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2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season

The 2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 3rd season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in the United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[1]

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2018 season
Head coachGerson Echeverry
United Soccer LeagueConference: 13th
Overall: 25th
Highest home attendance7,846
(May 12 vs. San Antonio FC)
Lowest home attendance3,058
(September 5 vs. Real Monarchs)
Average home league attendance4,650
Biggest win3 goals:
RGVFC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (September 22)
Biggest defeat4 goals:
Reno 1868 FC 4–0 RGVFC (September 26)
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Club edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 16, 2018.

No. Pos. Player Nation
0 GK Nico Corti   Belgium
1 GK Matt Sanchez   Puerto Rico
2 DF Kai Greene   United States
3 MF Luis Gil ([A])   United States
4 DF Robert Castellanos   United States
5 DF Manny Padilla   United States
6 MF Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)   Jamaica
7 MF Matías Zaldívar   Argentina
8 MF Nicolás Perea   Colombia
10 MF Pablo Aguilar   Guatemala
11 FW Jesús Enríquez   United States
13 MF David Cabrera   Colombia
14 MF Todd Wharton   United States
15 MF Bryce Marion   United States
18 FW Zach Wright   United States
19 FW Mac Steeves ([A])   United States
20 DF Conor Donovan ([A])   United States
21 DF A. J. DeLaGarza ([A])   United States
22 FW Jordan Jones   United States
23 FW Aldo Quintanilla   Mexico
24 DF Derek Luke   United States
26 GK Michael Nelson ([A])   United States
27 DF Adam Lundqvist ([A])   Sweden
28 FW Wilmer Cabrera Jr.   Colombia
30 DF Omar Ontiveros   United States
31 DF Sheldon Sullivan   United States
32 DF Kyle Adams   New Zealand
33 DF Jared Watts ([A])   United States
34 GK Tyler Deric ([A])   United States
36 MF Andrew Wenger ([A])   United States
53 MF Eric Bird ([A])   United States
58 FW Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)   Panama
90 MF Monday Etim   Nigeria
— MF Brandon Morales   United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.
    2.
  2. ^
    Houston Dynamo academy player.
    3.

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

February 3 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–9 Houston Dynamo Edinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
February 22 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Houston Baptist University Edinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
February 24 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–5 Motagua FC Edinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
March 2 San Antonio FC 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CST King   24'
Lopez   34'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Field

United Soccer League edit

Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 34 11 6 17 36 39 −3 39
12 Fresno FC 34 9 12 13 44 38 +6 39
13 Rio Grande Valley Toros 34 8 14 12 36 42 −6 38
14 LA Galaxy II 34 10 7 17 60 67 −7 37
15 Las Vegas Lights FC 34 8 7 19 50 74 −24 31
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

Match results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

March 16 1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 Saint Louis FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Donovan   52'
Aguilar   66',   77'		 Report Hilton   26'
Fall   56'
Walls   82'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,910
Referee: Christopher Scruggs
March 31 2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–2 Sacramento Republic FC Edinburg, Texas
5:30 P.M. Ontiveros   43'
Wharton   51' (pen)
James   74',   79'		 Report Bijev   30'
Iwasa   35',   80'
Donovan   90+2' (og)		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,903
Referee: Marco Vega
April 7 3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. Suggs   63'
Burt   70' (pen.)
Kim   90+3'		 Report Quintailla   80'
Ontiveros   83'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: L. Szpala
April 14 4 Seattle Sounders FC 2 3–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Tacoma, Washington
7:00 P.M. Chenkam   1', 66'
Rogers   50'
Gonzalez   82'		 Report Luke   9'
Zaldívar   22'
Wharton   32'
Delgado   45'+1'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,798
Referee: Levi Rippy
April 18 5 Portland Timbers 2 3–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Portland, Oregon
9:00 P.M. Ebobisse   56'
Barmby   61' (PK)
Langsdorf   68' (Lowe)
Barmby   76'
Batista   90+2'  		 Report Ontiveros   30' (Donovan)
Padilla   33'
Etim   45+2'
Wharton   81' (PK)
Zaldívar   90+4'  		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
April 25 6 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–0 Orange County SC Edinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M. Rodríguez   36'
Ontiveros   40'
Aguilar   47'
Quintanilla   89'		 Report Amico   82'
Segbers   88'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,145
Referee: Mark Allatin
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 9 8 Fresno FC 2–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Fresno, California
7:30 P.M. Fewo   14'
Donovan   30' (og)
Fiddes   43'
Del Campo   60'
Cooper   61'
Argueta   87'		 Report Enríquez   52'
Quintanilla   73'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
May 12 9 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 San Antonio FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Zaldívar   62'
Wharton   78'		 Report Felix   37'
Castillo   59'
Guadarrama   60'
Escalante   82'
King   89'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 7,846
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 19 10 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Report Rebellón   18'
Hernandez   86'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
May 23 11 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 LA Galaxy II Edinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M> Quintanilla   14'
Zaldívar   65'
Enríquez   69'
Wharton   72'
Montaño   90+1'		 Report Büscher   5'
Requejo   21'
F. López   87'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,794
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 4 12 Real Monarchs 2–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Ledezma   25'
Moberg   45'
Kacher   48',   70'		 Report Enríquez   31'
James   49'
Sullivan   79'		 Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,654
June 9 13 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–1 Portland Timbers 2 Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Report Phillips   14'
Lewis   53'
Loría   78'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,995
Referee: Baltazar Peral Hana
June 16 14 OKC Energy FC 3–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:30 P.M. Beckie   10'
Siaj   21'
Ross   53'
González   90+7'		 Report Ontiveros   5',   15'
Delgado   69'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,903
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
June 23 15 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Phoenix Rising FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Padilla   34' Report Musa   47' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,649
Referee: Ramy Touchan
June 30 16 Saint Louis FC 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Fenton, Missouri
7:30 P.M. Fink   40'
Reynolds   47'
Culbertson   73'
Hilton   90+4'		 Report Greene   45'
Padilla   85'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,284
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 7 17 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Enríquez   75'
Sullivan   83'		 Report Ferreira   74'
Gee   77'
Pirez   86'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,098
Referee: Elton García
July 14 18 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–0 Las Vegas Lights FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Greene   35'
Donovan   45'
Enríquez   90'		 Report Pérez   14'
Salgado   35'
Jaime   38'
Alatorre   90+4'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,078
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 22 19 Swope Park Rangers 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 P.M. Report Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 933
Referee: Ramy Touchan
July 28 20 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Greene   46'
Perea   52'
Aguilar   83'		 Report Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,896
Referee: Arturo Ibarra
August 4 21 Las Vegas Lights FC 1–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Las Vegas, Nevada
10:00 P.M. Huiqui   41',   82'
Ochoa   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 6,752
Referee: Michael Zapata
August 11 22 Sacramento Republic FC 2–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Sacramento, California
10:00 P.M. Iwasa   61'
Alemán   64'
Hall   68'
Matjašič   78'
Bijev   80'		 Report Small   1'
Wharton   83'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 10,937
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
August 18 23 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–4 OKC Energy FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Zaldívar   45+5'
Greene   62'
Wharton   79' (pen.)		 Report Volesky   34,55'
Dixon   36'
Jahn   67'
Barril   69'
Beckie   85'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,177
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
August 22 24 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Carson, California
19:30 Engola   18'
Aguilar   28'
Dhillon   77'		 Report Sullivan   38'
Enríquez   51'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 478
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 25 25 Orange County SC 0–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Irvine, California
9:00 PM Hooiveld   57' Report Zaldívar   30'
Small   45+2'
Wharton   90'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,958
Referee: Elton Garcia
August 29 26 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–3 San Antonio FC Edinburg, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT Enríquez   3' Report Presley   49'
Laing   62'
Guzmán   81'
Lopez   90'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
September 5 27 Phoenix Rising FC 1–0 Rio Grande Valley Toros Scottsdale, Arizona
9:30 P.M. Asante   61' Report Greene   12' Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,307
Referee: Jon Freemon
September 5 28 Rio Grande Valley Toros 2–1 Real Monarchs Edinburg, Texas
8:30 P.M. Padilla   45'
Quintailla   71'
Wharton   77'		 Report Plewa   26'
Portillo   76'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,058
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 15 29 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. Robinson   8'
També   35'		 Report Perea   71' Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Adam Zarrin
September 22 30 Rio Grande Valley FC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Wharton   5'
Bird   41'
Perea   76'		 Report Gonzalez   32' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 26 31 Reno 1868 FC 4–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Reno, Nevada
9:00 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 32 Rio Grande Valley FC 2–1 Fresno FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Enríquez   9'
Small   84'		 Report Cazarez   14'
Strong   26'
Johnson   43'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
October 6 33 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M. Rivas   60'
Vukovic   85'		 Report Perea   51'
Small   53'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 2,766
Referee: Danielle Chesky
October 13 34 San Antonio FC 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros San Antonio, Texas
7:30 P.M. Guzmán   24',   90+4'
King   68'		 Report Sullivan   12'
Aguilar   20'
Enríquez   43'
Small   51',   58'
Wharton   90+4'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

References edit

  1. ^ "About the Club". Retrieved August 5, 2018.
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