2015 Rochester Rhinos season

March 2026 August 2023 Rochester Rhinos 2015 USL Owner Rob Clark Head coach Bob Lilley Sahlen's Stadium 1st, Eastern Conference USL Playoffs USL Champions U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round Christian Volesky (8) Steevan Dos Santos (9) 6,922(July 26 vs. Charleston) 4,251(July 8 vs. Montreal) League: All: _collar FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _yellowborder _yellowstripes3 _yellowborder _yellow_stripes 177245 177245 177245 177245 177245 true 2014 2016 The 2015 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's twentieth season. It was the Rhinos fifth-consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the United Soccer League Eastern Conference. The Rhinos finished the regular season in first place, clinching the #1 seed and home field advantage in the 2015 USL Playoffs. The Rhinos won the USL Championship, the club's 5th overall, by defeating LA Galaxy II 2–1 after extra time. Background The Rhinos debuted a new commemorative logo to be used during the 2015 season celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the club's founding. The Rhinos started the season on a record nineteen game undefeated streak, after finishing the prior season in 6th place. Competitions Friendlies March 6, 2015 Preseason 6:00 PM ET Roberts Wesleyan College North Chili, New York Rochester Rhinos Niagara Purple Eagles 6 - 1 Totsch Ugarte Samuels Rolfe , Volesky 80 Ferguson Report W March 8, 2015 Preseason Roberts Wesleyan College North Chili, New York Rochester Rhinos Buffalo Bulls 3 - 0 Volesky 23Duba 40Tsoulakos 59 Report W March 13, 2015 Preseason Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York Ottawa Fury FC Rochester Rhinos 1 - 1 DeBellis 0 25Haworth 75 Lanteri 20 Report D March 15, 2015 Preseason 3:00 PM ET Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York Rochester Rhinos Cornell Big Red 0 - 0 Report D March 20, 2015 Preseason 2:30 PM ET Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York Rochester Rhinos Syracuse Orange 4 - 0 Rolfe 2Ringhof 12Walls 35Duba 55 Report W June 11, 2015 RCSD School Day Soccer Game ET Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York Rochester Rhinos FC Buffalo 3 - 0 Samuels 8Ruggles 56Forbes 74 Report 5,000+ W 80-minute match USL 2015 USL season Match 1 New York Red Bulls II March 28, 2015 2:00 PM ET 0 - 0 Report Rochester Rhinos Garzi 31Rolfe 42Ringhof 79 Red Bull Arena Harrison, NJ 547 Ryan Dos Reis D Match 2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds April 4, 2015 7:00 PM ET 1 - 2 Report Rochester Rhinos Arena 37Touloute 48Earls 67 McMahon 23Walls 27Volesky 45Dixon 50Silva 77 Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 2,274 Vito Testa Jr. W Match 3 FC Montreal April 11, 2015 2:30 PM ET 0 - 3 Report Rochester Rhinos Dinkota 57Lajoie-Gravelle 60Zoue 0 63Charbonneau 88 Rolfe 6Mendoza 33Volesky 67 69McMahon 87 Saputo Stadium Montreal, Quebec 258 W Match 4 Louisville City FC April 16, 2015 7:30 PM ET 1 - 1 Report Rochester Rhinos West 20Guzman 34 Dixon 21Ruggles 40 Louisville Slugger Field Louisville, KY 4,772 Aaron Hernandez D Match 5 Saint Louis FC April 18, 2015 8:30 PM CT 0 - 1 Report Rochester Rhinos Gaul 37 Rolfe 77 World Wide Technology Soccer Park Fenton, MO 5,001 Cedric Adams W Match 6 Rochester Rhinos April 26, 2015 2:05 PM ET 2 - 0 Report New York Red Bulls II Obasi 9Dixon 39Garzi 83 Jean-Baptiste 78Etienne 89 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 6,184 Brandon Artis W Match 7 FC Montreal May 2, 2015 4:00 PM ET 1 - 2 Report Rochester Rhinos Gagnon 17Riggi 87 Walls 27Volesky 56 63Ringhof 71Mendoza 76 Saputo Stadium Montreal, Quebec 330 W Match 8 Rochester Rhinos May 9, 2015 7:05 PM ET 1 - 0 Report Toronto FC II Van De Casteele 58Duba 90 Edwards 49Babouli 2 87 89 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 5,179 David Mon W Match 9 Wilmington Hammerheads May 16, 2015 7:00 PM ET 1 - 1 Report Rochester Rhinos Rolfe 70Duba 90 Fairclough 90+ Legion Stadium Wilmington, NC 2,781 Doug Hartemann d Match 10 Toronto FC II May 23, 2015 12:00 PM ET 0 - 0 Report Rochester Rhinos Garzi 69 BMO Field Toronto, Ontario 986 d Match 11 Rochester Rhinos May 30, 2015 7:05 PM ET 1 - 0 Report FC Montreal Volesky 8Duba 9 Alessandro 34Hocine 37Morelli 0 46Ndiaye 88 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 4,487 Vito Testa, Jr. w Match 12 Rochester Rhinos June 13, 2015 7:05 PM ET 2 - 0 Report Louisville City FC Walls 24Forbes 44Duba 68 Rivera 62 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 6,896 Jaroslav Werel W Match 13 Harrisburg City Islanders June 19, 2015 7:30 PM ET 1 - 1 Report Rochester Rhinos Plumhoff 44 Ringhof 56Volesky 87 Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, PA 3,024 Mark Treilman D Match 14 Rochester Rhinos June 27, 2015 7:05 PM ET 1 - 0 Report Pittsburgh Riverhounds Walls 79 Hunt 53Earls 82Arena 90Hunt 0 90 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 6,704 Jamie Herrera w Match 15 Charleston Battery July 3, 2015 7:30 PM ET 0 - 0 Report Rochester Rhinos van Schaik 57 Garzi 30McMahon 35Rudy 84Volesky 86 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, SC 3,448 Aleksander Zhelyazk d Match 16 Rochester Rhinos July 8, 2015 7:05 PM ET 2 - 1 Report FC Montreal Rolfe 15Rudy 29Volesky 32Rudy 0 64 Paulmin 14Messoudi 56Gravelle 85 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 4,251 Ernie Constantine w Match 17 Toronto FC II July 11, 2015 2:00 PM ET 0 - 2 Report Rochester Rhinos Duba 55Mendoza 57Duba 63Volesky 90 Ontario Soccer Centre Vaughan, Ontario 565 Alexis Vaughan w Match 18 Rochester Rhinos July 18, 2015 7:05 PM ET 0 - 0 Summary Charlotte Independence Garzi 68 Martínez 2DelPiccolo 34 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 5,189 USA David Mon D Match 19 Rochester Rhinos July 26, 2015 4:05 PM ET 1 - 0 Summary Charleston Battery Steevan Dos Santos 9Van De Casteele 32 Garbanzo 24Ferguson 90 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 6,922 USA Charles Murphy W Match 20 Charlotte Independence August 1, 2015 7:00 PM ET 4 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Mike Garzi 25Grant Van De Casteele 32Pat McMahon 39Tony Walls 56Christian Volesky 59 27 34 Alex Martínez38 Tomasz Zahorski51 Enzo Martínez 61 pen. 66 Caros Alvarez Ramblewood Soccer Complex Charlotte, NC 2,145 Neil Barbulescu L Match 21 Rochester Rhinos August 9, 2015 5:05 PM ET 1 - 1 Richmond Kickers Kenardo Forbes 50 37 53 Jared Jeffrey42 William Yomby50 Travis Worra67 Fred Owusu Sekyere Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 5,234 Vito Testa, Jr. D Match 22 Rochester Rhinos August 15, 2015 7:05 PM ET 2 - 1 Wilmington Hammerheads Mendoza 37Forbes 26Apostolopoulos 33Van de Casteele 81 Moose 59Cole 60Ackley 82Heaney89 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 4,842 Tori Penso W Match 23 Rochester Rhinos August 22, 2015 7:05 PM ET 4 - 0 Harrisburg City Islanders Walls 16Mendoza 19Duba 67Duba 71Samuels 86 Leverock 48Ekra 55Noble 60 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 6,272 David Mon W Match 24 Rochester Rhinos August 30, 2015 4:05 PM ET 2 - 0 Saint Louis FC Rolfe 4Walls 35 Roberts 30 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 5,532 Jamie Herrera W Match 25 Richmond Kickers September 5, 2015 7:00 PM ET 0 - 0 Rochester Rhinos Callahan 36Robinson 44Martin 78 McMahon 69 City Stadium Richmond, VA 3,411 Neil Barbulescu D Match 26 Pittsburgh Riverhounds September 16, 2015 7:00 PM ET 1 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Hunt 51Moloto 69 Volesky 83 Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 2,499 Guido Gonzalez Jr D Match 27 Rochester Rhinos September 19, 2015 7:05 PM ET 3 - 2 New York Red Bulls II Rolfe3Rolfe9McMahon 31Mulgrew 53Garzi 0 60Mendoza 88Mendoza 90 Obekop35Plewa 38Williams 44Bonomo 90 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 4,672 David Mon W Match 28 Rochester Rhinos September 24, 2015 7:05 PM ET 2 - 0 Toronto FC II Rolfe 69Samuels 85 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, NY 5,612 Jaroslaw Werel W Standings (Eastern Conference) Rhinos Results summary 12 2 0 24 5 5 8 1 15 10 October 6, 2015 USL October 2015 Results by matchday table b Matchday Stadium A/A/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/H Result D/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/D/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/D/D/W/W Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss October 6, 2015 USL October 2015 USL Playoffs 2015 USL Playoffs#Bracket Playoff Results Conference Semi-finals 2015 10 03 7:05 pm EDT Rochester Rhinos 2–0 ReportReport New York Red Bulls II Dos Santos 48Obasi 63Dos Santos 69Van De Casteele 77 Plewa 0 22 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York 6,378 Greg Dopka W Conference finals 2015 10 10 7:05 pm EDT Rochester Rhinos 1 - 0 Report Louisville City FC Apostolopolous 23McMahon 29Forbes 49Walls 60Dixon 74Duba 0 83 Quinn 49 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York 5,561 Matthew Kreutzer W Championship 2015 10 16 7:30 pm EDT Rochester Rhinos 2–1 LA Galaxy II y Bourdeau 58Forbes 81Samuels 90+Samuels 113 Walker 45Lassiter 65Maganto 85 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York 5,247 Nima Saghafi W Championship Game MVP: Asani Samuels U.S. Open Cup 2015 U.S. Open Cup Second round May 20, 2015 7:05 PM ET Rochester Rhinos New York 1–0 New York GBFC Thunder Forbes 39 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York W Third Round May 27, 2015 7:00 PM ET Harrisburg City Islanders Pennsylvania 1 - 3 Report New York Rochester Rhinos Barril 8Cruz 57Tribbett 68DiPrima 75Jankouskas 106 Duba 2 15 38Ringhof 98Forbes 107Samuels 115 120, 119Walls 119 Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania w Fourth Round June 16, 2015 7:30 PM ET Philadelphia Union Pennsylvania 0–0 yes ReportBox Score New York Rochester Rhinos Pfeffer 104 Totsch 80McMahon 90Walls 98Volesky 103 PPL Park Chester, Pennsylvania L Edu Nogueira Sapong Maidana 3–1 Mendoza Apostolopoulos Walls Volesky Statistics Appearances and goals Regular Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup |} Top scorers PositionNationNumberNameUSL ProU.S. Open CupTotal Disciplinary record PositionNationNumberNameUSL ProU.S. Open CupPlayoffsTotal (USSF Total) TOTALS412——81—— Roster as of April 28, 2015 Rochester Rhinos Team Roster http://www.rhinossoccer.com/team/roster/ April 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20110822033238/http://www.rhinossoccer.com/team/roster/ August 22, 2011 dead No.PositionNationPlayer1 USA GK Adam Grinwis 2 USA MF Marcos Ugarte 3 USA MF Alex Dixon 4 USA DF Sean Totsch 5 Greece DF Vassilios Apostolopoulos 6 USA MF Christian Silva 7 ENG DF Onua Thomas Obasi 8 USA FW Christian Volesky 9 USA FW Colin Rolfe 10 Cape Verde FW Steevan Humberto Fortes dos Santos Steevan Dos Santos 11 USA MF Jonny Mendoza 12 JAM FW Asani Samuels 13 USA MF Mike Garzi 15 USA DF Pat McMahon Pat McMahon (soccer, born 1986) 16 USA MF Drew Ruggles 17 USA MF Nathan Bourdeau 18 USA DF Grant Van De Casteele 20 USA DF Tony Walls 21 JAM MF Kenardo Forbes 22 GER DF Julian Ringhof 27 SCO GK Sean Murdoch 29 USA MF Tyler Rudy 33 USA GK Brandon Miller Brandon Miller (soccer) 92 USA FW Timi Mulgrew Technical Staff as of May 30, 2015 Rochester Rhinos Coaching Staff http://www.rhinossoccer.com/team/coaches/ May 30, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405063914/http://www.rhinossoccer.com/team/coaches/ dead 2012-04-05 PositionName Head coach USA Bob Lilley Assistant coach GRE Georgios Kyriazis Goalkeeping coach IRE Gavin McInerny Head Trainer USA Doug Graham Transfers In Out Loan in Loan out See also 2015 in American soccer 2015 USL season References Category:2015 USL season 2015 Category:American soccer clubs 2015 season Category:2015 in sports in New York (state)