2017 Phoenix Rising FC season

The 2017 Phoenix Rising FC season is the club's fourth season of United Soccer League play and the first under a new name and ownership.

Phoenix Rising FC
2017 season
Owners Berke Bakay
Brett M. Johnson
Tim Riester
Mark Detmer
Didier Drogba
Brandon McCarthy
Diplo
Pete Wentz
David Rappaport
Dave Stearns
Rick Hauser
William Kraus
Kevin Kusatsu
Dr. Mark Leber
Jim Scussel
Dr. Christopher Yeung
Manager Frank Yallop (2-2-0)
Rick Schantz (Interim)(2-3-0)
Patrice Carteron (13-3-7)
StadiumPhoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
USL5th, Western Conference
USL PlayoffsConference Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerJason Johnson (13)
Highest home attendance7,162
(Team Record)
(April 23 v. Swope Park Rangers)
Lowest home attendance4,536
(September 6 v. Orange County SC)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 6,127
All: 6,092

Friendlies

All times from this point are on Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00)

February 25, 2017 PreseasonAlbion SC Pros3–1Phoenix Rising FCSan Diego, California
8:30pm Luquen  4' (pen.), 45+'
Staats  9'
Waligorski  56' (pen.)		 Report Langman  43'
Pikitis  59' (pen.)		 Stadium: Mission Bay High School Stadium
March 4, 2017 PreseasonGrand Canyon University2–2Phoenix Rising FCPhoenix, Arizona
8:00pm Delmonte  36'
Moreno  58'		 Report Nygard  60'
Seth  69' (pen.)		 Stadium: GCU Stadium
March 9, 2017 PreseasonCal State Fullerton1–0Phoenix Rising FCFullerton, California
12:00pm Stadium: Titan Stadium
March 10, 2017 PreseasonOrange County SC3–0Phoenix Rising FCIrvine, California
12:00pm Stadium: Orange County Great Park
March 17, 2017 PreseasonGrand Canyon University1–1Phoenix Rising FCPhoenix, Arizona
7:00pm ?  77' Report Ramage  39'
Wright-Phillips  50'
Greer  62'		 Stadium: GCU Stadium
April 29, 2017 FriendlyFC Tucson (1st Half)
University of Arizona Men's Team (2nd Half)		1–1
0–0		Phoenix Rising FCTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Vasquez  36' Report Bravo  9' (pen.) Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
North Stadium
Attendance: 2,115

USL
Further information: 2017 USL season

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 17 7 8 50 37  +13 58 11 2 3 30 19  +11 6 5 5 20 18  +2

Source: Match reports

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ResultLLWWLWLWLWDDDDWLLWDDWWDWWWWWLWWW
Updated to match(es) played on October 14, 2017. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Results
March 25, 2017 1Phoenix Rising FC0–1Toronto FC IIScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Greer  65'
Gray  82'		 Report
Report		 Telfer  8'
Onkony  89'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,890
Referee: Ramy Touchan
April 1, 2017 2Real Monarchs2–0Phoenix Rising FCSandy, Utah
3:00pm Hoffman  45+2' (pen.)
Holness  76'		 Report
Report		 Watson  36' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: Michael Radchuk
April 8, 2017 3Phoenix Rising FC2–1LA Galaxy IIScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Rooney  60' (pen.), 78' Report
Report		 Amaya  51'
Kempin  60'
Zanga  81'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,330
Referee: Daniel Radford
April 23, 2017 4Phoenix Rising FC4–3Swope Park RangersScottsdale, Arizona
7:00pm Riggi  22'
Rooney  25' (pen.)
Cortez  27'
Ramage  47'
Wakasa  78'
Wright-Phillips  90+5'		 Report
Report		 Greczek  24'
Oliveira  79' (pen.), 90'
Duke  90+3'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 7,162
Referee: Luis Guardia
May 6, 2017 5Phoenix Rising FC0–4Reno 1868 FCScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Report
Report		 Kelly  2', 6', 66'  66'
Mfeka  74'
Wehan  77'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,067
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
May 13, 2017 6Phoenix Rising FC2–1OKC Energy FCScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Cortez  48'
Johnson  50'
Wright-Phillips  86'  90+5'
Greer  90+2'
Bravo  90+2'		 Report
Report		 Guzman  87'
Hyland  90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,259
Referee: Robi Hullner
May 20, 2017 7San Antonio FC1–0Phoenix Rising FCSan Antonio, Texas
5:30pm Ajeakwa  12'
McCarthy  90+1'		 Report
Report		 Wakasa  39'
Bravo  73'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,414
Referee: Juan Guzman
May 27, 2017 8LA Galaxy II1–2Phoenix Rising FCCarson, California
7:30pm Lassiter  13'
Arellano  22'
Zanga  86'		 Report
Report		 Timm  30'
Avila  32'
Johnson  61' (pen.)
Watson  64'
Gray  75'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 2,502
Referee: Chipalo Street
June 6, 2017 9OKC Energy FC3–2Phoenix Rising FCOklahoma City, Oklahoma
5:30pm Guzman  40'
Wojcik  45+2', 69'  72'
Hyland  56'		 Report
Report		 Greer  47'  90+1'
Arreola  83'
Watson  85'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,632
Referee: Caleb Mendez
June 10, 2017 10Phoenix Rising FC2–1Vancouver Whitecaps 2Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Bravo  19'
Drogba  40'
Wright-Phillips  77'		 Report
Report		 Greig  16'
Norman Jr.  52'
Bustos  69' (pen.)		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 7,062
Referee: Ramy Touchan
June 18, 2017 11Swope Park Rangers2–2Phoenix Rising FCKansas City, Missouri
2:00pm Doyle  9'
Oliveira  26' (pen.)
Selbol  62' (pen.)  65'
Duke  77'		 Report
Report		 Greer  25'
Drogba  57', 89' (pen.)  86'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Ekaterina "Katja" Koroleva
June 24, 2017 12Phoenix Rising FC1–1Real MonarchsScottsdale, Arizona
8:00pm Bravo  26'  45' Report
Report		 Haber  12'
Curinga  14'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,365
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
June 30, 2017 13Reno 1868 FC0–0Phoenix Rising FCReno, Nevada
7:45pm Brown  86' Report
Report		 Wakasa  34'
Drogba  90+4'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 7,092
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 8, 2017 14Orange County SC1–1Phoenix Rising FCIrvine, California
5:00pm Etim  64'
Meeus  77'  84'		 Report
Report		 Timm  50'
Drogba  79'  90+4'		 Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 4,554
Referee: Malik Badawi
July 15, 2017 15Phoenix Rising FC2–1Colorado Springs SwitchbacksScottsdale, Arizona
8:00pm Timm  28'
Johnson  66', 84'  90+3'
Watson  90'
Cohen  90+7'		 Report
Report		 Frater  12'
Phillips  90+8'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,605
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 22, 2017 16Tulsa Roughnecks FC3–0Phoenix Rising FCTulsa, Oklahoma
5:30pm Svantesson  15'
Hayes  28'  44'
Thierjung  85'		 Report
Report		 Wright-Phillips  65'
Watson  65'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 5,647
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 29, 2017 17Phoenix Rising FC0–1San Antonio FCScottsdale, Arizona
8:00pm Johnson  49'
Ramage  50'
Riggi  75'
Wright-Phillips  76'
Drogba  90+4'		 Report
Report		 O'Ojong  49'
Castillo  37'  85' (pen.)
Tyrpak  75'
Elizondo  79'
McCarthy  90+3'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,463
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 5, 2017 18LA Galaxy II0–2Phoenix Rising FCCarson, California
7:30pm Payeras  82' Report
Report		 Drogba  13'
Riggi  45'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,076
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 12, 2017 19Rio Grande Valley Toros1–1Phoenix Rising FCEdinburg, Texas
5:30pm Bird  90+4'
Magalhães  90+5'		 Report
Report		 Gibbons  30'
Gavin  34'
Johnson  41' (pen.)
Wright-Phillips  59'
Dia  67'  86'
Riggi  85'
Mala  88'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 8,866
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
August 18, 2017 20Orange County SC1–1Phoenix Rising FCIrvine, California
7:30pm Chaplow  16'
Abolaji  89'		 Report Cortez  18'
Gray  43'		 Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 4,963
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
August 26, 2017 21Phoenix Rising FC3–1Sacramento Republic FCScottsdale, Arizona
8:00pm Cortez  10'
Wakasa  38'
Johnson  48'  90+3'
Ramage  52'		 Report
Report		 Partain  37'
Caesar  50'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,693
Referee: Timothy Ford
September 2, 2017 22Phoenix Rising FC2–0Seattle Sounders 2Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Cortez  43'
Dia  78'
Johnson  90+4'		 Report
Report		 Alfaro  10'
Chenkam  28'
Delem  83'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
September 6, 2017 23Phoenix Rising FC0–0Orange County SCScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Report
Report		 Chaplow  63' Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 4,536
Referee: Baboucarr Jallow
September 9, 2017 24Colorado Springs Switchbacks1–2Phoenix Rising FCColorado Springs, Colorado
5:00pm Tae-seong  64'
Malcolm  70'
Uzo  71'
Ajeakwa  83'		 Report
Report		 Mala  1'
Gavin  45+1'
Dia  50'
Lambert  57'
Gray  86'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,582
Referee: Mark Allatin
September 16, 2017 25Phoenix Rising FC2–0Real MonarchsScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Awako  4'
Hamilton  29'
Dia  54'
Johnson  73'
Cohen  90+2'		 Report
Report		 Cruz  90+3' Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,008
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 20, 2017 26Seattle Sounders 20–1Phoenix Rising FCTukwila, Washington
7:30pm Delem  42'  64'
Ulysse  84'		 Report
Report		 Vásquez  33'  60'
Riggi  44'
Johnson  75'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 966
Referee: Ekaterina "Katja" Koroleva
Note: Referee assessed two yellow cards to a Phoenix player, but failed to give the player a red card and send him off.
September 24, 2017 27Vancouver Whitecaps 20–4Phoenix Rising FCVancouver, British Columbia
3:00pm Report
Report		 Johnson  4'
Riggi  6'
Cortez  50'
Awako  76'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 827
Referee: Alain Ruch
September 27, 2017 28Portland Timbers 20–2Phoenix Rising FCPortland, Oregon
7:30pm Jimenez  74' Report
Report		 Wright-Phillips  8'
Johnson  82'
Ramage  87'
Gavin  90+2'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Jeff Arthurholtz
September 30, 2017 29Sacramento Republic FC2–0Phoenix Rising FCSacramento, California
7:30pm McGlynn  45+2'
Klimenta  49'
Cazarez  54'
Kiffe  60'
Hall  76'		 Report
Report		 Hamilton  34'
Watson  48'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Victor Rivas
October 4, 2017 30Phoenix Rising FC4–3Tulsa Roughnecks FCScottsdale, Arizona
7:00pm Drogba  16', 24' (pen.)
Johnson  19', 66'
Gavin  73'		 Report
Report		 Rivas  12'
Caffa  14'
Thierjung  30'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,681
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 7, 2017 31Phoenix Rising FC2–0Rio Grande Valley TorosScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Johnson  34'
Drogba  75'		 Report
Report		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,046
Referee: Luis Guardia
October 14, 2017 32Phoenix Rising FC4–1Portland Timbers 2Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Lambert  4'  72'
Cortez  13'
Drogba  56'
Watson  75'		 Report
Report		 Williams  60'
Zambrano  63'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,711
Referee: Anthony Bersano

USL Playoffs
Further information: 2017 USL Playoffs
October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21) Swope Park Rangers1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		Phoenix Rising FCKansas City, Missouri
7:30 pm CDT Didic  109' Report
Report		 Drogba  99' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 912
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Penalties
Selbol
Duke
Belmar
Moloto 		Lambert
Dia
Awako
Mala
Note: Match was postponed due to lightning and heavy rain after the first half,[1] Second half was played the following day.

Western Conference Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Reno 1868 FC 32 17 8 7 75 39 +36 59 Conference Playoffs
4 Swope Park Rangers 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 58
5 Phoenix Rising FC 32 17 7 8 50 37 +13 58
6 OKC Energy FC 32 14 7 11 46 41 +5 49
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 32 14 4 14 46 49 −3 46
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

U.S. Open Cup
Further information: 2017 U.S. Open Cup
May 17, 2017 Second RoundFresno Fuego1–3Phoenix Rising FCFresno, California
7:00pm Sousa  59'
Campos  83'
Nus  90+'		 Report Wakasa  33'
Avila  35'
Greer  46'
Seth  54'
Gibbons  77'		 Stadium: Fresno State Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium
Attendance: 1,499
Referee: Matthew Buckman
May 31, 2017 Third RoundPhoenix Rising FC1–2San Francisco DeltasScottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm Greer  40'
Timm  45+1'
Bravo  86' (pen.)		 Report Attakora  49'
Bekker  82'
Teijsse  84'
Stephens  86'
Heinemann  90+5'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,532
Referee: Robi Hullner

Statistics

(Regular Season & Playoffs) [2]

# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists
14 FW Jason Johnson 30 19 1,830 13 3 4 0
11 FW Didier Drogba 14 13 1,196 10 3 4 0
7 FW Chris Cortez 21 19 1,630 5 5 2 0
17 MF Alessandro Riggi 21 15 1,218 4 4 1 0
29 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 26 22 1,922 3 3 5 0
10 MF Luke Rooney 5 5 317 3 1 0 0
5 DF Peter Ramage 25 25 2,194 2 0 2 0
19 DF Amadou Dia 22 20 1,831 2 3 1 1
8 MF Matt Watson 31 24 2,300 1 1 6 0
9 FW Omar Bravo 13 11 1,009 1 2 4 0
24 MF A. J. Gray 24 7 824 1 0 2 1
27 MF Kevon Lambert 10 8 805 1 0 2 0
16 MF Sam Hamilton 14 9 750 1 0 1 0
28 MF Gladson Awako 11 7 710 1 2 1 0
30 MF Eric Avila 11 5 534 1 0 0 0
34 DF J. J. Greer 7 4 438 1 0 4 0
13 MF Eder Arreola 6 0 109 1 0 0 0
3 DF Kody Wakasa 26 25 2,287 0 4 4 1
25 DF Victor Vásquez 25 25 2,180 0 0 0 1
33 DF Jordan Stewart 23 23 2,079 0 0 0 0
4 MF Blair Gavin 17 12 1,050 0 1 4 0
2 DF Doueugui Mala 10 9 855 0 0 1 1
6 MF Miguel Timm 10 9 743 0 0 3 0
15 MF Jordan Gibbons 7 6 494 0 0 1 0
23 FW Matthew Hurlow-Paonessa 8 3 273 0 1 0 0
20 MF Romilio Hernandez 2 2 113 0 0 0 0
12 FW Mike Seth 4 2 98 0 1 0 0
2 DF Uchenna Uzo 1 1 90 0 0 0 0

Goalkeepers
# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO
18 Josh Cohen 28 28 2,520 79 32 1.143 8 2 0
1 Carl Woszczynski 5 5 450 15 6 1.200 1 0 0

Transfers

Loan In
Start date End date Position No. Player From club
August 10, 2017 End of Season Midfielder 16 Sam Hamilton Colorado Rapids[3]
September 7, 2017 End of Season Goalkeeper 12 John Berner Colorado Rapids[4]

See also

References
  1. "Phoenix Rising FC Continues Match With Swope Park Rangers". Phoenix Rising FC. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. 2017 Player Stats
  3. "Phoenix Rising Football Club Adds Sam Hamilton On Loan". Phoenix Rising FC. August 10, 2017.
  4. "Phoenix Rising FC Adds John Berner On Loan From Colorado Rapids". Phoenix Rising FC. September 7, 2017.
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