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
Main article: List of NASL stadiums
Locations of NASL clubs

Teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain Kit Sponsor
FC Edmonton Edmonton Clarke Stadium 5,000 Colin Miller Albert Watson The Fath Group
Indy Eleven Indianapolis Michael A. Carroll Stadium 10,524 Tim Hankinson Colin Falvey Honda
Jacksonville Armada Jacksonville Hodges Stadium 12,000 Mark Lowry Aaron Pitchkolan RP Funding
Miami FC Miami Riccardo Silva Stadium 20,000 Alessandro Nesta Jonathan Borrajo
New York Cosmos New York City MCU Park 7,000 Giovanni Savarese Carlos Mendes Fly Emirates
North Carolina FC Raleigh WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 Colin Clarke Nazmi Albadawi Circle K
Puerto Rico FC Bayamón Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 22,000 Marco Vélez Cristiano Claro
San Francisco Deltas San Francisco Kezar Stadium 10,000 Marc Dos Santos Nana Attakora

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Puerto Rico FC Adrian Whitbread Fired May 19, 2017 8th Place Marco Vélez (interim) May 19, 2017[1]
Marco Vélez (interim) End of Interim Period August 2, 2017 8th Place Marco Vélez August 2, 2017[2]

Spring season

Standings
Pos Team 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
Abbreviation and Color Key:
FC Edmonton – FCE • Indy Eleven – IND • Jacksonville Armada – JAX • Miami FC – MIA
New York Cosmos – NYC • North Carolina FC – NCA • Puerto Rico FC – PRF • San Francisco Deltas – SFD

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
Pos Team 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
Abbreviation and Color Key:
FC Edmonton – FCE • Indy Eleven – IND • Jacksonville Armada – JAX • Miami FC – MIA
New York Cosmos – NYC • North Carolina FC – NCA • Puerto Rico FC – PRF • San Francisco Deltas – SFD

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Miami FC (X) 32 21 6 5 61 28 +33 69 Championship qualifiers
2 San Francisco Deltas (C) 32 14 12 6 41 35 +6 54
3 North Carolina FC 32 11 12 9 46 37 +9 45
4 New York Cosmos 32 10 15 7 56 51 +5 45
5 Jacksonville Armada 32 10 13 9 38 38 0 43
6 Indy Eleven 32 7 12 13 39 56 −17 33
7 FC Edmonton 32 7 6 19 25 42 −17 27
8 Puerto Rico FC 32 5 10 17 32 51 −19 25
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) Champion; (X) Regular season champion.

The Championship

Participants

Bracket
 
Semi-Finals
Championship
 
      
 
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' Report Calvillo  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
Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Soccer Bowl 2017
Main article: 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
Club GP Total High Low Average Change
Indy Eleven 16 134,319 9,072 7,124 8,395 -0%
Miami FC 16 82,746 9,515 1,529 5,172 -4.7%
New York Cosmos 17 83,140 6,734 2,240 4,891 29.6%
North Carolina FC 16 71,539 7,344 3,388 4,471 -11.6%
FC Edmonton 16 54,525 4,096 2,231 3,408 65.4%
Puerto Rico FC 11* 37,411 5,692 2,345 3,401 -10.5%
Jacksonville Armada 16 48,562 7,611 780 3,035 -13.3%
San Francisco Deltas 15† 38,629 4,755 1,441 2,575 N/A
Total 123 550,871 9,515 780 4,479 -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

Awards

Weekly awards

Week NASL Player of the Week NASL Play of the Week
Player Club Player Club
Week 1 Kyle Bekker San Francisco Deltas Romuald Peiser San Francisco Deltas
Week 2 Justin Braun Indy Eleven Ben Speas Indy Eleven
Week 3 Tom Heinemann San Francisco Deltas Pablo Dyego San Francisco Deltas
Week 4 Matthew Fondy North Carolina FC Lance Laing North Carolina FC
Week 5 Brian Sylvestre North Carolina FC J. C. Banks Jacksonville Armada
Week 6 Kwadwo Poku Miami FC Emmanuel Ledesma New York Cosmos
Week 7 Cristian Portilla San Francisco Deltas Zach Steinberger Jacksonville Armada
Week 8 Lance Laing North Carolina FC Giuseppe Gentile Puerto Rico FC
Week 9 Zach Steinberger Jacksonville Armada Billy Schuler North Carolina FC
Week 10 Zach Steinberger Jacksonville Armada Tiyi Shipalane North Carolina FC
Week 11 Giuseppe Gentile Puerto Rico FC Cristian Portilla San Francisco Deltas
Week 12 Kyle Bekker San Francisco Deltas Billy Schuler North Carolina FC
Week 13 Vincenzo Rennella Miami FC Emmanuel Ledesma New York Cosmos
Week 14 Jon Busch Indy Eleven Nathan Ingham FC Edmonton
Week 15 Tom Heinemann San Francisco Deltas Billy Schuler North Carolina FC
Week 16 Stefano Pinho Miami FC Ariel Martínez Miami FC
Week 17 Nemanja Vuković Indy Eleven Craig Henderson Indy Eleven
Week 18 Eric Calvillo New York Cosmos Kobi Moyal New York Cosmos
Week 19 Abdoulaye Diakite FC Edmonton Nemanja Vuković Indy Eleven
Week 20 Stefano Pinho Miami FC Emmanuel Ledesma New York Cosmos
Week 21 Gerardo Torrado Indy Eleven Tony Taylor Jacksonville Armada
Week 22 Jack Blake Jacksonville Armada Tomi Ameobi FC Edmonton
Week 23 Pablo Dyego San Francisco Deltas Jaime Chavez Miami FC
Week 24 Jaime Chavez Miami FC Nazmi Albadawi North Carolina FC
Week 25 Ciarán Kilduff Jacksonville Armada Éamon Zayed Indy Eleven
Week 26 Devon Sandoval San Francisco Deltas Dustin Corea FC Edmonton
Week 27 Renan Gorne North Carolina FC Nazmi Albadawi North Carolina FC
Week 28 Éamon Zayed Indy Eleven Don Smart Indy Eleven
Week 29 Bryan Burke San Francisco Deltas Stefano Pinho Miami FC
Week 30 Jack Blake Jacksonville Armada Eugene Starikov New York Cosmos
Week 31 Emmanuel Ledesma New York Cosmos Emmanuel Ledesma New York Cosmos

Monthly awards

Month NASL Player of the Month NASL Play of the Month
Player Club Player Club
April Justin Braun Indy Eleven Ben Speas Indy Eleven
May Zach Steinberger Jacksonville Armada Giuseppe Gentile Puerto Rico FC
June Vincenzo Rennella Miami FC Cristian Portilla San Francisco Deltas
July Eric Calvillo New York Cosmos Ariel Martínez Miami FC
August Jack Blake Jacksonville Armada Nemanja Vuković Indy Eleven
September Jaime Chavez Miami FC Éamon Zayed Indy Eleven
October Emmanuel Ledesma New York Cosmos Nazmi Albadawi North Carolina FC

League awards

NASL Best XI[16]
Position Player Team
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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  7. "2017 NASL statistics". Retrieved October 29, 2017.
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  12. "Stoppage-Time Volley by Jacksonville Armada FC Midfielder Zach Steinberger Takes Home NASL Goal of the Year Honors". North American Soccer League. November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
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