2015 Grand Rapids FC season

Grand Rapids FC
2015 season
Coach George Moni
Stadium Houseman Field
GLPL 2nd
Top goalscorer League: Noble Sullivan (4)
All: Domenic Barone (6)
Highest home attendance 5,117 (July 17 vs. Oakland)
6,651 (July 31 vs. Muskegon)
Average home league attendance League: 3,945
All: 4,509
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The 2015 Grand Rapids FC season is the inaugural season of Grand Rapids Football Club. The team plays in the Great Lakes Premier League, a new regional league.

The fledgling club won its first match, a 1-0 victory at NPSL club Lansing United on May 9th 2015, with Domenic Barone scoring the team's first goal.

Its first GLPL match was a 1-2 defeat at Oakland United on May 23rd, with Noble Sullivan scoring the lone goal.

On May 30th, GRFC hosted AFC Ann Arbor for its first home match. Despite unseasonably cold conditions and persistent rain all night, a crowd of 2,409 attended the match, which the hosts won 5-1. A straight hat-trick by Domenic Barone in the first half was the first 3-goal game by a GLPL player, and the only one until Croatian Eagles' Andy Huftalin scored one on July 12th.

The following Friday June 5th, in better weather, 3,843 watched as Croatian Eagles drew 0-0 at Houseman. A week later, a new club record 5,012 watched as Force FC of Bloomfield tied 2-2 in a friendly. Around 600 youth soccer club members gained free entry under a promotion.

A 0-0 draw at Ann Arbor in GLPL play was followed by a 4-1 home win against Lansing United in a friendly which featured B teams from both sides, another 4,121 in attendance.

The club's third home league match against RWB Adria was attended by 4,409. Elmedin Zukic put the visitors behind in a game for the first time, but was then sent off for an apparent elbow on a player challenging him from behind. Goalkeeper Chase Rau had a shutout streak of 354 minutes of league play ended by RWB's equalizer. RWB won 3-1. The return match in Chicago was also won by Adria with a 3-1 scoreline.

GRFC returned to Houseman Field for a new record attendance of 5,117 watching their 3-0 defeat of Oakland United on July 17th.

The final league game of the season was a 3-1 win in Milwaukee against Croatian Eagles, enough to seal second place as AFC Ann Arbor's point against RWB Adria later that day was not enough.

The season wrapped up with a home-and-home series against independent Muskegon Risers. A further club record 6,651 attended a home 1-3 loss, while the following day Risers were again victors by 2-1.

Club

Roster

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Chase Rau
2 Germany MF AJ Dufendach
3 United States DF Ryan Scott
4 England DF Tony Deakin
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Anes Suhonjic
6 United States FW Tyler Fischer
7 Italy DF Mark Barone
8 Mexico MF Lito Esquivel
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Elmedin Zukić
10 Italy FW Domenic Barone
11 Guatemala FW Aldony Mendez
12 United States FW Ahmad Bah
13 United States DF Kyle Haverkate
14 United States MF Noble Sullivan
15 United States MF Brandon Bye
16 United States MF Jeremy Stacy
17 United States DF Cole Dehen
No. Position Player
18 United States DF Joe Sweet
19 United States MF Nick Capisciolto
20 United States DF Sean Broekhuizen
21 United States DF Rico Padilla
22 United States MF Logan Wright
23 United States MF Nick Abdoo
24 United States DF Cam Jensen
25 United States MF Zack McCabe
26 United States DF Ben Darling
27 United States DF Eli Appleby
28 Mexico MF Ruben Ornelas-Luna
29 United States GK Beau Prey
30 United States GK Jesse Guevara-Lehker
31 United States MF Kosti Moni
32 United States DF Tyler Moorman
33 United States FW Hunter Barone

Team management

Head Coach: Albania George Moni

Competitions

Preseason

Great Lakes Premier League

Results

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 RWB Adria (C) 8 7 1 0 23 6 +17 22
2 Grand Rapids FC 8 3 2 3 14 10 +4 11
3 AFC Ann Arbor 8 2 4 2 8 8 0 10
4 Oakland United FC 8 2 1 5 8 19 −11 7
5 Croatian Eagles 8 1 2 5 9 19 −10 5
Updated to match(es) played on July 25, 2015. Source: GLPL standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal differential
(C) Champion.

Friendlies

Statistics

Goal Scorers

Rank Player Goals
1 United States Noble Sullivan 4
2 Italy Domenic Barone 3
3 United States Nick Abdoo 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin Zukic
5 United States Sean Broekhuizen 1
United States Tyler Fischer
Guatemala Aldony Mendez

Note: These are the goal scorers in GLPL league games.

References

  1. ↑ http://grandrapidsfc.com/team/grand-rapids-fc/
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