# 2012 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2012 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's seventeenth season of existence. It was the Rhinos' second-consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.

## Background

After the split of several USL clubs to create the North American Soccer League, United Soccer Leagues restructured its top division, and created the USL Pro, which received third-tier sanctioning from U.S. Soccer. The Rhinos, who had played in the second division of American soccer for their entire existence, opted to join the USL Pro, and thus play in the third tier.
On the field, the Rhinos won their division, and boasted the fourth best overall record, making it the second straight year Rochester were division champions. For the third straight season, however, Rochester was eliminated in the first round of the respective league's playoffs.
Outside of the USL Pro Division, the Rhinos were eliminated in the third round of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup by the MLS side Philadelphia Union. The Rhinos also played a School Day friendly against NPSL team FC Buffalo.

## Competitions
### USL Pro
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Orlando City SC (C) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 57 | Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye |
| 2 | Rochester Rhinos (A) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 41 | Playoffs 1st round bye |
| 3 | Charleston Battery (A) | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Richmond Kickers (A) | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Wilmington Hammerheads (A) | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 37 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Harrisburg City Islanders (A) | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 37 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Charlotte Eagles | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Los Angeles Blues | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 30 | |
| 9 | Dayton Dutch Lions | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 22 | |
| 10 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 17 | |
| 11 | Antigua Barracuda | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 50 | −34 | 16 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: December 17, 2011. Source: Match reports

##### Results by round

| 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 |
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#### USL Pro Play Off
### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regular Season | Regular Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |

### Top scorers

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | USL Pro | U.S. Open Cup | Total |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | USL Pro | USL Pro | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Preseason | Preseason | Total (USSF Total) | Total (USSF Total) |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Roster

as of November 28, 2011
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 2 | DF | Tyler Bellamy | United States |
| 3 | MF | Drew Cost | United States |
| 4 | DF | Mike Zaher | United States |
| 5 | DF | Jack Traynor | United States |
| 6 | DF | Georgios Kyriazis | Greece |
| 7 | MF | Gustavo Zamudio | Chile |
| 8 | MF | Tyler Rosenlund | Canada |
| 10 | FW | Tam McManus | Scotland |
| 11 | FW | Conor Chinn | United States |
| 12 | DF | Troy Roberts | United States |
| 13 | DF | Quavas Kirk | United States |
| 15 | FW | Graciano Brito | Cape Verde |
| 16 | MF | Danny Earls | Republic of Ireland |
| 17 | DF | Masaki Hemmi | Japan |
| 18 | FW | Isaac Kissi | Ghana |
| 20 | DF | Lucas Fernandez | Argentina |
| 21 | DF | Kyle Manscuk | United States |
| 23 | GK | Brandon Miller | United States |
| 24 | GK | Kristian Nicht | Germany |
| 25 | FW | Andrew Hoxie | United States |
| 27 | MF | Michael Tanke | United States |
| 29 | MF | J. C. Banks | United States |
| 31 | GK | Joe Marino | United States |