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
ManagerUnited States 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 University 2–2 FC Tucson Phoenix, Arizona
7:00pm Aristotelous 6'
Yasuda 12'
Report Delgado 9'
Jambga 68'
Hauswirth Yellow card 70'
Stadium: GCU Stadium

USL League One

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

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 A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
99 FW United States Jordan Jones 22 21 1,858 10 3 1 0
16 FW United States Devyn Jambga 25 21 1,894 5 1 1 0
12 DF United States Kyle Venter 23 23 2,054 4 1 3 1
11 MF United States Jamael Cox 23 18 1,596 3 3 3 0
9 FW Spain Guillermo Delgado 24 12 1,179 3 2 1 0
15 FW United States Devin Vega 9 7 660 3 0 1 0
28 MF United States Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu 20 20 1,736 2 0 2 0
3 DF Spain José Terrón 19 17 1,475 1 2 4 0
33 DF United States Kody Wakasa 17 14 1,298 1 0 2 0
50 MF United States Erik Virgen 16 15 1,275 1 1 1 0
19 FW United States Zach Wright 22 10 959 1 1 0 0
13 DF United States Luke Hauswirth 24 21 1,849 0 0 5 0
22 DF United States Lamar Batista 18 18 1,620 0 0 5 0
18 GK Mexico Carlos Merancio 13 13 1,170 0 1 0 0
95 MF Jamaica Ramone Howell 12 10 906 0 1 2 0
23 DF United States Kyle Bjornethun 8 8 720 0 0 1 0
6 MF Saint Kitts and Nevis Raheem Somersall 11 8 713 0 1 2 0
17 MF United States Karsten Hanlin 9 8 675 0 0 3 0
2 DF United States Austin Ledbetter 8 7 643 0 0 0 0
14 MF United States Colin Stripling 10 5 520 0 0 2 0
8 FW Guinea-Bissau Eti Tavares 13 4 374 0 0 0 0
20 DF United States Scott DeVoss 5 3 314 0 0 0 0
25 FW United States Ben Spencer 3 3 245 0 0 3 0
7 FW Israel Roy Abergil 7 1 196 0 1 0 0
10 MF Mexico Luis Martínez 2 2 141 0 1 0 0
25 FW United States Ilijah Paul 3 2 126 0 0 0 0
21 FW United States Joey Calistri 1 1 72 0 0 0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland Corey Whelan 1 1 63 0 0 0 0
27 DF Cape Verde Klisman Sousa 2 0 23 0 0 1 0

Goalkeepers

# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
24 United States Phillip Ejimadu 15 15 1,350 37 21 1.400 4 0 0
18 Mexico 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 United States Devin Vega United States Phoenix Rising FC[6]
April 11, 2019 Until recalled Forward 25 United States Ilijah Paul United States Phoenix Rising FC[7]
Until recalled Defender 20 United States Scott DeVoss United States Hartford Athletic[7]
Until recalled Defender 27 Cape Verde Klisman Sousa United States Hartford Athletic[7]
April 30, 2019 Until recalled Forward 21 United States Joey Calistri United States Phoenix Rising FC[8]
Until recalled Forward 25 United States Ben Spencer United States 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". Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  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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