# 2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season

The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 17, 2019.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 15 | DF | Olivier Mbaizo | Cameroon |
| 20 | FW | Michee Ngalina | DR Congo |
| 21 | MF | Anthony Fontana | United States |
| 32 | DF | Matthew Real | United States |
| 35 | FW | Faris | Cameroon |
| 36 | FW | Saed Díaz (on loan from Tauro) | Panama |
| 37 | MF | Selmir Miscic | United States |
| 38 | MF | Zach Zandi | United States |
| 39 | MF | Chavany Willis (on loan from Portmore United) | Jamaica |
| 40 | MF | Issa Rayyan | United States |
| 41 | FW | Yomi Scintu | Germany |
| 42 | DF | Jamoi Topey (on loan from Cavalier) | Jamaica |
| 43 | DF | Steve Kingue (on loan from Nfuko Academy) | Cameroon |
| 44 | DF | Ben Ofeimu | United States |
| 45 | MF | James Chambers | Republic of Ireland |
| 47 | DF | Walter Cortés (on loan from Saprissa) | Costa Rica |
| 49 | GK | Todd Morton | United States |
| 51 | MF | Cole Turner | United States |
| 53 | GK | Ben Martino | United States |
| 54 | GK | Lukas Burns | United States |
| 55 | MF | Jack de Vries | United States |
| 56 | MF | Luis Flores | United States |
| 57 | FW | Patrick Bohui | United States |
| 59 | MF | Axel Picazo | United States |
| 60 | DF | Nathan Harriel | United States |
| 61 | MF | Dante Huckaby | United States |
| 63 | FW | Shanyder Borgelin | Haiti |
| 64 | GK | Tomas Romero | El Salvador |
| 65 | GK | Brady McSwain | United States |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| January 8, 2019 | Zach Zandi | 38 | MF | Villanova Wildcats | Signed |
| January 23, 2019 | Ben Ofeimu | 44 | DF | Philadelphia Union Academy | Signed |
| February 25, 2019 | Issa Rayyan | 40 | MF | Philadelphia Union Academy | Signed |
| March 8, 2019 | Yomi Scintu | 41 | FW | VfB Eichstatt | Signed |
| April 5, 2019 | Shanyder Borgelin | 63 | FW | Philadelphia Union Academy | Signed |

### Out

| Date | Player | Number | Position | New club | Fee/notes |
| November 19, 2018 | Omar Holness | 36 | MF | Darlington | Option declined |
| November 19, 2018 | Chris Nanco | 37 | FW | Forge FC | End of contract |
| November 19, 2018 | Santi Moar | 38 | FW | New Mexico United | End of contract |
| November 19, 2018 | Drew Skundrich | 39 | MF | Sacramento Republic FC | End of contract |
| November 19, 2018 | Mike Catalano | 41 | MF | — | Option declined |
| November 19, 2018 | Aidan Apodaca | 42 | FW | Reno 1868 FC | Option declined |
| November 19, 2018 | Brandon Aubrey | 44 | DF | — | Option declined |
| November 19, 2018 | Matt Mahoney | 48 | DF | Sacramento Republic FC | Option declined |
| November 19, 2018 | A. J. Paterson | 49 | MF | Charleston Battery | Option declined |

### Loan in

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| January 4, 2019 | Saed Díaz | 36 | FW | Tauro FC | Season loan |
| January 25, 2019 | Steve Kingue | 43 | DF | Nfuko Academy Sports | Season loan |
| February 27, 2019 | Chavany Willis | 42 | MF | Portmore United | Season loan |
| February 28, 2019 | Walter Cortes | 47 | DF | Deportivo Saprissa | Season loan |
| March 1, 2019 | Jamoi Topey | 42 | DF | Cavalier | Season loan |

## Competitions
### USL Championship
#### Results summary
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Atlanta United 2 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 77 | −32 | 35 |
| 15 | Memphis 901 FC | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 34 |
| 16 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 78 | −29 | 31 |
| 17 | Hartford Athletic | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 80 | −31 | 29 |
| 18 | Swope Park Rangers | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 26 |

#### Match results

All times in Eastern Time.

### U.S. Open Cup

Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.

## Statistics

    As of August 19, 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USLC | USLC | USLC Playoffs | USLC Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Defenders: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | USA | Mark McKenzie | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Olivier Mbaizo | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | USA | Matthew Real | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Fabinho | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | JAM | Jamoi Topey* | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | CMR | Steve Kingue* | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | USA | Ben Ofeimu | 27 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | CRC | Walter Cortes* | 27 | 3 | 23+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | USA | Nathan Harriel‡ | 23 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | USA | Dante Huckaby‡ | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | USA | Michael Pellegrino‡ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | USA | Derrick Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Anthony Fontana | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | USA | Selmir Miscic | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | USA | Zach Zandi | 30 | 3 | 27+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | JAM | Chavany Willis* | 27 | 3 | 24+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | USA | Issa Rayyan | 26 | 4 | 25+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | IRL | James Chambers | 32 | 5 | 27+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | COD | Michee Ngalina | 22 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | USA | Cole Turner‡ | 25 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | USA | Jack de Vries‡ | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | USA | Luis Flores‡ | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | USA | Axel Picazo‡ | 19 | 1 | 7+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | HAI | Shanyder Borgelin | 24 | 1 | 7+17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | BRA | Sergio Santos | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | POL | Kacper Przybylko | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CMR | Faris Pemi Moumbagna | 25 | 11 | 21+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | PAN | Saed Díaz* | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ITA | Yomi Scintu | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | USA | Anges Bohui‡ | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem.
    Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy for individual matches with Bethlehem.
    Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.

### Goalkeepers

As of April 20, 2019.
Players included in matchday squads :
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| | 1 | Matt Freese | 3 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 4 | 1.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | 31 | Carlos Miguel Coronel | 4 | 4 | 1-2-1 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 64 | Tomas Romero‡ | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3-3-1 | 10 | 1.42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Honors
### Team of the Week

* Week 1 Team of the Week: M Zach Zandi
* Week 2 Team of the Week Bench: G Carlos Miguel Coronel
* Week 5 Team of the Week: D Ben Ofeimu
* Week 6 Team of the Week: F Kacper Przybylko