2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season

The 2017 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's second season of competitive soccer in the United Soccer League and first season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.

Bethlehem Steel FC

2017 season
Ownership Group	Keystone S&E
Head coach	Brendan Burke
Stadium	Goodman Stadium
USL	8th place
USL Playoffs	First Round
Top goalscorer	Seku Conneh (10)
Highest home attendance	3,215 (Jul. 9 vs. New York)
Lowest home attendance	2,976 (Apr. 23 vs. Orlando)
Average home league attendance	3,054
Home colors Away colors
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Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of June 21, 2017.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  USA Ken Tribbett ([A]) 12 DF  USA Keegan Rosenberry ([A]) 15 DF  GHA Josh Yaro ([A]) 16 DF  USA Richie Marquez ([A]) 19 DF  ENG Aaron Jones ([A]) 20 MF  USA Marcus Epps ([A]) 24 MF  USA Adam Najem ([A]) 26 DF  USA Auston Trusty ([A]) 29 GK  USA Jake McGuire ([A]) 32 DF  NED Giliano Wijnaldum ([A]) 36 FW  LBR Seku Conneh 37 FW  CAN Chris Nanco 38 FW  ESP Santi Moar 39 FW  JAM Amoy Brown 40 MF  CAN Josh Heard 41 FW  JAM Cory Burke 42 DF  USA Hugh Roberts 43 MF  NOR Chris Wingate 44 DF  USA Charlie Reymann 45 MF  IRL James Chambers 47 DF  USA Matthew Real 48 DF  USA Matt Mahoney 49 MF  USA Yosef Samuel 50 DF  USA Mark McKenzie ([B]) 51 GK  USA Matthew Freese ([B]) 52 FW  USA Issa Rayyan ([B]) 55 MF  USA Dawson McCartney ([B]) 57 FW  JAM Justin McMaster ([B]) 60 MF  USA Josue Monge ([B]) 64 GK  SLV Tomas Romero ([B])

1. ^
   Signed to first team contract with Philadelphia Union.
2. ^
   Philadelphia Union Academy player.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes
November 14, 2016	Cory Burke	41	FW	Rivoli United	Loan made permanent[1]
December 22, 2016	Hugh Roberts	42	DF	Richmond Kickers	Undisclosed[2]
January 17, 2017	Matthew Real	47	DF	Philadelphia Union Academy	Undisclosed[3]
January 30, 2017	Santi Moar	38	FW	Pfeiffer Falcons	2017 Philadelphia Union Draft Signing[4]
March 2, 2017	Charlie Reymann	44	DF	Kentucky Wildcats	Trialist signing[5]
March 3, 2017	Matt Mahoney	48	DF	Temple Owls	Trialist signing[6]
March 8, 2017	Chris Nanco	37	FW	Syracuse Orange	2017 Philadelphia Union Draft Signing[7]
April 5, 2017	Chris Wingate	43	MF	New Hampshire Wildcats	Trialist signing[8]

Out

Date	Player	Number	Position	New club	Fee/notes
September 29, 2016	Gabe Gissie	37	FW	Sacramento Republic FC	Contract declined[9]
September 29, 2016	Nick Bibbs	38	DF	—	Contract declined[9]
September 29, 2016	Jamie Luchini	43	FW	—	Contract declined[9]
September 29, 2016	Fred	47	MF	—	Contract declined[9]
January 30, 2016	Bolu Akinyode	42	MF	North Carolina FC	Transfer; Undisclosed fee[10]
May 1, 2017	Matt Perrella	46	GK	Jacksonville Armada	Released[11]

Loan in

Date	Player	Number	Position	Loaned from	Fee/notes
April 1, 2017	Ken Tribbett	4	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Brian Carroll	7	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Charlie Davies	9	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Aaron Jones	19	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Marcus Epps	20	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Adam Najem	24	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Auston Trusty	26	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Giliano Wijnaldum	32	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 1, 2017	Josue Monge	60	DF	Philadelphia Union Academy	Academy Call-up
April 1, 2017	Tomas Romero	64	GK	Philadelphia Union Academy	Academy Call-up
April 9, 2017	Jack Elliott	3	DF	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 9, 2017	Jake McGuire	29	GK	Philadelphia Union	Temporary loan
April 9, 2017	Mark McKenzie	50	DF	Philadelphia Union Academy	Academy Call-up
April 9, 2017	Issa Rayyan	52	FW	Philadelphia Union Academy	Academy Call-up

Competitions

Bethlehem Steel FC compete in USL, which is the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Steel FC's affiliation with the Philadelphia Union of MLS has prevented the team from participating in the U.S. Open Cup competition. The decision to make affiliated "farm teams" ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup was decided since the 2016 iteration of the tournament.^[12]

Preseason

Bethlehem Steel FC v Junior Lone Star FC

February 22 Preseason	Bethlehem Steel FC	7–0	Junior Lone Star FC	Wayne, Pennsylvania
2:00 p.m. EST	Moar 21', 31' Samuel 44' Conneh 57' McMaster 66', 83' Nanco 73'	Report		Stadium: YSC Academy

Villanova University v Bethlehem Steel FC

March 1 Preseason	Villanova University	2–3	Bethlehem Steel FC	Villanova, Pennsylvania
4:00 p.m. EST		Report	Moar Samuel Monge	Stadium: Higgins Soccer Complex

Bethlehem Steel FC v Temple University

March 4 Preseason	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–0	Temple University	Chester, Pennsylvania
12:00 p.m. EST	Najem 20'	Report		Stadium: Power Training Complex

Bethlehem Steel FC v Harrisburg City Islanders

March 16 Preseason	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Wayne, Pennsylvania
11:00 a.m. EST	Chambers	Report		Stadium: YSC Academy

Bethlehem Steel FC v Notre Dame

March 16 Preseason	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–2	Notre Dame	Wayne, Pennsylvania
2:00 p.m. EST	Epps	Report	Gallagher	Stadium: YSC Academy

New York Red Bulls II v Bethlehem Steel FC

March 18 Preseason	New York Red Bulls II	2–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Hanover, New Jersey
2:00 p.m. EST	Allen 16' (pen.) Valot 54'	Report	Davies 6'	Stadium: New York Red Bulls Training Facility

USL regular season

The 2017 USL season will be contested by 30 teams, 15 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 32 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams from each conference advance to the 2017 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.

Standings (Eastern Conference)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Louisville City FC (C)	32	18	8	6	58	31	+27	62	Conference Playoffs
2	Charleston Battery	32	15	9	8	53	33	+20	54
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	32	14	11	7	50	35	+15	53
4	Rochester Rhinos	32	14	11	7	36	28	+8	53
5	Charlotte Independence	32	13	9	10	52	40	+12	48
6	FC Cincinnati	32	12	10	10	46	48	−2	46
7	New York Red Bulls II	32	13	5	14	57	60	−3	44
8	Bethlehem Steel FC	32	12	8	12	46	45	+1	44
9	Orlando City B	32	10	12	10	37	36	+1	42
10	Ottawa Fury	32	8	14	10	42	41	+1	38
11	Harrisburg City Islanders	32	10	7	15	28	47	−19	37
12	Saint Louis FC	32	9	9	14	35	48	−13	36
13	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	32	8	12	12	33	42	−9	36
14	Richmond Kickers	32	8	8	16	24	36	−12	32
15	Toronto FC II	32	6	7	19	27	54	−27	25

Source: 2017 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions

Results

All times in Eastern Time.^[13]

Bethlehem Steel FC v Rochester Rhinos

April 1 1	Bethlehem Steel FC	2–3	Rochester Rhinos	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM	Davies 45+3' (pen.) Conneh 72' (pen.)	Report Box Score	Madison 9' Fall 34' Graf 88'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Jorge Ramírez

Bethlehem Steel FC v FC Cincinnati

April 9 2	Bethlehem Steel FC	2–0	FC Cincinnati	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM	Burke  29' McKenzie  34' Jones  45+2' Conneh 47', 60'	Report Box Score	Nicholson  23'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,005 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Harrisburg City Islanders v Bethlehem Steel FC

April 15 3	Harrisburg City Islanders	3–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM	Wheeler 9' Wilson 21' Thomas  72' Benbow 90'	Report Box Score	Moar 38' Wijnaldum  61' Nanco 64'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Brandon Smith

Bethlehem Steel FC v Orlando City B

April 23 4	Bethlehem Steel FC	0–2	Orlando City B	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM	Trusty  45+2' Burke  47' Jones  68' Wijnaldum  70'	Report Box Score	Laryea  38' 49', 71' Ellis-Hayden  87'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,976 Referee: Henrik Karlsson

Bethlehem Steel FC v FC Cincinnati

April 29 5	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–0	FC Cincinnati	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM	Conneh  42' Wijnaldum  59' Moar  79' Roberts 87'	Report Box Score	Walker  61' Polak  85' Craven  90+5'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,086 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Charleston Battery v Bethlehem Steel FC

May 6 6	Charleston Battery	1–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM	Guerra 17' Hackshaw  22' Cordoves  69'	Report Box Score	Trusty  55'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,820 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Toronto FC II v Bethlehem Steel FC

May 13 7	Toronto FC II	0–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Vaughan, Ontario
6:00 PM	Burke 8' (pen.) Nanco  66'	Report Box Score		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

FC Cincinnati v Bethlehem Steel FC

May 20 8	FC Cincinnati	2–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 PM	Konig 18', 52' Fordyce  43' Quinn  86'	Report Box Score	Conneh 33'  47' Nanco  45+2' Tribbett  64' Brown  90'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 18,441 Referee: Malik Badawi

Bethlehem Steel FC v Charleston Battery

May 25 9	Bethlehem Steel FC	0–1	Charleston Battery	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
11:00 AM	Monge  77' Burke  88'	Report Box Score	Williams 77'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,971 Referee: Jonathan Weiner

Bethlehem Steel FC v Harrisburg City Islanders

May 28 10	Bethlehem Steel FC	3–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM	Chambers 39' Conneh 49' Real  79' Burke  82' 90+3' (pen.)	Report Box Score	DiPrima 80'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,066 Referee: Lorant Varga

Bethlehem Steel FC v Ottawa Fury FC

June 4 11	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Ottawa Fury FC	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
17:00	Jones  4' Conneh 28' Tribbett  87'	Report Box Score	Obasi  1' Barden  34' Salazar 70'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,988 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Saint Louis FC v Bethlehem Steel FC

June 11 12	Saint Louis FC	1–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Fenton, Missouri
17:00	Tribbett 3' (o.g.) Alihodžić  31' Stojkov  50' Plewa  53' Cabalceta  86'	Report Box Score	Jones  42' Conneh 56' Chambers  68' 74'	Stadium: Marshall Wireless Stadium Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

New York Red Bulls II v Bethlehem Steel FC

June 16 13	New York Red Bulls II	0–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Montclair, New Jersey
19:00	Metzger  26' Ndam  76'	Report Box Score	Najem 5' Conneh  30' Moar 57' McGuire  90+1' Samuel  90+3'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 495 Referee: Luis Arroyo

Harrisburg City Islanders v Bethlehem Steel FC

June 20 14	Harrisburg City Islanders	0–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00	Chambers 54' Wijnaldum  76'	Report Box Score	Nishanian  80'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,314 Referee: Jorge Ramírez

Bethlehem Steel FC v Richmond Kickers

July 1 15	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
18:30	Jones 51' Burke  65'  90+5' Roberts  66' Trusty  90+1'	Report Box Score	Fernando 40' Troyer  45' Jane  54'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Andrew Musashe

Bethlehem Steel FC v New York Red Bulls II

July 9 16	Bethlehem Steel FC	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
19:00	Nanco 17'  66' Herbers 31'  32' Brown  72'	Report Box Score	Etienne  34' Basuljevic  76'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,215 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

Bethlehem Steel FC v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

July 15 17	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
18:00	Chambers 27' (pen.) Moar  36'	Report Box Score	Walsh 24' Jack  34' Earls  43' Victor Souto  76'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Referee: Lorant Varga

Richmond Kickers v Bethlehem Steel FC

July 22 18	Richmond Kickers	3–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Richmond, Virginia
19:45	Oliver 46'  58' Fernando 47' Asante 87' Wyatt  90+2'	Report Box Score	Jones 39' Tribbett 69' Marquez  76'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,921 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Bethlehem Steel FC v Charlotte Independence

July 29 19	Bethlehem Steel FC	0–4	Charlotte Independence	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
17:00	Chambers  49' Fontana  51' Nanco  65' Jones  73'	Report Box Score	Hilton 7', 48' Herrera 19' Johnson  32' Martínez  45+2' 80' Mizell  72' Duckett  90+2'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,210 Referee: Henrik Karlsson

Ottawa Fury FC v Bethlehem Steel FC

August 5 20	Ottawa Fury FC	1–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Ottawa, Ontario
19:00	Trusty 7' (o.g.) Bruna  36' Irving  52' McEleney  84'	Report Box Score	Real  42' Nanco 66' Fontana  68' Moar 81' Trusty  90+2'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,630 Referee: David Barrie

Bethlehem Steel FC v Toronto FC II

August 13 21	Bethlehem Steel FC	3–1	Toronto FC II	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
17:00	Real  28' Burke  55' 58' Tribbett  57' Jones  76' Chambers 78' (pen.) Nanco 90+2'	Report Box Score	McCrary  28' Dunn-Johnson  50'  79' Taintor 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,072 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Charlotte Independence v Bethlehem Steel FC

August 16 22	Charlotte Independence	1–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Matthews, North Carolina
19:00	Martínez 33' Ross  53' Smith  74'	Report Box Score	Chambers  15'	Stadium: Mecklenburg County Sportsplex Attendance: 1,312 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Bethlehem Steel FC v Louisville City FC

August 20 23	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–3	Louisville City FC	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
17:00	Marquez 41' Fontana  60' Samuel  90+4'	Report Box Score	Spencer 17', 26' Abend  64' Lancaster 84' Smith  90+4'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Luis Arroyo

Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Bethlehem Steel FC

August 26 24	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	3–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19:00	Hertzog 10'  45' Jack 19'  44' Adewole  33' Walsh  45+1' Kerr 75'	Report Box Score	Moar  21' Burke 42', 71' Real  89' Fontana  89'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,736 Referee: Tori Penso

Orlando City B v Bethlehem Steel FC

August 31 25	Orlando City B	1–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Orlando, Florida
19:30	Alston  30' Da Silva  45+1' 75'	Box Score	Epps 86' Chambers  90+1'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 856 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

Louisville City FC v Bethlehem Steel FC

September 15 26	Louisville City FC	2–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Louisville, Kentucky
19:30	Craig  46' Smith 55' (pen.) Jimenez 76'  85'	Report Box Score	Burke 21' (pen.)  30' Moar 60' Chambers  70' Real  88' Najem  90'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,303 Referee: Lorant Varga

Bethlehem Steel FC v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

September 24 27	Bethlehem Steel FC	3–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
15:00	Najem 5' Burke 8', 37' Trusty  29'	Report Box Score	Okai  34' Jack  36' Hertzog 40' (pen.), 64'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,112 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

Bethlehem Steel FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 27 28	Bethlehem Steel FC	2–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
15:00	Moar  19' Burke  38' 46' Jones  55' Trusty  65' Conneh 78'	Report Box Score	Hristov  18' 36' (pen.) Gorskie 55' King  90'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Jared Simons

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Bethlehem Steel FC

September 30 29	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30	Gorskie  29' Cole  62' Guenzatti 80' Restrepo  90+4'	Report Box Score	Heard  26' Conneh 56' Samuel  58' Jones  74' McGuire  89' Roberts  90+4' Burke  90+6'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,611 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Toronto FC II v Bethlehem Steel FC

October 6 30	Toronto FC II	2–4	Bethlehem Steel FC	Vaughan, Ontario
19:30	Hundal 61', 88'	Report Box Score	Moar 19', 22' Jones 53' Conneh 81'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 647 Referee: David Barrie

Rochester Rhinos v Bethlehem Steel FC

October 10 31	Rochester Rhinos	1–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Rochester, New York
19:05	Graf 38'	Report Box Score	Conneh  86'	Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium Attendance: 963 Referee: Thomas Snyder

Bethlehem Steel FC v Saint Louis FC

October 15 32	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
15:00	Aaronson  6' Real 35' Chambers  54' Moar  80' Burke  90+2'	Report Box Score	Dalgaard 34' Plewa  46' Mirkovic  64' Rudolph  78'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 3,010 Referee: Greg Dopka

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
32	44	12	12	8	46	45	+1	6	5	5	23	23	0	6	7	3	23	22	+1

Last updated: October 28, 2017
Source: 2017 USL season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Stadium	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D
Position	11	10	12	15	11	13	9	9	13	7	11	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	7	9	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2017. Source: 2017 USL season and Current USL Standing
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

USL Playoffs

Bethlehem Steel FC earned the final playoff spot during the 2017 USL season for the first time in the club's history. Finishing as the 8th seed, Steel FC's first round fixture was away at conference winning Louisville City FC.

All times in Eastern Time.^[13]

Louisville City FC v Bethlehem Steel FC

October 20 First Round	Louisville City FC	4–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM	Morad 14', 31' Spencer 70' Ownby 79'	Report Box Score	Real  57' Burke  63' Conneh  75' Jones  87'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Statistics

As of October 28, 2017.^[14]

Players included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Playoffs		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Jack Elliott	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Ken Tribbett	12	1	0	0	12	1	3	0
7	MF		Brian Carroll	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		Maurice Edu	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW		Charlie Davies	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
12	DF		Keegan Rosenberry	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Fabian Herbers	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0
15	DF		Josh Yaro	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
16	DF		Richie Marquez	4	1	0	0	4	1	1	0
19	DF		Aaron Jones	29	2	1	0	30	2	5	1
20	MF		Marcus Epps	13	1	0	0	13	1	0	0
21	MF		Derrick Jones	12	1	1	0	13	1	4	0
24	MF		Adam Najem	23	2	1	0	24	2	1	0
26	DF		Auston Trusty	25	0	1	0	26	0	6	0
32	DF		Giliano Wijnaldum	7	0	0	0	7	0	4	0
36	FW		Seku Conneh	26	10	1	0	27	10	6	0
37	FW		Chris Nanco	28	4	1	0	29	4	4	0
38	FW		Santi Moar	30	6	0	0	30	6	6	0
39	MF		Amoy Brown	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
40	MF		Josh Heard	16	0	1	0	17	0	1	0
41	FW		Cory Burke	25	9	1	0	26	9	10	1
42	DF		Hugh Roberts	26	1	1	0	27	1	1	1
43	MF		Chris Wingate	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
44	DF		Charlie Reymann	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
45	MF		James Chambers	28	5	1	0	29	5	6	0
47	DF		Matthew Real	18	1	1	0	19	1	6	0
48	DF		Matt Mahoney	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
49	MF		Yosef Samuel	21	0	1	0	22	0	3	0
50	DF		Mark McKenzie‡	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
52	FW		Issa Rayyan‡	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
53	FW		Tiger Graham‡	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
55	MF		Dawson McCartney‡	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
56	MF		Seth Kuhn‡	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
57	MF		Justin McMaster‡	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
59	MF		Anthony Fontana‡	11	0	0	0	11	0	4	0
60	MF		Josue Monge‡	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
63	MF		Brendan Aaronson‡	6	0	1	0	7	0	1	0
68	MF		Michael Pellegrino‡	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total									46	77	3

Goalkeepers

As of October 28, 2017.^[14]

Players included in matchday squads

Nat.	No.	Player	Apps	Starts	Record	GA	GAA	SO
	23	John McCarthy	3	3	1-1-1	3	1.00	1	0	0
	29	Jake McGuire	23	23	10-6-5	26	1.13	5	2	0
	46	Matt Perrella†	0	0	0-0-0	0	0.00	0	0	0
	64	Tomas Romero‡	7	7	1-5-1	16	2.29	0	0	0
Total					12-12-7	45	1.45	6	2	0

Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem.

Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy for individual matches with Bethlehem.

Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.

Players with names marked † were transferred/released from the club midseason.

League denotes USL regular season

Playoffs denotes USL Playoffs

Honors

• Week 3 Player of the Week: F Seku Conneh^[15]
  Honorable Mention: M Santi Moar^[15]
• Week 6 Team of the Week: D Hugh Roberts^[16]
• Week 8 Team of the Week: G Jake McGuire^[17]
• Week 9 Save of the Week: G Jake McGuire^[18]
• Week 10 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: F Cory Burke^[19]
• Week 11 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: F Seku Conneh^[20]
• Week 12 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: F Seku Conneh^[21]
• Week 13 Player of the Week: M Adam Najem^[22]
  Honorable Mention: D Auston Trusty^[22]
• Week 15 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: D Aaron Jones^[23]
• Week 20 Team of the Week: M Chris Nanco^[24]
• Week 21 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: F Cory Burke^[25]
• Week 24 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: M Marcus Epps^[26]
• Week 27 Team of the Week: F Cory Burke^[27]
• Week 28 Team of the Week Honorable Mention: F Seku Conneh^[28]
• Week 29 Team of the Week: M Santi Moar^[29]