2020 North Texas SC season

North Texas SC
2020 season
Head coach	Eric Quill
Stadium	Globe Life Park; Arlington, Texas; (Capacity: 48,114)
USL League One	3rd
USL League One Playoffs	Did not qualify
Highest home attendance	1,137 vs. CHA (Aug. 8)
Lowest home attendance	615 vs. MAD (July 25)
Average home league attendance	885
Biggest win	NTX 3–0 FTL (Oct. 3)
Biggest defeat	OMA 1–0 NTX (Aug. 1); FTL 3–2 NTX (Aug. 19); GVL 1–0 NTX (Sept. 25)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020 North Texas SC season was the second season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in the third division of American soccer, USL League One. North Texas SC, as a child club of FC Dallas of Major League Soccer, were barred from participating in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup.^[1] North Texas SC played their first two home games at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, United States, and their remaining home games at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.

Club

Roster

As of July 27, 2020.^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
3	DF	Philip Ponder	Chinese Taipei
4	DF	Brecc Evans	United States
6	MF	Imanol Almaguer	United States
7	MF	Oscar Romero	United States
8	MF	David Rodriguez	United States
9	FW	Ricardo Pepi (^[A])	United States
11	FW	Ronaldo Damus	Haiti
12	DF	Pedrinho	Brazil
14	FW	Gibran Rayo	United States
17	DF	Juan Álvarez (on loan from Monterrey)	Mexico
18	MF	Derek Waldeck	United States
20	DF	Grady Easton (^[B])	United States
21	FW	Collin Smith (^[B])	United States
22	DF	Lamar Batista	United States
23	MF	Thomas Roberts (^[A])	United States
24	GK	Luis Zamudio	United States
26	DF	Edwin Munjoma (^[A])	United States
27	MF	Alisson	Brazil
28	FW	Alex Bruce	England
29	DF	Nkosi Burgess (^[A])	United States
36	MF	Diego Hernandez (^[B])	United States
37	FW	Beni Redzic (^[B])	Bosnia and Herzegovina
44	DF	Eduardo Ruiz (^[B])	United States
46	DF	Justin Che (^[B])	United States
65	MF	Philip Akem (^[B])	United States

^

Signed to first team contract with FC Dallas.

^

FC Dallas Academy player.

Coaching staff

As of February 27, 2020.^[3]

Name	Position
Eric Quill	Head coach
Alex Aldaz	Assistant coach
Michel	Assistant coach
Néstor Merlo	Goalkeeping coach

Front Office Staff

Name	Position
Matt Denny	General manager

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Preseason 1	North Texas SC	1–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Frisco, Texas
1:00 PM CDT	Fazio 2nd half'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center

February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25) Preseason 2	North Texas SC	1–3	FC Tulsa	Frisco, Texas
2:00 PM CDT	Sealy 16'	NTSC Report TUL Report	Boakye 23' Marlon 34' Udoh 73'	Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center

February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27) Preseason 3	North Texas SC	1–0	Sporting Kansas City II	Frisco, Texas
2:00 PM CDT	Sealy 11' (pen.)	NTSC Report SKC II Report		Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center
Note: Teams played a 30 minute period after regulation ended; Sporting Kansas City II's Fredinho Mompremier scored in the 121st minute

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Greenville Triumph SC	16	11	3	2	24	11	+13	35	2.19	Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2	Union Omaha	16	8	3	5	20	15	+5	29	1.81	Final
3	North Texas SC^[a]	16	7	3	6	27	19	+8	27	1.69
4	Richmond Kickers	16	8	6	2	22	22	0	26	1.63
5	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	15	6	5	4	21	17	+4	22	1.47

Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

^ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	1	3	2	11	12	−1	6	1	3	0	9	8	+1	0	0	2	2	4	−2

Source: USL League One^[4]

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	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	L	D
Position	2	4	5	5	8

Source: USL League One^[5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 1	North Texas SC	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Redžić 11' Damus 59' Alisson 63'	Report	Wojcik 30' Bennett 78'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 615 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01) 2	Union Omaha	1–0	North Texas SC	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT	Nuhu 38' Conway 74'	Report	Álvarez 11'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08) 3	North Texas SC	2–2	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Redžić 47', 87' Rayo 68' 90+3'	Report	Hurst 3' R. Pineda 76' Hernández 88', 90+5'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,137 Referee: Héctor Hernández

August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 4	North Texas SC	3–3	New England Revolution II	Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Roberts 4' Damus 27' Bruce 90+2'	Report	Firmino 16' Quinones 22' Angking 58', 79' Bell 81'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 952 Referee: Gloria Resendiz

August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19) 5	Fort Lauderdale CF	3–2	North Texas SC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 PM CDT	Carrasco 14' Lopez-Espin 28', 36' Valencia 56' Hardin 62' Reyes 86' Castanheira 89'	Report	Alisson 25', 75' Romero 39' (pen.), 90+5'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Referee: Alex Billeter

August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23) 6	North Texas SC	2–2	Union Omaha	Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Cerrillo 2' Damus 51' Romero 56' Che 71' Alisson 73' Rayo 79' Roberts 90+4'	Report	Scearce 21', 75' Vanacore-Decker 23', 84' Sousa 24' Nuhu 51'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 855 Referee: Brandon Gardner

August 30, 2020 (2020-08-30) 7	Forward Madison FC	Postponed	North Texas SC	Madison, Wisconsin
4:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Note: Postponed due to the shooting of Jacob Blake^[6]

September 3, 2020 (2020-09-03) 8	Orlando City B	1–1	North Texas SC	Kissimmee, Florida
6:00 PM CDT	Monticelli 22' Quintero 30' Carabalí 60' Rodas 77' Ndje 81'	Report	Romero 24' (pen.) Che 49' Rayo 70'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon

September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12) 9	FC Tucson	0–2	North Texas SC	Tucson, Arizona
9:30 PM CDT	Alarcón 3' Ramos-Godoy 59' Liadi 70' Lewis 83' Ferriol 84'	Report	Damus 61' (pen.) Smith 69'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Laura Rodriguez

September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 10	North Texas SC	1–1	FC Tucson	Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Cerrillo 21' Do. Hernandez 71' Bruce 90+5'	Report	Dennis 21' Elivelton 45+5'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 926 Referee: Gloria Resendiz

September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) 11	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	North Texas SC	Greenville, South Carolina
6:00 PM EDT	Polak 16' Donnelly 56' Keegan 86'	Report		Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 903 Referee: William Steffen

October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) 12	North Texas SC	3–0	Fort Lauderdale CF	Arlington, Texas
5:30 PM CDT	Rayo 53' Damus 57', 89' A. Rodríguez 80'	Report	Young 83' Lopez-Espin 87'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 889 Referee: Héctor Hernández

October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) 13	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–3	North Texas SC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:00 PM CDT	Hurst 22' (pen.) Nicklaw 57' Doyle 74'	Report	Munjoma 13' A. Rodríguez 26' Burgess 48' Bruce 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Chattanooga Red Wolves Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 14	North Texas SC	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Arlington, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Bruce 23' Munjoma 45+3' Rayo 43' Alisson 81'	Report	Terzaghi 60' Magalhães 63' Ackwei 90+3'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 810 Referee: Gerald Flores

October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) 15	New England Revolution II	1–1	North Texas SC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:00 PM EDT	Rivera 9'	Report	Do. Hernandez 30', 49'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21) 7	Forward Madison FC	0–1	North Texas SC	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Ovalle 41'	Report	A. Rodríguez 30', 90+9' (pen.) Burgess 74' Alisson 90'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi
Note: Re-schedule of postponed August 30 match.^[7]

October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16	North Texas SC	2–1	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Arlington, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Do. Hernandez 47' Burgess 90+5' Munjoma 90+6', 90+8'	Report	Vinyals 45+3' Micaletto 90'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 898 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

References

^ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ "USL Players, FC Dallas". Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
^ "North Texas SC Staff". Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
^ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
^ "North Texas SC Schedule". USL League One.
^ "North Texas SC's Match Against Forward Madison FC Postponed". FCDallas.com. August 27, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "North Texas SC's Match Against Forward Madison FC Rescheduled for Wednesday, October 21". FCDallas.com. September 9, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with FC Dallas.

[cnote_B_grp_1] 
FC Dallas Academy player.

[table_note_FTL0.41681195582115-4] Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

[1] "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[roster-2] "USL Players, FC Dallas". Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2019.

[staff-3] "North Texas SC Staff". Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.

[5] "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.

[6] "North Texas SC Schedule". USL League One.

[7] "North Texas SC's Match Against Forward Madison FC Postponed". FCDallas.com. August 27, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[8] "North Texas SC's Match Against Forward Madison FC Rescheduled for Wednesday, October 21". FCDallas.com. September 9, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

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