2019–20 Miami FC season

The 2019–20 Miami FC season was the club's first season playing in the National Independent Soccer Association, a newly established third division soccer league in the United States, and first professional season since 2017. It was also Miami's third season of professional play overall.

Miami FC

2019–20 NISA season
Owner	Riccardo Silva
Head coach	Paul Dalglish
Stadium	Buccaneer Field at Barry University & Riccardo Silva Stadium
NISA	Fall, East Coast Conf.: 1st Spring: N/A
Playoffs	Fall: East Coast Champion Spring: N/A
Top goalscorer	League: Dylan Mares (5) All: Dylan Mares & Miguel González (5)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 1,309 (November 9 vs. Stumptown Athletic)
Lowest home attendance	289 (October 6 vs. Atlanta SC)
Average home league attendance	569 (regular season) 717 (inc. playoffs)
Biggest win	8–1 (September 15 vs. Philadelphia Fury)
Biggest defeat	N/A
← 2017 2020 →

The team competed in the fall portion of the NISA season, between September and November 2019, before leaving the league and joining the second division USL Championship. During that span Miami went undefeated through eight games and won the NISA East Coast Championship over Stumptown Athletic. Dylan Mares and Miguel González led the team with five goals each.

Overview

Following the cancellation of the 2018 NASL season, Miami FC began play in the National Premier Soccer League, a semi-pro league affiliated to the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), and won its national title in both 2018 and 2019.^[1] In mid-2019, it was announced that the team would re-join professional soccer in the newly established National Independent Soccer Association (NISA).^[2][3] The 2019 fall NISA schedule was announced on July 25, 2019.^[4]

On December 11, former USL Championship club Ottawa Fury FC announced that it had transferred its franchise rights to the Miami FC ownership group, and the club would begin competition in the league beginning with the 2020 season.^[5] Miami became the second NISA team to cease league play during an on-going season after Philadelphia Fury went on hiatus after one game earlier in 2019.

Roster

As of December 5, 2019^[6]

Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions and leagues.

No.	Name	Nationality	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		22	0
22	Bryant Gammiero		GK	(1993-11-02) November 2, 1993 (age 31)	Florida Soccer Soldiers	2019		1	0
33	Lionel Brown		GK	(1987-09-17) September 17, 1987 (age 37)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2016		4	0
Defenders
3	Marco Franco		DF	(1991-10-06) October 6, 1991 (age 33)	Penn FC	2019		15	0
4	Matheus Silva		DF	(1996-12-08) December 8, 1996 (age 28)	Orlando City B	2019		2	0
5	Callum Chapman-Page		DF	(1995-11-03) November 3, 1995 (age 29)	PBA Sailfish	2019		15	2
7	Maximiliano Schenfeld		DF	(1992-10-18) October 18, 1992 (age 32)	Miami United FC	2019		3	0
23	Brenton Griffiths		DF	(1991-02-09) February 9, 1991 (age 34)	Reno 1868	2019		21	3
45	Jalen Markey		DF	(1995-03-30) March 30, 1995 (age 30)	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2019		19	0
88	Shawn Chin		DF	(1989-05-11) May 11, 1989 (age 36)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2018		26	3
Midfielders
6	Dylan Mares		MF	(1992-02-11) February 11, 1992 (age 33)	Indy Eleven	2019		77	27
8	Tomás Granitto		MF	(1993-06-12) June 12, 1993 (age 32)	Miami United FC	2019		22	1
14	Robert Baggio Kcira		MF	(1994-09-01) September 1, 1994 (age 30)	Wiener Neustadt	2019		17	2
16	Harrison Heath		MF	(1996-03-06) March 6, 1996 (age 29)	Minnesota United FC	2019		13	1
17	Brian James		MF	(1993-10-25) October 25, 1993 (age 31)	Toronto FC II	2018		26	2
20	Alessandro Milesi		MF	(1999-12-21) December 21, 1999 (age 25)	Brescia Calcio U-19	2019		2	0
21	Héctor Morales		MF	(1993-01-19) January 19, 1993 (age 32)	AFC Ann Arbor	2019		19	2
25	Lance Rozeboom		MF	(1989-05-31) May 31, 1989 (age 36)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2019		23	0
Forwards
2	Othello Bah		FW	(1997-04-27) April 27, 1997 (age 28)	Unattached	2019		18	1
9	Mohamed Thiaw		FW	(1995-01-24) January 24, 1995 (age 30)	San Jose Earthquakes	2019		23	16
11	Lloyd Sam		FW	(1984-09-27) September 27, 1984 (age 40)	AFC Wimbledon	2019		21	3
12	Miguel González		FW	(1990-10-01) October 1, 1990 (age 34)	Oklahoma City Energy	2019		23	21

Staff

• Paul Dalglish – Head coach
• Nelson Vargas – Assistant coach
• Anthony Hazelwood – Goalkeeper coach

Transfers

In

#	Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Source
22	GK	Bryant Martin Gammiero	Florida Soccer Soldiers	Free transfer	September 5, 2019	[7]
20	MF	Alessandro Milesi	Brescia Calcio U-19	Free transfer	September 5, 2019
7	DF	Maximiliano Schenfeld	Miami United FC	Free transfer	September 24, 2019	[8]
4	DF	Matheus Silva	Orlando City B	Free transfer	October 2, 2019	[9]

Notes

1.^ 17 of Miami FC's players were already signed to professional contracts prior to joining NISA

Out

#	Pos.	Player	Signed to	Details	Date	Source
7	DF	John Neeskens	Trenčín	Free transfer	August 8, 2019
10	MF	Ariel Martínez	FC Tulsa	Free transfer	December 17, 2019	[10]
92	FW	Darío Suárez	FC Tulsa	Free transfer	December 17, 2019

Competitions

NISA Fall season (Showcase)

Main article: 2019–20 NISA season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami FC (O)	6	4	2	0	19	6	+13	14	East Coast Championship
2	Stumptown Athletic	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	12
3	Atlanta SC	6	2	2	2	13	10	+3	8
4	Philadelphia Fury	6	0	0	6	1	23	−22	0	Withdrew[a]

Source: NISAofficial.com
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Philadelphia Fury withdrew after one match and forfeited their remaining matches

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
7	5	2	0	22	8	+14	17	3	1	0	15	6	+9	2	1	0	7	2	+5

Last updated: November 9, 2019.
Source: Match reports

Matches

Miami FC v Philadelphia Fury

September 15, 2019 (2019-09-15) 1	Miami FC	8–1	Philadelphia Fury	Miami Shores, Florida
7:00 p.m.	Sam 21' González 27, 80' Bah 54' Mares 58, 62, 68' Suárez  86' Philadelphia Fury 90' (o.g.)	Report MyCujoo Broadcast	Hurff  49' Bennett  71' Schneider 77'	Stadium: Buccaneer Field at Barry University Attendance: 782

Miami FC v Stumptown Athletic

September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22) 2	Miami FC	2–1	Stumptown Athletic	Miami Shores, Florida
7:00 p.m	Griffiths 21' Suárez 70'	Report MyCujoo Broadcast	Benamna 35',  55' Binns  75'	Stadium: Buccaneer Field at Barry University Attendance: 312

Stumptown Athletic v Miami FC

September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28) 3	Stumptown Athletic	0–2	Miami FC	Pineville, North Carolina
7:00 p.m.	Binns  38' Silva  45+2'	Report MyCujoo Broadcast	Mares 25' Markey  40'  86' Thiaw 61'	Stadium: CSA OrthoCarolina Sportsplex Attendance: 502

Miami FC v Atlanta SC

October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) 4	Miami FC	2–2	Atlanta SC	Miami Shores, Florida
7:00 p.m.	Thiaw 18, 60' Chin  38' Heath  82'	Report MyCujoo Broadcast	Moreno  10' Bartman 53' Gerewou  84' Frank 90+2',  90+6'	Stadium: Buccaneer Field at Barry University Attendance: 289

Atlanta SC v Miami FC

October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12) 5	Atlanta SC	2–2	Miami FC	Alpharetta, Georgia
7:00 p.m.	Karpeh, Jr. 11' Otoo  52' Saydee 69'	Report	Mares 13' (pen.),  74' Thiaw 58'	Stadium: St. Francis School Attendance: 252

Miami FC v Oakland Roots SC

October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26) 6	Miami FC	3–2	Oakland Roots SC	Miami, Florida
7:00 p.m.	González 11, 38' Rozeboom  57' Chin 90+3'	Report MyCujoo Broadcast	Ghantous  24' McInerney 43, 49'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 891
Note: Due to Miami playing more than six games, this game was not counted towards its standings in the East Table but did count for Oakland in the West Table.

Philadelphia Fury v Miami FC

November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) 7	Philadelphia Fury	0–3 (Forfeit)	Miami FC	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m.				Stadium: David Stanton Field

Playoff

Miami FC v Stumptown Athletic

November 9, 2019 (2019-11-09)	Miami FC	3–0	Stumptown Athletic	Miami, Florida
7:00 p.m.	Martínez 28' (pen.) González 38' Sam 45' Heath  76'	Report MyCujoo Broadcast	Campbell  90+'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 1309

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Fall Season		Fall Playoff
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	USA	Mark Pais	6	0	5	0	1	0
22	GK	USA	Bryant Gammiero	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	VIR	Lionel Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	USA	Marco Franco	6	0	5	0	1	0
4	DF	BRA	Matheus Silva	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Callum Chapman-Page	2	0	1	0	1	0
7	DF	CHI	Maximiliano Schenfeld	3	0	3	0	0	0
23	DF	JAM	Brenton Griffiths	6	2	5	2	1	0
45	DF	USA	Jalen Markey	4	0	4	0	0	0
88	DF	USA	Shawn Chin	6	1	5	1	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	USA	Dylan Mares	7	5	6	5	1	0
8	MF	SLV	Tomás Granitto	6	0	5	0	1	0
10	MF	CUB	Ariel Martínez	7	1	6	0	1	1
14	MF	USA	Robert Baggio Kcira	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Harrison Heath	6	0	5	0	1	0
17	MF	USA	Brian James	6	0	5	0	1	0
20	MF	PER	Alessandro Milesi	2	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	CUB	Héctor Morales	6	0	5	0	1	0
25	MF	USA	Lance Rozeboom	6	0	5	0	1	0
Forwards
2	FW	LBR	Othello Bah	4	1	3	1	1	0
9	FW	SEN	Mohamed Thiaw	7	4	6	4	1	0
11	FW	GHA	Lloyd Sam	6	2	5	1	1	1
12	FW	MEX	Miguel González	6	5	5	4	1	1
92	FW	CUB	Darío Suárez	6	1	5	1	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Fall Season	Fall Playoff	Total
1	MF		6	Dylan Mares	5	0	5
	FW		12	Miguel González	4	1	5
2	FW		9	Mohamed Thiaw	4	0	4
3	FW		11	Lloyd Sam	1	1	2
	DF		23	Brenton Griffiths	2	0	2
4	FW		2	Othello Bah	1	0	1
	MF		10	Ariel Martínez	0	1	1
	FW		22	Darío Suárez	1	0	1
	DF		88	Shawn Chin	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Fall Season		Fall Playoff		Total
6		MF	Dylan Mares	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Harrison Heath	1	0	1	0	2	0
25		MF	Lance Rozeboom	1	0	0	0	1	0
45		DF	Jalen Markey	2	1	0	0	2	1
88		DF	Shawn Chin	1	0	0	0	1	0
92		FW	Darío Suárez	1	0	0	0	1	0