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2015 MEDIA GUIDE

Updated Through: March 27, 2015

League Information Website: www.NASL.com Phone: (646) 832-3565 Fax: (646) 832-3581 Facebook: /NASLFanPage Twitter: @NASLOfficial, @LaCanchaNASL

Mailing Address: North American Soccer League 112 West 34th Street – Suite 2110 New York, NY 10120

Media Contacts: Neal Malone Director of Public Relations Contact: (708) 712-5709 [email protected]

Steven Torres Manager of Public Relations & International/Hispanic Media Contact: (646) 785-1155 [email protected]

Jack Bell Senior Media Specialist Contact: (201) 881-6800 [email protected]

Matthew Levine Digital Content Manager Contact: (516) 972-1267 [email protected]

The 2015 North American Soccer League Media Guide was published by the North American Soccer League, LLC.

Edited & Written by: Steven Torres, Matthew Levine Layout & Design: Michael Maselli

Front Cover: A celebration of 2014 season champions from Minnesota United FC (Spring) San Antonio Scorpions (Fall) and The Championship Final

Table of Contents

About the NASL �� 2-3 The Commissioner / Board Of Governors �� 4-5 Directors & Staff ��6

COMPETITION FORMAT ��7 Rules & Regulations �� 8-10 League Ball & Silverware ��11 2015 Outlook �� 12-14

NASL CLUBS ��15 Atlanta Silverbacks �� 16-19 Carolina RailHawks �� 20-23 FC Edmonton �� 24-27 Fort Lauderdale Strikers �� 28-31 Indy Eleven �� 32-35 Jacksonville Armada FC �� 36-37 Minnesota United FC �� 38-41 New York Cosmos �� 42-45 Ottawa Fury FC �� 46-49 San Antonio Scorpions �� 50-53 Tampa Bay Rowdies �� 54-57

MEDIA INFO ��58 Media Regulations �� 59-62 Team PR Directory ��63 U.S. Soccer Federation ��64 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ��65 Canadian Soccer Association ��66 Amway Canadian Championship ��67 2014 Recap (Spring & Fall) �� 68-72 2014 NASL Internationals ��73 2013 �� 74-76 2012 ��77 2011 ��78 All-Time Stats Leaders, Records (Modern Era) �� 79-81 All-Time Award Winners (Modern Era) �� 82-83 NASL Golden Era: 1967-1984 Stats Leaders ��84 NASL Soccer Bowl History �� 85-86

2015 NASL Media Guide About the NASL

The North American Soccer League’s (NASL) Golden Era put soccer on the map in the United States in the 1970s and ‘80s. The Modern Era, since 2011, has continued that rich history. Entering its fifth season, the league has grown to 11 clubs, which will be the most since its return. The New York Cosmos, Tampa Bay Rowdies, and Fort Lauderdale Strikers names have carried on from the league’s early years and they are joined by the Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina RailHawks, FC Edmonton, Indy Eleven, Minnesota United FC, Ottawa Fury FC, San Antonio Scorpions and expansion side Jacksonville Armada FC in 2015. With the steady growth of the league, the NASL has begun to attract more recognizable names on the global stage. Spanish legend Raúl will don the Cosmos’ green and white kit, while Marvin Chavez and Sammy N’Djock, who were on the Honduran and Cameroonian National Team squads in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, have joined the Scorpions and United respectively. Brazilian legend Ronaldo has joined the Strikers as a part-owner. United’s Miguel Ibarra represented the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in 2014 and started a match in January 2015, becoming the first player to do so since Perry Van Der Beck in 1985. The clubs will compete under the league’s split-season format, which will consist of 10 games in the Spring Season and 20 in the Fall Season. The winners of the Spring and Fall Seasons will earn a place in The Championship, the league’s four-team playoff format. The two clubs with the next best overall

2 2015 NASL Media Guide records will receive the remaining playoff berths. The champion will lift the Soccer Bowl trophy, which is the third oldest men’s professional outdoor soccer prize in the United States. With their win in The Championship Final in 2014, the Scorpions earned their first NASL title defeating the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, 2-1, at Toyota Field in front of nearly 8,000 fans. The club joined the Cosmos, Rowdies, and NSC Min- nesota Stars (now Minnesota United) as champions in the Modern Era. The NASL set its newest regular season attendance record for the Modern Era, as 14,593 fans turned up to watch the Cosmos visit Ottawa Fury FC in the club’s inaugural match at TD Place in 2014. In addition to competing in league play, nine U.S. based clubs will compete in the 102nd edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Silverbacks and RailHawks reached the quarterfinals a season ago, combining for four victories over MLS sides. The two Canadian clubs – FC Edmonton and Ottawa Fury FC – will feature in the Amway Canadian Championship, where FC Edmonton fell just short of reaching the final for the first time in their history in 2014. For more information about the NASL, visit: www.NASL.com Follow the NASL on Twitter: @NASLOfficial (English), @LaCanchaNASL (Spanish) and Facebook at: www.Facebook.com.NASLFanPage.

3 2015 NASL Media Guide The Commissioner

Bill Peterson has spent more than 20 years growing and directing companies for some of the world’s leaders in sports, entertainment, events, and hospitality on an international scale. Peterson worked with the National Football League’s European operation for almost 10 years, the last two as Managing Director and then President. A former Vice President with Anschutz Entertainment Group in Los Angeles, Peterson drove its Sports Division, which managed everything from the David Beckham Academy to Bill Peterson corporate-sponsored cycling, track and NASL Commissioner field and tennis events. He helped oversee the Peterson provided advisory and event management of numerous MLS services to a variety of clients in teams and the development of soccer- Canada and the United States through specific stadiums across the country. his own firm Solve4 and served briefly As Managing Director of the Home as COO of the United Football League. Depot Center he spearheaded the He was the Executive Vice construction of the nation’s only President of Centerplate, the North 250-meter, indoor velodrome. American market leader for managing The Florida resident was named food and beverage, retail, restaurant, Commissioner of the North American and events in sports facilities, convention Soccer League on November 27, 2012. centers, and entertainment complexes. During his tenure the NASL has Peterson earned his Bachelor of mirrored the style of other professional Science in health, physical education soccer leagues around the world and recreation from Lock Haven by retaining a single table structure University in Pennsylvania. He has in 2013 as well as adding The also served on advisory boards for: Championship, the league’s four-team the Los Angeles Sports Commission, postseason format in 2014. LA Triathlon, Long Beach Convention As President of USA Cycling’s and Visitors Board, California State Board of Directors, Peterson was an University, Dominquez Hills Education integral part of the initial development and the Board of Governors for Major of the Tour of California and served League Soccer. as the point person for two UCI Track He has been married for 13 years Cycling World Championships. He to his wife Lisa and they have two continues to serve as Chairman of the daughters. USA Cycling Professional Committee.

4 2015 NASL Media Guide Board of Governors

The Board oversees the League rules and regulations and governs the expansion and commercial strategy of the League. The Board also oversees the functions of the league office. Aaron Davidson is a sports business executive and attorney with extensive experience in the commercial and legal aspects of the global sports and entertainment industry. He played integral roles in starting up and operating billion dollar sports media company Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) and the Latin Aaron Davidson American/Caribbean PGA Tour (Tour Chairman - Board of Governers de las Americas – TLA). Traffic Sports USA is responsible The NASL is owned and operated for developing, selling and marketing by its member teams through the top professional soccer events with a Board of Governors, which consists of special focus on the US Hispanic, Latin a representative of each member team American and Caribbean markets. and is chaired by Aaron Davidson, President of Traffic Sports USA.

5 2015 NASL Media Guide Directors and Staff

Brian Melekian Rishi Sehgal Chief Operating Officer Director of Business Development & Legal

Neal Malone Steven Torres Director of Public Relations Manager of Public Relations & International/Hispanic Media

Toan Hang Daniel Kaufman Director of Finance and Accountant Human Resources

Jack Bell Matthew Levine Senior Media Specialist Digital Content Manager

6 2015 NASL Media Guide Competition Format Rules and Regulations

Structure: The 2015 NASL season States are nationally certified will once again be played under a referees assigned by the split-season format. The Spring and Professional Referee Organization Fall Season Champions will each (PRO), while the Canadian Soccer host a semifinal in the league’s Association (CSA) assigns referees four-team postseason tournament, for all matches played in Canada. The Championship, and the pair will be joined by the next two Game Clock: The official game clubs with the best combined time for all NASL games will records. The top seed in The be managed on the field by the Championship will be awarded to referee. If necessary, the referee either the Spring or Fall Champion, may also allot extra time (stoppage depending on which has the better time) at the end of each half – first, combined record in the regular second, and if applicable, first season. The third and fourth seeds overtime and second overtime will then be determined by the during playoff games. The stadium teams’ positions in the combined clock will display the time from standings. The top-seeded team 0:00 to 45:00 and from 45:00 to after the semifinals will host The 90:00 (plus stoppage time where Championship Final. If one club applicable in each half). For wins both season championships, statistical purposes, the minutes the clubs posting the second, third, for goals, substitutions, yellow and fourth-best overall records will cards, etc., will be listed from the enter The Championship. first minute until the 90th minute. For example, a goal scored at 15 Schedule: In the 2015 Spring minutes 10 seconds will be listed Season, 11 teams will play a 10- as having been scored in the 16th game schedule, competing against minute. each other once. Following a break at the beginning of June, the Fall Team Rosters: During the season, Season will kick off on July 4 and each team’s master roster shall consist of 20 games – home-and- be no less than 20 players and no away against each side. more than 35 total players. Players can compete on a maximum of two Point System: Teams will receive teams per Spring or Fall season. three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. Active Roster and Inactive Roster: While the total roster-size Referees: All referees for NASL can be 35 players, only 30 are matches played in the United eligible to be on the active roster at

8 2015 NASL Media Guide Rules and Regulations

a given time. Only the players listed fifth accumulated yellow card on the active roster can compete throughout the Spring or Fall in a NASL league game. When a season – regardless of the nature player is on the inactive roster, the of the infraction. After a player has player must remain inactive for 30 been suspended for five yellow days. To move a player from the cards, an additional one-game active to inactive roster or vice suspension will be added each versa, the team must notify the time after another three yellow Registrar, in writing, at least 48 cards are accumulated. A player hours prior to the league game to receiving two yellow cards in the reflect the changes. same game will receive a red card and will be suspended for the next Domestic Players: Domestic game. However, that will only count players for teams located in the as one red card and not two yellow United States are a U.S. citizen, cards added to the accumulation a permanent resident (green card total. A player that receives a direct holder) or the holder of other red card will automatically be special status (e.g., refugee or suspended for the next game, and asylum status). Domestic players the NASL Disciplinary Committee for teams located in Canada are has the power to suspend him for a Canadian citizen, a permanent additional games, depending upon resident, a landed immigrant the severity of the red card offense. (non-Canadian citizen permanent resident) or a player who qualifies Card Suspensions: Red card as a domestic player in the United and yellow card accumulation States. suspensions earned in regular season games will be served in International Players: Each team that player’s next regular reason may list up to 7 non-domestic game. Any suspension for yellow players on its master roster. card accumulation earned in a player’s last regular season game Game Day Rosters: Each team will carry over into that season’s may nominate 18 players from first playoff game for his team. Any its active roster for a game day player who receives a red card in roster. Teams are allowed three his team’s last game of the season substitutions per game. - NASL regular season or during playoff games - will serve the one- Cautions and Suspensions: game suspension during their next A player will be suspended for game (whether it comes in The one game upon receiving a Championship Semifinals, Final, or

9 2015 NASL Media Guide Rules and Regulations

in the first regular season game of the 3) Head-To-Head Competition: following season). All card suspensions The highest position shall be will, if applicable, follow a player to a awarded to the team with the best new team. win/draw/loss record in regular season games against all other Suspension Manipulation: Players teams equal in points. suspended from NASL regular season 4) Away Goal Difference/Away or playoff games that are called in Goals Scored: The highest for national team duty will have their position shall be awarded to suspensions held in abeyance until the team with the greater away they return to their NASL team. Teams goal differential than the other will be responsible for informing the teams. If needed, the highest League Office of a player’s selection to position shall be awarded to the national team duty. Failure to provide team with the greater total of away the League Office with such notice or goals scored. to withhold the use of a suspended player when appropriate is subject to Soccer Bowl Trophy: The winner of sanctions. The Championship Final will be the league champion and receive the League Standings: The team NASL Soccer Bowl Trophy. awarded the highest position in the league standings will be the team with the greatest number of points at the conclusion of the respective Spring or Fall Season. In the event that two or more teams have an equal number of points, the following system will be used to determine their rank in the league standings: 1) Goal Differential: The highest position shall be awarded to the team with the greater goal difference against all other teams during the regular season. 2) Total Goals: The highest position shall be awarded to the team scoring the greatest number of total goals against all other teams during the regular season.

10 2015 NASL Media Guide League Ball and Silverware

NASL Offical Match Ball: Since January 17, 2014, the NASL and VOIT have engaged in a partnership in which the sporting goods manufacturer provides official NASL-branded match balls for matches and events. The custom ball incorporates the stars of the iconic original NASL ball, which represents the evolution of NASL branding from 1968 to 2013. VOIT adds the NASL to its impressive soccer portfolio, having been the official ball provider for Liga MX since 1987. VOIT has a presence in 15 countries worldwide, manufacturing goods for soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, and fitness.

The Soccer Bowl The Soccer Bowl Trophy, named to honor the heritage of the NASL Golden Era, will be awarded annually to the winner of The Championship Final. The Soccer Bowl Trophy, which is third oldest men’s professional outdoor soccer prize in the United States, was crafted in England and designed by 343RLP+ Creative. Each year, the NASL Champions have their team name engraved on the Soccer Bowl Trophy.

Spring and Fall Championship Trophies Awarded to the winners of the respective Spring and Fall Championships, the trophies were custom made in England and designed by 343RLP+ Creative, the same company behind the Soccer Bowl Trophy and the NASL league branding.

11 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 NASL Outlook

The 2014 NASL season saw the new postseason format, The Championship, the 2014 NASL season introduced the new postseason format, The Champion- ship, and culminated in an exciting finish with the San Antonio Scorpions winning their first NASL title. In 2015, it should be no different, as the two season winners (Spring and Fall) and the next two teams with the best overall records will compete for the right to lift the Soccer Bowl Trophy. The Spring Season consists of 10 games, and the clubs will play a total of 20 games in the Fall Season. “Our competition format is a byproduct of the number of teams we have in the league at this time,” Commissioner Peterson said. “The schedule will balance out when we reach 16 or 17 teams, but in the meantime, we think the Spring Season will always be a dog fight and something that will be extremely fun for all of our fans to watch.” The NASL will also welcome an expansion side, Jacksonville Armada FC. The club debuted in front of a Modern Era preseason record of 13,394 fans in a 3-1 win at EverBank Field over the Philadelphia Union. Bringing the number of competing clubs to 11, it will be the highest total since the relaunch in 2011. “All of the matches will be hard,” said Armada FC coach, José Luis Villarreal. “We can never underestimate the opponent. I like watching our opponents a lot and I will be studying them prior to our matchups. But I put more emphasis on my own team and what they will be doing. I have a lot of respect for the NASL and what we are doing.” The defending NASL Champions, the San Antonio Scorpions, clinched the Fall Championship in the final seconds against the New York Cosmos through an Adrian Cann tally in a 1-0 win. The club then went on to beat the Cosmos the following week in the semifinal and defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Toyota Field to win The Championship Final. “From ownership, to stadiums, media attention and the addition of Jackson- ville, the NASL has strengthened significantly in the offseason and I personally think it’s fantastic for the growth of our league,” said, Scorpions coach Alen Mar- cina. “As for us, we are establishing our short-term goals, we’re very focused on defending our NASL record-setting championship, we are building the culture of our club and we are dedicated to the long-term project here in San Antonio.” Minnesota United FC was crowned the Spring Champion and will look to repeat their strong 2014 form. Having the reigning Golden Ball winner in United States Men’s National Team member Miguel Ibarra and Golden Boot winner Christian Ramirez, the Loons have only gotten stronger with offseason additions. “We did some special things last year, but obviously didn’t achieve our ultimate goal,” United coach Manny Lagos said. “This year there is a focus on continuing to strive for trophies. We are excited about the pieces we have added and the quality roster we have returning. Ultimately the story this year will be told by how we approach the season and how things unfold on the field.”

12 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 NASL Outlook

The competition has gotten stronger with each side adding key players for 2015. The Cosmos, the 2013 Soccer Bowl winners, have added legendary Spanish forward Raúl, 2014 Best XI midfielder Walter Restrepo, and signed El Salvador captain Andres Flores, who was with the club on loan last season. “We’re excited about the start of the 2015 season,” said Cosmos coach Giovanni Savarese. “The league continues to grow in quality every year and with the addition of Jacksonville, it’ll be an even bigger challenge for us.” Along with Villarreal at Jacksonville, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Atlanta Silverbacks, and Fort Lauderdale Strikers all have first-time NASL coaches at the helm.

The Rowdies have turned Al Lang Stadium into a more soccer-specific stadium, and have re-tooled the playing squad as well to fit coach Thomas Rongen’s aggressive, Total Football style of play. “The 2015 season will be an exciting one for the Tampa Bay Rowdies,” said Rongen. “We’ve undergone a lot of change this offseason, but I’m proud of the team we’ve assembled. “Our team will play a specific way. We will play aggressively with a little bit of bite. We want our opponents to know before each match that they’re in for a difficult night, especially at our home at Al Lang Stadium.” Gary Smith returns to the U.S. after a coaching stint with Stevenage FC in England, as he takes charge of the Silverbacks. While Atlanta struggled in the league last season, they were one of two NASL sides to reach the quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Smith is ready for the challenges ahead. “I am extremely excited to be joining the Atlanta Silverbacks and the NASL,” Smith said. “Having spent three years away from the U.S. soccer scene, I’m looking forward to bringing a creative and fresh mindset to challenge the talented and competitive teams that already exist in this league.” 13 2015 NASL Media Guide Marcelo Neveleff, coach of the Strikers, has prior experience in one of South America’s most prestigious tournaments. He believes the NASL is a lot like the Copa Libertadores. Neveleff explained: “When you play in Copa Libertadores, you play against a lot of international teams but players from all over the continent. I think this league, the NASL, is kind of the same thing. You have all the teams you play from Canada and the U.S. with all of the international players that the teams are signing.” Colin Miller, coach of FC Edmonton, believes this could be the most competitive season ever in the NASL Modern Era. The Eddies finished sixth overall a year ago but a mere three points from a postseason berth. “This could possibly be the most challenging NASL season since my involvement with FC Edmonton,” Miller noted. “Every team has shown improvement and ambition in this offseason, and we at FC Edmonton, are no different. “I’m very excited by the signings that I’m seeing around the league and the coaching staff that has come in - it speaks very highly for the standards of our league. Every soccer fan of the NASL should be very excited for the season to come.” The Carolina RailHawks also reached the quarterfinals of the Open Cup and narrowly missed out on a postseason berth in 2014. While the schedule will include a bye week in the Spring Season and multiple midweek games in the Fall Season, head coach Colin Clarke is ready for the season. “With more teams it means a couple of bye weeks which will be a little different for everybody as well as some midweek games,” said Clarke. “Overall I think it is a good schedule from our point of view, and I am looking forward to it.” Indy Eleven and Ottawa Fury FC were both newcomers to the NASL in 2014, and both will take lessons learned into the upcoming season. “Last year was certainly a learning experience for everyone at Indy Eleven, and we were perhaps caught off guard with just how high the level of play was in the NASL across the board early on,” Indy Eleven coach Juergen Sommer said. “But we upgraded the roster throughout the year and the group became more cohesive, and that bore itself out in the results we earned in September and Oc- tober.” Fury FC coach Marc Dos Santos added: “In the NASL every point is important – there are no easy games. As a team we matured a lot in 2014 and we’ve brought back an important core and filled in our squad with talented players that are hungry to win.” The NASL features the most teams competing since 1983. With the second year of The Championship, and the arrival of the Jacksonville Armada FC as well, the upcoming season should provide even more excitement and build on what the league has accomplished in the past four seasons. “I can’t wait for the start of the 2015 Fall Season, opening with Fourth of July fireworks and ending with a bang in early November,” Peterson said. “The last two fall seasons have gone down to the wire, and I suspect it won’t be any different in 2015.”

14 2015 NASL Media Guide NASL Clubs

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Atlanta Silverbacks President & General Manager: Andy Smith Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Gary Smith (ENG), First Year Founded (Joined NASL): 1995 (2011) 2014 Record: Spring Season 3-1-5 (10 pts), Eighth Place; Fall Season 3-4-11 (13 pts), Tenth Place Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park (5,000) Metro Area: 5.52 Million Website: www.atlantasilverbacksfc.com Twitter: @ATLSilverbacks Club Address: 2435 Tech Center Parkway; Lawrenceville, GA 30043

The Atlanta Silverbacks will have a new direction in 2015 and under Gary Smith’s leadership the club will look to get back to a title game, as they did in 2013. Having most recently coached in England, Smith has utilized those contacts to bring in players such as defenders Paul Black and Simon Mensing. The club has also added several NASL and most notably former Best XI selection Hans Denissen. The first-year head coach knows exactly what he wants the Silverbacks to look like when the season starts.

“The teams I have coached have always been technically efficient, well balanced, with pace, athleticism and creation in attacking areas of the pitch,” said Smith. “And when things get tough, they have resolve and strength in character. I have no fear we will be in good shape for April 4.”

16 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Atlanta Silverbacks Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT SPRING Sun. July 26 @ FC Edmonton Sat. Apr. 4 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. Aug. 1 @ Indy Eleven Sat. Apr. 11 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Wed. Aug. 5 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Apr. 18 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Aug. 8 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Apr. 25 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. Aug. 15 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. May 2 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Aug. 22 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. May 9 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. Aug. 29 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. May 16 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Fri. Sept. 4 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. May 24 @ FC Edmonton Tue. Sept. 15 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. Jun. 6 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Sept. 19 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. Jun. 13 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Sept. 26 @ San Antonio Scorpions FALL Sun. Oct. 4 @ New York Cosmos Sat. July 4 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Wed. Oct. 7 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. July 11 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Oct. 17 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. July 18 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Oct. 24 @ Minnesota United FC Wed. July 22 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Oct. 31 vs. Ottawa Fury FC

2015 Atlanta Silverbacks Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Shaka Bangura F 5-7 02/09/1986 Kissy, Sierra Leone Paul Black D 6-0 01/18/1990 Middleton, England Steward Ceus GK 6-6 03/26/1987 West Haverstraw, N.Y. Jaime Chavez F 6-0 07/17/1987 Los Angeles, Calif. Christopher Christian D 6-2 03/27/1989 West Orange, N.J. C.J. Cochran GK 6-4 09/27/1991 Alpharetta, Ga. Hans Denissen F 5-11 03/09/1984 Tilburg, Netherlands Alex Harlley M 6-2 06/28/1992 Lomé, Togo Matt Horth F 6-3 05/03/1989 Cleveland, Ohio Rauwshan McKenzie D 6-1 11/19/1986 Hartford, Conn. Simon Mensing D 6-2 06/27/1982 Wolfenbüttel, Germany Kyle Miller D 5-9 05/12/1989 Overland Park, Kan. Michal Mravec M 6-3 06/10/1987 Zilina, Slovakia Jonathan Okafor M 5-11 08/25/1989 Verona, N.J. Dominic Oppong M 6-0 01/21/1986 Kumasi, Ghana Kyle Porter F 6-0 01/19/1990 Toronto, Ontario Michael Reed M 6-0 10/28/1987 Albuquerque, N.M Ferrety Sousa M 5-6 12/25/1990 Raleigh, N.C.

17 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Silverbacks Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 6-5-16 (Tenth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE SPRING SEASON 4/13 @ New York Cosmos 0-4 L 7,906 4/19 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 1-2 L 5,000 4/26 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-1 W 4,670 5/3 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 2-1 W 3,922 5/10 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-4 L 3,109 5/17 @ Carolina RailHawks 0-2 L 5,527 5/24 @ FC Edmonton 2-1 W 2,961 5/28 @ Chattanooga FC (NPSL)* 5-0 W 4,058 5/31 vs. Minnesota United FC 1-2 L 5,000 6/7 vs. Indy Eleven 3-3 D 5,000 6/14 vs. Real Salt Lake (MLS)* 2-1 W 5,000 6/24 @ Colorado Rapids (MLS)* 2-1 W 1,654 7/9 vs. Chicago Fire (MLS)* 1-3 L 5,327 FALL SEASON 7/12 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-3 L 3,896 7/19 vs. FC Edmonton 1-0 W 3,011 7/26 vs. Minnesota United FC 1-1 D 4,810 8/2 @ Indy Eleven 4-2 W 10,285 8/9 vs. New York Cosmos 1-2 L 3,842 8/16 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 D 2,409 8/23 @ San Antonio Scorpions 1-2 L 5,734 8/30 @ Carolina RailHawks 2-0 W 3,106 9/6 vs. Indy Eleven 1-2 L 5,000 9/13 @ New York Cosmos 2-3 L 4,502 9/20 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 0-3 L 3,071 9/27 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 0-1 L 3,062 10/1 @ Ottawa Fury FC 0-2 L 3,105 10/4 @ Minnesota United FC 0-1 L 5,744 10/11 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-2 D 2,905 10/18 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 D 3,061 10/25 vs. Carolina RailHawks 0-2 L 5,000 11/2 @ FC Edmonton 1-2 L 3,085 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

18 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Silverbacks Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Jaime Chavez F 27/23 9 2 20 7 0 2137 Junior Sandoval M 23/22 7 1 15 4 1 1839 Pablo Cruz M 22/16 4 4 12 4 1 1423 Junior Burgos M 17/12 3 2 8 0 1 844 Deon McCaulay F 17/11 3 0 6 2 0 983 Kwadwo Poku F 25/19 2 1 5 2 0 1781 Blair Gavin M 23/23 1 3 5 4 0 1879 Ryan Roushandel M 24/22 1 1 3 2 0 1969 Shaka Bangura F 6/5 1 1 3 0 0 470 Mike Randolph D 18/18 0 2 2 2 0 1536 Jesus Gonzalez M 22/14 0 1 1 5 0 1406 Abdul Bangura D 9/8 0 1 1 1 0 673 Alex Harlley M 18/7 0 1 1 0 1 805 Eric Ati GK 17/16 0 0 0 1 0 1435 Ramiro Canovas D 18/13 0 0 0 3 0 1339 Edgar Espinoza D 16/16 0 0 0 3 1 1282 Borfor Carr M/F 12/8 0 0 0 1 0 786 Janny Rivera M 9/7 0 0 0 3 0 559 Lucas Paulini M 10/5 0 0 0 1 0 488 Joe Nasco GK 4/4 0 0 0 1 0 360 Brandon Poltronieri M 5/3 0 0 0 0 0 336 Thomas Hunter GK 4/3 0 0 0 0 0 328 Derby Carrillo GK 4/4 0 0 0 1 0 307 Ferrety Sousa M 9/3 0 0 0 2 0 279 Beto Navarro D 3/3 0 0 0 0 0 226 David Estrada F 3/2 0 0 0 1 0 207 Kellen Gulley F 2/0 0 0 0 1 0 207 Mitchell Garcia D 2/2 0 0 0 1 0 180

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Eric Ati 17/16 1.82 29 50 3-2-11 1 1 0 1435 Joe Nasco 4/4 1.25 5 8 2-1-1 1 1 0 360 Derby Carrillo 4/4 2.64 9 13 1-0-2 0 1 0 307 Thomas Hunter 4/3 3.10 2 16 0-2-2 0 0 0 328

19 2015 NASL Media Guide Carolina RailHawks President: Curt Johnson Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Colin Clarke (NIR), 5th, 48-29-32 Founded (Joined NASL): 2006 (2011) 2014 Record: Spring Season 4-2-3 (14 pts), Fourth Place; Fall Season 7-3-8 (24 pts), Fifth Place Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park (10,000) Metro Area: 1.63 Million Website: www.carolinarailhawks.com Twitter: @RailHawksFC Club Address: 101 Soccer Park Drive; Cary, NC 27511

The Carolina RailHawks narrowly missed out on the postseason last year finishing two points adrift of the final spot in The Championship.

Bringing back attacking players Nacho Novo and Tiyiselani Shipalane, the RailHawks have also added several NASL veterans to compete in 2015. Mark Anderson, Simone Bracalello, and Neil Hlavaty will bring valuable experience to the club, particularly since all three have played in a NASL title game in the past.

“With more teams it means a couple of bye weeks which will be a little different for everybody as well as some midweek games,” said RailHawks coach, Colin Clarke. “Overall I think it is a good schedule from our point of view, and I am looking forward to it.”

20 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Carolina RailHawks Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Sun. Mar. 8 vs. SeoulEld (KOR) 0-0 D, 5-4 pen Sun . July 26 @ Ottawa Fury FC SPRING Sat. Aug. 1 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Apr. 4 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Wed. Aug. 12 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sun. Apr. 12 @ FC Edmonton Sun. Aug. 16 @ FC Edmonton Sat. Apr. 18 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Aug. 22 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. Apr. 25 @ Indy Eleven Sun. Aug. 30 @ New York Cosmos Sat. May 2 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Fri. Sept. 4 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. May 9 @ San Antonio Scorpions Wed. Sept. 9 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. May 16 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. Sept. 12 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. May 23 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Sept. 19 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. May 30 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Sept. 26 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Jun. 6 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. Oct. 10 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC FALL Wed. Oct. 14 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. July 4 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. Oct. 17 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. July 8 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Oct. 24 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. July 11 @ Indy Eleven Fri. Oct. 30 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. July 18 vs. San Antonio Scorpions

2015 Carolina RailHawks Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Mark Anderson M 5-10 02/13/1989 Durham, England Nazmi Albadawi M 5-9 08/24/1991 Raleigh, N.C. Simone Bracalello F 6-0 10/21/1985 Genoa, Italy Austin Da Luz M 5-10 10/09/1987 Winston-Salem, N.C. Futty Danso D 6-3 04/27/1983 Serekunda, Gambia Richard Hunter Gilstrap GK 6-3 04/07/1983 Asheville, N.C. Neil Hlavaty M 5-11 12/27/1986 Lombard, Ill. Austen King D 6-2 05/02/1990 Wilson, N.C. Wes Knight D 5-11 09/06/1986 Easley, S.C. Kupono Low D 5-11 12/28/1978 Fremont, Calif. Nacho Novo F 5-9 03/26/1979 Ferrol Galicia, Spain Leo Osaki M 6-2 08/07/1991 Tokyo, Japan Daniel Scott D 6-1 10/16/1986 Maui, Hawaii Tiyiselani Shipalane M 5-11 10/05/1985 Tzaneen, South Africa Brian Sylvestre GK 6-5 12/19/1992 Hollywood, Fla. Wells Thompson M 5-10 11/25/1983 Winston-Salem, N.C. Connor Tobin D 6-2 02/11/1987 Fort Collins, Colo. Blake Wagner D 5-10 01/29/1988 Atlanta, Ga.

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NASL Combined Standings Record: 11-5-11 (Fifth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE SPRING 4/12 @ Indy Eleven 1-1 D 11,048 4/19 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4-1 W 4,007 4/26 @ Ottawa Fury FC 0-4 L 2,158 5/3 vs. New York Cosmos 1-0 W 4,066 5/10 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-3 L 5,834 5/17 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 2-0 W 5,527 5/24 @ Minnesota United FC 0-0 D 6,784 5/28 vs. Charlotte Eagles (USL PRO)* 2-0 W 1,432 5/31 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 W 7,856 6/8 @ FC Edmonton 1-6 L 3,641 6/14 vs. CD Chivas USA (MLS)* 1-1 D (3-2 pen) 4,273 6/24 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)* 1-0 W (OT) 3,000 7/6 vs. Pueblas FC (MEX)^ 2-1 W 6,155 7/9 vs. FC Dallas (MLS)* 2-5 L 4,169 FALL 7/12 vs. Indy Eleven 1-2 L 3,080 7/17 @ Minnesota United FC 0-1 L 7,287 7/23 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-2 L 7,884 7/26 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 3-0 W 4,294 8/2 @ New York Cosmos 1-0 W 4,649 8/9 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-4 L 3,140 8/16 vs. FC Edmonton 2-3 L 4,666 8/23 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 W 4,212 8/30 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 0-2 L 3,106 9/7 @ Ottawa Fury FC 2-2 D 5,269 9/13 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 3-1 W 3,193 9/20 vs. New York Cosmos 5-4 W 5,593 9/27 @ Indy Eleven 1-0 W 10,285 10/4 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-1 L 3,052 10/12 @ FC Edmonton 0-3 L 2,903 10/18 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 D 4,179 10/25 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 2-0 W 5,000 11/1 vs. Minnesota United FC 2-2 D 6,460 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ^International Friendly

22 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 RailHawks Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Zack Schilawski F 19/15 9 3 21 2 0 1409 Enzo Martinez M 24/18 6 4 16 1 0 1514 Tiyi Shipalane M 26/23 5 4 14 1 0 2037 Nazmi Albadawi M 25/20 4 1 9 4 0 1828 Nacho Novo F 8/3 3 0 6 0 0 331 Devon Sandoval F 3/3 3 0 6 1 0 259 Mike Grella F 7/5 2 1 5 2 0 450 Connor Tobin M 23/23 2 0 4 2 1 2043 Leo Osaki M 14/9 2 0 4 2 0 757 César Elizondo F 12/10 0 3 3 2 0 777 Danny Barrera F 10/6 1 0 2 2 0 526 Jun Marques Davidson M 25/25 0 1 1 0 0 2213 Jordan Graye D 16/16 0 1 1 2 0 1390 Daniel Jackson F 17/4 0 1 1 0 0 538 Alex Martinez M 2/1 0 1 1 0 0 101 Kupono Low D 24/24 0 0 0 7 1 2082 Daniel Scott D 23/23 0 0 0 10 1 2061 Akira Fitzgerald GK 19/19 0 0 0 1 0 1710 Scott Goodwin GK 8/8 0 0 0 0 0 720 Austen King D 8/7 0 0 0 1 1 603 Nick Millington M 7/7 0 0 0 1 0 563 Aaron King F 14/6 0 0 0 0 0 556 Kwame Watson-Siriboe D 6/5 0 0 0 0 0 500 Toni Stahl D 6/5 0 0 0 2 0 450 Jordan Burt M 7/4 0 0 0 2 0 385 Uriah Bentick D 4/2 0 0 0 3 0 243 Nick Zimmerman F 7/2 0 0 0 0 0 210 Austin Da Luz M 6/2 0 0 0 0 0 189 Franco Figueroa M 2/1 0 0 0 0 0 24 Gabe Latigue M 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Braian Cyrino M 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Akira Fitzgerald 19/19 1.68 32 60 8-4-7 6 1 0 1710 Scott Goodwin 8/8 1.38 11 33 3-1-4 3 0 0 720

OWN GOALS Zack Schilawski, vs. Ottawa Fury FC on Apr. 26th Kwame Watson-Siriboe, vs. New York Cosmos on Sept. 20th Connor Tobin vs. Minnesota United FC on Nov. 1st

23 2015 NASL Media Guide FC Edmonton President: Tom Fath General Manager: Rod Proudfoot Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Colin Miller (CAN), 3rd, 16-19-18 Founded (Joined NASL): 2010 (2011) 2014 Record: Spring Season 2-2-5 (8 pts), Ninth Place; Fall Season 8-5-5 (29 pts), Third Place Stadium: Clarke Stadium (5,000) Metro Area: 1.16 Million Website: www.fcedmonton.com Twitter: @FCEdmontonNow Club Address: 9725-62 Avenue; Edmonton, AB T6e 0E4

Another club that narrowly missed out on a chance to compete in The Championship, FC Edmonton has bolstered their roster heading into the 2015 season. With Oskar Hauksson and Sainey Nyassi, the club has added more firepower to go along with NASL Best XI midfielder Lance Laing. With an already stout defense, the Eddies will look to secure a postseason berth this season.

“This could possibly be the most challenging NASL season since my involvement with FC Edmonton,” FC Edmonton coach, Colin Miller said. “Every team has shown improvement and ambition this offseason, and we at FC Edmonton are no different.

“I’m very excited by the signings that I’m seeing around the league and the coaching staffs that have come in - it speaks very highly for the standards of our league. Every soccer fan of the NASL should be very excited for the season to come.”

2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 FC Edmonton Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Tue. Mar. 31 @ Orlando City SC (USA)^ Sat. July 18 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies SPRING Sun. July 26 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Apr. 4 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sun, Aug. 2 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sun. Apr. 12 vs. Carolina RailHawks Wed. Aug. 5 vs. Indy Eleven Sun, Apr. 19 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Aug. 8 @ Minnesota United FC Wed. Apr. 22 @ Ottawa Fury FC* Sun. Aug. 16 vs. Carolina RailHawks Wed. Apr. 29 vs. Ottawa Fury FC* Sun. Aug. 23 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sun. May 3 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat., Aug. 29 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. May 9 @ New York Cosmos Sun., Sept. 6 vs. Minnesota United FC Sun. May 17 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sun., Sept. 13 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sun. May 24 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Sept. 19 @ Indy Eleven Fri. May 29 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sun. Sept. 27 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. June 6 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sun. Oct. 4 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. June 13 @ Indy Eleven Sun. Oct. 11 @ New York Cosmos FALL Wed. Oct. 14 @ Carolina RailHawks Sun. July 5 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Oct. 18 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. July 11 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sun. Oct. 25 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Wed. July 15 @ San Antonio Scorpions

2015 FC Edmonton Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Marko Aleksic D 6-4 09/10/1996 Belgrade, Serbia Tomi Ameobi F 6-3 08/16/1988 Newcastle upon Tyne, England Hanson Boaki M 5-3 10/28/1996 Edmonton, Alberta Chad Burt M 5-6 03/06/1988 St. Petersburg, Fla. Eddie Edward D 6-0 09/20/1988 Ottawa, Ontario Tyson Farago GK 6-1 05/01/1991 Winnipeg, Manitoba Daryl Fordyce F 6-0 02/01/1987 Belfast, Northern Ireland Tomas Granitto M 5-11 06/12/1993 Weston, Fla. Oskar Hauksson M 5-7 08/22/1984 Njarðvík, Iceland Sadi Jalali F 6-0 06/06/1995 Edmonton, Alberta Ritchie Jones M 6-1 09/26/1986 Manchester, England Frank Jonke F 6-3 01/30/1985 Pickering, Ontario Christian Kaiswatum GK 6-1 03/01/1997 Edmonton, Alberta Lance Laing M 6-0 02/28/1988 Trelawny, Jamaica Kareem Moses D 6-1 02/11/1990 Morvant, Trinidad & Tobago Michael Nonni M 5-9 11/10/1989 West Vancouver, Canada Sainey Nyassi M 5-8 01/31/1989 Bwiam, Gambia Cristian Raudales M 5-8 10/03/1989 Bradenton, Fla. Mallan Roberts D 6-2 06/06/1992 Freetown, Sierra Leone Johann Smith F 5-11 04/25/1987 Hartford, Conn. John Smits GK 6-4 09/07/1988 Mississauga, Ontario Matt Van Oekel GK 6-3 09/20/1986 Chesapeake, Va. Albert Watson D 6-0 09/08/1985 Belfast, Northern Ireland Allan Zebie M 5-7 05/29/1993 Paris, France 25 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Edmonton Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 10-7-10 (Sixth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE SPRING 4/12 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 D 7,003 4/19 vs. New York Cosmos 0-1 L 4,399 4/23 @ Ottawa Fury FC* 0-0 D 2,411 4/26 @ Minnesota United FC 0-1 L 5,287 4/30 vs. Ottawa Fury FC* 3-1 W 2,001 5/3 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-3 L 3,276 5/7 vs. Montreal Impact (MLS)* 2-1 W 1,946 5/10 @ Indy Eleven 2-1 W 10,285 5/14 @ Montreal Impact (MLS)* 2-4 L 12,826 5/17 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-0 D 7,087 5/24 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 1-2 L 2,961 5/31 @ Ottawa Fury FC 0-1 L 3,207 6/8 vs. Carolina RailHawks 6-1 W 3,641 7/6 @ Seattle Sounders FC (USA)^ 2-0 W 100 FALL 7/13 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 0-0 D 3,609 7/19 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 0-1 L 3,011 7/27 vs. Indy Eleven 0-1 L 3,152 8/3 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 3-1 W 2,849 8/6 @ New York Cosmos 0-0 D 4,524 8/9 @ Minnesota United FC 2-3 L 7,847 8/16 @ Carolina RailHawks 3-2 W 4,666 8/24 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 W 3,111 8/31 vs. Minnesota United FC 2-1 W 2,796 9/6 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-3 L 5,594 9/13 @ Indy Eleven 1-1 D 10,567 9/21 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 W 4,392 9/28 vs. New York Cosmos 1-1 D 3,830 10/4 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 D 4,313 10/12 vs. Carolina RailHawks 3-0 W 2,903 10/18 @ Ottawa Fury FC 2-0 W 3,935 10/25 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-1 L 5,756 11/2 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1 W 3,085 *Amway Canadian Championship. ^International Friendly.

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PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Lance Laing M 27/27 7 6 20 4 0 2404 Tomi Ameobi F 23/20 6 2 14 1 1 1687 Daryl Fordyce F 20/14 6 1 13 2 0 1263 Neil Hlavaty M 26/21 3 3 9 6 1 1910 Ritchie Jones M 22/17 3 2 8 5 0 1659 Chad Burt F 12/11 3 2 8 2 0 903 Horace James M 27/16 2 2 6 2 0 1460 Michael Nonni D 19/11 1 1 3 4 0 919 Kareem Moses D 26/25 1 0 2 5 0 2240 Mallan Roberts D 12/12 1 0 2 0 1 1011 Sadi Jalali F 3/1 1 0 2 0 0 126 Eddie Edward D 24/21 0 2 2 8 2 1923 Milton Blanco M 9/6 0 1 1 1 0 447 Hanson Boakai M 15/2 0 1 1 0 0 291 Albert Watson D 26/26 0 0 0 4 1 2328 John Smits GK 20/20 0 0 0 0 0 1800 Beto Navarro D 18/18 0 0 0 2 0 1600 Frank Jonke F 17/9 0 0 0 4 0 890 Cristian Raudales M 13/10 0 0 0 4 1 835 Lance Parker GK 6/6 0 0 0 0 0 540 Mike Banner M 2/2 0 0 0 1 0 106 Tyson Farago GK 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 90 Massino Marabelli M 5/0 0 0 0 0 0 62 Edem Mortotsi M 2/1 0 0 0 0 0 56 Marko Aleksic D 1/0 0 0 0 1 0 44

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN John Smits 20/20 0.90 18 62 6-5-9 6 0 0 1800 Lance Parker 6/6 1.50 9 13 3-2-1 0 0 0 540 Tyson Farago 1/1 1.00 1 5 1-0-0 0 0 0 90

OWN GOALS Kareem Moses, vs. Tampa Bay on Apr. 12th

27 2015 NASL Media Guide Fort Lauderdale Strikers President: Tim Robbie General Manager: Amaury Nunes Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Marcelo Neveleff (ARG), First Year Founded (Joined NASL): 2006 (2011) 2014 Record: Spring Season 4-1-4 (13 pts), Fifth Place; Fall Season 7-6-5 (27 pts), Fourth Place; Finalist – The Championship Stadium: Lockhart Stadium (20,450) Metro Area: 5.56 Million Website: www.strikers.com Twitter: @FTLStrikers Club Address: 1301 NW 55th Street; Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers finished 2014 as the NASL’s hottest club. With a seven-game unbeaten streak to close out the Fall Season, the Strikers clinched the final postseason spot and ultimately finished as runners-up.

With a new head coach, Marcelo Neveleff, and several new faces in the squad, the Strikers will look to get back to The Championship Final.

“The expectation is to put together a good team, a good product on the field, and to do well,” said Neveleff. “Last year the Strikers got to the final. It will be hard to achieve the same things, but that’s the challenge. That’s what we’re looking forward to.”

28 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT SPRING Sun. Aug. 2 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Apr. 4 vs. New York Cosmos Wed. Aug. 5 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Apr. 11 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Aug. 8 vs. New York Cosmos Sun. Apr. 19 @ FC Edmonton Sat. Aug. 15 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Apr. 25 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sun. Aug. 23 @ FC Edmonton Sat. May 2 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Aug. 29 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. May 16 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Sept. 12 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. May 23 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. Sept. 16 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. May 30 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Sept. 19 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. June 6 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. Sept. 26 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. June 13 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. Oct. 3 @ San Antonio Scorpions FALL Sat. Oct. 10 @ Minnesota United FC Wed. July 8 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. Oct. 17 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. July 11 vs. FC Edmonton Wed. Oct. 21 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. July 18 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Oct. 24 @ Indy Eleven Sat. July 25 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sun. Nov. 1 @ Jacksonville Armada FC

2015 Fort Lauderdale Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Ryan Adeleye D 6-1 04/28/1987 Elizabeth, N.J. Jose Angulo F 5-11 01/13/1988 Clifton, N.J. Jonathan Borrajo D 5-7 06/02/1987 Clifton, N.J. Shawn Chin M 5-10 05/11/1989 Miami, Fla. Marlon Freitas M 6-1 03/27/1995 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Evans Frimpong M 5-8 08/08/1989 Accra, Ghana Victor Pagliari Giro D 5-8 03/10/1994 São Paulo, Brazil Manny Gonzalez M 5-8 06/03/1990 Pompano Beach, Fla. Jordan Graye D 6-2 06/15/1987 Washington, D.C. Ivan Guerrero D 5-7 11/30/1977 Comayagua, Honduras Stephane Guillaume D 6-1 02/09/1984 Saint-Marc, Haiti Aly Alberto Hassan F 6-3 05/15/1989 Weston, Fla. Fabian Kling D 6-4 07/24/1987 Augsburg, Germany James Marcelin M 6-2 06/13/1986 St. Marc, Haiti David Meves GK 6-2 07/20/1990 Arlington Heights, Ill. Leo Moura M 5-8 10/23/1978 Niterói, Brazil Joe Nasco GK 6-3 06/18/1984 Kissimmee, Fla. Stefano Pinho F 6-1 01/12/1991 Minas Gerais, Brazil Walter Ramirez M 5-6 11/07/1983 La Ceiba, Honduras Daniel Sánchez M 5-9 10/11/1984 Málaga, Spain Frankie Sanfilippo D 5-9 09/08/1981 San Diego, Calif. Karsten Smith D 6-3 11/13/1988 Huntington Station, N.Y.

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NASL Combined Standings Record: 11-7-9 (Fourth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE 3/30 @ Don Bosco FC (HAI)^ 0-2 L 5,000 SPRING 4/12 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 2-0 W 3,105 4/19 @ Carolina RailHawks 1-4 L 4,007 4/26 vs. Indy Eleven 3-2 W 3,515 5/3 @ FC Edmonton 3-1 W 3,276 5/10 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 4-0 W 3,109 5/17 @ Minnesota United FC 1-3 L 5,325 5/24 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-3 L 4,331 5/28 vs. Laredo Heat (PDL)* 2-3 L 1,432 5/31 vs. New York Cosmos 0-3 L 5,572 6/7 @ San Antonio Scorpions 2-2 D 6,484 FALL 7/12 vs. Minnesota United FC 0-3 L 3,092 7/19 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-2 L 6,958 7/26 vs. New York Cosmos 1-1 D 3,257 8/2 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 W 2,648 8/6 @ Indy Eleven 0-0 D 10,285 8/9 @ Ottawa Fury FC 2-1 W 4,814 8/16 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 1-1 D 2,409 8/24 @ FC Edmonton 2-1 W 3,111 8/29 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 2-0 W 3,006 9/6 @ New York Cosmos 2-0 W 3,626 9/13 @ Minnesota United FC 1-2 L 6,202 9/20 vs. Indy Eleven 2-1 W 3,112 10/4 vs. Carolina RailHawks 1-0 W 3,052 10/8 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-2 W 3,865 10/11 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 2-2 D 2,905 10/18 @ Carolina RailHawks 1-1 D 4,179 10/25 vs. FC Edmonton 1-0 W 5,756 11/1 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 1-1 D 5,505 11/8 @ Minnesota United FC# 1-1 D (5-4 pen) 6,113 11/15 @ San Antonio Scorpions# 1-2 L 7,847

*Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ^International Friendly. #The Championship

30 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Strikers Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Fafà Picault F 22/17 12 2 26 5 1 1567 Mark Anderson M 25/24 6 2 14 4 0 1970 Martin Nuñez M 25/23 5 2 12 3 1 1760 Shawn Chin M 26/21 3 5 11 1 0 1874 Darnell King M 25/25 2 4 8 8 0 2250 Aly Alberto Hassan F 17/4 3 0 6 0 1 555 Pecka M 15/15 2 0 4 4 0 1318 Marius Ebbers F 8/7 1 2 4 1 0 546 Carlos Salazar M 4/4 1 1 3 2 1 267 Ivan Guerrero D 27/27 0 3 3 1 0 2416 Rafael Alves D 22/22 1 0 2 3 0 1925 Chris Nurse M 16/10 1 0 2 7 0 944 Jenison Brito F 15/10 1 0 2 2 0 875 James Marcelin M 13/13 0 1 1 3 0 1380 Walter Ramirez M 8/4 0 1 1 0 1 330 Stefan Antonijevic D 22/22 0 0 0 4 0 1968 Kamil Čontofalský GK 16/16 0 0 0 2 0 1440 Justin Chavez D 14/10 0 0 0 4 0 933 Oka Nikolov GK 8/8 0 0 0 0 0 720 Manny Gonzalez M 12/7 0 0 0 2 0 697 Stéphane Guillaume D 3/2 0 0 0 1 0 206 David Meves GK 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 180 Ronaldo Vieira M 4/2 0 0 0 0 1 160 Darryl Gordon D 5/1 0 0 0 1 0 116 Colin Murphy M 5/0 0 0 0 0 0 95 Lionel Brown GK 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 90 Yaikel Perez F 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Matt Hall D 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Gonzalo De Mujica M 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Mitchell Lopez M 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 8

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Kamil Čontofalský 16/16 1/13 18 41 6-6-4 5 2 0 1440 Oka Nikolov 8/8 2.00 16 20 4-0-4 2 0 0 720 David Meves 2/2 1.50 3 4 1-0-1 0 0 0 180 Lionel Brown 1/1 2.00 2 1 0-1-0 0 0 0 90

OWN GOALS Rafael Alves, vs. Atlanta Silverbacks on Oct. 11th

31 2015 NASL Media Guide Indy Eleven President/General Manager: Peter Wilt Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Juergen Sommer (USA), 2nd, 6-9-12 Founded (Joined NASL): 2013 (2014) 2014 Record: Spring Season 0-4-5 (4 pts), Tenth Place; Fall Season 6-5-7 (23 pts), Seventh Place Stadium: IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Soccer Stadium (12,111) Metro Area: 1.89 Million Website: www.indyeleven.com Twitter: @IndyEleven Club Address: 47 S. Pennsylvania Street Suite 611; Indianapolis, IN 46204

After a sellout in every home game at Michael A. Carroll Stadium during their inaugural season, Indy Eleven will look to add a few more home wins and improve on their ninth-place finish in the combined standings. The club returned the core from a season ago but has bolstered the squad in the attacking areas with Osman Melgares and Jamaican international Brian Brown. NASL veteran Greg Janicki, who lifted the Soccer Bowl trophy in 2014 with San Antonio, will add leadership while strengthening the backline.

“We’re excited to feed off that momentum, and the return of a core group of a dozen or so players will help, including pretty much the entire backline that really came on strong at the end of 2014,” said Indy Eleven coach, Juergen Sommer. “We’ll have a lot of new faces in the attack, so if we can blend them in quickly and feed off the energy of the best fans in the NASL, I’m confident Indy Eleven will be in the mix for a spot in The Championship right off the bat in 2015.”

2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Indy Eleven Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT SPRING Sat. Aug. 1 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Apr. 4 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Wed. Aug. 5 @ FC Edmonton Sat. Apr. 11 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. Aug. 8 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Apr. 18 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Aug. 19 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Apr. 25 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. Aug. 22 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. May 9 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Aug. 29 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. May 16 vs. Minnesota United FC Wed. Sept. 2 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. May 23 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Sept. 5 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. May 30 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Sept. 12 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. June 6 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Sept. 19 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. June 13 vs. FC Edmonton Wed. Sept. 30 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies FALL Sat. Oct. 3 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sun. July 5 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Oct. 10 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. July 11 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. Oct. 17 vs. Minnesota United FC Sun. July 19 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Oct. 24 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. July 25 vs. New York Cosmos Fri. Oct. 30 @ Carolina RailHawks

2015 Indy Eleven Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Brian Brown F 6-1 12/24/1992 Sandy Bay, Jamaica Marco Franco D 5-9 10/06/1991 Chino Hills, Calif. Jaime Frias D 6-0 02/18/1993 Los Angeles, Calif. Kyle Hyland D 5-6 03/01/1991 Bay Village, Ohio Greg Janicki D 6-2 07/09/1984 New Baltimore, Mich. Kleberson M 5-7 06/19/1979 Urai, Brazil Dylan Mares M 5-9 02/11/1992 Zionsville, Ind. Judson McKinney D 6-1 08/04/1988 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Osman Melgares M 5-7 11/27/1986 Tocoa, Honduras Cory Miller D 6-2 07/22/1988 Zionsville, Ill. Kristian Nicht GK 6-5 04/03/1982 Jena, Germany Erick Norales D 5-11 02/11/1985 La Ceiba, Honduras Sergio Peña M 6-1 05/09/1987 Tocoa, Honduras Victor Pineda M 5-9 03/15/1993 Bolingbrook, Ill. Brad Ring M 5-11 04/07/1987 Rockford, Ill. Charlie Rugg F 6-0 10/02/1990 Roslindale, Mass. Don Smart M 5-7 12/02/1987 Kingston, Jamaica Dragan Stojkov M 5-7 02/23/1988 Strumica, FYR Macedonia Wojciech Wojcik F 6-3 05/31/1991 Elmwood Park, Ill.

33 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Indy Eleven Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 6-9-12 (Ninth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE SPRING 4/12 vs. Carolina RailHawks 1-1 D 11,048 4/19 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 D 10,412 4/26 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-3 L 3,515 5/3 @ Minnesota United FC 2-3 L 4,913 5/10 vs. FC Edmonton 1-2 L 10,285 5/17 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 2-4 L 10,285 5/24 @ New York Cosmos 1-1 D 3,581 5/28 vs. Dayton Dutch Lions (USL PRO)* 5-2 W 9,181 5/31 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 1-2 L 10,285 6/7 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 3-3 D 5,000 6/17 @ Columbus Crew (MLS)* 1-2 L (OT) 1,913 FALL 7/12 @ Carolina RailHawks 2-1 W 3,080 7/19 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-2 L 10,555 7/27 @ FC Edmonton 1-0 W 3,152 8/2 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 2-4 L 10,285 8/6 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-0 D 10,285 8/9 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-2 L 7,847 8/16 @ Minnesota United FC 1-5 L 5,420 8/23 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 1-2 L 10,285 8/30 vs. New York Cosmos 2-2 D 10,659 9/6 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1 W 5,000 9/13 vs. FC Edmonton 1-1 D 10,567 9/20 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 W 3,112 9/27 vs. Carolina RailHawks 0-1 L 10,285 10/4 @ New York Cosmos 0-0 D 6,225 10/11 vs. Minnesota United FC 2-0 W 10,285 10/18 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 1-0 W 10,982 10/26 @ Ottawa Fury FC 2-1 W 4,172 11/1 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-2 D 6,377 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

34 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Indy Eleven Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Kléberson M 20/17 8 0 16 3 0 1546 Mike Ambersley F 9/9 6 4 14 3 0 2169 Don Smart M 27/9 3 3 9 3 0 1032 Victor Pineda M 17/17 3 2 8 3 0 1421 Jhulliam F 8/3 3 0 6 0 0 295 Blake Smith M 19/18 2 2 6 1 0 1559 Erick Norales D 21/21 2 0 4 6 0 1877 Ben Spencer F 11/6 2 0 4 1 0 616 Jermaine Johnson M 10/7 2 0 4 1 1 632 Brad Ring M 12/10 1 1 3 4 1 902 Charlie Rugg F 5/5 1 1 3 1 0 450 Jaime Frias D 25/24 1 0 2 5 0 2207 Dylan Mares M 24/11 0 2 2 2 0 1050 A.J. Corrado M 14/12 0 2 2 1 0 1008 Sergio Peña M 15/13 0 1 1 3 1 1147 Cory Miller D 9/9 0 1 1 1 0 810 Kristian Nicht GK 27/27 0 0 0 0 0 2430 Kyle Hyland D 17/17 0 0 0 4 0 1296 Fijero Okiomah D 14/13 0 0 0 1 1 1067 Chris Estridge D 11/7 0 0 0 3 0 711 Andrew Stone D 7/7 0 0 0 0 0 549 Marco Franco D 6/6 0 0 0 0 0 540 Corby Moore M 12/5 0 0 0 2 0 483 Pedro Mendes F 12/4 0 0 0 2 0 45

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Kristian Nicht 27/27 1.70 46 78 6-9-12 5 0 0 2430

35 2015 NASL Media Guide Jacksonville Armada FC President: Steve Livingstone General Manager: Dario Sala Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: José Luis Villarreal (ARG), 1st, FIRST YEAR Founded (Joined NASL): 2013 (2015) 2014 Record: N/A, Inaugural Season In 2015 Stadium: Community First Park at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville (8,500) Metro Area: 1.39 Million Website: www.armadafc.com Twitter: @JaxArmadaFC Club Address: 1 Independent Drive, Suite 3232; Jacksonville, FL 32202

Launched in January 2013, Jacksonville Armada FC will kick off its inaugural season on April 4. The club’s official name was unveiled on February 18, 2014 at Jacksonville Landing.

Under the helm of co-coaches Jose Luis Villarreal and Guillermo Hoyos, Armada FC has added a mix of local and experienced talent from around the NASL such as Jemal Johnson, who was a member of the New York Cosmos championship winning squad in 2013.

Also players with vast experience have joined as well. Marcos Flores recently played for Australian A-League side Newcastle Jets, Alhassane Keita, whose most notable accomplishments occurred at FC Zurich, and Jaime Castrillón, who has played for Independiente, should all make an impact straightaway in their first season in the NASL.

“I want a team that is dynamic,” Villarreal said. “Our playing style is heavily focused on attacking our opponents. But also, we want to take precautions and always defend. I want a short style of play where my team will move in blocks. We definitely have to work hard, and that’s what we are doing.”

36 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Armada FC Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT SPRING Fri. July 31 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. Apr. 4 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. Aug. 8 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Apr. 11 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Wed. Aug. 12 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. Apr. 25 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Aug. 15 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. May 2 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Aug. 22 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. May 9 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. Aug. 29 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. May 16 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sun. Sept. 5 @ Indy Eleven Sat. May 23 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. Sept. 12 @ New York Cosmos Sat. May 30 vs. Carolina RailHawks Wed. Sept. 16 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sun. June 7 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Sept. 26 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. June 13 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Oct. 3 vs. Indy Eleven FALL Sat. Oct. 10 @ Carolina RailHawks Sun. July 5 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Oct. 17 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. July 11 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Wed. Oct. 21 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Wed. July 15 @ Minnesota United FC Sun. Oct. 25 @ FC Edmonton Sat. July 18 vs. New York Cosmos Sun. Nov. 1 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers

2015 Armada FC Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Matt Bahner D 5-9 03/12/1990 Cincinnati, Ohio Akeil Barrett F 5-7 07/07/1992 Kingston, Jamaica Jaime Castrillon M 5-9 04/05/1983 Puerto Nare, Colombia Sebastian Evers GK 6-0 01/02/1991 Miami, Fla. Marcos Flores M 6-1 10/23/1985 Reconquista, Argentina Jordan Gafa D 5-10 06/19/1990 San Diego, Calif. Miguel Gallardo GK 6-1 10/24/1984 Torreón, Mexico Bochy Hoyos M 5-9 12/20/1983 Córdoba, Argentina Nurdin Hrustic D 6-3 11/05/1988 Jacksonville, Fla. Jemal Johnson F 5-7 05/03/1985 Paterson, N.J. Alhassane Keita F 5-5 06/26/1983 Conakry, Guinea Tommy Krizanovic F 5-10 11/20/1984 Jacksonville, Fla. Pascal Millien M 5-9 05/03/1986 Léogâne, Haiti Shawn Nicklaw D 6-0 04/15/1989 San Diego, Calif. Fabricio Ortiz D 5-8 03/17/1990 Casilda, Argentina Nicolas Perea M 5-10 08/06/1992 Hollywood, Fla. Lucas Rodríguez M 5-7 02/08/1986 Kansas City, Kan. Ramak Safi D 6-0 02/07/1984 Jacksonville, Fla. Lucas Scaglia M 5-6 05/06/1987 Rosario, Argentina David Sierra GK 6-0 09/16/1983 Madrid, Spain Joseph Toby D 5-10 01/02/1989 St. Augustine, Fla. Lucas Trejo D 6-0 12/29/1987 Córdoba, Argentina Tyler Williams F 5-11 03/23/1984 Tallahassee, Fla. Nico Zaldana M 5-3 05/07/1996 Orlando, Fla. 37 2015 NASL Media Guide Minnesota United FC President: Nick Rogers Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Manny Lagos (USA), 5th, 43-31-35 Founded (Joined NASL): 2010 (2011) 2014 Record:Spring Season 6-2-1 (20 pts), First Place; Fall Season 10-5-3 (35 pts), Second Place; Semifinalists – The Championship Stadium: National Sports Center Stadium (8,500) Metro Area: 3.47 Million Website: www.mnunitedfc.com Twitter: @MNUnitedFC Club Address: 4050 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 295; Golden Valley, MN 55422

Minnesota United FC had a largely successful season in 2014. The club won the Spring Season and won a host of individual awards at the end of the year.

The Loons will look to build off that success to lift the Soccer Bowl trophy in 2015. With U.S. Men’s National Team player Miguel Ibarra and the reigning NASL Golden Boot winner Christian Ramirez, the club shouldn’t be lacking in firepower. Minnesota United FC also added key players like J.C. Banks, Jonny Steele, Kalif Alhassan, and Ibson.

“We did some special things last year, but obviously didn’t achieve our ultimate goal,” said United coach, Manny Lagos. “This year there is a focus on continuing to strive for trophies. To do that, we have to both embrace some of the good things we did last year and improve on some of the areas where we could have done better.”

3838 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Minnesota United FC Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Mon. Mar. 16 @ Volta Redonda FC (BRA) 3-2 W Wed. July 15 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Wed. Mar. 18 @ Botafogo FC (BRA) 0-2 L Sat. July 25 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Mar. 21 @Barra Mansa FC (BRA)^ 3-3 D Fri. July 31 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Mon. Mar. 23 @ Vasco de Gama (BRA)^ 1-0 W Wed. Aug. 5 @ New York Cosmos SPRING Sat. Aug. 8 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. Apr. 11 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Aug. 15 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Apr. 18 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Aug. 22 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Apr. 25 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Wed. Sept. 2 vs. Indy Eleven Sun. May 3 @ FC Edmonton Sun. Sept. 6 @ FC Edmonton Sat. May 9 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Sept. 12 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. May 16 @ Indy Eleven Tue. Sept. 15 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. May 23 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Sept. 19 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. May 30 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. Sept. 26 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. June 6 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. Oct. 3 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. June 13 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Oct. 10 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers FALL Sat. Oct. 17 @ Indy Eleven Sat. July 4 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. Oct. 24 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. July 11 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Oct. 31 vs. San Antonio Scorpions

2015 Minnesota Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Kalif Alhassan M 5-10 10/15/1990 Accra, Ghana J.C. Banks F 5-8 08/24/1989 Milwaukee, Wis. Tiago Calvano D 6-2 05/19/1981 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pablo Campos F 6-3 01/29/1983 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Justin Davis D 6-0 05/06/1988 Litchfield Park, Ariz. Cristiano Dias D 6-2 05/25/1986 Machado, Brazil Andrew Fontein GK 6-1 03/03/1990 Las Vegas, Nev. Mitch Hildebrandt GK 6-1 11/12/1988 Livonia, Mich. Miguel Ibarra M 5-6 03/15/1990 Lancaster, Calif. Ibson M 5-10 11/07/1983 Niteroi, Brazil Greg Jordan M 6-0 04/05/1990 Naperville, Ill. Brent Kallman D 6-2 10/04/1990 Woodbury, Minn. Daniel Mendes M 5-7 01/18/1981 São Paulo, Brazil Sammy N’Djock GK 5-11 02/25/1990 Yaoundé, Cameroon Aaron Pitchkolan M 6-2 03/14/1983 Aurora, Colo. Tyler Polak M 5-7 05/13/1992 Lincoln, Neb. Christian Ramirez F 6-2 04/04/1991 Santa Ana, Calif. Jonny Steele M 6-0 02/07/1986 Larne, Northern Ireland Kevin Venegas M 5-8 07/29/1989 Norwalk, Calif. Juliano Vicentini M 5-9 08/26/1981 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Jamie Watson M 5-7 04/10/1986 Arlington, Tex.

39 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 United Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 16-7-4 (First Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE 3/10 @ Matlock Town FC (ENG)^ 3-0 W 358 3/17 @ Derby County (ENG) ^ 0-2 L 50 SPRING 4/12 @ San Antonio Scorpions 2-0 W 7,381 4/19 @ Ottawa Fury FC 2-1 W 3,457 4/26 vs. FC Edmonton 1-0 W 5,287 5/3 vs. Indy Eleven 3-2 W 4,913 5/12 @ New York Cosmos 0-1 L 3,901 5/17 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-1 W 5,325 5/24 vs. Carolina RailHawks 0-0 D 6,784 5/28 @ Des Moines Menace (USASA)* 1-0 W 2,196 5/31 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1 W 5,000 6/7 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-3 D 4,132 6/18 @ Sporting Kansas City (MLS)* 0-2 L 15,307 7/4 vs. Mexico U-21^ 1-1 D (4-3 pen) 8,059 FALL 7/12 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-0 W 3,092 7/17 vs. Carolina RailHawks 1-0 W 7,287 7/26 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 1-1 D 4,810 7/29 vs. Swansea City AFC (WAL)^ 2-0 W 9,064 8/2 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 2-1 W 34,047 8/9 vs. FC Edmonton 3-2 W 3,140 8/16 vs. Indy Eleven 5-1 W 5,420 8/23 @ New York Cosmos 1-1 D 3,928 8/31 @ FC Edmonton 1-2 L 2,796 9/6 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 D 7,024 9/13 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 W 6,202 9/20 @ San Antonio Scorpions 2-0 W 8,313 9/28 @ Ottawa Fury FC 3-2 W 5,094 10/4 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 1-0 W 5,744 10/11 @ Indy Eleven 0-2 L 10,285 10/15 @ Tamp Bay Rowdies 3-2 W 2,565 10/18 vs. New York Cosmos 0-0 D 5,817 10/25 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 0-1 L 6,454 11/1 @ Carolina RailHawks 2-2 D 6,460 11/8 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers# 1-1 D (4-5 pen) 6,113 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ^International Friendly. #The Championship

40 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 United Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Christian Ramirez F 27/27 20 5 45 1 0 2393 Miguel Ibarra M 26/24 8 5 21 1 0 2180 Daniel Mendes M 24/22 9 1 19 5 0 1899 Kevin Venegas D 21/21 1 5 7 2 0 1879 Aaron Pitchkolan D 26/26 2 2 6 5 0 2305 Justin Davis D 25/25 1 4 6 4 1 2241 Simone Bracalello F 13/5 2 1 5 0 0 457 Greg Jordan M 22/11 1 3 5 2 0 1257 Jamie Watson M 17/9 1 2 4 1 0 829 Juliano Vicentini M 24/21 1 1 3 5 0 1750 Brian Kallman D 10/7 0 2 2 1 0 636 Cristiano Dias D 25/24 0 1 1 5 1 2105 Tiago Calvano D 24/24 0 1 1 10 0 2069 Matt VanOekel GK 20/19 0 0 0 1 0 1699 Omar Daley M 17/7 0 0 0 2 0 800 Mitch Hildebrandt GK 9/8 0 0 0 0 1 729 Floyd Franks M 10/9 0 0 0 1 0 627 Michael Reed M 9/3 0 0 0 2 0 389 Brent Kallman D 3/3 0 0 0 0 0 270 Rafael Edgardo Burgos F 8/1 0 0 0 0 0 161 Pablo Campos F 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Richard Garcia M 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Mackenzie Pridham F 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Tyler Polak M 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Pedro Mendes F 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Matt Van Oekel 20/19 0.95 18 50 11-4-3 5 1 0 1699 Mitch Hildebrandt 9/8 1.11 9 21 5-3-1 2 0 1 729

Own Goal Simone Bracelello vs. Indy Eleven on May 3rd

41 2015 NASL Media Guide New York Cosmos Chairman: Seamus O’Brien Chief Operating Officer: Erik Stover Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Giovanni Savarese (VEN), 3rd, 18-12-8 Founded (Re-Joined NASL): 1971 (2013) 2014 Record: Spring Season 6-1-2 (19 pts), Second Place; Fall Season 5-8-5 (23 pts), Sixth Place; Semifinalist – The Championship Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium (12,000) Metro Area: 18.9 Million Website: www.nycosmos.com Twitter: @NYCosmos Club Address: 750 Third Avenue, Suite 2601, New York, NY 10017

The New York Cosmos were unable to defend their title in 2014 after losing to the eventual champions, the San Antonio Scorpions, in the semifinals.

The club will return important players, as they push to return to the pinnacle of the NASL. Marcos Senna, Danny Szetela, and the club’s leading goalscorer, Mads Stokkelien, will all be back for the upcoming campaign. The Cosmos also added several vital offseason additions: Adam Moffat, NASL Best XI midfielder Walter Restrepo, and Spanish legend Raúl.

“We’re excited about the start of the 2015 season,” said Cosmos coach, Giovanni Savarese. “The league continues to grow in quality every year and with the addition of Jacksonville, it’ll be an even bigger challenge for us.”

42 42 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 New York Cosmos Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Thu. Feb. 19 @ S China AA (HKG)^ 2-2 D, 4-2 Pen Sun. Aug. 2 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Mar. 14 @CD FAS (SLV)^ 0-1 L Wed. Aug. 5 vs. Minnesota United FC SPRING Sat. Aug. 8 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Apr. 4 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Aug. 15 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Apr. 11 @ Indy Eleven Sat. Aug. 22 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. Apr. 18 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Wed. Aug. 26 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Apr. 25 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sun. Aug. 30 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. May 2 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Sept. 5 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sun. May 10 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. Sept. 12 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. May 16 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. Sept. 19 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. May 23 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Tue. Sept. 22 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. May 30 @ Minnesota United FC Sun. Sept. 27 @ FC Edmonton Tue. June 2 @ Cuba National Team^ Sun. Oct. 4 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. June 13 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Wed. Oct. 7 @ Atlanta Silverbacks FALL Sun. Oct. 11 vs. FC Edmonton Sun. July 5 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. Oct. 24 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. July 18 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Oct. 31 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. July 25 @ Indy Eleven

2015 New York Cosmos Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Ayoze D 5-8 11/22/1985 Puerto de la Cruz, Spain Samuel Caceres D 6-0 02/20/1989 Asuncion, Paraguay Hagop Chirishian M 5-7 11/01/1989 Hollywood, Calif. David Diosa F 5-7 12/04/1992 Medellin, Colombia Leo Fernandes M 6-0 12/23/1991 North Babylon, N.Y. Andrés Flores M 5-7 08/31/1990 San Salvador, El Salvador Hunter Freeman D 6-0 01/08/1985 Tyler, Tex. Hunter Gorskie D 5-11 06/27/1991 New York, N.Y. Sebástian Guenzatti M 5-10 07/08/1991 Montevideo, Uruguay Brian Holt GK 5-9 11/14/1988 Omaha, Neb. Jimmy Maurer GK 6-3 08/14/1988 Lawrenceville, Ga. Carlos Mendes D 5-11 12/25/1980 Mineola, N.Y. Lucky Mkosana F 5-7 09/30/1987 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Adam Moffat M 6-0 05/15/1986 Glasgow, Scotland Jimmy Mulligan M 5-8 08/12/1991 Medford, N.Y. Raúl F 5-11 06/27/1977 Madrid, Spain Walter Restrepo M 5-9 06/21/1988 San Diego, Calif. Rovérsio D 6-1 01/17/1984 Igarassu, Brazil Marcos Senna M 5-9 07/17/1976 São Paulo, Brazil Mads Stokkelien F 6-2 03/15/1990 Kristiansand, Norway Danny Szetela M 5-11 06/17/1987 Clifton, N.J. Kyle Zobeck GK 6-1 02/06/1990 Coralville, Iowa 43 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Cosmos Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 11-9-7 (Third Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE 3/6 @ Al Shabab Al Arabi (UAE)^ 0-1 L 1,500 3/11 @ Al Wasl FC (UAE)^ 3-1 W 3,780 3/16 @ Emirates Club (UAE)^ 1-2 L 2,250 SPRING 4/13 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 4-0 W 7,906 4/19 @ FC Edmonton 1-0 W 4,399 4/26 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 0-1 L 4,130 5/3 @ Carolina RailHawks 0-1 L 4,066 5/12 vs. Minnesota United FC 1-0 W 3,091 5/17 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-0 W 4,855 5/24 vs. Indy Eleven 1-1 D 3,581 5/28 vs. Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)* 2-0 W 1,851 5/31 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-0 W 5,572 6/8 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 1-0 W 6,495 6/14 vs. New York Red Bulls (MLS)* 3-0 W 9,364 6/24 @ Philadelphia Union (MLS)* 1-2 L (OT) 3,074 FALL 7/12 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 1-3 L 3,806 7/20 @ Ottawa Fury FC 1-0 W 14,593 7/26 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 D 3,257 8/2 vs. Carolina RailHawks 0-1 L 4,649 8/6 vs. FC Edmonton 0-0 D 4,524 8/9 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1 W 3,842 8/16 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-3 L 4,273 8/23 vs. Minnesota United FC 1-1 D 3,928 8/30 @ Indy Eleven 2-2 D 10,659 9/6 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-0 W 3,626 9/13 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 3-2 W 4,502 9/20 @ Carolina RailHawks 4-5 L 5,593 9/28 @ FC Edmonton 1-1 D 3,830 10/4 vs. Indy Eleven 0-0 D 6,225 10/11 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 2-1 W 4,411 10/18 @ Minnesota United FC 0-0 D 5,817 10/25 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-2 D 8,565 11/1 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-1 L 8,205 11/8 @ San Antonio Scorpions# 1-2 L (OT) 6,548 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ^International Friendly. #The Championship

44 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Cosmos Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Mads Stokkelien F 27/24 7 4 18 3 0 2144 Marcos Senna M 20/16 4 1 9 2 1 1447 Danny Szetela M 23/21 3 1 7 8 0 1906 Carlos Mendes D 25/25 2 1 5 1 1 2238 Ayoze D 22/22 2 1 5 9 0 1899 Sebastián Guenzatti F 15/11 2 1 5 1 0 1036 Hagop Chirishian M 14/5 2 1 5 0 0 523 Jimmy Ockford D 10/7 2 0 4 0 0 629 Stefan Dimitrov F 13/4 2 0 4 2 0 380 Hunter Freeman D 26/26 1 2 4 6 0 2340 Jemal Johnson F 19/10 1 2 4 2 0 1020 Danny Mwanga F 8/8 1 1 3 0 0 624 Andrés Flores F 8/7 1 1 3 2 0 618 David Diosa F 9/7 1 1 3 5 0 555 Hans Denissen F 11/5 0 3 3 1 0 535 Diomar Diaz F 12/9 1 0 2 1 0 600 Paulo Mendes M 7/4 1 0 2 2 0 355 Alessandro Noselli F 5/3 1 0 2 1 0 283 Joseph Nane M 21/13 0 1 1 3 0 1225 Hunter Gorskie D 13/7 0 1 1 2 0 672 Jimmy Maurer GK 24/24 0 0 0 3 1 2076 Rovérsio D 15/14 0 0 0 1 0 1255 Connor Lade D 4/4 0 0 0 1 0 360 Kyle Zobeck GK 4/3 0 0 0 0 0 353 Dane Murphy M 7/4 0 0 0 1 0 345 Jimmy Nealis D 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 180 Jimmy Mulligan M 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 180

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Jimmy Maurer 24/24 0.91 21 67 10-7-6 11 3 1 2076 Kyle Zobeck 4/3 1.53 6 10 1-2-1 0 0 0 353

2015 NASL Media Guide 45 Ottawa Fury FC President: John Pugh Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Marc Dos Santos (CAN), 2nd, 7-6-14 Founded (Joined NASL): 2011 (2014) 2014 Record: 3-1-5 (10 pts), Sixth Place; Fall Season 4-5-9 (17 pts), Ninth Place Stadium: TD Place (24,000) Metro Area: 1.24 Million Website: www.ottawafuryfc.com Twitter: @OttawaFuryFC Club Address: 700 Industrial Avenue – Suite 220; Ottawa, ON K1g 0Y9

Ottawa Fury FC enters its second season in the NASL seeking to build off their eighth place finish in the combined standings a year ago. The club has brought back a strong core from 2014 but has added several veterans to the roster in 2015. NASL veterans such as Rafael Alves and Mike Randolph will bolster the defense, while Paulo Junior and NASL newcomer Andrew Wiedeman will add more firepower in the final third.

“In the NASL every point is important – there are no easy games,” said Fury FC coach, Marc Dos Santos. “As a team we matured a lot in 2014 and we’ve brought back an important core and filled in our squad with talented players that are hungry to win.

“Every NASL team has made significant changes to their squad, but we are confident that we have the depth, experience, and talent to not just compete every game but have a chance to win every night.”

2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Ottawa Fury FC Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Fri. Mar. 13 vs. Rochester Rhinos (USA)^ 1-1 D Wed. July 22 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks SPRING Sun July 26 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. Apr. 4 @ Carolina RailHawks Sun. Aug. 2 @ FC Edmonton Sat. Apr. 11 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Aug. 8 @ Indy Eleven Sat. Apr. 18 vs. Minnesota United FC Sun. Aug. 15 vs. Minnesota United FC Wed. Apr. 22 vs. FC Edmonton* Wed. Aug. 26 vs. New York Cosmos Wed. Apr. 29 @ FC Edmonton* Sat. Aug. 29 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Apr. 25 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Sept. 5 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. May 2 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Sept. 12 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. May 9 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Sept. 19 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. May 23 vs. Indy Eleven Tue. Sept. 22 @ New York Cosmos Fri. May 29 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. Sept. 26 @ Carolina RailHawks Sun. June 7 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sun. Oct. 4 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. June 13 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Oct. 10 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies FALL Sun Oct. 18 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sun. July 5 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Wed. Oct. 21 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. July 11 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. Oct. 31 @ Atlanta Silverback Sun. July 19 vs. Ottawa Fury FC

2015 Ottawa Fury FC Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Rafael Alves D 6-3 01/18/1985 Praia Grande, Brazil Drew Beckie D 6-1 09/30/1990 Regina, Saskatchewan Philippe Davies M 6-0 12/12/1990 Longueuil, Quebec Marcel DeBellis GK 6-3 04/17/1991 Oakville, Ontario Julian De Guzman M 5-7 03/25/1981 Toronto, Ontario Mauro Eustaquio M 5-8 10/02/1993 Nazaré, Portugal Colin Falvey D 6-1 06/20/1985 Cork, Ireland Carl Haworth F 5-7 07/09/1989 Barrie, Ontario Tom Heinemann F 6-3 04/23/1987 St. Louis, Mo. Paulo Junior M 5-6 01/23/1989 Teresina, Brazil Oliver Minatel F 5-7 08/29/1992 Campinas, Brazil Patryk Misik M 5-7 11/13/1994 Brantford, Ontario Nicki Paterson M 5-9 01/19/1985 Lanark, Scotland Romuald Peiser GK 6-1 08/03/1979 Phalsbourg, France Brandon Poltronieri M 5-9 01/18/1986 Los Angeles, Calif. Mike Randolph D 5-6 12/03/1985 Chino Hills, Calif. Ryan Richter D 6-2 04/12/1989 Southampton, Pa. Richie Ryan M 5-7 01/06/1985 Clonmel, Ireland Mason Trafford D 6-1 08/21/1986 Boynton Beach, Fla. Sinisa Ubiparipovic M 5-7 08/25/1983 Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Andrew Wiedeman F 5-11 08/22/1989 San Ramon, Calif.

2015 NASL Media Guide 47 2014 Fury FC Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 7-6-14 (Eighth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE 3/21 @ Rochester Rhinos (USA)^ 1-1 D 250 4/5 @ Floridians FC (USA)^ 2-1 W 50 SPRING 4/12 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-2 L 3,105 4/19 vs. Minnesota United FC 1-2 L 3,457 4/23 vs. FC Edmonton* 0-0 D 2,411 4/26 vs. Carolina RailHawks 4-0 W 2,158 4/30 @ FC Edmonton* 1-3 L 2,001 5/3 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 1-2 L 3,922 5/10 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 D 2,164 5/17 @ Indy Eleven 4-2 W 10,285 5/24 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 2-3 L 2,432 5/31 vs. FC Edmonton 1-0 W 3,207 6/8 @ New York Cosmos 0-1 L 6,495 FALL 7/13 @ FC Edmonton 0-0 D 3,609 7/20 vs. New York Cosmos 0-1 L 14,593 7/23 vs. Rangers FC (SCO)^ 0-1 L 8,643 7/26 @ Carolina RailHawks 0-3 L 4,294 8/2 @ Minnesota United FC 1-2 L 34,047 8/9 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-2 L 4,814 8/17 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 1-1 D 4,277 8/23 @ Indy Eleven 2-1 W 10,285 8/30 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 0-2 L 4,206 9/7 vs. Carolina RailHawks 2-2 D 5,269 9/13 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 W 4,340 9/20 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 3-0 W 3,071 9/28 vs. Minnesota United FC 2-3 L 5,094 10/1 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 2-0 W 3,105 10/4 @ San Antonio Scorpions 1-1 D 5,963 10/11 @ New York Cosmos 1-2 L 4,111 10/18 vs. FC Edmonton 0-2 L 3,935 10/26 vs. Indy Eleven 1-2 L 4,172 11/1 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 D 5,505 *Amway Canadian Championship. ^International Friendly

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PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Oliver Minatel F 22/17 7 3 17 7 0 1388 Tom Heinemann F 18/15 6 1 13 3 1 1324 Tony Donatelli M 26/20 4 4 12 0 0 1913 Siniša Ubiparipović M 24/21 4 3 11 2 0 1717 Vini Dantas F 26/14 2 4 8 3 0 1345 Carl Harworth F 24/15 2 1 5 1 0 1530 Nicki Paterson M 17/13 2 1 5 5 0 1116 Richie Ryan M 23/23 1 3 5 0 1 2047 Omar Jarun D 16/12 2 0 4 4 0 1078 Philippe Davies M 23/16 1 2 4 4 1 1480 Ryan Richter D 9/9 1 0 2 1 0 810 Pierre-Rudolph Mayard F 18/7 1 0 2 0 0 787 Ramon Soria D 19/15 0 2 2 1 0 1400 Mason Trafford D 27/26 0 0 0 5 0 2348 Drew Beckie D 19/19 0 0 0 7 0 1587 Romuald Peiser GK 15/15 0 0 0 1 0 1350 Devala Gorrick GK 12/12 0 0 0 0 0 1080 Maykon D 12/9 0 0 0 1 0 744 O’Brian Woodbine D 5/5 0 0 0 1 0 450 Mauro Eustaquio M 8/4 0 0 0 3 1 301 Andres Fresenga D 4/3 0 0 0 0 0 253 Kenny Caceros M 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 9

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Romuald Peiser 15/15 1.40 21 42 4-4-7 3 1 0 1350 Devala Gorrick 12/12 1.42 17 27 3-2-7 3 0 0 1080

49 2015 NASL Media Guide TM

San Antonio Scorpions President & General Manager: Howard Cornfield Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Alen Marcina (CAN), 3rd, 16-5-13 Founded (Joined NASL): 2010 (2012 ) 2014 Record: Spring Season 5-2-2 (17 pts), Third Place; Fall Season 11-2-5 (35 pts), First Place; Winners – The Championship Stadium: Toyota Field (8,000) Metro Area: 2.28 Million Website: www.sascorpions.com Twitter: @SAScorpions Club Address: 5103 David Edwards Drive; San Antonio, TX 78230

The San Antonio Scorpions captured the 2014 Fall Season title with a last-gasp goal by Adrian Cann, and then followed that up with their first- ever NASL Championship.

In Alen Marcina’s first full season as head coach, the Scorpions were the first to win the title in the NASL’s new postseason format, defeating the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, 2-1.

Many of the players that were key contributors will return such as The Championship goalscorers Billy Forbes and Rafael Castillo, while the club welcomes the additions of former Colombian youth internationals Eduar Zea and Cristian Palomeque.

“From ownership, to stadiums, media attention, and the addition of Jacksonville, the NASL has strengthened significantly in the offseason, and I personally think it’s fantastic for the growth of our league,” Marcina said. “As for us, we are establishing our short-term goals, we’re very focused on defending our NASL record-setting championship, we are building the culture of our club and we are dedicated to the long-term project here in San Antonio.”

50 2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 San Antonio Scorpions Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Sat. Mar. 28 vs. Costa Rica U-23^ Sat. July 25 vs. Minnesota United FC SPRING Sat. Aug. 8 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Apr. 4 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Aug. 15 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Apr. 18 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. Aug. 22 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Apr. 25 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. Aug. 29 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. May 2 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. Sept. 5 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. May 9 vs. Carolina RailHawks Wed. Sept. 9 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sun. May 17 @ FC Edmonton Sat. Sept. 12 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. May 23 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Sept. 19 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. May 30 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. Sept. 26 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. June 6 @ Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Oct. 3 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. June 13 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Oct. 10 @ Indy Eleven FALL Sun Oct. 18 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sun. July 5 @ FC Edmonton Wed. Oct. 21 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sat. July 11 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies Sat. Oct. 24 vs. New York Cosmos Wed. July 15 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. Oct. 31 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. July 18 @ Carolina RailHawks 2015 Scorpions Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Nana Attakora D 6-1 03/27/1989 North York, Ontario Rafael Castillo M 5-3 06/06/1980 Pereira, Colombia Marvin Chavez M 5-5 11/03/1989 La Ceiba, Honduras Pablo Cruz M 5-7 12/30/1991 Pasadena, Calif. Omar Cummings F 5-10 07/13/1982 Old Harbor, Jamaica Stephen DeRoux M 5-9 12/13/1983 St. Mary, Jamaica Cesar Elizondo M 5-9 02/10/1988 Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica Billy Forbes F 5-9 12/13/1990 Providenciales, Turks-Caicos Eric Hassli F 6-3 05/03/1981 Sarreguemines, France Julius James D 6-0 07/09/1984 Maloney Gardens, Trinidad-Tobago Richard Menjivar M 5-8 10/31/1990 Panorama City, Calif. Cristian Palomeque F 5-7 04/02/1994 Carepa, Colombia Daryl Sattler GK 6-2 09/05/1980 Memphis, Tenn. Josue Soto M 5-7 01/03/1989 Fort Worth, Tex. Zourab Tsiskaridze M 6-1 09/08/1986 Tibilisi, Georgia Tomasz Zahorski F 6-3 11/22/1984 Barczewo, Poland Eduar Zea D 6-1 01/19/1990 Quibdó, Colombia Tyler Gibson M 5-8 01/12/1991 Knoxville, Tenn. Jon Kempin GK 6-1 04/08/1993 Leawood, Kan.

51 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Scorpions Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 11-7-9 (Fourth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE 4/5 vs. Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)^ 1-1 D 3,847 SPRING 4/12 vs. Minnesota United FC 0-2 L 7,381 4/19 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1 W 5,000 4/26 @ New York Cosmos 1-0 W 4,130 5/3 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 0-1 L 5,595 5/10 vs. Carolina RailHawks 3-0 W 5,834 5/17 vs. FC Edmonton 0-0 D 7,087 5/24 @ Ottawa Fury FC 3-2 W 2,432 5/28 vs. NTX Rayados (USASA)* 4-2 W 3,411 5/31 @ Indy Eleven 2-1 W 10,285 6/7 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-2 D 6,484 6/17 @ FC Dallas (MLS)* 0-2 L 2,296 6/21 vs. Tigres UANL (MEX)^ 1-2 L 6,483 6/28 vs. Mexico U-21^ 3-3 D 5,129 7/6 vs. CF Monterrey (MEX)^ 1-1 D 6,397 FALL 7/12 @ New York Cosmos 3-1 W 3,806 7/19 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-0 W 6,958 7/23 vs. Carolina RailHawks 2-0 W 7,884 7/26 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 W 4,868 8/3 @ FC Edmonton 1-3 L 2,849 8/9 vs. Indy Eleven 2-0 W 7,847 8/17 @ Ottawa Fury FC 1-1 D 4,277 8/23 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1 W 5,734 8/30 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-2 L 3,006 9/6 vs. FC Edmonton 3-0 W 5,594 9/13 @ Carolina RailHawks 1-3 L 3,193 9/20 vs. Minnesota United FC 0-2 L 8,313 9/27 @Atlanta Silverbacks 1-0 W 3,062 10/4 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 1-1 D 5,963 10/11 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies 7-0 W 5,683 10/18 @ Indy Eleven 0-1 L 10,982 10/25 @ Minnesota United FC 1-0 W 6,454 11/1 vs. New York Cosmos 1-0 W 8,205 11/8 vs. New York Cosmos# 2-1 W (OT) ,548 11/15 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers# 2-1 W 7,847 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ^International Friendly. #The Championship.

52 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Scorpions Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Rafael Castillo M 17/17 7 2 16 3 0 1522 Eric Hassli F 18/7 6 4 16 4 1 777 Billy Forbes F 21/20 4 7 15 3 0 1774 Tomas Zahorski F 19/18 6 0 12 3 0 1356 Cesar Elizondo M 13/13 5 1 11 3 0 1087 Walter Restrepo M 25/25 3 4 10 5 0 2220 Sainey Tourey F 17/8 3 0 6 2 0 710 Trevin Caesar F 12/1 2 1 5 1 0 182 Greg Janicki D 24/24 2 0 4 5 0 2160 Danny Barrera M 13/9 1 2 4 4 0 830 Julius James D 22/22 1 1 3 5 3 1853 Adrian Cann D 19/19 1 0 2 3 0 1710 Josue Soto M 23/11 1 0 2 0 0 1241 Shaun Saiko M 6/2 1 0 2 0 0 183 Giuseppe Gentile F 5/4 0 1 1 2 0 327 Aaron Maund D 1/1 0 1 1 0 0 90 Stephen DeRoux D 25/25 0 0 0 6 0 2250 Jonathan Borrajo D 24/22 0 0 0 2 0 1956 Richard Menjivar M 17/17 0 0 0 6 0 1493 Josh Saunders GK 15/15 0 0 0 0 0 1350 David Bingham GK 10/10 0 0 0 1 0 900 Freddie Braun M 6/1 0 0 0 0 0 140 Leone Cruz D 2/1 0 0 0 0 0 92 Julio Garcia M 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 90 Daryl Sattler GK 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 90 Jeremy Vuolo GK 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 90 Jonathan Faña F 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Ryan Guy F 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 13

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Josh Saunders 15/15 0.93 14 54 8-2-5 7 0 0 1350 David Bingham 10/10 0.70 7 22 7-1-2 5 1 0 900 Daryl Sattler 1/1 1.00 1 2 1-0-0 0 0 0 90 Jeremy Vuolo 1/1 2.00 2 3 0-1-0 0 0 0 9

53 2015 NASL Media Guide Tampa Bay Rowdies President and General Manager: Farrukh Quraishi Assistant GM/VP of Community Relations: Perry Van Der Beck Head Coach (Country), NASL Year, Record: Thomas Rongen (NED), 1st, First Year Founded (Joined NASL): 2008 (2011) 2014 Record: Spring Season 2-4-3 (10 pt), Seventh; Fall Season 5-5-8 (20 pts), Eighth Place Stadium: Al Lang Stadium (8,000) Metro Area: 3.65 Million Website: www.rowdiessoccer.com Twitter: @TampaBayRowdies Club Address: 5982 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33707

The Tampa Bay Rowdies will have a fresh look in 2015. With a new coach, Thomas Rongen, at the helm, the club has brought in several new faces to the roster as well to play in the renovated Al Lang Stadium.

The club has bolstered its backline with Gale Agbossoumonde, Brad Rusin, and Darnell King among others. In the midfield, the Rowdies should see a more aggressive side, fitting into Rongen’s Total Football philosophy with Juan Guerra and Marcelo Saragosa in the middle of the park.

“The 2015 season will be an exciting one for the Tampa Bay Rowdies,” Rongen said. “We’ve undergone a lot of change this offseason, but I’m proud of the team we’ve assembled. We have a strong mix of experienced players plus plenty of youth and energy.

“Our team will play a specific way. We will play aggressively with a little bit of bite. We want our opponents to know before each match that they’re in for a difficult night, especially at our home at Al Lang Stadium. It’s a long season, but I believe in everything we’re doing to prepare ourselves to achieve great things together.”

2015 NASL Media Guide 2015 Rowdies Schedule DATE OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT Thu Feb. 12 vs. Malmö FF (SWE)^ 0-4 L Sat. July 11 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sun. Mar. 1 @ CD Fátima (POR)^ 1-0 W Sat. July 18 vs. FC Edmonton Tue. Mar. 3 @ SL Benfica U-20 (POR)^ 3-1 W Sat. July 25 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Wed. Mar. 4 @ Sporting CP B (POR)^ 2-3 L Sat. Aug. 1 @ Carolina RailHawks Fri. Mar. 6 @ AC Alcanenense (POR)^ 1-1 D Sat. Aug. 8 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Fri. Mar. 13 vs. FC Montreal (CAN)^ 1-1 D Sat. Aug. 15 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers SPRING Wed. Aug. 19 @ Indy Eleven Sat. Apr. 4 @ San Antonio Scorpions Sat. Aug. 22 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. Apr. 11 vs. Minnesota United FC Sat. Aug. 29 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Apr. 18 @ New York Cosmos Sat. Sept. 5 vs. New York Cosmos Sat. Apr. 25 vs. Jacksonville Armada FC Sun. Sept. 13 @ FC Edmonton Sat. May 2 @ Carolina RailHawks Sat. Sept. 19 vs. San Antonio Scorpions Sat. May 9 @ Ottawa Fury FC Sat. Sept. 26 @ Jacksonville Armada FC Sat. May 16 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Wed. Sept. 30 vs. Indy Eleven Sat. May 30 @ Indy Eleven Sat. Oct. 3 @ Minnesota United FC Sat. June 6 vs. FC Edmonton Sat. Oct. 10 vs. Ottawa Fury FC Sat. June 13 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Oct. 17 @ Atlanta Silverbacks FALL Sat. Oct. 24 vs. Carolina RailHawks Sat. July 4 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks Sat. Oct. 31 @ New York Cosmos

2015 Rowdies Roster *As of March 27, 2015 PLAYER POS HEIGHT DOB HOMETOWN Gale Agbossoumonde D 6-1 11/17/1991 Syracuse, N.Y. Stefan Antonijevic D 6-5 01/24/1989 Buffalo Grove, Ill. Rich Balchan D 6-0 01/18/1989 Ann Arbor, Mich. Zak Boggs M 6-1 12/25/1986 Vienna, W.Va. Justin Chavez D 5-10 03/23/1990 Oklahoma City, Okla. Kamil Čontofalský GK 6-3 06/03/1978 Košice, Slovakia Darwin Espinal F 5-11 01/16/1995 Coral Springs, Fla. Marquez Fernandez M 5-8 09/07/1992 Baltimore, Md. Chris Glodack GK 6-1 06/19/1993 Myrtle Beach, S.C. Juan Guerra M 5-7 02/16/1987 Caracas, Venezuela Robert Hernandez M 5-5 09/14/1993 Miami, Fla. Corey Hertzog F 6-0 08/01/1990 Reading, Pa. Georgi Hristov F 6-0 01/10/1985 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Darnell King M 5-7 09/23/1990 Tampa, Fla. Jeff Michaud M 5-10 02/16/1987 West Palm Beach, Fla. Tamika Mkandawire D 6-1 05/28/1983 Mzuzu, Malawi Martin Nuñez M 5-6 02/02/1987 Miami, Fla. Matt Pickens GK 6-3 04/05/1982 Washington, Mo. Zachary Portillos D 5-9 01/19/1992 Aurora, Colo. Brad Rusin D 6-3 09/05/1986 Crown Point, Ind. Marcelo Saragosa M 6-0 01/22/1982 Campo Grande, Brazil Maicon Santos F 6-1 04/18/1984 Paracambi, Brazil Keith Savage M 6-2 08/09/1985 Gulf Breeze, Fla. Brian Shriver F 5-9 08/05/1987 Clearwater, Fla. Ben Sweat D 6-2 09/04/1991 Palm Harbor, Fla. Blake Wagner D 5-10 01/29/1988 Atlanta, Ga. 55 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Rowdies Regular Season Results

NASL Combined Standings Record: 11-7-9 (Fourth Place) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDENCE 3/31 vs. Valur FC (ISL)^ 1-1 D 110 SPRING 4/12 vs. FC Edmonton 1-1 D 7,003 4/19 @ Indy Eleven 1-1 D 10,412 4/26 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 1-3 L 4,670 5/3 @ San Antonio Scorpions 1-0 W 5,595 5/10 @ Ottawa Fury FC 1-1 D 2,164 5/17 vs. New York Cosmos 0-3 L 4,855 5/24 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-2 W 4,331 5/28 @ Orlando City SC (MLS)* 1-4 L 1,500 5/31 @ Carolina RailHawks 0-2 L ,856 6/7 vs. Minnesota United FC 3-3 D 4,132 FALL 7/12 vs. Atlanta Silverbacks 3-2 W 3,092 7/19 @ Indy Eleven 2-1 W 10,555 7/26 vs. San Antonio Scorpions 0-2 L 4,868 8/2 @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-1 L 2,648 8/9 @ Carolina RailHawks 4-3 W 3,140 8/16 vs. New York Cosmos 3-1 W 4,273 8/23 vs. Carolina RailHawks 0-1 L 4,212 8/30 @ Ottawa Fury FC 2-0 W 4,206 9/6 @ Minnesota United FC 1-1 D 7,024 9/13 vs. Ottawa Fury FC 0-2 L 4,340 9/21 @ FC Edmonton 1-0 W 4,392 10/4 vs. FC Edmonton 1-1 D 4,313 10/8 vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-3 L 3,865 10/11 @ San Antonio Scorpions 0-7 L 5,683 10/15 vs. Minnesota United FC 2-3 L 2,565 10/18 @ Atlanta Silverbacks 1-1 D 3,061 10/25 @ New York Cosmos 2-2 D 8,565 11/1 vs. Indy Eleven 2-2 D 6,377 *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ^International Friendly.

56 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Rowdies Regular Season Stats

PLAYER POS GP/S G A PTS Y R MIN Georgi Hristov F 25/25 9 4 22 8 0 2239 Blake Wagner D 21/17 3 4 10 3 1 1417 Darel Russell M 25/24 3 2 8 9 1 2176 Evans Frimpong M 23/14 3 1 7 2 0 1254 Tamika Mkandawire D 15/14 3 0 6 1 1 1240 Casey Townsend F 16/9 3 0 6 2 0 788 Lucky Mkosana F 26/8 2 2 6 2 0 981 Brian Shriver F 22/15 2 1 5 1 0 1312 Shane Hill M 21/21 1 3 5 1 0 1842 Keith Savage M 16/15 1 3 5 1 0 1242 Amani Walker F 8/4 2 1 5 0 0 339 Frankie Sanfilippo D 19/19 1 1 3 0 0 1710 Anthony Wallace M 25/25 1 0 2 5 0 2185 Willie Hunt D 12/11 1 0 2 2 0 1012 Ricardo Morris M 7/1 0 1 1 0 0 196 Matt Pickens GK 24/24 0 0 0 1 0 2094 JP Rodrigues D 19/17 0 0 0 1 0 1519 Takuya Yamada D 10/10 0 0 0 0 0 876 Kyle Clinton M 5/5 0 0 0 1 0 450 Jordan Gafa D 5/5 0 0 0 0 0 450 Corey Hertzog F 6/4 0 0 0 0 0 362 Luciano Olguín F 6/4 0 0 0 1 0 310 Cody Mizell GK 3/3 0 0 0 0 0 270 Jay Needham D 2/1 0 0 0 0 0 90 Ryan Thompson GK 1/0 0 0 0 1 0 66 Carl Cort F 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 56

GOALKEEPER GP/S GAA GA SV W-D-L SO Y R MIN Matt Pickens 24/24 1.72 40 67 6-8-9 2 1 0 2094 Cody Mizell 3/3 2.33 7 8 1-1-1 0 0 0 270 Ryan Thompson 1/0 4.09 3 2 0-0-1 0 1 0 66

Own Goal JP Rodrigues vs. Carolina RailHawks on Aug. 9th

57 2015 NASL Media Guide Media Information

2015 NASL Media Guide Media Guidelines & Regulations

NASL PR Staff Members and Team PR Staff Members must ensure that all working conditions are harmonious and a balance is struck between the needs of the media (as representatives of the fans and the public) and the needs of the clubs.

Game Notes: Teams will provide games notes to media members on the day of a match to provide them with all of the relevant information regarding the upcoming matchup.

Media Credentials: All Teams must print and distribute media credentials to all designated media members that will be working within the grounds of the Host Stadium. Each team should print both single-game or season-long media credentials. Photographers and/or videographers must be attached to a legitimate media organization to acquire credentials. All Teams must provide colored bibs for Still Photographers and TV Broadcast Crew Members. The two groups should be wearing different colored bibs that are designated by each Team.

Press Box: The press box area is a neutral zone. Both home and visiting team personnel and media shall refrain from yelling or cheering. Media must not wear Team apparel in the press box and are reminded to remain neutral when in areas made accessible by their credential. Media must not consume alcohol while in possession of a media credential and may not request autographs. Violators may be asked to leave the Press Box area and/or have their credential privileges suspended or revoked.

Locker Rooms: Team locker rooms will not be open to media members at any time before, during, and after every match. The Home and Away Team training/treatment areas and referee locker rooms are also strictly off limits to all members of the media. All regulations regarding media access to the locker rooms should be clearly communicated to Team Staff and Security Personnel to ensure a secure environment. TV Broadcast Crew Members may film inside the locker rooms prior to the Team’s arrival, but only after coordinating with Home Team and Visiting Team PR Staff Members. No interviews of any kind will be allowed inside the locker rooms.

Stadium Access: Credentialed media members will have access to the stadium, professional workrooms, stadium seating, and post-match media activities. During the match, all credentialed media will have access to the press box, which will be regulated by Home Team PR Staff Members. In addition, all accredited media members should be given a seat in the press box if possible.

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Traveling Media: The Home Team shall provide press box seating for traveling media members at each game and should keep in mind the needs of media members traveling from the Visiting Team’s area.

Media Access to Training Sessions: If a training session is declared a closed session, Teams must allow media a minimum of 15 minutes for interviews after practice.

Home Team PR Staff Responsibilities: The Home Team PR Staff Members will be in attendance on game day in order to attend to working media members before, during, and after the match.

Statistics Crew: Statistical information such as box score and updated league standings etc. in the press box or in a location with a good view of the match.

Still Photography: Still photographers, with the proper bib, are permitted to shoot matches in areas specifically designated by the Home Team. If a Home and/or Visiting Team PR Staff has a specific Team Photographer at the match, then those individuals will wear a different color bib to indicate that they can be granted special access to any stadium level as long it they do not obstruct the view of spectators, security personnel, medical officials, and emergency exits. At no time are photographers allowed on the field of play.

Interview Area: The Home Team PR Director will designate a suitable postgame interview area on or near the field of play. This area shall be equipped with a team/sponsor backdrop to create a ‘Coaches TV Area’ where interviews may be conducted. Home and Visiting Team PR Staff are responsible for bringing their own coach and players to the Coaches TV Area upon the conclusion of the game. Locker rooms at all NASL venues are closed to all media.

Player Interviews: Players giving interviews that have played a significant role in the outcome of the match and will be selected at the PR Director’s discretion. Media may request a specific player, and the Team PR Directors will dictate the length of the interview. Additional post match interviews for coaches and players can be done in the designated media mixed zone area, which is between the locker room and the team buses at the venue.

Official Interviews: The NASL Commissioner and Team Owners may be made available for interviews to media at the discretion of the Home and Visiting PR Directors and following consultation with the League PR Director. Game Officials will not be available for interviews and the Officials Locker Room remains off limits to all media.

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Atlanta Silverbacks Director of Public Relations 2435 Tech Center Parkway [email protected] Lawrenceville, GA 30043 TM (904) 516-3751 Adam S. Geigerman Director of Communications Minnesota United FC [email protected] 4050 Olson Memorial Highway (678) 575-9338 Suite 295 Golden Valley, MN 55422 Carolina RailHawks Eric Durkee 101 Soccer Park Drive Director of Public Relations Cary, NC 27511 [email protected] Mauricio Villarreal (651) 270-8755 Communications Manager [email protected] New York Cosmos (919) 808-8848 750 Third Avenue – Suite 2601 New York, NY 10017 FC Edmonton Jen Chang 9725 - 62 Avenue Director of Marketing & Communications Edmonton, AB T5H 4E2 [email protected] Jill Horbay (917) 803-5333 Media & Public Relations Dee Kundra [email protected] Senior Communications & PR Manager (587) 920-4292 [email protected] James Nielsen (646) 248-3208 Online Communications Coordinator [email protected] Ottawa Fury FC (780) 700-2600 700 Industrial Avenue – Suite 520 Ottawa, ON K1G 0Y9 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Graeme Ivory 1301 NW 55th Street Media & Communications Director Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 [email protected] George Stieren (613) 878-3321 Vice President of Communications [email protected] San Antonio Scorpions (954) 606-0411 5103 David Edwards Drive

Steven Bernasconi San Antonio, TX 78230 TM Communications Manager Matt Barbour [email protected] Director of Media Relations & Social Media (954) 606-0402 [email protected] (214) 797-4695 Indy Eleven 47 S. Pennsylvania Street, Suite 611 Tampa Bay Rowdies Indianapolis, IN 46204 5982 Central Avenue John Koluder St. Petersburg, FL 33707 Director of Public Relations Nico Castillo [email protected] Director of Public Relations (317) 919-0808 [email protected] (813) 527-1376 Jacksonville Armada FC Mike Manganello 1 Independent Drive, Suite 3232 [email protected] Jacksonville, FL 32202 (877) 769-3437 Eric Scott 61 2015 NASL Media Guide US Soccer Federation

United States Soccer Federation - Founded: 1913 FIFA Affiliated: 1914. CONCACAF Affiliated: 1961 As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States, U.S. Soccer has played an integral part in charting the course for the sport in the USA for 100 years. In that time, the Federation’s mission statement has been clear and simple: to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels. In 1989, the U.S. Men’s National Team had not played in a World Cup in 40 years and the U.S. Women’s program was in its early stages. U.S. Soccer was playing games in small stadiums that did not reach capacity, few matches were televised, soccer-specific stadiums were yet to be created and there were no high- level professional outdoor leagues. Since that time, the state of U.S. Soccer has evolved significantly. In 2014, U.S. MNT competed in its seventh consecutive FIFA World Cup and the team progressed to the Round-of-16 for the second straight event in Brazil. U.S. Soccer is a world leader in women’s soccer at every level, and the U.S. WNT has won two FIFA Women’s World Cups and four Olympic Gold Medals – an accomplishment that no other country on the men’s and women’s side has reached in Olympic competition. The United States has also hosted three World Cups with the support of its members and strong organizational abilities. From a coaching standpoint in the United States, more classes are continually being offered around the country, and the number of licensed, well-educated trainers and managers is larger than ever. The education level among coaches has been tailored to match the expanding pool of talent in the U.S. U.S. Soccer continues to set positive trends for referees in CONCACAF, with reinvigorated focus on education and training, including the realm of professional referees. In 2012, the Professional Referee Organization (PRO) was created to manage the referee program in professional soccer leagues in the U.S. and Canada. The creation of PRO has been designed to increase the quality of officiating in U.S. and Canadian professional leagues, develop more professional quality officials at a younger age and develop officials who will represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions. Participation in soccer continues at high levels among both youth and adults, with more than 4.3 million registered players among the 24 million participants in the sport, according to the FIFA Big Count. For more information on all U.S. Soccer programs, visit the official organization website at ussoccer.com.

President: Sunil Gulati General Secretary: Dan Flynn Senior Manager of Communications: Neil Buethe Address: 1801 South Prairie Avenue; Chicago, Illinois 60616 Phone: (312) 808-1300 Fax: (312) 808-1301

62 2015 NASL Media Guide The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Since the league’s re-launching, NASL teams have taken part in three consecutive editions of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups. Played annually since 1914, the U.S. Open Cup is the oldest cup competition in the country and is a single elimination tournament and is open to all affiliated ama- teur and professional teams in the U.S. The winner of the U.S. Open Cup qualifies as one of the four United States teams for the CONCACAF Champions League. Coming into their fourth year at The Cup, the NASL teams have outscored their opposition 87 to 68 in 47 total games, while posting a 25-3-19 overall record along with 14 shutouts. All-Time NASL Results @ The Cup Quarterfinals Real Salt Lake (MLS) 3 Carolina RailHawks 0 2012 Second Round 2014 Carolina RailHawks 6 PSA Elite (USASA) 0 Third Round Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7 Fresno Fuego (PDL) 2 Indy Eleven 5 Dayton Dutch Lions (USL PRO) 2 Jacksonville United (NPSL) 0 Tampa Bay 3 New York Cosmos 2 Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL) 0 Georgia Revolution (NPSL) 0 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 Carolina RailHawks 2 Charlotte Eagles (USL PRO) 0 San Antonio Scorpions 2 Laredo Heat (PDL) 0 Chattanooga FC (NPSL) 0 Atlanta Silverbacks 5 Des Moines Menace (PDL) 0 Minnesota Stars FC 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 Laredo Heat (PDL) 3 Third Round Orlando City (USL PRO) 4 Tampa Bay 1 Carolina RailHawks 2 Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 1 San Antonio Scorpions 4 NTX Rayados (USASA) 2 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 2 Ft Lauder. Strikers 1 Des Moines Menace (USASA) 0 Minn. United FC 1 Tampa Bay 1 Colorado Rapids (MLS) 3 Fourth Round Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 5 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 Carolina RailHawks 1 CD Chivas USA (MLS) 1, 3-2 pen San Antonio Scorpions 1 Houston Dynamo (MLS) 0 Atlanta Silverbacks 2 Real Salt Lake (MLS) 1 Real Salt Lake (MLS) 1 Minnesota Stars FC 3 New York Cosmos 3 New York Red Bulls (MLS) 0 Fourth Round Columbus Crew (MLS) 2 Indy Eleven 1 aet San Jose Earthquakes 1 Minnesota Stars FC 0 FC Dallas (MLS) 2 San Antonio Scorpions 0 Carolina RailHawks 1 CD Chivas USA (MLS) 2 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2 Minn. United FC 0 SA Scorpions 1 Charlotte Eagles (USL PRO) 2 Round-of-16 Philadelphia Union (MLS) 2 New York Cosmos 1 aet 2013 Carolina RailHawks 1 LA Galaxy (MLS) 0 aet Second Round Colorado Rapids (MLS) 1 Atlanta Silverbacks 2 Carolina RailHawks 3 Carolina Dynamo (PDL) 1 Quarterfinals VSI Tampa Bay (USL PRO) 1 Tampa Bay 2 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 Chicago Fire (MLS) 3 Georgia Revolution (NPSL) 2 Atlanta Silverbacks 3 Carolina RailHawks 2 FC Dallas (MLS) 3 FTL Strikers 1 Laredo Heat (PDL) 1, 7-6 pen SA Scorpions 2 FC Tucson (PDL) 2, 3-4 pen NASL Top Goal Scorers Minnesota United FC 0 Des Moines Menace (PDL) 1 Brian Shriver (CAR) – 6 Third Round Zack Schilawski (CAR) – 4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 FC Dallas (MLS) 2 Blake Smith (IND) Real Salt Lake (MLS) 3 Atlanta Silverbacks 2 aet Mark Anderson (FTL) – 3 Carolina RailHawks 2 Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 0 Junior Burgos (ATL) Tampa Bay 1 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 0 Jaime Chavez (ATL) Fourth Round Aly Hassan (FTL) Carolina RailHawks 3 CD Chivas USA (MLS) 1 aet Georgi Hristov (TBR) Portland Timbers (MLS) 2 Tampa Bay 0 Ty Shipalane (CAR) 63 2015 NASL Media Guide Canada Soccer Association

Canada Soccer Association Founded: 1912 FIFA Affiliated: 1913 CONCACAF Affiliated: 1961

In Canada, the sport is governed by The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), which was established in 1912. The CSA has 12 member associations (Canada’s 10 provinces and two territories) and one associate member (Nunavut).

Soccer is the largest participation sport in Canada with 847,616 registered players and 20% of all Canadian youths participate. The CSA also has five National Training Centers – British Columbia, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic

There are 18,697 referees registered with their respective Provinces who officiate regularly on games sanctioned by Province Soccer Association including 37 National List Officials operating in professional soccer and 11 FIFA List officials operation in the international level.

Following its first qualification to a FIFA World Cup in Mexico 1986, Canada has gone on to stage four FIFA tournaments: 1987 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2002 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. It will host one more tournament at the women’s level - FIFA Women’s World Cup this year.

The CSA national teams have won nine confederation championships. Canada won the 1985 CONCACAF Men’s Championship and the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup; Canada’s women’s team won the 1998 and 2010 CONCACAF women’s championships. The men’s youth team won the 1986 and 1996 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship while the women’s youth team won the 2004 and 2008 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship along with the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship.

President: Victor Montagliani General Secretary: Peter Montopoli Acting Director of Communications: Michele Dion Address: Place Soccer Canada; 237 Metcalfe Street; Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1R2 Phone: (613) 237-7678 Fax: (613) 237-1516

64 2015 NASL Media Guide Amway Canadian Championship

The Amway Canadian Championship is the competition held annually since 2008 to crown the Canadian club champion. Since 2014, two NASL sides compete along with MLS squads for the Canadian crown, which also doubles as qualifier into the CONCACAF Champions League. After winning the first-leg (2-1) of the 2014 semifinal over the Montreal Im- pact, FC Edmonton were just seconds away from a berth to the Canadian Final despite trailing in the return-leg (3-2) over the defending champion. However, a penalty kick goal scored by the Impact on the last play of the match eliminated NASL side. The winner of the 2015 Amway Canadian Championship will qualify for the 2016-2017 CONCACAF Champions League.

All-Time NASL Results @ NASL All-Time Amway Canadian Amway Canadian Championship Championship Goal scorers

2011 Daryl Fordyce (FCE) – 2 Semifinals Frank Jonke (FCE) – 2 FC Edmonton 0 Toronto FC 0 Tomi Ameobi (FCE) – 1 Toronto 1 FC Edmonton 0 Hanson Boakai (FCE) – 1 Michael Cox (FCE) – 1 2012 Vini Dantas (OTT) – 1 Semifinals Michael Nonni (FCE) – 1 FC Edmonton 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 Chris Nurse (FCE) – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 FC Edmonton 1 Yashir Pinto (FCE) – 1

2013 Own Goal – 1 Semifinals Shaun Saiko (FCE) FC Edmonton 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 FC Edmonton 0

2014 First Round Ottawa Fury FC 0 FC Edmonton 0 FC Edmonton 3 Ottawa Fury FC 1

Semifinals FC Edmonton 2 Montreal Impact 1 Montreal Impact 4 FC Edmonton 2

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Combined Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA +/- PTS Minnesota United FC* 27 16 7 4 47 28 19 5 San Antonio Scorpions* 27 16 4 7 43 24 19 52 New York Cosmos* 27 11 9 7 37 27 10 42 Fort Lauderdale Strikers* 27 11 7 9 38 39 -1 40 Carolina RailHawks 27 11 5 11 38 43 -5 48 FC Edmonton 27 9 7 10 32 28 4 34 Tampa Bay 27 7 9 11 36 50 -14 30 Ottawa Fury FC 27 7 6 14 34 38 -4 27 Indy Eleven 27 6 9 12 35 46 -11 27 Atlanta Silverbacks 27 6 1 15 31 48 -17 23

*Qualified To The Championship, NASL Four-Team Post-Season The Championship Final Semifinals November 15, 2014 November 8, 2014 San Antonio 2-1 Fort Lauderdale, Minnesota 1-1 (4-5 pen) Fort Lauderdale, Toyota Field, 7,847 NSC Stadium, 6,113 San Antonio 2-1 (OT) New York, Toyota Field, 6,548

SPRING SEASON STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA +/- PTS Home Away Minnesota United FC 9 6 2 1 16 9 7 20 (3-1-0) (3-1-1) New York Cosmos 9 6 1 2 14 3 11 19 (3-1-1) (3-0-1) San Antonio Scorpions 9 5 2 2 13 9 4 17 (1-2-2) (4-0-0) Carolina RailHawks 9 4 2 3 11 15 -4 14 (4-0-0) (0-2-3) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 9 4 1 4 18 18 0 13 (3-0-1) (1-1-3) Ottawa Fury FC 9 3 1 5 14 13 1 10 (2-1-2) (1-0-3) Tampa Bay 9 2 4 3 11 16 -5 10 (1-2-2) (1-2-1) Atlanta Silverbacks 9 3 1 5 12 20 -8 10 (1-1-2) (2-0-3) FC Edmonton 9 2 2 5 11 11 0 8 (1-0-3) (1-2-2) Indy Eleven 9 0 4 5 14 20 -6 4 (0-2-3) (0-2-2)

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Week 1: Week 6: April 12 May 17 Fort Lauderdale 2-0 Ottawa, 3105 Carolina 2-0 Atlanta, 5527 Indy Eleven 1-1 Carolina, 11048 Indy Eleven 2-4 Ottawa, 10285 Tampa Bay 1-1 Edmonton, 7003 Tampa Bay 0-3 New York, 4855 San Antonio 0-2 Minnesota, 7381 Minnesota United 3-1 Fort Lauderdale, 5325 April 13 San Antonio 0-0 Edmonton, 7087 New York 4-0 Atlanta, 7906 Week 7: Week 2: May 24 April 19 New York 1-1 Indy Eleven, 3581 Ottawa 1-2 Minnesota, 3457 Ottawa 2-3 San Antonio, 2432 Atlanta 1-2 San Antonio, 5000 Tampa Bay 3-2 Fort Lauderdale, 4331 Carolina 4-1 Fort Lauderdale, 4007 Minnesota United 0-0 Carolina, 6784 Indy Eleven 1-1 Tampa Bay, 10412 Edmonton 1-2 Atlanta, 2961 Edmonton 0-1 New York, 4399 Week 8: Week 3: May 31 April 26 Ottawa 1-0 Edmonton, 3207 Ottawa 4-0 Carolina, 2158 Atlanta 1-2 Minnesota, 5000 New York 0-1 San Antonio, 4130 Carolina 2-0 Tampa Bay, 7856 Fort Lauderdale 3-2 Indy Eleven, 3515 Fort Lauderdale 0-3 New York, 5572 Tampa Bay 1-3 Atlanta, 4670 Indy Eleven 1-2 San Antonio, 10285 Minnesota 1-0 Edmonton, 5287 Week 9: Week 4: June 7 May 3 Atlanta 3-3 Indy Eleven, 5000 Atlanta 2-1 Ottawa, 3922 Tampa Bay 3-3 Minnesota, 4132 Carolina 1-0 New York, 4066 San Antonio 2-2 Fort Lauderdale, 6484 Minnesota 3-2 Indy Eleven, 4913 June 8 San Antonio 0-1 Tampa Bay, 5595 Edmonton 6-1 Carolina, 3641 Edmonton 1-3 Fort Lauderdale, 3276 New York 1-0 Ottawa, 6495

Week 5: May 10 Ottawa 1-1 Tampa Bay, 2164 Fort Lauderdale 4-0 Atlanta, 3109 Indy Eleven 1-2 Edmonton, 10285 SA Scorpions 3-0 Carolina, 5834 May 12 New York 1-0 Minnesota, 3091

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FALL SEASON TEAM GP W T L GF GA +/- PTS Home Away San Antonio Scorpions 18 11 2 5 30 15 15 35 (7-1-1) (4-1-4) Minnesota United FC 18 10 5 3 31 19 12 35 (6-2-1) (4-3-2) FC Edmonton 18 8 5 5 23 18 5 29 (6-2-1) (2-3-4) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 18 7 6 5 20 21 -1 27 (3-2-2) (2-1-4) Carolina RailHawks 18 7 3 8 27 28 -1 24 (3-2-4) (4-1-4) New York Cosmos 18 5 8 5 23 24 -1 23 (3-4-2) (2-4-3) Indy Eleven 18 6 5 7 21 26 -5 23 (2-3-4) (4-2-3) Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 5 5 8 25 34 -9 20 (2-2-5) (3-3-3) Ottawa Fury FC 18 4 5 9 20 25 -5 17 1-2-6) (3-3-3) Atlanta Silverbacks 18 3 4 11 20 30 -10 13 (1-3-5) (2-1-6)

Week 1: Fort Lauderdale 1-0 Tampa Bay, 2648 July 12 August 3 New York 1-3 San Antonio , 3806 Edmonton 3-1 San Antonio, 2849 Tampa Bay 3-2 Atlanta, 3896 Carolina 1-2 Indy Eleven, 3080 Week 5: Fort Lauderdale 0-3 Minnesota, 3092 August 6 July 13 New York 0-0 Edmonton, 4524 Edmonton 0-0 Ottawa, 3609 Indy Eleven 0-0 Fort Lauderdale, 10285 August 9 Week 2: Ottawa 1-2 Fort Lauderdale, 4814 July 17 Atlanta 1-2 New York, 3842 Minnesota 1-0 Carolina, 7287 Carolina 3-4 Tampa Bay, 3140 July 19 Minnesota 3-2 Edmonton, 5112 Atlanta 1-0 Edmonton, 3011 San Antonio 2-0 Indy Eleven, 7847 Indy Eleven 1-2 Tampa Bay, 10555 San Antonio 2-0 Fort Lauderdale, 6958 Week 6: July 20 August 16 Ottawa 0-1 New York, 14593 Carolina 2-3 Edmonton, 4666 Fort Lauderdale 1-1 Atlanta , 2409 Week 3: Tampa Bay 3-1 New York, 4273 July 23 Minnesota 5-1 Indy Eleven, 5420 San Antonio 2-0 Carolina, 7884 August 17 July 26 Ottawa 1-1 San Antonio, 4277 Atlanta 1-1 Minnesota, 4810 Carolina 3-0 Ottawa, 4294 Week 7: Fort Lauderdale 1-1 New York, 3257 August 23 Tampa Bay 0-2 San Antonio, 4868 New York 1-1 Minnesota, 3928 July 27 Tampa Bay 0-1 Carolina, 4212 Edmonton 0-1 Indy Eleven, 3152 Indy Eleven 1-2 Ottawa, 10285 San Antonio 2-1 Atlanta, 5734 Week 4: August 24 August 2 Edmonton 2-1 Fort Lauderdale, 3111 Minnesota 2-1 Ottawa, 34047 New York 0-1 Carolina, 4649 Indy Eleven 2-4 Atlanta , 10285

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Week 8: October 4 August 29 Fort Lauderdale 1-0 Carolina, 3052 Fort Lauderdale 2-0 San Antonio, 3006 Tampa Bay 1-1 Edmonton, 4313 August 30 Minnesota1-0 Atlanta , 5744 Carolina 0-2 Atlanta , 3106 New York 0-0 Indy Eleven, 6225 Indy Eleven 2-2 New York, 10659 San Antonio 1-1 Ottawa, 5963 Ottawa 0-2 Tampa Bay, 4206 August 31 Week 14: Edmonton 2-1 Minnesota, 2796 October 8 Tampa Bay 2-3 Fort Lauderdale, 3865 Week 9: October 11 September 6 Atlanta 2-2 Fort Lauder Strikers, 2905 New York 2-0 Fort Lauderdale, 3626 Indy Eleven 2-0 Minnesota, 10285 Atlanta 1-2 Indy Eleven, 5000 New York 2-1 Ottawa, 4411 Minnesota 1-1 Tampa Bay, 7024 San Antonio 7-0 TB Rowdies, 5683 San Antonio 3-0 Edmonton, 5594 October 12 September 7 Edmonton 3-0 Carolina, 2903 Ottawa 2-2 Carolina, 5269 Week 15: Week 10: October 15 September 13 Tampa Bay 2-3 Minnesota United, 2565 New York 3-2 Atlanta , 4502 October 18 Carolina 3-1 San Antonio, 3193 Ottawa 0-2 Edmonton, 3935 Indy Eleven 1-1 Edmonton, 10567 Atlanta 1-1 Tampa Bay, 3061 Tampa Bay 0-2 Ottawa, 4340 Carolina 1-1 Fort Lauderdale, 4179 Minnesota 2-1 Fort Lauderdale, 6202 Indy Eleven 1-0 San Antonio, 10982 Minnesota0-0 New York, 5817 Week 11: September 20 Week 16: Atlanta 0-3 Ottawa, 3071 October 25 Carolina 5-4 New York, 5593 Atlanta 0-2 Carolina, 5000 Fort Lauderdale 2-1 Indy Eleven, 3112 Fort Lauderdale 1-0 Edmonton, 5756 San Antonio 0-2 Minnesota, 8313 New York 2-2 Tampa Bay, 8565 September 21 Minnesota 0-1 San Antonio, 6454 Edmonton 1-0 Tampa Bay, 4392 October 26 Ottawa 1-2 Indy Eleven, 4172 Week 12: September 27 Week 17: Atlanta 0-1 San antonio, 3062 November 1 Indy Eleven 0-1 Carolina, 10285 Tampa Bay 2-2 Indy Eleven, 6377 September 28 Fort Lauderdale 1-1 Ottawa, 5505 Ottawa 2-3 Minnesota, 5094 Carolina 2-2 Minnesota, 6460 Edmonton 1-1 New York, 3830 San Antonio 1-0 New York, 8205 November 2 Week 13: Edmonton 2-1 Atlanta , 3085 October 1 Ottawa 2-0 Atlanta , 3105

69 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 NASL Stats Leaders

Player of the Month

Zack Schilawski Christian Ramirez Miguel Ibarra Rafael Castillo F, Carolina RailHawks F, Minnesota United FC M, Minnesota United FC M, San Antonio Scorpions April May/June September July August October/November

Player of Week Awards Fall Season Week 1: Georgi Hristov – F, Tampa Bay Spring Season Week 2: Billy Forbes – F, San Antonio Scorpions Week 1: Carlos Mendes – D, New York Cosmos Week 3: Zack Shilawski – F, Carolina Railhawks Week 2: Zach Schilawski – F, Carolina RailHawks Week 4: Christian Ramirez – F, Minnesota United FC Week 3: Oliver Minatel – F, Ottawa Fury FC Week 5: Daniel Mendes – M, Minnesota United FC Week 4: Akira Fitzgerald – GK, Carolina RailHawks Week 6: Christian Ramirez – F, Minnesota United FC Week 5: Marcos Senna – F, New York Cosmos Week 7: Lance Laing – M, FC Edmonton Week 6: Christian Ramirez – F, Minnestoa United FC Week 8: Junior Sandoval – M, Atlanta Silverbacks Week 7: Akira Fitzgerald – GK, Carolina RailHawks Week 9: Rafael Castillo – M, San Antonio Scorpions Week 8: Walter Restrepo – M, San Ant. Scorpions Week 10: Nazmi Albadawi – M, Carolina Railhawks Week 9: Daryl Fordyce – F, FC Edmonton Week 11: Miguel Ibarra – M, Minnesota United FC Week 12: Miguel Ibarra – M, Minnesota United FC Week 13: Mark Anderson – M, Ft Lauderdale Strikers Week 14 : Fafà Picault – F, Fort Lauderdale Strikers Week 15: Lance Laing – M, FC Edmonton Week 16 : Pecka – M, Fort Lauderdale Strikers Week 17 : Adrian Cann – D, San Antonio Scorpions

2014 Best XI Goalkeeper: Jimmy Maurer – New York Cosmos Defenders: Tiago Calvano – Minnesota United FC; Justin Davis – Minnesota United FC; Darnell King – Fort Lauderdale Strikers; Carlos Mendes - New York Cosmos Midfielders: Miguel Ibarra – Minnesota United FC; Rafael Castillo – San Antonio Scorpions; Lance Laing – FC Edmonton; Walter Restrepo – San Antonio Scorpions Forwards: Fafà Picault – Fort Lauderdale Strikers; Christian Ramirez – Minnesota United FC

70 2015 NASL Media Guide 2014 Internationals

Minnesota United FC’s Miguel Ibarra Called Up/Played For U.S. MNT In Last Four Months Outside of league play, it was also a successful 2014 for many players on the international scene, where a total of 18 traded in their club jerseys to don the colors of their respective national teams. Nine clubs provided NASL players for 12 countries that competed in Carib- bean Cup and Central American Cup (CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers); Asian Cup qualifiers; as well as several international friendlies. The NASL continues to shine internationally in early 2015 as Minnesota United FC’s midfielder Miguel Ibarra once again wore the U.S. National Team jersey as the team topped Panama 2-0 victory in a friendly this past February. NASL Team Player Called In Country Atlanta Silverbacks Abdul Bangura Sierra Leone Atlanta Silverbacks Junior Burgos El Salvador Atlanta Silverbacks Derby Carrillo El Salvador Atlanta Silverbacks Deon McCaulay Belize FC Edmonton Hanson Boakai Canada Fort Lauderdale Strikers James Marcelin Haiti Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fafà Picault Haiti Indy Eleven Erick Norales Honduras Minnesota United FC Miguel Ibarra United States Minnesota United FC Rafael Burgos El Salvador New York Cosmos Andres Flores El Salvador Ottawa Fury FC Omar Jarun Palestine San Antonio Scorpions Trevin Caesar Trinidad & Tobago San Antonio Scorpions Jonathan Faña Dominican Republic San Antonio Scorpions Ryan Guy Guam San Antonio Scorpions Richard Menjivar El Salvador Tampa Bay Rowdies Ricardo Morris Jamaica Tampa Bay Rowdies Ryan Thompson Jamaica 71 2015 NASL Media Guide 2013 NASL Spring Recap

TEAM GP W D L GF GA GD PTS HOME AWAY Atlanta Silverbacks 12 6 3 3 20 15 5 21 (3 - 1 - 2) (3 - 2 - 1) Carolina RailHawks 12 5 5 2 20 16 4 20 (5 - 1 - 0) (0 - 4 - 2) San Antonio Scorpions 12 6 2 4 19 15 4 20 (4 - 1 - 1) (2 - 1 - 3) Tampa Bay Rowdies 12 5 3 4 21 16 5 18 (1 - 2 - 3) (4 - 1 - 1) FC Edmonton 12 3 5 4 13 12 1 14 (3 - 2 - 1) (0 - 3 - 3) Minnesota United FC 12 4 2 6 18 23 -5 14 (2 - 2 - 2) (2 - 0 - 4) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 12 2 2 8 10 24 -14 8 (1 - 2 - 3) (1 - 0 - 5)

Week 1: Week 8: April 6 May 25 Tampa Bay 0-0 Carolina, 4232 Atlanta 1-0 San Antonio, 4421 Fort Lauderdale 1-1 Edmonton, 5201 Tampa Bay 2-3 Minnesota, 3372 Minnesota United 0-0 San Antonio, 6754 May 26 Edmonton 0-1 Fort Lauderdale, 2387 Week 2: April 13 Week 9: Carolina 2-1 Edmonton, 5033 June 1 Atlanta 2-0 Fort Lauderdale, 5402 Fort Lauderdale 1-1 Carolina, 4047 San Antonio 0-2 Tampa Bay, 8177 San Antonio 2-0 Minnesota United, 6763 June 2 Week 3: Edmonton 0-0 Tampa Bay, 2190 April 20 Minnesota 2-0 Edmonton, 4135 Week 10: Carolina 3-1 Fort Lauderdale, 3761 June 8 Tampa Bay 3-4 Atlanta, 3575 Carolina 2-1 Tampa Bay, 4086 Atlanta 1-1 Edmonton, 5000 Week 4: Minnesota United 2-1 Fort Lauderdale, 5754 April 27 Atlanta 2-3 Minnesota, 5000 Week 11: Fort Lauderdale 1-2 Tampa Bay, 4563 June 15 April 28 Fort Lauderdale 0-1 Atlanta, 4463 Edmonton 1-0 San Antonio, 921 Tampa Bay 1-2 San Antonio, 4595 June 16 Week 5: Edmonton 1-1 Carolina, 3474 May 4 Tampa Bay 1-1 Edmonton, 3412 Week 12: Minnesota 2-2 Carolina, 4825 June 22 San Antonio 2-2 Atlanta, 7053 Carolina 3-2 Minnesota, 3350 Atlanta 1-2 Tampa Bay, 5711 Week 6: San Antonio 2-1 Edmonton, 6489 May 11 Carolina 5-2 San Antonio, 6708 Week 13: Fort Lauderdale 2-1 Minnesota United, 4323 June 29 May 12 Carolina 1-1 Atlanta, 5304 Edmonton 3-0 Atlanta, 1161 Fort Lauderdale 1-4 San Antonio, 3285 June 30 Week 7: Edmonton 3-1 Minnesota, 2223 May 18 Minnesota United 2-3 Tampa Bay, 4053 Week 14: Atlanta 2-0 Carolina, 4716 July 4 San Antonio 3-1 Fort Lauderdale, 6889 Tampa Bay 4-0 Fort Lauderdale, 5034 Minnesota 0-3 Atlanta, 6507 San Antonio 2-0 Carolina, 7467 72 2015 NASL Media Guide 2013 NASL Fall Recap

TEAM GP W D L GF GA GD PTS HOME AWAY New York Cosmos 14 9 4 1 22 12 10 31 (5-2-0) (4-2-1) Carolina RailHawks 14 7 2 5 21 16 5 23 (6-1-0) (1-1-5) Tampa Bay Rowdies 14 5 5 4 30 27 3 20 (4-2-1) (1-3-3) Minnesota United FC 14 6 2 6 21 19 2 20 (2-2-3) (4-0-3) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 14 5 3 6 18 20 -2 18 (3-2-2) (2-1-4) FC Edmonton 14 3 7 4 13 14 -1 16 (3-3-1) (0-4-3) Atlanta Silverbacks 14 4 4 6 14 22 -8 16 (3-2-2) (1-2-4) San Antonio Scorpions 14 3 1 10 15 24 -9 10 (3-0-4) (0-1-6)

Week 1: Week 6: August 3 September 7 Carolina 1 - 0 Edmonton, 4488 New York 1-1 Atlanta, 5598 New York 2 - 1 Fort Lauderdale, 11929 Minnesota 1-1 Edmonton, 3874 Minnesota 0 - 1 Atlanta, 5884 Tampa Bay 3-2 Carolina, 3227 San Antonio 4 - 7 Tampa Bay, 7651 Fort Lauderdale 0-0 San Antonio, 3467

Week 2: Week 7: August 10 September 14 Atlanta 1 - 1 Carolina, 4767 Carolina 2-2 Tampa Bay, 4753 Tampa Bay 0 - 0 New York, 7032 New York 1-0 Minnesota, 6081 Fort Lauderdale 1 - 3 Minnesota, 3295 Atlanta 2-1 San Antonio, 3754 August 11 September 15 Edmonton 1 - 0 San Antonio, 1745 Edmonton 1-1 Fort Lauderdale, 2316

Week 3: Week 8: August 17 September 21 Carolina 3 - 0 New York, Tampa Bay 3-1 Atlanta, 3571 Minnesota 1 - 1 Tampa Bay, 5634 Fort Lauderdale 0-2 New York, 7653 San Antonio 1 - 2 Fort Lauderdale, 6105 San Antonio 2-1 Carolina, 6488 August 18 September 22 Edmonton 1 - 1 Atlanta, 2353 Edmonton 1-2 Minnesota, 3143

Week 4: Week 9: August 24 September 28 Carolina 1 - 0 Minnesota, 5201 Minnesota 1-0 San Antonio, 2028 New York 2 - 1 San Antonio, 6852 Carolina 2-0 Fort Lauderdale, 4215 Atlanta 0 - 1 Fort Lauderdale, 3822 Atlanta 1-0 Edmonton, 5000 Tampa Bay 1 - 1 Edmonton, 3118 September 29 New York 4-3 Tampa Bay, 6518 Week 5: August 30 Fort Lauderdale 1-0 Carolina, 3236 August 31 Atlanta 1-1 Tampa Bay, San Antonio 2-3 Minnesota, 5886 September 1 Edmonton 1-1 New York, 3180

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October 20 Week 10: New York 1-1 Edmonton, 5624 October 5 Fort Lauderdale 2-1 Tampa Bay, 3612 Week 13: Minnesota 0-1 New York, 3629 October 26 San Antonio 1-0 Atlanta, 6570 Carolina 4-0 Atlanta, 4189 October 6 Minnesota 3-1 Fort Lauderdale, 2475 Edmonton 2-1 Carolina, 2523 San Antonio 1-2 New York, 7702 October 27 Week 11: Edmonton 2-1 Tampa Bay, 4061 October 12 New York 4-0 Carolina, 5409 Week 14: Atlanta 3-1 Minnesota United, 5000 November 2 Tampa Bay 2-1 Fort Lauderdale, 3854 Carolina 2-1 San Antonio, 6015 October 13 Atlanta 0-1 New York, 5000 San Antonio 1-0 Edmonton, 6938 Fort Lauderdale 1-1 Edmonton, 4215 Tampa Bay 4-6 Minnesota, 4319 Week 12: October 19 Minnesota 0-1 Carolina, 2232 NASL Soccer Bowl 2013 Fort Lauderdale 6-2 Atlanta, 4091 November 9 Tampa Bay 1-0 San Antonio, 3237 Atlanta 0-1 New York, 7211

2013 NASL STATS LEADERS GAA 1. Kyle Reynish NYC 0.92 GOALS 2. Lance Parker FCE 0.99 1. Brian Shriver CAR 15 3. Akira Fitzgerald CAR 1.28 2. Pablo Campos MNU 13 4. Jeremy Vuolo SAS 1.32 3. Hans Denissen ATL 12 5. Richard Sanchez FTL 1.43 4. Georgi Hristov TBR 12 5. Luke Mulholland TBR 11 MINUTES 1. Luka Vucko SAS 2340 ASSISTS 2. Akira Fitzgerald CAR 2250 1. Georgi Hristov TBR 8 3. Luke Mulholland TBR 2250 2. Danny Barrera ATL 7 4. Neil Hlavaty FCE 2230 3. Luke Mulholland TBR 7 5. Frankie Sanfilippo TBR 2206 4. Javier Saavedra SAS 7 5. Ivan Guerrero FTL 7

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TEAM GP W D L GF GA GD PTS San Antonio Scorpions 28 13 8 7 46 27 +19 47 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 12 9 7 37 30 +7 45 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 -2 40 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 -6 36 Minnesota Stars FC 28 8 11 9 34 33 +1 35 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 46 -11 30 FC Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36 -10 25 Quarterfinals Final September 29, October 20, Carolina 3-1 Fort Lauderdale, WakeMed Soccer Park, 2534 Minnesota 2-0 Tampa Bay, NSC Stadium, 4,642 Puerto Rico 1-2 Minnesota, Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel, 2,002 October 27, Tampa Bay 3-1 Minnesota, Al Lang Stadium, 6,208 Semifinals October 6, Carolina 1-2 Tampa Bay, WakeMed Soccer Park, 3,183 Minnesota 0-0 San Antonio, NSC Stadium, 2,006 October 13, Tampa Bay 3-3 Carolina, Al Lang Stadium, 4,132 October 14, San Antonio 1-2 Minnesota, Heroes Stadium, 6,249

2012 NASL STATS LEADERS MINUTES 1. Takuya Yamada TBR 2520 GOALS 2. Mike Ambersley TBR 2426 1. Pablo Campos SAS 21 3. Pablo Campos SAS 2388 2. Nick Zimmerman CAR 15 4. Frankie Sanfilippo TBR 2340 3. Mark Anderson FTL 11 5. Kupono Low CAR 2326 4. Matt Horth ATL 10 5. Nicholas Addlery PRI 9 GAA 1. Daryl Sattler SAS 0.79 ASSISTS 2. Jeff Attinella TBR 1.07 1. Mike Ambersley TBR 8 3. Richard Martin PRI 1.08 2. Walter Restrepo FTL 8 4. Matt Van Oekel MIN 1.20 3. Mike Palacio CAR 6 5. Lance Parker FCE 1.31 4. Walter Ramirez SAS 6 5. Shaun Saiko FCE 6 SAVES 1. Jeff Attinella TBR 118 2. Matt Glaeser FTL 108 3. Richard Martin PRI 106 4. Daniel Illyes ATL 86 5. Ray Burse CAR 82

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TEAM GP W D L GF GA GD PTS Carolina RailHawks 28 17 3 8 50 26 +24 54 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 15 7 6 41 32 +9 52 FC Tampa Bay 28 11 8 9 41 36 +5 41 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 11 8 35 36 -1 38 FC Edmonton 28 10 6 12 35 40 -5 36 NSC Minnesota Stars 28 9 9 10 30 32 -2 36 Montréal Impact 28 9 8 11 35 27 +8 35 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 4 20 25 63 -38 16 Quarterfinals October 15, October 1, Carolina 4-3, (3-5 pen) NSC Minnesota, FC Tampa Bay 0-1 NSC Minnesota WakeMed Soccer Park, 4,002 Al Lang Stadium, 3,003 Fort Lauderdale 2-1 Puerto Rico Fort Lauderdale 5-0 Edmonton Lockhart Stadium, 3,700 Lockhart Stadium, 2,250 Final Semifinals October 22, October 8, NSC Minnesota 3-1 Fort Lauderdale, NSC Minnesota 1-0 Carolina, NSC Stadium, 4,511 NSC Stadium, 2,512 October 29, Puerto Rico 1-3 Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale 0-0 NSC Minnesota Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel Lockhart Stadium 6,849

2011 NASL STATS LEADERS MINUTES PLAYED 1. Kyle Altman MIN 2430 GOALS 1. Christopher Kooy FCE 2430 1.Etienne Barbara CAR 20 2. Aaron Pitchkolan PRI 2419 2.Pablo Campos CAR 12 3. Antonio Rago FCE 2318 3.Mike Ambersley TBR 11 4. Kupone Low CAR 2300 3.Jonanthan Faña Farias PRI 11 4. Willie Hunt ATL 2300 4.Aaron King TBR 9 4.Shaun Saiko FCE 9 GAA 1. Evan Bush MTL 0.76 ASSISTS 2. Brad Knighton CAR 1.00 1. Etienne Barbara CAR 8 3. Matt Glaeser FTL 1.03 1. Jonny Steele CAR 8 4. Joseph Warren MIN 1.08 2. Mike Ambersley TBR 7 5. Ray Burse PRI 1.18 3. David Foley PRI 6 4. Aaron King TBR 5 SAVES 4. Pascal Millien TBR 5 1. Jeff Attinella TBR 134 4. Ciaran O’Brien ATL 5 2. Joseph Warren MIN 125 4. Shaun Saiko FCE 5 3. Brad Knighton CAR 125 4. Ray Burse PRI 103 5. Jimmy Maurer ATL 93 76 2015 NASL Media Guide All-time Stats Leaders Modern Era (Regular Season Only)

Goals Goalkeeper Victories Pablo Campos (CAR, SAS, MNU) – 45 Matt VanOekel (MNU) – 25 Brian Shriver (FTL, CAR, TBR) – 28 Jeff Attinella (TBR, FTL) – 23 Mike Ambersley (TBR, MNU, IND) – 25 Akira Fitzgerald (CAR) – 22 Etienne Barbara (CAR, MNU, TBR) – 23 Ray Burse (PRI, CAR) – 21 Simone Bracalello (MNU) – 21 Brad Knighton (CAR) – 17 Georgi Hristov (TBR) – 21 Daryl Sattler (TBR, SAS, MNU) – 17 Matt Glaeser (FTL) – 16 Assists Jimmy Maurer (NYC) – 15 Mike Ambersley (TBR, MNU, IND) – 21 Shaun Saiko (FCE, SAS) – 14 Goalkeeper Shutouts Luke Mulholland (MNU, TBR) – 14 Jeff Attinella (TBR, FTL) – 17 Danny Barrera (ATL, SAS, CAR) – 13 Daryl Sattler (TBR, SAS, MNU) – 15 Etienne Barbara (CAR, MNU, TBR) – 12 Ray Burse (PRI, CAR) – 13 Pablo Campos (SAS, MNU) – 12 Akira Fitzgerald (CAR) – 13 Georgi Hristov (TBR) – 12 Jimmy Maurer (NYC) – 13 Matt VanOekel (MNU) – 13 Games Played Matt Glaeser (FTL) – 12 Kupono Low (CAR) – 101 Aaron Pitchkolan (PRI, SAS, MNU) – 101 Goalkeeper Saves Mike Ambersley (TBR, MNU, IND) – 99 Jeff Attinella (TBR, FTL) – 269 Neil Hlavaty (MNU, FCE) – 99 Matt Glaeser (FTL) – 207 Frank Sanfilippo (TBR) – 95 Ray Burse (PRI, CAR) – 185 Brian Shriver (FTL, CAR, TBR) – 93 Matt VanOekel (MNU) – 181 Akira Fitzgerald (CAR) – 166 Goalkeeper Games Played Jimmy Maurer (NYC) – 159 Matt Van Oekel (MNU) – 69 Lance Parker (FCE) – 151 Matt Glaeser (FTL) – 56 Diego Restrepo (TBR) – 138 Jeff Attinella (TBR, FTL) – 55 Ray Burse (PRI, CAR) – 50 Coaching Victories Akira Fitzgerald (CAR) – 49 Colin Clarke (PRI, CAR) – 48 Lance Parker (FCE) – 46 Manny Lagos (MNU) – 43 Jimmy Maurer (NYC) – 43 Ricky Hill (TBR) – 40 Daryl Shore (FTL) – 20 Tim Hankinson (SAS) – 19 Giovanni Savarese (NYC) – 18 Martin Rennie (CAR) – 17

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NASL Attendance Averages Season Avg. 2011 3,770 2012 3,819 2013 4,670 (4,653-Spring; 4,676-Fall) 2014 5,522 (5,346-Spring; 5,610-Fall)

Highest Attendance Games (Since 2011) 14,593: TD Place; Ottawa Fury FC 0-1 New York Cosmos, July 20, 2014 13,151: Heroes Stadium; San Antonio Scorpions 0-4 Puerto Rico Islanders, April 15, 2012 13,034: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 0-0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers, June 18, 2011 12,433: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 2-0 FC Edmonton, September 17, 2011 12,397: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 1-3 NSC Minnesota Stars, August 6, 2011 12,327: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 2-0 NSC Minnesota Stars, August 20, 2011 12,297: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 1-0 Carolina RailHawks, September 11, 2011 12,156: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 1-0 Puerto Rico Islanders, July 31, 2011 12,060: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 0-0 Tampa Bay, April 23, 2011 11,929: Hofstra University’s James M. Shuart Stadium; New York 2-1 Fort Lauderdale, August 3, 2013 11,912: Heroes Stadium; San Antonio Scorpions 3-0 Atlanta Silverbacks, June 30, 2012 11,907: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 1-2 Carolina RailHawks, May 14, 2011 11,232: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 2-0 FC Edmonton, June 4, 2011 11,136: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 4-0 Atlanta Silverbacks, August 14, 2011 11,048: IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium; Indy Eleven 1-1 Carolina RailHawks, April 12, 2014 10,982: IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium; Indy Eleven 1-0 San Antonio Scorpions, October 18, 2014 10,659: IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium; Indy Eleven 2-2 New York Cosmos, August 30, 2014 10,584: Heroes Stadium; San Antonio Scorpions 1-0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers, July 21, 2012 10,581: Stade Saputo; Montreal Impact 1-1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers, July 13, 2011 10,567: IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium; Indy Eleven 1-1 FC Edmonton, September 13, 2014

78 2015 NASL Media Guide All-time Modern Era Records (Regular Season Only)

Individual Records Most Goals In Game (Both Teams), Year Most Total Points (Goals + Assists), Year 11: San Antonio Scorpions, 4: Tampa Bay 7, August 3, 2013 49: Etienne Barbara, Carolina RailHawks – (20 goals + 9 assists), 2011 Largest Margin Of Victory, Year 8: San Antonio Scorpions 8 Carolina RailHawks 0, Most Goals, Year July 28, 2012 21: Pablo Campos, San Antonio Scorpions – 2012 Most Consecutive Victories (Overall) Most Goals, Game 10: Carolina RailHawks, May 7 – July 3, 2011 4: Pablo Campos, Scorpions vs. RailHawks, July 28, 2012 Most Consecutive Games Unbeaten (Overall) 13: Carolina RailHawks, April 16 – July 3, 2011 Earliest Goal, Game New York Cosmos, August 24, 2013 – April 26, 2014 .26 seconds: Fafà Picault, Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Indy Eleven, September 20, 2014 Most Consecutive Victories At Home 9: Carolina RailHawks, April 16 – July 30 2011 Most Assists, Year 9: Johnny Steele, Carolina RailHawks – 2011 Most Consecutive Games Unbeaten At Home Etienne Barbara, Carolina RailHawks – 2011 18: Carolina RailHawks, Sept. 22, 2012 – July 12, 2014

Most Assists, Game Consecutive Games Lost At Home 4: Ivan Guerrero, Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Atlanta 5: Indy Eleven, May 10 – September 27, 2014 Silverbacks, October 19, 2013 Consecutive Games Without A Win At Home Goalkeeper Records 12: Indy Eleven, April 12 - September 27, 2014 Best Goals Allowed Average (GAA), Year 0.76: Evan Bush, Montreal Impact, 2011 Most Consecutive Victories On Road 6: San Antonio Scorpions, April 19 – July 26, 2014 Most Victories, Year 14: Ray Burse, Puerto Rico Islanders, 2011 Most Consecutive Games Unbeaten On Road 6: Atlanta Silverbacks, August 11, 2012 – May 4, 2013 Most Shut Outs, Year Atlanta Silverbacks, June 15, 2013 – Sept. 7, 2013 13: Ray Martin, Puerto Rico Islanders, 2012 New York Cosmos, Sept. 1, 2013 – April 19, 2013 San Antonio Scorpions, April 19 – July 26, 2014 Most Consecutive Shut Out Minutes 397: Kristian Nicht, Indy Eleven from Consecutive Games Lost On Road September 27 – October 26, 2014 6: Atlanta Silverbacks, July 30 - September 10, 2011

Team Records Consecutive Games Without A Victory On Road Most Games Won, Year 19: FC Edmonton, July 28, 2012 – April 26, 2014 17: Carolina RailHawks, 2011 Consecutive Games Lost Fewest Games Lost, Year 6: Atlanta Silverbacks, July 30 – August 27, 2011 1: New York Cosmos, 2013 Atlanta Silverbacks, September 6 – October 4, 2014

Most Goals, Year Consecutive Games Without A Victory 51: Tampa Bay, 2013 13: Carolina RailHawks, Sept. 7, 2011 – May 19, 2012

Fewest Goals Against, Year Most Shut outs (Overall) 12: New York Cosmos, 2013 14: San Antonio Scorpions, 2012

Most Consecutive Shut Out Minutes 397: Indy Eleven from Sept. 27 – October 26, 2014

79 2015 NASL Media Guide All-Time Award Winners (Modern Era)

Golden Ball Awarded to the NASL Player of the Year 2014: Miguel Ibarra, Minnesota United FC 2013: Georgi Hristov, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2012: Pablo Campos, San Antonio Scorpions 2011: Etienne Barbara, Carolina RailHawks

Golden Boot Awarded to the top NASL Goal Scorer 2014: Christian Ramirez, Minnesota United FC 2013: Brian Shriver, Carolina RailHawks 2012: Pablo Campos, San Antonio Scorpions 2011: Etienne Barbara, Carolina RailHawks

Golden Glove Awarded to the NASL Goalkeeper with lowest GAA (Goals Against Average) 2014: John Smits, FC Edmonton 2013: Kyle Reynish, New York Cosmos 2012: Daryl Sattler, San Antonio Scorpions 2011: Evan Bush, Montreal Impact

Young Player Awarded to the best NASL Younger Player of the Year, 23 & Under 2014: Christian Ramirez, Minnesota United FC

Humanitarian Awarded for Humanitarian Efforts off the field 2014: Chris Nurse, Fort Lauderdale Strikers

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Coach of the Year Awarded to the NASL Coach of the Year 2014: Manny Lagos, Minnesota United FC 2013: Brian Haynes, Atlanta Silverbacks 2012: Ricky Hill, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2011: Manny Lagos, NSC Minnesota Stars

Fair Play Awarded to the team with the fewest combined red and yellow cards over the course of the full season 2014: Tampa Bay Rowdies 2013: Minnesota United FC 2012: Tampa Bay Rowdies 2011: FC Tampa Bay Rowdies

Season Champions One season from 2011-2012; Split Season 2013-Present 2014: Minnesota United FC (Spring) 2014: San Antonio Scorpions (Fall) 2013: Atlanta Silverbacks (Spring) 2013: New York Cosmos (Fall) 2012: San Antonio Scorpions 2011: Carolina RailHawks

NASL Champions Winner of The Championship Final (NASL Soccer Bowl Trophy). 2014: San Antonio Scorpions 2013: New York Cosmos 2012: Tampa Bay Rowdies 2011: NSC Minnesota Stars

81 2015 NASL Media Guide NASL Golden Era: 1967-1984 Stats Leaders* (Regular Season Only)

Games Played Assists Player (#Seasons) – Games Player (#Seasons) – Assists GK (#Seasons) – Shut Outs

Bob Lenarduzzi (11) – 288 Vladislav Bogicevic (7) – 147 Alan Mayer (8) – 51 Bruce Wilson (11) – 276 Karl-Heinz Granitza (7) – 101 Ken Cooper (10) – 49 Mike Connell (9) – 252 Ray Hudson (8) – 99 Paul Hammond (9) – 40 Ace Ntsoelengoe (11) – 244 Steve Wegerle (8) – 88 Mike Hewitt (9) – 38 Paul Child (10) – 239 Ace Ntsoelengoe (11) – 82 Zeljko Bilecki (7) – 37 Alan Willey (9) – 238 Giorgio Chinaglia (8) – 81 Tony Chursky (7) – 37 Bob Rigby (12) – 227 David Bradford (7) – 80 Tino Lettieri (8) – 36 Arnie Mausser (10) – 224 Jean Willrich (7) – 78 Bob Rigby (12) – 36 Steve Litt (9) – 220 Jorgen Kristensen (5) – 73 Arnie Mausser (10) – 35 Robert Iarusci (9) – 217 John Bain (7) – 68 Volkmar Gross (5) – 33 Giorgio Chinaglia (8) – 213 David Byrne (5) – 68 Phil Parkes (6) – 32 Chris Dangerfield (9) – 212 Julie Vee (7) – 68 Winston DuBose (8) – 31

Goal Scorers Goalkeeper Stats Coaching Stats Player (#Seasons) – Goals GK (#Seasons) – Games Played Coach (# Seasons) – Victories

Giorgio Chinaglia (8) – 193 Bob Rigby (12) – 227 Ron Newman (15) – 185 Alan Willey (9) – 129 Arnie Mausser (10) –224 Eddie Firmani (10) – 147 Karl-Heinz Granitza (7) – 128 Paul Hammond (9) – 180 Al Miller (10) – 131 Ron Futcher (9) – 119 Bill Irwin (7) – 176 Willy Roy (7) – 113 Paul Child (10) – 102 Mike Hewitt (9) – 175 Gordon Bradley (9) – 104 Ilija Mitic (9) – 101 Ken Cooper (10 – 170 Gordon Jago (7) – 98 Steve David (8) – 100 Alan Mayer (8) – 166 Freddie Goodwin (7) – 90 Ace Ntsoelengoe (11) – 87 Tino Lettieri (8) – 161 Alan Hinton (5) – 85 Mike Stojanovic (7) – 83 Winston DuBose (8) – 160 Dragan Popovic (6) – 81 Alan Green (7) – 82 Hubert Birkenmeier (6) – 145 Hubert Vogelsinger (7) – 79 Laurie Abrahams (7) – 76 Tony Chursky (7) – 145 Ken Furphy (5) – 79 Ade Coker (10) – 74 Volkmar Gross (5) – 140 Vic Crowe (6) – 76

*Source from Canada, United States Historian Colin José 82 2015 NASL Media Guide SOCCER BOWL HISTORY

The Championship

Golden Years Following the creation of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1968, the league’s championship game was initially known as the NASL Final until 1974. The Atlanta Chiefs, Dallas Tornado, Los Angeles Aztecs, New York Cosmos, Philadelphia Atoms, and Rochester Lancers were crowned champions after winning their respective NASL Finals, which were composed of either a single game, home-and-away playoff, or best-of-three series. The exception was in 1969 when a championship game didn’t even take place, and the Kansas City Spurs were crowned the league winners after amassing the highest regular season point total. The NASL also recognized the two champions from 1967 – NPSL’s Oakland Clippers and USA’s Los Angeles Wolves - prior to the league’s formation.

Soccer Bowl The origin of the NASL Soccer Bowl began in 1975 when Commissioner Phil Woosnam sought a neutral-site championship event similar to the NFL Super Bowl. Unlike the Super Bowl, the Soccer Bowl was not denoted by Roman numerals, instead, the last digits of the year would be used to brand the competition for that year (example: Soccer Bowl ‘75). In 1984, the league changed the neutral-site format to a best-of-three series played at each team’s home field. That year the event was promoted as the Soccer Bowl Series ‘84, though it was still generally acknowledged as the Soccer Bowl. The Tampa Bay Rowdies were the first team to lift the Soccer Bowl trophy in 1975 Coaching Stats when they defeated the Portland Timbers, 2-0, at San Jose’s Spartan Stadium. Coach (# Seasons) – Victories Former Portuguese striker Eusébio led the Toronto Metros-Croatia to the Soccer Bowl in 1976 to become the first Canadian side to win a NASL Championship. The following year, Brazilian forward and three-time World Cup winner, Pelé, concluded his playing career by leading the New York Cosmos to their first Soccer Bowl victory, posting a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders at Portland’s Civic Stadium. The Cosmos would repeat as champions in front of a record crowd of 74,091 at Giants Stadium, defeating the Rowdies, 3-1, for the Soccer Bowl ’78 crown. Giants Stadium would once again serve as the stage for the Soccer Bowl in 1979. The Vancouver Whitecaps became the second Canadian team to win a NASL Championship after defeating the Rowdies, 2-1. The Cosmos reclaimed the Soccer Bowl Trophy the following year in 1980 after a 3-0 blanking of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Washington, D.C.’s RFK Stadium. After losing the 1981 title to the Chicago Sting at Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium, the Cosmos captured their fourth Soccer Bowl and fifth overall NASL Championship the following year with a 1-0 shutout win over the Seattle Sounders at San Diego Stadium. Vancouver became the second Canadian city to host the Soccer Bowl, as the Tulsa Roughnecks topped the Toronto Blizzard, 2-0, to claim the 1983 title at BC Place Stadium. The Soccer Bowl format then changed from a single-match to a best-of–three series. The Sting won their second league title by defeating the Blizzard in the first two matches, at Chicago’s Comiskey Park and Toronto’s Varsity Stadium, for the 1984 championship.

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Modern Era With the relaunch of the NASL in 2011, the NSC Minnesota Stars (now Minnesota United FC) and Tampa Bay Rowdies were crowned as the first two champions in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Playing the final over two legs, Minnesota overcame the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in 2011 and then lost to the Rowdies in penalty kicks in 2012. In 2013, the NASL Final was held as a single match for the first time since 1983. Under the new split-season competition format, the game featured the two season winners (Spring, Fall). The Fall Season Champions, the New York Cosmos, captured their sixth overall title by defeating the Spring Season Champions, the Atlanta Silverbacks, 1-0, at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. The Championship, the league’s four-team postseason tournament introduced in 2014, consisted of the season winners (Spring – Minnesota United FC, Fall – San Antonio Scorpions) along with the two teams with the best overall records (Cosmos, Strikers). The Scorpions captured their first Soccer Bowl trophy after defeating the Strikers, 2-1, at their home ground, Toyota Field, in The Championship Final. The Soccer Bowl trophy is the third oldest men’s professional outdoor soccer prize in the United States.

Year Champion Runner-Up Top Goal Scorer 1967 NPSL- Oakland Clippers Baltimore Bays Yanko Daucik, Toronto Falcons USA-Los Angeles Wolves Washington Whips Roberto Boninsegna, Chicago Mustangs 1968 Atlanta Chiefs San Diego Toros Janusz Kowalik, Chicago Mustangs 1969* Kansas City Spurs Atlanta Chiefs Kazier Motaung, Atlanta Chiefs 1970 Rochester Lancers Washington Darts Kirk Apostolidis, Dallas Tornado 1971 Dallas Tornado Atlanta Chiefs Carlos Metrdieri, Rochester Lancers 1972 New York Cosmos St Louis Stars Randy Horton, New York Cosmos 1973 Philadelphia Atoms Dallas Tornado Kyle Rote Jr., Dallas Tornados 1974 Los Angeles Aztecs Miami Toros Paul Child, San Jose Earthquakes 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies Portland Timbers Steve David, Miami Toros 1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia Minnesota Kicks Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 1977 New York Cosmos Seattle Sounders Steve David, Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 New York Cosmos Tampa Bay Rowdies Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 1979 Vancouver Whitecaps Tampa Bay Rowdies Oscar Fabiani, Tampa Bay 1980 New York Cosmos Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 1981 Chicago Sting New York Cosmos Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 1982 New York Cosmos Seattle Sounders Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks Toronto Blizzard Roberto Cabañas, New York Cosmos 1984 Chicago Sting Toronto Blizzard Steve Zungul, San Jose Earthquakes 2011 NSC Minnesota Stars Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Etienne Barbara, Carolina RailHawks 2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies Minnesota Stars Pablo Campos, San Antonio Scorpions 2013 New York Cosmos Atlanta Silverbacks Brian Shriver, Carolina RailHawks 2014 San Antonio Scorpions Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Christian Ramirez, Minnesota United FC

* No Championship Game, League Title Awarded For Most Points In Regular Season

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