2012 Rochester Rhinos season

Rochester Rhinos
2012 season
Owner	Rob Clark
Head coach	Jesse Myers
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
USL Pro	2nd
USL Pro Playoffs	2nd Round
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	Andrew Hoxie - 6
Highest home attendance	7,959
Lowest home attendance	4,653
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2012 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's seventeenth season of existence. It was the Rhinos' second-consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.

Background

After the split of several USL clubs to create the North American Soccer League, United Soccer Leagues restructured its top division, and created the USL Pro, which received third-tier sanctioning from U.S. Soccer. The Rhinos, who had played in the second division of American soccer for their entire existence, opted to join the USL Pro, and thus play in the third tier.

On the field, the Rhinos won their division, and boasted the fourth best overall record, making it the second straight year Rochester were division champions. For the third straight season, however, Rochester was eliminated in the first round of the respective league's playoffs.

Outside of the USL Pro Division, the Rhinos were eliminated in the third round of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup by the MLS side Philadelphia Union.^[1] The Rhinos also played a School Day friendly against NPSL team FC Buffalo.^[2]

Competitions

Preseason Friendlies

March 30, 2012	Rochester Rhinos	2 - 0	Colgate University	Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
	McFayden 55' Boughton 58'	[1]

April 1, 2012	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 0	UB Bulls	Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
	Bellamy 45' Bellamy 29'	[2]

April 6, 2012	Rochester Rhinos	2 - 1	Syracuse Orange	Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
	McManus 23' Rosenlund 55'	[3]	Thomas 47'

May 8, 2012	Rochester Rhinos	1-0	FC Buffalo	Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
	Hemmi 51'	[4]		Attendance: 9000

USL Pro

April 14, 2012 Match 1	Los Angeles Blues	0 - 2	Rochester Rhinos	Fullerton, CA
10:30 PM ET	Irving Garcia 36'	[5]	Rosenlund 22' Rosenlund 21' Earls 58'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 2,432 Referee: Jesus Cisneros, Eduardo Mariscal, Apolinar Mariscal, Jonathan Hughes

April 20, 2012 Match 2	Los Angeles Blues	0 - 2	Rochester Rhinos	Fullerton, CA
10:30 PM ET	George Davis IV 48' Borja 90'	[6]	Hoxie 50' Banks 56' Tanke 87'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 1,388 Referee: Jesus Cisneros, Felisha Mariscal, Adrian Gonzalez, Robert Warsaraz

April 28, 2012 Match 3	Dayton Dutch Lions	0 - 1	Rochester Rhinos	Dayton, OH
7:30 PM ET	Preciado 34' Knotek 49' Copier 55'	[7]	Banks 67'	Stadium: Careflight Field Attendance: 853 Referee: Cory Richardson, Pierre Saintil Francillen, Jamie Chierd, Grant Brown

May 5, 2012 Match 4	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 0	Charlotte Eagles	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET	Bloom 9' (og)	[8]		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7959 Referee: Steve Montanino

May 11, 2012 Match 5	Charlotte Eagles	0 - 1	Rochester Rhinos	Charlotte, NC
8:00 PM ET	Guzman 82'	[9]	Chinn 18' McManus 58'	Stadium: Charlotte Christian Stadium Attendance: 964 Referee: Daniel Thornberry

May 12, 2012 Match 6	Charleston Battery	0 - 1	Rochester Rhinos	Charleston, SC
7:30 PM ET	Flatley 70'	[10]	Earls 61' McManus 72'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3819 Referee: Sky Arthur Banning

May 18, 2012 Match 7	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 1	Dayton Dutch Lions	Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET	Kirk 74' Roberts 51'	[11]	Bardsley 28'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7414 Referee: David Mon

May 25, 2012 Match 8	Harrisburg City Islanders	1 - 0	Rochester Rhinos	Harrisburg, PA
6:00 PM ET	Langley 48'	[12]	Rosenlund 39' Fernandez 83'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Referee: Eric Weisbrod

May 26, 2012 Match 9	Dayton Dutch Lions	2 - 2	Rochester Rhinos	Dayton, OH
7:30 PM ET	Garner 34' Copier 64'	[13]	Brito 52' McManus 90' Manscuk 30'	Stadium: Careflight Field Referee: Andrew Bigelow

June 2, 2012 Match 10	Rochester Rhinos	0 - 1	Richmond Kickers	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET	Kirk 13' Cost 61' Fernandez 90'	[14]	Vercollone 5'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5237 Referee: David Mon

June 8, 2012 Match 11	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 1	Wilmington Hammerheads	Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET	Rosenlund 30' Earls 56' Taynor 61'	[15]	Nicholson 68' Budnyy 41'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5944 Referee: Vito Testa

June 15, 2012 Match 12	Harrisburg City Islanders	2 - 1	Rochester Rhinos	Harrisburg, PA
6:00 PM ET	Ekra 86' Mkosana 90'	Report	Roberts 49' Traynor 77' Tanke 80'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 1,958 Referee: Michael Donovan

June 17, 2012 Match 13	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1 - 1	Rochester Rhinos	Pittsburgh, PA
3:00 PM ET	Nuñez 16'	Report	Kirk 60'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,056

June 23, 2012 Match 14	Richmond Kickers	2 - 3	Rochester Rhinos	Richmond, VA
7:00 PM ET	Vercollone 8' Callahan 45' Yeisley 82' Pascale 90' Nyazamba 90+3'	Report	Brito 27' Earls 42' Tanke 59' Hoxie 85' (pen.) Banks 90+2' Nicht 90+4'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,365 Referee: Shawn Fitch

June 30, 2012 Match 15	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 2	Harrisburg City Islanders	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET	Kirk 70' Banks 75' 89' Nicht 90'	Report	Mkosana 52' Yates 83'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,592 Referee: John Douglas

July 4, 2012 Match 16	Rochester Rhinos	4 - 1	Antigua Barracuda FC	Rochester, NY
7:55 PM ET	McFayden 3', 18' Hoxie 76', 80'	Report	Byers 29' Skepple 85'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,653 Referee: David Mon

July 7, 2012 Match 17	Rochester Rhinos	2 - 0	Dayton Dutch Lions	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET	Earls 3' Kissi 90'	Report	Holowaty 90'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,432 Referee: Marc Lawrence

July 12, 2012 Match 18	Wilmington Hammerheads	0 - 0	Rochester Rhinos	Wilmington, NC
7:30 PM ET	Cole 57' Chijindu 79'	Report	Rosenlund 44' Hoxie 56'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 3,358

July 14, 2012 Match 19	Orlando City	4 - 0	Rochester Rhinos	Orlando, FL
7:30 PM ET	Luzunaris 10' 23' Jérôme 15' Valentino 27' López 73' (pen.)	Report	Chris Estridge 16' Kyle Manscuk 33' Roberts 51' Lucas Fernandez 69'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 7,260

July 21, 2012 Match 20	Rochester Rhinos	2 - 0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET	Banks 10' Hoxie 77'	Report	Costanzo 55' Katic 85'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7,221

July 27, 2012 Match 21	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 0	Los Angeles Blues	Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET	McManus 26' Hall 60' (o.g.)	Report	Galindo 28' García 35'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,643

August 3, 2012 Match 22	Rochester Rhinos	0 - 1	Orlando City	Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET	McManus 23' Banks 56' 76' Rosenlund 74'	Report	Watson 65' Ustruck 67' Mbengue 71' 80' Chin 87'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,383

August 11, 2012 Match 23	Rochester Rhinos	0 - 4	Charleston Battery	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET		Report	Donatelli 18', 30' Sanyang 45+1' Kelly 86'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,597

August 18, 2012 Match 24	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET	Roberts 18' Hoxie 87' Tanke 90' 90'	Report	Katic 22' Costanzo 45' C'deBaca 90'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7,101

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City SC (C)	24	17	6	1	50	18	+32	57	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye
2	Rochester Rhinos (A)	24	12	5	7	27	23	+4	41	Playoffs 1st round bye
3	Charleston Battery (A)	24	12	2	10	36	26	+10	38	Playoffs
4	Richmond Kickers (A)	24	11	5	8	31	27	+4	38
5	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	24	10	7	7	34	32	+2	37
6	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	24	10	7	7	34	29	+5	37
7	Charlotte Eagles	24	11	3	10	34	26	+8	36
8	Los Angeles Blues	24	9	3	12	26	29	−3	30
9	Dayton Dutch Lions	24	4	10	10	20	29	−9	22
10	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	24	4	5	15	20	39	−19	17
11	Antigua Barracuda	24	5	1	18	16	50	−34	16

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: Points, then tiebreak: 1) Head-to-head record based on total points in League games, 2) Total wins in League games, 3) Goal difference in League games, 4) Goals scored in League games, etc.^[3]
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: December 17, 2011.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium
Result

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

USL Pro Play Off

August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) SF	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Charleston Battery	Rochester, New York
7:35 pm EDT	McFayden 55' McManus 57' Hoxie 76' Cost 80' Fernandez 90'	Report Report	Donatelli 90+' Hoffer 114'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,312 Referee: Vito Testa, Jr.
	Penalties
	Hoxie Kyriazis Earls Zamudio Roberts Nicht Rosenlund		Patterson Donatelli Azira Falvey Prince Wilson Mack

U.S. Open Cup

May 22, 2012 2	Rochester Rhinos	3 - 0	Brooklyn Italians	Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET	McManus 25' Chinn 43' Banks 76'	[16]	Kirk 60'	Stadium: Sahlens Stadium Attendance: 3,631

May 29, 2012 3	Philadelphia Union	3 - 0	Rochester Rhinos	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM ET	Martínez 5' Adu 29' Adu 73' (pen)	[17]	Earls 40' Traynor 52'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 4,175 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular Season		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	USL Pro	U.S. Open Cup	Total

Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name	USL Pro		U.S. Open Cup		Preseason		Total (USSF Total)
Position	Nation	Number	Name
TOTALS				—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Roster

as of November 28, 2011^[4]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
2	DF	Tyler Bellamy	United States
3	MF	Drew Cost	United States
4	DF	Mike Zaher	United States
5	DF	Jack Traynor	United States
6	DF	Georgios Kyriazis	Greece
7	MF	Gustavo Zamudio	Chile
8	MF	Tyler Rosenlund	Canada
10	FW	Tam McManus	Scotland
11	FW	Conor Chinn	United States
12	DF	Troy Roberts	United States
13	DF	Quavas Kirk	United States
15	FW	Graciano Brito	Cape Verde
16	MF	Danny Earls	Republic of Ireland
17	DF	Masaki Hemmi	Japan
18	FW	Isaac Kissi	Ghana
20	DF	Lucas Fernandez	Argentina
21	DF	Kyle Manscuk	United States
23	GK	Brandon Miller	United States
24	GK	Kristian Nicht	Germany
25	FW	Andrew Hoxie	United States
27	MF	Michael Tanke	United States
29	MF	J. C. Banks	United States
31	GK	Joe Marino	United States