2019 Greenville Triumph SC season

Greenville Triumph SC
2019 season
Head coach	John Harkes
Stadium	Legacy Early College Field
USL League One	3rd
USL League One Playoffs	Runner-Up
U.S. Open Cup	Second Round
Highest home attendance	League/All: 4,014; (April 6 vs. Lansing Ignite); (Sept. 27 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendance	League/All: 1,570; (May 4 vs. North Texas SC)
Average home league attendance	2,509
Biggest win	4–0; (July 26 at North Texas SC); (Sept. 13 vs. FC Tucson)
Biggest defeat	1–3; (July 20 vs. FC Tucson)
	2020 →

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

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	GK	Miguel Uribe	Colombia
2	DF	Dominic Boland	Scotland
3	DF	Tyler Polak	United States
4	DF	Kevin Politz	United States
5	MF	Max Hemmings	England
6	MF	Paul Clowes	England
7	MF	Christopher Bermudez	United States
8	MF	Aaron Walker	United States
9	FW	Jake Keegan	United States
10	MF	Carlos Gómez	Spain
11	MF	Cameron Saul	England
12	DF	Evan Lee	United States
13	DF	Ryeong Choi	United States
14	DF	Cole Seiler	United States
18	MF	Omar Mohamed	Somalia
19	GK	Armando Quezada	United States
21	MF	Sami Guediri	United States
22	GK	Dallas Jaye	Guam
31	FW	Edmundo Robinson	United States
88	FW	Travis Ward	United States

Team management

As of September 7, 2018^[update]^[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 Revolution	4–1	Greenville Triumph	Bradenton, Florida
16:00 EST		Report		Stadium: IMG Academy

Summer friendlies

Competitive

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Texas SC	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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	8	7	5	6	6	7	8	5	6	6	6	8	6	8	5	7	7	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

March 29 1	South Georgia Tormenta FC	1–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Morrell 72'	Report		Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park Referee: Amin Hadzic

April 6 2	Greenville Triumph SC	2–1	Lansing Ignite FC	Greenville, 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 3	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Greenville, 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 4	Greenville Triumph SC	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, 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 5	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Madison, 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 6	Greenville Triumph SC	0–1	North Texas SC	Greenville, 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 7	Lansing Ignite FC	1–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Lansing, 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 8	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, 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 9	Chattanooga Red Wolves	1–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Chattanooga, 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 10	Greenville Triumph SC	0–0	Tormenta FC	Greenville, 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 11	Greenville Triumph SC	1–1	Lansing Ignite FC	Greenville, 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 12	Chattanooga Red Wolves	3–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Chattanooga, 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 13	Orlando City B	0–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Orlando, 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 14	North Texas SC	0–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT	Romero 28' Escribano 59'	Report	Walker 39' Gómez 86'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 720 Referee: Chris Ruska

July 13 15	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Orlando City B	Greenville, 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 16	Greenville Triumph SC	1–3	FC Tucson	Greenville, 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 17	North Texas SC	0–4	Greenville Triumph SC	Frisco, 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 18	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Tormenta FC	Greenville, 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 19	Toronto FC II	1–3	Greenville Triumph SC	Toronto, 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 20	Greenville Triumph SC	0–0	Forward Madison FC	Greenville, 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 21	Toronto FC II	0–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Toronto, Ontario
3:00 PM EDT	Akinola 59'	Report	Seiler 36' Hemmings 83'	Stadium: BMO Training Ground Referee: Ben Hoskins

August 28 22	Forward Madison FC	0–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Madison, 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 23	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Richmond, 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 24	Greenville Triumph SC	4–0	FC Tucson	Greenville, 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 25	Greenville Triumph SC	3–1	Toronto FC II	Greenville, 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 26	FC Tucson	2–3	Greenville Triumph SC	Tucson, 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 27	Greenville Triumph SC	0–1	Orlando City B	Greenville, 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 28	Tormenta FC	3–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Statesboro, 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

October 12 Semifinals	Lansing Ignite FC	0–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Lansing, 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 Final	North Texas SC	1–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Frisco, 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

May 8, 2019 First round	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Tormenta FC	Greenville, South Carolina
19:00 EDT	Boland 50' Seiler 75'		Rowe 38' Phelps 40' Micaletto 85'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 1,757 Referee: Wilmer Soriano

May 15, 2019 Second round	Greenville Triumph SC	1–2	Charleston Battery	Greenville, 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	Total		USL1		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

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

References

^ Keepfer, Scott (July 25, 2017). "Pro soccer league has eyes on Greenville". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
^ Morris, Lake (March 13, 2018). "Greenville's second soccer franchise is official". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
^ 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.
^ "Club News". Greenville Triumph SC. greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
^ "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

External links

Official website

[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.

[roster-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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