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2012 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2012 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's seventeenth season of existence. It was the Rhinos' second-consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.

Rochester Rhinos
2012 season
OwnerUnited States Rob Clark
Head coachUnited States Jesse Myers
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
USL Pro2nd
USL Pro Playoffs2nd Round
U.S. Open CupThird Round
Top goalscorerAndrew Hoxie - 6
Highest home attendance7,959
Lowest home attendance4,653
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Background

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After the split of several USL clubs to create the North American Soccer League, United Soccer Leagues restructured its top division, and created the USL Pro, which received third-tier sanctioning from U.S. Soccer. The Rhinos, who had played in the second division of American soccer for their entire existence, opted to join the USL Pro, and thus play in the third tier.

On the field, the Rhinos won their division, and boasted the fourth best overall record, making it the second straight year Rochester were division champions. For the third straight season, however, Rochester was eliminated in the first round of the respective league's playoffs.

Outside of the USL Pro Division, the Rhinos were eliminated in the third round of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup by the MLS side Philadelphia Union.[1] The Rhinos also played a School Day friendly against NPSL team FC Buffalo.[2]

Competitions

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Preseason Friendlies

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March 30, 2012 Rochester Rhinos 2 - 0 Colgate University Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
McFayden   55'
Boughton  58'		 [1]
April 1, 2012 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 0 UB Bulls Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
Bellamy   45'
Bellamy  29'		 [2]
April 6, 2012 Rochester Rhinos 2 - 1 Syracuse Orange Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
McManus   23'
Rosenlund  55'		 [3] Thomas  47'
May 8, 2012 Rochester Rhinos 1-0 FC Buffalo Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
Hemmi   51' [4] Attendance: 9000

USL Pro

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Further information: 2012 USL Pro season
April 14, 2012 Match 1 Los Angeles Blues 0 - 2 Rochester Rhinos Fullerton, CA
10:30 PM ET Irving Garcia   36' [5] Rosenlund   22'
Rosenlund   21'
Earls   58'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 2,432
Referee: Jesus Cisneros, Eduardo Mariscal, Apolinar Mariscal, Jonathan Hughes
April 20, 2012 Match 2 Los Angeles Blues 0 - 2 Rochester Rhinos Fullerton, CA
10:30 PM ET George Davis IV   48'
Borja   90'		 [6] Hoxie   50'
Banks   56'
Tanke  87'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Jesus Cisneros, Felisha Mariscal, Adrian Gonzalez, Robert Warsaraz
April 28, 2012 Match 3 Dayton Dutch Lions 0 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Dayton, OH
7:30 PM ET Preciado   34'
Knotek  49'
Copier   55'		 [7] Banks   67' Stadium: Careflight Field
Attendance: 853
Referee: Cory Richardson, Pierre Saintil Francillen, Jamie Chierd, Grant Brown
May 5, 2012 Match 4 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 0 Charlotte Eagles Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Bloom  9' (og) [8] Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7959
Referee: Steve Montanino
May 11, 2012 Match 5 Charlotte Eagles 0 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Charlotte, NC
8:00 PM ET Guzman   82' [9] Chinn  18'
McManus   58'		 Stadium: Charlotte Christian Stadium
Attendance: 964
Referee: Daniel Thornberry
May 12, 2012 Match 6 Charleston Battery 0 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Charleston, SC
7:30 PM ET Flatley   70' [10] Earls  61'
McManus   72'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3819
Referee: Sky Arthur Banning
May 18, 2012 Match 7 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 1 Dayton Dutch Lions Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET Kirk   74'
Roberts  51'		 [11] Bardsley   28' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7414
Referee: David Mon
May 25, 2012 Match 8 Harrisburg City Islanders 1 - 0 Rochester Rhinos Harrisburg, PA
6:00 PM ET Langley   48' [12] Rosenlund   39'
Fernandez   83'		 Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Referee: Eric Weisbrod
May 26, 2012 Match 9 Dayton Dutch Lions 2 - 2 Rochester Rhinos Dayton, OH
7:30 PM ET Garner   34'
Copier  64'		 [13] Brito  52'
McManus   90'
Manscuk   30'		 Stadium: Careflight Field
Referee: Andrew Bigelow
June 2, 2012 Match 10 Rochester Rhinos 0 - 1 Richmond Kickers Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Kirk   13'
Cost   61'
Fernandez  90'		 [14] Vercollone   5' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5237
Referee: David Mon
June 8, 2012 Match 11 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 1 Wilmington Hammerheads Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET Rosenlund  30'
Earls   56'
Taynor   61'		 [15] Nicholson  68'
Budnyy  41'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5944
Referee: Vito Testa
June 15, 2012 Match 12 Harrisburg City Islanders 2 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Harrisburg, PA
6:00 PM ET Ekra   86'
Mkosana   90'		 Report Roberts   49'
Traynor   77'
Tanke   80'		 Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,958
Referee: Michael Donovan
June 17, 2012 Match 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Pittsburgh, PA
3:00 PM ET Nuñez   16' Report Kirk   60' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 1,056
June 23, 2012 Match 14 Richmond Kickers 2 - 3 Rochester Rhinos Richmond, VA
7:00 PM ET Vercollone   8'
Callahan   45'
Yeisley   82'
Pascale   90'
Nyazamba   90+3'		 Report Brito   27'
Earls   42'
Tanke   59'
Hoxie   85' (pen.)
Banks   90+2'
Nicht   90+4'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,365
Referee:   Shawn Fitch
June 30, 2012 Match 15 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 2 Harrisburg City Islanders Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Kirk   70'
Banks   75'   89'
Nicht   90'		 Report Mkosana   52'
Yates   83'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,592
Referee:   John Douglas
July 4, 2012 Match 16 Rochester Rhinos 4 - 1 Antigua Barracuda FC Rochester, NY
7:55 PM ET McFayden   3', 18'
Hoxie   76', 80'		 Report Byers   29'
Skepple   85'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,653
Referee:   David Mon
July 7, 2012 Match 17 Rochester Rhinos 2 - 0 Dayton Dutch Lions Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Earls   3'
Kissi   90'		 Report Holowaty   90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,432
Referee:   Marc Lawrence
July 12, 2012 Match 18 Wilmington Hammerheads 0 - 0 Rochester Rhinos Wilmington, NC
7:30 PM ET Cole   57'
Chijindu   79'		 Report Rosenlund   44'
Hoxie   56'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,358
July 14, 2012 Match 19 Orlando City 4 - 0 Rochester Rhinos Orlando, FL
7:30 PM ET Luzunaris   10'   23'
Jérôme   15'
Valentino   27'
López   73' (pen.)		 Report Chris Estridge   16'
Kyle Manscuk   33'
Roberts   51'
Lucas Fernandez   69'		 Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 7,260
July 21, 2012 Match 20 Rochester Rhinos 2 - 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Banks   10'
Hoxie   77'		 Report Costanzo   55'
Katic   85'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,221
July 27, 2012 Match 21 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 0 Los Angeles Blues Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET McManus   26'
Hall   60' (o.g.)		 Report Galindo   28'
García   35'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,643
August 3, 2012 Match 22 Rochester Rhinos 0 - 1 Orlando City Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET McManus   23'
Banks   56'   76'
Rosenlund   74'		 Report Watson   65'
Ustruck   67'
Mbengue   71'   80'
Chin   87'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,383
August 11, 2012 Match 23 Rochester Rhinos 0 - 4 Charleston Battery Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Report Donatelli   18', 30'
Sanyang   45+1'
Kelly   86'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,597
August 18, 2012 Match 24 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester, NY
7:05 PM ET Roberts   18'
Hoxie   87'
Tanke   90'   90'		 Report Katic   22'
Costanzo   45'
C'deBaca   90'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,101

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orlando City SC (C) 24 17 6 1 50 18 +32 57 Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye
2 Rochester Rhinos (A) 24 12 5 7 27 23 +4 41 Playoffs 1st round bye
3 Charleston Battery (A) 24 12 2 10 36 26 +10 38 Playoffs
4 Richmond Kickers (A) 24 11 5 8 31 27 +4 38
5 Wilmington Hammerheads (A) 24 10 7 7 34 32 +2 37
6 Harrisburg City Islanders (A) 24 10 7 7 34 29 +5 37
7 Charlotte Eagles 24 11 3 10 34 26 +8 36
8 Los Angeles Blues 24 9 3 12 26 29 −3 30
9 Dayton Dutch Lions 24 4 10 10 20 29 −9 22
10 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 24 4 5 15 20 39 −19 17
11 Antigua Barracuda 24 5 1 18 16 50 −34 16
Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: Points, then tiebreak: 1) Head-to-head record based on total points in League games, 2) Total wins in League games, 3) Goal difference in League games, 4) Goals scored in League games, etc.[3]
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: December 17, 2011.
Source: Match reports

Results by round
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Stadium
Result
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

USL Pro Play Off

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August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) SF Rochester Rhinos 1 - 1
(a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Charleston Battery Rochester, New York
7:35 pm EDT McFayden   55'
McManus   57'
Hoxie   76'
Cost   80'
Fernandez   90'		 Report
Report		 Donatelli   90+'
Hoffer   114'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Vito Testa, Jr.
Penalties
Hoxie  
Kyriazis  
Earls  
Zamudio  
Roberts  
Nicht  
Rosenlund  		   Patterson
  Donatelli
  Azira
  Falvey
  Prince
  Wilson
  Mack

U.S. Open Cup

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Further information: 2012 U.S. Open Cup
May 22, 2012 2 Rochester Rhinos 3 - 0 Brooklyn Italians Rochester, NY
7:35 PM ET McManus   25'
Chinn   43'
Banks  76'		 [16] Kirk   60' Stadium: Sahlens Stadium
Attendance: 3,631
May 29, 2012 3 Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Rochester Rhinos Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM ET Martínez   5'
Adu   29'
Adu   73' (pen)		 [17] Earls   40'
Traynor   52'		 Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 4,175
Referee: Robert Sibiga

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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

Top scorers

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Position Nation Number Name USL Pro U.S. Open Cup Total

Disciplinary record

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Position Nation Number Name USL Pro U.S. Open Cup Preseason Total (USSF Total)
               
TOTALS — — — — — — — —

Roster

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as of November 28, 2011[4]

No. Position Player Nation
2 DF Tyler Bellamy   United States
3 MF Drew Cost   United States
4 DF Mike Zaher   United States
5 DF Jack Traynor   United States
6 DF Georgios Kyriazis   Greece
7 MF Gustavo Zamudio   Chile
8 MF Tyler Rosenlund   Canada
10 FW Tam McManus   Scotland
11 FW Conor Chinn   United States
12 DF Troy Roberts   United States
13 DF Quavas Kirk   United States
15 FW Graciano Brito   Cape Verde
16 MF Danny Earls   Republic of Ireland
17 DF Masaki Hemmi   Japan
18 FW Isaac Kissi   Ghana
20 DF Lucas Fernandez   Argentina
21 DF Kyle Manscuk   United States
23 GK Brandon Miller   United States
24 GK Kristian Nicht   Germany
25 FW Andrew Hoxie   United States
27 MF Michael Tanke   United States
29 MF J. C. Banks   United States
31 GK Joe Marino   United States

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Freddy Adu scores 2, Philadelphia Union beats Rochester Rhinos 3-0 in U.S. Open Cup". Washington Post. Retrieved June 5, 2012.[dead link]
  2. ^ Mendola, Nick. "FC Buffalo falls to USL Pro's Rochester Rhinos, 1-0, in front of 9000 at Sahlen's Stadium". FC Buffalo. FC Buffalo. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. ^ See Rule 2.11 League Regulations
  4. ^ "rhinossoccer.com: Roster". Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
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