2019 Tormenta FC season

The 2019 Tormenta FC season was the club's fourth season of existence, and their first season as a professional club. It was their first season playing in the third tier of American soccer, USL League One.

Tormenta FC
2019 season
OwnerVan Tassell Group
Head coachJohn Miglarese
StadiumEagle Field at Erk Russell Park
USL League One6th
USL1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFirst round
Highest home attendance3,519
(March 29 vs. Greenville Triumph SC)
Lowest home attendance1,038
(May 12 vs. Toronto FC II)
Average home league attendance1,724
Biggest win4–1
(July 24 at Orlando City B)
Biggest defeat0–5
(August 27 at North Texas SC)
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Background

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In January 2018, Tormenta FC was announced as the first founding member of USL League One for 2019. The team had an undefeated regular season in 2018, clinching the USL League Two Deep South division championship.[1]

Club

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Roster

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No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Pablo Jara   Chile
2 DF Michael Mecham   United States
3 DF Conner Antley   United States
4 DF Lars Eckenrode   United States
5 DF Joshua Phelps   Australia
6 MF Ricardo Gómez   United States
7 MF Dalton Pando   United States
8 MF Nil Vinyals   Spain
9 FW Mikie Rowe   Ireland
10 MF Marco Micaletto   Italy
11 MF Charlie Dennis   England
12 MF Peter Pearson   United States
13 DF Daltyn Knutson   United States
14 FW Alex Morrell   United States
15 DF Jordan Skelton   England
16 FW Kaleb Jackson   United States
17 DF Yaw Amankwa   United States
18 DF Michael O'Sullivan   England
19 DF Nick Wells   United States
20 DF Jerry Saint-Vil   Haiti
21 FW Jad Arslan   United States
22 MF Lucas Coutinho   Brazil
24 MF Shinya Kadono (on loan from Loudoun United)   Japan
25 MF Kobe Perez   United States
26 GK Micah Bledsoe   United States
27 DF Tristan DeLoach ([A])   United States
29 GK Matías Reynares   Argentina
30 GK Mitch Thorn   Australia
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract

Team management

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As of September 19, 2018[2]
  •   John MiglareseVP of Player Development and Head Coach
  •   Jorge Gonzalez – Assistant Coach
  •   John Kot – Assistant Coach
  •   Mike Panter – VP of Soccer Operations
  •   Bryce Judy - Director of Gameday Operations
  •   Bernadette O'Donnell – Director of Communications and Public Relations
  •   Logan Gleaton – Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement
  •   James Griffith – Director of Ticket Sales and Sponsorships
  •   Zachary Delgard - Director of Cooperate Partnerships
  •   Logan Crosby - Director of Business Development
  •   Corey Stone - Assistant Director of Franchise Development
  •   Hope Mullett - Assistant Director of Franchise Development

Non-competitive

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Winter friendlies

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Summer friendlies

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Competitive

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USL League One

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Forward Madison FC 28 12 7 9 33 26 +7 43 Playoffs
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 28 10 10 8 35 37 −2 40
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
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

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumHHAAAAHAHAHHHHAAAHAHHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDDLWWWDDDWWLLDWDLLDLLDLDLW
Position5132222222222222222225555676
Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

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March 29 1 Tormenta FC 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Morrell   72' Report Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 3,519
Referee: Amin Hadzic
April 3 2 Tormenta FC 3–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT 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 6 3 Richmond Kickers 0–0 Tormenta FC Richmond, Virginia
5:00 PM EDT Ackwei   80' Report Phelps   29'
Pando   68'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,853
Referee: Kevin Broadley
April 14 4 Orlando City B 1–1 Tormenta FC Montverde, Florida
5:00 P.M. EDT Tablante   48'
Diouf   56',   59'
Hernandez   84'
Amer   90+4'
Report Eckenrode   2',   90+4'
Dennis   29'
Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Madzid Coric
April 20 5 Chattanooga Red Wolves 3–2 Tormenta FC Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Beattie   8',   17',   36'
Zayed   11'
Ualefi   69'
Dixon   79'
Zguro   90+4'
Report Gómez   47'
Antley   74',   90+1'
Hellmann   88'
Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,119
Referee: Ben Meyer
April 26 6 FC Tucson 0–2 Tormenta FC Tucson, Arizona
9:30 PM EDT Terrón   78' Report Gómez   52'
Coutinho   63'
Saint-Vil   65'
Arslan   89'
Micaletto   90+4'
Antley   90+5'
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
May 12 7 Tormenta FC 3–2 Toronto FC II Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Dennis   28',   48',   90+3'
Phelps   45'
Wells   57'
Antley   76'
Micaletto   72' (pen.)
Report Perruzza   14'
Bunk-Andersen   36'
Campbell   40'
Mohammed   73'
Swartz   79'
Ovalle   90+5'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,038
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
May 18 8 Forward Madison FC 0–1 Tormenta FC Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 p.m. Tobin   45+4' Report Antley   50'
Micaletto   90'
Vinyals   90+2'
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 3,762
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
May 25 9 Tormenta FC 0–0 Lansing Ignite FC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Miccaletto   42'
Knutson   59'
Report Cleveland   73' Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,697
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
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 8 11 Tormenta FC P–P Chattanooga Red Wolves Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Report Stadium: Eagle Field
Referee: Luis Arroyo
Note: Match postponed to be played at a date TBD
June 15 12 Tormenta FC 2–0 Orlando City B Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Rowe   54'
Morrell   86'
Report Léo   90+3' Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,490
Referee: Amin Hadzic
June 22 13 Tormenta FC 1–0 Richmond Kickers Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Morrell   79'
Micaletto   83' (pen.)
Report Eckenrode   45+1'
Troyer   54'
Hughes   73'
Shanosky   85'   87'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Natalie Simon
July 6 14 Tormenta FC 1–2 Forward Madison FC Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Morrell   83'
Micaletto   90+1'
Report Smart   16'
Schneider   52'
White   73'
Díaz   83'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,529
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 12 15 Toronto FC II 3–0 Tormenta FC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4:00 PM EDT Srbely   28'
Perruzza   38'
Mohammed   43'
Ovalle   63'
Romeo   74'
Bunk-Andersen   78'
Report Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 113
Referee: Brad Doubrough
July 20 16 North Texas SC 0–0 Tormenta FC Frisco, Texas
7:00 P.M. EDT Cerrillo   70' Report Vinyals   74'
Micaletto   88'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Samantha Martinez
July 24 17 Orlando City B 1–4 Tormenta FC Montverde, Florida
7:30 P.M. EDT Thiago   40'   42'
Sérginho   64'
Forbes   66'
Report Micaletto   7', 14'
Morrell   23'
Gómez   56'
Antley   61'
Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
July 27 18 Tormenta FC 1–1 Lansing Ignite FC Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Knutson   16'
Saint-Vil   21'
Kadono   88'
Micaletto   90'
Morrell   90+3'
Report Mentzingen   12',   45+3'
Coiffic   35'
Stoneman   60'
Carr   90+3'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
August 3 19 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 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 10 20 Tormenta FC 1–2 Chattanooga Red Wolves Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Phelps   47'
Coutinho   67'
Rowe   74'
Report Beattie   27'
Seoane   57'
Soto   84',   87'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Luis Arroyo
August 17 21 Tormenta FC 1–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT 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 21 11 Tormenta FC 1–1 Chattanooga Red Wolves Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Dennis   8',   28'
Phelps   30'
Report Folla   22'
Seoane   58'
Zguro   70'
Hurst   81'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,598
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
Note: Reschedule of postponed June 8 match.[3]
August 27 22 North Texas SC 5–0 Tormenta FC Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Roberts   17'
Reynolds   29',   85'
Danso   34'
Pepi   45+4' (pen.),   90+1' (pen.)
Rayo   82'
Montgomery   89'
Report Phelps   13'
Dennis   36'
Gómez   38'
Skelton   45+3'
Jackson   79'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Joseph Salinas
August 31 23 Tormenta FC 1–4 Richmond Kickers Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Rowe   5'
Wells   28'
Antley   57'
Report Chin   11',   36'
Gallardo   15',   41',   80'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,526
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
September 7 24 Forward Madison FC 1–1 Tormenta FC Madison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT Paulo Jr.   24' Report Micaletto   80' Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,215
Referee: Karen Callado
September 14 25 Tormenta FC 1–2 North Texas SC Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Antley   4',   45+3'
Rowe   19'
Micaletto   37'
Phelps   61'   72'
Report Danso   21'
Jatta   43'
A. Rodriguez   45+4'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,318
Referee: John Griggs
September 21 26 Lansing Ignite FC 1–1 Tormenta FC Lansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Moon   45+1' Report Dennis   19'
Arslan   34'
Rowe   67'
Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,489
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
September 27 27 Toronto FC II 1–0 Tormenta FC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4:00 PM EDT Mingo   23'
Perruzza   62'
Nelson   89'
Report Gómez   24'
Micaletto   65'
Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 51
Referee: Marko Kalic
October 5 28 Tormenta FC 3–1 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Arslan   26',   40'
Micaletto   33'
Rowe   75'
Antley   80'
Report Gómez   18'
Walker   32'
Bermudez   69'
Ward   88'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,908
Referee: Chris Ruska

U.S. Open Cup

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Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total USL1 U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

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

References

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  1. ^ "Tormenta FC joins USL Division III for 2019". January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "News".
  3. ^ "Tormenta FC, Chattanooga Game Rescheduled". June 14, 2019.
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Official website