2017 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2017 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's 22nd overall and seventh with the United Soccer League, now known as the USL Championship. 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.

Rochester Rhinos
2017 season
OwnersDavid and Wendy Dworkin
Head coachBob Lilley
StadiumCapelli Sport Stadium
USL4th, Eastern Conference
USL PlayoffsConference semifinals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
Highest home attendance3,459
Lowest home attendance963
Average home league attendance2,031

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 League (not to be confused with the Rhinos' former league), 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

Preseason

Regular Season
Further information: 2017 USL 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.

Match Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

All times in Eastern Time.

April 1 1Bethlehem Steel FC2–3Rochester RhinosBethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM EDT (UTC−4) Davies  45+3' (pen.)
Conneh  72' (pen.)		 Report Madison  9'
Fall  34'
Graf  88'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Jorge Ramírez
April 7 2Toronto FC II0–0Rochester RhinosVaughan, Ontario
7:30 PM EDT (UTC−4) Spencer  80' Report Beresford  55'
Fall  90+3'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 525
Referee: David Barrie
April 15 3Charleston Battery5–0Rochester RhinosCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT (UTC−4) Williams  15', 25', 26'
Guerra  31'
Chang  81'
Thomas  82'
Anunga  88'
Mueller  89'		 Report Fall  56'
James  59'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,421
Referee: Howard Ashe
April 22 4Rochester Rhinos2–2New York Red Bulls IIRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC−4) Garzi  45+1'
Farrell  90+4'		 Report Allen  50'
Bezecourt  65'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 3,459
Referee: Geoff Gamble
April 29 5Rochester Rhinos4–0Charlotte IndependenceRochester, New York
5:05 PM EDT (UTC−4) Fall  27',  48'
Garzi  44',  46'
Madison  52'
Felix  56'
Forbes  85' (pen)		 Report Davidson  25'
Johnson  37'
Herrera  90+2'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,941
Referee: Greg Dopka
21 May 6Rochester Rhinos1–1Richmond KickersRochester, New York
4:05 PM EDT (UTC−4) Beresford  16'
Forbes  32'
Farrell  73'
Felix  85'		 Report Gonzalez  45'
Asante  81'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,003
Referee: Henrik Karlsson
24 May 7Rochester Rhinos1–0Tampa Bay RowdiesRochester, New York
7:05 PM EDT (UTC−4) Fall  24'
Garzi  39'		 Report Hristov  33'
Lowe  55'
Nanchoff  81'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,140
Referee: Matthew Franz
June 3 8Rochester Rhinos1–0FC CincinnatiRochester, New York
6:00 PM EDT (UTC−4) Kamdem  65' CIN Report
ROC Report
Box Score		 Walker  63'
Halfhill  90'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,158
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
Assistant referees: Gabriel Angelone
Assistant referees: Ankur Singh
Fourth official: Anthony Perdue
June 7 9Orlando City B1–1Rochester RhinosOrlando, Florida
6:30 PM EDT (UTC−4) Hines  3'
Barry  23'
Laryea  64'		 Report Correia  25'
Fall  63'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 967
Referee: Jonathan Weiner
June 10 10Tampa Bay Rowdies1–1Rochester RhinosSt. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 EDT (UTC−4) Cole  19'
Collins  28'
Savage  58'
Nanchoff  89'		 Report Graf  5'
Fall  68'
Kamdem  78'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,026
Referee: Kevin Broadley
June 17 11Rochester Rhinos1–0Ottawa FuryRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Felix  19',  28'
Farrell  78'
Tergou  90+4'		 Report Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,548
Referee: Lorant Varga
June 23 12Rochester Rhinos0–1Orlando City BRochester, New York
6:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Defregger  29'
Dover  88'		 Report Timbó  18',  45+1' Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Charles Murphy
July 1 13Charlotte Independence2–1Rochester RhinosCharlotte, North Carolina
6:00 P.M. EDT (UTC−4) Estrada  12',  25'
Ross  32'		 Report Farrell  14'
Fall  67' (pen)		 Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
July 5 14Saint Louis FC0–0Rochester RhinosFenton, Missouri
8:00 PM EDT (UTC−4) Sheldon  66' Report Lee  60' Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,634
Referee: Dule Djurasevic
Note: Re-scheduled from May 6 due to flooding of World Wide Technology Soccer Park[5][6]
July 8 15Rochester Rhinos1–0Harrisburg City IslandersRochester, New York
6:05 PMEDT (UTC−4) Madison  35'
Graf  85'		 Report Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,178
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
July 15 16Ottawa Fury1–1Rochester RhinosOttawa, Ontario
2:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Barden  33'
Bruna  72'
Hume  89'		 Report Graf  15'
Garzi  39'		 Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,525
Referee: Chris Grabas
July 22 17Rochester Rhinos0–0Pittsburgh RiverhoundsRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Report Adewole  33'
Souto  73'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 3,269
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel
July 26 18Rochester Rhinos2–0Toronto FC IIRochester, New York
7:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Defregger  58',  59'
Dunn  76' (o.g.)
Correia  90+3'		 Report Onkony  26' Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,148
Referee: Jared Simons
July 29 19FC Cincinnati2–3Rochester RhinosCincinnati, Ohio
7:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) McLaughlin  29'
Djiby  27',  42' 
Josu  44'
Berry  81'
Jaye  84'
König  86' (pen.)
Greig  87'
Walker  90+2'		 Report Graf  12'
Kamdem  54'
Fall  78' (pen.)  78',  82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 23,548
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
August 5 20New York Red Bulls II2–1Rochester RhinosMontclair, New Jersey
4:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Basuljevic  5'
Bonomo  55'		 Report Fall  70' (pen.) Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Attendance: 582
Referee: Charles Murphy
August 8 21Harrisburg City Islanders0–1Rochester RhinosHarrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Grosh  20'
Brent  59'
Mensah  83'		 Report Madison  25'
Garzi  44'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Amber O'Connor
August 19 22Rochester Rhinos0–1Charleston BatteryRochester, New York
18:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Madison  45+1' Report Hackshaw  21'
Williams  25'
Portillo  83'
Cooper  90+2'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
August 26 23Rochester Rhinos1–2Saint Louis FCRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Fall  7' (pen)
Graf  55'		 Report Howe  3',  74'
Rudolph  6'
Alihodžić  26'
Ledbetter  90+1'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Lucasz Szpala
September 2 24Toronto FC II0–1Rochester RhinosVaughan, Ontario
7:30 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Report Brown  10'
Fall  90+2'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 143
Referee: Alexis Vaughan
September 9 25Rochester Rhinos1–1Ottawa FuryRochester, New York
6:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) François  19' Report McEleney  37'
Bruna  63'  88'
Dos Santos  71' (pen.)		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 16 26Pittsburgh Riverhounds1–1Rochester RhinosPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Kerr  71' Report Tergou  73'
Farrell  90'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Greg Dopka
September 20 27Louisville City FC2–1Rochester RhinosLouisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Davis IV  23'
Spencer  90+5' (pen)		 Report Graf  43',  73'
Lee  45'
James  61'
Gomez  88'
Felix  90+4'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,698
Referee: Jon Freemon
September 23 28Richmond Kickers1–0Rochester RhinosRichmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Minutillo  80' Report Kamdem  79' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,969
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
September 30 29Rochester Rhinos0–0Louisville City FCRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Forbes  71'
Felix  85'		 Report Ownby  67'
Morad  90+3'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,775
Referee: Eric Tattersall
October 7 30Pittsburgh Riverhounds0–2Rochester RhinosPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Chevy  57' Report Graf  1'
Fall  14',  70'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 10 31Rochester Rhinos1–0Bethlehem Steel FCRochester, New York
7:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Graf  38' Report Conneh  86' Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 963
Referee: Thomas Snyder
October 14 32Rochester Rhinos2–1New York Red Bulls IIRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Graf  35'
Forbes  68'		 Report Valot  37' Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,402
Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Playoffs
October 21 Conference QuarterfinalsRochester Rhinos2–1 (a.e.t.)Charlotte IndependenceRochester, New York
6:05 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Dover  11'
Graf  53'
François  61'
Farrell  83'
Defregger  113'		 Report A. Martínez  53',   120'
E. Martínez  69'
Davidson  85'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 1,647
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
October 28 Conference Semi-finalsLouisville City FC1–0Rochester RhinosLouisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM EDT (UTC-04:00) Jimenez  52'
Ownby  77'
Ranjitsingh  90+1'		 Report Felix  55' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,117
Referee: Victor Rivas

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.
  5. "USL Announces May 6 Game Postponed". saintlouisfc.com. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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