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2022 season | |||
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Owner | Jimmy Paola | ||
Head coach | Zach Agliata (until May 2) [1] Colton Bly (interim) | ||
Stadium | Marina Auto Stadium | ||
NISA | 10th | ||
NISA Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Third round | ||
Legends Cup | To be determined | ||
Independent Cup | Northeast Champions | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Canas-Jarquin (2) All: Fernandes (3) | ||
Average home league attendance | 880 | ||
Biggest win | 1–0 (vs. WMP (A), April 6, USOC) | ||
Biggest defeat | 1–6 (vs. MBFC (A), April 2, NISA) | ||
The 2022 Flower City Union season was the club's first season of existence, and their first in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), the third tier of American soccer. The Union's season began on March 26, 2022, and concluded on October 10, 2022.
The Union finished at the bottom of the NISA table.
The club's history begins in 2017, when the long-time professional soccer club in the Rochester metropolitan area, the Rochester Rhinos announced they were going on a hiatus beginning in 2018. The hiatus left the city without a professional soccer team for the first time since 19985, and left the city's soccer-specific stadium, Marina Auto Stadium, without a main tenant.
In 2020, a ownership group headed by David Weaver, the CEO and founder of Rochester-based Aphex BioCleanse Systems Inc. and a former Kodak optical engineer, submitted an application for a NISA team in Rochester. [2] [3] Mark Washo, a former Chief Business Officer with the Rhinos was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer and the group later announced a partnership with St. John Fisher College’s Sport Management Department. [4]
On December 17, 2020, NISA approved the group's expansion application, and the following day, it was revealed that the club's name would be the Flower City Union, a nod to Rochester's nickname as the Flower City. [5] [6] On April 14, 2021, the team logo and colors were introduced, the primary color being Lilac purple in honor of Rochester's signature flower. [7]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Assists | Signed from |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
13 | Steven Ortiz | ![]() | GK | December 1, 1999 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | Maykell Ortega | ![]() | GK | April 1, 1998 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Ben Watson | ![]() | RB | August 22, 1997 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | Andriy Demydiv | ![]() | DF | December 6, 1998 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | Nikkye De Point | ![]() | DF | September 10, 1998 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | Andrea Pregoni | ![]() | CB, RB | January 4, 1999 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | Collin Muller | ![]() | DF | March 18, 1998 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | Robert Williamson | ![]() | DF | August 28, 1997 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
September 7 | Flower City Union | 0–6 | Syracuse Pulse | Rochester, NY |
8:30 p.m. EDT | Report | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
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1 | California United Strikers FC | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 46 | 2.19 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
2 | Chattanooga FC | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 49 | 2.04 | |
3 | Michigan Stars FC | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 38 | 1.65 | Qualification for the play-offs |
4 | Albion San Diego | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 32 | 1.60 | |
5 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 30 | 1.30 | |
6 | Syracuse Pulse | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 25 | 1.14 | |
7 | Los Angeles Force | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 14 | 0.70 | |
8 | Flower City Union | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 57 | −44 | 9 | 0.39 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 54 | −41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 31 | −24 |
Last updated: September 2, 2022.
Source: Flower City Union
March 261 | Flower City Union | 0–1 | Syracuse Pulse | Rochester, NY |
12:00 p.m. EDT | Saling ![]() Brickman ![]() | Report | Jackson ![]() DaSilva ![]() MacDonald ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 880 [11] |
April 22 | Maryland Bobcats | 6–1 | Flower City Union | Boyds, MD |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Amo ![]() Espinal ![]() Solomon ![]() Amo ![]() Brickman ![]() | Report | Veerakone ![]() Canas-Jarquin ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: UNK Referee: Gary Gutierrez, Max Smith, Scarlet Agrawal, Steven Foster |
April 93 | Flower City Union | 0–3 | Michigan Stars | Rochester, NY |
12:00 p.m. EDT | Brickman ![]() | Report | Firmino ![]() Mujan ![]() Constant ![]() Firmino ![]() Brickman ![]() Zhongo ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: UNK |
April 234 | Flower City Union | 0–1 | Maryland Bobcats | Rochester, NY |
3:00 p.m. EDT | Williamson ![]() Kranick ![]() Demydiv ![]() | Report | Mason ![]() Majano ![]() Clegg ![]() Espinal ![]() Alvarado ![]() González ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 477 |
April 305 | Chattanooga FC | 0–1 | Flower City Union | Chattanooga, TN |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Gray ![]() Robertson ![]() Stripling ![]() | Report | Deas ![]() Fernandes ![]() | Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 3,260 [12] |
May 46 | Flower City Union | 1–2 | California United Strikers | Batavia, NY |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Canas-Jarquin ![]() Lee ![]() | Report | Nuño ![]() Kadono ![]() Treinen ![]() | Stadium: Vandetta Stadium Attendance: 243 |
Note: Match played at Vandetta Stadium, Batavia instead of the club's normal stadium, Marina Auto Stadium, Rochester, due to venue conflicts. [13] |
May 87 | Syracuse Pulse | 3–1 | Flower City Union | Syracuse, NY |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Jackson ![]() Kafari ![]() Satrustegui ![]() MacDonald ![]() | Report | Ainscough ![]() Fernandes ![]() Kranick ![]() Watson ![]() | Stadium: Lazer Stadium |
May 148 | Flower City Union | 2–1 | Maryland Bobcats | Rochester, NY |
3:00 p.m. EDT | Sobers-Assue ![]() Brickman ![]() Canas-Jarquin ![]() Ortega ![]() Demydiv ![]() Kranick ![]() | Report | Boone ![]() Gonzalez ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 717 |
May 219 | Flower City Union | 1–5 | Chattanooga FC | Rochester, NY |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Veerakone ![]() Sobers-Assue ![]() Ortega ![]() | Report | Naglestad ![]() Cerro ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
May 2810 | California United Strikers | 1–0 | Flower City Union | Irvine, CA |
10:00 p.m. EDT | Thierjung ![]() Kadono ![]() | Report | Veerakone ![]() Deas ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium |
June 111 | Bay Cities FC | 3–1 | Flower City Union | Redwood City, CA |
10:00 p.m. EDT | Paoli ![]() Romero ![]() Penner ![]() ![]() | Report | Fernandes ![]() ![]() Sierra ![]() | Stadium: Cañada College Soccer Field |
June 412 | Flower City Union | 2–1 | Valley United | Rochester, NY |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium | |||
Note: Result null and void after Valley United was expelled by the league. |
June 1113 | Michigan Stars | 3–0 | Flower City Union | Romeo, MI |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Mkuruva ![]() Juncaj ![]() Marić ![]() | Report | Stadium: Romeo Stadium |
June 1514 | Flower City Union | 0–3 | LA Force | Rochester, NY |
7:30 p.m. EDT | De Point ![]() | Report | Rivas Jr. ![]() ![]() McLaughlin ![]() ![]() Goñi ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
June 1815 | Flower City Union | 2–2 | Albion San Diego | Rochester, NY |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Lee ![]() Ainscough ![]() Saling ![]() Fernandes ![]() | Report | Diakhate ![]() Pelaez ![]() Hanson ![]() Malango ![]() Bazaes ![]() | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
July 316 | Michigan Stars | 0–0 | Flower City Union | Romeo, MI |
7:00 p.m. EDT | McCloud ![]() | Report | Lee ![]() Deas ![]() | Stadium: Romeo Stadium |
July 817 | Syracuse Pulse | 4–0 | Flower City Union | Syracuse, NY |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Lazer Stadium |
July 1618 | Flower City Union | 0–5 | Chattanooga FC | Rochester, NY |
EDT | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
August 1319 | Maryland Bobcats | 5–0 | Flower City Union | Boyds, ND |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
August 2020 | Flower City Union | 0–2 | Syracuse Pulse | Rochester, NY |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
August 2721 | Albion San Diego | 2–1 | Flower City Union | San Diego, CA |
9:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Canyon Crest Stadium |
August 3122 | LA Force | 2–2 | Flower City Union | Wilmington, CA |
10:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Casey Field |
September 723 | Flower City Union | — | Bay Cities FC | Rochester, NY |
8:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium | |||
Note: Match canceled after Bay Cities FC withdrew from the league. |
September 2424 | Chattanooga FC | v | Flower City Union | Chattanooga, TN |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Finley Stadium |
October 1025 | Flower City Union | v | Michigan Stars | Rochester, NY |
3:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
April 6Second round | Western Mass Pioneers (USL2) ![]() | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | Ludlow, MA |
4:30 p.m. EDT | Gutiérrez ![]() Matera ![]() Freitas ![]() | Report | Veerakone ![]() Fernandes ![]() Micheletti ![]() | Stadium: Lusitano Stadium Attendance: 363 Referee: Jeremy Scheer |
June 25First round | Flower City Union (NISA) ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Rochester, NY |
TBD EDT | Report | Stadium: Mariana Auto Stadium |
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute. [14]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NISA | NISA Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Legends Cup | Independent Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Russell Robles | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | Ben Watson | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | MF | ![]() | Alex Ainscough | 16 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() | Andriy Demydiv | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() | Nikkye De Point | 11 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() | Andrea Pregoni | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() | Jay Yun Lee | 11 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | FW | ![]() | Jordan Saling | 14 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | Arion Sobers-Assue | 11 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() | Giancarlo Canas-Jarquin | 14 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() | Jose Sierra | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | ![]() | Colin Muller | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | GK | ![]() | Steven Ortiz | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() | Quinton Carey | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() | Robert Williamson | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() | Hunter Kassel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | GK | ![]() | Maykell Ortega | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() | Suniel Veerakone | 17 | 3 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
21 | MF | ![]() | Ozlo Rigby | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | DF | ![]() | Mitchell Brickman | 12 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() | Lukas Fernandes | 15 | 4 | 12+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() | Marcus Micheletti | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | MF | ![]() | Jordan Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | FW | ![]() | Dre Deas | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
71 | MF | ![]() | Noah Cavanaugh | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
82 | FW | ![]() | Ryan Curtis | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
88 | FW | ![]() | Auston Kranick | 15 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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