2015 New York Cosmos season

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New York Cosmos
2015 season
Chairman Seamus O'Brien
Head Coach Giovanni Savarese
Stadium Shuart Stadium
MCU Park (One Game)
Belson Stadium (U.S. Open Cup 3rd Round)
NASL Spring: Champions

Fall: 3rd Place

Combined: 1st Place
Soccer Bowl Champions
U.S. Open Cup 5th Round
Top goalscorer League: Raúl (9)
All: Leo Fernandes (10)
Highest home attendance 12,550
(Apr. 18 vs. Tampa Bay, at Shuart Stadium)
Lowest home attendance League: 3,383
(May 10 vs. Edmonton, at Shuart Stadium)
All: 1,394
(May 27 vs. Jersey, at Belson Stadium)
Average home league attendance League: 6,207
All: 6,261
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors

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

Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Pre-season

Exhibitions

Friendlies goal scorers

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

NASL Spring Season

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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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Cosmos (C) 10 5 5 0 18 9 +9 20 2015 NASL Spring Season Winner
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 Edmonton 10 2 3 5 16 22 −6 9
11 Atlanta Silverbacks 10 1 5 4 7 13 −6 8
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 5 5 0 18 9  +9 20 4 1 0 13 5  +8 1 4 0 5 4  +1

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
Ground 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

Last updated: June 13, 2015.
Source: http://www.nycosmos.com/standings
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

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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.[2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ottawa Fury (C) 20 13 6 1 37 15 +22 45 2015 NASL Fall Season Winner
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 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
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 10 6 4 31 21  +10 36 7 2 1 18 10  +8 3 4 3 13 11  +2

Last updated: 5 November 2015.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ground 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

Last updated: November 5, 2015.
Source: Fall season 2015 results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

The Championship

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U.S. Open Cup

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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 NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Jimmy Maurer 33 0 10+0 0 18+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF United States Hunter Freeman 20 2 1+0 0 13+1 2 2+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF United States Hunter Gorskie 27 0 10+0 0 10+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF United States Carlos Mendes 32 2 10+0 2 18+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Paraguay Samuel Cáceres 16 0 1+0 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF Brazil Rovérsio 15 1 8+0 1 4+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Spain Raúl 32 9 10+0 4 17+1 4 2+0 1 1+1 0
8 FW Argentina Gastón Cellerino 10 5 0+0 0 5+3 1 2+0 4 0+0 0
11 FW El Salvador Andrés Flores 22 3 0+5 1 11+4 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
12 GK United States Kyle Zobeck 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF Uruguay Sebastián Guenzatti 28 5 1+7 0 9+6 4 2+0 0 2+1 1
14 MF United States Danny Szetela 29 0 10+0 0 9+5 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
15 MF Spain Ruben Bover 13 1 0+1 0 5+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland Adam Moffat 21 2 3+5 0 9+2 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 FW Spain Ayoze 29 1 8+0 0 18+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW United States Kharlton Belmar 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF Spain Marcos Senna 22 3 7+0 1 9+2 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
20 MF United States Wálter Restrepo 33 3 9+1 0 15+4 3 2+0 0 2+0 0
21 FW Colombia David Diosa 5 0 0+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Brazil Leo Fernandes 31 10 9+0 3 13+5 5 0+1 0 2+1 2
23 FW United States Haji Wright 4 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 GK United States Brian Holt 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF United States Hagop Chirishian 6 1 1+0 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
28 MF United States Jimmy Mulligan 5 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
77 FW Zimbabwe 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 Norway 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 Brazil 22 Leo Fernandes 3 5 0 2 10
2 FW Spain 7 Raúl 4 4 1 0 9
3 FW Zimbabwe 77 Lucky Mkosana 3 2 0 2 7
4 FW Argentina 8 Gastón Cellerino 0 1 4 0 5
MF Uruguay 13 Sebastián Guenzatti 0 4 0 1 5
6 MF El Salvador 11 Andrés Flores 1 2 0 0 3
MF Spain 19 Marcos Senna 1 2 0 0 3
MF United States 20 Wálter Restrepo 0 3 0 0 3
9 DF United States 2 Hunter Freeman 0 2 0 0 2
DF United States 4 Carlos Mendes 2 0 0 0 2
MF Scotland 16 Adam Moffat 0 2 0 0 2
12 MF Brazil 6 Rovérsio 1 0 0 0 1
MF Spain 15 Ruben Bover 0 1 0 0 1
FW Spain 17 Ayoze 0 1 0 0 1
FW Norway 18 Mads Stokkelien 0 0 0 1 1
MF United States 25 Hagop Chirishian 1 0 0 0 1
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
San Antonio Scorpions 2 Brad Rusin 0 1 0 0 1
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 Nation Position Name NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 United States GK Jimmy Maurer 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2 United States DF Hunter Freeman 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
3 United States DF Hunter Gorskie 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
4 United States DF Carlos Mendes 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Paraguay DF Samuel Cáceres 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
6 Brazil DF Rovérsio 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Spain FW Raúl 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Argentina MF Gastón Cellerino 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
11 El Salvador MF Andrés Flores 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Uruguay MF Sebastián Guenzatti 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
14 United States MF Danny Szetela 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
15 Spain MF Ruben Bover 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Scotland MF Adam Moffat 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
17 Spain MF Ayoze 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
18 Norway FW Mads Stokkelien 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Spain MF Marcos Senna 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20 United States MF Wálter Restrepo 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
21 Colombia FW David Diosa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Brazil MF Leo Fernandes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 United States MF Hagop Chirishian 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 United States MF Jimmy Mulligan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
77 Zimbabwe 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 Fee/Notes Date Source
7 FW Spain Raúl Qatar Al Sadd SC 30 October 2014 [3]
77 FW Zimbabwe Lucky Mkosana United States Tampa Bay Rowdies 24 November 2014 [4]
11 FW El Salvador Andrés Flores El Salvador A.D. Isidro Metapán 19 December 2014 [5]
16 MF Scotland Adam Moffat United States FC Dallas January 2015 [6]
20 MF United States Wálter Restrepo United States San Antonio Scorpions 19 January 2015 [7]
24 GK United States Brian Holt United States Philadelphia Union 9 March 2015 [8]
23 FW United States Haji Wright Germany FC Schalke 04 30 March 2015 [9]
30 GK United States Keasel Broome United States Providence College 1 April 2015 [10]
15 MF Spain Ruben Bover United States New York Red Bulls 15 April 2015 [11]
8 FW Argentina Gastón Cellerino Chile Santiago Wanderers 19 August 2015 [12]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
16 MF United States Dane Murphy United States Retired 16 November 2014 [13]
27 FW United States Jemal Johnson United States Jacksonville Armada 16 November 2014 [14]
33 DF United States Jimmy Nealis United States Long Island Rough Riders 16 November 2014 [14]
GK United States Steven Diaz United States Free Agent 16 November 2014 [14]
5 MF Cameroon Joseph Nane United States San Antonio Scorpions 16 November 2014 [14]
15 DF United States Jimmy Ockford United States Seattle Sounders FC Loan Return 16 November 2014 [14]
17 FW Bulgaria Stefan Dimitrov Bulgaria Free Agent 1 December 2014 [citation needed]
8 MF Venezuela Diomar Díaz Venezuela Caracas FC 29 December 2014 [15]
22 FW United States Danny Mwanga United States Orlando City SC Loan Return 12 January 2015 [16]
20 FW Netherlands Hans Denissen United States Atlanta Silverbacks 17 February 2015 [17]
18 FW Norway Mads Stokkelien Norway Start Released 24 August 2015 [18]

Loan In

No. Pos. Player Loaned From Fee/Notes Date Source
22 MF Brazil Leo Fernandes United States Philadelphia Union Yearlong 16 January 2015 [14]
5 DF Paraguay Samuel Cáceres Argentina Nueva Chicago Yearlong 13 February 2015 [19]
18 FW United States Kharlton Belmar United States Portland Timbers 2 Rest of Season 1 October 2015 [20]

Loan Out

No. Pos. Player Loaned To Fee/Notes Date Source
# MF New Team Duration Exit Date

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