2017 North American Soccer League season
# 2017 North American Soccer League season

The 2017 North American Soccer League season was the 50th season of Division II soccer in the United States and Canada, and the 7th season of the modern North American Soccer League. The defending champions are the New York Cosmos who defeated Indy Eleven in Soccer Bowl 2016.

Eight clubs played in the NASL after provisional sanctioning by the United States Soccer Federation. Expansion side, San Francisco Deltas joined the league. After the 2016 season, Minnesota United left the league to join Major League Soccer, and the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury left the league to join the United Soccer League. The Carolina RailHawks FC rebranded as North Carolina FC. The Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Rayo OKC did not return to NASL for the 2017 season.

## Teams, stadiums, and personnel

### Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain | Kit Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Edmonton | Edmonton | Clarke Stadium | 5,000 | Colin Miller | Albert Watson | The Fath Group |
| Indy Eleven | Indianapolis | Michael A. Carroll Stadium | 10,524 | Tim Hankinson | Colin Falvey | Honda |
| Jacksonville Armada | Jacksonville | Hodges Stadium | 12,000 | Mark Lowry | Aaron Pitchkolan | RP Funding |
| Miami FC | Miami | Riccardo Silva Stadium | 20,000 | Alessandro Nesta | Jonathan Borrajo | |
| New York Cosmos | New York City | MCU Park | 7,000 | Giovanni Savarese | Carlos Mendes | Fly Emirates |
| North Carolina FC | Raleigh | WakeMed Soccer Park | 10,000 | Colin Clarke | Nazmi Albadawi | Circle K |
| Puerto Rico FC | Bayamón | Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium | 22,000 | Marco Vélez | Cristiano | Claro |
| San Francisco Deltas | San Francisco | Kezar Stadium | 10,000 | Marc Dos Santos | Nana Attakora | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerto Rico FC | Adrian Whitbread | Fired | May 19, 2017 | 8th Place | Marco Vélez (interim) | May 19, 2017 |
| Puerto Rico FC | Marco Vélez (interim) | End of Interim Period | August 2, 2017 | 8th Place | Marco Vélez | August 2, 2017 |

## Spring season

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miami FC (S) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 36 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 26 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 24 | |
| 4 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 21 | |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 20 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 13 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 9 | |

### Results

Abbreviation and Color Key:

FC Edmonton – FCE

Indy Eleven – IND

Jacksonville Armada – JAX

Miami FC – MIA

New York Cosmos – NYC

North Carolina FC – NCA

Puerto Rico FC – PRF

San Francisco Deltas – SFD

Home

Away

Win

Loss

Draw :

| Club | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| FC Edmonton | JAX | JAX | NCA | PRF | MIA | IND | SFD | IND | PRF | NYC | MIA | SFD | SFD | JAX | NCA | NYC |
| FC Edmonton | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Indy Eleven | SFD | PRF | PRF | SFD | JAX | FCE | MIA | MIA | FCE | SFD | JAX | NCA | NCA | NYC | NYC | JAX |
| Indy Eleven | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Jacksonville Armada | FCE | FCE | SFD | NYC | IND | NYC | NCA | SFD | NCA | MIA | IND | MIA | FCE | PRF | PRF | IND |
| Jacksonville Armada | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Miami FC | NCA | NYC | NYC | NCA | FCE | PRF | IND | IND | PRF | JAX | FCE | JAX | NYC | NCA | SFD | SFD |
| Miami FC | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| New York Cosmos | PRF | MIA | MIA | JAX | SFD | JAX | PRF | SFD | NCA | FCE | NCA | PRF | MIA | IND | IND | FCE |
| New York Cosmos | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| North Carolina FC | MIA | SFD | FCE | MIA | PRF | SFD | JAX | PRF | JAX | NYC | NYC | IND | IND | MIA | FCE | PRF |
| North Carolina FC | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Puerto Rico FC | NYC | IND | IND | FCE | NCA | MIA | NYC | NCA | MIA | FCE | SFD | NYC | SFD | JAX | JAX | NCA |
| Puerto Rico FC | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| San Francisco Deltas | IND | NCA | JAX | IND | NYC | NCA | FCE | JAX | NYC | IND | PRF | FCE | FCE | PRF | MIA | MIA |
| San Francisco Deltas | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–7 | 1–3 |

## Fall season

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miami FC (F) | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 3 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 24 | |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 21 | |
| 5 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 16 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 14 | |
| 8 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 | |

### Results

Abbreviation and Color Key:

FC Edmonton – FCE

Indy Eleven – IND

Jacksonville Armada – JAX

Miami FC – MIA

New York Cosmos – NYC

North Carolina FC – NCA

Puerto Rico FC – PRF

San Francisco Deltas – SFD

Home

Away

Neutral

Win

Loss

Draw :

| Club | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| FC Edmonton | IND | IND | NYC | PRF | SFD | NCA | NCA | IND | SFD | SFD | JAX | NYC | JAX | MIA | PRF | MIA |
| FC Edmonton | 1–2 | 3-1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2-1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2-0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Indy Eleven | FCE | FCE | MIA | NYC | JAX | SFD | NCA | FCE | JAX | NCA | PRF | NYC | SFD | MIA | PRF | NCA |
| Indy Eleven | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1-3 | 3–3 | 2-3 | 0–2 | 1-0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1-2 | 0–3 | 1-2 | 2–2 |
| Jacksonville Armada | SFD | PRF | NCA | PRF | MIA | IND | NYC | NYC | MIA | IND | MIA | FCE | NCA | FCE | NYC | SFD |
| Jacksonville Armada | 1–1 | 0-1 | 2–2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3–3 | 0-3 | 0–0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2-0 |
| Miami FC | NYC | NCA | IND | NCA | JAX | PRF | PRF | NYC | JAX | JAX | SFD | SFD | IND | SFD | FCE | FCE |
| Miami FC | 1–3 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3–3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3-0 | 2–2 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| New York Cosmos | MIA | SFD | FCE | IND | NCA | JAX | MIA | JAX | SFD | NCA | PRF | IND | FCE | PRF | JAX | PRF |
| New York Cosmos | 3–1 | 1-2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 5–2 |
| North Carolina FC | PRF | MIA | JAX | MIA | SFD | NYC | FCE | FCE | IND | PRF | NYC | IND | PRF | JAX | SFD | IND |
| North Carolina FC | 1–1 | 3-2 | 2–2 | 0-1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0–0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Puerto Rico FC | NCA | JAX | SFD | JAX | FCE | MIA | MIA | NCA | NYC | IND | NCA | SFD | NYC | IND | FCE | NYC |
| Puerto Rico FC | 1–1 | 1-0 | 0–0 | 2-1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0-1 | 0–0 | 0-1 | 1–2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-5 |
| San Francisco Deltas | JAX | NYC | PRF | NCA | FCE | IND | NYC | FCE | FCE | MIA | MIA | IND | PRF | MIA | NCA | JAX |
| San Francisco Deltas | 1–1 | 2-1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2-0 | 2–2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0-2 |

## Playoffs

### Combined standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miami FC (X) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 69 | Championship qualifiers |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas (C) | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 54 | Championship qualifiers |
| 3 | North Carolina FC | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 45 | Championship qualifiers |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 45 | Championship qualifiers |
| 5 | Jacksonville Armada | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 43 | |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 27 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico FC | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 25 | |

### The Championship

**Participants**

* Miami FC (Spring and Fall season champion)
* San Francisco Deltas
* North Carolina FC
* New York Cosmos

**Bracket**

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Championship | Championship |
| - | - | - | - |
| November 5 – Riccardo Silva Stadium | November 5 – Riccardo Silva Stadium |
| #1 Miami FC | 0(5) |
| #1 Miami FC | 0(5) | November 12 – Kezar Stadium | November 12 – Kezar Stadium |
| #4 New York Cosmos (pen.) | 0(6) | November 12 – Kezar Stadium | November 12 – Kezar Stadium |
| #4 New York Cosmos (pen.) | 0(6) | #2 San Francisco Deltas | 2 |
| November 5 – Kezar Stadium | November 5 – Kezar Stadium | | #2 San Francisco Deltas | 2 |
| November 5 – Kezar Stadium | November 5 – Kezar Stadium | #4 New York Cosmos | 0 |
| #2 San Francisco Deltas | 1 | #4 New York Cosmos | 0 |
| #3 North Carolina FC | 0 | | |

## Attendance

| Club | GP | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indy Eleven | 16 | 134,319 | 9,072 | 7,124 | 8,395 | -0% |
| Miami FC | 16 | 82,746 | 9,515 | 1,529 | 5,172 | -4.7% |
| New York Cosmos | 17 | 83,140 | 6,734 | 2,240 | 4,891 | 29.6% |
| North Carolina FC | 16 | 71,539 | 7,344 | 3,388 | 4,471 | -11.6% |
| FC Edmonton | 16 | 54,525 | 4,096 | 2,231 | 3,408 | 65.4% |
| Puerto Rico FC | 11* | 37,411 | 5,692 | 2,345 | 3,401 | -10.5% |
| Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 48,562 | 7,611 | 780 | 3,035 | -13.3% |
| San Francisco Deltas | 15† | 38,629 | 4,755 | 1,441 | 2,575 | N/A |
| Total | 123 | 550,871 | 9,515 | 780 | 4,479 | -5.4% |

* Five home games moved to other venues due to Hurricane Maria. $^†$ One result missing. That game was rescheduled at an alternate venue. There was no admission charged and no attendance figure given. Source: NASL & kenn.com

## Awards

### Weekly awards

| Week | NASL Player of the Week | NASL Player of the Week | NASL Play of the Week | NASL Play of the Week |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Week | Player | Club | Player | Club |
| Week 1 | Kyle Bekker | San Francisco Deltas | Romuald Peiser | San Francisco Deltas |
| Week 2 | Justin Braun | Indy Eleven | Ben Speas | Indy Eleven |
| Week 3 | Tom Heinemann | San Francisco Deltas | Pablo Dyego | San Francisco Deltas |
| Week 4 | Matthew Fondy | North Carolina FC | Lance Laing | North Carolina FC |
| Week 5 | Brian Sylvestre | North Carolina FC | J. C. Banks | Jacksonville Armada |
| Week 6 | Kwadwo Poku | Miami FC | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos |
| Week 7 | Cristian Portilla | San Francisco Deltas | Zach Steinberger | Jacksonville Armada |
| Week 8 | Lance Laing | North Carolina FC | Giuseppe Gentile | Puerto Rico FC |
| Week 9 | Zach Steinberger | Jacksonville Armada | Billy Schuler | North Carolina FC |
| Week 10 | Zach Steinberger | Jacksonville Armada | Tiyi Shipalane | North Carolina FC |
| Week 11 | Giuseppe Gentile | Puerto Rico FC | Cristian Portilla | San Francisco Deltas |
| Week 12 | Kyle Bekker | San Francisco Deltas | Billy Schuler | North Carolina FC |
| Week 13 | Vincenzo Rennella | Miami FC | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos |
| Week 14 | Jon Busch | Indy Eleven | Nathan Ingham | FC Edmonton |
| Week 15 | Tom Heinemann | San Francisco Deltas | Billy Schuler | North Carolina FC |
| Week 16 | Stefano Pinho | Miami FC | Ariel Martínez | Miami FC |
| Week 17 | Nemanja Vuković | Indy Eleven | Craig Henderson | Indy Eleven |
| Week 18 | Eric Calvillo | New York Cosmos | Kobi Moyal | New York Cosmos |
| Week 19 | Abdoulaye Diakite | FC Edmonton | Nemanja Vuković | Indy Eleven |
| Week 20 | Stefano Pinho | Miami FC | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos |
| Week 21 | Gerardo Torrado | Indy Eleven | Tony Taylor | Jacksonville Armada |
| Week 22 | Jack Blake | Jacksonville Armada | Tomi Ameobi | FC Edmonton |
| Week 23 | Pablo Dyego | San Francisco Deltas | Jaime Chavez | Miami FC |
| Week 24 | Jaime Chavez | Miami FC | Nazmi Albadawi | North Carolina FC |
| Week 25 | Ciarán Kilduff | Jacksonville Armada | Éamon Zayed | Indy Eleven |
| Week 26 | Devon Sandoval | San Francisco Deltas | Dustin Corea | FC Edmonton |
| Week 27 | Renan Gorne | North Carolina FC | Nazmi Albadawi | North Carolina FC |
| Week 28 | Éamon Zayed | Indy Eleven | Don Smart | Indy Eleven |
| Week 29 | Bryan Burke | San Francisco Deltas | Stefano Pinho | Miami FC |
| Week 30 | Jack Blake | Jacksonville Armada | Eugene Starikov | New York Cosmos |
| Week 31 | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos |

### Monthly awards

| Month | NASL Player of the Month | NASL Player of the Month | NASL Play of the Month | NASL Play of the Month |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Month | Player | Club | Player | Club |
| April | Justin Braun | Indy Eleven | Ben Speas | Indy Eleven |
| May | Zach Steinberger | Jacksonville Armada | Giuseppe Gentile | Puerto Rico FC |
| June | Vincenzo Rennella | Miami FC | Cristian Portilla | San Francisco Deltas |
| July | Eric Calvillo | New York Cosmos | Ariel Martínez | Miami FC |
| August | Jack Blake | Jacksonville Armada | Nemanja Vuković | Indy Eleven |
| September | Jaime Chavez | Miami FC | Éamon Zayed | Indy Eleven |
| October | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos | Nazmi Albadawi | North Carolina FC |

### League awards

* Golden Ball (MVP): Stefano Pinho (Miami FC)
* Golden Boot: Stefano Pinho (Miami FC)
* Golden Glove: Mario Daniel Vega (Miami FC)
* Coach of the Year: Marc Dos Santos (San Francisco Deltas)
* Goal of the Year: Zach Steinberger (Jacksonville Armada)
* Young (U23) Player of the Year: Jack Blake (Jacksonville Armada)
* Humanitarian of the Year: Austin da Luz (North Carolina FC)
* Fair Play Award: North Carolina FC

NASL Best XI :

| Position | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Goalkeeper | Mario Daniel Vega | Miami FC |
| Defense | Reiner Ferreira | San Francisco Deltas |
| Defense | Mason Trafford | Miami FC |
| Defense | Mechack Jérôme | Jacksonville Armada |
| Defense | Connor Tobin | North Carolina FC |
| Midfield | Emmanuel Ledesma | New York Cosmos |
| Midfield | Nazmi Albadawi | North Carolina FC |
| Midfield | Richie Ryan | Miami FC |
| Midfield | Dylan Mares | Miami FC |
| Forward | Vincenzo Rennella | Miami FC |
| Forward | Stefano Pinho | Miami FC |
