# 2017 Phoenix Rising FC season

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

## Friendlies

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

## USL
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |

### Western Conference standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Conference Playoffs |
| 5 | Phoenix Rising FC | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 58 | Conference Playoffs |
| 6 | OKC Energy FC | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 49 | Conference Playoffs |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 46 | Conference Playoffs |

## Statistics

(regular-season & Playoffs)
| # | 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 |
| September 7, 2017 | End of Season | Goalkeeper | 12 | John Berner | Colorado Rapids |