# 2017 Miami FC season

The 2017 Miami FC season was the club's second season of existence, and second season playing in the North American Soccer League. During the season Miami won both the Spring and Fall NASL season, qualifying for the end of season playoffs where they would go out on penalties to the New York Cosmos in the Semifinals. In the U.S. Open Cup, Miami reached the Quarterfinals before losing to USL side FC Cincinnati 0-1 in a game that had to be re-arranged due to bad weather. Stefano ended the season as the club's top goalscorer with 21 goals across all competitions, 17 coming in the NASL.

## Roster

    As of match played November 5, 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Ryan Herman | GK | (1993-06-18)June 18, 1993 (aged 24) | FC Dallas | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mario Daniel Vega | GK | (1984-06-03)June 3, 1984 (aged 33) | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2016 | | 70 | 0 |
| 33 | Lionel Brown | GK | (1987-09-17)September 17, 1987 (aged 30) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Jonathan Borrajo | DF | (1987-06-02)June 2, 1987 (aged 30) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2016 | | 41 | 0 |
| 3 | Brad Rusin | DF | (1986-09-05)September 5, 1986 (aged 31) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2016 | | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Mason Trafford | DF | (1986-08-21)August 21, 1986 (aged 31) | Ottawa Fury | 2016 | | 64 | 0 |
| 12 | Tyler Ruthven | DF | (1998-07-18)July 18, 1998 (aged 19) | Jacksonville Armada | 2017 | | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | Hunter Freeman | DF | (1985-01-08)January 8, 1985 (aged 32) | New York Cosmos | 2016 | | 37 | 0 |
| 18 | Rhett Bernstein | DF | (1987-09-10)September 10, 1987 (aged 30) | Mjøndalen | 2016 | | 59 | 2 |
| 24 | Lovel Palmer | DF | (1984-08-30)August 30, 1984 (aged 33) | Indy Eleven | 2017 | | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | Alessandro Lambrughi | DF | (1987-05-19)May 19, 1987 (aged 30) | Livorno | 2017 | | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Michel | DF | (1981-06-09)June 9, 1981 (aged 36) | Rayo OKC | 2017 | | 18 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Ariel Martínez | MF | (1986-05-09)May 9, 1986 (aged 31) | Charleston Battery | 2016 | | 53 | 10 |
| 7 | Dylan Mares | MF | (1992-02-11)February 11, 1992 (aged 25) | Indy Eleven | 2017 | | 35 | 8 |
| 10 | Kwadwo Poku | MF | (1992-02-19)February 19, 1992 (aged 25) | New York City | 2016 | | 55 | 15 |
| 14 | Robert Baggio Kcira | MF | (1994-09-01)September 1, 1994 (aged 23) | Wiener Neustadt | 2016 | | 16 | 2 |
| 20 | Richie Ryan | MF | (1985-01-06)January 6, 1985 (aged 32) | Jacksonville Armada | 2016 | | 49 | 0 |
| 21 | Calvin Rezende | MF | (1993-01-12)January 12, 1993 (aged 24) | Michigan Bucks | 2016 | | 29 | 0 |
| 22 | Jonny Steele | MF | (1986-02-07)February 7, 1986 (aged 31) | Ottawa Fury | 2016 | | 19 | 2 |
| 23 | Blake Smith | MF | (1991-01-17)January 17, 1991 (aged 26) | Yverdon Sport | 2016 | | 61 | 1 |
| 24 | Cizario da Costa | MF | (1998-11-30)November 30, 1998 (aged 18) | | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Michael Lahoud | MF | (1986-09-15)September 15, 1986 (aged 31) | Philadelphia Union | 2016 | | 52 | 1 |
| 28 | Gabriel Farfán | MF | (1988-06-23)June 23, 1988 (aged 29) | Chiapas | 2016 | | 26 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Vincenzo Rennella | FW | (1988-10-08)October 8, 1988 (aged 29) | loan from Real Valladolid | 2016 | 2017 | 43 | 15 |
| 9 | Jaime Chavez | FW | (1987-07-17)July 17, 1987 (aged 30) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2016 | | 57 | 18 |
| 11 | Aaron Dennis | FW | (1993-02-24)February 24, 1993 (aged 24) | Arizona United | 2016 | | 9 | 1 |
| 29 | Stefano | FW | (1991-01-12)January 12, 1991 (aged 26) | Minnesota United FC | 2017 | | 31 | 21 |

### Staff

* Mauro Pederzoli – Technical Director
* Federico Bertele' - Assistant Technical Director
* Alessandro Nesta – Head Coach
* Lorenzo Rubinacci – Assistant coach
* Vincenzo Benvenuto – Goalkeeper coach
* Paolo Pacione – Head of Performance and Fitness Coach

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Ryan Herman (from FC Dallas) |
| 7 | MF | USA | Dylan Mares (from Indy Eleven) |
| 12 | DF | USA | Tyler Ruthven (from Jacksonville Armada) |
| 24 | MF | GNB | Cizario da Costa |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Stefano (from Minnesota United FC) |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Michel (from Rayo OKC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Sebastian Evers |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Adaílton |
| 7 | MF | VEN | Roberto Alterio |
| 8 | MF | HON | Wilson Palacios |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Darío Cvitanich (to Banfield) |
| 13 | MF | USA | Conner Rezende |
| 16 | DF | FRA | Hugo Leroux |
| 19 | MF | JAM | Dane Richards |
| 24 | DF | USA | Joe Franco (to Orange County) |
| 83 | FW | BRA | Pablo Campos |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | JAM | Lovel Palmer (from Indy Eleven) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Lambrughi (from Livorno) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: July 15, 2017. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 29, 2017. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### NASL Playoff

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | Championship qualifiers |
| 3 | North Carolina FC | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 45 | Championship qualifiers |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 45 | Championship qualifiers |
| 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 | |

### U.S. Open Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played November 5, 2017

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jonathan Borrajo | 13 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Mason Trafford | 32 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CUB | Ariel Martínez | 26 | 3 | 1+9 | 2 | 5+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Dylan Mares | 35 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 12+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Vincenzo Rennella | 29 | 12 | 13+3 | 10 | 4+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Jaime Chavez | 33 | 12 | 7+7 | 1 | 13+2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Kwadwo Poku | 34 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 11+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Tyler Ruthven | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Robert Baggio Kcira | 13 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman | 35 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ARG | Mario Daniel Vega | 38 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | USA | Rhett Bernstein | 31 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan | 35 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Calvin Rezende | 14 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Jonny Steele | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Blake Smith | 30 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 14+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JAM | Lovel Palmer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Lambrughi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SLE | Michael Lahoud | 36 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Gabriel Farfán | 10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Stefano | 31 | 21 | 12+1 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Michel | 18 | 1 | 0+8 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Miami FC during the season: ||||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 29 | Stefano | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | FW | | 8 | Vincenzo Rennella | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Jaime Chavez | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | | 10 | Kwadwo Poku | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Dylan Mares | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Robert Baggio Kcira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 6 | Ariel Martínez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 31 | Michel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | 23 | Blake Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 18 | Rhett Bernstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 33 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 72 |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Borrajo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mason Trafford | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Ariel Martínez | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dylan Mares | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Vincenzo Rennella | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jaime Chavez | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kwadwo Poku | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Robert Baggio Kcira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Hunter Freeman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Mario Daniel Vega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richie Ryan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Calvin Rezende | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Lovel Palmer | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Michael Lahoud | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Gabriel Farfán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Stefano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Michel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 |