Season | 2015 |
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Champions | New York Cosmos |
Spring Champions | New York Cosmos |
Fall Champions | Ottawa Fury |
Matches played | 165 |
Goals scored | 453 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stefano Pinho (16) |
Biggest home win | 6 goals: FTL 7–1 IND (Aug 29) |
Biggest away win | 4 goals: JAX 0–4 CAR (May 30) |
Highest scoring | 8 goals: FTL 7–1 IND (Aug 29) |
Longest winning run | 5 games: Ottawa Fury (Jul 19 – Aug 8) |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 games: Ottawa Fury (May 9 – Aug 8) Ottawa Fury (Aug 26 – Oct 31) |
Longest winless run | 8 games: Atlanta Silverbacks (Apr 25 – Jul 4) Jacksonville Armada (May 16 – Jul 15) |
Longest losing run | 4 games: Atlanta Silverbacks (May 24 – Jul 4) Carolina RailHawks (Aug 12 – 30) FC Edmonton (Oct 4 – 17) |
Highest attendance | 16,167 JAX 3–1 FCE (Apr 4) |
Lowest attendance | 1,112 FCE 4–0 SAS (Jul 5) |
Total attendance | 975,558 |
Average attendance | 5,912 |
← 2014 2016 → |
The 2015 North American Soccer League season was the 48th season of Division II soccer in the United States and the fifth season of the North American Soccer League. It was contested by eleven teams including two from Canada. Jacksonville Armada FC made their NASL debut this season. The defending Soccer Bowl champions were the San Antonio Scorpions, while Minnesota United FC were the defending North American Supporters' Trophy winners. A split season format was used for the 2015 season.
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit producer | Shirt sponsor |
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Atlanta Silverbacks | Gary Smith | Simon Mensing | Reto Sports | |
Carolina RailHawks | Colin Clarke | Connor Tobin | Adidas | Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC |
FC Edmonton | Colin Miller | Albert Watson | Adidas | The Fath Group |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Günter Kronsteiner | Iván Guerrero | Nike | Azul Airlines |
Indy Eleven | Tim Regan (interim) | Kristian Nicht | Diadora | Honda |
Jacksonville Armada FC | Eric Dade (interim) | Marcos Flores | Nike | Winn-Dixie |
Minnesota United FC | Manny Lagos | Aaron Pitchkolan | Inaria | Atomic Data / Mall of America |
New York Cosmos | Giovanni Savarese | Carlos Mendes | Nike | Emirates |
Ottawa Fury FC | Marc Dos Santos | Richie Ryan | Admiral | The Heart and Crown |
San Antonio Scorpions | Alen Marcina | Adrian Cann | Nike | Toyota |
Tampa Bay Rowdies | Stuart Campbell | Marcelo Saragosa | Nike | Hard Rock |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Atlanta Silverbacks | Alejandro Pombo | End of interim period | November 2, 2014 | Pre-Season | Gary Smith | December 23, 2014 |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Günter Kronsteiner | Not Returning | December 5, 2014 | Pre-Season | Marcelo Neveleff | January 19, 2015 |
Jacksonville Armada | Expansion team | José Luis Villarreal | June 14, 2014 [1] | |||
Tampa Bay Rowdies | Ricky Hill | Fired | November 18, 2014 | Pre-Season | Thomas Rongen | December 3, 2014 [2] |
Jacksonville Armada | José Luis Villarreal | Resigned | May 22, 2015 | 6th | Guillermo Ángel Hoyos | June 14, 2015 [3] |
Indy Eleven | Juergen Sommer | Fired | June 2, 2015 | 11th | Tim Regan (interim) | June 2, 2015 [4] |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Marcelo Neveleff | Resigned | June 7, 2015 | 10th | Iván Guerrero (interim) | June 7, 2015 [5] |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Iván Guerrero (interim) | End of interim period | June 30, 2015 | 8th | Günter Kronsteiner | June 30, 2015 [6] |
Tampa Bay Rowdies | Thomas Rongen | Fired | August 21, 2015 | 10th | Stuart Campbell | August 26, 2015 [7] |
Jacksonville Armada | Guillermo Ángel Hoyos | Fired | September 21, 2015 | 11th | Eric Dade (interim) | September 21, 2015 [8] |
The Spring season began on April 4 and ended on June 13. The schedule featured a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time. Each team hosted 5 home games and played 5 road games. The winner of the Spring season earned one of four berths in the playoffs, known as The Championship. [9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 |
The Fall season began on July 4 and ended on November 1. The schedule featured each team playing every other team in the league once at home and once away. The winner of the Fall season earned one of four berths in The Championship. [10]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 |
The Championship, culminating with Soccer Bowl 2015, was contested by the winners of the spring and fall seasons hosting the next best two teams in the full year regular season table. The half-season champions earned the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, with the higher seed going to the team with the better full-season record. The two next-best teams earned the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. The semi-finals had the No. 1 seed hosting the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed hosting the No. 3 seed. The winners met in the Soccer Bowl 2015 hosted by the team with the higher seed. [11]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New York Cosmos (C, X) | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 56 | Championship qualifiers [lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Ottawa Fury | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 56 | Championship qualifiers [lower-alpha 2] |
3 | Minnesota United | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 53 | Championship qualifiers [lower-alpha 3] |
4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 41 | |
5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 39 | |
6 | Carolina RailHawks | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 35 | |
7 | FC Edmonton | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 35 | |
8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
9 | Indy Eleven | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | |
10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 31 | |
11 | Jacksonville Armada | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 31 |
Semifinals | Soccer Bowl | ||||||||
1 | New York Cosmos | 2 | |||||||
4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 | |||||||
1 | New York Cosmos | 3 | |||||||
2 | Ottawa Fury | 2 | |||||||
2 | Ottawa Fury (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||
3 | Minnesota United | 1 |
New York Cosmos | 2–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
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Cellerino 37' 74' Senna 58' Raúl 61' Szetela 71' | Report Report | PC 16' Thomas 33' |
Club | GP | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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Indy Eleven | 15 | 147,139 | 10,524 | 8,500 | 9,809 | -6.3% |
Minnesota United | 15 | 131,499 | 9,418 | 5,890 | 8,767 | 9.9% |
Jacksonville Armada | 15 | 118,905 | 16,164 | 5,652 | 7,927 | N/A |
San Antonio Scorpions | 15 | 101,043 | 8,053 | 4,105 | 6,736 | -0.3% |
Tampa Bay Rowdies | 15 | 84,739 | 7,010 | 4,219 | 5,649 | 24.2% |
Ottawa Fury | 15 | 77,464 | 6,899 | 3,023 | 5,164 | 24.5% |
New York Cosmos | 15 | 75,927 | 12,550 | 3,326 | 5,062 | 7.6% |
Carolina RailHawks | 15 | 68,080 | 7,217 | 3,055 | 4,539 | -0.1% |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 15 | 67,067 | 11,691 | 1,278 | 4,471 | 9.9% |
Atlanta Silverbacks | 15 | 60,366 | 5,511 | 2,302 | 4,024 | -0.7% |
FC Edmonton | 15 | 43,329 | 4,240 | 1,112 | 2,889 | -14.6% |
Total | 165 | 975,558 | 16,164 | 1,112 | 5,912 | 7.5% |
Source: NASL
Top scorers
Source: [12] | Top assists
Source: [12] |
Clean sheets
Source: NASL | Hat-tricks
|
Month | NASL Player of the Month | |||
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Player | Club | Stats | Ref | |
April | Jimmy Maurer | New York Cosmos | 12SV, 1GA | [13] |
May | Raúl | New York Cosmos | 3G | [14] |
June | Romuald Peiser | Ottawa Fury | 9SV, 0GA | [15] |
July | Christian Ramirez | Minnesota United | 4G, 2A | [16] |
August | Stefano Pinho | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 6G, 1A | [17] |
September | Romuald Peiser | Ottawa Fury | 11SV, 2GA | [18] |
October | Stefano Pinho | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 4G, 3A | [19] |
NASL Best XI [28] | ||||||
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Position | Player | Team | ||||
Goalkeeper | Romuald Peiser | Ottawa Fury | ||||
Defense | Rafael Alves | Ottawa Fury | ||||
Defense | Justin Davis | Minnesota United | ||||
Defense | Carlos Mendes | New York Cosmos | ||||
Defense | Kevin Venegas | Minnesota United | ||||
Midfield | Richie Ryan | Ottawa Fury | ||||
Midfield | Lance Laing | FC Edmonton | ||||
Midfield | Ibson | Minnesota United | ||||
Midfield | James Marcelin | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||||
Forward | Stefano Pinho | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||||
Forward | Christian Ramirez | Minnesota United |
Romuald Désiré Peiser is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently serves as the goalkeeper coach for CF Montréal of Major League Soccer.
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