2017 Rochester Rhinos season

Rochester Rhinos
2017 season
Owners David and Wendy Dworkin
Head coach Bob Lilley
Stadium Capelli Sport Stadium
USL 4th, Eastern Conference
USL Playoffs Conference semifinals
U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round
Highest home attendance 3,459
Lowest home attendance 963
Average home league attendance 2,031
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors

The 2017 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's 22nd overall and seventh with the United Soccer League. The Rhinos returned to playing in Division II of men's professional soccer, as the USL and all its teams were promoted from Division III after the 2016 season. They looked to return to the USL playoffs after losing to the New York Red Bulls II in the conference semifinals the previous year.

This was the Rhinos' final season in the second tier of American professional soccer. The team initially announced that it would go on hiatus for the 2018 season.[1][2] It later announced that it would not resume professional operations until 2020, at which time it will join USL League One, a third-level league operated by USL's parent company, United Soccer Leagues, that will play its first season in 2019.[3]

Roster

as of June 25, 2017 [4]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Kyle Morton  United States
2 Defender Raymond Lee  United States
3 Defender Ryan Felix  United States
4 Defender Bradley Kamdem  France
5 Midfielder Jordan Dover  Canada
6 Forward Christiano François  Haiti
7 Midfielder Ryan James  Canada
8 Midfielder Brandon Beresford  Guyana
9 Midfielder Stefan Defregger  United States
10 Midfielder Sofiane Tergou  France
11 Midfielder Kenardo Forbes  Jamaica
12 Forward Jochen Graf  United States
13 Midfielder Mike Garzi  United States
15 Defender Joe Farrell  United States
17 Defender Wal Fall  Germany
18 Forward Antonio Correia  Cape Verde
20 Defender Todd Pratzner  United States
21 Forward Darius Madison  United States
22 Midfielder Jalen Brown  United States
23 Goalkeeper Tomas Gomez  United States
24 Forward Rayane Boukemia  France
25 Defender Sergio Campbell  Jamaica
29 Midfielder Samuel Edoung-Biyo  Cameroon
33 Goalkeeper Daniel Lynd  United States

Competitions

Regular Season

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Louisville City FC (C) 32 18 8 6 58 31 +27 62 Conference Playoffs
2 Charleston Battery 32 15 9 8 53 33 +20 54
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 14 11 7 50 35 +15 53
4 Rochester Rhinos 32 14 11 7 36 28 +8 53
5 Charlotte Independence 32 13 9 10 52 40 +12 48
6 FC Cincinnati 32 12 10 10 46 48 −2 46
7 New York Red Bulls II 32 13 5 14 57 60 −3 44
8 Bethlehem Steel FC 32 12 8 12 46 45 +1 44
9 Orlando City B 32 10 12 10 37 36 +1 42
10 Ottawa Fury 32 8 14 10 42 41 +1 38
11 Harrisburg City Islanders 32 10 7 15 28 47 −19 37
12 Saint Louis FC 32 9 9 14 35 48 −13 36
13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 32 8 12 12 33 42 −9 36
14 Richmond Kickers 32 8 8 16 24 36 −12 32
15 Toronto FC II 32 6 7 19 27 54 −27 25
Source: 2017 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion.

References

  1. ↑ DiVeronica, Jeff (November 30, 2017). "Rhinos to take one-year hiatus, host 'several' USL matches". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Tsujimoto, Ben (November 30, 2017). "Rochester Rhinos to take hiatus from United Soccer League". The Buffalo News. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rochester Approved for USL Division III" (Press release). Rochester Rhinos. August 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2017 Roster". Rochester Rhinos. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
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