2018 Reno 1868 FC season

Reno 1868 FC
2018 season
President	Herbert Simon
Head coach	Ian Russell
Stadium	Greater Nevada Field
USL	5th, Western Conference
USL Cup	Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
Silver State Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	7,103; (August 25 vs. Sacramento Republic FC)
Lowest home attendance	3,224; (March 17 vs. Swope Park Rangers)
Average home league attendance	5,066
Home colors	Away colors

The 2018 Reno 1868 FC season is the club's second season of existence, their second in the second tier of American soccer and their second in the United Soccer League.

Background

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Lindo Mfeka	San Jose Earthquakes	Free	January 1, 2018

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
7	FW	Jordan Roberts		Released	November 30, 2017
10	MF	Junior Burgos	FAS	Released	November 30, 2017
11	MF	Anibal Echeverria	Western Nevada Coyotes	Released	November 30, 2017
18	DF	Kip Colvey	Colorado Rapids	Free	December 13, 2017
15	DF	Jimmy Ockford	San Jose Earthquakes	Free	December 14, 2017
96	MF	Luis Felipe	San Jose Earthquakes	Free	December 14, 2017
14	FW	Chris Wehan	San Jose Earthquakes	Free	December 14, 2017
12	GK	Matt Bersano	San Jose Earthquakes	End of loan	January 1, 2018
5	DF	Nick von Niederhäusern	Wil 1900	Free	January 1, 2018
2	MF	Jackson Yueill	San Jose Earthquakes	End of loan	January 1, 2018

Chris Wehan – to SJ Earthquakes
Matt LaGrassa – to Nashville SC
Matheus Silva – end of loan, transferred to Swope Park Rangers
Luis Felipe Fernandes – to SJ Earthquakes
Mackenzie Pridham – released
Dane Kelly – to DC United

Loan in

Chris Wehan from SJ Earthquakes
Luis Felipe Fernandes – from SJ Earthquakes

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)^[[A]]	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Russ Klabough		GK	(1990-11-11)November 11, 1990 (aged 27)	Stanislaus State Warriors
Defenders
4	Jordan Murrell		LB	(1993-05-02)May 2, 1993 (aged 25)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
6	Thomas Janjigian		LB	(1994-11-10)November 10, 1994 (aged 23)	FC Golden State Force
16	Brent Richards		RB	(1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 28)	Portland Timbers 2
23	Brenton Griffiths		CB	(1991-02-09)February 9, 1991 (aged 27)	Orange County SC
Midfielders
14	Chris Wehan		LM	(1994-01-29)January 29, 1994 (aged 24)	New Mexico Lobos
17	Lindo Mfeka		CM	(1994-03-29)March 29, 1994 (aged 24)	San Jose Earthquakes^[B]
38	Matheus Silva		MF	(1996-12-08)December 8, 1996 (aged 21)	San Jose Earthquakes^[B]
84	Seth Casiple		RM	(1993-08-23)August 23, 1993 (aged 25)	Portland Timbers 2
96	Luis Fernandes		CM	(1996-01-29)January 29, 1996 (aged 22)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Forwards
19	Dembakwi Yomba	/	CF	(1996-09-04)September 4, 1996 (aged 22)	Orlando City B
29	Antoine Hoppenot		RF	(1990-11-23)November 23, 1990 (aged 27)	FC Cincinnati

^

Player's age during the 2017 season..

^

On loan from MLS affiliate San Jose Earthquakes.

Non-competitive

July 14 Friendliy	Reno 1868	2–4	Monarcas Morelia	Reno, Nevada
7:30 pm PDT	Brown 30' Thiaw 59'		Fierro 15' Ferreira 35' Sansores 37' Vegas 76'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field

Competitive

USL

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Phoenix Rising FC	34	19	6	9	63	38	+25	63	Conference Playoffs
4	Real Monarchs	34	19	3	12	55	47	+8	60
5	Reno 1868 FC	34	16	11	7	56	38	+18	59
6	Portland Timbers 2	34	17	4	13	58	49	+9	55
7	Swope Park Rangers	34	15	8	11	52	53	−1	53

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed Upcoming fixture

All times in Pacific Time

March 17 1	Reno 1868 FC	3–4	Swope Park Rangers	Reno, Nevada
4:00 PM	Wehan 23' Brown 60' Lewis 89' (o.g.)	Report	Rubio 51' Belmar 57', 90+2' Kuzain 64' Smith 74' Barry 83'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 3,224 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

March 24 2	Las Vegas Lights FC	1–1	Reno 1868 FC	Las Vegas, Nevada
8:00 PM	Huiqui 13' Garduño 18' Mendoza 27', 28' Portugall 31'	Report	Musovski 28', 34' 72' Richards 44'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 9,019 Referee: Victor Rivas

March 31 3	Reno 1868 FC	0–1	Phoenix Rising FC	Reno, Nevada
4:00 PM	Abend 69'	Report	Asante 68' 90+2' (pen.) Mala 73'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,104 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

April 14 4	Reno 1868 FC	0–4	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Reno, Nevada
7:00 PM	Felipe Fernandes 17' Griffiths 88'	Report	Felipe Fernandes o.g' (18) Ajeakwa 25' Ajeakwa 25' Vercollone 47' Uzo 56' Jack 67' Robinson 77'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,081 Referee: M. Allatin

April 21 5	Portland Timbers 2	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM	Arboleda 38' Williams 85'	Report	Musovski 75', 89' Hoppenot 80'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,834 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

April 28 6	Reno 1868 FC	2–0	OKC Energy	Reno, Nevada
9:00 PM CDT	Partida 64' Mfeka 87'	Report	Ross 29' González 37'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,153 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

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 5 8	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	0–0	Reno 1868 FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
5:00 P.M.		COS Report	Murrell 80'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 3,830 Referee: L. Varga

May 9 9	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	1–1	Reno 1868 FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Gamble 43'	Report	Carroll 26' Mfeka 70'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,311 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 12 10	Sacramento Republic FC	2–3	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
	Matjasic 2' Iwasa 12'	Report	Marie 57' Brown 59' Thiaw 62'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Elton García

May 19 11	Reno 1868 FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Reno, Nevada
7:00 P.M.	Van Ewijk 60'	Report	Carter 16' Neagle 45' Narbón 49' Estrada 71'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,759 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 26 12	Reno 1868 FC	2–1	San Antonio FC	Reno, Nevada
7:30 P.M.	Felipe 5' van Ewijk 40' Thiaw 61' Qwiberg 63' Marie 63'	Report	Escalante 41' Gordon 47' Pecka 77' Restrepo 78' Elizondo 83'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 2 13	OKC Energy	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5:30 P.M.	A. Dixon 34'	Report	Carroll 2' Richards 39' Mfeka 76'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Victor Rivas

June 9 14	Reno 1868 FC	1–1	Fresno FC	Fresno, California
	Brown 46'	Report	Cuevas 34'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Marco Vega

June 16 15	Orange County SC	2–2	Reno 1868 FC	Irvine, California
6:00 P.M.	Hooiveld 54' Enevoldsen 62' Juel-Nielsen 69' Quinn 82'	Report	Brown 55' (pen.) Musovski 73', 83'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,840 Referee: Daniel Radford

June 23 16	San Antonio FC	0–2	Reno 1868 FC	San Antonio, Texas
5:30 P.M.	Pecka 85'	Report	van Ewijk 27' Richards 40' Brown 70' Casiple 74'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,527 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

June 30 17	Reno 1868 FC	1–0	Portland Timbers 2	Reno, Nevada
7:00 PM	Hoppenot 70' Musovski 81'	Report		Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,603 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

July 3 18	Reno 1868 FC	3–0	Real Monarchs	Reno, Nevada
7:00 PM	Carroll 24' Felipe Fernandes 32', 84' Brown 57', 66' Hoppenot 74'	Report	Moberg 74' Blake 83'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Michael Radchuk

July 8 19	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Tacoma, Washington
3:30 P.M.	Estrada 18', 46' Ele 37' Brisco 58'	Report	Mfeka 23' 42' Casiple 59' (pen.) Brown 70' Marie 75'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Mike Hohnholz

July 11 20	LA Galaxy II	1–4	Reno 1868 FC	Carson, California
7:30 P.M.	Büscher 21' Engola 46' Dhillon 57'	Report	Hoppenot 7' van Ewijk 33', 80' Wehan 47' Calvillo 52'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

July 28 21	Reno 1868 FC	1–2	Saint Louis FC	Reno, Nevada
7:30 P.M.	Calvillo 11' 15' Carroll 13' Wehan 45+1' Lacroix 73' Marcinkowski 89'	Report	Dikwa 14' Walls 49' da Silva 54' Fall 74' (pen) Fink 90+3'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,680 Referee: Turan Ozdemir

August 8 22	Real Monarchs	2–1	Reno 1868 FC	Herriman, Utah
8:00 P.M.	Adams 10' Ryden 31' Chang 41' Hernández 81'	Report	Brown 9' Van Ewijk 71'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Kevin Broadley

August 19 23	Swope Park Rangers	3–3	Reno 1868 FC	Kansas City, Kansas
2:00 PM	Blackwood 7', 29' Kuzain 20' Belmar 89' Barry 90+3'	Report	Brown 12', 64' Van Ewijk 82'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 462 Referee: Matthew Franz

August 25 24	Reno 1868 FC	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
7:30 P.M.	Carroll 30' Casiple 75' (pen)	Report	Taintor 5' Iwasa 47' Kneeshaw 60'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 7,103 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

August 28 25	Reno 1868 FC	2–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	Reno, Nevada
7:30 pm PDT	Brown 5' Griffiths 70' Hoppenot 90+5', 90+5'	Report	Alvarez 47' Herrera-Perla 67' Avila 87'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,559 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

September 1 26	Fresno FC	1–1	Reno 1868 FC	Fresno, California
7:00 PM	Ribeiro 60' Caffa 67', 75' Barrera 69'	Report	Brown 12'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 3,579 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

September 8 27	Saint Louis FC	1–0	Reno 1868	Fenton, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT	Greig 27', 28' Culbertson 90+1'	Report	Murrell 19', 53'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Victor Rivas

September 15 28	Reno 1868 FC	1–0	LA Galaxy II	Reno, Nevada
19:00	Mfeka 33' Calvillo 37' Marie 67'	Report	Acheampong 23'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Luis Guardia

September 22 29	Reno 1868 FC	3–3	Las Vegas Lights FC	Reno, Nevada
7:00 pm PDT	Brown 19' Casiple 47' Richards 50' Hoppenot 55' Griffiths 72' Mfeka 85'	Report	Huiqui 23' Mendiola 29', 90' Alvarez 50' Ferriño 55' Íñigo 62' Guzman 82' Ochoa 90+5'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,467 Referee: Michael Radchuk

September 26 30	Reno 1868 FC	4–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Reno, Nevada
7:00 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 31	Reno 1868 FC	2–0	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Reno, Nevada
7:00 PM	Brown 26' Carroll 31'	Report	Mirković 23' Servania 81' Cerda 87'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,690 Referee: Greg Dopka

October 3 32	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Reno 1868 FC	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PST)	Barmby 22' Hanson 89'	Report	Lacroix 36' Graf 69', 85'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,205 Referee: Malik Badawi

October 6 33	Phoenix Rising FC	0–0	Reno 1868 FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm		Report		Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

October 13 34	Reno 1868 FC	3–1	Orange County SC	Reno, Nevada
6:00 P.M.	Griffiths 15', 83' Hoppenot 44', 63' Gonzalez 70'	Report	Enevoldsen 58'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,136 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Postseason

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

October 20 Conference Quarterfinal	Real Monarchs	0–1	Reno 1868 FC	Herriman, Utah
14:00 (PST)	Velásquez 45+4'	Report	Brown 90+2'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

October 27 Conference Semifinal	Orange County SC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM PDT	Alston 21' Quinn 29' Duke 90+2'	Report	Richards 12' Brown 41' Hoppenot 45+2'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Victor Rivas

U.S. Open Cup

May 16 Second round	Reno 1868	7–3	Portland Timbers U23s	Reno, Nevada
7:30 pm PDT	van Ewijk 45+1', 47', 82' Musovski 69' (pen.), 73' Mfeka 85' Thierjung 90+3'	Report	Shimazaki 29' Verstraaten 40' Yomba 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Referee: Nicholas Marin

May 23 Third round	Reno 1868	0–1	Sacramento Republic	Reno, Nevada
7:30 pm PDT		Report	Alemán 69'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Referee: Vince Apple-Chiarella

Statistics

As of May 26, 2018

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played May 26, 2018

Sortable table
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	USL		USL Cup		US Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Russ Klabough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		James Kiffe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Connor Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Jordan Murrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Zach Carroll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Thomas Janjigian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Dembakwi Yomba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Guy Abend	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Mark Anthony Gonzalez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Lindo Mfeka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Duke Lacroix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Danny Musovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Darwin Espinal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Chris Wehan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 26 May 2018

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	USL	US Open Cup	Total
1	FW	12	Danny Musovski	3	2	5
2	MF	22	Jerry van Ewijk	0	3	3
2	MF	10	Lindo Mfeka	2	1	3
4	MF	20	Christian Thierjung	0	1	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

Correct as of matches played on May 26, 2018

No.	Player	USL	USL Cup	US Open Cup	TOTAL

Disciplinary record

As of matches played May 26, 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Cup		USOC		Total
No.	Pos.	Name

Awards