2022 Maryland Bobcats FC season
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| 2022 season | ||||
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| President | Jay Saba | |||
| Head coach | Sylvain Rastello | |||
| Stadium | Maryland SoccerPlex | |||
| NISA | Conference: 1st Overall: 1st | |||
| U.S. Open Cup | Second round | |||
| Legends Cup | To be determined | |||
| Independent Cup | Mid-Atlantic Champions | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Canas-Jarquin (1) All: Fernandes (2) | |||
| Biggest win | 1–0 (vs. WMP (A), April 6, USOC) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 1–6 (vs. MBFC (A), April 2, NISA) | |||
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The 2022 Maryland Bobcats FC season was the club's seventh season of existence, and their third in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), the third tier of American soccer. The Bobcats' season began on March 26, 2022, and will conclude on October 10, 2022.
Competitions
[edit]NISA
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California United Strikers FC | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 46 | 2.19 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Chattanooga FC | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 49 | 2.04 | |
| 3 | Michigan Stars FC | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 38 | 1.65 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Albion San Diego | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 32 | 1.60 | |
| 5 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 30 | 1.30 | |
| 6 | Syracuse Pulse | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 25 | 1.14 | |
| 7 | Los Angeles Force | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 14 | 0.70 | |
| 8 | Flower City Union | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 57 | −44 | 9 | 0.39 |
Source: nisasoccer.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Last updated: May 6, 2022.
Source: Maryland Bobcats
Match results
[edit]| March 26 1 | Chattanooga FC | 1–1 | Maryland Bobcats | Chattanooga, TN |
| TBD EDT | Gray  6'Jones 35'Cerro  48'Dixon 71' |
Report | Possian 18' Espinal 82' |
Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 2,315 |
| April 2 2 | Maryland Bobcats | 6–1 | Flower City Union | Boyds, MD |
| TBD EDT | Amo 13' Espinal 29'Solomon 56', 63'Amo 72'Brickman 90' (o.g.) |
Report | Veerakone 17' Canas-Jarquin 58' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| April 9 3 | Maryland Bobcats | 3–1 | Syracuse Pulse | Boyds, MD |
| TBD EDT | Espinal 19' Amo 62'Akinkoye 64' |
Report | Moyers 69'  84'Kafari 72'Satrustegui 81' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| April 23 4 | Flower City Union | 0–1 | Maryland Bobcats | Rochester, NY |
| TBD EDT | Williamson 14' Kranick 57'Demydiv 78' |
Report | Mason 9' Majano 19'Clegg 22'Espinal 29'Alvarado 73'González 90' |
Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
| April 30 5 | Maryland Bobcats | 1–1 | Michigan Stars | Boyds, MD |
| TBD EDT | Fane 27' Maric 45'Bowie 89' |
Report | Solomon 38' Alvarado 90' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 657[1] |
| May 7 6 | Maryland Bobcats | 1–2 | Chattanooga FC | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Caulker 45' Wright 45'Clegg 72' |
Report | Naglestad 38' McGrath 51'Green 80' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| May 14 7 | Flower City Union | 2–1 | Maryland Bobcats | Rochester, NY |
| 3:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium |
| May 21 8 | Maryland Bobcats | 1-4 | Bay Cities FC | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Majano 33' |
Jimenez 6', Cardona 35', Romero 44', Cardona 63' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| June 4 9 | Syracuse Pulse | 0-0 | Maryland Bobcats | Syracuse, NY |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Lazer Stadium |
| June 18 10 | Michigan Stars | 0-1 | Maryland Bobcats | Romeo, MI |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Amo 60' |
Stadium: Barnabo Field |
| July 9 11 | Maryland Bobcats | 1-2 | Michigan Stars | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Espinal (38), p' |
Zhongo 21', Nelson 89' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| August 3 12 | Maryland Bobcats | 1–0 | California United Strikers | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| August 6 13 | Chattanooga FC | 3–0 | Maryland Bobcats | Chattanooga, TN |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Finley Stadium |
| August 13 14 | Maryland Bobcats | 5–0 | Flower City Union | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Wivell 7' Espinal 54', 77'Boone 57', 58' |
Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| August 17 15 | Albion San Diego | 2-1 | Maryland Bobcats | San Diego, CA |
| 9:00 p.m. EDT | Diakhate 45+1', 68' |
Mason 27' |
Stadium: Canyon Crest Stadium |
| August 20 16 | Bay Cities FC | v | Maryland Bobcats | Redwood City, CA |
| 10:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Terremere Field |
| August 24 17 | Maryland Bobcats | v | Valley United | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| August 27 18 | Maryland Bobcats | 1-1 | Chattanooga FC | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Clegg 49' |
Rodriguez 30' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| September 11 19 | Syracuse Pulse | 2-1 | Maryland Bobcats | Syracuse, NY |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Louis 24' Kwak 88' |
Balogun 43' |
Stadium: Lazer Stadium |
| September 14 20 | Maryland Bobcats | 3-0 | Los Angeles Force | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Wivell 4', Espinal 77,87' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| September 25 21 | Michigan Stars | 2-0 | Maryland Bobcats | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Zhongo 2,45' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| October 1 22 | Maryland Bobcats | 1-0 | Albion San Diego | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
| October 5 23 | California United Strikers | 2-0 | Maryland Bobcats | Irvine, CA |
| 10:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium |
| October 8 24 | Los Angeles Force | 1-1 | Maryland Bobcats | Los Angeles, CA |
| 10:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Jesse Owens Stadium |
| October 12 25 | Valley United | v | Maryland Bobcats | Mesa, AZ |
| 10:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Bell Bank Park |
| October 15 26 | Maryland Bobcats | 1-1 | Syracuse Pulse | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
U.S. Open Cup
[edit]| April 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLC)  | 2–0 |  Maryland Bobcats FC (NISA) | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 7:00 pm EDT | Sims 37', 55' |
Report | Stadium: Highmark Stadium Referee: Samuel Reynolds |
NISA Independent Cup
[edit]| July 30 Mid-Atlantic final | Maryland Bobcats (NISA) | 5–2 |  Northern Virginia FC (EPSL) | Boyds, MD |
| 7:00 pm EDT | Balogun 26', 90' Espinal 31'Fane 77'Wangu 80' |
Report | Sheta 49' Vagner 59' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
References
[edit]- ^ @MDBobcatsFC (May 1, 2022). "Thanks to the 657 fans who made it out on a beautiful Maryland night for soccer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.