New York Cosmos U-23

New York Cosmos U-23

Full name	New York Cosmos U-23
Nickname(s)	The Cosmos
Founded	2011
Stadium	Monsignor Farrell High School Staten Island, New York
Owner	New York Cosmos LLC
Head Coach	Giovanni Savarese
League	USL Premier Development League
2012	inaugural season
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

New York Cosmos U-23 is an American soccer team based in New York, New York. Founded in 2011, the team is currently playing a schedule of exhibition games in anticipation of their entry into the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the United States soccer pyramid, in 2012.

The team plays its home games in the stadium at Monsignor Farrell High School on Staten Island, and is coached by Giovanni Savarese.

History

The team is affiliated with the new New York Cosmos team, which is currently lobbying to be a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in the near future and which claims lineage from the original New York Cosmos club which competed in the North American Soccer League in the 1970s and 1980s. The team also has a formal partnership with a youth academy, Cosmos Academy, which is affiliated with the Blau Weiss Gottschee club based in Queens, New York.^[1]

The team was accepted into the USL Premier Development League (PDL) on May 4, 2011, and will officially join before the 2012 season.^[2] In preparation for entry into the PDL, the Cosmos announced an exhibition schedule in June 2011, comprising eleven non-competitive friendly games against local PDL sides such as Jersey Express, the Long Island Rough Riders, Westchester Flames, Ocean City Nor'easters, and Reading United.^[3]

Players

Current roster

As of June 7, 2011.^[3]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Chad Calderone 2 DF Dane Murphy 3 DF Laurent Manuel 4 DF Kevin Orozco[4] 5 MF Stefan Dimitrov 6 MF David Diosa[5] 7 MF Armando Gaitan[6]

No. Position Player 8 MF Marvin Iraheta[7] 9 MF Nikko Lara[8] 11 MF Michael Valencia[9] 12 FW Ibrahim Diaby[10] 13 FW Aaron Dennis[11] 14 FW Moriken Sangary[12] 15 MF Anastasios Polydefkis

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2011			Exhibitions only
2012	4	PDL

Head coaches

• Giovanni Savarese (2011–present)

Stadia

• Stadium at Monsignor Farrell High School; Staten Island, New York (2011–present)

References

1. ^ "Academy". nycosmos.com. New York, New York: New York Cosmos. http://www.nycosmos.com/academy/. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
2. ^ "New York Cosmos U23 Join PDL". USL Soccer Network. Tampa, Florida: United Soccer Leagues. 2011-05-04. http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/523306.html. Retrieved 2011-06-19. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "2011 New York Cosmos U-23 PDL Exhibition Schedule". nycosmos.com. New York, New York: New York Cosmos. 2011-06-07. http://www.nycosmos.com/featured/2011-new-york-cosmos-u-23-pdl-exhibition-schedule/. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
4. ^ "Kevin Orozco". GoCamels.com. Campbell University. 2008-07-02. http://www.gocamels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15300&ATCLID=1505513. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
5. ^ "David Diosa". United States Soccer Federation. http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/27484436/27485050-27484530/12314949.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
6. ^ "Armando Gaitan". United States Soccer Federation. http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/10876653/10994730-10876678/13221550.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
7. ^ "Marvin Iraheta". United States Soccer Federation. http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/27484436/27485102-27484530/20019106.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
8. ^ "Nikko Lara". Boston, Massacheusetts: Northeastern University. http://www.gonu.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=690. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
9. ^ "Michael Valencia". FordhamSports.com. New York, New York: CBS. http://www.fordhamsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/valencia_michael00.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
10. ^ "Ibrahim Diaby". United States Soccer Federation. http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/27484436/27485050-27484530/31222907.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
11. ^ "Aaron Dennis". United States Soccer Federation. http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/27484436/27485050-27484530/12313955.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 
12. ^ "Moriken Sangary". United States Soccer Federation. http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/27484436/27485050-27484530/31222857.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20. 

External links

• Official site