# 2013 New York Cosmos season

The 2013 New York Cosmos season was the first season of the new team playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this was the sixteenth season of the club playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area. The Cosmos sat out the league's spring season, joining for the second half of the year. They won the Fall Championship, and became the 2013 NASL Champions by winning the Soccer Bowl.

## Background

The second version of the New York Cosmos came into existence during the summer of 2010. During the 2011 and 2012 calendar years, several youth teams and one tributary team under the Cosmos name played in an array of matches. The last season an organized team under the name "New York Cosmos" competed in any sort of professional level is 1985, nearly thirty years ago, when the Cosmos operated as an independent soccer club.

## Review
### June

On June 18, 2013, Cosmos played their first friendly of the season, defeating Newtown Pride FC 6–0.

### July

On July 1, former United States men's national soccer team midfielder Danny Szetela agreed to join the Cosmos.
On July 19, Cosmos signed Brazilian centre back Rovérsio.
On July 21, the Cosmos played their second friendly of the season against Old Carthusians in London, England. The final score was 4–1 to Cosmos.
Three days later on July 24, Cosmos played their second friendly in England against Leyton Orient, losing 2–1.
The Cosmos then played their third and final friendly in England against Gillingham, drawing 1–1.

## Club
### Roster

| 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 | United States |
| 6 | DF | Rovérsio | Brazil |
| 5 | MF | Joseph Nane | Cameroon |
| 7 | MF | Ayoze | Spain |
| 8 | MF | Diomar Díaz | Venezuela |
| 11 | FW | Peri Marošević | United States |
| 12 | GK | Chad Calderone | United States |
| 13 | MF | Sebastian Guenzatti | United States |
| 14 | MF | Danny Szetela | United States |
| 15 | DF | Korey Veeder | United States |
| 16 | MF | Dane Murphy | United States |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
| 18 | FW | Henry López | Guatemala |
| 19 | MF | Marcos Senna | Spain |
| 20 | DF | Chris Rodd | United States |
| 21 | FW | David Diosa | Colombia |
| 22 | FW | Alessandro Noselli | Italy |
| 23 | DF | Juan Gonzalez | Colombia |
| 24 | GK | Kyle Reynish | United States |
| 25 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | United States |
| 26 | FW | Satoru Kashiwase (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) | Japan |
| 27 | FW | Jemal Johnson | United States |
| 30 | MF | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | Brazil |

### Team management

Front Office and Ownership :
| Honorary President | Pelé |
| Chairman & CEO | Seamus O'Brien |
| Chief Operating Officer | Erik Stover |
| International Ambassador | Carlos Alberto |
| International Ambassador | Shep Messing |
| Financial Controller | Kevin Kletz |
| Marketing Manager | Sofia Sanchez |
| Social Media Manager | Chris Thomas |
| Coaching staff ||
| Head Coach | Giovanni Savarese |
Last updated: January 5, 2013 Source: New York Cosmos Official Website

## Competitions
### NASL Spring Season

The Cosmos did not compete in the NASL spring season.

### NASL Fall Season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 31 | Soccer Bowl 2013 |
| 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 23 | |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 20 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 20 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | FC Edmonton | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 16 | |
| 8 | San Antonio Scorpions | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 10 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 14, 2013. Source: NASL

##### Results by round

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

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

The Cosmos did not compete in the 2013 edition of the Open Cup.

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played November 9, 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Soccer Bowl | Soccer Bowl |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jimmy Maurer | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman | 13 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Hunter Gorskie | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Carlos Mendes | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Joseph Nane | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rovérsio | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ayoze | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Diomar Díaz | 13 | 5 | 9+3 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Peri Marošević | 8 | 2 | 6+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | URU | Sebastian Guenzatti | 11 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Daniel Szetela | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Korey Veeder | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Dane Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Stefan Dimitrov | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GUA | Henry López | 5 | 2 | 1+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Marcos Senna | 14 | 6 | 13+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | USA | Chris Rodd | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | COL | David Diosa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Noselli | 10 | 3 | 4+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | COL | Juan González | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Kyle Reynish | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | USA | Hagop Chirishian | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Satoru Kashiwase | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | USA | Jemal Pierre Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CHI | Edison Bilbao | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | 8 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | USA | James Nealis | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Fall Season | Soccer Bowl | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 19 | Marcos Senna | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | | 8 | Diomar Díaz | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 22 | Alessandro Noselli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 11 | Peri Marošević | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 18 | Henry López | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 30 | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 13 | Sebastian Guenzatti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 14 | Daniel Szetela | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 17 | Stefan Dimitrov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 22 | 1 | 23 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Soccer Bowl | Soccer Bowl | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Hunter Freeman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Joseph Nane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Rovérsio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ayoze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Diomar Díaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Sebastián Guenzatti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Daniel Szetela | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Korey Veeder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Dane Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Marcos Senna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Chris Rodd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Alessandro Noselli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | New York Pancyprian-Freedoms | Free | January 30, 2011 |
| 16 | MF | Dane Murphy | VfL Osnabrück | Free | January 30, 2011 |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Mendes | Columbus Crew | Free | December 11, 2012 |
| 24 | GK | Kyle Reynish | Real Salt Lake | Free | January 31, 2013 |
| 7 | FW | Ayoze García | Sporting de Gijón | Free | February 8, 2013 |
| 2 | DF | Hunter Freeman | Colorado Rapids | Free | February 12, 2013 |
| 15 | DF | Korey Veeder | Columbus Crew | Free | February 13, 2013 |
| 11 | FW | Peri Marošević | NK Junak Sinj | Free | February 21, 2013 |
| 18 | FW | Henry David López | Esporte Clube Noroeste | Free | February 21, 2013 |
| 5 | MF | Joseph Nane | Colorado Rapids | Free | March 12, 2013 |
| 23 | DF | Juan González | Free agent | Free | March 12, 2013 |
| 3 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | Free agent | Free | April 26, 2013 |
| | GK | Jimmy Maurer | C.D. Universidad de Concepción | Free | April 26, 2013 |
| | GK | Chad Calderone | New York Pancyprian-Freedoms | Free | April 26, 2013 |
| 8 | MF | Diomar Díaz | Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana | Free | May 2, 2013 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| | MF | Armando Gaitan | Free agent | Free |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 11 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | On loan for the duration of the NASL spring season | March 8, 2013 | |