# 2018 Penn FC season

The 2018 season was Penn FC's 15th season of competitive soccer, its second in the second division of American soccer, and its eighth and final season in the United Soccer League, now known as the USL Championship. This was the first season the club operated under the "Penn FC" name, having re-branded from the Harrisburg City Islanders in November 2017.
In October 2018, the club announced that it would not play in the USL's top flight beyond that season. Penn FC will suspend professional operations for the 2019 season and resume play in 2020 as a member of USL League One, a third-level league to be launched in 2019 by the USL parent organization.

## Roster

    As of 23 March 2018
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Romuald Peiser | France |
| 4 | DF | Ken Tribbett | United States |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | Brazil |
| 6 | DF | Kyle Venter | United States |
| 8 | MF | Dan Metzger | United States |
| 9 | FW | Aaron Dennis | United States |
| 11 | MF | Jorge Rivera | Puerto Rico |
| 12 | DF | Pedro Galvão | Portugal |
| 13 | GK | Sean Lewis | United States |
| 15 | MF | Miguel Jaime | United States |
| 16 | DF | Jake Bond | United States |
| 17 | MF | Salvatore Barone | United States |
| 18 | GK | Jacob Lissek | United States |
| 19 | DF | Chris Hill | United States |
| 20 | MF | Mauro Eustáquio | Canada |
| 21 | MF | Calvin Rezende | United States |
| 22 | MF | John Grosh | United States |
| 33 | FW | Fabio De Sousa | United States |
| 37 | DF | Harri Hawkins | England |
| 76 | MF | Richard Menjivar | El Salvador |
| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | Zimbabwe |
| — | DF | Marco Franco | United States |
| — | MF | Saalih Muhammad | United States |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| February 8, 2018 | Jorge Rivera | 11 | MF | Puerto Rico FC | Undisclosed |
| February 13, 2018 | Dan Metzger | 8 | MF | New York Red Bulls II | Undisclosed |
| February 14, 2018 | Calvin Rezende | 21 | MF | Miami FC | Undisclosed |
| February 15, 2018 | Jacob Lissek | 18 | GK | OKC Energy FC | Undisclosed |
| February 20, 2018 | Aaron Dennis | 9 | FW | Miami FC | Undisclosed |
| February 23, 2018 | Pedro Galvão | 12 | MF | FC Edmonton | Undisclosed |
| February 23, 2018 | Mauro Eustáquio | 20 | MF | FC Edmonton | Undisclosed |
| February 27, 2018 | Kyle Venter | 6 | DF | Ottawa Fury FC | Undisclosed |
| February 27, 2018 | Marco Franco | | DF | Indy Eleven | Undisclosed |
| February 28, 2018 | Salvatore Barone | 17 | MF | New York Cosmos | Undisclosed |
| February 28, 2018 | Miguel Jaime | 15 | MF | Ocean City Nor'easters | Undisclosed |
| February 28, 2018 | Harri Hawkins | 22 | DF | New York Cosmos | Undisclosed |
| March 2, 2018 | Ken Tribbett | 4 | DF | Philadelphia Union | Signed |
| March 6, 2018 | Romuald Peiser | 1 | GK | San Francisco Deltas | Signed |
| March 9, 2018 | Fabio De Sousa | 33 | FW | New York Red Bulls U-23 | Signed |
| March 15, 2018 | Saalih Muhammad | 99 | MF | San Francisco Deltas | Signed |
| March 19, 2018 | Richard Menjivar | 76 | MF | Rayo OKC | Signed |
| March 21, 2018 | Lucky Mkosana | 77 | MF | New York Cosmos | Signed |
| March 29, 2018 | Tommy Heinemann | 29 | FW | San Francisco Deltas | Signed |
| April 18, 2018 | Prince Baffoe | 24 | MF | Inter Allies FC | Season loan |
| June 19, 2018 | Paulo Junior | 31 | FW | Indy Eleven | Signed |
| July 24, 2018 | Walter Ramírez | 27 | MF | Puerto Rico FC | Signed |

### Out

| Date | Player | Number | Position | New club | Fee/notes |
| November 29, 2017 | Nick Noble | 1 | GK | | Retired |
| December 7, 2017 | Shawn McLaws | 23 | DF | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Undisclosed |
| January 4, 2018 | Cardel Benbow | 19 | MF | Waterhouse FC | Undisclosed |
| January 16, 2018 | Ropapa Mensah | 25 | FW | Nashville SC | Undisclosed |
| | Paul Wilson | 10 | MF | Cavalier F.C. | Undisclosed |
| January 22, 2018 | Pedro Ribeiro | 30 | FW | Fresno FC | Undisclosed |
| February 1, 2018 | Brandon Miller | 33 | GK | Charlotte Independence | Undisclosed |
| | Mouhamed Dabo | 8 | MF | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Undisclosed |
| | Griffin Libhart | 2 | DF | | Released |
| | Travis Brent | 4 | DF | | Released |
| | Manolo Sanchez | 7 | FW | | Released |
| | Jonny Mendoza | 9 | FW | | Released |
| | Aaron Wheeler | 11 | FW | | Released |
| | Rasheed Olabiyi | 12 | MF | | Released |
| | Mike Olla | 13 | FW | | Released |
| | Danny DiPrima | 14 | MF | | Released |
| | Lee Nishanian | 15 | MF | | Released |
| | Jamie Thomas | 17 | MF | | Released |
| | Shawn McLaws | 23 | DF | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Released |
| August 1, 2018 | Fredrick Yamoah Opoku | 60 | FW | HB Køge | End loan |

## Competitions
### USL

The 2018 USL season will be contested by 33 teams, 16 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 34 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams from each conference advance to the 2018 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.

#### Standings (Eastern Conference)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Charlotte Independence | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 42 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Penn FC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 37 |
| 14 | Atlanta United 2 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 72 | −35 | 31 |
| 15 | Richmond Kickers | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 22 |

#### Results

All times in Eastern Time.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | −4 |
Last updated: November 16, 2018 Source: 2018 USL season Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| 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 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |

### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of November 17, 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL | USL | Playoffs | Playoffs | Open Cup | Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Defenders: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Ken Tribbett | 21 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Tiago Calvano | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Kyle Venter | 26 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | POR | Pedro Galvão | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Jake Bond | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | USA | Chris Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Harri Hawkins | 23 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | USA | Marco Franco | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | GHA | Haruna Shaibu | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | COL | Jerry Ortiz | 9 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Dan Metzger | 23 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | PUR | Jorge Rivera | 9 | 2 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | HON | Richard Menjívar | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Miguel Jaime | 24 | 3 | 15+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Salvatore Barone | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CAN | Mauro Eustáquio | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Calvin Rezende | 21 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Issac Osae | 17 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GHA | Prince Baffoe | 21 | 2 | 5+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | HON | Walter Ramírez | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | VIR | Aaron Dennis | 24 | 3 | 15+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | USA | Tommy Heinemann | 14 | 4 | 10+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Paulo Junior | 18 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | USA | Fabio De Sousa | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | MOZ | Lucky Mkosana | 30 | 11 | 24+5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | USA | Saalih Muhammad | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
Italics indicates player left team midway through season.

### Goalkeepers
#### League Stats

    As of January 17, 2017
Players included in matchday squads :
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| | 21 | Sean Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 33 | Brandon Miller | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0–0–0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    Record: W-L-D

#### U.S. Open Cup Stats

    As of January 17, 2017
Players included in matchday squads :
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| | 21 | Sean Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 33 | Brandon Miller | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0–0–0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    Record: W-L-D

## Honors

* Week 3 Team of the Week Bench: D Ken Tribbett
* Week 6 Team of the Week: D Ken Tribbett
* Week 7 Team of the Week Bench: D Sean Lewis
* Week 8 Player of the Week: F Tommy Heinemann
* Week 11 Team of the Week: G Romuald Peiser
* Week 13 Team of the Week: D Ken Tribbett
* Week 14 Team of the Week Bench: F Lucky Mkosana
* Week 15 Team of the Week: F Lucky Mkosana
* Week 17 Team of the Week: F Lucky Mkosana
* Week 25 Team of the Week Bench: F Aaron Dennis
* Week 27 Team of the Week Bench: D Kyle Venter
* Week 30 Team of the Week Bench: M Richard Menjívar