Season | 2016 |
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Champions | New York Cosmos |
Spring Champions | Indy Eleven |
Fall Champions | New York Cosmos |
Matches played | 187 |
Goals scored | 441 (2.36 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Christian Ramirez (18) |
Biggest home win | 5 goals: NYC 6–1 CAR (August 27) |
Biggest away win | 4 goals: MNU 0–4 MIA (Aug 6) |
Highest scoring | 7 goals: IND 5–2 JAX (August 3) NYC 6–1 CAR (August 27) |
Longest winning run | 5 games: FC Edmonton (Jul 27 – Aug 20) |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 games: Indy Eleven (Apr 2 – Jul 11) |
Longest winless run | 10 games: Puerto Rico (Jul 30 – Sep 17) |
Longest losing run | 5 games: Jacksonville (Jul 13 – Aug 3) |
Highest attendance | 10,156 MIA 1–1 TBR (April 9) |
Lowest attendance | 418 FTL 1–0 FCE (October 12) |
Total attendance | 885,337 |
Average attendance | 4,734 |
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The 2016 North American Soccer League season is the 49th season of Division II soccer in the United States and Canada, and the 6th season of the modern North American Soccer League.
Three expansion clubs joined the league, with Miami FC and Rayo OKC joining in the Spring season and Puerto Rico FC beginning competition in the Fall season. In December, 2015, the San Antonio Scorpions' home stadium, Toyota Field, was bought by the city of San Antonio for use by Spurs Sports & Entertainment to host a club in the USL, forcing the Scorpions to cease operations. [1] In January, 2016, the NASL suspended its operation of the Atlanta Silverbacks for the 2016 season and possibly beyond. [2] As a result, the Spring season was contested by 11 clubs and the Fall season by 12. The New York Cosmos are defending Soccer Bowl champions. A split season format was used for the 2016 season.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Puerto Rico | Expansion team | Adrian Whitbread | August 24, 2015 [3] | |||
Miami | Alessandro Nesta | August 31, 2015 [4] | ||||
Ottawa Fury | Marc Dos Santos | End of contract | November 20, 2015 | Pre-season | Paul Dalglish | November 20, 2015 [5] |
Jacksonville Armada | Eric Dade (int.) | End of interim period | November 24, 2015 | Tony Meola | November 24, 2015 [6] | |
Indy Eleven | Tim Regan (int.) | End of interim period | December 2, 2015 | Tim Hankinson | December 2, 2015 [7] | |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Günter Kronsteiner | End of contract | November 16, 2015 | Caio Zanardi | December 2, 2015 [8] | |
Minnesota United | Manny Lagos | Promotion to general manager | December 3, 2015 | Carl Craig | December 3, 2015 [9] | |
San Antonio Scorpions | Alen Marcina | Fired | November 1, 2015 [10] | Club defunct [11] | ||
Rayo OKC | Expansion team | Alen Marcina | January 7, 2016 [12] | |||
Atlanta Silverbacks | Gary Smith | Released | January 11, 2016 | Pre-season | Club on hiatus [13] | |
Rayo OKC | Alen Marcina | Mutual termination | August 1, 2016 | 5th | Gerard Nus | August 1, 2016 [14] |
Jacksonville Armada | Tony Meola | Fired | August 7, 2016 | 11th | Mark Lowry (int.) | August 7, 2016 [15] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York Cosmos (C, X) | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 65 | Championship qualifiers |
2 | Indy Eleven | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 55 | |
3 | FC Edmonton | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 53 | |
4 | Rayo OKC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 47 | |
5 | Minnesota United | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 41 | |
6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 41 | |
7 | Miami FC | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
8 | Carolina RailHawks | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 40 | |
9 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 39 | |
10 | Ottawa Fury | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 31 | |
11 | Jacksonville Armada | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 30 | |
12 | Puerto Rico FC | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 |
Indy Eleven | 1–0 | FC Edmonton |
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Ubiparipović 63' | Report Report | Diakité 83' Eckersley 90+2' |
Club | GP | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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Minnesota United | 16 | 137,161 | 9,460 | 6,101 | 8,573 | -2.2% |
Indy Eleven | 16 | 134,339 | 9,356 | 6,132 | 8,396 | -14.4% |
Tampa Bay Rowdies | 16 | 94,048 | 7,690 | 4,429 | 5,878 | 4.1% |
Ottawa Fury | 16 | 87,717 | 7,847 | 4,317 | 5,482 | 6.2% |
Miami | 16 | 86,833 | 10,156 | 1,229 | 5,427 | N/A |
Carolina RailHawks | 16 | 80,923 | 8,086 | 3,093 | 5,058 | 11.4% |
Puerto Rico | 11 | 41,811 | 6,474 | 1,233 | 3,801 | N/A |
New York Cosmos | 16 | 60,403 | 6,243 | 2,419 | 3,775 | -25.4% |
Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 55,988 | 5,313 | 1,254 | 3,499 | -55.9% |
Rayo OKC | 16 | 51,865 | 6,416 | 924 | 3,242 | N/A |
FC Edmonton | 16 | 32,959 | 3,130 | 1,243 | 2,060 | -28.7% |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 16 | 21,290 | 2,376 | 418 | 1,331 | -70.2% |
Total | 187 | 885,337 | 10,156 | 418 | 4,734 | -19.9% |
Source: NASL
Regular season
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Venue |
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1 | Miami | 1 – 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10,156 | April 9 | 2 | FIU Stadium |
2 | Miami | 1 – 1 | Minnesota United | 10,012 | September 24 | 24 | FIU Stadium |
3 | Miami | 1 – 1 | Minnesota United | 9,739 | August 27 | 20 | FIU Stadium |
4 | Minnesota United | 2 – 0 | Indy Eleven | 9,460 | July 16 | 14 | National Sports Center |
5 | Minnesota United | 0 – 1 | Jacksonville Armada | 9,402 | October 1 | 25 | National Sports Center |
Top scorers
Source: [17] | Top assistsSource: [17] |
Clean sheets
Source: NASL | Hat-tricks
|
Month | NASL Player of the Month | |||
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Player | Club | Stats | Ref | |
April | Austin da Luz | Carolina RailHawks | 3G | [18] |
May | Papé Diakité | FC Edmonton | 2G | [19] |
June | Éamon Zayed | Indy Eleven | 3G | [20] |
July | Christian Ramirez | Minnesota United | 7G, 1A | [21] |
August | Matt Van Oekel | FC Edmonton | 22SV, 0GA | [22] |
September | Darío Cvitanich | Miami | 3G | [23] |
NASL Best XI [32] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Player | Team | ||||
Goalkeeper | Matt Van Oekel | FC Edmonton | ||||
Defense | Ayoze | New York Cosmos | ||||
Defense | Justin Davis | Minnesota United | ||||
Defense | Albert Watson | FC Edmonton | ||||
Defense | Carlos Mendes | New York Cosmos | ||||
Midfield | Nazmi Albadawi | Carolina RailHawks | ||||
Midfield | Juan Arango | New York Cosmos | ||||
Midfield | Joe Cole | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||||
Midfield | Michel | Rayo OKC | ||||
Forward | Christian Ramirez | Minnesota United | ||||
Forward | Éamon Zayed | Indy Eleven |
Alen Marcina is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of USL Championship side San Antonio FC. He is a three-time champion with San Antonio Scorpions and Rayo OKC in the NASL.
The 2015 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season will be the team's fifth season in the North American Soccer League (NASL).
The 2015 season will be Minnesota United FC's sixth season of existence and their fifth consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2015 FC Edmonton season was the club's fifth season at the professional level in the North American Soccer League.
Rayo OKC, also known as Rayo Oklahoma City, was an American professional soccer team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) – the second tier of the American soccer pyramid – beginning with the 2016 season. They played home games at Yukon High School's Miller Stadium in Yukon, Oklahoma. The club permanently ceased operations following the 2016 season, citing huge financial losses, management issues and heavy competition from the nearby Oklahoma City Energy FC of the USL as the main reasons.
The 2016 season was Minnesota United FC's seventh season of existence and their sixth consecutive and final season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid. In 2017, Minnesota United FC joined MLS as an expansion team along with Atlanta United FC.
The 2016 Indy Eleven season was the club's third season of existence. The club continued to play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2016 Miami FC season is the club's first season of existence. The club plays in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2016 Rayo OKC season was the club's only season of existence, during which they played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season is the team's sixth season in the North American Soccer League (NASL).
The 2016 FC Edmonton season will be the club's sixth season of existence. The club will play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2016 New York Cosmos season was the new Cosmos' fourth season of existence, playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this is the eighteenth season of a club entitled New York Cosmos playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area.
The 2016 Jacksonville Armada FC season is the club's second season of existence. The club will play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's sixth NASL season, and seventh season overall since their formation in 2008. It was also their final season in the NASL, as the team switched leagues to the USL after the season ended.
The 2016 Puerto Rico FC season was the club's first season of existence. The club played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid, enter only in the Fall season in which they finished 9th.
The 2017 Puerto Rico FC season was the club's second season and first full season of existence. The club played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2017 New York Cosmos season was the new Cosmos' fifth season of existence, playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this was the 19th season of a club entitled New York Cosmos playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area.
The 2017 North American Soccer League season was the 50th season of Division II soccer in the United States and Canada, and the 7th season of the modern North American Soccer League. The defending champions are the New York Cosmos who defeated Indy Eleven in Soccer Bowl 2016.
The 2017 Indy Eleven season was the club's fourth season of existence. The club played in North American Soccer League, which was the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The 2017 Miami FC season was the club's second season of existence, and second season playing in the North American Soccer League. During the season Miami won both the Spring and Fall NASL season, qualifying for the end of season playoffs where they would go out on penalties to the New York Cosmos in the Semifinals. In the U.S. Open Cup, Miami reached the Quarterfinals before losing to USL side FC Cincinnati 0-1 in a game that had to be re-arranged due to bad weather. Stefano ended the season as the club's top goalscorer with 21 goals across all competitions, 17 coming in the NASL.
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