2020 Miami FC season
The 2020 Miami FC season was the club's first season following the sale of the franchise rights of the Ottawa Fury FC to ownership in Miami, Florida.[1] The side participated in the USL Championship, the second-tier of American soccer.
2020 season | |||
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Owner | Riccardo Silva | ||
President | Paul Dalglish | ||
Head coach | Nelson Vargas (until Aug. 10) Paul Dalglish (since Aug. 10) | ||
Stadium | Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, Florida | ||
USL Championship | Group H: 3rd Eastern Conf.: 13th | ||
Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Cancelled | ||
Top goalscorer | Romario Williams: 8 | ||
Biggest win | MIA 3–1 ATL (Oct. 4) | ||
Biggest defeat | MIA 0–4 BHM (Sept. 16) | ||
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Roster
- As of October 4, 2020[2]
Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions and leagues.
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
1 | Mark Pais | GK | June 3, 1991 | Fresno FC | 2019 | 31 | 0 | |||
22 | Bryant Gammiero | GK | November 2, 1993 | Florida Soccer Soldiers | 2019 | 6 | 0 | |||
92 | Brian Sylvestre | GK | December 19, 1992 | Forward Madison FC | 2020 | 2 | 0 | |||
Defenders | ||||||||||
3 | Marco Franco | DF | October 6, 1991 | Penn FC | 2019 | 29 | 0 | |||
4 | Hassan Ndam | DF | October 29, 1998 | loan from FC Cincinnati | 2020 | 2020 | 14 | 0 | ||
13 | Lawrence Olum | DF | July 10, 1984 | Minnesota United FC | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |||
19 | János Löbe | DF | August 21, 1995 | New York Red Bulls II | 2020 | 15 | 0 | |||
23 | Brenton Griffiths | DF | February 9, 1991 | Reno 1868 | 2019 | 33 | 3 | |||
45 | Jalen Markey | DF | March 30, 1995 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 2019 | 28 | 0 | |||
Midfielders | ||||||||||
6 | Harrison Heath | MF | March 6, 1996 | Minnesota United FC | 2019 | 29 | 1 | |||
7 | Vincent Bezecourt | MF | June 10, 1993 | New York Red Bulls | 2020 | 15 | 1 | |||
8 | Tomás Granitto | MF | June 12, 1993 | Miami United FC | 2019 | 38 | 2 | |||
10 | Sebastián Velásquez | MF | February 11, 1991 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 2020 | 10 | 4 | |||
11 | Prince Saydee | MF | February 20, 1996 | Atlanta SC | 2020 | 11 | 1 | |||
17 | Brian James | MF | October 25, 1993 | Toronto FC II | 2018 | 38 | 2 | |||
21 | Héctor Morales | MF | January 19, 1993 | AFC Ann Arbor | 2019 | 24 | 2 | |||
25 | Lance Rozeboom | MF | May 31, 1989 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2019 | 37 | 0 | |||
Forwards | ||||||||||
2 | Othello Bah | FW | April 27, 1997 | Unattached | 2019 | 29 | 1 | |||
9 | Romario Williams | FW | August 15, 1994 | Columbus Crew SC | 2020 | 16 | 8 | |||
12 | Miguel González | FW | October 1, 1990 | Oklahoma City Energy | 2019 | 39 | 25 | |||
14 | Lloyd Sam | FW | September 27, 1984 | AFC Wimbledon | 2019 | 32 | 3 | |||
28 | Mohamed Thiaw | FW | January 24, 1995 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2019 | 38 | 17 | |||
Staff
- Paul Dalglish – Interim head coach
- Paul Crichton – Assistant coach
- Anthony Hazelwood – Assistant coach
- Chris Spendlove – Assistant coach
Transfers
In
# | Pos. | Player | Signed from | Details | Date | Source |
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9 | FW | Romario Williams | Columbus Crew SC | Free transfer | January 1, 2020 | [3] |
1 | GK | Mark Pais | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 7, 2020 | [4] |
45 | DF | Jalen Markey | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 7, 2020 | |
16 | MF | Harrison Heath | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 7, 2020 | |
11 | FW | Lloyd Sam | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 7, 2020 | |
22 | GK | Bryant Gammiero | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 8, 2020 | [5] |
21 | MF | Héctor Morales | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 8, 2020 | |
28 | FW | Mohamed Thiaw | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 8, 2020 | |
2 | FW | Othello Bah | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 8, 2020 | |
3 | DF | Marco Franco | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 9, 2020 | [6] |
23 | DF | Brenton Griffiths | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 9, 2020 | |
17 | MF | Brian James | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 9, 2020 | |
8 | MF | Tomás Granitto | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 9, 2020 | |
12 | FW | Miguel González | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 9, 2020 | |
11 | MF | Prince Saydee | Atlanta SC | Free transfer | January 10, 2020 | [7] |
13 | DF | Lawrence Olum | Minnesota United FC | Free transfer | January 16, 2020 | [8] |
7 | MF | Vincent Bezecourt | New York Red Bulls | Free transfer | January 21, 2020 | [9] |
25 | MF | Lance Rozeboom | Miami FC | Re-signed | January 22, 2020 | [10] |
92 | GK | Brian Sylvestre | Forward Madison FC | Undisclosed fee | January 23, 2020 | [11][12] |
19 | DF | János Löbe | New York Red Bulls II | Free transfer | January 28, 2020 | [13] |
4 | DF | Hassan Ndam | FC Cincinnati | Loan for 2020 season | February 1, 2020 | [14] |
10 | MF | Sebastián Velásquez | El Paso Locomotive FC | Free transfer | February 5, 2020 | [15] |
Out
# | Pos. | Player | Signed to | Details | Date | Source |
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33 | GK | Lionel Brown | Unattached | Not re-signed | December 1, 2019 | |
88 | DF | Shawn Chin | Unattached | Not re-signed | December 1, 2019 | |
14 | MF | Robert Baggio Kcira | Unattached | Not re-signed | December 1, 2019 | |
20 | MF | Alessandro Milesi | Unattached | Not re-signed | December 1, 2019 | |
10 | MF | Ariel Martínez | FC Tulsa | Free transfer | December 17, 2019 | [16] |
92 | FW | Darío Suárez | FC Tulsa | Free transfer | December 17, 2019 | |
5 | DF | Callum Chapman-Page | FC Tulsa | Free transfer | December 18, 2019 | [17] |
7 | DF | Maximiliano Schenfeld | FC Tulsa | Free transfer | December 18, 2019 | |
4 | DF | Matheus Silva | Hartford Athletic | Free transfer | January 13, 2020 | [18] |
6 | MF | Dylan Mares | El Paso Locomotive FC | Free transfer | March 2, 2020 | [19] |
Friendlies
February 8, 2020 Preseason | Minnesota United FC | 5–0 | Miami FC | Melbourne, Florida |
12:30 p.m. | Report | Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex |
February 13, 2020 Preseason | Miami FC | 0–0 | New York City FC | Boca Raton, Florida |
12:00 p.m. | Report | Stadium: Florida Atlantic University |
February 22, 2020 Preseason | Miami FC | 2–0 | Orlando City B | Miami, Florida |
1:00 p.m. | Report | Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium |
Competitive
USL Championship
Standings — Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
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1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
2 | Charleston Battery | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 30 | 2.00 | |
3 | Miami FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 16 | 1.00 | |
4 | Atlanta United 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 12 | 0.75 |
Source: USL
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | −10 |
Last updated: October 4, 2020.
Source: Match reports
Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami's schedule was announced on July 2.[20]
March 7 1 | Saint Louis FC | 4–1 | Miami FC | Fenton, Missouri |
2:00 PM | Greig 10' Cicerone 21', 90+2' Fink 59' Kavita 71' Blackwood 77' Gee 84' |
Report | Williams 45' (pen.) | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Jon Freemon |
July 29 2 | Atlanta United 2 | 4–3 | Miami FC | Kennesaw, Georgia |
7:30 PM EDT | Conway 15' 69', 69' Amadou Diop 41', 48' Jadama 57' Reilly 64' Bashti 81' Mejia 87', 90+5' |
Report | Thiaw 13' Velásquez 47' González 68' Griffiths 83' Othello 90+3' Williams 90+7' |
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
August 7 3 | Miami FC | 0–3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Miami, Florida |
7:00 PM EDT | Rozeboom 36' Williams 64' Thiaw 76' |
Report | Guenzatti 38' Johnson 85' Tejada 90+4' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
August 16 4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–1 | Miami FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
7:30 PM EDT | Guillén 31' Mkosana 59' |
Report | Velásquez 7' Griffiths 11' Othello 45+4' Heath 76' Thiaw 82' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 244 Referee: Tori Penso |
August 19 5 | Miami FC | 2–2 | Atlanta United 2 | Miami, Florida |
7:00 PM EDT | Ndam 22' Williams 24', 45+1' Saydee 27' |
Report | Gurr 18' Macky Diop 23' (pen.), 75' Jadama 60' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon |
August 23 6 | Miami FC | 2–1 | Charlotte Independence | Miami, Florida |
7:00 PM EDT | Williams 16' Granitto 86' Gammiero 89' |
Report | Areman 8' Roberts 90+1' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
August 26 7 | Charleston Battery | 3–1 | Miami FC | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
7:30 PM EDT | Gdula 29' Piggott 34', 48' Marini 63' |
Report | Griffiths 44' Ndam 45+2' González 53' |
Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
September 2 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–0 | Miami FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
7:30 PM EDT | Steinberger 11' Scarlett 39' Guenzatti 64' Fernandes 83' (pen.) |
Report | Sam 37' Thiaw 42' Rozeboom 82' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 180 Referee: Alyssa Nichols |
September 5 9 | Miami FC | 1–1 | Charleston Battery | Miami, Florida |
7:00 PM EDT | Markey 26' Velásquez 42' Löbe 67' Granitto 78' González 86' |
Report | Zarokostas 49', 59' Paterson 58' Kelly-Rosales 88' Gdula 89' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Gabriele Giusti |
September 12 10 | Atlanta United 2 | 1–2 | Miami FC | Kennesaw, Georgia |
7:30 PM EDT | Report | Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Muhammad Hassan |
September 16 11 | Miami FC | 0–4 | Birmingham Legion FC | Miami, Florida |
7:30 PM EDT | Rozeboom 52' | Report | Brett 35', 55' Dean 38' A. Crognale 42', 45+1' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Alyssa Nichols |
September 20 12 | Charleston Battery | 2–0 | Miami FC | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
6:00 PM EDT | Lewis 19' Daley 44' Zarokostas 76' |
Report | Ndam 52' Heath 85' |
Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 350 Referee: Kyle Johnston |
September 23 13 | Charlotte Independence | 0–0 | Miami FC | Matthews, North Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Miller 33' Dimick 43' Vadalá 86' Martínez 90+5' |
Report | James 45' Heath 51' |
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Referee: Kevin Broadley |
September 26 14 | Miami FC | 0–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Miami, Florida |
10:00 PM EDT | Report | Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon |
September 30 15 | Miami FC | 4–3 | Charleston Battery | Miami, Florida |
7:30 PM EDT | Williams 39', 48' Bezecourt 60' Velásquez 65' González 88' Heath 90+1' Pais 90+4' Saydee 90+6' |
Report | Daley 12', 30' Crawford 26', 50' van Schaik 60' Lewis 67' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Johan Fredrik Roenning |
U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club, Miami FC will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[21]
TBD 2nd round | Miami United FC U23 or Miami FC | P–P | Miami FC or Naples United FC | Hialeah, Florida or Miami, Florida |
TBD PM | Stadium: Ted Hendricks Stadium or Riccardo Silva Stadium | |||
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[22] |
Squad statistics
- As of Match played October 4, 2020
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | |||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | USA | Mark Pais | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
22 | GK | USA | Bryant Gammiero | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
92 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
3 | DF | USA | Marco Franco | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
4 | DF | CMR | Hassan Ndam | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
13 | DF | KEN | Lawrence Olum | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
19 | DF | GER | János Löbe | 15 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
23 | DF | JAM | Brenton Griffiths | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
45 | DF | USA | Jalen Markey | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | ENG | Harrison Heath | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
7 | MF | FRA | Vincent Bezecourt | 15 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
8 | MF | SLV | Tomás Granitto | 16 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
10 | MF | COL | Sebastián Velásquez | 10 | 4 | 9+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
11 | MF | LBR | Prince Saydee | 11 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
17 | MF | USA | Brian James | 12 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
21 | MF | CUB | Héctor Morales | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
25 | MF | USA | Lance Rozeboom | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
2 | FW | LBR | Othello Bah | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
9 | FW | JAM | Romario Williams | 16 | 8 | 11+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
12 | FW | MEX | Miguel González | 16 | 4 | 6+10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
14 | FW | GHA | Lloyd Sam | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
28 | FW | SEN | Mohamed Thiaw | 15 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Goal scorers
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | Romario Williams | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
2 | MF | 10 | Sebastián Velásquez | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
FW | 12 | Miguel González | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | MF | 7 | Vincent Bezecourt | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 8 | Tomás Granitto | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 11 | Prince Saydee | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 28 | Mohamed Thiaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Disciplinary record
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
1 | GK | Mark Pais | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
2 | FW | Othello Bah | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Hassan Ndam | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Harrison Heath | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Vincent Bezecourt | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Tomás Granitto | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Romario Williams | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Sebastián Velásquez | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Prince Saydee | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
12 | FW | Miguel González | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
14 | FW | Lloyd Sam | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Brian James | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
19 | DF | János Löbe | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
22 | GK | Bryant Gammiero | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
23 | DF | Brenton Griffiths | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
25 | MF | Lance Rozeboom | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
28 | FW | Mohamed Thiaw | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
45 | DF | Jalen Markey | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
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