2019 Greenville Triumph SC season

The 2019 season was Greenville Triumph SC's first of existence. They played in USL League One.

Greenville Triumph SC
2019 season
Head CoachJohn Harkes
StadiumLegacy Early College Field
USL League One3rd
USL League One PlayoffsRunner-Up
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 4,014
(April 6 vs. Lansing Ignite)
(Sept. 27 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All: 1,570
(May 4 vs. North Texas SC)
Average home league attendance2,509
Biggest win4–0
(July 26 at North Texas SC)
(Sept. 13 vs. FC Tucson)
Biggest defeat1–3
(July 20 vs. FC Tucson)

Background

The formation of a third tier USL League was announced in April 2017, and league officials began touring the country looking for candidate cities for new soccer clubs. USL vice president Steven Short visited Greenville in July 2017, and told local reporters at the time that Greenville was one of the league's top candidates.[1] In early 2018, USL began announcing teams that would play in their inaugural season. The formation of the Greenville Triumph SC was officially announced on March 13, 2018, with local entrepreneur Joe Erwin named as the principal owner. The Greenville team was the third team to join the league after Tormenta FC and FC Tucson, two clubs which already existed and played in USL League Two.[2][3]

Club

Roster

As of January 10, 2019.[4]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Miguel Uribe  Colombia
2 Defender Dominic Boland  Scotland
3 Defender Tyler Polak  United States
4 Defender Kevin Politz  United States
5 Midfielder Max Hemmings  England
6 Midfielder Paul Clowes  England
7 Midfielder Christopher Bermudez  United States
8 Midfielder Aaron Walker  United States
9 Forward Jake Keegan  United States
10 Midfielder Carlos Gómez  Spain
11 Midfielder Cameron Saul  England
12 Defender Evan Lee  United States
13 Defender Ryeong Choi  United States
14 Defender Cole Seiler  United States
18 Midfielder Omar Mohamed  Somalia
19 Goalkeeper Armando Quezada  United States
21 Midfielder Sami Guediri  United States
22 Goalkeeper Dallas Jaye  Guam
31 Forward Edmundo Robinson  United States
88 Forward Travis Ward  United States

Team management
As of September 7, 2018[5]
Executive
Majority owner and chairman Joe Erwin
President Chris Lewis
Vice chairman Doug Erwin
Coaching staff
Head coach John Harkes
Assistant coach Alex Blackburn
Assistant coach Rick Wright

Non-competitive

Winter friendlies
February 21, 2019 New England Revolution4–1Greenville TriumphBradenton, Florida
16:00 EST Report Stadium: IMG Academy

Summer friendlies

Competitive

USL League One

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Texas SC (X, C) 28 17 5 6 53 31 +22 56 Playoffs
2 Lansing Ignite FC 28 12 10 6 49 37 +12 46
3 Greenville Triumph SC 28 12 7 9 32 22 +10 43
4 Forward Madison FC 28 12 7 9 33 26 +7 43
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 28 10 10 8 35 37 −2 40
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
(C) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion.

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAHHHAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAAAHHAHA
ResultLWWLDLDWLDDLWDWLWWWDDWLWWWLL
Position8756678566686857733432333333
Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports
March 29 1South Georgia Tormenta FC1–0Greenville Triumph SCStatesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Morrell  72' Report Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
Referee: Amin Hadzic
April 6 2Greenville Triumph SC2–1Lansing Ignite FCGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Robinson  7'
Seiler  35'  77'
Politz  85'
Clowes  89'		 Report Perez  14'  58'
Lopez-Espin  27'
Stoneman  40'
Coiffic  32',  49'
Moshobane  59'  62'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
April 13 3Greenville Triumph SC1–0Chattanooga Red WolvesGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Walker  61'
Keegan  74'
Bermudez  90'
Saul  90+4'		 Report Dixon  31'
Folla  36'
Beattie  47'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,016
Referee: John Matto
April 20 4Greenville Triumph SC0–1Richmond KickersGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Seiler  14'
Clowes  81'		 Report Gallardo  49'
Mwape  58'
Bolduc  78'
Hughes  90+2'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,168
Referee: David Erbacher
April 27 5Forward Madison FC0–0Greenville Triumph SCMadison, Wisconsin
7:30 PM Toyama  48'
Michaud  85'
Tobin  90+2'		 Report Bermudez  42'
Polak  63'
Boland  65'		 Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,462
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 4 6Greenville Triumph SC0–1North Texas SCGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Moahmed  67' Report Roberts  17'
Avilez  64'
Jatta  83'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: John Griggs
May 11 7Lansing Ignite FC1–1Greenville Triumph SCLansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Lopez-Espin  76' Report Boland  36'
Polak  58'
Ward  68'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
May 18 8Greenville Triumph SC1–0Richmond KickersGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Hemmings  13'
Keegan  42'		 Report Shanosky  59'
Lockaby  81'
Boateng  90'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Tori Penso
May 25 9Chattanooga Red Wolves1–0Greenville Triumph SCChattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Penida  64'
Falvey  90'
Zayed  90+4'
Folla  90+6'		 Report Clowes  81' Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,256
Referee: Michael Smith
June 1 10Greenville Triumph SC0–0Tormenta FCGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Politz  39'
Boland  53'
Walker  60'		 Report Gómez  73'  86' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: José Lara
June 15 11Greenville Triumph SC1–1Lansing Ignite FCGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Seiler  66' Report Moon  30'
Saint-Duc  90+3'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
June 22 12Chattanooga Red Wolves3–2Greenville Triumph SCChattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Beattie  19',  38',  77'
Caparelli  59'		 Report Keegan  52',  62'
Boland  64'
Polak  73'
Bermudez  88'		 Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: John Griggs
June 28 13Orlando City B0–2Greenville Triumph SCOrlando, Florida
7:30 P.M. EDT Sérginho  31'
Diouf  72'		 Report Polak  18'
Saul  41'
Mohamed  67'
Gómez  83'		 Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 6 14North Texas SC0–0Greenville Triumph SCFrisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Romero  28'
Escribano  59'		 Report Walker  39'
Gómez  86'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 720
Referee: Chris Ruska
July 13 15Greenville Triumph SC1–0Orlando City BGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Mohamed  79'
Walker  88'
Bermudez  90'		 Report Herrera  83' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
July 20 16Greenville Triumph SC1–3FC TucsonGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Gómez  15' Report Jambga  20',  58'
Venter  52'
Hauswirth  68'
Batista  68'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Michael Smith
July 26 17North Texas SC0–4Greenville Triumph SCFrisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Cerrillo  20'
Roberts  82'
A. Rodríguez  90+4'		 Report Politz  35'
Gómez  45+3'
Walker  62'
Keegan  64',  70'
Robinson  67',  88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 958
Referee: Joseph Salinas
August 3 18Greenville Triumph SC1–0Tormenta FCGreenville, South Carolina
6:00 PM EDT Keegan  29'
Walker  78'
Hemmings  81'
Guediri  84'		 Report Dennis  58'
Arslan  87'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,074
Referee: Wilmer Soriano
August 9 19Toronto FC II1–3Greenville Triumph SCToronto, Ontario
4:00 PM EDT T. Mohammed  60'
Akinola  64'
Ovalle  70'
Fillion  90+1'		 Report Boland  7'
Polak  23'
Keegan  31'
O. Moahmed  34'
Clowes  75'		 Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 153
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
August 17 20Greenville Triumph SC0–0Forward Madison FCGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  18' Report White  17'
Smart  55'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,457
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
August 23 21Toronto FC II0–0Greenville Triumph SCToronto, Ontario
3:00 PM EDT Akinola  59' Report Seiler  36'
Hemmings  83'		 Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Referee: Ben Hoskins
August 28 22Forward Madison FC0–1Greenville Triumph SCMadison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT Manley  22' Report Bermudez  42'
Clowes  59'
Keegan  84'		 Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 7 23Richmond Kickers1–0Greenville Triumph SCRichmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Troyer  45+1',  53' Report Polak  27'
Walker  45+5'
Robinson  72'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
September 13 24Greenville Triumph SC4–0FC TucsonGreenville, South Carolina
8:45 PM EDT Gómez  13',  21',  87'
Walker  26' (pen.)
Donnelly  84'		 Report Hanlin  25'
Terrón  82'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
September 20 25Greenville Triumph SC3–1Toronto FC IIGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  18'
Saul  46'
Lee  48'
Gómez  84'		 Report Waja  12'
Mingo  48'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,575
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
September 24 26FC Tucson2–3Greenville Triumph SCTucson, Arizona
10:00 PM EDT 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 27Greenville Triumph SC0–1Orlando City BGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  37'
Saul  75'		 Report Hummel  45+3'
Bagrou  53',  79'
John  55'
Mbuyu  68'
Sérginho  90+3'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 5 28Tormenta FC3–1Greenville Triumph SCStatesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Arslan  26',  40'
Micaletto  33'
Rowe  75'
Antley  80'		 Report Gómez  18'
Walker  32'
Bermudez  69'
Ward  88'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
Attendance: 1,908
Referee: Chris Ruska

USL League One Playoffs
Main article: 2019 USL League One Playoffs
October 12 SemifinalsLansing Ignite FC0–1Greenville Triumph SCLansing, Michigan
7:00pm (EDT) Coiffic  70'
Cerda  74'
Cleveland  87'		 Report Clowes  37'
Mohamed  45+2'
Polak  46'
Bermudez  59'
Gómez  79'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Matthew Thompson
October 19 FinalNorth Texas SC1–0Greenville Triumph SCFrisco, Texas
7:00pm (EDT) Jatta  7'
Rodríguez  60'
Damus  90+4'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,245
Referee: Jon Freemon

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup
May 8, 2019 First roundGreenville Triumph SC 1–0 Tormenta FCGreenville, South Carolina
19:00 EDT
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Wilmer Soriano
May 15, 2019 Second roundGreenville Triumph SC 1–2 Charleston BatteryGreenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  19'
Hemmings  29'		 Report van Schaik  4'
Svantesson  79',  90+1'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College
Attendance: 1,738
Referee: David Erbacher

Transfers

In
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSL1U.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals

Source:

Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name USL1 U.S. Open Cup Total

References
  1. Keepfer, Scott (July 25, 2017). "Pro soccer league has eyes on Greenville". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  2. Morris, Lake (March 13, 2018). "Greenville's second soccer franchise is official". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. USL DIII Staff (March 13, 2018). "USL Division III Welcomes Greenville as Founding Member". usld3.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  4. "Club News". Greenville Triumph SC. greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  5. "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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