# 2016 Miami FC season

The 2016 Miami FC season was the club's first season of existence. The club plays in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Roster

    As of match played October 28, 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Sebastian Evers | GK | (1991-01-02) January 2, 1991 (age 33) | Jacksonville Armada | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mario Daniel Vega | GK | (1984-06-03) June 3, 1984 (age 40) | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2016 | | 32 | 0 |
| 33 | Lionel Brown | GK | (1987-09-17) September 17, 1987 (age 37) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Jonathan Borrajo | DF | (1987-06-02) June 2, 1987 (age 37) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2016 | | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | Brad Rusin | DF | (1986-09-05) September 5, 1986 (age 38) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2016 | | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Adaílton | DF | (1983-04-16) April 16, 1983 (age 41) | Chicago Fire | 2016 | | 17 | 0 |
| 5 | Mason Trafford | DF | (1986-08-21) August 21, 1986 (age 38) | Ottawa Fury | 2016 | | 32 | 0 |
| 15 | Hunter Freeman | DF | (1985-01-08) January 8, 1985 (age 39) | New York Cosmos | 2016 | | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Nassim Menzou | DF | (1994-05-07) May 7, 1994 (age 30) | Miami City | 2016 | | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | Rhett Bernstein | DF | (1987-09-10) September 10, 1987 (age 37) | Mjøndalen | 2016 | | 28 | 1 |
| 24 | Joe Franco | DF | (1990-01-26) January 26, 1990 (age 34) | LA Galaxy II | 2016 | | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Ariel Martínez | MF | (1986-05-09) May 9, 1986 (age 38) | Charleston Battery | 2016 | | 27 | 7 |
| 7 | Roberto Alterio | MF | (1990-08-31) August 31, 1990 (age 34) | FIU Panthers | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Wilson Palacios | MF | (1984-07-29) July 29, 1984 (age 40) | | 2016 | | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | Kwadwo Poku | MF | (1992-02-19) February 19, 1992 (age 32) | New York City | 2016 | | 20 | 6 |
| 13 | Conner Rezende | MF | (1993-01-12) January 12, 1993 (age 31) | Michigan Bucks | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Robert Baggio Kcira | MF | (1994-09-01) September 1, 1994 (age 30) | Wiener Neustadt | 2016 | | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Dane Richards | MF | (1983-12-14) December 14, 1983 (age 40) | New York Red Bulls | 2016 | | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Richie Ryan | MF | (1985-01-06) January 6, 1985 (age 39) | Jacksonville Armada | 2016 | | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Calvin Rezende | MF | (1993-01-12) January 12, 1993 (age 31) | Michigan Bucks | 2016 | | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Jonny Steele | MF | (1986-02-07) February 7, 1986 (age 38) | Ottawa Fury | 2016 | | 17 | 2 |
| 23 | Blake Smith | MF | (1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 33) | Yverdon Sport | 2016 | | 31 | 0 |
| 26 | Michael Lahoud | MF | (1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 38) | Philadelphia Union | 2016 | | 16 | 1 |
| 28 | Gabriel Farfán | MF | (1988-06-23) June 23, 1988 (age 36) | Chiapas | 2016 | | 16 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Jaime Chavez | FW | (1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 37) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2016 | | 24 | 6 |
| 11 | Aaron Dennis | FW | (1993-02-24) February 24, 1993 (age 31) | Arizona United | 2016 | | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | Darío Cvitanich | FW | (1984-05-16) May 16, 1984 (age 40) | Pachuca | 2016 | | 27 | 9 |
| 77 | Vincenzo Rennella | FW | (1988-10-08) October 8, 1988 (age 36) | loan from Real Valladolid | 2016 | 2016 | 14 | 3 |
| 83 | Pablo Campos | FW | (1983-01-29) January 29, 1983 (age 41) | Minnesota United | 2016 | | 16 | 1 |

### Staff

* Mauro Pederzoli – 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 | ESP | David Sierra (from Jacksonville Armada) |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jonathan Borrajo (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 3 | DF | USA | Brad Rusin (from San Antonio Scorpions) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Adaílton (from Chicago Fire) |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Mason Trafford (from Ottawa Fury) |
| 6 | MF | CUB | Ariel Martínez (from Charleston Battery) |
| 7 | MF | VEN | Roberto Alterio (from FIU Panthers) |
| 8 | MF | HON | Wilson Palacios |
| 9 | FW | USA | Jaime Chavez (from Atlanta Silverbacks) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Matuzalém (from Hellas Verona) |
| 11 | FW | USA | Aaron Dennis (from Arizona United) |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Darío Cvitanich (from Pachuca) |
| 13 | DF | CUB | Jorge Luis Corrales (from Pinar del Río) |
| 14 | MF | USA | Robert Baggio Kcira (from Wiener Neustadt) |
| 15 | MF | USA | Sergio van Kanten (from Miami Dade) |
| 16 | DF | FRA | Hugo Leroux (from Miami City) |
| 17 | GK | ARG | Mario Daniel Vega (from Anorthosis Famagusta) |
| 18 | DF | USA | Rhett Bernstein (from Mjøndalen) |
| 19 | MF | JAM | Dane Richards (from New York Red Bulls) |
| 21 | MF | USA | Calvin Rezende (from Michigan Bucks) |
| 22 | MF | USA | Conner Rezende (from Michigan Bucks) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Blake Smith (from Yverdon Sport) |
| 24 | DF | USA | Joe Franco (from LA Galaxy II) |
| 33 | GK | USA | Lionel Brown (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 83 | FW | BRA | Pablo Campos (from Minnesota United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Sebastian Evers (from Jacksonville Armada) |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Kwadwo Poku (from New York City) |
| 15 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman (from New York Cosmos) |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan (from Jacksonville Armada) |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Jonny Steele (from Ottawa Fury) |
| 26 | MF | SLE | Michael Lahoud (from Philadelphia Union, previously on loan to New York Cosmos) |
| 27 | MF | USA | Bryan Arguez (from Miami City) |
| 28 | MF | USA | Gabriel Farfán (from Chiapas) |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Vincenzo Rennella (loan from Real Valladolid) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | David Sierra |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Matuzalém |
| 13 | DF | CUB | Jorge Luis Corrales (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 15 | MF | USA | Sergio van Kanten |
| 27 | MF | USA | Bryan Arguez (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 11, 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### 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 28, 2016. 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 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

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

    As of Match played October 28, 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jonathan Borrajo | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Brad Rusin | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Adaílton | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Mason Trafford | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CUB | Ariel Martínez | 27 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 10+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HON | Wilson Palacios | 18 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Jaime Chavez | 24 | 6 | 8+2 | 1 | 11+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Kwadwo Poku | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Aaron Dennis | 9 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Darío Cvitanich | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 14+3 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Robert Baggio Kcira | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Hunter Freeman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FRA | Hugo Leroux | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ARG | Mario Daniel Vega | 32 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | USA | Rhett Bernstein | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | JAM | Dane Richards | 10 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Calvin Rezende | 15 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Jonny Steele | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Blake Smith | 31 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Joe Franco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SLE | Michael Lahoud | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Gabriel Farfán | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Vincenzo Rennella | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | BRA | Pablo Campos | 16 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 2+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Miami FC during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | David Sierra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Matuzalém | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CUB | Jorge Luis Corrales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Sergio van Kanten | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 12 | Darío Cvitanich | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | | 6 | Ariel Martínez | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Jaime Chavez | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 10 | Kwadwo Poku | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | | 77 | Vincenzo Rennella | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Jonny Steele | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Brad Rusin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 11 | Aaron Dennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 83 | Pablo Campos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 26 | Michael Lahoud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 18 | Rhett Bernstein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 28 | Gabriel Farfán | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 30 | 1 | 38 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Borrajo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Adaílton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mason Trafford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Ariel Martínez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Wilson Palacios | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jaime Chavez | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kwadwo Poku | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Darío Cvitanich | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Jorge Luis Corrales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Sergio van Kanten | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Mario Daniel Vega | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Rhett Bernstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Dane Richards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richie Ryan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Calvin Rezende | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jonny Steele | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Blake Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Michael Lahoud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Gabriel Farfán | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Vincenzo Rennella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 22 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 2 |