2012 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2012 Rochester Rhinos season will be the club's seventeenth season of existence. It is the Rhinos second-consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.

Rochester Rhinos
2012 season
Owner Rob Clark
Head Coach Jesse Myers
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
USL Pro2nd
USL Pro Playoffs2nd Round
U.S. Open CupThird Round
Top goalscorerAndrew Hoxie - 6
Highest home attendance7,959
Lowest home attendance4,653

Background

After the split of several USL clubs to create the North American Soccer League, United Soccer Leagues restructured its top division, and created the USL Pro, which received third-tier sanctioning from U.S. Soccer. The Rhinos, who had played in the second division of American soccer for their entire existence, opted to join the USL Pro, and thus play in the third tier.

On the field, the Rhinos won their division, and boasted the fourth best overall record, making it the second straight year Rochester were division champions. For the third straight season, however, Rochester was eliminated in the first round of the respective league's playoffs.

Outside of the USL Pro Division, the Rhinos were eliminated in the third round of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup by the MLS side Philadelphia Union.[1] The Rhinos also played a School Day friendly against NPSL team FC Buffalo.[2]

Competitions

Preseason Friendlies
March 30, 2012 Rochester Rhinos2 - 0Colgate UniversitySahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
McFayden  55'
Boughton 58'
April 1, 2012 Rochester Rhinos1 - 0UB BullsSahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
Bellamy  45'
Bellamy 29'
April 6, 2012 Rochester Rhinos2 - 1Syracuse OrangeSahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
McManus  23'
Rosenlund 55'		 Thomas 47'
May 8, 2012 Rochester Rhinos1-0FC BuffaloSahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
Hemmi  51' Attendance: 9000

USL Pro
Further information: 2012 USL Pro season
April 14, 2012 Match 1Los Angeles Blues0 - 2Rochester RhinosFullerton, CA
10:30 PM ET Irving Garcia  36' Rosenlund  22'
Rosenlund  21'
Earls  58'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 2,432
Referee: Jesus Cisneros, Eduardo Mariscal, Apolinar Mariscal, Jonathan Hughes
April 20, 2012 Match 2Los Angeles Blues0 - 2Rochester RhinosFullerton, CA
10:30 PM ET George Davis IV  48'
Borja  90'		 Hoxie  50'
Banks  56'
Tanke 87'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Jesus Cisneros, Felisha Mariscal, Adrian Gonzalez, Robert Warsaraz
April 28, 2012 Match 3Dayton Dutch Lions0 - 1Rochester RhinosDayton, OH
7:30 PM ET Preciado  34'
Knotek 49'
Copier  55'		 Banks  67' Stadium: Careflight Field
Attendance: 853
Referee: Cory Richardson, Pierre Saintil Francillen, Jamie Chierd, Grant Brown
May 5, 2012 Match 4Rochester Rhinos1 - 0Charlotte EaglesRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Bloom 9' (og) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7959
Referee: Steve Montanino
May 11, 2012 Match 5Charlotte Eagles0 - 1Rochester RhinosCharlotte, NC
8:00 PM ET Guzman  82' Chinn 18'
McManus  58'		 Stadium: Charlotte Christian Stadium
Attendance: 964
Referee: Daniel Thornberry
May 12, 2012 Match 6Charleston Battery0 - 1Rochester RhinosCharleston, SC
7:30 PM ET Flatley  70' Earls 61'
McManus  72'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3819
Referee: Sky Arthur Banning
May 18, 2012 Match 7Rochester Rhinos1 - 1Dayton Dutch LionsRochester, NY
7:35 PM ET Kirk  74'
Roberts 51'		 Bardsley  28' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7414
Referee: David Mon
May 25, 2012 Match 8Harrisburg City Islanders1 - 0Rochester RhinosHarrisburg, PA
6:00 PM ET Langley  48' Rosenlund  39'
Fernandez  83'		 Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Referee: Eric Weisbrod
May 26, 2012 Match 9Dayton Dutch Lions2 - 2Rochester RhinosDayton, OH
7:30 PM ET Garner  34'
Copier 64'		 Brito 52'
McManus  90'
Manscuk  30'		 Stadium: Careflight Field
Referee: Andrew Bigelow
June 2, 2012 Match 10Rochester Rhinos0 - 1Richmond KickersRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Kirk  13'
Cost  61'
Fernandez 90'		 Vercollone  5' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5237
Referee: David Mon
June 8, 2012 Match 11Rochester Rhinos1 - 1Wilmington HammerheadsRochester, NY
7:35 PM ET Rosenlund 30'
Earls  56'
Taynor  61'		 Nicholson 68'
Budnyy 41'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5944
Referee: Vito Testa
June 15, 2012 Match 12Harrisburg City Islanders2 - 1Rochester RhinosHarrisburg, PA
6:00 PM ET Ekra  86'
Mkosana  90'		 Report Roberts  49'
Traynor  77'
Tanke  80'		 Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,958
Referee: Michael Donovan
June 17, 2012 Match 13Pittsburgh Riverhounds1 - 1Rochester RhinosPittsburgh, PA
3:00 PM ET Nuñez  16' Report Kirk  60' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
June 23, 2012 Match 14Richmond Kickers2 - 3Rochester RhinosRichmond, VA
7:00 PM ET Vercollone  8'
Callahan  45'
Yeisley  82'
Pascale  90'
Nyazamba  90+3'		 Report Brito  27'
Earls  42'
Tanke  59'
Hoxie  85' (pen.)
Banks  90+2'
Nicht  90+4'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,365
Referee: Shawn Fitch
June 30, 2012 Match 15Rochester Rhinos1 - 2Harrisburg City IslandersRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Kirk  70'
Banks  75'  89'
Nicht  90'		 Report Mkosana  52'
Yates  83'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,592
Referee: John Douglas
July 4, 2012 Match 16Rochester Rhinos4 - 1Antigua Barracuda FCRochester, NY
7:55 PM ET McFayden  3', 18'
Hoxie  76', 80'		 Report Byers  29'
Skepple  85'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,653
Referee: David Mon
July 7, 2012 Match 17Rochester Rhinos2 - 0Dayton Dutch LionsRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Earls  3'
Kissi  90'		 Report Holowaty  90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,432
Referee: Marc Lawrence
July 12, 2012 Match 18Wilmington Hammerheads0 - 0Rochester RhinosWilmington, NC
7:30 PM ET Cole  57'
Chijindu  79'		 Report Rosenlund  44'
Hoxie  56'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
July 14, 2012 Match 19Orlando City4 - 0Rochester RhinosOrlando, FL
7:30 PM ET Luzunaris  10'  23'
Jérôme  15'
Valentino  27'
López  73' (pen.)		 Report Chris Estridge  16'
Kyle Manscuk  33'
Roberts  51'
Lucas Fernandez  69'		 Stadium: Citrus Bowl
July 21, 2012 Match 20Rochester Rhinos2 - 0Pittsburgh RiverhoundsRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Banks  10'
Hoxie  77'		 Report Costanzo  55'
Katic  85'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 27, 2012 Match 21Rochester Rhinos1 - 0Los Angeles BluesRochester, NY
7:35 PM ET McManus  26'
Hall  60' (o.g.)		 Report Galindo  28'
García  35'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
August 3, 2012 Match 22Rochester Rhinos0 - 1Orlando CityRochester, NY
7:35 PM ET McManus  23'
Banks  56'  76'
Rosenlund  74'		 Report Watson  65'
Ustruck  67'
Mbengue  71'  80'
Chin  87'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
August 11, 2012 Match 23Rochester Rhinos0 - 4Charleston BatteryRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Report Donatelli  18', 30'
Sanyang  45+1'
Kelly  86'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
August 18, 2012 Match 24Rochester Rhinos1 - 0Pittsburgh RiverhoundsRochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Roberts  18'
Hoxie  87'
Tanke  90'  90'		 Report Katic  22'
Costanzo  45'
C'deBaca  90'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Standings
Pos Team Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orlando City SC (C) 24 17 6 1 50 18 +32 57 Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye
2 Rochester Rhinos (A) 24 12 5 7 27 23 +4 41 Playoffs 1st round bye
3 Charleston Battery (A) 24 12 2 10 36 26 +10 38 Playoffs
4 Richmond Kickers (A) 24 11 5 8 31 27 +4 38
5 Wilmington Hammerheads (A) 24 10 7 7 34 32 +2 37
6 Harrisburg City Islanders (A) 24 10 7 7 34 29 +5 37
7 Charlotte Eagles 24 11 3 10 34 26 +8 36
8 Los Angeles Blues 24 9 3 12 26 29 −3 30
9 Dayton Dutch Lions 24 4 10 10 20 29 −9 22
10 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 24 4 5 15 20 39 −19 17
11 Antigua Barracuda 24 5 1 18 16 50 −34 16
Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: Points, then tiebreak: 1) Head-to-head record based on total points in League games, 2) Total wins in League games, 3) Goal difference in League games, 4) Goals scored in League games, etc.[3]
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record).

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: December 17, 2011.
Source: Match reports

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Ground
Result
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

USL Pro Play Off
August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) SFRochester Rhinos1 - 1
(a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		Charleston BatteryRochester, New York
7:35 pm EDT McFayden  55'
McManus  57'
Hoxie  76'
Cost  80'
Fernandez  90'		 Report
Report		 Donatelli  90+'
Hoffer  114'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Referee: Vito Testa, Jr.
Penalties
Hoxie
Kyriazis
Earls
Zamudio
Roberts
Nicht
Rosenlund 		Patterson
Donatelli
Azira
Falvey
Prince
Wilson
Mack

U.S. Open Cup
Further information: 2012 U.S. Open Cup
May 22, 2012 2Rochester Rhinos3 - 0Brooklyn ItaliansRochester, NY
7:35 PM ET McManus  25'
Chinn  43'
Banks 76'		 Kirk  60' Stadium: Sahlens Stadium
May 29, 2012 3Philadelphia Union3 - 0Rochester RhinosChester, Pennsylvania, USA
7:30 PM ET Martínez  5'
Adu  29'
Adu  73' (pen)		 Earls  40'
Traynor  52'		 Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 4,175
Referee: Robert Sibiga

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalRegular SeasonPlayoffsU.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals

Top scorers
Position Nation Number Name USL Pro U.S. Open Cup Total

Disciplinary record
Position Nation Number Name USL Pro U.S. Open Cup Preseason Total (USSF Total)
TOTALS — — — — — — — —

Roster

as of November 28, 2011[4]

No. Position Player Nation
2 Defender Tyler Bellamy  United States
3 Midfielder Drew Cost  United States
4 Defender Mike Zaher  United States
5 Defender Jack Traynor  United States
6 Defender Georgios Kyriazis  Greece
7 Midfielder Gustavo Zamudio  Chile
8 Midfielder Tyler Rosenlund  Canada
10 Forward Tam McManus  Scotland
11 Forward Conor Chinn  United States
12 Defender Troy Roberts  United States
13 Defender Quavas Kirk  United States
15 Forward Graciano Brito  Cape Verde
16 Midfielder Danny Earls  Ireland
17 Defender Masaki Hemmi  Japan
18 Forward Isaac Kissi  Ghana
20 Defender Lucas Fernandez  Argentina
21 Defender Kyle Manscuk  United States
23 Goalkeeper Brandon Miller  United States
24 Goalkeeper Kristian Nicht  Germany
25 Forward Andrew Hoxie  United States
27 Midfielder Michael Tanke  United States
29 Midfielder J. C. Banks  United States
31 Goalkeeper Joe Marino  United States

See also

References
  1. "Freddy Adu scores 2, Philadelphia Union beats Rochester Rhinos 3-0 in U.S. Open Cup". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. Mendola, Nick. "FC Buffalo falls to USL Pro's Rochester Rhinos, 1-0, in front of 9000 at Sahlen's Stadium". FC Buffalo. FC Buffalo. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. See Rule 2.11 League Regulations
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2012-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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