2017 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos

2017 season
Owner	New York Cosmos LLC
Chairman	Rocco B. Commisso
Head coach	Giovanni Savarese
Stadium	MCU Park Brooklyn, New York [1]
NASL	Spring: Third Fall: Fourth Combined: Fourth
Soccer Bowl	Runners-Up
U.S. Open Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Emmanuel Ledesma (10) All: Emmanuel Ledesma (10)
Highest home attendance	6,818 October 14 v FC Edmonton
Lowest home attendance	2,240 May 14 v Puerto Rico FC
Average home league attendance	4,891
Home colors Away colors
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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.

Background

Further information: 2016 New York Cosmos season

The 2016 season saw the Cosmos achieve a league-best 20–5–7 combined regular season record. In the Soccer Bowl playoffs, the Cosmos defeated Rayo OKC in the semifinals before beating Indy Eleven in penalty kicks in Soccer Bowl 2016 on November 13, 2016. It was the franchise's sixth division two honor. Including the previous franchise, it was the Cosmos' eighth Soccer Bowl title. ^[2]

Following that successful 2016 Championship run, the Cosmos and the league faced serious questions on survival. In the week after the championship game, league officials and team owners met in Atlanta for a crisis meeting on November 29. Two franchises (Ottawa Fury FC and Tampa Bay Rowdies) had already made plans to leave for the USL. The Cosmos had already started laying off front office staff and entered furlough on other staff and club members. ^[3]

On December 14, Cosmos chairman Seamus O'Brien publicly announced that the Cosmos will not field a team in 2017. ^[4] The USSF still had not made a decision on the divisional status of the NASL or USL. The announcement and talks had been delayed several times, and O'Brien felt that the Cosmos could not play in a Division 3 sanctioned league. By this time the Cosmos had released all of their players and coaching staff from their contracts and left a skeleton crew to operate the front office.

The following players signed with other teams prior to the announcement of the Cosmos returning for 2017. (Danny Szetela had signed with the NASL expansion San Francisco Deltas but returned to the Cosmos.)

No.	Pos.	Player	Signed With	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	FW	Jairo Arrieta	Herediano	Signed	19 December 2016	[5]
77	FW	Lucky Mkosana	IFK Mariehamn	Signed	1 January 2017	[6]
7	FW	Yasmani Duk	Ettifaq FC	Signed	2 January 2017	[7]
16	MF	Adam Moffat	Sacramento Republic FC	Signed		[8]
23	DF	Jimmy Ockford	Reno 1868 FC	Signed	10 January 2017	[9]
18	MF	Juan Arango	Zulia FC	Signed		[10]
19	MF	Yohandry Orozco	Zulia FC	Signed
21	FW	David Diosa	OKC Energy FC	Signed	12 January 2017	[11]
15	MF	Ruben Bover	Barnet	Signed	27 January 2017	[12]

On January 6, 2017; the USSF announced that they had granted the NASL and USL provisional Division 2 status for the 2017 seasons. Both leagues received waivers to structuring laws and regulations that must be met to keep their Division 2 status in the following years. ^[13] Four days later on January 10, the Cosmos publicly announced that Rocco Commisso (CEO of Mediacom) had taken over as majority owner of the team. ^[14] The Italian had emigrated to the United States when he was a child and played for Columbia University's soccer program before trying out for the US Men's National Olympic Team in 1972. Columbia University's soccer stadium is named after him, leading many to believe that the Cosmos may play there or at MCU Park in 2017.

On February 2; the club made the "re-rebirth" official by announcing that many players have already returned and that they will be playing 16 regular season games at MCU Park in Brooklyn. ^[15] Season tickets went on sale first to former season ticket holders on February 3.^{[ citation needed ]}

On March 17, 2017, the team announced a new broadcasting deal with MSG and WPIX-TV. Their previous broadcaster, One World Sports, had been shut down. ^{[16] [17]}

Club

Kit

Supplier: Inaria / Sponsor: Emirates (airline)
Last Update: November 12 game @ San Francisco Deltas

Home 2 Games

Home alt. 17 Games

Away 9 Games

Away alt. 7 Games

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. ^[18]

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Jimmy Maurer   United States 2 DF Ryan Richter   United States 3 DF David Ochieng   Kenya 4 DF Carlos Mendes   United States 11 MF Andrés Flores   El Salvador 12 GK Kyle Zobeck   United States 14 MF Danny Szetela   United States 16 MF Juan Francisco Guerra   Venezuela 17 DF Ayoze García   Spain 20 MF Wálter Restrepo   Colombia 24 GK Brian Holt   United States 26 MF Eric Calvillo   United States 28 DF Jimmy Mulligan   United States 29 DF Alexis Velela   United States

Competitions

Exhibition

Match reports

Atlántico FC v New York Cosmos

February 28, 2017Friendly	Atlántico FC	0—1	New York Cosmos	Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
TBD EDT UTC−4		Report	Guerra 49'	Stadium: Estadio Leonel Plácido

Atlético Pantoja v New York Cosmos

March 3, 2017Friendly	Atlético Pantoja	0—2	New York Cosmos	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
TBD EDT UTC−4		Report	Starikov 77' Herrera 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico

Dominican Republic v New York Cosmos

March 5, 2017Friendly	Dominican Republic	1—5	New York Cosmos	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
TBD EDT UTC−4	Espinal 44'	Report	Márquez 15' (pen.) Ledesma 20' Herrera 47', 50' Mancini 82'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico

Bermuda v New York Cosmos

March 19, 2017Friendly	Bermuda	1—1	New York Cosmos	Hamilton, Bermuda
14:00 EDT UTC−4	Ming 58'	Report	Flores 90+1'	Stadium: Bermuda National Stadium Referee: Anthony Bailey

Al-Hilal FC v New York Cosmos

May 20, 2017Friendly	Al-Hilal FC	0—0	New York Cosmos	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

New York Cosmos v Valencia CF

July 22, 2017Friendly	New York Cosmos	2—0	Valencia CF	Regina, Saskatchewan
	Calvillo 53' Ledesma 77'	Highlights		Stadium: Mosaic Stadium

Exhibition Statistics

3 Goals

• Irvin Herrera

2 Goals

• Emmanuel Ledesma

1 Goal

• Juan Francisco Guerra
• Eugene Starikov
• Javi Márquez
• Andrea Mancini
• Andrés Flores
• Eric Calvillo

NASL Spring Season

Main article: 2017 North American Soccer League season

The NASL regular season will now feature two equal seasons

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami FC (S)	16	11	3	2	33	11	+22	36	Playoffs
2	San Francisco Deltas	16	7	5	4	17	20	−3	26
3	New York Cosmos	16	6	6	4	22	21	+1	24
4	Jacksonville Armada	16	6	6	4	17	16	+1	24
5	North Carolina FC	16	6	3	7	21	22	−1	21
6	Indy Eleven	16	4	8	4	21	22	−1	20
7	FC Edmonton	16	4	1	11	11	21	−10	13
8	Puerto Rico FC	16	1	6	9	19	28	−9	9

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(S) Spring season champion

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	6	4	22	21	+1	24	2	4	2	14	16	−2	4	2	2	8	5	+3

Last updated: July 18, 2017.
Source: http://www.nycosmos.com/standings

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W
Position	5	7	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on July 18, 2017. Source: nycosmos.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

Puerto Rico FC v New York Cosmos

March 25, 2017Match 1	Puerto Rico FC	0—0	New York Cosmos	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 EDT UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 5,692 Referee: Kevin Morrison

New York Cosmos v Miami FC

April 1, 2017Match 2	New York Cosmos	0—3	Miami FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Szetela  53' Mulligan	Report	Mares 51' 54' Richter 67' (o.g.) Stéfano 71' Poku  74'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 6,274 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Miami FC v New York Cosmos

April 8, 2017Match 3	Miami FC	0—2	New York Cosmos	Miami, Florida
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Ryan  63' Lahoud  84' Freeman  90+3'	Report	Guerra  37' Szetela 58' Márquez  77' Ayoze 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Marcos De Oliveira

New York Cosmos v Jacksonville Armada FC

April 22, 2017Match 4	New York Cosmos	1—1	Jacksonville Armada FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Márquez 22' Ochieng  56'	Report	George  36' Beckie  60' Banks 67'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 3,605 Referee: Sorin Stoica

San Francisco Deltas v New York Cosmos

April 29, 2017Match 5	San Francisco Deltas	0—1	New York Cosmos	San Francisco, California
22:00 EDT UTC−4	Portilla  18' Teijsse  59' Bekker  86'	Report	Ledesma  26'69' Mulligan  60' Szetela  78'	Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 3,302 Referee: Timothy Ford

Jacksonville Armada FC v New York Cosmos

May 6, 2017Match 6	Jacksonville Armada FC	1—1	New York Cosmos	Jacksonville, Florida
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Banks  83' Steinberger 90+5'	Report	Barnes  11' Márquez 24' 25' Ledesma  45+1' Ochieng  87'	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

New York Cosmos v Puerto Rico FC

May 14, 2017Match 7	New York Cosmos	4—3	Puerto Rico FC	Brooklyn, New York
13:00 EDT UTC−4	Richter  24'50' Flores 42' Guerra 45+2' Restrepo 58' Márquez  80'	Report	Gentile 15' Welshman 16' Yuma  35' Cristiano 64' (pen.) Kavita  80'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 2,240 Referee: Jorge RamÍrez

New York Cosmos v San Francisco Deltas

May 27, 2017Match 8	New York Cosmos	0—0	San Francisco Deltas	Brooklyn, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Ledesma  45+1' Restrepo  63' Guerra  90+6'	Report	Gibson  43' Jordan  58' Jackson  69' Teijsse  90+3'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 5,421 Referee: Victor Rivas

North Carolina FC v New York Cosmos

June 4, 2017Match 9	North Carolina FC	0—1	New York Cosmos	Cary, North Carolina
16:00 EDT UTC−4		Report	Guerra 52' Szetela  75' Holt  80' Flores  90+1'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

New York Cosmos v FC Edmonton

June 7, 2017Match 10	New York Cosmos	2—4	FC Edmonton	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Herrera 45+1' Barnes  74' Guerra  79' Ayoze 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Diakité  60' Nyassi 69' Ameobi 72', 89' Keegan 85'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Geoff Gamble

New York Cosmos v North Carolina FC

June 10, 2017Match 11	New York Cosmos	2—2	North Carolina FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Herrera 7' Mendes  30' Alhassan 84'	Report	Schuler 11' Laing 45' Ibeagha  90+4'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,285 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

New York Cosmos v Puerto Rico FC

June 16, 2017Match 12	New York Cosmos	4—2	Puerto Rico FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Ayoze 13' Márquez  60' Ledesma 69' Restrepo 74' Vranjicán 90+4'	Report	Soria  12' Puerto 17' Doyle 24' 26' Gentile  39' Quintillà  43' Dawson  81' Culbertson  90+1'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,927 Referee: David Gantar

Miami FC v New York Cosmos

June 24, 2017Match 13	Miami FC	2—1	New York Cosmos	Miami, Florida
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Stefano 20' Rennella 48' Mares  56' Poku  59'	Report	Ledesma 6' Ricther  16' Guerra  18' Ochieng  51'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 6,215 Referee: Timothy Ford

New York Cosmos v Indy Eleven

July 4, 2017Match 14	New York Cosmos	1—1	Indy Eleven	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Calvillo  67' Ledesma 86' (pen.) Richter  90'	Report	Speas 33' Goldsmith  72' Palmer  83' Falvey  90'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 6,734 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Indy Eleven v New York Cosmos

July 8, 2017Match 15	Indy Eleven	2—1	New York Cosmos	Indianapolis, Indiana
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Smart 17' (pen.) Braun 75'	Report	Ledesma 27' Bardic  90+1'	Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium Attendance: 8,748 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

FC Edmonton v New York Cosmos

July 15, 2017Match 16	FC Edmonton	0—1	New York Cosmos	Edmonton, Alberta
21:00 EDT UTC−4	Eustáquio  29' Smith  62' Watson  88'	Report	Calvillo 79'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 4,096 Referee: Juan Márquez

NASL Fall Season

Main article: 2017 North American Soccer League season

The NASL regular season will now feature two equal seasons

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami FC (F)	16	10	3	3	28	17	+11	33	Playoffs
2	San Francisco Deltas	16	7	7	2	24	15	+9	28
3	North Carolina FC	16	5	9	2	25	15	+10	24
4	New York Cosmos	16	4	9	3	34	30	+4	21
5	Jacksonville Armada	16	4	7	5	21	22	−1	19
6	Puerto Rico FC	16	4	4	8	13	23	−10	16
7	FC Edmonton	16	3	5	8	14	21	−7	14
8	Indy Eleven	16	3	4	9	18	34	−16	13

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(F) Fall season champion

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	4	9	3	34	30	+4	21	3	4	2	17	15	+2	1	5	1	17	15	+2

Last updated: October 28, 2017.
Source: http://www.nycosmos.com/standings

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W
Position	1	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2017. Source: nycosmos.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

New York Cosmos v Miami FC

July 29, 2017Match 1	New York Cosmos	3—1	Miami FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Ledesma  19' Flores  25' Guerra  36' Calvillo 64', 79' 82' Moyal 90' 90+1'	Report	Freeman  25' Poku 69' Ryan  82'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 5,416 Referee: Ramy Touchan

San Francisco Deltas v New York Cosmos

August 5, 2017Match 2	San Francisco Deltas	2—1	New York Cosmos	San Francisco, California
22:00 EDT UTC−4	Heinemann  26'45+1' (pen.) Reiner  33' Hopkins 36' Dagoberto  45+5' Jackson  75'	Report	Vranjicán 3' Ochieng  38' Ayoze  82'	Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 3,369 Referee: Malik Badawi

FC Edmonton v New York Cosmos

August 11, 2017Match 3	FC Edmonton	1—1	New York Cosmos	Edmonton, Alberta
21:00 EDT UTC−4	Fordyce 45' Corea  83'	Report	Ledesma 66' Ayoze  81' Guerra  84' Moyal  87'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,758 Referee: Alain Ruch

New York Cosmos v Indy Eleven

August 19, 2017Match 4	New York Cosmos	3—3	Indy Eleven	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Jakovic 29' Vranjicán 50' Mulligan  57' Guerra 84'	Report	Torrado 10', 14' 35' Zayed 53' Smart  90+8'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 6,110 Referee: David Gantar

North Carolina FC v New York Cosmos

August 26, 2017Match 5	North Carolina FC	2—2	New York Cosmos	Cary, North Carolina
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Albadawi  45'46' Molano  86' Gorne 90'	Report	Vranjicán  19' Flores 59' Starikov 71' Szetela  90+1' Richter  90+6'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,205 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

New York Cosmos v Jacksonville Armada FC

September 3, 2017Match 6	New York Cosmos	0—2	Jacksonville Armada FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Barnes  9' Moyal  33' Maurer  33' Arango  90+2'	Report	Pitchkolan  23' Guerra 29' (o.g.) Kilduff 33' Rebellón  37' Shriver  64' Banks  69'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,873 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

Miami FC v New York Cosmos

September 6, 2017Match 7	Miami FC	3—3	New York Cosmos	Miami, Florida
20:00 EDT UTC−4	Lahoud  39' Freeman  41' Chavez 44', 63', 90'	Report	Bardic 10' Mendes  53' Richter  67' Vranjicán 81' Márquez 90+2'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 1,529 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Puerto Rico FC v New York Cosmos

September 9, 2017Match 8	Puerto Rico FC	—	New York Cosmos	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

New York Cosmos v Jacksonville Armada FC

September 17, 2017Match 8	New York Cosmos	3—3	Jacksonville Armada FC	Brooklyn, New York
17:00 EDT UTC−4	Ochieng  14' Márquez 79' Starikov 89' Guerra 90+4'	Report	Kilduff 13', 41' Blake 65' (pen.) George  75'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

New York Cosmos v San Francisco Deltas

September 20, 2017Match 9	New York Cosmos	2—2	San Francisco Deltas	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Guerra 19' 58' Vranjicán 61' (pen.) Ayoze  90+4'	Report	Jordan  16' Dyego  28' Stephens  62' Sandoval 80' (pen.), 85' Jackson  88'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,360 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

New York Cosmos v North Carolina FC

September 23, 2017Match 10	New York Cosmos	0—2	North Carolina FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Mendes  37' Jakovic  89'	Report	Gorne 12' Albadawi  35' da Luz 45+3'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

New York Cosmos v Puerto Rico FC

October 1, 2017Match 11	New York Cosmos	1—0	Puerto Rico FC	Brooklyn, New York
17:00 EDT UTC−4	Mendes  13' Mulligan  58' Márquez 73' Ayoze  80' Jakovic  82' Maurer  90+2'	Report	Puerto  49' Martínez  54' Gentile  77' Ramírez  90+4'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Henrik Karlsson

Indy Eleven v New York Cosmos

October 7, 2017Match 12	Indy Eleven	2—2	New York Cosmos	Indianapolis, Indiana
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Smart 27' Falvey  32' Ring  53' Torrado  53' Zayed 64' 90+3'	Report	Ledesma 36' Márquez 69' Ochieng  90+3'	Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium Attendance: 8,998 Referee: Juan Guzman Jr

New York Cosmos v FC Edmonton

October 14, 2017Match 13	New York Cosmos	0—0	FC Edmonton	Brooklyn, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Calvillo  51'	Report	Eustáquio  23'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 6,818 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

Puerto Rico FC v New York Cosmos

October 18, 2017Match 14	Puerto Rico FC	1—4	New York Cosmos	Lauderhill, Florida
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Kafari  74' Rivera 89'	Report	Ayoze 35', 84' (pen.) Starikov 41' Bardic 74'	Stadium: Central Broward Regional Park Referee: Luis Guardia

Jacksonville Armada FC v New York Cosmos

October 22, 2017Match 15	Jacksonville Armada FC	4—4	New York Cosmos	Jacksonville, Florida
16:00 EDT UTC−4	Steinberger 4' Rebellón  14' Kilduff  18' Taylor  20' Beckie 22' 86' Ryden 26' Eloundou 79'	Report	Ochieng 7' Jakovic  18' Starikov 58' Mkosana 66' Mulligan 77'	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 7,611 Referee: Geoff Gamble

New York Cosmos v Puerto Rico FC

October 28, 2017Match 16	New York Cosmos	5—2	Puerto Rico FC	Brooklyn, New York
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Ledesma 51', 56', 67' Mendes 75' Mkosana 90+5'	Report	Welshman 48', 84' Soria  89'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 5,929 Referee: Malik Badawi

The Championship

Main article: Soccer Bowl 2017

Miami FC v New York Cosmos

November 5, 2017Semi-Final	Miami FC	0—0 (a.e.t.) (5 - 6 p)	New York Cosmos	Miami, Florida
5:00 PM EST UTC−5	Mares  56'	Report	Calvillo  24' Ledesma  65' Mendes  67' Szetela  103'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 7,115 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
	Penalties
	Michel Poku Martínez Chavez Stefano Freeman Trafford		Ayoze Szetela Calvillo Vranjicán Guerra Mkosana Starikov

San Francisco Deltas v New York Cosmos

November 12, 2017Soccer Bowl	San Francisco Deltas	2—0	New York Cosmos	San Francisco, California
8:00 PM EST UTC−5	Heinemann 19' (pen.) 31' Gibson  24' Peiser  90' Sandoval 90+5'	Report	Mulligan  45+3' Ayoze  87'	Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 9,691 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup

Match reports

Reading United AC v New York Cosmos

May 17, 2017Round 2	Reading United AC	3—2	New York Cosmos	Reading, Pennsylvania
7:00 EDT UTC−4	Marie 38' Micaletto 41' Pierrot 44' Adams  59'  90+2' Chanis  73'	NASL Report	Alhassan 11' Szetela 63' Márquez  75'	Stadium: Shirk Stadium Attendance: 347 Referee: Amber O'Connor

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		NASL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Jimmy Maurer	28	0	13+0	0	12+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	USA	Ryan Richter	25	1	15+1	1	6+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	KEN	David Ochieng	17	1	7+2	0	6+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	USA	Carlos Mendes	21	1	7+1	0	10+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	CAN	Dejan Jakovic	25	1	9+0	0	13+0	1	2+0	0	0+1	0
6	MF	ESP	Javi Márquez	30	6	12+1	2	13+1	4	2+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ISR	Kobi Moyal	10	1	0+0	0	2+7	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	MF	SLV	Andrés Flores	30	2	12+1	1	13+1	1	2+0	0	0+1	0
12	GK	USA	Kyle Zobeck	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	USA	Danny Szetela	24	2	12+3	1	4+3	0	0+1	0	1+0	1
16	MF	VEN	Juan Francisco Guerra	32	5	14+0	2	13+3	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ESP	Ayoze	30	5	11+0	3	15+1	2	2+0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ARG	Emmanuel Ledesma	21	10	8+1	5	9+1	5	2+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	SLV	Irvin Herrera	14	2	6+5	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	FW	COL	David Diosa	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	VEN	Juan Arango	3	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	SLV	Richard Menjívar	6	0	4+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	USA	Brian Holt	5	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	USA	Darrius Barnes	14	0	9+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF	USA	Eric Calvillo	19	3	2+2	1	11+1	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	UKR	Eugene Starikov	27	4	4+6	0	8+7	4	2+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	USA	Jimmy Mulligan	31	1	12+2	0	14+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
30	MF	USA	Salvatore Barone	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	ARG	Pablo Vranjicán	19	5	3+2	1	10+2	4	0+2	0	0+0	0
32	FW	MNE	Bljedi Bardic	10	2	0+3	0	5+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	DF	ENG	Harri Hawkins	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
77	FW	ZIM	Lucky Mkosana	11	2	0+0	0	2+7	2	0+2	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club:
8	MF	ITA	Andrea Mancini	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	ITA	Amauri	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	COL	Wálter Restrepo	14	2	11+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	MF	GHA	Kalif Alhassan	6	2	0+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
29	DF	USA	Alexis Velela	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	NASL Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	MF		18	Emmanuel Ledesma	5	5	0	0	10
2	MF		6	Javi Márquez	2	4	0	0	6
3	MF		16	Juan Francisco Guerra	2	3	0	0	5
	DF		17	Ayoze	3	2	0	0	5
	FW		31	Pablo Vranjicán	1	4	0	0	5
6	FW		27	Eugene Starikov	0	4	0	0	4
7	MF		26	Eric Calvillo	1	2	0	0	3
8	MF		11	Andrés Flores	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		14	Danny Szetela	1	0	0	1	2
	FW		19	Irvin Herrera	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		20	Wálter Restrepo	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		22	Kalif Alhassan	1	0	0	1	2
	FW		32	Bljedi Bardic	0	2	0	0	2
	FW		77	Lucky Mkosana	0	2	0	0	2
15	DF		2	Ryan Richter	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		3	David Ochieng	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		4	Carlos Mendes	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Dejan Jakovic	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Kobi Moyal	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		28	Jimmy Mulligan	0	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					22	34	0	2	58

Own goal scorers

Position	Team	Nation	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	NASL Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
DF	New York Cosmos		2	Ryan Richter	1	0	0	0	1
MF	New York Cosmos		16	Juan Francisco Guerra	0	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		NASL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
1		GK	Jimmy Maurer	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		DF	Ryan Richter	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	David Ochieng	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4		DF	Carlos Mendes	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Dejan Jakovic	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Javi Márquez	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8		MF	Kobi Moyal	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Andrés Flores	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Danny Szetela	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
16		MF	Juan Francisco Guerra	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
17		DF	Ayoze	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
18		MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
20		MF	Wálter Restrepo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Juan Arango	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		GK	Brian Holt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Darrius Barnes	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
26		MF	Eric Calvillo	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
28		MF	Jimmy Mulligan	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
31		FW	Pablo Vranjicán	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32		FW	Bljedi Bardic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	29	3	32	1	6	0	1	0	68	4

National Team Call-Ups

No.	Pos.	Player	National Team	Competition	Date	Source
11	MF	Andrés Flores	El Salvador	2017 Copa Centroamericana group stage	13-22 January 2017	[19]
11	MF	Andrés Flores		Friendlies	22-26 March 2017	[20]
19	FW	Irvin Herrera
23	MF	Richard Menjívar
3	DF	David Ochieng	Kenya		23-26 March 2017	[21]
3	DF	David Ochieng			5-12 June 2017	[22]
5	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Canada		5-16 June 2017
19	FW	Irvin Herrera	El Salvador		11 June 2017
23	MF	Richard Menjívar
5	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Canada	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup	7-26 July 2017	[23]
11	MF	Andrés Flores	El Salvador
19	FW	Irvin Herrera
23	MF	Richard Menjívar
3	DF	David Ochieng	Kenya	Friendlies	31 August - 2 September 2017	[24]
5	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Canada		2 September 2017
11	MF	Andrés Flores	El Salvador		8 October 2017	[25]
19	FW	Irvin Herrera
23	MF	Richard Menjívar
5	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Canada

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
16	MF	Juan Francisco Guerra	Tampa Bay Rowdies		20 January 2017	[26]
20	MF	Wálter Restrepo	Philadelphia Union		31 January 2017	[27]
23	MF	Richard Menjívar	Rayo OKC		16 February 2017	[28]
15	FW	Amauri	Fort Lauderdale Strikers		21 February 2017	[29]
6	MF	Javi Márquez	Granada CF	Spring Season Full Season Extension	24 February 2017 15 June 2017	[30] [31]
21	FW	David Diosa	OKC Energy FC		25 February 2017	[32]
27	FW	Eugene Starikov	Chornomorets Odesa		17 March 2017	[33]
22	MF	Kalif Alhassan	Tampa Bay Rowdies
5	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Shimizu S-Pulse		22 March 2017	[34]
18	MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	Panetolikos
25	DF	Darrius Barnes	New England Revolution		24 March 2017	[35]
30	MF	Salvatore Barone	Brooklyn Italians		27 March 2017	[36]
31	FW	Pablo Vranjicán	Pahang FA	Season Long	9 June 2017	[37]
77	FW	Lucky Mkosana	IFK Mariehamn		20 June 2017	[38]
8	MF	Kobi Moyal	Beitar Jerusalem F.C.		21 June 2017	[39]
22	MF	Juan Arango	Zulia FC		24 July 2017	[40]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Andrea Mancini	Free Agent	Released	22 April 2017
15	FW	Amauri
22	MF	Kalif Alhassan	Free Agent	Mutual Parting	19 July 2017	[41]
20	FW	Wálter Restrepo	Tampa Bay Rowdies		20 July 2017	[42]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
19	FW	Irvin Herrera	Saint Louis FC		2 February 2017	[43]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
1	GK	Jimmy Maurer	FC Dallas	Duration of Gold Cup	19 July 2017	[44]
29	DF	Alexis Velela	C.F. Motril	Through Remainder of Season	26 August 2017	[45]

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