# 2017 Harrisburg City Islanders season

The 2017 season was the Harrisburg City Islanders's 14th season of competitive soccer - its first in the second division of American soccer, and its seventh season in the United Soccer League.
This was the club's final season under its original name, with the club renamed Penn FC (in full, Penn Football Club) shortly after the end of the season.

## Review

For the 2017 season, the City Islanders played all their home matches at FNB Field rather than splitting time between Harrisburg and Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster. This decision was made to focus on marketing the team more intently in Harrisburg area.
The 2017 season marked the first time the City Islanders competed in the second division of American soccer after USL was granted provisional Division II status.
The season would also kick off under new majority ownership joined by George Altirs of Capelli Sports. The new ownership has intended to invest in the club to keep up with the growing league and keep the team in Harrisburg. Despite additional investment and club connections to Ghanaian club, International Allies F.C., the City Islanders failed to make the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
At the conclusion of the season, it was announced that the Harrisburg City Islanders would be re-branded as Penn FC for the 2018 season marking the end of the "City Islanders" name after 14 seasons.

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Nick Noble | United States |
| 2 | DF | Griffin Libhart | United States |
| 4 | DF | Travis Brent | United States |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | Brazil |
| 7 | FW | Manolo Sanchez | Puerto Rico |
| 8 | MF | Mouhamed Dabo | Senegal |
| 9 | MF | Jonny Mendoza | Colombia |
| 10 | MF | Paul Wilson | Jamaica |
| 11 | FW | Aaron Wheeler | United States |
| 12 | MF | Rasheed Olabiyi | Nigeria |
| 13 | FW | Mike Olla | United States |
| 14 | MF | Danny DiPrima | United States |
| 15 | DF | Lee Nishanian | United States |
| 16 | DF | Jake Bond | United States |
| 17 | DF | Jamie Thomas | United States |
| 18 | DF | Abass Mohamed (on loan from Inter Allies) | Ghana |
| 19 | MF | Cardel Benbow | Jamaica |
| 20 | DF | Chris Hill | United States |
| 21 | GK | Sean Lewis | United States |
| 22 | DF | John Grosh | United States |
| 23 | DF | Shawn McLaws | United States |
| 25 | FW | Ropapa Mensah (on loan from Inter Allies) | Ghana |
| 30 | FW | Pedro Ribeiro | Brazil |
| 33 | GK | Brandon Miller | United States |
| 60 | FW | Fredrick Yamoah Opoku (on loan from Inter Allies) | Ghana |
Updated as of July 21, 2017.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| February 23, 2017 | Lee Nishanian | 15 | DF | LA Galaxy II | Free; 1-year contract |
| February 24, 2017 | Chris Hill | 20 | DF | Villanova Wildcats | Signed |
| March 1, 2017 | Jonny Mendoza | 9 | MF | Orlando City B | Signed |
| March 2, 2017 | Travis Brent | 4 | DF | Almere City FC | Signed |
| March 9, 2017 | Brandon Miller | 33 | GK | Orange County Blues | Signed |
| March 16, 2017 | John Grosh | 22 | MF | Drexel University | Signed |
| March 16, 2017 | Mike Olla | 13 | FW | Montclair State University | Signed |
| March 16, 2017 | Jake Bond | 16 | DF | Saint Louis FC | Signed |
| March 16, 2017 | Griffin Libhart | 2 | DF | West Virginia University | Signed |
| March 21, 2017 | Manolo Sanchez | 7 | MF | San Antonio FC | Signed |
| March 21, 2017 | Rasheed Olabiyi | 12 | MF | Houston Dynamo | Signed |
| March 23, 2017 | Tiago Calvano | 5 | DF | Minnesota United FC | Signed |
| March 23, 2017 | Sean Lewis | 21 | GK | Jacksonville Armada | Signed |
| April 14, 2017 | Pedro Ribeiro | 30 | FW | Orlando City SC | Signed |
| July 21, 2017 | Jason Plumhoff | 6 | FW | Indy Eleven | Signed |

### Out

| Date | Player | Number | Position | New club | Fee/notes |
| November 12, 2016 | Keasel Broome | 30 | GK | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Undisclosed |
| November 23, 2016 | Shane Campbell | 2 | DF | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Undisclosed |
| December 5, 2016 | Liam Doyle | 16 | DF | Swope Park Rangers | Transfer |
| January 1, 2017 | Craig Foster | 22 | FW | FC Reno | Free Transfer |
| January 26, 2017 | Jose Barril | 8 | MF | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Transfer |
| February 20, 2017 | Garret Pettis | 9 | FW | | Retired |
| February 28, 2017 | Cameron Vickers | 77 | FW | Reno 1868 FC | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Loaned from | Fee/notes |
| March 23, 2017 | Abass Mohamed | 18 | DF | International Allies F.C. | Signed |
| March 23, 2017 | Ropapa Mensah | 25 | FW | International Allies F.C. | Signed |
| May 5, 2017 | Fredrick Yamoah Opoku | 60 | FW | International Allies F.C. | Signed |

## Competitions
### USL
#### Standings (Eastern Conference)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Louisville City FC (C) | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 62 | Conference Playoffs |
| 2 | Charleston Battery | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 54 | Conference Playoffs |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 53 | Conference Playoffs |
| 4 | Rochester Rhinos | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 53 | Conference Playoffs |
| 5 | Charlotte Independence | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 48 | Conference Playoffs |
| 6 | FC Cincinnati | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 46 | Conference Playoffs |
| 7 | New York Red Bulls II | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 44 | Conference Playoffs |
| 8 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 44 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | Orlando City B | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 42 | |
| 10 | Ottawa Fury | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 37 | |
| 12 | Saint Louis FC | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 36 | |
| 13 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 36 | |
| 14 | Richmond Kickers | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 32 | |
| 15 | Toronto FC II | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 25 | |

#### Results

All times in Eastern Time.
2017 Harrisburg City Islanders Regular Season Schedule

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 32 | 37 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 31 | −22 |
Last updated: December 2, 2017 Source: 2017 USL season Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| 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 | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | T | L | L | T | T | T | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | T | L | T | L | L | L | L | W | T | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |

### U.S. Open Cup

The City Islanders competed in the 2017 edition of the U.S. Open Cup, entering the competition in the second round. They were eliminated in the fourth round to the Philadelphia Union for the second consecutive year.
    As of June 3, 2017
All times in Eastern Time.

## Statistics

As of December 3, 2017.
Players included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Playoffs | Playoffs | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | | Griffin Libhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Travis Brent | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tiago Calvano | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Manolo Sanchez | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mouhamed Dabo | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Jonny Mendoza | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Paul Wilson | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Aaron Wheeler | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Rasheed Olabiyi | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Mike Olla | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Danny DiPrima | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Lee Nishanian | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Jake Bond | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Jamie Thomas | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | Abass Mohamed | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Cardel Benbow | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Chris Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | John Grosh | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Shawn McLaws | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Ropapa Mensah | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Pedro Ribeiro | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | | Fredrick Opoku | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 71 | 2 |
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics were loaned players.
    Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Harrisburg.
    League denotes USL regular season
    Playoffs denotes USL playoffs

### Goalkeepers
#### League Stats

As of December 3, 2017.
Players included in matchday squads :
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| | 1 | Nick Noble | 1 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | 21 | Sean Lewis | 6 | 6 | 2-3-1 | 9 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | 33 | Brandon Miller | 25 | 25 | 9-11-5 | 35 | 1.40 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11–15–6 | 47 | 1.47 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
    Record: W-L-D

#### U.S. Open Cup Stats

As of June 24, 2017.
Players included in matchday squads :
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| | 1 | Nick Noble | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 21 | Sean Lewis | 2 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | 33 | Brandon Miller | 1 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2–1–0 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    Record: W-L-D

## Honors

* Week 9 Team of the Week: Honorable Mention M Rasheed Olabiyi
* Week 14 Team of the Week: Honorable Mention F Pedro Ribeiro
* Week 15 Player of the Week: F Pedro Ribeiro
* Week 17 Team of the Week: G Brandon Miller and M Mouhamed Dabo Honorable Mention M Ropapa Mensah
* Week 17 Goal of the Week: M Ropapa Mensah
* Week 18 Team of the Week: Honorable Mention G Brandon Miller