North American Soccer League 2013

North American Soccer League 2013
Teams	7 (Spring Season) 8 (Fall Season)
Games	42 (Spring Season) 56 (Fall Season) + 1 final game
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The North American Soccer League 2013 is the third North American Soccer League season. It begins on April 6, 2013 with the first day of the Spring Season and ends in November 2013 with the championship final.

Competition format

The format of the competition is not unchanged compared to the first two seasons. In early September 2012, the NASL approved a competition reform for the 2013 season with a large majority. In the first two seasons a team in the regular season had to play one home and one away game against every other team and the six best teams played the championship title in the play-offs. Starting with the 2013 season, two independent six-month competitions will be held in one year: the Spring Season in the first half of the year and the Fall Season in the second half of the year. As in the past in the regular season, each team must compete in a home and away game against the other teams. The two champions of the two half-year competitions meet after the end of the fall season in a final game in which the champion of the 2013 season is determined. The final game will take place in the stadium of the champions of the spring season. If one and the same team wins both half-year competitions, it will play against the team that has collected the second most points over the entire year.

In contrast to the previous season, the third season should start with nine teams. New York Cosmos was to become a new member of the NASL . In early December 2012, however, the franchise announced that the team would not compete until the 2013 fall season. Almost three weeks later, the club Puerto Rico Islanders FC announced that they would only participate in the NASL in the fall 2013 season and pause in the 2013 spring season. As a reason, the club cited the reorganization of business activities. In February 2013 it was announced that the Islanders were also pausing the 2013 fall season and would not return to play until 2014. This means that only seven franchises will participate in the 2013 spring season, but eight in the 2013 fall season.

Spring season

The Spring Season begins on April 6, 2013 with the first day of play and ends on July 4, 2013 with the 12th day of play.

Teams

team	Stadion	capacity	Founded	entry	Trainer
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Lockhart Stadium	20,450	2005	2011	Daryl Shore
Carolina RailHawks	WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000	2006	2011	Colin Clarke
Minnesota United	National Sports Center	08,500	2009	2011	Manny Lagos
San Antonio Scorpions	Toyota Field	08,000	2010	2012	Tim Hankinson
Tampa Bay rowdies	Progress Energy Park	07,227	2008	2011	Ricky Hill
Atlanta Silverbacks	Atlanta Silverbacks Park	05,000	1998	2011	Brian Haynes
Edmonton FC	Clarke Stadium	01,200	2009	2011	Colin Miller

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlanta Silverbacks	12	6th	3	3	020:150	+5	21st
2.	Carolina RailHawks	12	5	5	2	020:160	+4	20th
3.	San Antonio Scorpions	12	6th	2	4th	019:150	+4	20th
4th	Tampa Bay rowdies	12	5	3	4th	021:160	+5	18th
5.	Edmonton FC	12	3	5	4th	013:120	+1	14th
6th	Minnesota United	12	4th	2	6th	018:230	−5	14th
7th	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	12	2	2	8th	010:240	−14	08th

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games of this spring season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Spring season 2013
Atlanta Silverbacks		2-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	1-0	1: 2
Carolina RailHawks	1: 1		2: 1	3: 1	3: 2	5: 2	2: 1
Edmonton FC	3-0	1: 1		0: 1	3: 1	1-0	0-0
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2: 1	1: 4	1: 2
Minnesota United	0: 3	2: 2	2-0	2: 1		0-0	2: 3
San Antonio Scorpions	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	2-0		0: 2
Tampa Bay rowdies	3: 4	0-0	1: 1	4-0	2: 3	1: 2

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by surname or artist name.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1.		Hans Denissen	San Antonio Scorpions	8th
1		Brian Shriver	Carolina RailHawks	8th
3.		Simone Bracalello	Minnesota United	5
3		Georgi Christow	Tampa Bay rowdies	5
3		Ruben Luna	Atlanta Silverbacks	5
6th		Pablo Campos	Minnesota United	4th
2		Luke Mulholland	Tampa Bay rowdies	4th
8th.		Michael Cox	Edmonton FC	3
8th		Pedro Ferreira-Mendes	Atlanta Silverbacks	3
8th		Daryl Fordyce	Edmonton FC	3
8th		Floyd Franks	Carolina RailHawks	3
8th		Keith Savage	Tampa Bay rowdies	3
As of July 4, 2013

Fall Season

The fall season began on August 3, 2013 with the first game day and ended on November 2, 2013 with the 14th game day.

Teams

team	Stadion	capacity	Founded	entry	Trainer
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Lockhart Stadium	20,450	2005	2011	Daryl Shore
New York Cosmos	James M. Shuart Stadium	15,000	2010	Fall Season 2013	Giovanni Savarese
Carolina RailHawks	WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000	2006	2011	Colin Clarke
Minnesota United	National Sports Center	08,500	2009	2011	Manny Lagos
San Antonio Scorpions	Toyota Field	08,000	2010	2012	Tim Hankinson
Tampa Bay rowdies	Progress Energy Park	07,227	2008	2011	Ricky Hill
Atlanta Silverbacks	Atlanta Silverbacks Park	05,000	1998	2011	Brian Haynes
Edmonton FC	Clarke Stadium	01,200	2009	2011	Colin Miller

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New York Cosmos	14th	9	4th	1	022:120	+10	31
2.	Carolina RailHawks	14th	7th	2	5	021:160	+5	23
3.	Tampa Bay rowdies	14th	5	5	4th	030:270	+3	20th
4th	Minnesota United	14th	6th	2	6th	021:190	+2	20th
5.	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	14th	5	3	6th	018:200	−2	18th
6th	Edmonton FC	14th	3	7th	4th	013:140	−1	16
7th	Atlanta Silverbacks	14th	4th	4th	6th	014:220	−8	16
8th.	San Antonio Scorpions	14th	3	1	10	015:240	−9	10

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games of this spring season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Fall Season 2013
Atlanta Silverbacks		1: 1	1-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1
Carolina RailHawks	4-0		1-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 2
Edmonton FC	1: 1	2: 1		1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	6: 2	1-0	1: 1		1: 3	0: 2	0-0	2: 1
Minnesota United	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1		0: 1	1-0	1: 1
New York Cosmos	1: 1	4-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0		2: 1	4: 3
San Antonio Scorpions	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 3	1: 2		4: 7
Tampa Bay rowdies	3: 1	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	4: 6	0-0	1-0

Final game

Atlanta Silverbacks		New York Cosmos
	Nov. 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm (EDT) in Atlanta's Silverbacks Park , Chamblee , Georgia Result: 0: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 7,211 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
	Joe Nasco - Shane Moroney (88th Horace James ), Beto Navarro , Bobby Reiss , Mike Randolph - Borfor Carr (57th Pablo Cruz ), Richard Menjivar , Lucas Paulini , Danny Barrera - Pedro Mendes , Brad Stisser (82nd Rubén Luna ) Trainer: Brian Haynes	Kyle Reynish - Hunter Freeman , Carlos Mendes , Rovérsio , Ayoze García - Diomar Díaz , Marcos Senna , Danny Szetela , Sebastián Guenzatti (86th Joseph Nane ) - Paulo Mendes (90th + 5 ' Dane Murphy ), Stefan Dimitrow (77th Alessandro Noselli ) Coach: Giovanni Savarese
		0: 1 Marcos Senna (50.)
	Borfor Carr (42nd), Beto Navarro (82nd)	Danny Szetela (11th), Hunter Freeman (45th + 1 ')

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NASL Announces Split-Season Format for 2013 , North American Soccer League . September 5, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012. 
2. ^ New York Cosmos Join NASL , North American Soccer League . July 12, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012. 
3. ^ Cosmos to Play in Fall Championship Season , North American Soccer League . December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012. 
4. ↑ Islanders to Reorganize Operations in 2013 , North American Soccer League . December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012. 
5. ↑ Puerto Rico Islanders to sit out 2013 season , SoccerAmerica. February 11, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2012.