Soccer Bowl 2016

Soccer Bowl 2016
Event Soccer Bowl
New York 4–2 Indy (Penalty Shoot-out)
Date November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)
Venue Belson Stadium, Queens, New York
Referee Allen Chapman
Attendance 2,150

Soccer Bowl 2016 is the North American Soccer League's postseason championship match of the 2016 season which determined the NASL Champion.

Background

The Indy Eleven were the first team to earn a spot in "The Championship", when they won the Spring Championship back in June. They edged out the New York Cosmos in the Spring season on the third tiebreaker (head-head). The New York Cosmos responded by winning the Fall Championship. They qualified with two games to spare and setting the home unbeaten record in modern NASL history. The league saw six teams fighting for the last playoff spot with four games left to play. Going into the final matchday, only two teams were left. Before their final regular season match, Rayo OKC qualified for "The Championship" in their first season.

Path to the final

Semi-final #1

Indy Eleven and FC Edmonton met three times in the regular season. They split the first game in the Spring season, and they each won their home match-ups in the Fall season.

November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)[1]
3:00 pm EDT
Indy Eleven 1 – 0 FC Edmonton
Ubiparipović  63' Report
Report
Diakité  83'
Eckersley  90+2'
Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 9,702
Referee: Sorin Stoica

Semi-final #2

The New York Cosmos come into the Semi-final match as the home team, having secured their spot by winning, both the Fall season and North American Supporters' Trophy on the same night, with two matches left to play. The Cosmos meet Rayo OKC in the 2nd Semi-Final. The two teams meet three times during the regular season. The third match was a 11 draw at the Cosmos' Shuart Stadium.

November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)
7:00 pm EDT
New York Cosmos 2 – 1 Rayo OKC
Arango  73'  77'
Orozco  90'
Duk  90+2'
Report
Report
Danso  37'
Velásquez  42'
Kimura  64'
Shuart Stadium
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Match

Details

November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)
7:00 pm EST
New York Cosmos 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Indy Eleven
Report
Report
  Penalties  
Arrieta
Moffat
Ayoze
Richter
4–2 Paterson
Zayed
Busch
Vuković
Belson Stadium
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Allen Chapman
New York Cosmos
Indy Eleven

2016 NASL Champions: New York Cosmos

New York Cosmos:
GK 1 United States Jimmy Maurer
DF 4 United States Carlos Mendes (c)
DF 6 Brazil Rovérsio  59'
DF 2 United States Ryan Richter
DF 17 Spain Ayoze
MF 11 El Salvador Andrés Flores  103'
MF 15 Spain Ruben Bover
MF 18 Venezuela Juan Arango
MF 16 Scotland Adam Moffat
MF 19 Venezuela Yohandry Orozco  77'
FW 25 Costa Rica Jairo Arrieta  116'
Substitutes:
GK 24 United States Brian Holt
DF 3 Kenya David Ochieng  59'
DF 23 United States Jimmy Ockford
DF 28 United States Jimmy Mulligan
MF 14 United States Danny Szetela  103'
MF 26 United States Eric Calvillo
FW 21 Colombia David Diosa  77'
Manager:
Venezuela Giovanni Savarese
Indy Eleven:
GK 18 United States Jon Busch
DF 23 United States Marco Franco
DF 82 Montenegro Nemanja Vuković
DF 12 United States Greg Janicki
DF 32 Republic of Ireland Colin Falvey (c)  83'
MF 6 United States Dylan Mares  45'
MF 7 Jamaica Don Smart  90'
MF 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša Ubiparipović  101'
MF 4 United States Brad Ring  72'
FW 9 Libya Éamon Zayed
FW 20 United States Justin Braun
Substitutes:
GK 1 United States Keith Cardona
DF 5 Jamaica Lovel Palmer
MF 3 Mexico Gerardo Torrado  45'
MF 8 Scotland Nicki Paterson  101'
MF 15 United States Daniel Keller
FW 14 United States Duke Lacroix  90'
FW 99 Guinea Souleymane Youla
Manager:
United States Tim Hankinson

Man of the Match: TBD

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Kyle Atkins
    • Cameron Blanchard
  • Fourth official: Robert Sibiga
  • Reserve official: Eric Weisbrod

Statistics

Overall New York Indy
Goals scored 00
Total shots 209
Shots on target 41
Ball possession 59%41%
Corner kicks 86
Fouls committed 1618
Offsides 46
Saves 14
Yellow cards 12
Red cards 00

References

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