# 2015 New York Cosmos season

The 2015 New York Cosmos season was the new Cosmos' third season of existence, playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this is the seventeenth season of a club entitled New York Cosmos playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area.

## Club
### Roster

    As of April 2, 2015.
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Jimmy Maurer | United States |
| 2 | DF | Hunter Freeman | United States |
| 3 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | United States |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Mendes (Captain) | United States |
| 5 | DF | Samuel Cáceres (on loan from Nueva Chicago) | Paraguay |
| 6 | DF | Rovérsio | Brazil |
| 7 | FW | Raúl | Spain |
| 11 | MF | Andrés Flores | El Salvador |
| 12 | GK | Kyle Zobeck | United States |
| 13 | MF | Sebastián Guenzatti | Uruguay |
| 14 | MF | Danny Szetela | United States |
| 16 | MF | Adam Moffat | Scotland |
| 17 | MF | Ayoze Garcia | Spain |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | Norway |
| 19 | MF | Marcos Senna | Spain |
| 20 | MF | Walter Restrepo | United States |
| 21 | FW | David Diosa | Colombia |
| 22 | MF | Leo Fernandes (on loan from Philadelphia Union) | Brazil |
| 23 | FW | Haji Wright | United States |
| 25 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | United States |
| 28 | MF | Jimmy Mulligan | United States |
| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | Zimbabwe |
| — | GK | Keasel Broome | United States |
| 24 | GK | Brian Holt | United States |

## Competitions
### Friendlies goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Pre-Season | Exhibition | Post-Season | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 11 | Andrés Flores | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | MF | | 13 | Sebastián Guenzatti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | FW | | 77 | Lucky Mkosana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 7 | Raúl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 16 | Adam Moffat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 22 | Leo Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 25 | Hagop Chirishian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |

### NASL Spring Season

The Spring season lasted for 10 games beginning on April 4 and ending on June 13. The schedule featured a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
| 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 13, 2015. Source: http://www.nycosmos.com/standings

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Match reports
### NASL Fall Season

The Fall season lasted for 20 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule featured a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 November 2015. Source:

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Stadium | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Match reports
### U.S. Open Cup

The Cosmos competed in the 2015 edition of the Open Cup, entering in the Third Round of the tournament.

#### Match reports
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 15 November 2015

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jimmy Maurer | 33 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman | 20 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 13+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Hunter Gorskie | 27 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Carlos Mendes | 32 | 2 | 10+0 | 2 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | PAR | Samuel Cáceres | 16 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Rovérsio | 15 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl | 32 | 9 | 10+0 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Gastón Cellerino | 10 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SLV | Andrés Flores | 22 | 3 | 0+5 | 1 | 11+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Kyle Zobeck | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | URU | Sebastián Guenzatti | 28 | 5 | 1+7 | 0 | 9+6 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Danny Szetela | 29 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Ruben Bover | 13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Adam Moffat | 21 | 2 | 3+5 | 0 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Ayoze | 29 | 1 | 8+0 | 0 | 18+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Kharlton Belmar | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Marcos Senna | 22 | 3 | 7+0 | 1 | 9+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Wálter Restrepo | 33 | 3 | 9+1 | 0 | 15+4 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | COL | David Diosa | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Leo Fernandes | 31 | 10 | 9+0 | 3 | 13+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Haji Wright | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Brian Holt | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | USA | Hagop Chirishian | 6 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Jimmy Mulligan | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | ZIM | Lucky Mkosana | 32 | 7 | 7+2 | 3 | 14+4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mads Stokkelien | 11 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 22 | Leo Fernandes | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | | 7 | Raúl | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | | 77 | Lucky Mkosana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 8 | Gastón Cellerino | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 13 | Sebastián Guenzatti | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 11 | Andrés Flores | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 19 | Marcos Senna | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 20 | Wálter Restrepo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 2 | Hunter Freeman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 4 | Carlos Mendes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 16 | Adam Moffat | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | 6 | Rovérsio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 15 | Ruben Bover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | 17 | Ayoze | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | 18 | Mads Stokkelien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 25 | Hagop Chirishian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 16 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 56 |

### Own goal scorers

| Position | Team | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| DF | Carolina RailHawks | 98 | Mamadou Danso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | San Antonio Scorpions | 2 | Brad Rusin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Atlanta Silverbacks | 4 | Simon Mensing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GK | Jacksonville Armada FC | 1 | Miguel Gallardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | Jimmy Maurer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Hunter Freeman | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Mendes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Samuel Cáceres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Rovérsio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Raúl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gastón Cellerino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andrés Flores | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Sebastián Guenzatti | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Danny Szetela | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ruben Bover | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Adam Moffat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ayoze | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Marcos Senna | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Wálter Restrepo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | David Diosa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Leo Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Jimmy Mulligan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 17 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 66 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| 7 | FW | Raúl | Al Sadd SC | 30 October 2014 |
| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 24 November 2014 |
| 11 | FW | Andrés Flores | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 19 December 2014 |
| 16 | MF | Adam Moffat | FC Dallas | January 2015 |
| 20 | MF | Wálter Restrepo | San Antonio Scorpions | 19 January 2015 |
| 24 | GK | Brian Holt | Philadelphia Union | 9 March 2015 |
| 23 | FW | Haji Wright | FC Schalke 04 | 30 March 2015 |
| 30 | GK | Keasel Broome | Providence College | 1 April 2015 |
| 15 | MF | Ruben Bover | New York Red Bulls | 15 April 2015 |
| 8 | FW | Gastón Cellerino | Santiago Wanderers | 19 August 2015 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 16 | MF | Dane Murphy | | Retired | 16 November 2014 |
| 27 | FW | Jemal Johnson | Jacksonville Armada | | 16 November 2014 |
| 33 | DF | Jimmy Nealis | Long Island Rough Riders | | 16 November 2014 |
| | GK | Steven Diaz | Free Agent | | 16 November 2014 |
| 5 | MF | Joseph Nane | San Antonio Scorpions | | 16 November 2014 |
| 15 | DF | Jimmy Ockford | Seattle Sounders FC | Loan Return | 16 November 2014 |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | Free Agent | | 1 December 2014 |
| 8 | MF | Diomar Díaz | Caracas FC | | 29 December 2014 |
| 22 | FW | Danny Mwanga | Orlando City SC | Loan Return | 12 January 2015 |
| 20 | FW | Hans Denissen | Atlanta Silverbacks | | 17 February 2015 |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | Start | Released | 24 August 2015 |

### Loan in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 22 | MF | Leo Fernandes | Philadelphia Union | Yearlong | 16 January 2015 |
| 5 | DF | Samuel Cáceres | Nueva Chicago | Yearlong | 13 February 2015 |
| 18 | FW | Kharlton Belmar | Portland Timbers 2 | Rest of Season | 1 October 2015 |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| # | MF | | New Team | Duration | Exit Date | |