2013 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
2013 season
Chairman	Seamus O'Brien
Head coach	Giovanni Savarese
Stadium	Shuart Stadium
NASL	Spring: Did not enter; Fall: 1st; Combined: 5th
Soccer Bowl	Champions
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Diomar Díaz ; Marcos Senna (5 goals); All: Marcos Senna (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	11,929; vs. FTL (August 3)
Lowest home attendance	5,409; vs. CAR (October 12)
Average home league attendance	6,859
Home colors	Away colors
	← 1983 2014 →

The 2013 New York Cosmos season was the first season of the new team playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this was the sixteenth season of the club playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area. The Cosmos sat out the league's spring season, joining for the second half of the year. They won the Fall Championship, and became the 2013 NASL Champions by winning the Soccer Bowl.

Background

The second version of the New York Cosmos came into existence during the summer of 2010. During the 2011 and 2012 calendar years, several youth teams and one tributary team under the Cosmos name played in an array of matches. The last season an organized team under the name "New York Cosmos" competed in any sort of professional level is 1985, nearly thirty years ago, when the Cosmos operated as an independent soccer club.

Review

June

On June 18, 2013, Cosmos played their first friendly of the season, defeating Newtown Pride FC 6–0.^[1]

July

On July 1, former United States men's national soccer team midfielder Danny Szetela agreed to join the Cosmos.^[2]

On July 19, Cosmos signed Brazilian centre back Rovérsio.^[3]

On July 21, the Cosmos played their second friendly of the season against Old Carthusians in London, England. The final score was 4–1 to Cosmos.^[4]

Three days later on July 24, Cosmos played their second friendly in England against Leyton Orient, losing 2–1.^[5]

The Cosmos then played their third and final friendly in England against Gillingham, drawing 1–1.^[6]

Club

Roster

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Jimmy Maurer	United States
2	DF	Hunter Freeman	United States
3	DF	Hunter Gorskie	United States
4	DF	Carlos Mendes	United States
6	DF	Rovérsio	Brazil
5	MF	Joseph Nane	Cameroon
7	MF	Ayoze	Spain
8	MF	Diomar Díaz	Venezuela
11	FW	Peri Marošević	United States
12	GK	Chad Calderone	United States
13	MF	Sebastian Guenzatti	United States
14	MF	Danny Szetela	United States
15	DF	Korey Veeder	United States
16	MF	Dane Murphy	United States
17	FW	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria
18	FW	Henry López	Guatemala
19	MF	Marcos Senna	Spain
20	DF	Chris Rodd	United States
21	FW	David Diosa	Colombia
22	FW	Alessandro Noselli	Italy
23	DF	Juan Gonzalez	Colombia
24	GK	Kyle Reynish	United States
25	MF	Hagop Chirishian	United States
26	FW	Satoru Kashiwase (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)	Japan
27	FW	Jemal Johnson	United States
30	MF	Paulo Ferreira-Mendes	Brazil

Team management

Front Office and Ownership
Honorary President	Pelé
Chairman & CEO	Seamus O'Brien
Chief Operating Officer	Erik Stover
International Ambassador	Carlos Alberto
International Ambassador	Shep Messing
Financial Controller	Kevin Kletz
Marketing Manager	Sofia Sanchez
Social Media Manager	Chris Thomas
Coaching staff
Head Coach	Giovanni Savarese

Last updated: January 5, 2013
Source: New York Cosmos Official Website

Competitions

Preseason

June 18, 2013 Preseason	Newtown Pride	0–6	New York Cosmos	New Britain, Connecticut
EDT UTC−4		Report	Ayoze 32' López 55' Noselli 70' Edison Bilbao 79' Diosa 86' P. Mendes 90'	Stadium: Veterans Stadium

July 21, 2013 Preseason	Old Carthusians	1–4	New York Cosmos	London, England
EDT UTC−4	Beddows 82' (pen.)	Report	Guenzatti 8' Noselli 20' Noselli 22' Senna 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Charterhouse School Stadium

July 24, 2013 Preseason	Leyton Orient	2–1	New York Cosmos	London, England
14:30 EDT UTC−4	Mooney 23' Lisbie 59' (pen.)	Report	Guenzatti 74'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Stuart Attwell

July 26, 2013 Preseason	Gillingham	1–1	New York Cosmos	Gillingham, England
	Birchall 90'	Report	Dimitrov 20'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 0Behind Closed Doors

NASL Spring Season

The Cosmos did not compete in the NASL spring season.

NASL Fall Season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos (F)	14	9	4	1	22	12	10	31	Soccer Bowl 2013
2	Carolina RailHawks	14	7	2	5	21	16	5	23
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	14	5	5	4	30	27	3	20
4	Minnesota United FC	14	6	2	6	21	19	2	20
5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	14	5	3	6	18	20	−2	18
6	FC Edmonton	14	3	7	4	13	14	−1	16
7	Atlanta Silverbacks	14	4	4	6	14	22	−8	16
8	San Antonio Scorpions	14	3	1	10	15	24	−9	10

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(F) Fall season champion

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	10	4	1	23	12	11	34	5	2	0	15	7	8	5	2	1	8	5	3

Last updated: November 14, 2013.
Source: NASL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Stadium	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	2	4	6	2	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	C

Updated to match(es) played on November 13, 2013. Source: NYCosmos.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Champion

Match reports

August 3, 2013 Match 1	New York Cosmos	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Hempstead, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Senna 36' Marošević 44' Ayoze 75' Freeman 77' Noselli 90 3'	Report	Salazar 44' Gordon 60' Restrepo 73' 77'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 11,929 Referee: Mark Geiger

August 10, 2013 Match 2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	New York Cosmos	St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Hristov 41' Mulholland 37' 90 3'	Report	Veeder 28' Noselli 70'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,032 Referee: Sorin Stoica

August 17, 2013 Match 3	Carolina RailHawks	3–0	New York Cosmos	Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Shriver 8', 28' Graye 24' da Luz 26' 45 2' Millington 64' James 87' Ackley 89' (pen.)	Report	Freeman 22' Noselli 32' Nane 44' 44' Rovérsio 67' Szetela 70' Guenzatti 90 3'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,096 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

August 24, 2013 Match 4	New York Cosmos	2–1	San Antonio Scorpions	Hempstead, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Díaz 7' 42' López 90 2'	Report	Janicki 8' 52' Harmse 37' Phelan 45 1' Ramírez 45 3' Zahorski 64'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 6,852 Referee: José Rivero

September 1, 2013 Match 5	FC Edmonton	1–1	New York Cosmos	Edmonton, Alberta
16:00 EDT UTC−4	Nurse 60'	Report	Senna 79'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,180 Referee: Sheena Dickson

September 7, 2013 Match 6	New York Cosmos	1–1	Atlanta Silverbacks	Hempstead, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Szetela 9' Gorskie 38' Senna 44' (pen.)	Report	Mendes 42' 90 2' Moroney 49' Stisser 64' Luna 90 4'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 5,598 Referee: Daniel Radford

September 14, 2013 Match 7	New York Cosmos	1–0	Minnesota United FC	Hempstead, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Rovérsio 69' Guenzatti 77' Freeman 80'	Report	Pitchkolan 31' Dias 71' Ibarra 77'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 6,081 Referee: Robert Sibiga

September 21, 2013 Match 8	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	New York Cosmos	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Ståhl 24' Guerrero 53' Pérez 69' Núñez 89'	Report	Díaz 10', 33' Senna 35' Guenzatti 73' 90 1' Ayoze 77'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 7,653 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

September 29, 2013 Match 9	New York Cosmos	4–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Hempstead, New York
17:00 EDT UTC−4	Marošević 23' Paulo 63' Díaz 80' 80' Senna 82' Ayoze 88'	Report	Mulholland 20' 87' Hristov 34' Mkosana 45 1'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 6,518 Referee: Geoff Gamble

October 5, 2013 Match 10	Minnesota United FC	0–1	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota
20:30 EDT UTC−4	Kallman 50'	Report	Freeman 27' Ayoze 39' Paulo 53'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

October 12, 2013 Match 11	New York Cosmos	4–0	Carolina RailHawks	Hempstead, New York
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Szetela 8' Díaz 53' Paulo 70' Senna 76' (pen.) Noselli 90'	Report	Hamilton 68'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 5,409 Referee: Jorge González

October 20, 2013 Match 12	New York Cosmos	1–1	FC Edmonton	Hempstead, New York
16:00 EDT UTC−4	Senna 59' Szetela 72' Noselli 78'	Report	Proctor 60' 90' Fordyce 66' Nurse 71' Mirabelli 76'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 5,624 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

October 26, 2013 Match 13	San Antonio Scorpions	1–2	New York Cosmos	San Antonio, Texas
20:30 EDT UTC−4	Zahorski 3' 65' Wagner 34' Rubiato 64'		Senna 52' Díaz 52' Dimitrov 54' 54' Murphy 74' Freeman 74' Szetela 76'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,702 Referee: Juan Guzmán

November 2, 2013 Match 14	Atlanta Silverbacks	0–1	New York Cosmos	Chamblee, Georgia
19:30 EDT UTC−4	Gulley 15' Caceres 29'	Report	López 34' Rodd 38'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mathew Foerster

Soccer Bowl

November 9, 2013	Atlanta Silverbacks	0–1	New York Cosmos	Chamblee, Georgia
19:00 EDT UTC−4	Carr 42' Navarro 82'	Report	Szetela 11' Freeman 45 ' Senna 50'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 7,211 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Post-Season Friendly

November 13, 2013 Marcos Senna Tribute Match	Villarreal CF	3–0	New York Cosmos	Villarreal, Spain
	Perbet 10' Juanto 83' Uche 87'	Announcement Report		Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 11,000

U.S. Open Cup

The Cosmos did not compete in the 2013 edition of the Open Cup.

Squad statistics

As of Match played November 9, 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Fall Season		Soccer Bowl
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Jimmy Maurer	1	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
2	DF	USA	Hunter Freeman	13	0	12 0	0	1 0	0
3	DF	USA	Hunter Gorskie	8	0	8 0	0	0 0	0
4	DF	USA	Carlos Mendes	14	0	13 0	0	1 0	0
5	MF	CMR	Joseph Nane	10	0	5 4	0	0 1	0
6	DF	BRA	Rovérsio	12	0	10 1	0	1 0	0
7	MF	ESP	Ayoze	14	0	12 1	0	1 0	0
8	MF	VEN	Diomar Díaz	13	5	9 3	5	1 0	0
11	FW	USA	Peri Marošević	8	2	6 2	2	0 0	0
13	MF	URU	Sebastian Guenzatti	11	1	8 2	1	1 0	0
14	MF	USA	Daniel Szetela	13	1	10 2	1	1 0	0
15	DF	USA	Korey Veeder	4	0	4 0	0	0 0	0
16	MF	USA	Dane Murphy	3	0	0 2	0	0 1	0
17	FW	BUL	Stefan Dimitrov	12	1	9 2	1	1 0	0
18	FW	GUA	Henry López	5	2	1 4	2	0 0	0
19	MF	ESP	Marcos Senna	14	6	13 0	5	1 0	1
20	DF	USA	Chris Rodd	2	0	1 1	0	0 0	0
21	FW	COL	David Diosa	1	0	0 1	0	0 0	0
22	FW	ITA	Alessandro Noselli	10	3	4 5	3	0 1	0
23	MF	COL	Juan González	1	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
24	GK	USA	Kyle Reynish	14	0	13 0	0	1 0	0
25	MF	USA	Hagop Chirishian	7	0	4 3	0	0 0	0
26	FW	JPN	Satoru Kashiwase	4	0	2 2	0	0 0	0
27	FW	USA	Jemal Pierre Johnson	1	0	0 1	0	0 0	0
28	MF	CHI	Edison Bilbao	1	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
30	MF	BRA	Paulo Ferreira-Mendes	8	2	6 1	2	1 0	0
33	DF	USA	James Nealis	1	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	NASL Fall Season	Soccer Bowl	Total
1	MF	19	Marcos Senna	5	1	6
2	MF	8	Diomar Díaz	5	0	5
3	FW	22	Alessandro Noselli	3	0	3
4	FW	11	Peri Marošević	2	0	2
	FW	18	Henry López	2	0	2
	MF	30	Paulo Ferreira-Mendes	2	0	2
7	MF	13	Sebastian Guenzatti	1	0	1
	MF	14	Daniel Szetela	1	0	1
	FW	17	Stefan Dimitrov	1	0	1
TOTALS				22	1	23

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Fall Season		Soccer Bowl		Total
2		DF	Hunter Freeman	4	1	1	0	5	1
3		DF	Hunter Gorskie	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Joseph Nane	2	1	0	0	2	1
6		DF	Rovérsio	2	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Ayoze	4	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Diomar Díaz	3	0	0	0	3	0
13		MF	Sebastián Guenzatti	2	2	0	0	2	2
14		MF	Daniel Szetela	4	0	1	0	5	0
15		DF	Korey Veeder	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Dane Murphy	0	1	0	0	0	1
17		FW	Stefan Dimitrov	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Marcos Senna	3	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Chris Rodd	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Alessandro Noselli	2	0	0	0	2	0
30		MF	Paulo Ferreira-Mendes	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	31	5	2	0	33	5

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
17	FW	Stefan Dimitrov	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms	Free	January 30, 2011	^[7]
16	MF	Dane Murphy	VfL Osnabrück	Free	January 30, 2011	^[8]
4	DF	Carlos Mendes	Columbus Crew	Free	December 11, 2012	^[9]
24	GK	Kyle Reynish	Real Salt Lake	Free	January 31, 2013	^[7]
7	FW	Ayoze García	Sporting de Gijón	Free	February 8, 2013	^[10]
2	DF	Hunter Freeman	Colorado Rapids	Free	February 12, 2013	^[11]
15	DF	Korey Veeder	Columbus Crew	Free	February 13, 2013	^[8]
11	FW	Peri Marošević	NK Junak Sinj	Free	February 21, 2013	^[12]
18	FW	Henry David López	Esporte Clube Noroeste	Free	February 21, 2013	^[12]
5	MF	Joseph Nane	Colorado Rapids	Free	March 12, 2013	^[13]
23	DF	Juan González	Free agent	Free	March 12, 2013	^[13]
3	DF	Hunter Gorskie	Free agent	Free	April 26, 2013	^[14]
	GK	Jimmy Maurer	C.D. Universidad de Concepción	Free	April 26, 2013	^[14]
	GK	Chad Calderone	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms	Free	April 26, 2013	^[14]
8	MF	Diomar Díaz	Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana	Free	May 2, 2013	^[15]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	MF	Armando Gaitan	Free agent	Free

Loan in

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11	FW	Stefan Dimitrov	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	On loan for the duration of the NASL spring season	March 8, 2013	^[16]

References

^ Match Report: Newtown Pride 0–6 New York Cosmos
^ Danny Szetela Agrees to Terms With Cosmos
^ Roversio Agrees to Terms With Cosmos
^ Cosmos make final preparations for competitive rebirth
^ Leyton Orient 2–1 New York Cosmos
^ GILLS XI 1–1 NEW YORK COSMOS
^ ^a ^b "NY Cosmos Sign Goalkeeper Kyle Reynish". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "New York Cosmos Add Two Players to Roster". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ "Long Island's own Carlos Mendes returns home to play for New York Cosmos". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
^ "New York Cosmos Sign Spanish Midfielder Ayoze". Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ "New York Cosmos Sign Defender Hunter Freeman". Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Cosmos Add Two Players to Roster". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Two More Players Sign With Cosmos". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cosmos Sign Three More Players". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
^ "Cosmos Sign Diomar Díaz". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
^ "Stefan Dimitrov Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers On Loan". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[1] Match Report: Newtown Pride 0–6 New York Cosmos

[2] Danny Szetela Agrees to Terms With Cosmos

[3] Roversio Agrees to Terms With Cosmos

[4] Cosmos make final preparations for competitive rebirth

[5] Leyton Orient 2–1 New York Cosmos

[6] GILLS XI 1–1 NEW YORK COSMOS

[NY_Cosmos_Sign_Goalkeeper_Kyle_Reynish-7] "NY Cosmos Sign Goalkeeper Kyle Reynish". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[New_York_Cosmos_Add_Two_Players_to_Roster-8] "New York Cosmos Add Two Players to Roster". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[Mendes_in-9] "Long Island's own Carlos Mendes returns home to play for New York Cosmos". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

[New_York_Cosmos_Sign_Spanish_Midfielder_Ayoze-10] "New York Cosmos Sign Spanish Midfielder Ayoze". Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[New_York_Cosmos_Sign_Defender_Hunter_Freeman-11] "New York Cosmos Sign Defender Hunter Freeman". Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[Cosmos_Add_Two_Players_to_Roster-12] "Cosmos Add Two Players to Roster". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[Two_More_Players_Sign_With_Cosmos-13] "Two More Players Sign With Cosmos". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.

[Cosmos_Sign_Three_More_Players-14] "Cosmos Sign Three More Players". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.

[Cosmos_Sign_Diomar_Díaz-15] "Cosmos Sign Diomar Díaz". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.

[Stefan_Dimitrov_Joins_Fort_Lauderdale_Strikers_On_Loan-16] "Stefan Dimitrov Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers On Loan". NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	10	4	1	23	12	11	34	5	2	0	15	7	8	5	2	1	8	5	3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	10	4	1	23	12	11	34	5	2	0	15	7	8	5	2	1	8	5	3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	10	4	1	23	12	11	34	5	2	0	15	7	8	5	2	1	8	5	3