2020–21 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
2020–21 season season
Owner	New York Cosmos LLC
Chairman	Rocco B. Commisso
Head coach	Carlos Mendes
Stadium	Mitchel Athletic Complex; Uniondale, New York
NISA	Fall, Eastern: 3rd; Spring: N/A
Playoffs	Fall: Group stage; Spring: N/A
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Bljedi Bardic: 2; All: Bljedi Bardic: 2
Biggest win	NAFC 1–3 NYC (Aug. 21)
Biggest defeat	CAL 2–0 NYC ; (Sep. 22, Fall Playoffs)

The 2020–21 New York Cosmos season was the new Cosmos' sixth season of professional play and first playing in the National Independent Soccer Association. Including the previous franchise, it was the 20th season of a club entitled New York Cosmos playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area.

New York finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference during the NISA Fall Season before failing to advance out of the group stage of the Fall Championship. Prior to the Spring Season, the team announced it would be going on hiatus.

Background

In the Cosmos final season in the North American Soccer League, the team earned a 10–15–7 combined regular season record and qualified for the playoffs as a fourth seed. In the Soccer Bowl playoffs, the Cosmos defeated Spring and Fall regular season champion Miami FC in the semifinals via penalty kick shootout.[1][2] On November 12, 2017, the team lost to the San Francisco Deltas, 2–0, in Soccer Bowl 2017.[3]

Following the USSF's decision to deny the NASL division 2 sanctioning and the subsequent cancelation of the 2018 season, the Cosmos organization moved players and staff to the New York Cosmos B. This reserve team had already been playing within the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League, which was governed by the United States Adult Soccer Association, and had won its national title during its inaugural season in 2015. For the next two seasons using a mix of first team and reserve players, Cosmos B, playing games at both Mitchel Athletic Complex and Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium, finished the regular season first in the North Atlantic Conference and won the conference playoff championship both times. In 2019, the team qualified for the NPSL National Championship but fell to fellow NASL cast-off Miami FC, 3–1, at Mitchell. The team also qualified for the both the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Open Cup tournaments, the former being through special permission, and reached the Play-In and Second Rounds in each respectively.

In 2019, the team attempted to rejoin the professional ranks within the NPSL's proposed professional league along with ten other teams.[4] However, this never came to be and the originally titled "Founder's Cup," set to be a precursor tournament to the league, was renamed to the NPSL Member's Cup with the Cosmos first team taking part along with five others including Chattanooga FC and Detroit City FC.[5] The Cosmos finished second in the competition behind Detroit City. In June of that year, team owner Rocco B. Commisso completed the purchase of Serie A side ACF Fiorentina.[6]

In addition, the team also hosted 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli on May 23, beating the German side, 2–1, at Columbia University.[7]

On November 21, 2019, the Cosmos were announced as the newest member of the National Independent Soccer Association with plans to begin play the following year.[8][9]

Club

Roster

As of August 27, 2020[10]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. [11]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Jesse Corke	United States
2	Defender	Armando Guarnera	United States
3	Defender	Pedro Galvão	United States
5	Defender	Matt Lewis	United States
6	Defender	CJ Weinstein	United States
8	Forward	Geo Alves	Cape Verde
11	Forward	Aly Hassan	United States
12	Goalkeeper	Steward Ceus	Haiti
13	Defender	Ansi Agolli	Albania
14	Midfielder	Danny Szetela	United States
15	Forward	Shavon John-Brown	Grenada
16	Forward	Isaac Acuña	Mexico
17	Midfielder	Salvatore Barone	United States
20	Forward	Darwin Espinal	Honduras
21	Midfielder	John Denis	United States
22	Goalkeeper	Gianfranco Barone	United States
23	Defender	Dominick Falanga	United States
24	Midfielder	Mattia Cella	Italy
25	Midfielder	Giuseppe Barone	United States
26	Midfielder	Charlie Ledula	England
27	Defender	Andrew Lubahn	United States
28	Midfielder	Vincenzo Candela	Colombia
31	Goalkeeper	Kevin Tenjo	United States
32	Defender	Konrad Plewa	Poland

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Carlos Mendes	Head coach and general manager
Janine Guarriello	Team administrator

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
14	MF	Danny Szetela	New York Cosmos B	Team captain	February 3, 2020	[12]
4	DF	Emanuele Sembroni	New York Cosmos B		February 11, 2020	[13]
20	FW	Darwin Espinal	New York Cosmos B	Loaned out for 2020 NISA Spring Season, all loans terminated on March 24, 2020[14]	February 18, 2020	[15]
5	DF	Matt Lewis	New York Cosmos B		February 20, 2020	[16]
17	MF	Salvatore Barone	New York Cosmos B		February 20, 2020	[16]
16	FW	Isaac Acuña	New York Cosmos B		February 28, 2020	[17]
32	DF	Konrad Plewa	Real Monarchs		March 10, 2020	[18]
24	GK	Santiago Castaño	New York Cosmos B		May 29, 2020	[19]
1	GK	Jesse Corke	New York Cosmos B
3	DF	Pedro Galvão	New York Cosmos B
13	DF	Ansi Agolli	New York Cosmos B
15	FW	Shavon John-Brown	New York Cosmos B
28	MF	Vincenzo Candela	Charleston Battery		June 8, 2020	[20]
7	FW	Bljedi Bardic	New York Cosmos B		June 26, 2020	[21]
11	FW	Aly Hassan	New York Cosmos B		July 2, 2020	[22]
26	MF	Charlie Ledula	New York Cosmos B		July 2, 2020	[22]
8	FW	Geo Alves	Brockton FC United		July 10, 2020	[23]
23	DF	Dominick Falanga	New York Cosmos B		July 10, 2020	[23]
21	FW	John Devis	Columbia University		July 16, 2020	[24]
6	MF	CJ Weinstein	Sacred Heart University		July 16, 2020	[24]
25	FW	Giuseppe Barone	Milwaukee Torrent		July 23, 2020	[25]
24	MF	Mattia Cella	Caldwell University		July 23, 2020	[25]
12	GK	Steward Ceus	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC		July 24, 2020	[26]
31	GK	Kevin Tenjo	Milwaukee Torrent		July 24, 2020	[26]
27	DF	Andrew Lubahn	Loudoun United FC		July 27, 2020	[27]
2	DF	Armando Guarnera	New York Cosmos B		August 11, 2020	[28]
22	GK	Gianfranco Barone	Milwaukee Torrent		August 11, 2020	[28]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
24	GK	Santiago Castaño	Unattached	Contract terminated	July 24, 2020	[29]
4	DF	Emanuele Sembroni	Unattached	Contract terminated	August 24, 2020	[30]
7	FW	Bljedi Bardic	New Amsterdam FC	Free transfer	January 15, 2021	[31]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
20	FW	Darwin Espinal	Oakland Roots SC	For 2020 NISA Spring Season, loan terminated on March 5, 2020[32]	February 18, 2020	[33]
5	DF	Matt Lewis	Detroit City FC	For 2020 NISA Spring Season, loans terminated on March 24, 2020	February 20, 2020	[34]
17	MF	Salvatore Barone	Detroit City FC		February 20, 2020	[34]
16	FW	Isaac Acuña	Detroit City FC		February 28, 2020	[35]
20	FW	Darwin Espinal	Detroit City FC		March 11, 2020	[36][37]

Competitions

NISA Independent Cup

The Cosmos were announced as one of the four NISA teams taking part in the inaugural NISA Independent Cup on July 1.[38] The regional tournament is set to act as both a pre-season and chance to "provide a platform for professional and amateur independent clubs to play together on a national stage."

New York was drawn into the Mid-Atlantic Region alongside fellow NISA expansion side New Amsterdam FC, Fall 2019 UPSL champion Maryland Bobcats FC, and NPSL side FC Baltimore Christos.

On July 24, NISA announced that the Mid-Atlantic Region tournament was postponed due to a surge in COVID-19 in Maryland and the subsequent closing of the Maryland SoccerPlex to professional sports. [39] On July 28, NISA announced a majority of the region's games would be played at Evergreen Sportsplex in Leesburg, Virginia with the sole exception being the Cosmos opening match against New Amsterdam on August 2, which was played at Hudson Sports Complex in Warwick, New York.[40]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Maryland Bobcats FC (C)	3	1	2	0	9	3	+6	5	Champions
2	FC Baltimore Christos	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
3	New York Cosmos	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	New Amsterdam FC	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head to head; 3) goal differential.
(C) Champion.

Matches

August 2, 2020 (2020-08-02) Match 1	New York Cosmos	1–1	New Amsterdam FC	Warwick, New York
6:45 p.m.	Agolli 27', 45+5' Cella 44' Falanga 61'	Report Broadcast	Afif 25' Vicente 58' Esche 73' Bello 90+1', 90+1'	Stadium: Hudson Sports Complex Attendance: 0
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

August 6, 2020 (2020-08-06) Match 2	New York Cosmos	P–P	FC Baltimore Christos	Leesburg, Virginia
8:45 p.m.				Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex
Note: Postponed due to weather[41]

August 9, 2020 (2020-08-09) Match 3	Maryland Bobcats FC	1–1	New York Cosmos	Leesburg, Virginia
7:45 p.m.	Cauker 9' Iosausu 61' Forka 76'	Report Broadcast	Acuña 19' Candela 45' Agolli 62' Tenjo 71'	Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex Attendance: 0
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Match 2 (replay)	New York Cosmos	2–2	FC Baltimore Christos	Uniondale, New York
3:00 p.m.	Prentice 11' Acuña 41' Espinal 66' Cella 90+1' Galvão 90+5'	Report Broadcast	Bender 12' Dengler 44' Granados 53' Merriam 81' (pen.) Balogun 90+6'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Ernie Constantine
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

NISA Fall Season

On June 4, NISA announced that details for the 2020 Fall Season.[42] The nine member teams would be split into conferences, Eastern and Western, with the Cosmos playing in the former. The team is set to play eight regular season games against the rest of the eastern teams.

Details for the Fall regular season were announced on July 31, 2020.[43] The Cosmos will take part as a member of the Eastern Conference.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chattanooga FC	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	9
2	Michigan Stars FC	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
3	New York Cosmos	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
4	Detroit City FC	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
5	New Amsterdam FC	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Source: NISAofficial.com

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
4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	3	+1

Last updated: September 12, 2020.
Source: Match reports

Matches

August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) Week 1	New York Cosmos	1–1	Michigan Stars FC	Uniondale, New York
7:00 p.m. EDT	Szetela 53' Bardic 72'	NISA Report Cosmos Report Broadcast	Bernedo 45' Reynolds 90+2'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 0
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21) Week 2	New Amsterdam FC	1–3	New York Cosmos	Warwick, New York
6:00 p.m. EDT	Vicente 15' (pen.) Nastu 32' Esche 41' Nadaner 82'	NISA Report Cosmos Report Broadcast	Agolli 30' Lewis 45+1' Bardic 47' Sembroni 56' Hassan 80' 87' Szetela 90+3'	Stadium: Hudson Sports Complex Attendance: 0
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) Week 3	New York Cosmos	P–P	Detroit City FC	Uniondale, New York
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex
Note: Match was postponed to protest racial injustice after the Shooting of Jacob Blake.

September 9, 2020 (2020-09-09) Week 3 (Replay)	New York Cosmos	0–0	Detroit City FC	Uniondale, New York
7:00 p.m. EDT	Cella 21' Szetela 30' Bardic 52' Agolli 68'	NISA Report FotMob Report Broadcast	Matthews 15' Conteh 35'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Centeno
Note: Match make-up due to the Shooting of Jacob Blake. Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12) Week 4	Chattanooga FC	2–1	New York Cosmos	Chattanooga, Tennessee
8:40 p.m. EDT	Koloko 62' Lom 76' (pen.) Adams 81' Russell 90+1'	NISA Report FotMob Report Broadcast	Ledula 34' Alves 37' Acuña 45+2'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 918 Referee: Carlos Pielago

Fall Playoffs

All eight NISA teams qualified for the 2020 Fall tournament, which will be hosted at Keyworth Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, beginning on September 21 ending with the final on October 2.[44] The New York Cosmos were drawn into Group B of the two group tournament. Going into their final match, the Cosmos needed to win by five or more goals to advance to the Fall Semi-Finals. They failed to do so, and were eliminated when they lost 2 - 1.

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Force	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	Advance to semifinals
2	Chattanooga FC	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to semifinals
3	California United Strikers FC	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	New York Cosmos	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on September 28, 2020. Source: NISAofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal differential, 3) Goals scored, 4) Head-to-head record, 5) Coin toss

September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22) Group stage	California United Strikers FC	2–0	New York Cosmos	Hamtramck, Michigan
5:00 p.m. EDT	Kaemerle 39' Thierjung 61' Bryant 64'	NISA Report FotMob Report Broadcast		Stadium: Keyworth Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carter Brochu
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) Group stage	Chattanooga FC	0–0	New York Cosmos	Hamtramck, Michigan
5:00 p.m. EDT	Hernandez 11' Carr 33' Bement 47' Koloko 64' Marcano 80'	NISA Report FotMob Report Broadcast	Cella 24' G. Barone 50'	Stadium: Keyworth Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Pizzimenti
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28) Group stage	New York Cosmos	1–2	Los Angeles Force	Hamtramck, Michigan
8:00 p.m. EDT	Cella 44' Szetela 53' Acuña 63' John-Brown 90+1'	NISA Report FotMob Report Broadcast	Gordillo 15' Trejo 40' Villatoro 62' 74' Salazar 70'	Stadium: Keyworth Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jacob Little
Note: Game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

NISA Spring Season

On January 29, 2021, the Cosmos announced that the team would be pauing operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]

U.S. Open Cup

The Cosmos went on hiatus prior to the U.S. Open Cup draw.

Squad statistics

As of Match played September 28, 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Fall Season		Fall Playoffs		Spring Season		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jesse Corke	6	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Armando Guarnera	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Pedro Galvão	6	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Matt Lewis	7	1	3+1	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW		Geo Alves	5	1	1+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Aly Hassan	6	1	0+3	1	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Ansi Agolli	6	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Danny Szetela	6	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW		Shavon John-Brown	7	1	4+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Isaac Acuña	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Salvatore Barone	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW		Darwin Espinal	5	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF		John Denis	3	0	0+0	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF		Dominick Falanga	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Mattia Cella	7	0	2+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Giuseppe Barone	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Charlie Ledula	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF		Andrew Lubahn	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Vincenzo Candela	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK		Kevin Tenjo	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF		Konrad Plewa	7	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for the New York Cosmos who are no longer at the club:
4	DF		Emanuele Sembroni	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Bljedi Bardic	6	2	3+1	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Fall Season	Fall Playoffs	Total
1	FW	7	Bljedi Bardic	2	0	2
2	DF	5	Matt Lewis	1	0	1
	FW	8	Geo Alves	1	0	1
	FW	11	Aly Hassan	1	0	1
	FW	15	Shavon John-Brown	0	1	1
TOTALS				5	1	6

Own goal scorers

Position	Team	Nation	Number	Name	Fall Season	Fall Playoffs	Spring Season	U.S. Open Cup	Total
DF	New York Cosmos		?	Placeholder	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Fall Season		Fall Playoffs		Spring Season		U.S. Open Cup		Total
4		DF	Emanuele Sembroni	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7		FW	Bljedi Bardic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Aly Hassan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Ansi Agolli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Danny Szetela	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		FW	Isaac Acuña	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		MF	Mattia Cella	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25		MF	Giuseppe Barone	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Charlie Ledula	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	1

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National Independent Soccer Association
Current teams	California United Strikers FC Chattanooga FC Detroit City FC Los Angeles Force Maryland Bobcats FC Michigan Stars FC New Amsterdam FC San Diego 1904 FC Stumptown Athletic
On hiatus	New York Cosmos
Future teams	Chicago NISA (Fall 2021) New Jersey Teamsterz FC (Fall 2021) Flower City Union (Spring 2022)
Seasons	2019–20 2020–21
Affiliated Leagues	Eastern Premier Soccer League Gulf Coast Premier League Midwest Premier League Mountain Premier League

2020–21 NISA season by team
Playoffs: (Fall, Spring)
Full season	California United Strikers FC Chattanooga FC Detroit City FC Los Angeles Force Michigan Stars FC New Amsterdam FC
Fall 2020 only	New York Cosmos Oakland Roots SC
Spring 2021 only	Maryland Bobcats FC San Diego 1904 FC Stumptown Athletic