2020 Miami FC season

Miami FC
2020 season
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)
Home colours	Away colours
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OwnerRiccardo Silva

PresidentPaul Dalglish

Head coachNelson Vargas
(until Aug. 10)
Paul Dalglish
(since Aug. 10)

StadiumRiccardo Silva Stadium
Miami, Florida

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.

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No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mark Pais	GK	(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 34)	Fresno FC	2019		31	0
22	Bryant Gammiero	GK	(1993-11-02) November 2, 1993 (age 32)	Florida Soccer Soldiers	2019		6	0
92	Brian Sylvestre	GK	(1992-12-19) December 19, 1992 (age 33)	Forward Madison FC	2020		2	0
Defenders
3	Marco Franco	DF	(1991-10-06) October 6, 1991 (age 34)	Penn FC	2019		29	0
4	Hassan Ndam	DF	(1998-10-29) October 29, 1998 (age 27)	loan from FC Cincinnati	2020	2020	14	0
13	Lawrence Olum	DF	(1984-07-10) July 10, 1984 (age 41)	Minnesota United FC	2020		1	0
19	János Löbe	DF	(1995-08-21) August 21, 1995 (age 30)	New York Red Bulls II	2020		15	0
23	Brenton Griffiths	DF	(1991-02-09) February 9, 1991 (age 35)	Reno 1868	2019		33	3
45	Jalen Markey	DF	(1995-03-30) March 30, 1995 (age 30)	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2019		28	0
Midfielders
6	Harrison Heath	MF	(1996-03-06) March 6, 1996 (age 29)	Minnesota United FC	2019		29	1
7	Vincent Bezecourt	MF	(1993-06-10) June 10, 1993 (age 32)	New York Red Bulls	2020		15	1
8	Tomás Granitto	MF	(1993-06-12) June 12, 1993 (age 32)	Miami United FC	2019		38	2
10	Sebastián Velásquez	MF	(1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 35)	El Paso Locomotive FC	2020		10	4
11	Prince Saydee	MF	(1996-02-20) February 20, 1996 (age 30)	Atlanta SC	2020		11	1
17	Brian James	MF	(1993-10-25) October 25, 1993 (age 32)	Toronto FC II	2018		38	2
21	Héctor Morales	MF	(1993-01-19) January 19, 1993 (age 33)	AFC Ann Arbor	2019		24	2
25	Lance Rozeboom	MF	(1989-05-31) May 31, 1989 (age 36)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2019		37	0
Forwards
2	Othello Bah	FW	(1997-04-27) April 27, 1997 (age 28)	Unattached	2019		29	1
9	Romario Williams	FW	(1994-08-15) August 15, 1994 (age 31)	Columbus Crew SC	2020		16	8
12	Miguel González	FW	(1990-10-01) October 1, 1990 (age 35)	Oklahoma City Energy	2019		39	25
14	Lloyd Sam	FW	(1984-09-27) September 27, 1984 (age 41)	AFC Wimbledon	2019		32	3
28	Mohamed Thiaw	FW	(1995-01-24) January 24, 1995 (age 31)	San Jose Earthquakes	2019		38	17

#	Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Source
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
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	^[16]
5	DF	Callum Chapman-Page	FC Tulsa	Free transfer	December 18, 2019	^[17]
7	DF	Maximiliano Schenfeld	FC Tulsa	Free transfer	December 18, 2019	^[17]
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 (2020-02-08) Preseason	Minnesota United FC	5–0	Miami FC	Melbourne, Florida
12:30 p.m.	Amarilla 11' Greguš 24' Booth Toye 84',	Report		Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex

February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13) Preseason	Miami FC	0–0	New York City FC	Boca Raton, Florida
12:00 p.m.		Report		Stadium: Florida Atlantic University

2020 Miami FC season

Staff

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Competitive

USL Championship

Standings — Group H

Results summary

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Preseason	Miami FC	2–0	Orlando City B	Miami, Florida
1:00 p.m.	Williams 24' Franco 79'	Report		Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
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
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

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

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]

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	Diop 21' Ajani 23' Conway 90+4'	Report	Williams 20', 68' González 49' Pais 73' Griffiths 88'	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	Williams 75' Granitto 88' Ndam 90+1'	Report	Scarlett 16' Ekra 25' Guenzatti 37'	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

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

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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