2019 FC Tucson season

The 2019 FC Tucson season was the club's eighth season of existence and their first full professional season in USL League One. They previously played in the Premier Development League (USL League Two as of 2019) and won four divisional titles.[1][2]

FC Tucson
2019 season
OwnerPhoenix Rising FC
Manager Darren Sawatzky
StadiumKino North Stadium
USL1 2019 season8th
USL1 PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
Top goalscorerDevin Vega
Devyn Jambga (3)
Highest home attendance1,772
(July 3 vs Toronto FC II)
Lowest home attendance550
(Sept. 24 vs Greenville)
Average home league attendance961
Biggest win4–0
(May 18 v. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC)
Biggest defeat0–5
(September 6 vs. Lansing)

Competitions

Friendlies
March 10, 2019 Grand Canyon University2–2FC TucsonPhoenix, Arizona
7:00pm Aristotelous  6'
Yasuda  12'		 Report Delgado  9'
Jambga  68'
Hauswirth  70'		 Stadium: GCU Stadium
March 18, 2019 FC Tucson9–0Sporting AZ FCTucson, Arizona
3:00pm Report Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL League One
Further information: 2019 USL League One season

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 8 9 11 35 41  −6 33 5 5 4 20 19  +1 3 4 7 15 22  −7

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAAHHHAHAHHAAAHAAAAAAHHHAHHHH
ResultWLDLWLWLDDWLLWDWDLDDWWLLDLDL
Position1468594645458675577777777888
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Results
March 30, 2019 1Orlando City B1–3FC TucsonMontverde, Florida
4:30pm Diouf  35'
Hagan  38'
Mbuyu  40'
Mendoza  45'
Osei-Wusu  56'
Hill  62'
Granitur  90+5'		 Report
Report		 Bjornethun  14'
Delgado  22', 54'
Wright  45+4'		 Stadium: Montverde Academy
Attendance: 305
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
April 3, 2019 2Tormenta FC3–1FC TucsonStatesboro, Georgia
5:00pm Morrell  38'  58'
Eckenrode  54'
Coutinho  57'
Vinyals  60'
Micaletto  74'  74'		 Report Vega  55'
Somersall  60'		 Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,573
Referee: John Griggs
April 13, 2019 3FC Tucson1–1Toronto FC IITucson, Arizona
7:30pm Cox  73' Report
Report		 Dorsey  36'
Swartz  57'
Hamilton  79'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
April 26, 2019 4FC Tucson0–2Tormenta FCTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Terrón  78' Report Gómez  52'
Coutinho  63'
Saint-Vil  65'
Arslan  89'
Micaletto  90+4'
Antley  90+5'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,005
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
April 30, 2019 5FC Tucson2–0Lansing Ignite FCTucson, Arizona
7:00pm Jambga  27'
Somersall  38'
Spencer  49'
Vega  57'  62'		 Report Fricke  49' Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 702
Referee: Karen Abt
May 11, 2019 6Richmond Kickers2–0FC TucsonRichmond, Virginia
4:00pm Keita  32'
Ackwei  68'
Gallardo  83'
Mwape  85'  90+6'		 Report
Report		 Hauswirth  55'
Sousa  82'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 18, 2019 7FC Tucson4–0Chattanooga Red Wolves SCTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Jones  25' (pen.)
Wakasa  35'
Jambga  66', 75'
Hanlin  77'
Stripling  86'		 Report
Report		 Caparelli  24'
Zguro  29'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Brad Jensen
May 24, 2019 8Toronto FC II1–0FC TucsonToronto, Ontario
1:00pm Mohammed  17'
Dorsey  31'
Perruzza  37'
Okello  86'
Campbell  88'		 Report Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 309
Referee: Scott Bowman
May 31, 2019 9FC Tucson2–2Orlando City BTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Wheeler-Omiunu  58'
Terrón  73'
Cox  84'		 Report
Report		 Silva  35'
Rafael  58'
Sérginho  65'
Osei-Wusu  72',  78'
Simas  85'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,354
Referee: Omeed Azadpour
June 8, 2019 10FC Tucson0–0Richmond KickersTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Jones  33' Report
Report		 Rodriguez  24'
Eckenrode  90+1'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 915
Referee: Samantha Martinez
June 12, 2019 11Orlando City B1–2FC TucsonMontverde, Florida
7:30pm Amer  21'
Tablante  56'
De Souza  59' (pen.)
Hernandez  81'		 Report
Report		 Cox  44'
Venter  45+1'
Stripling  66'
Delgado  90+1'		 Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Natalie Simon
June 15, 2019 12Forward Madison FC2–1FC TucsonMadison, Wisconsin
7:30pm Paulo Jr.  1'
Eaton  23'
Banks  34'		 Report
Report		 Venter  90+5' Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,020
Referee: Karen Abt
June 25, 2019 13North Texas SC1–0FC TucsonFrisco, Texas
7:00pm Damus  32',  39'
Roberts  54'
Murillo  60'		 Report
Report		 Batista  66'
Venter  81'
Cox  84'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
July 3, 2019 14FC Tucson3–1Toronto FC IITucson, Arizona
7:00pm Wheeler-Omiunu  5'
Vega  19'
Jones  26'		 Report
Report		 Srbely  41'
Mingo  65'
Bjornethun  77' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Karen Callado
July 13, 2019 15Lansing Ignite FC2–2FC TucsonLansing, Michigan
7:30pm Moshobane  26' (pen.),  49'
Williams  50'		 Report Howell  34'
Jones  52' (pen.)
Hauswirth  73'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 4,348
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
July 20, 2019 16Greenville Triumph SC1–3FC TucsonGreenville, South Carolina
5:00pm Gómez  15' Report Jambga  20',  58'
Venter  52'
Hauswirth  68'
Batista  68'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College
Referee: Michael Smith
July 27, 2019 17Chattanooga Red Wolves1–1FC TucsonChattanooga, Tennessee
7:00pm Zguro  20'
Beattie  38'
Doyle  59'
Zayed  69'
Caparelli  85'		 Report Venter  1'
Wheeler-Omiunu  36'
Howell  45+5'
Hauswirth  75'		 Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 1,325
Referee: Katja Koroleva
August 3, 2019 18Forward Madison FC1–0FC TucsonMadison, Wisconsin
7:30pm Leonard  18'
Smart  44'
Núñez  76'
Banks  90+5'		 Report Spencer  60' Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
August 10, 2019 19North Texas SC1–1FC TucsonFrisco, Texas
7:20pm Cerrillo  78'
Rodríguez  79'		 Report Jones  45'
Howell  58'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Brandon Starves
August 17, 2019 20Tormenta FC1–1FC TucsonStatesboro, Georgia
6:30pm Dennis  71'
Micaletto  90+5' (pen.)		 Report Jambga  38'
Wakasa  42'
Jones  78' (pen.)
Batista  90+4'
Venter  90+8'		 Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,990
Referee: Kevin Fikar
August 24, 2019 21FC Tucson3–1Orlando City BTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Delgado  36'
Jones  43'
Howell  53'
Virgen  61'  69'		 Report Ontivero  57'
Léo  76'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 848
Referee: Karen Callado
August 30, 2019 22FC Tucson1–0Chattanooga Red WolvesTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Jones  16' (pen.)
Hauswirth  38'
Wakasa  38'
Terrón  90+4'		 Report Mare  86' Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 910
Referee: Samantha Martinez
September 6, 2019 23FC Tucson0–5Lansing Ignite FCTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Wheeler-Omiunu  28'
Venter  62'
Batista  76'		 Report Moon  12'
Faz  16',  26'
Moshobane  33',  90+3'
Williams  60'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 708
Referee: Omeed Azadpour
September 13, 2019 24Greenville Triumph SC4–0FC TucsonGreenville, South Carolina
7:30pm Gómez  13',  21',  87'
Walker  26' (pen.)
Donnelly  84'		 Report Hanlin  25'
Terrón  82'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
September 21, 2019 25FC Tucson0–0Richmond KickersTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Venter  55'  74'
Howell  70'		 Report Gallardo  38'
Ackwei  81'  87'
Shanosky  84'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 640
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
September 24, 2019 26FC Tucson2–3Greenville Triumph SCTucson, Arizona
7:00pm Spencer  40'
Jones  50' (pen.)
Cox  89'		 Report Saul  3',  44'
Walker  57'
Bermudez  90+4',  90+5'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
September 27, 2019 27FC Tucson1–1Forward Madison FCTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Jones  31'
Batista  66'		 Report Smart  45+3' (pen.)
Tobin  80'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 638
Referee: Marco Vega
October 4, 2019 28FC Tucson1–3North Texas SCTucson, Arizona
7:30pm Terrón  15'
Hanlin  27'
Jones  42'
Cox  58'		 Report Jones  12' (o.g.)
Romero  38',  65'
Avilez  43'
D. Rodriguez  89'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 678
Referee: Dejan Susak

[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 South Georgia Tormenta FC 28 9 10 9 32 34 −2 37
7 Toronto FC II 28 9 9 10 43 46 −3 36
8 FC Tucson 28 8 9 11 35 41 −6 33
9 Richmond Kickers 28 9 5 14 26 35 −9 32
10 Orlando City B 28 4 4 20 23 52 −29 16
Source: 2019 USL League One 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

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club, FC Tucson was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[4]

Statistics

As of October 5, 2019 [5]

# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists
99 FW Jordan Jones 22 21 1,858 10 3 1 0
16 FW Devyn Jambga 25 21 1,894 5 1 1 0
12 DF Kyle Venter 23 23 2,054 4 1 3 1
11 MF Jamael Cox 23 18 1,596 3 3 3 0
9 FW Guillermo Delgado 24 12 1,179 3 2 1 0
15 FW Devin Vega 9 7 660 3 0 1 0
28 MF Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu 20 20 1,736 2 0 2 0
3 DF José Terrón 19 17 1,475 1 2 4 0
33 DF Kody Wakasa 17 14 1,298 1 0 2 0
50 MF Erik Virgen 16 15 1,275 1 1 1 0
19 FW Zach Wright 22 10 959 1 1 0 0
13 DF Luke Hauswirth 24 21 1,849 0 0 5 0
22 DF Lamar Batista 18 18 1,620 0 0 5 0
18 GK Carlos Merancio 13 13 1,170 0 1 0 0
95 MF Ramone Howell 12 10 906 0 1 2 0
23 DF Kyle Bjornethun 8 8 720 0 0 1 0
6 MF Raheem Somersall 11 8 713 0 1 2 0
17 MF Karsten Hanlin 9 8 675 0 0 3 0
2 DF Austin Ledbetter 8 7 643 0 0 0 0
14 MF Colin Stripling 10 5 520 0 0 2 0
8 FW Eti Tavares 13 4 374 0 0 0 0
20 DF Scott DeVoss 5 3 314 0 0 0 0
25 FW Ben Spencer 3 3 245 0 0 3 0
7 FW Roy Abergil 7 1 196 0 1 0 0
10 MF Luis Martínez 2 2 141 0 1 0 0
25 FW Ilijah Paul 3 2 126 0 0 0 0
21 FW Joey Calistri 1 1 72 0 0 0 0
4 DF Corey Whelan 1 1 63 0 0 0 0
27 DF Klisman Sousa 2 0 23 0 0 1 0

Goalkeepers
# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO
24 Phillip Ejimadu 15 15 1,350 37 21 1.400 4 0 0
18 Carlos Merancio 13 13 1,170 41 20 1.538 1 0 0

Transfers

Loan In
Start date End date Position No. Player From club
April 2, 2019 Until recalled Forward 15 Devin Vega Phoenix Rising FC [6]
April 11, 2019 Until recalled Forward 25 Ilijah Paul Phoenix Rising FC [7]
Until recalled Defender 20 Scott DeVoss Hartford Athletic [7]
Until recalled Defender 27 Klisman Sousa Hartford Athletic [7]
April 30, 2019 Until recalled Forward 21 Joey Calistri Phoenix Rising FC [8]
Until recalled Forward 25 Ben Spencer Phoenix Rising FC [8]

See also

References
  1. "FC Tucson Leads USL Division III'S West Coast Expansion". United Soccer League (USL). February 6, 2018.
  2. "FC Tucson moves to USL Division III, becomes professional team". Arizona Daily Star. February 6, 2018.
  3. FC Tucson Schedule
  4. "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. 2019 Player Stats
  6. "FC Tucson Adds 20-Year-Old Midfielder Devin Vega From Phoenix Rising". FC Tucson. April 2, 2019.
  7. "FC Tucson Acquires Three Players Ahead Of Home Opener". FC Tucson. April 11, 2019.
  8. "Phoenix Rising FC Press Release". Phoenix Rising FC. April 30, 2019.
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