# 2017 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2017 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's 22nd overall and seventh with the United Soccer League, now known as the USL Championship. The Rhinos returned to playing in Division II of men's professional soccer, as the USL and all its teams were promoted from Division III after the 2016 season. They looked to return to the USL playoffs after losing to the New York Red Bulls II in the conference semifinals the previous year.
This was the Rhinos' final season in the second tier of American professional soccer. The team initially announced that it would go on hiatus for the 2018 season. It later announced that it would not resume professional operations until 2020, at which time it will join USL League One, a third-level league operated by USL's parent company, United Soccer League (not to be confused with the Rhinos' former league), that will play its first season in 2019.

## Roster

as of June 25, 2017
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Kyle Morton | United States |
| 2 | DF | Raymond Lee | United States |
| 3 | DF | Ryan Felix | United States |
| 4 | DF | Bradley Kamdem | France |
| 5 | MF | Jordan Dover | Canada |
| 6 | FW | Christiano François | Haiti |
| 7 | MF | Ryan James | Canada |
| 8 | MF | Brandon Beresford | Guyana |
| 9 | MF | Stefan Defregger | United States |
| 10 | MF | Sofiane Tergou | France |
| 11 | MF | Kenardo Forbes | Jamaica |
| 12 | FW | Jochen Graf | United States |
| 13 | MF | Mike Garzi | United States |
| 15 | DF | Joe Farrell | United States |
| 17 | DF | Wal Fall | Germany |
| 18 | FW | Antonio Correia | Cape Verde |
| 20 | DF | Todd Pratzner | United States |
| 21 | FW | Darius Madison | United States |
| 22 | MF | Jalen Brown | United States |
| 23 | GK | Tomas Gomez | United States |
| 24 | FW | Rayane Boukemia | France |
| 25 | DF | Sergio Campbell | Jamaica |
| 29 | MF | Samuel Edoung-Biyo | Cameroon |
| 33 | GK | Daniel Lynd | United States |

## Competitions
### Regular season
#### 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 | |

#### Match results

Win  Draw  Loss
All times in Eastern Time.