2017 Phoenix Rising FC Roster

United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Team Record: 17-8-7 - 58 points
Finishing 5th in the USL's Western Conference
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
2017 Phoenix Rising FC Statistics

The Phoenix Rising FC of the United Soccer League Championship ended the 2017 season with a record of 17 wins and 8 losses and 7 ties for 58 points finishing fifth in the USL's Western Conference.

The Rising FC scored 50 goals and conceded 37. Jason Johnson netted 13 goals for Phoenix, while Didier Drogba and Chris Cortez tallied five or more, too. Chris Cortez contributed 5 assists. Josh Cohen topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 0.77 goals against average, pacing qualifying goalkeepers.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Eder ArreolaMNovember 13, 19915'7"150Chino Hills,
Eric AvilaMNovember 24, 19875'8"150San Diego, CA
Gladson AwakoMDecember 31, 19905'2"Berekum, Ghana
Omar BravoFMarch 4, 19805'7"150Los Mochis, Sinaloa Mexico
Josh CohenGAugust 18, 19926'1"174Mountain View, USA
Chris CortezFJuly 24, 19886'4"185Mission Viejo, CA
Amadou DiaDJune 8, 19935'10"150Nantes, France
Didier DrogbaFMarch 11, 19786'2"201Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Blair GavinMJanuary 8, 19896'0"165Scottsdale, AZ
Jordan GibbonsMNovember 18, 19935'10"Bromley, United Kingdom
Andrew GrayMApril 12, 19885'8"Brampton, ON
Jarvis GreerDFebruary 4, 19916'0"176Memphis, USA
Sam HamiltonMJuly 26, 19956'0"185Denver, CO
Romilio HernandezMMarch 20, 1995Lanham, MD
Matthew Hurlow-PaonessaFJuly 17, 1994Escondido, CA
Jason JohnsonFOctober 9, 19906'0"180Happy News, Jamaica
Kevon LambertMMarch 22, 19976'2"181Parish of Saint James, Jamaica
Doueugui MalaDecember 20, 1993
Peter RamageDNovember 22, 19836'1"168Ashington, England
Alessandro RiggiMNovember 30, 19935'4"Montreal, QC Canada
Luke RooneyMDecember 28, 19905'11"157London, England
Mike SethASeptember 20, 19876'1"174Pittsburgh, PA USA
Jordan StewartDMarch 3, 19826'0"180Birmingham, England
Miguel TimmMJanuary 31, 1992
Uchenna UzoDDecember 27, 19925'10"220Lagos, Nigeria
Victor VasquezDJuly 8, 1993Anaheim, CA
Kody WakasaDMay 6, 19946'1"Belmont, CA
Matt WatsonMJanuary 1, 19856'0"180Redditch, England
Carl WoszczynskiGApril 18, 19886'5"210Columbus, IN
Shaun Wright-PhillipsMOctober 25, 19815'5"141London, England



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