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2012 North American Soccer League season

Soccer league season

Soccer league season

FieldValue
competitionNorth American Soccer League
season2012
winnersTampa Bay Rowdies
shieldtitleNorth American Supporters' Trophy
shieldSan Antonio Scorpions
continentalcup1Champions League (CFU)
continentalcup1 qualifiersPuerto Rico Islanders
(2012 CFU Club Championship 3rd place)
matches112
total goals294
league topscorerPablo Campos
(20 goals)
biggest home winSAS 8–0 CAR
(July 28)
biggest away winSAS 0–4 PRI
(April 15)
highest scoringCAR 4–4 ATL
(April 14)
FTL 5–3 ATL
(July 28)
SAS 8–0 CAR
(July 28)
longest wins4 matches:
San Antonio
(April 28 – May 19)
Carolina
(June 2 – June 23)
Tampa Bay
(June 16 – July 4)
longest unbeaten9 matches:
Minnesota
(April 7 – June 2)
San Antonio
(April 21 – June 16)
longest winless9 matches:
Carolina
(April 7 – May 19)
Atlanta
(April 7 – May 26)
Minnesota
(July 18 – September 8)
longest losses5 matches:
Atlanta
(June 9 – July 3)
highest attendance13,151
PRI @ SAS
(April 15)
lowest attendance520
EDM @ PRI
(April 18)
average attendance3,810
prevseason2011
nextseason2013

(2012 CFU Club Championship 3rd place) (20 goals) (July 28) (April 15) (April 14) FTL 5–3 ATL (July 28) SAS 8–0 CAR (July 28) San Antonio (April 28 – May 19) Carolina (June 2 – June 23) Tampa Bay (June 16 – July 4) Minnesota (April 7 – June 2) San Antonio (April 21 – June 16) Carolina (April 7 – May 19) Atlanta (April 7 – May 26) Minnesota (July 18 – September 8) Atlanta (June 9 – July 3) PRI @ SAS (April 15) EDM @ PRI (April 18)

The 2012 North American Soccer League season was the 45th season of Division II soccer in the United States and the second season of the revived North American Soccer League. It was contested by eight teams including one from Canada and one from Puerto Rico. The Montreal Impact were self-promoted to Major League Soccer as an expansion franchise and the expansion San Antonio Scorpions were added to the NASL. The NASL received full sanctioning from the United States Soccer Federation on March 3, 2012 at their annual meeting. The defending Soccer Bowl champions were the NSC Minnesota Stars, while the Carolina Railhawks were the defending North American Supporters' Trophy winners.

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainShirt sponsor
Puerto Rico IslandersToyota
Carolina RailHawksBCBSA
FC EdmontonSears Canada
Atlanta SilverbacksReto Sports
Fort Lauderdale StrikersJoma
Minnesota StarsAdmiral
San Antonio ScorpionsNike
Tampa Bay RowdiesMainsail Suites / United World Soccer

Teams

Regular season

League table

Results

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Atlanta Silverbacks – ATL • Carolina RailHawks FC – CAR • FC Edmonton – EDM • Fort Lauderdale Strikers – FTL
Minnesota Stars FC – MIN • Puerto Rico Islanders – PRI • San Antonio Scorpions FC – SAS • Tampa Bay Rowdies – TAMClubMatch12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Atlanta SilverbacksSASCARTAMMINMINEDMPRITAMFTLEDMSASCARPRISASCARMINPRIEDMFTLFTLTAMMINCAREDMTAMFTLSASPRI
0–04–41–13–30–20–20–32–31–12–10–31–21–20–31–22–02–11–23–54–20–00–00–12–01–11–03–11–1
Carolina RailHawksMINATLTAMPRISASFTLEDMMINPRIPRIMINATLEDMFTLATLFTLMINSASTAMFTLEDMATLPRISASEDMSASTAMTAM
0–04–41–11–30–13–30–31–21–12–15–12–12–01–22–13–31–00–83–30–13–21–03–10–12–22–11–10–0
FC EdmontonFTLTAMPRIMINCARATLSASSASATLFTLFTLCARPRISASPRITAMATLTAMMINSASPRICARMINATLMINCARTAMFTL
0–10–10–03–43–02–00–22–21–21–00–10–20–00–11–10–12–10–11–11–11–02–31–10–21–12–20–32–2
Fort Lauderdale StrikersEDMMINSASPRITAMCARPRIMINATLTAMEDMEDMMINCARTAMCARSASMINSASATLATLCARPRISASTAMPRIATLEDM
1–00–02–23–21–33–30–21–31–13–10–11–01–22–11–33–32–22–10–15–32–41–00–02–10–31–10–12–2
Minnesota Stars FCCARFTLEDMATLATLCARFTLTAMSASCARTAMFTLTAMPRIATLTAMFTLCARPRIEDMSASATLEDMSASEDMPRIPRISAS
0–00–04–33–32–02–13–10–00–01–51–22–10–24–00–22–11–20–10–11–10–10–01–11–11–14–00–21–1
Puerto Rico IslandersTAMSASEDMCARFTLFTLATLCARCARTAMSASATLEDMMINEDMSASATLTAMMINSASEDMFTLTAMCARFTLMINMINATL
1–04–00–03–12–32–03–01–11–22–00–22–10–00–41–11–01–20–21–02–10–10–00–01–31–10–42–01–1
San Antonio Scorpions FCATLPRIFTLCARTAMTAMEDMEDMMINATLPRITAMATLEDMPRIFTLFTLCARPRIEDMMINTAMFTLMINCARCARATLMIN
0–00–42–21–02–02–12–02–20–03–02–02–33–01–00–12–21–08–01–21–11–04–01–21–11–01–21–31–1
Tampa Bay RowdiesPRIEDMCARATLFTLSASSASATLMINFTLPRIMINSASMINFTLMINEDMPRIEDMCARATLSASPRIFTLATLEDMCARCAR
0–11–01–11–13–10–21–23–20–01–30–22–13–22–03–11–21–02–01–03–30–00–40–03–01–13–01–10–0

Final regular season results.

Playoffs

The six qualifying teams were seeded 1 through 6, with the top team in the standings receiving the number 1 seed.

The format of the playoffs consisted of quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The quarterfinals were single games while the semifinals and final were each a two-game series with each team playing at home once and the team with the greater number of aggregate goals in both games winning the series.

The number 1 seed and the number 2 seed received byes while the number 3 seed hosted the number 6 seed and the number 4 seed hosted the number 5 seed in the quarterfinal.

For the semifinal, the number 1 seed was paired with the lower seeded team to qualify from the quarterfinal and the number 2 seed paired with the higher seeded team to qualify from the quarterfinal.

The winners of each semifinal met in the final, known as the Soccer Bowl. In the event of a draw in either quarterfinal game, a 30-minute extra time period was to be played (with the golden goal rule not in effect). If the teams were still locked in a draw following the extra time period, the winner was to be determined by a penalty shootout.

In each semifinal and in the final, if the teams are tied on the number of aggregate goals scored in the series at the conclusion of the second game, the teams were to play a 30-minute extra time period. As in the quarterfinal, the golden goal rule was not in effect. If the teams were still locked in a draw following the extra time period, the winner of the series was to be determined by a penalty shootout.

Bracket

| RD1-seed1= 3 | RD1-team1= Puerto Rico Islanders | RD1-score1-1= 1 | RD1-seed2= 6 | RD1-team2= Minnesota Stars | RD1-score2-1= 2

| RD1-seed3= 4 | RD1-team3= Carolina RailHawks | RD1-score3-1= 3 | RD1-seed4= 5 | RD1-team4= Fort Lauderdale Strikers | RD1-score4-1= 1

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= San Antonio Scorpions | RD2-score1-1= 0 | RD2-score1-2= 1 | RD2-score1-3= 1 | RD2-seed2= 6 | RD2-team2= Minnesota Stars | RD2-score2-1= 0 | RD2-score2-2= 2 | RD2-score2-3= 2

| RD2-seed3= 2 | RD2-team3= Tampa Bay Rowdies | RD2-score3-1= 2 | RD2-score3-2= 3 | RD2-score3-agg= 5 | RD2-seed4= 4 | RD2-team4= Carolina RailHawks | RD2-score4-1= 1 | RD2-score4-2= 3 | RD2-score4-agg= 4

| RD3-seed1= 6 | RD3-team1= Minnesota Stars | RD3-score1-1= 2 | RD3-score1-2= 1 | RD3-score1-agg= 3 | RD3-seed2= 2 | RD3-team2= Tampa Bay Rowdies | RD3-score2-1= 0 | RD3-score2-2= 3 | RD3-score2-agg= 3

Quarterfinals

Ty Shipalane
Floyd Franks Abe Thompson Lance Laing Josh Hansen Miguel Ibarra Justin Davis

Semifinals

Amir Lowery Floyd Franks Andres Arango Jeff Attinella Dan Antoniuk Mike Ambersley Luke Mulholland
Ty Shipalane Gale Agbossoumonde Nick Zimmerman :Tampa Bay Rowdies win 5–4 on aggregate. Pablo Campos
Kevin Harmse Josue Soto Neil Hlavaty Blake Wagner Simone Bracalello :Minnesota Stars win 2–1 on aggregate.

Soccer Bowl 2012

Kentaro Takada Martin Nunez Mike Ambersley Keith Savage Luke Mulholland Dan Antoniuk
Shane Hill Simone Bracalello Lucas Rodríguez Raphael Cox Fafà Picault Carl Cort Devin Del Do Kyle Altman Simone Bracalello Lucas Rodríguez :Tied 3–3 on aggregate. Tampa Bay Rowdies win Soccer Bowl 2012, 3–2 on penalties.

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

RankPlayerNationClubGoals123456710
Pablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions20
Nick ZimmermanUSACarolina RailHawks15
Mark AndersonENGFort Lauderdale Strikers11
Matt HorthUSAAtlanta Silverbacks10
Nicholas AddleryJAMPuerto Rico Islanders9
Andy HerronCRCFort Lauderdale Strikers8
Shaun SaikoCANFC Edmonton7
Amani WalkerUSAMinnesota Stars7
Dan AntoniukUSATampa Bay Rowdies7
Mike AmbersleyUSATampa Bay Rowdies6
Esteban BayonaCOLSan Antonio Scorpions6
David FoleyENGPuerto Rico Islanders6
Aly HassanUSAFort Lauderdale Strikers6
Reinaldo NaviaCHIAtlanta Silverbacks6
Wálter RestrepoUSAFort Lauderdale Strikers6
Tsuyoshi YoshitakeJPNTampa Bay Rowdies6

Source:

Top assists

RankPlayerNationClubAssists136
Mike AmbersleyUSATampa Bay Rowdies8
Wálter RestrepoUSAFort Lauderdale Strikers8
Mike PalacioUSACarolina Railhawks6
Walter RamírezHONSan Antonio Scorpions6
Shaun SaikoCANFC Edmonton6
Pablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions5
Esteban BayonaCOLSan Antonio Scorpions5
Jonathan FañaDOMPuerto Rico Islanders5
Luke MulhollandENGTampa Bay Rowdies5
Keith SavageUSATampa Bay Rowdies5
Tiyi ShipalaneRSACarolina RailHawks5
Abe ThompsonUSAFort Lauderdale Strikers5
Amani WalkerUSAMinnesota Stars5

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 1260 Minutes Played)

RankGoalkeeperClubMINSSVSGAGAA12345678
USA Daryl SattlerSan Antonio Scorpions215166190.795
USA Jeff AttinellaTampa Bay Rowdies2520118301.071
ENG Richard MartinPuerto Rico Islanders2340106281.077
USA Matt Van OekelMinnesota Stars FC225077301.200
USA Lance ParkerFC Edmonton144042211.313
USA Matt GlaeserFort Lauderdale Strikers2430108441.630
USA Ray BurseCarolina RailHawks216082411.708
HUN Dániel IllyésAtlanta Silverbacks198086391.773

Source: North American Soccer League

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthNASL Player of the MonthPlayerNationClubLink
AprilReinaldo NaviaCHLAtlanta Silverbacks5G
MayShaun SaikoCANFC Edmonton5G 2A
JuneTsuyoshi YoshitakeJPNTampa Bay Rowdies4G 1A
JulyPablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions7G
AugustRichard MartinENGPuerto Rico Islanders13 Saves
SeptemberMatt HorthUSAAtlanta Silverbacks4G
OctoberJeff AttinellaUSATampa Bay Rowdieshttp://nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=3491

Weekly awards

WeekDefensive Player of the WeekOffensive Player of the WeekPlayerNatClubPlayerNatClub
Week 1Ray BurseUSACarolina RailHawksAndy HerronCRCFort Lauderdale Strikers
Week 2Richard MartinENGPuerto Rico IslandersJonathan FañaDOMPuerto Rico Islanders
Week 3Richard MartinENGPuerto Rico IslandersAndy HerronCRCFort Lauderdale Strikers
Week 4Jeff AttinellaUSATampa Bay RowdiesReinaldo NaviaCHLAtlanta Silverbacks
Week 5Cristiano DiasBRAMinnesota StarsShaun SaikoCANFC Edmonton
Week 6Paul HamiltonCANFC EdmontonPablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions
Week 7Jonathan GreenfieldRSASan Antonio ScorpionsDan AntoniukUSATampa Bay Rowdies
Week 8Frank SanfilippoUSATampa Bay RowdiesShaun SaikoCANFC Edmonton
Week 9Matt Van OekelUSAMinnesota StarsCiaran O'BrienUSAAtlanta Silverbacks
Week 10Lance ParkerUSAFC EdmontonPablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions
Week 11Jack StewartUSAFort Lauderdale StrikersTsuyoshi YoshitakeJPNTampa Bay Rowdies
Week 12Ray BurseUSACarolina RailHawksTsuyoshi YoshitakeJPNTampa Bay Rowdies
Week 13Jeff AttinellaUSATampa Bay RowdiesMark AndersonENGFort Lauderdale Strikers
Week 14Daniel IllyesHUNAtlanta SilverbacksMike PalacioUSACarolina RailHawks
Week 15Jeff AttinellaUSATampa Bay RowdiesPablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions
Week 16Frank SanfilippoUSATampa Bay RowdiesMark AndersonENGFort Lauderdale Strikers
Week 17Jeff AttinellaUSATampa Bay RowdiesPablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions
Week 18Richard MartinezPURPuerto Rico IslandersPedro MendesBRAAtlanta Silverbacks
Week 19Bryan ArguezUSAFC EdmontonAndy HerronCRCFort Lauderdale Strikers
Week 20Conor ShanoskyUSAFort Lauderdale StrikersPablo CamposBRASan Antonio Scorpions
Week 21Akira FitzgeraldUSACarolina RailhawksAbe ThompsonUSAFort Lauderdale Strikers
Week 22Frank SanfilippoUSATampa Bay RowdiesMatt HorthUSAAtlanta Silverbacks
Week 23Takuya YamadaJPNTampa Bay RowdiesShaun SaikoCANFC Edmonton
Week 24Anthony VázquezPURPuerto Rico IslandersTiyi ShipalaneRSACarolina Railhawks
Week 25Jeff AttinellaUSAdate=October 22, 2013url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022032451/http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=3328}}Danny BarreraUSAdate=October 22, 2013url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022034238/http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=3326}}

League awards

  • Golden Ball (MVP): Pablo Campos (San Antonio Scorpions)
  • Golden Boot: Pablo Campos (San Antonio Scorpions)
  • Golden Glove: Daryl Sattler (San Antonio Scorpions)
  • Coach of the Year: Ricky Hill (Tampa Bay Rowdies)
  • Play of the Year: Kevin Venegas (Minnesota Stars FC)
  • Fair Play Award: Tampa Bay Rowdies
NASL Best XIPositionPlayersTeam
GoalkeeperUSA Jeff AttinellaTampa Bay Rowdies
DefenseUSA Kyle AltmanMinnesota United FC
DefenseUSA Ryan CochraneSan Antonio Scorpions
DefenseCAN Paul HamiltonFC Edmonton
DefenseJPN Takuya YamadaTampa Bay Rowdies
MidfieldENG Luke MulhollandTampa Bay Rowdies
MidfieldHON Walter RamírezSan Antonio Scorpions
MidfieldCOL Walter RestrepoFort Lauderdale Strikers
MidfieldUSA Nick ZimmermanCarolina RailHawks
ForwardENG Mark AndersonFort Lauderdale Strikers
ForwardBRA Pablo CamposSan Antonio Scorpions

References

References

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