2018 Penn FC season

Penn FC
2018 season
Owner Eric Pettis
Head Coach Raoul Voss
Stadium FNB Field
USL TBD
USL Playoffs TBD
U.S. Open Cup TBD
Top goalscorer Tom Heinemann (1)
Highest home attendance League: TBD
Lowest home attendance League: TBD
Home colors
Away colors

The 2018 season is the Penn FC's 15th season of competitive soccer, its second in the second division of American soccer, and its eighth season in United Soccer League.[1] This is the first season the club is operating under the "Penn FC" name, having re-branded from the Harrisburg City Islanders in November 2017.[2]

Roster

As of 23 March 2018
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Romuald Peiser  France
4 Defender Ken Tribbett  United States
5 Defender Tiago Calvano  Brazil
6 Defender Kyle Venter  United States
8 Midfielder Dan Metzger  United States
9 Forward Aaron Dennis  United States
11 Midfielder Jorge Rivera  Puerto Rico
12 Defender Pedro Galvão  Portugal
13 Goalkeeper Sean Lewis  United States
15 Midfielder Miguel Jaime  United States
16 Defender Jake Bond  United States
17 Midfielder Salvatore Barone  United States
18 Goalkeeper Jacob Lissek  United States
19 Defender Chris Hill  United States
20 Midfielder Mauro Eustáquio  Canada
21 Midfielder Calvin Rezende  United States
22 Midfielder John Grosh  United States
33 Forward Fabio De Sousa  United States
37 Defender Harri Hawkins  England
76 Midfielder Richard Menjivar  El Salvador
77 Forward Lucky Mkosana  Zimbabwe
— Defender Marco Franco  United States
— Midfielder Saalih Muhammad  United States

Transfers

In

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Fee/Notes
February 8, 2018Puerto Rico Jorge Rivera11MFPuerto Rico Puerto Rico FCUndisclosed[3]
February 13, 2018United States Dan Metzger8MFUnited States New York Red Bulls IIUndisclosed[4]
February 14, 2018United States Calvin Rezende21MFUnited States Miami FCUndisclosed[5]
February 15, 2018United States Jacob Lissek18GKUnited States OKC Energy FCUndisclosed[6]
February 20, 2018United States Aaron Dennis9FWUnited States Miami FCUndisclosed[7]
February 23, 2018Portugal Pedro Galvão12MFCanada FC EdmontonUndisclosed[8]
February 23, 2018Canada Mauro Eustáquio20MFCanada FC EdmontonUndisclosed[8]
February 27, 2018United States Kyle Venter6DFCanada Ottawa Fury FCUndisclosed[9]
February 27, 2018United States Marco FrancoDFUnited States Indy ElevenUndisclosed[9]
February 28, 2018United States Salvatore Barone17MFUnited States New York CosmosUndisclosed[10]
February 28, 2018United States Miguel Jaime15MFUnited States Ocean City Nor'eastersUndisclosed[10]
February 28, 2018England Harri Hawkins22DFUnited States New York CosmosUndisclosed[10]
March 2, 2018United States Ken Tribbett4DFUnited States Philadelphia UnionSigned[11]
March 6, 2018France Romuald Peiser1GKUnited States San Francisco DeltasSigned[12]
March 9, 2018United States Fabio De Sousa33FWUnited States New York Red Bulls U-23Signed[13]
March 15, 2018United States Saalih Muhammad99MFUnited States San Francisco DeltasSigned[14]
March 19, 2018El Salvador Richard Menjivar76MFUnited States Rayo OKCSigned[15]
March 21, 2018Zimbabwe Lucky Mkosana77MFUnited States New York CosmosSigned[16]
March 29, 2018United States Tommy Heinemann29FWUnited States San Francisco DeltasSigned[17]

Out

Date Player Number Position New Club Fee/Notes
November 29, 2017United States Nick Noble1GKRetired[18][19]
December 7, 2017United States Shawn McLaws23DFUnited States Oklahoma City Energy FCUndisclosed[19][20]
January 4, 2018Jamaica Cardel Benbow19MFJamaica Waterhouse FCUndisclosed[21]
January 16, 2018Ghana Ropapa Mensah25FWUnited States Nashville SCUndisclosed[22]
Jamaica Paul Wilson10MFJamaica Cavalier F.C.Undisclosed[19][23]
January 22, 2018Brazil Pedro Ribeiro30FWUnited States Fresno FCUndisclosed[24]
February 1, 2018United States Brandon Miller33GKUnited States Charlotte IndependenceUndisclosed[25]
Senegal Mouhamed Dabo8MFUnited States Pittsburgh RiverhoundsUndisclosed[26]
United States Griffin Libhart2DFReleased
United States Travis Brent4DFReleased
Puerto Rico Manolo Sanchez7FWReleased
Colombia Jonny Mendoza9FWReleased
United States Aaron Wheeler11FWReleased
Nigeria Rasheed Olabiyi12MFReleased
United States Mike Olla13FWReleased
United States Danny DiPrima14MFReleased
United States Lee Nishanian15MFReleased
United States Jamie Thomas17MFReleased
United States Shawn McLaws23DFUnited States Oklahoma City Energy FCReleased[27]

Competitions

Preseason

USL

The 2018 USL season will be contested by 33 teams, 16 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 34 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight (8) teams from each conference advance to the 2018 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.

Standings (Eastern Conference)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Cincinnati 34 23 8 3 72 34 +38 77 Conference Playoffs
2 Louisville City FC 34 19 9 6 71 38 +33 66
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 34 15 14 5 47 26 +21 59
4 Charleston Battery 34 14 14 6 47 34 +13 56
5 New York Red Bulls II 34 13 13 8 71 59 +12 52
6 Bethlehem Steel FC 34 14 8 12 56 41 +15 50
7 Indy Eleven 34 13 10 11 45 42 +3 49
8 Nashville SC 34 12 13 9 42 31 +11 49
9 North Carolina FC 34 13 8 13 60 50 +10 47
10 Ottawa Fury 34 13 6 15 31 43 −12 45
11 Charlotte Independence 34 10 12 12 44 57 −13 42
12 Tampa Bay Rowdies 34 11 8 15 44 44 0 41
13 Penn FC 34 9 10 15 38 47 −9 37
14 Atlanta United 2 34 7 10 17 37 72 −35 31
15 Richmond Kickers 34 6 4 24 30 80 −50 22
16 Toronto FC II 34 4 6 24 42 77 −35 18
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results

All times in Eastern Time.[28]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
3 2 0 1 2 1 2  −1 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 1 2 1 2  −1

Last updated: March 31, 2018
Source: 2018 USL season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAAAH
ResultLDD
Position121313

Updated to match(es) played on March 31, 2018. Source: 2018 USL season and Current USL Standing
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of January 17, 2018[31]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSLPlayoffsOpen Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF United States Griffin Libhart 00000000
4 DF United States Travis Brent 00000000
5 DF Brazil Tiago Calvano 00000000
7 FW Puerto Rico Manolo Sanchez 00000000
8 MF Senegal Mouhamed Dabo 00000000
9 MF Colombia Jonny Mendoza 00000000
10 MF Jamaica Paul Wilson 00000000
11 FW United States Aaron Wheeler 00000000
12 MF Nigeria Rasheed Olabiyi 00000000
13 FW United States Mike Olla 00000000
14 MF United States Danny DiPrima 00000000
15 DF United States Lee Nishanian 00000000
16 DF United States Jake Bond 00000000
17 DF United States Jamie Thomas 00000000
18 DF Ghana Abass Mohamed 00000000
19 MF Jamaica Cardel Benbow 00000000
20 DF United States Chris Hill 00000000
22 DF United States John Grosh 00000000
30 FW Brazil Pedro Ribeiro 00000000
60 FW Ghana Fredrick Yamoah Opoku 00000000

Italics indicates player left team midway through season.

Goalkeepers

League Stats

As of January 17, 2017
Players included in matchday squads
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO Yellow card Red card
United States21Sean Lewis 000-0-000.00000
United States33Brandon Miller 000-0-000.00000
Total0–0–000.00000
Record: W-L-D

U.S. Open Cup Stats

As of January 17, 2017
Players included in matchday squads
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO Yellow card Red card
United States21Sean Lewis 000-0-000.00000
United States33Brandon Miller 000-0-000.00000
Total0–0–000.00000
Record: W-L-D

References

  1. ↑ "City Islanders Club History". Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ↑ "Penn FC to Make USL Debut in 2018". Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Penn FC signs Jorge Rivera". Penn FC. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Metzger added to Penn FC midfield". USLsoccer.com. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Penn FC signs Calvin Rezende". Penn FC. February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Penn FC signs Jacob Lissek". Penn FC. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Penn FC signs Aaron Dennis". Penn FC. February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Penn FC signs Pedro Galvao and Mauro Eustaquio". Penn FC. February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Penn FC signs Kyle Venter, Marco Franco, and Chris Hill". Penn FC. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 "Penn FC signs Salvatore Barone, Miguel Jaime and Harri Hawkins". Penn FC. February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Penn FC signs Ken Tribbett". Penn FC. March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Penn FC signs Romuald Peiser". Penn FC. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Penn FC signs forward Fabio De Sousa". Penn FC. March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Penn FC signs midfielder Saalih Muhammad". Penn FC. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Penn FC signs midfielder Richard Menjivar". Penn FC. March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Penn FC signs Lucky Mkosana". Penn FC. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Penn FC signs forward Tommy Heinemann". Penn FC. March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  18. ↑ "#ThankyouNick". twitter.com. November 29, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  19. 1 2 3 "Penn FC Announces four returning players". Brotherly Game. January 26, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Edmond native Shawn McLaws signs with Energy FC". Oklahoma City Energy FC. December 7, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Benbow back at Waterhouse". The Star Jamaica. January 4, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Dynamic Ghanaian, Two defenders build on historic Nashville SC roster". Nashville Soccer Club. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Wilson relishing return to RSPL, scores on Cavalier debut". Jamaica Observer. 19 January 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Ribeiro Heads West, Joins Foxes". USLsoccer.com. 22 January 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Goalkeeper Brandon Miller signs with Charlotte Independence". Brotherly Game. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  26. ↑ "Riverhounds SC adds four trialists to 2018 roster". Pittsburgh Riverhounds. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  27. ↑ Josh Evans (7 December 2017). "Edmond native Shawn McLaws signs with Energy FC". Oklahoma City Energy FC. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  28. ↑ "Harrisburg City Islanders Schedule". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  29. ↑ https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/05/07/toronto-fc-ii-match-moved-monarch-park-stadium
  30. ↑ "ROWDIES MOVE JUNE 23 MATCH TO JUNE 22". RowdiesSoccer.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  31. ↑ "2018 USL Season Stats". soccerway.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
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