Season | 2017 |
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Champions | San Francisco Deltas |
Spring Champions | Miami FC |
Fall Champions | Miami FC |
Matches played | 128 |
Goals scored | 338 (2.64 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stefano Pinho (17) |
Biggest home win | MIA 7–0 SFD (July 8) |
Biggest away win | NYC 0–3 MIA (April 1) |
Highest scoring | NYC 5–2 PRF (October 28) |
Longest winning run | 4 games Miami FC (April 29 – May 20) (June 3 - June 24) San Francisco Deltas (June 10 – July 2) |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 games Miami FC (April 22 – June 24) |
Longest losing run | 5 games Puerto Rico FC (April 22 – May 20) |
Highest attendance | 9,515 MIA 0–2 NYC (April 8) |
Lowest attendance | 780 JAX 1–2 PRF (August 16) |
Total attendance | 550,871 (123 of 128 games reported) |
Average attendance | 4,479 |
← 2016 |
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.
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.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain | Kit Sponsor |
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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 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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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] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Abbreviation and Color Key:
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Club | Match | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
FC Edmonton | JAX | JAX | NCA | PRF | MIA | IND | SFD | IND | PRF | NYC | MIA | SFD | SFD | JAX | NCA | NYC |
0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Indy Eleven | SFD | PRF | PRF | SFD | JAX | FCE | MIA | MIA | FCE | SFD | JAX | NCA | NCA | NYC | NYC | JAX |
1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Jacksonville Armada | FCE | FCE | SFD | NYC | IND | NYC | NCA | SFD | NCA | MIA | IND | MIA | FCE | PRF | PRF | IND |
1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Miami FC | NCA | NYC | NYC | NCA | FCE | PRF | IND | IND | PRF | JAX | FCE | JAX | NYC | NCA | SFD | SFD |
1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | |
New York Cosmos | PRF | MIA | MIA | JAX | SFD | JAX | PRF | SFD | NCA | FCE | NCA | PRF | MIA | IND | IND | FCE |
0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
North Carolina FC | MIA | SFD | FCE | MIA | PRF | SFD | JAX | PRF | JAX | NYC | NYC | IND | IND | MIA | FCE | PRF |
1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Puerto Rico FC | NYC | IND | IND | FCE | NCA | MIA | NYC | NCA | MIA | FCE | SFD | NYC | SFD | JAX | JAX | NCA |
0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
San Francisco Deltas | IND | NCA | JAX | IND | NYC | NCA | FCE | JAX | NYC | IND | PRF | FCE | FCE | PRF | MIA | MIA |
1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–7 | 1–3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Abbreviation and Color Key:
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Club | Match | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
FC Edmonton | IND | IND | NYC | PRF | SFD | NCA | NCA | IND | SFD | SFD | JAX | NYC | JAX | MIA | PRF | MIA |
1–2 | 3-1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2-1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2-0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
Indy Eleven | FCE | FCE | MIA | NYC | JAX | SFD | NCA | FCE | JAX | NCA | PRF | NYC | SFD | MIA | PRF | NCA |
2–1 | 1–3 | 1-3 | 3–3 | 2-3 | 0–2 | 1-0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1-2 | 0–3 | 1-2 | 2–2 | |
Jacksonville Armada | SFD | PRF | NCA | PRF | MIA | IND | NYC | NYC | MIA | IND | MIA | FCE | NCA | FCE | NYC | SFD |
1–1 | 0-1 | 2–2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3–3 | 0-3 | 0–0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2-0 | |
Miami FC | NYC | NCA | IND | NCA | JAX | PRF | PRF | NYC | JAX | JAX | SFD | SFD | IND | SFD | FCE | FCE |
1–3 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3–3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3-0 | 2–2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | |
New York Cosmos | MIA | SFD | FCE | IND | NCA | JAX | MIA | JAX | SFD | NCA | PRF | IND | FCE | PRF | JAX | PRF |
3–1 | 1-2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 5–2 | |
North Carolina FC | PRF | MIA | JAX | MIA | SFD | NYC | FCE | FCE | IND | PRF | NYC | IND | PRF | JAX | SFD | IND |
1–1 | 3-2 | 2–2 | 0-1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0–0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Puerto Rico FC | NCA | JAX | SFD | JAX | FCE | MIA | MIA | NCA | NYC | IND | NCA | SFD | NYC | IND | FCE | NYC |
1–1 | 1-0 | 0–0 | 2-1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0-1 | 0–0 | 0-1 | 1–2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-5 | |
San Francisco Deltas | JAX | NYC | PRF | NCA | FCE | IND | NYC | FCE | FCE | MIA | MIA | IND | PRF | MIA | NCA | JAX |
1–1 | 2-1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2-0 | 2–2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0-2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 | |||||
Miami FC | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | New York Cosmos |
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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 |
San Francisco Deltas | 1–0 | North Carolina FC |
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Gibson 40' Jordan 60' Bekker 90' |
Report |
San Francisco Deltas | 2–0 | New York Cosmos |
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Heinemann 19' (pen.) 31' Gibson 24' Peiser 90' Sandoval 90+5' |
Report Report |
Mulligan 45+3' Ayoze 87' |
Club | GP | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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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
Top scorers[edit]
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Top assists[edit]
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Clean sheets[edit]
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Hat-tricks[edit]
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Month | NASL Player of the Month | NASL Play of the Month | ||
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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 |
NASL Best XI[16] | ||||||
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Position | Player | Team | ||||
Goalkeeper | Mario Daniel Vega | Miami FC | ||||
Defense | Reiner Ferreira | San Francisco Deltas | ||||
Defense | Mason Trafford | Miami FC | ||||
Defense | Mechack Jérôme | Jacksonville Armada | ||||
Defense | Connor Tobin | North Carolina FC | ||||
Midfield | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos | ||||
Midfield | Nazmi Albadawi | North Carolina FC | ||||
Midfield | Richie Ryan | Miami FC | ||||
Midfield | Dylan Mares | Miami FC | ||||
Forward | Vincenzo Rennella | Miami FC | ||||
Forward | Stefano Pinho | Miami FC |