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2017 North American Soccer League season

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.

North American Soccer League
Season2017
ChampionsSan Francisco Deltas
Spring ChampionsMiami FC
Fall ChampionsMiami FC
Matches played128
Goals scored338 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerStefano Pinho (17)
Biggest home winMIA 7–0 SFD
(July 8)
Biggest away winNYC 0–3 MIA
(April 1)
Highest scoringNYC 5–2 PRF
(October 28)
Longest winning run4 games
Miami FC
(April 29 – May 20)
(June 3 - June 24)
San Francisco Deltas
(June 10 – July 2)
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Miami FC
(April 22 – June 24)
Longest losing run5 games
Puerto Rico FC
(April 22 – May 20)
Highest attendance9,515
MIA 0–2 NYC
(April 8)
Lowest attendance780
JAX 1–2 PRF
(August 16)
Total attendance550,871
(123 of 128 games reported)
Average attendance4,479
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of November 9, 2017.

Eight clubs played in the NASL after provisional sanctioning by the United States Soccer Federation. Expansion side, San Francisco Deltas joined the league. After the 2016 season, Minnesota United left the league to join Major League Soccer, and the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury left the league to join the United Soccer League. The Carolina RailHawks FC rebranded as North Carolina FC. The Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Rayo OKC did not return to NASL for the 2017 season.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of NASL clubs

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityManagerCaptainKit Sponsor
FC EdmontonEdmontonClarke Stadium5,000 Colin Miller Albert WatsonThe Fath Group
Indy ElevenIndianapolisMichael A. Carroll Stadium10,524 Tim Hankinson Colin FalveyHonda
Jacksonville ArmadaJacksonvilleHodges Stadium12,000 Mark Lowry Aaron PitchkolanRP Funding
Miami FCMiamiRiccardo Silva Stadium20,000 Alessandro Nesta Jonathan Borrajo
New York CosmosNew York CityMCU Park7,000 Giovanni Savarese Carlos MendesFly Emirates
North Carolina FCRaleighWakeMed Soccer Park10,000 Colin Clarke Nazmi AlbadawiCircle K
Puerto Rico FCBayamónJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium22,000 Marco Vélez CristianoClaro
San Francisco DeltasSan FranciscoKezar Stadium10,000 Marc Dos Santos Nana Attakora

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Puerto Rico FC Adrian WhitbreadFiredMay 19, 20178th Place Marco Vélez (interim)May 19, 2017[1]
Marco Vélez (interim)End of Interim PeriodAugust 2, 20178th Place Marco VélezAugust 2, 2017[2]

Spring season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Miami FC (S)1611323311+2236Playoffs
2San Francisco Deltas167541720−326
3New York Cosmos166642221+124
4Jacksonville Armada166641716+124
5North Carolina FC166372122−121
6Indy Eleven164842122−120
7FC Edmonton1641111121−1013
8Puerto Rico FC161691928−99
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

Abbreviation and Color Key:
  • Home
  • Away
  • Win
  • Loss
  • Draw
ClubMatch
12345678910111213141516
FC EdmontonJAXJAXNCAPRFMIAINDSFDINDPRFNYCMIASFDSFDJAXNCANYC
0–10–11–32–10–20–00–12–10–34–20–10–10–10–12–10–1
Indy ElevenSFDPRFPRFSFDJAXFCEMIAMIAFCESFDJAXNCANCANYCNYCJAX
1–13–31–10–01–10–02–30–21–22–21–42–02–11–12–12–0
Jacksonville ArmadaFCEFCESFDNYCINDNYCNCASFDNCAMIAINDMIAFCEPRFPRFIND
1–01–00–01–11–11–11–33–02–10–14–10–41–00–01–10–2
Miami FCNCANYCNYCNCAFCEPRFINDINDPRFJAXFCEJAXNYCNCASFDSFD
1–13–00–21–12–02–13–22–01–11–01–04–02–10–17–03–1
New York CosmosPRFMIAMIAJAXSFDJAXPRFSFDNCAFCENCAPRFMIAINDINDFCE
0–00–32–01–11–01–14–30–01–02–42–24–21–21–11–21–0
North Carolina FCMIASFDFCEMIAPRFSFDJAXPRFJAXNYCNYCINDINDMIAFCEPRF
1–11–33–11–11–01–23–12–11–20–12–20–21–21–01–22–1
Puerto Rico FCNYCINDINDFCENCAMIANYCNCAMIAFCESFDNYCSFDJAXJAXNCA
0–03–31–11–20–11–23–41–21–13–01–32–40–20–01–11–2
San Francisco DeltasINDNCAJAXINDNYCNCAFCEJAXNYCINDPRFFCEFCEPRFMIAMIA
1–13–10–00–00–12–11–00–30–02–23–11–01–02–00–71–3

[3][4]

Fall season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Miami FC (F)1610332817+1133Playoffs
2San Francisco Deltas167722415+928
3North Carolina FC165922515+1024
4New York Cosmos164933430+421
5Jacksonville Armada164752122−119
6Puerto Rico FC164481323−1016
7FC Edmonton163581421−714
8Indy Eleven163491834−1613
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

Abbreviation and Color Key:
  • Home
  • Away
  • Neutral
  • Win
  • Loss
  • Draw
ClubMatch
12345678910111213141516
FC EdmontonINDINDNYCPRFSFDNCANCAINDSFDSFDJAXNYCJAXMIAPRFMIA
1–23-11–11–12-11–10–32-01–20–10–10–01–10–20–21–2
Indy ElevenFCEFCEMIANYCJAXSFDNCAFCEJAXNCAPRFNYCSFDMIAPRFNCA
2–11–31-33–32-30–21-00–20–00–52–12–21-20–31-22–2
Jacksonville ArmadaSFDPRFNCAPRFMIAINDNYCNYCMIAINDMIAFCENCAFCENYCSFD
1–10-12–21-20-13-22-03–30-30–00-11-01–11–14–42-0
Miami FCNYCNCAINDNCAJAXPRFPRFNYCJAXJAXSFDSFDINDSFDFCEFCE
1–32-33-11-01-02-01-03–33-01-01–10–33-02–22-02-1
New York CosmosMIASFDFCEINDNCAJAXMIAJAXSFDNCAPRFINDFCEPRFJAXPRF
3–11-21–13–32–20–23–33–32–20-21-02–20–04–14–45–2
North Carolina FCPRFMIAJAXMIASFDNYCFCEFCEINDPRFNYCINDPRFJAXSFDIND
1–13-22–20-11–12–21–13-00-10–02-05-01-01–11–12–2
Puerto Rico FCNCAJAXSFDJAXFCEMIAMIANCANYCINDNCASFDNYCINDFCENYC
1–11-00–02-11–10–20-10–00-11–20-10-31-42-12-02-5
San Francisco DeltasJAXNYCPRFNCAFCEINDNYCFCEFCEMIAMIAINDPRFMIANCAJAX
1–12-10–01–11–22-02–22-11-01–13-02-13-02–21–10-2

[5][6]

Playoffs

Combined standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Miami FC (X)3221656128+3369Championship qualifiers
2San Francisco Deltas (C)32141264135+654
3North Carolina FC32111294637+945
4New York Cosmos32101575651+545
5Jacksonville Armada32101393838043
6Indy Eleven32712133956−1733
7FC Edmonton3276192542−1727
8Puerto Rico FC32510173251−1925
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
(C) Champions; (X) Regular season champion

The Championship

Participants

Bracket

 
Semi-FinalsChampionship
 
      
 
November 5 – Riccardo Silva Stadium
 
 
#1 Miami FC 0(5)
 
November 12 – Kezar Stadium
 
#4 New York Cosmos (pen.) 0(6)
 
#2 San Francisco Deltas 2
 
November 5 – Kezar Stadium
 
#4 New York Cosmos 0
 
#2 San Francisco Deltas 1
 
 
#3 North Carolina FC 0
 

Semifinals

Miami FC0–0 (a.e.t.)New York Cosmos
Mares  56'ReportCalvillo  24'
Ledesma  65'
Mendes  67'
Szetela  103'
Penalties
Michel
Poku
Martínez
Chavez
Pinho
Freeman
Trafford 		5–6 García
Szetela
Calvillo
Vranjicán
Guerra
Mkosana
Starikov
Attendance: 7,115
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
San Francisco Deltas1–0North Carolina FC
Gibson 40'
Jordan  60'
Bekker  90'		Report
Attendance: 3,586

Soccer Bowl 2017

San Francisco Deltas2–0New York Cosmos
Heinemann 19' (pen.)  31'
Gibson  24'
Peiser  90'
Sandoval 90+5'		Report
Report		Mulligan  45+3'
Ayoze  87'
Attendance: 9,691
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Attendance

ClubGPTotalHighLowAverageChange
Indy Eleven16134,3199,0727,1248,395-0%
Miami FC1682,7469,5151,5295,172-4.7%
New York Cosmos1783,1406,7342,2404,89129.6%
North Carolina FC1671,5397,3443,3884,471-11.6%
FC Edmonton1654,5254,0962,2313,40865.4%
Puerto Rico FC11*37,4115,6922,3453,401-10.5%
Jacksonville Armada1648,5627,6117803,035-13.3%
San Francisco Deltas15†38,6294,7551,4412,575N/A
Total123550,8719,5157804,479-5.4%

* Five home games moved to other venues due to Hurricane Maria.
† One result missing. That game was rescheduled at an alternate venue. There was no admission charged and no attendance figure given.
Source: NASL & kenn.com

Statistical leaders

Source:[7]


Hat-tricks

PlayerNationClubAgainstResultDate
Stefano Pinho  BRAMiami FCSan Francisco Deltas7–0 [A]July 8
Jaime Chavez  USAMiami FCNew York Cosmos3–3September 6
Emmanuel Ledesma  ARGNew York CosmosPuerto Rico FC5–2October 28

Awards

Weekly awards

WeekNASL Player of the WeekNASL Play of the Week
PlayerClubPlayerClub
Week 1 Kyle BekkerSan Francisco Deltas Romuald PeiserSan Francisco Deltas
Week 2 Justin BraunIndy Eleven Ben SpeasIndy Eleven
Week 3 Tom HeinemannSan Francisco Deltas Pablo DyegoSan Francisco Deltas
Week 4 Matthew FondyNorth Carolina FC Lance LaingNorth Carolina FC
Week 5 Brian SylvestreNorth Carolina FC J. C. BanksJacksonville Armada
Week 6 Kwadwo PokuMiami FC Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos
Week 7 Cristian PortillaSan Francisco Deltas Zach SteinbergerJacksonville Armada
Week 8 Lance LaingNorth Carolina FC Giuseppe GentilePuerto Rico FC
Week 9 Zach SteinbergerJacksonville Armada Billy SchulerNorth Carolina FC
Week 10 Zach SteinbergerJacksonville Armada Tiyi ShipalaneNorth Carolina FC
Week 11 Giuseppe GentilePuerto Rico FC Cristian PortillaSan Francisco Deltas
Week 12 Kyle BekkerSan Francisco Deltas Billy SchulerNorth Carolina FC
Week 13 Vincenzo RennellaMiami FC Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos
Week 14 Jon BuschIndy Eleven Nathan InghamFC Edmonton
Week 15 Tom HeinemannSan Francisco Deltas Billy SchulerNorth Carolina FC
Week 16 Stefano PinhoMiami FC Ariel MartínezMiami FC
Week 17 Nemanja VukovićIndy Eleven Craig HendersonIndy Eleven
Week 18 Eric CalvilloNew York Cosmos Kobi MoyalNew York Cosmos
Week 19 Abdoulaye DiakiteFC Edmonton Nemanja VukovićIndy Eleven
Week 20 Stefano PinhoMiami FC Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos
Week 21 Gerardo TorradoIndy Eleven Tony TaylorJacksonville Armada
Week 22 Jack BlakeJacksonville Armada Tomi AmeobiFC Edmonton
Week 23 Pablo DyegoSan Francisco Deltas Jaime ChavezMiami FC
Week 24 Jaime ChavezMiami FC Nazmi AlbadawiNorth Carolina FC
Week 25 Ciarán KilduffJacksonville Armada Éamon ZayedIndy Eleven
Week 26 Devon SandovalSan Francisco Deltas Dustin CoreaFC Edmonton
Week 27 Renan GorneNorth Carolina FC Nazmi AlbadawiNorth Carolina FC
Week 28 Éamon ZayedIndy Eleven Don SmartIndy Eleven
Week 29 Bryan BurkeSan Francisco Deltas Stefano PinhoMiami FC
Week 30 Jack BlakeJacksonville Armada Eugene StarikovNew York Cosmos
Week 31 Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos

Monthly awards

MonthNASL Player of the MonthNASL Play of the Month
PlayerClubPlayerClub
April Justin BraunIndy Eleven Ben SpeasIndy Eleven
May Zach SteinbergerJacksonville Armada Giuseppe GentilePuerto Rico FC
June Vincenzo RennellaMiami FC Cristian PortillaSan Francisco Deltas
July Eric CalvilloNew York Cosmos Ariel MartínezMiami FC
August Jack BlakeJacksonville Armada Nemanja VukovićIndy Eleven
September Jaime ChavezMiami FC Éamon ZayedIndy Eleven
October Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos Nazmi AlbadawiNorth Carolina FC

League awards

NASL Best XI[16]
PositionPlayerTeam
Goalkeeper Mario Daniel VegaMiami FC
Defense Reiner FerreiraSan Francisco Deltas
Defense Mason TraffordMiami FC
Defense Mechack JérômeJacksonville Armada
Defense Connor TobinNorth Carolina FC
Midfield Emmanuel LedesmaNew York Cosmos
Midfield Nazmi AlbadawiNorth Carolina FC
Midfield Richie RyanMiami FC
Midfield Dylan MaresMiami FC
Forward Vincenzo RennellaMiami FC
Forward Stefano PinhoMiami FC

References

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