# 2022 California United Strikers FC season

The 2022 season was the California United Strikers FC's fifth and final season of existence, their third in the third division of American soccer and their third in the National Independent Soccer Association.

## Background

The 2020–21 season was split into three phases as the league moved from a winter to summer schedule. During the Fall 2020 season, the Strikers finished second in the Western Conference, and fourth in the overall league table, failing to qualify for the modified playoffs that were reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the Spring 2021 segment of the season, the Strikers finished fourth in the table, and missed out on the championship game. In the Fall 2021 season, the Strikers finished second overall in the league.

## Club
### Management

| Position | Name |
| Co-Owner | Bronwyn Capriotti |
| Co-Owner | Pete Capriotti |
| President and General Manager | Michael Collins |
| Vice President | Darren McCartney |
| Director of Ticket Operations | Steven Bruner |
| Social Media Manager | Pronit Dutta |
| Head coach | Willie Diaz |
| Assistant coach | Beto Navarro |
| Goalkeeping coach | Ludovic Antunes |
Sources:

### First team roster

    As of October 21, 2022
| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Previous team | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 0 | GK | Steven Barrera | 29 | 2018 | 27 | 0 | 2023 | Ventura County Fusion | Second nationality: Mexico |
| 33 | GK | Jean Gamain Antoine | 28 | 2021 | 23 | 0 | 2023 | Detroit City |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Gonzalo Salguero | 29 | 2019 | 37 | 3 | 2023 | LA Wolves | |
| 3 | DF | Aydan Bowers | 25 | 2020 | 46 | 2 | 2023 | Helsingør | |
| 4 | DF | Garrett Hogbin | 24 | 2021 | 24 | 2 | 2023 | Chico State Wildcats | |
| 5 | DF | Xavier Ikaika Fuerte | 31 | 2019 | 31 | 0 | 2023 | LA Wolves | |
| 12 | DF | Marc Bermudez | 24 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2023 | Cal Poly Mustangs | |
| 17 | DF | Brady Treinen | 18 | 2022 | 9 | 0 | 2023 | Irvine Strikers | |
| 22 | DF | Kevin Garcia-Lopez | 30 | 2020 | 24 | 1 | 2023 | Las Vegas Lights | |
| 24 | DF | Joseph Patrick Pérez | 25 | 2022 | 9 | 0 | 2023 | LA Force | Second nationality: Mexico |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Duncan Capriotti | 31 | 2019 | 38 | 0 | 2023 | LA Wolves | |
| 7 | MF | Luis Garcia Sosa | 24 | 2022 | 11 | 3 | 2023 | Stumptown Athletic | |
| 10 | MF | Gustavo Villalobos | 30 | 2019 | 19 | 1 | 2023 | FC Golden State | |
| 11 | MF | Shane Kaemerle | 18 | 2022 | 10 | 0 | 2023 | Irvine Strikers | |
| 13 | MF | Felipe Liborio Jr. | 26 | 2021 | 19 | 0 | 2023 | Albion San Diego | |
| 15 | MF | Alex Vedamanikam | 23 | 2021 | 24 | 2 | 2023 | Alicante City | Second nationality: Spain |
| 18 | MF | Beto Alvarenga | 23 | 2022 | 14 | 1 | 2023 | UC Irvine Anteaters | Second nationality: Mexico |
| 19 | MF | Bay Kurtz | 26 | 2022 | 9 | 0 | 2023 | Stumptown Athletic | |
| 20 | MF | Caleb Suh | 20 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2023 | LA Galaxy II | |
| 21 | MF | Francis Jacobs | 17 | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 2023 | Orange County SC | Second nationality: England On loan from Orange County SC |
| 23 | MF | Shinya Kadono | 25 | 2020 | 44 | 4 | 2023 | Loudoun United | |
| 25 | MF | Guilherme Farias | 25 | 2021 | 19 | 1 | 2023 | Mount SAC Mounties | |
| 34 | MF | Ryotaro Kawashima | 22 | 2022 | 12 | 3 | 2023 | Irvine Strikers | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 8 | FW | Tony Lopez | 24 | 2020 | 46 | 9 | 2023 | 1. FCA Darmstadt | |
| 9 | FW | Omar Nuño | 28 | 2019 | 57 | 28 | 2023 | FC Arizona | Second nationality: United States |
| 14 | FW | Andy Contreras | 31 | 2021 | 16 | 2 | 2023 | SoCal SC | |
| 16 | FW | Christian Thierjung | 27 | 2019 | 58 | 18 | 2023 | FC Tulsa | |
| 29 | FW | Marcus Lee | 16 | 2022 | 6 | 0 | 2023 | Irvine Strikers | Second nationality: South Korea |
| 30 | FW | Bryan Medina | 23 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2023 | Bloomfield Bears | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| August 8, 2021 | 15 | AM | Alex Vedamanikam | Alicante City | Free |
| October 6, 2021 | 30 | FW | Bryan Medina | Bloomfield Bears | Free |
| October 15, 2021 | 14 | FW | Andy Contreras | SoCal SC | Free |
| February 22, 2022 | 7 | CM | Luis García Sosa | Stumptown Athletic | Free |
| March 16, 2022 | 12 | DF | Marc Bermudez | Cal Poly Mustangs | Free |
| March 16, 2022 | 18 | MF | Beto Alvarenga | UC Irvine Anteaters | Free |
| March 16, 2022 | 19 | CB | Bay Kurts | Stumptown Athletic | Free |
| March 16, 2022 | 20 | AM | Caleb Suh | LA Galaxy II | Free |
| March 22, 2022 | 29 | LW | Marcus Lee | Irvine Strikers | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| December 1, 2021 | 3 | DF | Chris Klute | None | Retired |
| December 1, 2021 | 15 | DF | James McGhee | None | Released |
| December 1, 2021 | 18 | MF | Min-jae Kwak | None | Released |
| December 1, 2021 | 21 | MF | Billy Garton Jr. | None | Released |
| January 1, 2022 | 6 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | None | Released |
| February 11, 2022 | 5 | DF | Michael Bryant | Detroit City | Free |
| February 19, 2022 | 1 | GK | Mitch North | Central Valley Fuego | Free |
| March 18, 2022 | 8 | MF | Alejandro Araneda | North Texas SC | Free |
| March 24, 2022 | 18 | MF | Evan Waldrep | Syracuse Pulse | Free |
| September 30, 2022 | 11 | MF | Shane Kaemerle | Dukla Banská Bystrica | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| No. | Player | From | Loan begin | Loan end | Source |
| 21 | Francis Jacobs | Orange County SC | April 1, 2022 | November 30, 2022 | |

## Competitions
### NISA
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 1 | California United Strikers FC | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 46 | 2.19 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Chattanooga FC | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 49 | 2.04 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 3 | Michigan Stars FC | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 38 | 1.65 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Albion San Diego | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 32 | 1.60 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 30 | 1.30 | Qualification for the play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 22, 2022. Source: NISA

#### Results by round

| Game Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | P | P | P |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Match reports

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics

    As of October 15, 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NISA | NISA | NISA Playoffs | NISA Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 0 | GK | USA | Steven Barrera | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Gonzalo Salguero | 19 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Aydan Bowers | 19 | 2 | 16+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Garrett Hogbin | 19 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Xavier Fuerte | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Duncan Capriotti | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Luis Garcia Sosa | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | USA | Tony Lopez | 16 | 8 | 11+2 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Omar Nuño | 19 | 9 | 15+1 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Gustavo Villalobos | 17 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Shane Kaemerle | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Marc Bermudez | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | USA | Felipe Liborio Jr. | 20 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | USA | Andy Contreras | 12 | 2 | 5+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Alex Vedamanikam | 17 | 2 | 4+12 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA | Christian Thierjung | 18 | 3 | 9+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | USA | Brady Treinen | 11 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Leonel Alvarenga | 15 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Bay Kurtz | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Caleb Suh | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Kevin Garcia-Lopez | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinya Kadono | 19 | 3 | 13+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Joseph Patrick Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Farias | 8 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | USA | Marcus Lee | 6 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | USA | Bryan Medina | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | USA | Ethan Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | HAI | Jean Gamain Antoine | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Ryotaro Kawashima | 13 | 3 | 9+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |