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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)
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Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

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

USL League One edit

Further information: 2019 USL League One season

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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 edit

March 30, 2019 1 Orlando City B 1–3 FC Tucson Montverde, 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 2 Tormenta FC 3–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, 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 3 FC Tucson 1–1 Toronto FC II Tucson, 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 4 FC Tucson 0–2 Tormenta FC Tucson, 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 5 FC Tucson 2–0 Lansing Ignite FC Tucson, 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 6 Richmond Kickers 2–0 FC Tucson Richmond, 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 7 FC Tucson 4–0 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Tucson, 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 8 Toronto FC II 1–0 FC Tucson Toronto, 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 9 FC Tucson 2–2 Orlando City B Tucson, 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 10 FC Tucson 0–0 Richmond Kickers Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm Jones   33' Report
Report		 Rodriguez   24'
Eckenrode   90+1'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 915
Referee: Samantha Martinez
June 12, 2019 11 Orlando City B 1–2 FC Tucson Montverde, 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 12 Forward Madison FC 2–1 FC Tucson Madison, 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 13 North Texas SC 1–0 FC Tucson Frisco, 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 14 FC Tucson 3–1 Toronto FC II Tucson, 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 15 Lansing Ignite FC 2–2 FC Tucson Lansing, 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 16 Greenville Triumph SC 1–3 FC Tucson Greenville, 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 17 Chattanooga Red Wolves 1–1 FC Tucson Chattanooga, 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 18 Forward Madison FC 1–0 FC Tucson Madison, 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 19 North Texas SC 1–1 FC Tucson Frisco, Texas
7:20pm Cerrillo   78'
Rodríguez   79'		 Report Jones   45'
Howell   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   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 21 FC Tucson 3–1 Orlando City B Tucson, 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 22 FC Tucson 1–0 Chattanooga Red Wolves Tucson, 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 23 FC Tucson 0–5 Lansing Ignite FC Tucson, 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 24 Greenville Triumph SC 4–0 FC Tucson Greenville, 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 25 FC Tucson 0–0 Richmond Kickers Tucson, 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 26 FC Tucson 2–3 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, 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 27 FC Tucson 1–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, 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 28 FC Tucson 1–3 North Texas SC Tucson, 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

# 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 edit

Loan in edit

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 edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b c "FC Tucson Acquires Three Players Ahead Of Home Opener". FC Tucson. April 11, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Phoenix Rising FC Press Release". Phoenix Rising FC. April 30, 2019.
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