The 2017
Miami FC
Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ...
season was the club's second season of existence, and second season playing in the
North American Soccer League
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to
1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...
. During the season Miami won both the Spring and Fall NASL season, qualifying for the end of season playoffs where they would go out on penalties to the
New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to
* New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada)
* New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Indepen ...
in the Semifinals. In the
U.S. Open Cup
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States. It is the country's oldest ongoing national soccer competition. The competition was first held duri ...
, Miami reached the Quarterfinals before losing to
USL
USL may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Underground Sound of Lisbon, a Portuguese dance music project
* Urban Strawberry Lunch, a band from Liverpool
Companies
* United Spirits Limited, India
* Former United States Lines shipping company
C ...
side
FC Cincinnati
Football Club Cincinnati is an American professional soccer club based in Cincinnati. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team was first announced on August 12, 2015 as a United Soccer Leag ...
0-1 in a game that had to be re-arranged due to bad weather.
Stefano
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ended the season as the club's top goalscorer with 21 goals across all competitions, 17 coming in the NASL.
Roster
Staff
* Mauro Pederzoli – ''Technical Director''
* Federico Bertele' -'' Assistant Technical Director''
*
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Nesta (; born 19 March 1976) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the current head coach of Serie A club Monza. Usually deployed as a centre-back, he is widely considered as one of the best defenders of ...
– ''Head Coach''
* Lorenzo Rubinacci – ''Assistant coach''
* Vincenzo Benvenuto – ''Goalkeeper coach''
* Paolo Pacione – ''Head of Performance and Fitness Coach''
Transfers
Winter
In:
Out:
Summer
In:
Out:
Friendlies
Competitions
NASL Spring season
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
NASL Fall season
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
NASL Playoff
U.S. Open Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players who left Miami FC during the season:''
Goal scorers
Disciplinary record
References
External links
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Miami FC seasons
American soccer clubs 2017 season
2017 in sports in Florida
2017 North American Soccer League season