | Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye |
| 2 | Rochester Rhinos (A) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 41 | Playoffs 1st round bye |
| 3 | Charleston Battery (A) | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Richmond Kickers (A) | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 38 | |
| 5 | Wilmington Hammerheads (A) | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 37 | |
| 6 | Harrisburg City Islanders (A) | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Charlotte Eagles | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Los Angeles Blues | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 30 | |
| 9 | Dayton Dutch Lions | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 22 | |
| 10 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 17 | |
| 11 | Antigua Barracuda | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 50 | −34 | 16 |
| Color Key: Home •Away •Win •Loss •Draw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
| Antigua Barracuda FC (ANT) | PIT | PIT | CHE | CHE | WIL | CHB | ORL | ORL | CHB | ORL | CHB | CHB | ROC | HAR | LAB | LAB | PIT | DAY | RIC | CHE | LAB | LAB | RIC | RIC | |||||
| 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Charleston Battery (CHB) | RIC | RIC | CHE | PIT | ANT | ROC | LAB | PIT | DAY | ORL | ANT | HAR | ANT | ANT | CHE | CHE | WIL | ORL | ORL | WIL | WIL | HAR | ROC | DAY | |||||
| 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Charlotte Eagles (CHE) | ORL | DAY | CHB | HAR | ANT | ANT | HAR | ROC | ROC | WIL | ORL | RIC | RIC | LAB | CHB | CHB | PIT | WIL | RIC | RIC | ANT | PIT | DAY | WIL | |||||
| 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Dayton Dutch Lions (DDL) | CHE | PIT | ROC | RIC | LAB | ROC | HAR | ROC | CHB | PIT | LAB | LAB | WIL | ORL | PIT | ROC | HAR | HAR | WIL | RIC | ANT | CHE | ORL | CHB | |||||
| 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Harrisburg City Islanders (HAR) | CHE | WIL | CHE | RIC | PIT | DAY | ROC | RIC | WIL | ROC | ORL | CHB | ROC | PIT | ANT | DAY | DAY | PIT | LAB | ORL | CHB | RIC | LAB | LAB | |||||
| 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Los Angeles Blues (LAB) | ROC | ROC | WIL | WIL | DAY | PIT | ORL | CHB | DAY | DAY | CHE | WIL | RIC | ORL | ORL | ANT | ANT | ROC | HAR | PIT | ANT | ANT | HAR | HAR | |||||
| 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Orlando City SC (ORL) | CHE | WIL | RIC | RIC | PIT | ANT | ANT | LAB | CHE | WIL | CHB | ANT | HAR | DAY | PIT | LAB | LAB | ROC | CHB | WIL | CHB | HAR | ROC | DAY | |||||
| 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PIT) | ANT | ANT | DAY | CHB | WIL | ORL | LAB | HAR | RIC | CHB | DAY | ROC | WIL | ORL | DAY | HAR | RIC | CHE | HAR | ROC | ANT | LAB | CHE | ROC | |||||
| 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Richmond Kickers (RIC) | CHB | CHB | ORL | ORL | DAY | HAR | PIT | WIL | HAR | ROC | CHE | WIL | CHE | ROC | LAB | WIL | PIT | DAY | CHE | CHE | ANT | HAR | ANT | ANT | |||||
| 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||||||
| Rochester Rhinos (ROC) | LAB | LAB | DAY | CHE | CHE | CHB | DAY | HAR | DAY | RIC | WIL | HAR | PIT | RIC | HAR | ANT | DAY | WIL | ORL | PIT | LAB | ORL | CHB | PIT | |||||
| 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Wilmington Hammerheads (WIL) | ORL | HAR | PIT | ANT | LAB | LAB | CHE | RIC | ORL | ROC | HAR | RIC | PIT | DAY | LAB | RIC | ROC | CHB | DAY | CHE | ORL | CHB | CHB | CHE | |||||
| 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||||
The 2012 USL Pro Playoffs included the top six finishers in the table, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receiving a first-round bye on August 25. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams was played the following weekend, with the 2012 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 7–9. All playoff rounds featured a single-game knockout format.
| First Round | Semi-finals | USL Pro Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Orlando City SC | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Richmond Kickers | 2 | 5 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 3 | 3 | Charleston Battery | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Rochester Rhinos | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Charleston Battery | 2 | 3 | Charleston Battery (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 6 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 1 | ||||||||||||
| August 25, 20121st | Richmond Kickers | 2–3 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Richmond, Virginia |
| 7:00 pm EDT | Yeisley  12'Elcock 79' | Report Report | Briggs  57'Chirishian 69'Perry 72'Guzman 90'Parratt 90+3' | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Charles Carson |
| August 25, 20121st | Charleston Battery | 2–1 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 7:30 pm EDT | Paterson 40' (pen.) 89' Donatelli 45+1'Richter 80' | Report Report | Ombiji 16' Mellor 45'Pelletier 53'Basso 77' | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Augie Minasola |
| August 31, 2012SF | Orlando City SC | 3–4 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Orlando, Florida |
| 7:30 pm EDT | Luzunaris 44' O'Connor 61'Watson 81'90+' (pen.)Davis 90+' | Report Report | Hertzog 4' (pen.), 59' 90+' Holmes 9'Chirishian 29'30'Cole 32'Riley  64'Guzman 71'Hernandez 90+' | Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 7,887 Referee: Marcos Deliveira |
| August 31, 2012SF | Rochester Rhinos | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Charleston Battery | Rochester, New York |
| 7:35 pm EDT | McFayden 55' McManus 57'Hoxie 76'Cost 80'Fernández 90' | Report Report | Donatelli 90+' Hoffer 114' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,312 Referee: Vito Testa, Jr. |
| Penalties | ||||
Hoxie  Kyriazis  Earls Zamudio Roberts Nicht Rosenlund | Paterson Donatelli Azira Falvey Prince Wilson Mack | |||
| September 8, 2012F | Charleston Battery | 1–0 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 7:30 pm EDT | Azira 74' Falvey 75'Wiltse 87' | Report Report Report | Cole 34' Chirishian 46'Musa 66' | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,963 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
Championship Game MVP: Jose Cuevas (CHB)
| Rank | Player | Nation | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Chin |  USA | Orlando City SC | 11 |
| 2 | Nicki Paterson |  SCO | Charleston Battery | 10 |
| 3 | Corey Hertzog | USA | Wilmington Hammerheads | 9 |
| Matt Luzunaris | USA | Orlando City SC | ||
| 5 | Andriy Budnyy |  UKR | Wilmington Hammerheads | 8 |
| 6 | Jose Cuevas | USA | Charleston Battery | 7 |
| Lucky Mkosana |  ZIM | Harrisburg City Islanders | ||
| 8 | Bright Dike | USA | Los Angeles Blues | 6 |
| Matt Kassel | USA | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | ||
| Darryl Roberts |  TRI | Charlotte Eagles | ||
Source: [5]
(Minimum of 1080 Minutes Played)
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | MINS | SVS | GA | GAA | W-L-T | SHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Miguel Gallardo | Orlando City SC | 21 | 1845 | 53 | 16 | 0.780 | 14-0-6 | 8 |
| 2 |  Kristian Nicht | Rochester Rhinos | 22 | 1890 | 86 | 20 | 0.909 | 12-6-4 | 11 |
| 3 | Andrew Dykstra | Charleston Battery | 20 | 1800 | 57 | 20 | 1.000 | 11-7-2 | 9 |
| 4 | Eric Reed | Charlotte Eagles | 21 | 1890 | 64 | 21 | 1.000 | 9-9-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Ronnie Pascale | Richmond Kickers | 24 | 2154 | 95 | 27 | 1.128 | 11-8-5 | 7 |
| 6 | Matt Williams | Dayton Dutch Lions | 24 | 2147 | 115 | 29 | 1.215 | 4-10-10 | 5 |
| 7 | Nick Noble | Harrisburg City Islanders | 23 | 2050 | 70 | 29 | 1.273 | 9-7-7 | 8 |
| 8 | Alex Horwath | Wilmington Hammerheads | 24 | 2160 | 85 | 32 | 1.333 | 11-7-6 | 7 |
| 9 | Hunter Gilstrap | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 22 | 1980 | 92 | 35 | 1.590 | 4-13-5 | 3 |
| 10 |  Molvin James | Antigua Barracuda | 15 | 1268 | 56 | 33 | 2.342 | 3-9-1 | 0 |
Source: [5]
F: Dennis Chin (ORL), Jose Cuevas (CHB), Corey Hertzog (WIL)
M: J.C. Banks (ROC), Kevin Molino (ORL), Nicki Paterson (CHB)
D: Josh Rife (CHE), Troy Roberts (ROC), Rob Valentino (ORL), William Yomby (RIC)
G: Kristian Nicht (ROC)
F: Bright Dike (LAB), Matt Luzunaris (ORL), Lucky Mkosana (HAR)
M: Joel DeLass (DDL), Matt Kassel (PIT), Bryce Taylor (WIL)
D: Kieron Bernard (ORL), Erlys Garcia (LAB), Quentin Griffith (ANT), Jerome Mechack (ORL)
G: Miguel Gallardo (ORL)
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The 2011 F.C. New York season was the club's third year of existence, as well as their inaugural season of playing professional soccer. New York will be playing in the USL Professional Division, the third-tier of American soccer.
The 2011 Orlando City SC season, marked the club's first season in existence, and their first year in the third-tier USL Pro League. Previously, the club was known as the Austin Aztex FC before they were relocated to Orlando, Florida. They won a double, winning the Commissioner's Cup as the top team in the league's regular season, and winning the USL Pro Championship.
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The 2014 Charlotte Eagles season was the club's 22nd season of existence, their fourth season playing in the USL Professional Division.
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