2017 Reno 1868 FC season

The 2017 Reno 1868 FC season is the club's inaugural season of existence, and their first in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer.

Reno 1868 FC
2017 season
PresidentHerbert Simon
Head coachIan Russell
StadiumGreater Nevada Field
USLConference: 12th
Overall: 23rd
USL CupTBD
U.S. Open CupThird round

Background

Ahead of the 2017 season, there had been three professional soccer clubs in Northern Nevada: Reno Rattlers, Northern Nevada Aces, and Nevada Wonders. The announcement of an expansion franchise to join the USL was announced in September 2015.[1]

The club's named was decided with a contest known as "USL Reno 2017". Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted, followed by fans choosing from amongst the top six names: Reno FC, FC Reno, Reno Silver FC, Reno City FC, Reno United, or Reno 1868. The fans response refined the contest down to three finalists—Reno FC, Reno United, and Reno 1868—with the winner being Reno 1868, a nod to the founding year of the City of Reno.[2]

On June 29, 2016, the club announced a two-year partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS. It was also stated that San Jose would have control over the technical side of the club.[3] The team hired Earthquakes Assistant Coach Ian Russell as Head Coach on November 22, 2016.[4]

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age)[[A]] Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Russ Klabough GK (1990-11-11)November 11, 1990 (aged 26) Stanislaus State Warriors
12 Matt Bersano GK (1992-09-10)September 10, 1992 (aged 25) San Jose Earthquakes[B]
Defenders
4 Jordan Murrell LB (1993-05-02)May 2, 1993 (aged 24) Pittsburgh Riverhounds
5 Nick von Niederhäusern DF (1989-09-28)September 28, 1989 (aged 28) Vaduz
6 Thomas Janjigian LB (1994-11-10)November 10, 1994 (aged 22) FC Golden State Force
15 Jimmy Ockford CB (1992-06-10)June 10, 1992 (aged 25) Seattle Sounders FC
16 Brent Richards RB (1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 27) Portland Timbers 2
18 Kip Colvey RB (1994-03-15)March 15, 1994 (aged 23) San Jose Earthquakes[B]
23 Brenton Griffiths CB (1991-02-09)February 9, 1991 (aged 26) Orange County SC
Midfielders
2 Jackson Yueill CM (1997-03-19)March 19, 1997 (aged 20) San Jose Earthquakes[B]
7 Jordan Roberts CM (1993-01-02)January 2, 1993 (aged 24) Saint Louis FC
10 Junior Burgos AM (1988-08-14)August 14, 1988 (aged 29) Atlanta United FC
11 Anibal Echeverria CM (1987-09-05)September 5, 1987 (aged 30) Turlock Express
14 Chris Wehan LM (1994-01-29)January 29, 1994 (aged 23) New Mexico Lobos
17 Lindo Mfeka CM (1994-03-29)March 29, 1994 (aged 23) San Jose Earthquakes[B]
20 Matt LaGrassa LM (1993-01-27)January 27, 1993 (aged 24) Sacramento Republic FC
38 Matheus Silva MF (1996-12-08)December 8, 1996 (aged 20) San Jose Earthquakes[B]
84 Seth Casiple RM (1993-08-23)August 23, 1993 (aged 24) Portland Timbers 2
96 Luis Fernandes CM (1996-01-29)January 29, 1996 (aged 21) Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Forwards
8 Mackenzie Pridham LF (1990-08-13)August 13, 1990 (aged 27) Sacramento Republic
9 Dane Kelly ST (1991-02-09)February 9, 1991 (aged 26) Swope Park Rangers
19 Dembakwi Yomba / CF (1996-09-04)September 4, 1996 (aged 21) Orlando City B
29 Antoine Hoppenot RF (1990-11-23)November 23, 1990 (aged 26) FC Cincinnati
  1. ^
    Player's age during the 2017 season..
    2.
  2. ^
    On loan from MLS affiliate San Jose Earthquakes.
    3.

Non-competitive

Preseason
February 18 Reno 1868 FC0–1San Jose EarthquakesReno, Nevada
12:30 PST Report Thompson  40' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 6,289
March 11 Reno 1868 FC3–3Sacramento Republic FCReno, Nevada
16:00 PST Pridham  42', 87'
Kelly  66'		 Report Caesar  17', 19'
Ochoa  27'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,554

Midseason friendlies
July 8 Reno 1868 FC v AtlasReno, Nevada
19:30 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field

Competitive

USL
Main article: 2017 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Monarchs (X) 32 20 7 5 59 31 +28 67 Conference Playoffs
2 San Antonio FC 32 17 11 4 45 24 +21 62
3 Reno 1868 FC 32 17 8 7 75 39 +36 59
4 Swope Park Rangers 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 58
5 Phoenix Rising FC 32 17 7 8 50 37 +13 58
Source: 2017 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
(X) Regular Season League Champion.

Results
March 25 1Reno 1868 FC0–2Orange County SCReno, Nevada
19:00 PST Matheus Silva  29' Report Lacroix  31', 45+1'
Pineda  81'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,691
Referee: Victor Rivas
April 1 2Reno 1868 FC1–1Whitecaps FC 2Reno, Nevada
19:00 PST Griffiths  4'
Casiple  88'		 Report Sanner  8'
Flores  14'
Wynne  90+3'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,430
Referee: Joe Dickerson
April 6 3Real Monarchs5–3Reno 1868 FCSandy, Utah
18:00 PST Minter  14'
Velásquez  26'
Hoffman  34'
Orozco  41'
Curinga  43'
Moberg  54'
Hernández  90+2'		 Report Pridham  39'
Hoppenot  78'
Kelly  84', 87'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 2,316
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
April 15 4San Antonio FC4–0Reno 1868 FCSan Antonio, Texas
18:00 PST Forbes  34'
Elizondo  67', 79'
Pecka  69'
Castillo  90+2' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,403
Referee: Tyler Mitcham
April 22 5Reno 1868 FC2–2Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCReno, Nevada
19:00 PST Burgos  45' (pen.)
Murrell  45+2'  60'		 Report McFarlane  52'
Burt  58'
Malcolm  90+1'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: Malik Badawi
May 6 6Phoenix Rising FC0–4Reno 1868 FCTempe, Arizona
19:00 PST Report Kelly  2', 6', 66'  66'
Mfeka  74'
Wehan  76'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,067
Referee: Joe Dickerson
May 20 7Reno 1868 FC6–0Seattle Sounders FC 2Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST Kelly  28', 32' (pen.), 35' (pen.)
Mfeka  44'
Casiple  48'
Ockford  80'  90+2'		 Report Ele  30'  34' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,711
Referee: Chipalo Street
May 24 8Reno 1868 FC4–0Tulsa Roughnecks FCReno, Nevada
19:30 PST Mfeka  24'  62'
Casiple  37'
Ockford  43'
Kelly  57'
Hoppenot  67'  71'
Fernandes  75'		 Report Mata  16'
Corrales  55'
Caffa  57'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,418
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 27 9Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC3–3Reno 1868 FCColorado Springs, Colorado
17:00 PST Argueta  55'
Burt  57', 88'
Prugh  58'		 Report Hoppenot  37', 85'
Kelly  42'  55'
Murrell  61'
Griffiths  69'
LaGrassa  71'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,046
Referee: Ramy Touchan
June 7 10Reno 1868 FC3–2Rio Grande Valley FCReno, Nevada
19:30 PST Kelly  22'
Fernandes  66'
Richards  77'		 Report Rodriguez  20'
Sagel  70'
Wharton  72'
Bird  74' (pen.)		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,844
Referee: Victor Rivas
June 10 11Reno 1868 FC2–0Sacramento Republic FCReno, Nevada
19:30 PST Hoppenot  38'
Ockford  56'
Kelly  73'		 Report James  14'
Barrera  64'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 6,060
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
June 19 12Real Monarchs2–1Reno 1868 FCSandy, Utah
18:00 PST Brody  22'
Peay  45+3'
Besler  90'
Velásquez  90+6'		 Report Mfeka  18'
Hoppenot  34'
Ockford  80'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Robi Hullner
June 24 13Portland Timbers 20–2Reno 1868 FCPortland, Oregon
19:00 PST Report Casiple  55'
Fernandes  82'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 1,993
Referee: Michael Radchuk
June 30 14Reno 1868 FC0–0Phoenix Rising FCReno, Nevada
19:30 PST Brown  86' Report Wakasa  34'
Drogba  90+4'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 7,092
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 3 15Reno 1868 FC9–0LA Galaxy IIReno, Nevada
19:30 PST Castellanos  3' (o.g.)
Kelly  8'
Murrell  11', 49'  61'
Griffiths  22'
Hoppenot  25' (pen.)
LaGrassa  66'
Wehan  76', 84'
Brown  78'
Espinal  88'		 Report Covarrubias  82' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,140
Referee: Victor Rivas
July 15 16Whitecaps FC 21–1Reno 1868 FCUEL, British Columbia
19:00 PST Gardner  62'
Bevan  83'
de Vries  85'		 Report Brown  73'
Murrell  81'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,788
Referee: Alian Ruch
July 22 17Reno 1868 FC1–1Portland Timbers 2Reno, Nevada
19:00 PST LaGrassa  42'
Hoppenot  64'
Fernandes  65'
Casiple  71'		 Report McIntosh  52'
Calixtro  83'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 6,027
Referee: Benjamin Oakley
July 30 18Swope Park Rangers1–4Reno 1868 FCKansas City, Missouri
00:00 PST Hernandez  60'
Duke  68'		 Report Hoppenot  1'
Kelly  34'  76'
Fernandes  45'
Bersano  45+2'
Mfeka  64'
Murrell  66'
Casiple  90'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 989
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 2 19OKC Energy FC1–0Reno 1868 FCOklahoma City, Oklahoma
21:00 PST Barril  29'
Angulo  62'		 Report Alashe  29' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 5 20Tulsa Roughnecks FC2–3Reno 1868 FCTulsa, Oklahoma
00:00 PST Report Stadium: ONEOK Field
August 12 21Reno 1868 FC2-0San Antonio FCReno, Nevada
00:00 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
August 19 22Sacramento Republic FC1-2Reno 1868 FCSacramento, California
00:00 PST Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
August 26 23Reno 1868 FC1-0Swope Park RangersReno, Nevada
00:00 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
September 2 24Orange County SC1-3Reno 1868 FCIrvine, California
00:00 PST Stadium: Anteater Stadium
September 6 25LA Galaxy II1-2Reno 1868 FCCarson, California
00:00 PST StubHub Center Track Stadium
September 9 26Seattle Sounders FC 21-1Reno 1868 FCTukwila, Washington
00:00 PST Stadium: Starfire Sports Stadium
September 16 27Rio Grande Valley FC1-0Reno 1868 FCEdinburg, Texas
00:00 PST Stadium: H-E-B Park
September 20 28Reno 1868 FC3-0OKC Energy FCReno, Nevada
00:00 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
September 23 29Reno 1868 FC6-1Portland Timbers 2Reno, Nevada
00:00 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
September 30 30Reno 1868 FC0-3Real MonarchsReno, Nevada
00:00 PST Hoppenot 24'
Murrell  64'		 Report Brody  43'
Hoffman  47'
Velásquez  70'
Besler  77'
Mare  86'
Haber  89'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 6,598
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 7 31Orange County SC1-4Reno 1868 FCIrvine, California
00:00 PST Stadium: Anteater Stadium
October 14 32Reno 1868 FC2-2Sacramento Republic FCReno, Nevada
00:00 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field

USL Playoffs
Main article: 2017 USL Playoffs

First Round
October 21 First RoundReno 1868 FC0-1OKC Energy FCReno, Nevada
00:00 PST Stadium: Greater Nevada Field

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup
May 17 Second roundOSA FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Reno 1868 FCTukwila, Washington
7:30 PM PDT Gordley  14' Report Yomba  30' Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jeff Arthurholtz
Penalties
Blanchard
Roldan
Haddadi
Wright 		Casiple
Richards
Hoppenot
Burgos
May 31 Third roundSacramento Republic FC 2–0 Reno 1868 FCSacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT Williams  41'
Caesar  59'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 2,307

Statistics

Awards

See also

References
  1. "USL Announces 2017 Expansion Club in Reno". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  2. ">"USL Reno 2017 Name the Team". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  3. "Reno 1868 FC, San Jose Earthquakes agree to two-year affiliation". www.reno1868fc.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  4. "1868 FC Unveils Russell as First Head Coach". uslsoccer.com. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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