# 2014 New York Cosmos season

The 2014 New York Cosmos season was the new Cosmos' second season of existence, playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, it was the sixteenth season of a club entitled New York Cosmos playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area.

## Club
### Roster

As of July 19, 2014.
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Jimmy Maurer | United States |
| 2 | DF | Hunter Freeman | United States |
| 3 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | United States |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Mendes (Captain) | United States |
| 5 | MF | Joseph Nane | Cameroon |
| 6 | DF | Rovérsio | Brazil |
| 7 | MF | Ayoze | Spain |
| 8 | MF | Diomar Díaz | Venezuela |
| 11 | FW | Peri Marošević | United States |
| 12 | GK | Kyle Zobeck | United States |
| 13 | MF | Sebastián Guenzatti | Uruguay |
| 14 | MF | Danny Szetela | United States |
| 15 | DF | Jimmy Ockford (on loan from Seattle Sounders FC) | United States |
| 16 | MF | Dane Murphy | United States |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | Norway |
| 19 | MF | Marcos Senna | Spain |
| 20 | FW | Hans Denissen | Netherlands |
| 21 | FW | David Diosa | Colombia |
| 22 | FW | Alessandro Noselli | Italy |
| 25 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | United States |
| 27 | FW | Jemal Johnson | United States |
| 28 | MF | Jimmy Mulligan | United States |
| 30 | MF | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | Brazil |
| 33 | DF | Jimmy Nealis | United States |
| 11 | FW | Andrés Flores | El Salvador |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring Season

The Spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time. Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games. The Cosmos will play 5 of their games at home. The winner of the Spring season will earn the right to host the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Minnesota United (S) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 19 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ottawa Fury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Edmonton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 8, 2014. Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings/season/8945

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Match reports
### NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road. The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (F) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 7, 2014. Source:

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### Match reports
### U.S. Open Cup

The Cosmos will compete in the 2014 edition of the Open Cup entering in the Third Round of the tournament. The club has said should they host the Third Round match they will play it at Belson Stadium if they are selected as a host for that round due to Shuart Stadium not being available.

#### Match reports
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played November 8, 2014 (final)

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jimmy Maurer | 28 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman | 30 | 1 | 9+0 | 0 | 17+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Hunter Gorskie | 15 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Carlos Mendes | 29 | 2 | 9+0 | 2 | 16+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Joseph Nane | 25 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rovérsio | 16 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ayoze | 26 | 2 | 8+0 | 2 | 14+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Diomar Díaz | 13 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SLV | Andrés Flores | 8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Kyle Zobeck | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | URU | Sebastián Guenzatti | 26 | 4 | 7+0 | 2 | 12+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Danny Szetela | 27 | 3 | 6+2 | 1 | 15+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Jimmy Ockford | 13 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Dane Murphy | 10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Stefan Dimitrov | 14 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 3+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mads Stokkelien | 30 | 10 | 9+0 | 3 | 15+3 | 4 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Marcos Senna | 20 | 4 | 7+0 | 1 | 9+3 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NED | Hans Denissen | 14 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | COL | David Diosa | 9 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | USA | Danny Mwanga | 8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Connor Lade | 7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | USA | Hagop Chirishian | 18 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | 4+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | USA | Jemal Johnson | 21 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 7+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | USA | Jimmy Mulligan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | USA | James Nealis | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 22 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Noselli | 8 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | 7 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 18 | Mads Stokkelien | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | | 13 | Sebastián Guenzatti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | | 19 | Marcos Senna | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 14 | Danny Szetela | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | 15 | Jimmy Ockford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 22 | Alessandro Noselli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 25 | Hagop Chirishian | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | | 4 | Carlos Mendes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 7 | Ayoze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | 17 | Stefan Dimitrov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 2 | Hunter Freeman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 8 | Diomar Díaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 11 | Andrés Flores | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 21 | David Diosa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 22 | Danny Mwanga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 27 | Jemal Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 30 | Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 14 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 43 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Jimmy Maurer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Hunter Freeman | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Mendes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Joseph Nane | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Rovérsio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ayoze | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Diomar Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Andrés Flores | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Sebastián Guenzatti | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Danny Szetela | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Jimmy Ockford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Dane Murphy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Marcos Senna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | Hans Denissen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | David Diosa | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Alessandro Noselli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Connor Lade | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Jemal Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 19 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 6 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 20 | FW | Hans Denissen | San Antonio Scorpions | | January 2, 2014 | |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | Stabæk | | January 31, 2014 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 24 | GK | Kyle Reynish | Chicago Fire | | January 10, 2014 |
| 12 | GK | Chad Calderone | Free Agent | Free | February 2014 |
| 23 | DF | Juan Gonzalez | Free Agent | Free | February 2014 |
| 26 | FW | Satoru Kashiwase | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan return | |
| 15 | DF | Korey Veeder | Free Agent | Free |
| 18 | FW | Henry David López | Free Agent | Free |
| 20 | DF | Chris Rodd | Free Agent | Free |
| 28 | MF | Edison Bilbao | Balzan | |
| 11 | FW | Peri Marošević | Free Agent | Free | July 7, 2014 |
| 22 | FW | Alessandro Noselli | Free Agent | Free | July 12, 2014 |
| 30 | FW | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | Atlanta Silverbacks | Free | August 28, 2014 |

### Loan In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 15 | DF | Jimmy Ockford | Seattle Sounders FC | Season long | February 26, 2014 |
| 11 | FW | Andrés Flores | Isidro Metapán | Season long | July 18, 2014 |
| 23 | DF | Connor Lade | New York Red Bulls | Assignment | July 28, 2014 |
| 22 | FW | Danny Mwanga | Colorado Rapids | Season Long | August 28, 2014 |

### Loan Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 30 | MF | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | Metropolitanos | Season long | July 31, 2014 | |