2014 Harrisburg City Islanders season

The 2014 season was the Harrisburg City Islanders's 11th season of competitive soccer - its eleventh season in the third division of American soccer and its fourth season in USL Pro since the league was first created with the City Islanders as one of the original 10 founder-members.

Harrisburg City Islanders
2014 season
OwnerEric Pettis
Head coachBill Becher
StadiumSkyline Sports Complex
USL Pro8th
USL Pro PlayoffsFinals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerMorgan Langley (6)
Jimmy McLaughlin (6)
Robbie Derschang (6)
Highest home attendance2,518
(July 18 vs. Wilmington)
Lowest home attendance1,417
(May 17 vs. Dayton)
Average home league attendance1,949
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Roster edit

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Nick Noble   United States
2 DF Richie Marquez (on loan from Philadelphia Union)   United States
4 DF Coady Andrews   United States
5 FW Jamiel Hardware   Jamaica
6 MF Colin Zizzi   United States
7 FW Yann Ekra   France
8 MF José Barril   Spain
9 FW Garret Pettis   United States
10 FW Clésio Baúque (on loan from Benfica)   Mozambique
11 FW Edinho Júnior   Portugal
14 MF Danny DiPrima   United States
15 MF Morgan Langley   United States
16 FW Matt Bahner   United States
18 MF Jimmy McLaughlin (on loan from Philadelphia Union)   United States
20 MF Neil Shaffer   United States
21 MF Raphael Cox   United States
22 MF Jason Pelletier   United States
23 FW Cristhian Hernández (on loan from Philadelphia Union)   Mexico
24 GK David Flynn   United States
25 DF Robbie Derschang   United States
30 MF Pedro Ribeiro (on loan from Philadelphia Union)   Brazil
92 GK Brian Sylvestre   United States
93 MF Luan Silva (on loan from Corinthians)   Brazil

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player Number Position Previous club Fee/notes
January 24, 2014   Edinho Júnior 11 FW   Blackburn Rovers Free transfer[1]
March 25, 2014   Raphael Cox 21 MF   Tampa Bay Rowdies Undisclosed[2]
March 27, 2014   Danny DiPrima 14 MF   North Carolina State University Homegrown[3]
April 3, 2015   Neil Shaffer 20 MF   Pittsburgh Riverhounds Free[4]

Out edit

Date Player Number Position New club Fee/notes
  Lucky Mkosana FW   Tampa Bay Rowdies Undisclosed[5]
  Stephen Basso DF   Richmond Kickers Undisclosed[6]
  Damani Richards DF   Philadelphia Union Undisclosed
  Sainey Touray DF   San Antonio Scorpions Undisclosed[7]

Loan in edit

Date Player Number Position Loaned from Fee/notes
March 17, 2014   Clésio 10 FW   S.L. Benfica Season-long loan[8]
March 21, 2014   Cristhian Hernandez 10 FW   Philadelphia Union Season-long loan[9]
March 21, 2014   Jimmy McLaughlin 18 MF   Philadelphia Union Season-long loan[9]
March 27, 2014   Pedro Ribeiro 30 MF   Philadelphia Union Season-long loan[10]
March 27, 2014   Richie Marquez 2 DF   Philadelphia Union Season-long loan[10]
June 11, 2014   Shane Johnson 26 DF   Richmond Kickers Remainder of 2014 season[11]

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

March 22 Preseason 3 Penn State Nittany Lions 1 - 3 Harrisburg City Islanders State College, Pennsylvania
4:00 p.m.    
 
 
Stadium: Jeffrey Field

USL Pro edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orlando City (C) 28 19 5 4 56 24 +32 62 Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs
2 Sacramento Republic FC (A) 28 17 4 7 49 28 +21 55 Playoffs
3 LA Galaxy II (A) 28 15 6 7 54 38 +16 51
4 Richmond Kickers (A) 28 13 12 3 53 28 +25 51
5 Charleston Battery (A) 28 11 8 9 36 31 +5 41
6 Rochester Rhinos (A) 28 10 8 10 29 25 +4 38
7 Wilmington Hammerheads (A) 28 9 11 8 35 33 +2 38
8 Harrisburg City Islanders (A) 28 10 7 11 45 46 −1 37
9 Arizona United SC 28 10 5 13 32 47 −15 33[a]
10 Oklahoma City Energy FC 28 9 5 14 32 37 −5 32
11 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 9 5 14 35 49 −14 32
12 Charlotte Eagles 28 9 4 15 33 40 −7 31
13 Orange County Blues FC 28 9 1 18 31 54 −23 28
14 Dayton Dutch Lions 28 6 4 18 28 63 −35 22
Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)
Notes:
  1. ^ Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.[12][13]

Results edit

All times in Eastern Time.

April 5 1 Wilmington Hammerheads 0–0 Harrisburg City Islanders Wilmington, North Carolina
19:30 Arnoux   78'
Parratt   82'
Fairclough   90'
Report Hernández   60'
Langley   75'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Matthew Jozaitis
April 19 2 Harrisburg City Islanders 0–1 Dayton Dutch Lions Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Noble   40' Report Thurière   25'
Schoenfeld   41'
Harada   45'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,711
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
April 24 3 Orange County Blues 4–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Irvine, California
22:30 Santana   6', 25'
Moses   17'
Cortez   74', 87'
Report Hernández   31'   44' Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 616
Referee: Chris Calderon
April 26 4 Sacramento Republic 1–2 Harrisburg City Islanders Sacramento, California
22:30 Jahn   32'
Alvarez   58'
Report Derschang   5'
Langley   25'   52'
Bahner   42'
Stadium: Hughes Stadium
Attendance: 20,231
Referee: Alex Del Angel
May 2 5 Harrisburg City Islanders 0–4 Charleston Battery Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
22:30 Langley   15'
Ekra   28'
White   66'
Report Sanyang   20'
Salgado   25'
Prince   41'
Lewis   65'
Diouf   66 '   90'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,446
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
May 10 6 Harrisburg City Islanders 0–1 Arizona United SC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
22:30 Ekra   32'
Zizzi   63'
Report Swartzendruber   19' (pen.)
Kassel   69'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,657
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
May 17 7 Harrisburg City Islanders 5–3 Dayton Dutch Lions Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
22:30 Baúque   19', 23'
Shaffer   47'
Langley   43'   83', 90'
Report Schoenfeld   1', 69'
Garner   65'
Khutsidze   73'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,417
Referee: Neil Barbulescu
July 5 15 Harrisburg City Islanders 4 - 1 Charleston Battery Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16:00 McLaughlin   7'
Barril   11'
Langley   21'   55'
Hardware   45'
Bahner   48'
Noble   51'
Ribeiro   79'
Box Score Kelly   39'
Sanyang   49'
vanSchaik   52'  86'
Lewis  
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,033
July 23 18 Harrisburg City Islanders 3 - 3 OKC Energy FC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16:00 Bahner   18'
Ribeiro   23', 84'   90'
Langley   62'
Bauque   78'
Derschang   87'
Box Score Delgado   37'
Greig   38', 44'
Perry   52'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,312
July 26 19 Richmond Kickers 2 - 1 Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond, Virginia
16:00 Vercollone   5', pen.'
Kalungi   13'
Goerres   23'
Arbelaez   81'
Box Score Bahner   62'
Andrews   88'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,788
August 2 21 Dayton Dutch Lions 0 - 1 Harrisburg City Islanders Dayton, Ohio
16:00 Clemens   56'
Thuriere   68'
Box Score Pettis   8'
DiPrima   74'
Cox   88'
Noble   89'
Stadium: DOC Stadium
Attendance: 396
August 9 23 Harrisburg City Islanders 3 - 2 Orlando City Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16:00 Derschang   21', 30'
Langley   45'
Ekra   49'   53'
Noble   83'
Box Score da Luz   49'
Molino   81'
Gentile   87'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,051
August 16 24 Orlando City 3 - 1 Harrisburg City Islanders Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16:00 Derschang   6'
Cox   66'
Box Score Ceren   8', 89'
Molino   19'
Rusin   41'
Heath   43'
Turner   83'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 5,029
August 23 25 Rochester Rhinos 2 - 2 Harrisburg City Islanders Rochester, New York
16:00 Walls   8'
Diallo   20'
Banks   54' (pen.)
McMahon   87'
Box Score Noble  
Bauque   37', 42'
Andrews   56'
Flynn   90'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,388
August 30 26 Harrisburg City Islanders 1 - 4 Rochester Rhinos Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
16:00 Langley   23'
Derschang   24'
Andrews   48'
Hoppenot   51'
Cox   55'
Box Score O.G.   1'
Obasi   16'
Mendoza   38'
Sundly   48'
Banks   66'
Diallo   84'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,257
September 5 27 Charleston Battery 2 - 1 Harrisburg City Islanders Charleston, South Carolina
16:00 Cordoves   45'
Cuevas   45'
Diouf   56'
Prince   58'
Box Score Marquez   28'
Barril   89'
Pettis   89'
Wheeler   90'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,919
September 6 28 Charlotte Eagles 2 - 4 Harrisburg City Islanders Charlotte, North Carolina
16:00 Thompson   9'
Kann
Newnam   24'
Dixon   44'
Herrera   71'
Box Score McLaughlin   14'
Hardware   25'  48'
Jose Barril  39'
Ekra   58'
Shaffer   77'
Stadium: Dickson Field
Attendance: 627

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
28 37 10 11 7 45 46  −1 5 5 4 25 25  0 5 6 3 20 21  −1

Last updated: August 22, 2015
Source: 2014 USL Pro season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAHAAHHHHAAAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAHAA
ResultTLLWLLWLTLWTLTWWTTLWWWWLTLLW
Source: 2014 USL Pro season and Game Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Playoffs edit

The Islanders finished 8th place at the end of the regular season earning the last playoff seed. The seeding would require the Islanders to play any post-season matches on the road. Despite being considered the underdog of the playoffs, the Islanders advanced past Commissioner's Cup winners, Orlando City SC in the quarterfinals, 4th-seeded Richmond Kickers in the semifinals, ultimately losing to Sacramento Republic in the 2014 Championship final.

September 13 Quarterfinals Orlando City 0–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Lake Buena Vista, Florida
19:30 Valentino   24'
Pulis   89'
Box Score Hoppenot   40',   65'
Barril   79'
Derschang   90+'
Stadium: ESPN Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,855
Referee: Matthew Miscannon
September 20 Semifinals Richmond Kickers 2–3 Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond, Virginia
19:00 Yeisley   32'
Shanosky   79'
Spitz   90+'
Box Score Langley   27'   89'
Hardware   45'
Barril   64'
Bahner   71'
DiPrima   76'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,734
Referee: Mark Gorak

U.S. Open Cup edit

The Islanders entered the 2014 U.S. Open Cup in the second round against USL PDL club FC Sonic Lehigh Valley. Advancing through to the fourth round, the Islanders were knocked out of the tournament by their MLS affiliate Philadelphia Union in a close match where Philadelphia captain, Maurice Edu slotted an 89th-minute equalizer, bringing the match to extra time. Through extra time, Pennsylvania native, Andrew Wenger, struck twice advancing the Union with a score 3–1.

Statistics edit

Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
00 DF   Andrew Ribeiro 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF   Richie Marquez * 28 0 3 0 0 0 31 0 1 0
4 DF   Coady Andrews 14(3) 2 3 0 0 0 17(3) 2 2 0
5 FW   Jamiel Hardware 8(16) 3 3 1 0 0 11(16) 4 2 0
6 MF   Colin Zizzi 8(14) 0 (1) 0 0 0 8(15) 0 2 0
7 FW   Yann Ekra 24(3) 1 3 0 0 0 27(3) 1 6 0
8 MF   José Barril 20(1) 2 3 0 0 0 23(1) 2 5 0
9 FW   Garret Pettis 8(19) 3 (2) 0 0 0 8(21) 3 0 0
10 FW   Clésio Baúque * 9(11) 5 0 0 0 0 9(11) 5 1 0
11 FW   Edinho Júnior 3(4) 0 0 0 0 0 3(4) 0 0 0
12 MF   Leonardo Fernandes 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 0 0
14 MF   Danny DiPrima 3(17) 0 (2) 1 0 0 3(19) 1 1 0
15 MF   Morgan Langley 24(1) 6 2(1) 1 0 0 26(2) 7 7 0
17 FW   Matt Bahner 28 2 3 0 0 0 31 2 3 0
18 MF   Jimmy McLaughlin * 14(9) 6 3 0 0 0 17(9) 6 1 0
19 MF   Zach Pfeffer * 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF   Neil Shaffer 13(9) 1 3 0 0 0 16(9) 1 1 0
21 MF   Raphael Cox 19(4) 0 0 0 0 0 19(4) 0 4 0
22 MF   Jason Pelletier 11(11) 0 0 0 0 0 11(11) 0 0 0
23 FW   Cristhian Hernández * 6(12) 1 (1) 0 0 0 6(13) 1 2 0
25 MF   Robbie Derschang 6(12) 1 (1) 0 0 0 6(13) 1 2 0
26 DF   Shane Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
27 MF   Antoine Hoppenot * 7(2) 1 3 1 0 0 10(2) 2 1 0
30 MF   Pedro Ribeiro * 12 4 0 0 0 0 12 4 2 0
33 FW   Aaron Wheeler 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
44 DF   Ethan White 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
93 MF   Luan Silva * 2(8) 0 0 0 0 0 2(8) 0 1 0
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Harrisburg.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
League denotes USL Pro regular season
Playoffs denotes USL Pro playoffs

Goalkeepers edit

Referenced from USL 2014 Statistics[14]

Players included in matchday squads
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO    
  1 NobleNick Noble 27 1 10–9–6 39 1.58 3 4 1
  92 SylvestreBrian Sylvestre 3 0 0–2–0 5 1.91 0 0 0
  24 FlynnDavid Flynn 2 0 0–0–1 2 2.65 0 1 0

Honors edit

References edit

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