2018 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
2018 season
Owner	New York Cosmos LLC
Chairman	Rocco B. Commisso
Head Coach	Carlos Mendes
Stadium	Mitchel Athletic Complex; Hofstra Soccer Stadium; Commisso Soccer Stadium
NPSL	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	Play-in Round
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 season will be the new Cosmos' sixth season competing. With the NASL suspending their 2018 season, the Cosmos will be fielding only their "B" team. The team will be competing in the NPSL and splitting their home games between three sites in the New York City metro area.

On March 10, 2018; Danny Szetela was named the next captain of the New York Cosmos.

On March 30, 2018; It was announced that the appeal signed by the Jacksonville Armada, Miami FC, and the Cosmos to participate in the 2018 edition of the US Open Cup was approved.^[1] The club will play fellow NPSL side, the Brooklyn Italians in a one off play-in round. Both Miami FC and Jacksonville will play PDL sides, FC Miami City and The Villages SC respectively.

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

As of May 8, 2018 ^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
11	Defender	Jesús Alvarez	Spain
32	Forward	Bljedi Bardic	Montenegro
25	Midfielder	Giuseppe Barone	United States
17	Forward	Zaire Bartley	Jamaica
28	Forward	Ivan Berterame	United States
2	Defender	Jonathan Borrajo	United States
8	Midfielder	Fernando Cortez	United States
3	Forward	Nick Costa	United States
?	Midfielder	Reece Dalton	United States
13	Midfielder	Mateo Durango	United States
20	Forward	Darwin Espinal	Honduras
7	Midfielder	Rafael Garcia	United States
31	Defender	Armando Guarnera	United States
?	Goalkeeper	Héctor Guerrero	United States
21	Midfielder	Garrett Halfhill	United States
29	Midfielder	Donjet Mavraj	Austria
5	Defender	John Neeskens	Spain
?	Defender	Teddy Niziolek	United States
4	Defender	Alejandro Penzini	Venezuela
1	Goalkeeper	Macklin Robinson	United States
23	Midfielder	Joey Sanchez	United States
15	Defender	Billy Stevens	United States
14	Midfielder	Danny Szetela (captain)	United States
24	Goalkeeper	Kevin Tenjo	United States
6	Defender	Alexis Velela	United States
16	Defender	Chris Wingert	United States
12	Forward	Wojciech Wojcik	Poland

Kit[edit]

Supplier: Inaria / Sponsor: Mediacom
Last Update: May 6th game @ Brooklyn Italians

Primary
1 Game

Secondary
1 Game

Competitions[edit]

Exhibition[edit]

Match reports[edit]

April 13, 2018 Friendly	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	3—1	New York Cosmos	Hempstead, New York
7:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium

April 13, 2018 Friendly	Hofstra Pride	1—1	New York Cosmos	Hempstead, New York
9:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium

April 18, 2018 Friendly	Columbia Lions	0—3	New York Cosmos	New York, New York
10:00am EDT UTC−4			Bardic 1' Wojcik 2' Penzini 3'	Stadium: Rocco Commisso Soccer Stadium

April 21, 2018 Friendly	LIU Post Pioneers	1—5	New York Cosmos	Brookville, New York
1:00pm EDT UTC−4			Wojcik 1', 2' Durango 3' Bartley 4', 5'	Stadium: Pioneer Soccer Park

April 24, 2018 Friendly	St. John's	0—2	New York Cosmos	New York, New York
7:30pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Belson Stadium

Exhibition Statistics[edit]

3 Goals

Wojciech Wojcik

2 Goals

Zaire Bartley

1 Goal

Bljedi Bardic
Alejandro Penzini
Mateo Durango

NPSL North Atlantic Conference[edit]

The NPSL has multiple unequal divisions in their regular season

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos B (C, Q)	10	10	0	0	40	8	+32	30	North Atlantic Conference playoffs
2	Brooklyn Italians (Q)	10	7	2	1	29	10	+19	22
3	Hartford City FC (Q)	10	6	3	1	21	15	+6	19
4	Elm City Express (Q)	10	5	3	2	25	22	+3	17
5	Rhode Island Reds F.C.	10	4	4	2	24	26	−2	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	New York Athletic Club	10	4	4	2	14	19	−5	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Greater Lowell NPSL FC	10	4	6	0	20	29	−9	12
8	Kingston Stockade FC	10	3	5	2	20	22	−2	11
9	Boston City FC	10	2	5	3	12	25	−13	9
10	TSF FC	10	1	6	3	12	21	−9	6
11	Seacoast United Mariners	10	0	8	2	5	25	−20	2

Source: NPSL standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head to head; 3) goal differential in head to head results; 4) wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) fewest losses; 7) coin toss. If three or more teams are tied on points, a mini-table involving only the tied teams is used, and teams are ranked in the mini-table on points. If two teams are tied on points in the mini-table, the two-team rules for classification apply. If three or more teams are tied on points in the mini-table, they are ranked based on 1) wins in conference competition; 2) total goal differential in conference competition; 3) fewest losses in conference competition; 4) coin toss.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rhode Island Reds F.C. won, 4–0, on the road against New York Athletic Club on June 24, in the only meeting of the season between the clubs to win the standings tiebreaker

Results[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	+4

Last updated: April 30, 2018.
Source: http://www.nycosmos.com/standings

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W
Position	1

Last updated: April 30, 2018.
Source: http://www.nycosmos.com/standings

Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports[edit]

April 29, 2018 Match 1	Boston City FC	0—4	New York Cosmos	Malden, Massachusetts
6:00pm EDT UTC−4	Ramirez 15'	Report	Penzini 8' Espinal 20', 72' 82' Szetela 44' 58'	Stadium: Brother Gilbert Stadium

May 15, 2018 Match 2	New York Cosmos	—	Brooklyn Italians	Hempstead, New York
8:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium

May 20, 2018 Match 3	New York Cosmos	—	Greater Lowell United FC	Uniondale, New York
4:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex

May 24, 2018 Match 4	TSF FC	—	New York Cosmos	Wayne, New Jersey
7:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: DePaul Catholic High School

June 2, 2018 Match 5	Rhode Island Reds	—	New York Cosmos	Providence, Rhode Island
7:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Brown University

June 9, 2018 Match 6	New York Cosmos	—	New York Athletic Club S.C.	New York, New York
7:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Commisso Soccer Stadium

June 16, 2018 Match 7	Seacoast United Mariners	—	New York Cosmos	Scarborough, Maine
3:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Scarborough High School

June 23, 2018 Match 8	New York Cosmos	—	Elm City Express	Hempstead, New York
7:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium

June 30, 2018 Match 9	Hartford City FC	—	New York Cosmos	New Britain, Connecticut
7:00pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Central CT State University Soccer Stadium

July 7, 2018 Match 10	New York Cosmos	—	Kingston Stockade FC	New York, New York
7:30pm EDT UTC−4				Stadium: Commisso Soccer Stadium

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

On March 30th; it had been announced that an appeal made by the three remaining U.S. based NASL clubs to participate in the U.S. Open Cup was accepted. A special Play-In Round was created and six teams will participate. The Brooklyn Italians (who had qualified for the First Round) was brought back a round to host the Cosmos.

Match reports[edit]

May 6, 2018 Play-In Round	Brooklyn Italians	3—2	New York Cosmos	Brooklyn, New York
8:00pm EDT UTC−4	Barone 32' Hansen 58', 85'	Report	Bardic 37' Wojcik 59'	Stadium: Long Island University Field Referee: Christian Centeno

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NPSL Regular Season		NPSL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Macklin Robinson	2	0	1	0	0+0	0	1	0
2	DF		Jonathan Borrajo	2	0	1	0	0+0	0	1	0
4	DF		Alejandro Penzini	1	1	1	1	0+0	0	0	0
5	DF		John Neeskens	2	0	1	0	0+0	0	1	0
6	DF		Alexis Velela	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0	0
7	MF		Rafael Garcia	2	0	1	0	0+0	0	1	0
8	MF		Fernando Cortez	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0	0
12	FW		Wojciech Wojcik	2	1	1	0	0+0	0	1	1
14	MF		Danny Szetela	2	1	1	1	0+0	0	1	0
15	DF		Billy Stevens	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0	0
16	DF		Chris Wingert	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	1	0
17	FW		Zaire Bartley	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Darwin Espinal	2	2	1	2	0+0	0	1	0
21	MF		Garrett Halfhill	2	0	1	0	0+0	0	1	0
23	MF		Joey Sanchez	2	0	1	0	0+0	0	1	0
25	MF		Giuseppe Barone	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0	0
28	FW		Ivan Berterame	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
32	FW		Bljedi Bardic	2	1	1	0	0+0	0	1	1
Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club:
11	MF		???	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers[edit]

Place	Position	Number	Name	NPSL Regular Season	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	20	Darwin Espinal	2	0	2
2	FW	32	Bljedi Bardic	0	1	1
	DF	4	Alejandro Penzini	1	0	1
	MF	14	Danny Szetela	1	0	1
	FW	12	Wojciech Wojcik	0	1	1
TOTALS				4	2	6

Own goal scorers[edit]

Position	Team	Nation	Number	Name	NPSL Regular Season	NPSL Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
DF	Team Name		11	Player's Name	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	NPSL Regular Season		NPSL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
14		MF	Danny Szetela	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Darwin Espinal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
16	MF	Chris Wingert	Real Salt Lake	Announced retirement on 19 February 2018; later signed with Cosmos.^[3]	15 March 2018	^[4]
2	DF	Jonathan Borrajo	Miami FC		20 March 2018	^[5]
12	FW	Wojciech Wojcik	OKC Energy FC		20 March 2018	^[5]
23	MF	Joey Sanchez	FC Boulder		4 April 2018	^[6]
?	DF	Teddy Niziolek	United Serbs
3	FW	Nick Costa	Phoenix Rising FC
5	DF	John Neeskens	FC Santboià		11 April 2018	^[7]
17	FW	Zaire Bartley	New York Red Bulls II
13	MF	Mateo Durango	BW Gotschee Academy
21	DF	Garrett Halfhill	FC Cincinnati		17 April 2018	^[8]
1	GK	Macklin Robinson	North Carolina FC		17 April 2018	^[9]
7	MF	Rafael Garcia	LA Galaxy II		20 April 2018	^[10]
20	FW	Darwin Espinal	Reno 1868 FC		20 April 2018	^[10]
15	DF	Billy Stevens	Michigan Wolverines		25 April 2018	^[11]
28	FW	Ivan Berterame	Miami United FC	Player appeared in a match with the club on 6 May; signing was officially announced on 8 May.	6 May 2018	^[12]
?	MF	Reece Dalton	Sheffield F.C.		8 May 2018
29	MF	Donjet Mavraj	Miami United FC		8 May 2018

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
?	MF	Player's name	New Team		Last Appearance/Transfer Date	Reference Source

Loan In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
?	FW	Player's Name	Old Team		Transfer Date	Reference Source

Loan Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
25	MF	Giuseppe Barone	Brooklyn Italians		6 May 2018	Played for Brooklyn v. Cosmos

References[edit]

↑ "COSMOS B TO PLAY IN 2018 LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
↑ http://www.nycosmos.com/cosmos-b-roster
↑ Judd, Brandon (19 February 2018). "Real Salt Lake Defender Chris Wingert Announces His Retirement via Social Media". Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
↑ "COSMOS B ANNOUNCE ADDITIONS TO 2018 ROSTER". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
↑ "COSMOS B ADDS THREE PLAYERS". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
↑ "COSMOS B SIGN SIX PLAYERS TO 2018 ROSTER". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ "JOHN NEESKENS RETURNS TO COSMOS B". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
↑ "FC CINCINNATI DEFENDER, HALFHILL, SIGNS WITH COSMOS B". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
↑ "Cosmos B sign Garrett Halfhill, Macklin Robinson". SB Nation. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
↑ "COSMOS B INKS TWO TIME MLS CHAMPION RAFA GARCIA". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
↑ "COSMOS B SIGNS FOUR MORE IN ADVANCE OF SEASON OPENER". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
↑ "Cosmos B Adds Three More Players to Roster". New York Cosmos. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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[table_hth_RIR0.29390501896567-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Rhode Island Reds F.C. won, 4–0, on the road against New York Athletic Club on June 24, in the only meeting of the season between the clubs to win the standings tiebreaker

[1] "COSMOS B TO PLAY IN 2018 LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[2] ttp://www.nycosmos.com/cosmos-b-roster

[4] Judd, Brandon (19 February 2018). "Real Salt Lake Defender Chris Wingert Announces His Retirement via Social Media". Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

[5] "COSMOS B ANNOUNCE ADDITIONS TO 2018 ROSTER". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[6] "COSMOS B ADDS THREE PLAYERS". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[7] "COSMOS B SIGN SIX PLAYERS TO 2018 ROSTER". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[8] "JOHN NEESKENS RETURNS TO COSMOS B". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[9] "FC CINCINNATI DEFENDER, HALFHILL, SIGNS WITH COSMOS B". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[10] "Cosmos B sign Garrett Halfhill, Macklin Robinson". SB Nation. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[11] "COSMOS B INKS TWO TIME MLS CHAMPION RAFA GARCIA". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[12] "COSMOS B SIGNS FOUR MORE IN ADVANCE OF SEASON OPENER". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

[13] "Cosmos B Adds Three More Players to Roster". New York Cosmos. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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