2015 Austin Aztex season

The 2015 Austin Aztex season is the club's fourth season of existence. The club is now playing in the USL (formerly named USL Pro), the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. They were previously in the USL PDL the last 3 seasons, where they won the 2013 Championship, and the appeared in the Conference Finals in 2012 and 2014. The Austin Aztex will be competing in the Western conference and will be playing their first season in the newly dubbed USL. The season will begin March 21 and conclude on September 20.

Austin Aztex
2015 season
OwnerRene van de Zande
David Markley
Head CoachPaul Dalglish
StadiumHouse Park
Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex[1]
USLConference: 9th
Overall: 17th
USL PlayoffsDNQ
U.S. Open Cup4th Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trevin Caesar
Kris Tyrpak (9)
All: Trevin Caesar (10)
Highest home attendance5,136
(Aug. 1 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance1,439
(Apr. 1 vs. Vancouver)
Average home league attendance3,227

Background

After finding success in the USL PDL the first 3 seasons of their existence, which included the 2014 USL PDL League Championship, the Aztex made the jump to the newly renamed USL for this season.

In preparation for the move to USL Pro, the Aztex introduced a new logo and affiliated with the Columbus Crew SC, an MLS club which had also recently undergone a logo change.

Colors and badge

The Aztex kits are dark blue with gold numbers and gold trim. Their alternate kits are white with gold trim and numbering. Kits are provided by Admiral Sportswear.

The Aztex badge features blue and gold colors with a Texas lone star, a soccer ball, and the word "AzTeX" with an enlarged A, T, and X. "ATX" is shorthand for Austin, Texas.

Players and Staff

Current roster

As of March 11, 2015 [2]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Devin Perales  United States
2 Defender Ryan Roushandel  United States
3 Defender Mikey Ambrose  United States
4 Defender Leone Cruz  United States
5 Defender Travis Golden  United States
6 Defender Kyle Hoffer  United States
8 Midfielder Andres Cuero  United States
9 Forward Alfred Koroma Shams  United States
10 Forward Mozzi Gyorio  Canada
12 Forward Drew Yates  United States
14 Defender Brian Fekete  United States
15 Forward Bryce Taylor  United States
16 Midfielder Tony Rocha  United States
17 Midfielder Brendan King  United States
18 Forward Kris Tyrpak  United States
19 Defender Max Gunderson  United States
20 Forward Sainey Touray  Gambia
21 Forward Trevin Caesar  Trinidad and Tobago
22 Defender Kalen Ryden (on loan from Columbus Crew SC)  United States
23 Midfielder Guaraci  Brazil
25 Midfielder Lance Rozeboom  United States
29 Forward Adam Bedell (on loan from Columbus Crew SC)  United States
66 Goalkeeper Cody Laurendi  United States
77 Defender Fernando Timbo  Brazil

Out on loan
No. Position Player Nation
11 Midfielder Gregory Mulamba (on loan to Oklahoma City Energy)  South Africa

Technical Staff

As of February 25, 2015.[3]

Position Name
Technical Director Paul Dalglish
Head Coach Paul Dalglish
Assistant Head Coach Zack Pope
Assistant Coach Ben Crawley
Assistant Coach Ric Granryd
Strength & Conditioning Coach Scott Frost
Trainer Demetrius Collins
Team Administrator Scott Frost

Competitions

Preseason
February 13, 2015 ATX Pro ChallengeAustin Aztex0–2D.C. UnitedAustin, Texas
21:00 EST Opare  4'
Aguilar  9'
Doyle  16'
Arnaud  85'		 Stadium: Myers Stadium
February 15, 2015 ATX Pro ChallengeAustin Aztex0 - 1Columbus Crew SCAustin, Texas
1:00 p.m. EST Guaraci  34'
Mulamba  55'		 Report Trapp  38'
Barson  81'		 Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
February 18, 2015 Houston Dynamo0–1Austin AztexHouston, Texas
1:00p.m. CST Report Rodríguez  86' (o.g.) Stadium: Houston Methodist Champions Field at Houston Sports Park
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
February 21, 2015 Austin Aztex1 - 3SMU MustangsAustin, Texas
Report Garcia  3', 20'
Camara  16'		 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Stadium
February 28, 2015 Austin Aztex5 - 1Incarnate Word CardinalsAustin, Texas
King  46' (pen.)
Roushandel
Taylor
Ambrose
Cruz 		Gallegos Stadium: Kelly Reeves Stadium
March 7, 2015 Austin Aztex5 - 0Southwestern PiratesAustin, Texas
Shams  1'
Guaraci
King  26'

 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Stadium
March 7, 2015 Austin Aztex1 - 0St. Edward's HilltoppersAustin, Texas
Stadium: Kelly Reeves Stadium
March 11, 2015 Austin Aztex4 - 0Houston Baptist HuskiesAustin, Texas
Gyorio  15'
King  17' (pen.), 20'
Shams  87'		 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Stadium
March 14, 2015 Hill Country DerbySan Antonio Scorpions1 - 4Austin AztexSan Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Elizondo  34'
Zea  42'
Castillo  74'
Forbes  89'  90'		 Report Guaraci  5', 11'
Tyrpak  45'
King  32', 66' (pen.)  89'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
May 6, 2015 Mid-Season FriendlyAustin Aztex4 - 0All Air Force Soccer TeamAustin, Texas
Taylor  6'
Caesar  20', 30'
Bedell  79'		 Report Stadium: House Park

United Soccer League
Main article: 2015 USL season

League tables
Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Seattle Sounders 2 28 13 3 12 45 42 +3 42 First round
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 28 11 6 11 49 46 +3 39
8 Portland Timbers 2 28 11 2 15 38 45 −7 35
9 Austin Aztex 28 10 3 15 32 41 −9 33
10 Arizona United 28 10 2 16 31 55 −24 32
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 28 8 6 14 39 53 −14 30
12 Real Monarchs 28 7 8 13 32 42 −10 29
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Regular Season Matches
March 28, 2015 USL 1Austin Aztex2–0Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCAustin, TX
Touray  39'
Caesar  79'		 Report Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: Luis Guardia
April 1, 2015 USL 2Austin Aztex0–3Whitecaps FC 2Austin, TX
Report Clarke  11'
Nitti  76'
Schuler  89'		 Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: William Tomlinson
April 4, 2015 USL 3Tulsa Roughnecks FC0–2Austin AztexTulsa, OK
Report Tyrpak  21', 66' Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Andrew Musashe
April 11, 2015 USL 4Austin Aztex0–1Arizona United SCAustin, TX
Report Tan  48' Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2,143
Referee: Kyle Phillips
April 19, 2015 USL 5LA Galaxy II2–1Austin AztexCarson, CA
Lassiter  63'
Mendiola  83'		 Report Touray  79' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 727
April 25, 2015 USL 6Austin Aztex1–0Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCAustin, TX
Tyrpak  8' Report Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
May 1, 2015 USL 7Austin Aztex2–2Oklahoma City Energy FCAustin, TX
Yates  19', 24' Report König  15'
Greig  86'		 Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2,696
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
May 9, 2015 USL 8Austin Aztex3–2Real Monarchs SLCAustin, TX
Tyrpak  4'
Ryden  87'
Caesar  92'		 Report Rauhofer  39' (pen.)
Baldin  56'		 Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2,739
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
May 16, 2015 USL 9Arizona United SC3–2Austin AztexScottsdale, AZ
Stisser  35' (pen.)
Tan  47', 69'
Vickers  78'
Shinsky  81'		 Report Tyrpak  8'
Caesar  14'
Guaraci  35'
Ryden  68'		 Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium
Attendance: 3,229
Referee: Marco Vega
May 24, 2015 USL 10Austin Aztex0–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCAustin, TX
Guaraci  80' Report Miller  25'
Davoren  78'		 Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2,765
Referee: Christopher Mercado
May 31, 2015 USL 11Oklahoma City Energy1–0Austin AztexOklahoma City, OK
Greig  72' Report Rozeboom  22'
Golden  65'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,291
Referee: Mike Arrington
June 6, 2015 USL 12Sacramento Republic FC0–1Austin AztexSacramento, CA
Foran  24'
Braun  57'		 Report Golden  52'
Tyrpak  58'		 Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 11,442
Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiare
June 14, 2015 USL 13Portland Timbers 23–1Austin AztexPortland, OR
Gavin  41'
Safiu  45' (pen.)
Winchester  67'
Jeanderson  89',  90'		 Report
Box Score		 Perales  43'
Caesar  88'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,605
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
June 20, 2015 USL 14Austin Aztex1–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCAustin, TX
Guaraci  55' Report
Box Score		 Bond  66'
Brewster  72'
Ochoa  85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 2,991
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
June 27, 2015 USL 15Austin Aztex0–0Sacramento Republic FCAustin, TX
Report
Box Score		 Daly  18' Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 2,880
Referee: Michael Lavergne
July 3, 2015 USL 16Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC2–0Austin AztexColorado Springs, CO
10:00 King  53'  74'
Harada  79'		 Summary Rozeboom  33' Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Tyler Mitcham
July 11, 2015 USL 17Real Monarchs SLC3–1Austin AztexSalt Lake City, UT
9:00 Orellana  37'
Velazco  39'  40'
Welshman  63'  69'
Garrett Losee  87'		 Summary Caesar  27'
Cuero  77'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 11,003
Referee: Hamed Sadeghi
July 17, 2015 USL 18Austin Aztex4–1Arizona United SCAustin, TX
8:30 King  17'
Caesar  21'  40'
Cuero  22'
Touray  81'		 Summary Danny Garcia  12'
Dillon  19'
Valentino  32'
Long Tan  64'		 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 3,361
Referee: Michael Lavergne
July 25, 2015 USL 19Arizona United SC0–1Austin AztexScottsdale, AZ
10:30 Granger  54'
Morrison  66'
Top  77'		 Summary Tyrpak  5'
Yates  83'
Perales  90'		 Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium
Attendance: 3,314
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 1, 2015 USL 20Austin Aztex0–1Portland Timbers 2Austin, TX
20:30 Summary Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 5,791
Referee: William Tomlinson
August 8, 2015 USL 21Orange County Blues FC1–0Austin AztexIrvine, CA
22:00 Petričević  11' 
Suggs  24'
Ilich  34'
Cortez  81'		 Summary Fekete  45'
Rocha  62'		 Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 702
Referee: Juan Colazo
August 15, 2015 USL 22Austin Aztex2–3LA Galaxy IIAustin, TX
19:30 Caesar  28'
Fernando Timbó  35' (Pen.)
Ambrose  54'
Tyrpak  58'		 Summary Wolverton  3'
Nishanian  31'
McBean  61'  90+1'
Diallo  75'  88'		 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 3,564
Referee: Andrew Musashe
August 22, 2015 USL 23Austin Aztex1–0Orange County Blues FCAustin, TX
19:30 Laurendi  4'
Cuero  14'
Ambrose  24'
Tyrpak  72'
Gall  84'
Caesar  89'		 Summary Ramírez  75' Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 3,362
Referee: Chipalo Street
August 29, 2015 USL 24Oklahoma City Energy2–0Austin AztexOklahoma City, OK
19:00 Dalgaard  38'
Evans  56'
König  72'  87'		 Summary Fernando Timbó  72' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6,089
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
September 5, 2015 USL 25Austin Aztex2–1Seattle Sounders FC 2Austin, TX
19:30 Cuero  14'
Gall  34'
Caesar  65'
Rocha  66'		 Summary Correa  20'
Garza  43'  45'
Sanyang  45'
Lowe  65'		 Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
Attendance: 5,055
Referee: Mike Arrington
September 9, 2015 USL 26Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC3–0Austin AztexColorado Springs, CO
20:00 Vercollone  2' (pen.)  85'
Eloundou  54'		 Summary Cuero  48'
Fernando Timbó  64'		 Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Attendance: 2,383
Referee: Victor Rivas
September 17, 2015 USL 27Seattle Sounders FC 23–2Austin AztexTukwila, WA
Mota  8'
Fairclough  45+'
Azira  55'
Miele  85'		 Summary Caesar  12'
Gall  38'
Rocha  57'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,207
Referee: Jeff Arthurholtz
September 20, 2015 USL 28Whitecaps FC 22–3Austin AztexVancouver, BC
Lewis  40'
Levis  47', 58'		 Summary Ambrose  59'
Gall  66'
Rocha  80'
Tyrpak  85'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,758
Referee: Alain Ruch

As of September 20, 2015[4]

U.S. Open Cup

See 2015 U.S. Open Cup

As a Member of the USL, the Aztex automatically qualify into the second round with all 21 US based teams and face the winners of the first round regional matchup. At the time the First Round pairings are made, each USL team will be matched geographically to a specific First Round pairing and be scheduled to play its winner.[5]

U.S. Open Cup Matches
May 20 Second RoundAustin Aztex 2–0 Laredo HeatAustin, Texas
20:00 CT Cuero  28'
King  51'
Fekete  73'		 Report Butler  44'
Moreno  67'		 Stadium: House Park
May 27 Third RoundSan Antonio Scorpions 0–2 Austin AztexSan Antonio, Texas
20:00 CT Attakora  35'
Castillo  85'
Elizondo  88'		 Report Ambrose  50'
Caesar  78'
Guaraci  81'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
June 17 Fourth RoundHouston Dynamo 2–0 Austin AztexHouston, Texas
20:30 CT Miranda  24'
Ashe  36'
Sturgis  48'
Steinberger  68'
Clark  90+2'		 ATX Report
MLS Report		 Timbó  59'
Ambrose  73'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,041

References
  1. "Aztex to Resume Home Slate at Kelly Reeves". Austin Aztex. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. "Player Roster". Austin Aztex. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. http://austinaztex.com/coaches/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.ussoccer.com/lamar-hunt-us-open-cup/open-cup-tournaments/2015-usoc#tab-4
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