2024 San Antonio FC season

The 2024 San Antonio FC season is the club's ninth season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, it is the 15th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club plays in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and will participate in the U.S. Open Cup.

San Antonio FC
2024 season
OwnerSpurs Sports & Entertainment
Head coachAlen Marcina
StadiumToyota Field
USLCWestern Conference: 5th
Overall: 9th
U.S. Open CupRound of 32
Copa TejasTBD
Copa Tejas Shield2nd
Top goalscorerLeague: Juan Agudelo
Kevon Lambert
Carter Manley
Lucas Silva (2 goals)

All: Juan Agudelo
Kevon Lambert
Carter Manley
Lucas Silva (2 goals)
Highest home attendance7,546 vs Monterey Bay FC
(March 30)[1]
Lowest home attendance6,138 vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
(March 23)[2]
Average home league attendanceLeague: 7,068
Playoffs:
Biggest win2–0
(March 23 vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC)
3–1
(April 20 at Hartford Athletic)
Biggest defeat1–0
(April 6 at Las Vegas Lights FC)
2–1
(April 27 at Miami FC)
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Club edit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Alen Marcina
Assistant coach   Victor Lonchuk
Assistant coach   Dario Pot
SAFC Pro Academy Director & Director of Goalkeeping   Juan Lamadrid
Equipment Manager   Rashad Moore
Head athletic trainer   Jesse Lowrance
Assistant Athletic Trainer   Alex Saldana

Source: San Antonio FC

Other information edit

Owner   Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Chairman   Peter J. Holt
Sporting Director   Marco Ferruzzi
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toyota Field (8,200 / 110x70 yards)
Training Ground S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex

Source: San Antonio FC

Squad information edit

First team squad edit

As of April 2, 2024.[3]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Pablo Sisniega   GK (1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 28)
21 Kendall McIntosh   GK (1994-01-24) January 24, 1994 (age 30)
50 Brandon Gongora   GK
Defenders
2 Carter Manley   DF (1996-04-29) April 29, 1996 (age 28)
3 Mitchell Taintor   DF (1994-09-11) September 11, 1994 (age 29)
5 Kendall Burks   DF (1999-10-08) October 8, 1999 (age 24)
12 Lucas Silva   DF (1997-02-19) February 19, 1997 (age 27)
22 Shannon Gomez   DF (1996-10-05) October 5, 1996 (age 27)
40 Richard Windbichler   DF (1991-04-02) April 2, 1991 (age 33)
66 Trova Boni   DF (1999-12-21) December 21, 1999 (age 24)
Midfielders
6 Mohamed Omar   MF (1999-01-22) January 22, 1999 (age 25)
7 Luke Haakenson   MF (1997-09-10) September 10, 1997 (age 26)
10 Jorge Hernández   MF (2000-11-08) November 8, 2000 (age 23)
13 Bura Nogueira   MF (1995-12-22) December 22, 1995 (age 28)
27 Kevon Lambert   MF (1997-03-22) March 22, 1997 (age 27)
44 Dalziel Ozuna   MF (2007-03-05) March 5, 2007 (age 17)
Forwards
11 Kameron Lacey   FW (2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 23)
17 Juan Agudelo   FW (1992-11-23) November 23, 1992 (age 31)
18 Hugo Mbongue   FW (2004-07-27) July 27, 2004 (age 19)
19 Luis Solignac   FW (1991-02-16) February 16, 1991 (age 33)
20 José Mulato   FW (2003-01-09) January 9, 2003 (age 21)
80 Machop Chol   FW (1998-11-14) November 14, 1998 (age 25)

Player movement edit

In edit

Pos Player Previous Club Fee Date Source
MF   Mohamed Omar   HFX Wanderers FC Undisclosed December 11, 2023 [4]
FW   Luis Solignac   El Paso Locomotive FC Undisclosed December 14, 2023 [5]
FW   Juan Agudelo   Birmingham Legion FC Undisclosed December 21, 2023 [6]
GK   Pablo Sisniega   Crown Legacy FC Undisclosed January 12, 2024 [7]
FW   Kameron Lacey   Minnesota United FC 2 Undisclosed January 17, 2024 [8]
DF   Lucas Silva   C.D. Feirense Undisclosed January 18, 2024 [9]
MF   Bura Nogueira   Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. Undisclosed January 19, 2024 [10]
MF   Luke Haakenson   Nashville SC Undisclosed January 23, 2024 [11]
DF   Richard Windbichler   Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. Undisclosed January 25, 2024 [12]
DF   Kendall Burks   Chicago Fire FC Undisclosed February 6, 2024 [13]
GK   Kendall McIntosh   Sporting Kansas City Undisclosed February 14, 2024 [14]
GK   Brandon Gongora   SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed March 22, 2024 [15]
MF   Dalziel Ozuna   SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed March 22, 2024 [16]
FW   Machop Chol   Atlanta United FC Undisclosed April 2, 2024 [17]

Out edit

Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
FW   Justin Dhillon   El Paso Locomotive FC Undisclosed December 6, 2023 [18]
MF   Jacori Hayes   North Carolina FC Undisclosed December 18, 2023 [19]
MF   Juan Carlos Azócar   Phoenix Rising FC Undisclosed December 19, 2023 [20]
DF   Connor Maloney Retired Undisclosed December 20, 2023 [21]
DF   Fabien Garcia   Las Vegas Lights FC Mutual termination January 11, 2024 [22]
GK   Jordan Farr   Tampa Bay Rowdies Undisclosed January 23, 2024 [23]
MF   PC   Union Omaha Undisclosed February 6, 2024 [24]
FW   Santiago Patiño   Ho Chi Minh City FC Undisclosed March 18, 2024 [25]
MF   Mohammed Abu Retired Undisclosed March 29, 2024 [26]

Loan in edit

Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
DF   Trova Boni   B-SAD January 18, 2024 End of season [27]
MF   Kevon Lambert   Real Salt Lake February 19, 2024 End of season [28]
FW   Hugo Mbongue   Toronto FC March 5, 2024 End of season [29]
FW   José Mulato   FC Dallas March 6, 2024 End of season [30]


Pre-season edit

The pre-season schedule was released on January 26, 2024, by SAFC.[31]

February 17, 2024 San Antonio FC 2–3 Houston Dynamo 2 San Antonio, Texas
2:00 PM CDT Agudelo  
Lacey  
Report  
 
 
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: Closed-Door
February 24, 2024 San Antonio FC 2–0 Antigua GFC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Haakenson   10'
Omar   57'
Report Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 4,683
March 2, 2024 San Antonio FC 2–1 Austin FC II San Antonio, Texas
1:00 PM CDT Silva  
Agudelo  
Report   (pen.) Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: Closed-Door

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Position in the Western Conference

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
USL Championship Western Conference 5th March 9, 2024 October 26, 2024
U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 May 8, 2024 2024

Updated to match played May 5, 2024
Source: Competitions

Overview edit

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
USL Championship 9 3 4 2 14 11 +3 033.33
U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 9 3 4 2 14 11 +3 033.33

Updated to match played May 5, 2024
Source: Competitions

USL Championship edit

Conference table edit

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Orange County SC 8 4 1 3 11 6 +5 15 Playoffs
4 Monterey Bay FC 9 4 3 2 11 10 +1 14
5 San Antonio FC 9 3 2 4 14 11 +3 13
6 Phoenix Rising FC 9 3 4 2 10 11 −1 11
7 FC Tulsa 7 2 2 3 11 12 −1 9
Updated to match(es) played on May 4, 2024. Source: USL Championship Standings

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
9 3 4 2 15 10  +5 13 2 3 0 8 5  +3 1 1 2 7 5  +2

Last updated: May 5, 2024.
Source: [32]

Results by matchday edit

Position in the Western Conference

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StadiumHAHHAHAAHH
ResultDDWWLDWLD
Position683356455
Updated to match(es) played on May 5, 2024. Source: [33]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The 2024 schedule was released on December 18, 2023.[34] Home team is listed first, left to right.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

March 9, 2024 1 San Antonio FC 2–2 Loudoun United FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Silva   14',   76'
Agudelo   48'
Report Ryan   18'
Erlandson   23'
François   29'
Leerman   74'
Dambrot   82'
Valot   90+4'
Skundrich   90+6'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,263
Referee: Calin Radosav
March 16, 2024 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–2 San Antonio FC St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. CST Jennings   4',   16'
Lasso   19'
Bodily   28'
Crisostomo   45'
Arteaga   72'
Report Hernández   14'
Lacey   66'
Sisniega   72'
Haakenson   76'
Bura   83'
Manley   90+1'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Alexis Da Silva
March 23, 2024 3 San Antonio FC 2–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Taintor   4'
Omar   26'
Hernández   64'
Silva   75',   83'
Mbongue   90+1'
Report Tejada   62'
Williams   88'
Foster   90+2'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,138
Referee: Abdou Ndiaye
March 30, 2024 4 San Antonio FC 2–1 Monterey Bay FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Manley   7'
Gomez   34'
Omar   77'
Lambert   82',   86'
Report Guzmán   29'
Doner   43'
Fehr   45+3'
Baca   83'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,546
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
April 6, 2024 5 Las Vegas Lights FC 1–0 San Antonio FC Las Vegas, Nevada
9:30 p.m. CST Azcona   17'
Garcia   54'
Smart   56'
Report Haakenson   38'
Silva   50'
Lambert   55'
Agudelo   76'
Taintor   77'
Lacey   90+6'
Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Greg Dopka
April 13, 2024 6 San Antonio FC 0–0 Orange County SC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Taintor   25'
Haakenson   68'
Report Sorto   19'
Miles   79'
Amang   82'
Partida   89'
Karlsen   90+3'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,957
Referee: Natalie Simon
April 20, 2024 7 Hartford Athletic 1–3 San Antonio FC Hartford, Connecticut
4:00 p.m. CST Epps   28'
Asiedu   41'
Hodge   45+3'
Burke   50'   90+5'
Schmidt   75'
Farrell   84'
Report Chol   7'
Boni   16'
Haakenson   44'
Lacey   66'
Akpunonu (OG)   78'
Solignac   85' (pen.)
Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
April 27, 2024 8 Miami FC 2–1 San Antonio FC Miami, Florida
6:00 p.m. CST Leite da Silva   24'
Lawrence   37',   45'
Gagliardi   74'
Ayimbila   89'
Gabriel de Freitas   90+4'
Report Gomez   6'
Taintor   7'
Haakenson   11'
Lambert   90+3'
Stadium: FIU Stadium
Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
May 4, 2024 9 San Antonio FC 2–2 Oakland Roots SC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Chol   30'
Omar   55'
Agudelo   73'
Lambert   79',   82'
Sisniega   83'
Report Cruz   42'
Chéry   65'
Reid   68'
Njie   76'
Rodriguez   84' (pen.)
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,437
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 11, 2024 10 San Antonio FC v Las Vegas Lights FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Stadium: Toyota Field

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup edit

May 8, 2024 Round of 32 Indy Eleven   v   San Antonio FC Indianapolis, Indiana
6:00 p.m. CDT Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Discipline includes league, playoffs, and Open Cup play.

No. Pos. Name League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Pablo Sisniega 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0
2 DF   Carter Manley 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0
3 DF   Mitchell Taintor 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 0
5 DF   Kendall Burks 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
6 MF   Mohamed Omar 3 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 3 (3) 0 3 0
7 MF   Luke Haakenson 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 0
10 MF   Jorge Hernández 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0
11 FW   Kameron Lacey 2 (6) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (6) 0 3 0
12 DF   Lucas Silva 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 3 0
13 MF   Bura Nogueira 1 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 1 0 0
17 FW   Juan Agudelo 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 0
18 FW   Hugo Mbongue 2 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 (1) 1 0 0
19 FW   Luis Solignac 0 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 1 0 0
20 FW   José Mulato 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
21 GK   Kendall McIntosh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   Shannon Gomez 6 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 6 (2) 0 2 0
27 MF   Kevon Lambert 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 4 0
40 DF   Richard Windbichler 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
44 MF   Dalziel Ozuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 GK   Brandon Gongora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 DF   Trova Boni 4 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 1 0
80 FW   Machop Chol 3 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 3 (2) 1 1 0
Players who left the club
MF   Mohammed Abu 2 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 0
FW   Santiago Patiño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: May 5, 2024.
Source: San Antonio FC

Top scorers edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 DF 2   Carter Manley 2 0 0 2
DF 12   Lucas Silva 2 0 0 2
FW 17   Juan Agudelo 2 0 0 2
MF 27   Kevon Lambert 2 0 0 2
5 MF 7   Luke Haakenson 1 0 0 1
MF 13   Bura Nogueira 1 0 0 1
FW 18   Hugo Mbongue 1 0 0 1
FW 19   Luis Solignac 1 0 0 1
FW 80   Machop Chol 1 0 0 1
# Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 14 0 0 14

Last updated: May 5, 2024.
Source: San Antonio FC

Clean sheets edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 1   Pablo Sisniega 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 2 0 0 2

Last updated: May 5, 2024.
Source: San Antonio FC

Summary edit

Games played 9 (9 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Games won 3 (3 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Games drawn 4 (4 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Games lost 2 (2 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Goals scored 14 (14 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Goals conceded 11 (11 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Goal difference +3 (+3 USL Championship) (+0 U.S. Open Cup)
Clean sheets 2 (2 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Yellow cards 30 (30 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Red cards 0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Most appearances 6 players (9 appearances)
Top scorer   Juan Agudelo
  Kevon Lambert
  Carter Manley
  Lucas Silva (2 goals)
Winning Percentage Overall: 3/9 (33.33%)

Last updated: May 5, 2024.
Source: San Antonio FC

Awards edit

Player edit

No. Player Award Week/Month Source
10   Jorge Hernández Championship Team of the Week Week 1 [35]
12   Lucas Silva Week 3 [36]
HC   Alen Marcina Championship Coach of the Week
3   Mitchell Taintor Championship Team of the Week Week 4 [37]
2   Carter Manley Championship Goal of the Week [38]
10   Jorge Hernández Championship Team of the Week Week 7 [39]

References edit

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