2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2018 season
Head Coach	Gerson Echeverry
United Soccer League	Conference: TBD; Overall: TBD

The 2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season is the 3rd season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[1]

Club

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of March 16, 2018.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
0	Goalkeeper	Nico Corti	Belgium
1	Goalkeeper	Matt Sanchez	Puerto Rico
2	Defender	Kai Greene	United States
3	Midfielder	Luis Gil (^[A])	United States
4	Defender	Robert Castellanos	United States
5	Defender	Manny Padilla	United States
6	Midfielder	Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)	Jamaica
7	Midfielder	Matías Zaldívar	Argentina
8	Midfielder	Nicolás Perea	Colombia
10	Midfielder	Pablo Aguilar	Guatemala
11	Forward	Jesús Enríquez	United States
13	Midfielder	David Cabrera	Colombia
14	Midfielder	Todd Wharton	United States
15	Midfielder	Bryce Marion	United States
18	Forward	Zach Wright	United States
19	Forward	Mac Steeves (^[A])	United States
20	Defender	Conor Donovan (^[A])	United States
21	Defender	A. J. DeLaGarza (^[A])	United States
22	Forward	Jordan Jones	United States
23	Forward	Aldo Quintanilla	Mexico
24	Defender	Derek Luke	United States
26	Goalkeeper	Michael Nelson (^[A])	United States
27	Defender	Adam Lundqvist (^[A])	Sweden
28	Forward	Wilmer Cabrera Jr.	Colombia
30	Defender	Omar Ontiveros	United States
31	Defender	Sheldon Sullivan	United States
32	Defender	Kyle Adams	New Zealand
33	Defender	Jared Watts (^[A])	United States
34	Goalkeeper	Tyler Deric (^[A])	United States
36	Midfielder	Andrew Wenger (^[A])	United States
53	Midfielder	Eric Bird (^[A])	United States
58	Forward	Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)	Panama
90	Midfielder	Monday Etim	Nigeria
—	Midfielder	Brandon Morales	United States

^ Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

^ Houston Dynamo academy player.

Competitions

Pre-Season

February 3	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–9	Houston Dynamo	Edinburg, Texas
				Stadium: H-E-B Park

February 22	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	Houston Baptist University	Edinburg, Texas
				Stadium: H-E-B Park

February 24	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–5	Motagua FC	Edinburg, Texas
				Stadium: H-E-B Park

March 2	San Antonio FC	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CST	King 24' Lopez 34'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Field

United Soccer League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	34	11	6	17	36	39	−3	39
12	Fresno FC	34	9	12	13	44	38	+6	39
13	Rio Grande Valley Toros	34	8	14	12	36	42	−6	38
14	LA Galaxy II	34	10	7	17	60	67	−7	37
15	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	8	7	19	50	74	−24	31

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

Match results

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

March 16 1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Donovan 52' Aguilar 66', 77'	Report	Hilton 26' Fall 56' Walls 82'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 5,910 Referee: Christopher Scruggs

March 31 2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Edinburg, Texas
5:30 P.M.	Ontiveros 43' Wharton 51' (pen) James 74', 79'	Report	Bijev 30' Iwasa 35', 80' Donovan 90+2' (og)	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 5,903 Referee: Marco Vega

April 7 3	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M.	Suggs 63' Burt 70' (pen.) Kim 90+3'	Report	Quintailla 80' Ontiveros 83'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 2,632 Referee: L. Szpala

April 14 4	Seattle Sounders FC 2	3–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 P.M.	Chenkam 1', 66' Rogers 50' Gonzalez 82'	Report	Luke 9' Zaldívar 22' Wharton 32' Delgado 45'+1'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,798 Referee: Levi Rippy

April 18 5	Portland Timbers 2	3–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Portland, Oregon
9:00 P.M.	Ebobisse 56' Barmby 61' (PK) Langsdorf 68' (Lowe) Barmby 76' Batista 90+2'	Report	Ontiveros 30' (Donovan) Padilla 33' Etim 45+2' Wharton 81' (PK) Zaldívar 90+4'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,748 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

April 25 6	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–0	Orange County SC	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M.	Rodríguez 36' Ontiveros 40' Aguilar 47' Quintanilla 89'	Report	Amico 82' Segbers 88'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Mark Allatin

May 2 7	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	Reno 1868 FC	Edinburg, Texas
	Ontiveros 24'	Report	Mfeka 61'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,483 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

May 9 8	Fresno FC	2–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Fresno, California
7:30 P.M.	Fewo 14' Donovan 30' (og) Fiddes 43' Del Campo 60' Cooper 61' Argueta 87'	Report	Enríquez 52' Quintanilla 73'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 4,568 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

May 12 9	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	San Antonio FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Zaldívar 62' Wharton 78'	Report	Felix 37' Castillo 59' Guadarrama 60' Escalante 82' King 89'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 7,846 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

May 19 10	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	Swope Park Rangers	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.		Report	Rebellón 18' Hernandez 86'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,102 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

May 23 11	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–1	LA Galaxy II	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M>	Quintanilla 14' Zaldívar 65' Enríquez 69' Wharton 72' Montaño 90+1'	Report	Büscher 5' Requejo 21' F. López 87'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Malik Badawi

June 4 12	Real Monarchs	2–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M.	Ledezma 25' Moberg 45' Kacher 48', 70'	Report	Enríquez 31' James 49' Sullivan 79'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,654

June 9 13	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–1	Portland Timbers 2	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.		Report	Phillips 14' Lewis 53' Loría 78'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,995 Referee: Baltazar Peral Hana

June 16 14	OKC Energy FC	3–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:30 P.M.	Beckie 10' Siaj 21' Ross 53' González 90+7'	Report	Ontiveros 5', 15' Delgado 69'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,903 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

June 23 15	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Padilla 34'	Report	Musa 47'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 5,649 Referee: Ramy Touchan

June 30 16	Saint Louis FC	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Fenton, Missouri
7:30 P.M.	Fink 40' Reynolds 47' Culbertson 73' Hilton 90+4'	Report	Greene 45' Padilla 85'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,284 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

July 7 17	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–1	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Enríquez 75' Sullivan 83'	Report	Ferreira 74' Gee 77' Pirez 86'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,098 Referee: Elton García

July 14 18	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–0	Las Vegas Lights FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Greene 35' Donovan 45' Enríquez 90'	Report	Pérez 14' Salgado 35' Jaime 38' Alatorre 90+4'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

July 22 19	Swope Park Rangers	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 P.M.		Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 933 Referee: Ramy Touchan

July 28 20	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Edinburg, Texas
	Greene 46' Perea 52' Aguilar 83'	Report		Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,896 Referee: Arturo Ibarra

August 4 21	Las Vegas Lights FC	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Las Vegas, Nevada
10:00 P.M.	Huiqui 41', 82' Ochoa 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 6,752 Referee: Michael Zapata

August 11 22	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Sacramento, California
10:00 P.M.	Iwasa 61' Alemán 64' Hall 68' Matjašič 78' Bijev 80'	Report	Small 1' Wharton 83'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,937 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

August 18 23	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–4	OKC Energy FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Zaldívar 45+5' Greene 62' Wharton 79' (pen.)	Report	Volesky 34,55' Dixon 36' Jahn 67' Barril 69' Beckie 85'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

August 22 24	LA Galaxy II	1–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Carson, California
19:30	Engola 18' Aguilar 28' Dhillon 77'	Report	Sullivan 38' Enríquez 51'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 478 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

August 25 25	Orange County SC	0–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Irvine, California
9:00 PM	Hooiveld 57'	Report	Zaldívar 30' Small 45+2' Wharton 90'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Elton Garcia

August 29 26	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–3	San Antonio FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT	Enríquez 3'	Report	Presley 49' Laing 62' Guzmán 81' Lopez 90'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 5 27	Phoenix Rising FC	1–0	Rio Grande Valley Toros	Scottsdale, Arizona
9:30 P.M.	Asante 61'	Report	Greene 12'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 5,307 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 5 28	Rio Grande Valley Toros	2–1	Real Monarchs	Edinburg, Texas
8:30 P.M.	Padilla 45' Quintailla 71' Wharton 77'	Report	Plewa 26' Portillo 76'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,058 Referee: Luis Guardia

September 15 29	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M.	Robinson 8' També 35'	Report	Perea 71'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Adam Zarrin

September 22 30	Rio Grande Valley FC	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Wharton 5' Bird 41' Perea 76'	Report	Gonzalez 32'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,468 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

September 26 31	Reno 1868 FC	4–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Reno, Nevada
9:00 PM	Casiple 12' Wehan 22' Brown 80' Thiaw 89'	Report	James 4' Padilla 23'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,095 Referee: Timothy Ford

September 29 32	Rio Grande Valley FC	2–1	Fresno FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Enríquez 9' Small 84'	Report	Cazarez 14' Strong 26' Johnson 43'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

October 6 33	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	1–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M.	Rivas 60' Vukovic 85'	Report	Perea 51' Small 53'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,766 Referee: Danielle Chesky

October 13 34	San Antonio FC	–	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 P.M.				Stadium: Toyota Field

References

↑ "About the Club". Retrieved August 5, 2018.

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[cnote_A_grp_1] Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

[cnote_B_grp_1] Houston Dynamo academy player.

[1] "About the Club". Retrieved August 5, 2018.

[A]

United Soccer League
Eastern Conference	Atlanta United 2 Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Indy Eleven Louisville City FC Nashville SC New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Ottawa Fury FC Penn FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Richmond Kickers Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto FC II
Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights FC OKC Energy FC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising FC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Reno 1868 FC Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Sacramento Republic FC Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders FC 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks FC
Future teams	Austin Bold FC (2019) Birmingham Legion FC (2019) El Paso Locomotive FC (2019) Hartford Athletic (2019) Loudoun United FC (2019) Memphis 901 FC (2019) New Mexico United (2019) Chicago (2021) East Bay (2021)
Former teams	Antigua Barracuda Austin Aztex Charlotte Eagles Dayton Dutch Lions FC Montreal Puerto Rico United River Plate Puerto Rico Sevilla FC Puerto Rico F.C. New York Orlando City B Orlando City SC Phoenix FC Rochester Rhinos Whitecaps FC 2 VSI Tampa Bay FC Wilmington Hammerheads FC
Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Miscellaneous	Foreign players United Soccer Leagues USL Cup USL League One USL League Two

2018 USL season
Playoffs Transfers
East	Atlanta United 2 Bethlehem Steel Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Indy Eleven Louisville City Nashville SC New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Ottawa Fury Penn FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Richmond Kickers Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto FC II
West	Colorado Springs Switchbacks Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights OKC Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks