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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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.
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 |
# | 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] |
# | 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] |
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 |
Main article: 2020 USL Championship season |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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
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 |
October 4 16 | Miami FC | 3–1 | Atlanta United 2 | Miami, Florida |
7:30 PM EDT | Bezecourt 22' Williams 31' (pen.) Saydee 50' Thiaw 73' Granitto 74' Velásquez 90', 90+4' González 90+1' |
Report | Edwards 11' Conway 13' Reilly 65' Bashti 70' Lambe 90+3' |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Alex Billeter |
Main article: 2020 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] |
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 |
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 |
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 |