# 2016 San Antonio FC season

The 2016 San Antonio FC season was the club's inaugural season. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, this was the 7th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States soccer league system, and also participated in the U.S. Open Cup.

## Background

San Antonio was awarded the thirty-first USL franchise on January 7, 2016. The establishment of the club, along with the concurrent purchase of Toyota Field by the City of San Antonio and Bexar County, was part of a plan by local officials to obtain an expansion franchise in Major League Soccer. As a result, the San Antonio Scorpions franchise of the North American Soccer League was shut down. The club's first head coach, announced on January 7, 2016, was former Elon University men's soccer coach and Orlando City SC ProAcademy director, Darren Powell. On February 2, 2016, Carlos Alvarez became the club's first player signing.
The league expanded from 24 to 29 teams where San Antonio competed in the Western Conference of the USL.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Darren Powell |
| Assistant coach | Nick Evans |
| Assistant coach | Andy Thomson |
| Goalkeeper coach | Juan Lamadrid |
| Fitness coach | Andy Thomson |
| Team Physician | Eliot Young, M.D. |
| Athletic Trainer | Jordan Harding |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Chris Ramos |
| Equipment Manager | Rashad Moore |
| Pro Academy director | Nick Evans |
Source: San Antonio FC

### Other information

| Owner | Spurs Sports & Entertainment |
| Chairman | Julianna Hawn Holt |
| Managing Director | Tim Holt |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Toyota Field (8,200 / 110x70 yards) |
| Training Ground | S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex |
Source: San Antonio FC

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of August 15, 2016.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 0 | Matt Cardone | GK | (1993-06-18) June 18, 1993 (age 31) |
| 1 | Josh Ford | GK | (1987-11-06) November 6, 1987 (age 37) |
| 13 | Lee Johnston | GK | (1992-11-17) November 17, 1992 (age 32) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Milton Palacios | DF | (1988-04-17) April 17, 1988 (age 36) |
| 4 | Sam McBride | DF | (1994-09-21) September 21, 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Biko Bradnock-Brennan | DF | (1993-04-24) April 24, 1993 (age 31) |
| 15 | Stepthen McCarthy | DF | (1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 (age 36) |
| 19 | Max Gunderson | DF | (1989-11-05) November 5, 1989 (age 35) |
| 20 | Greg Cochrane | DF | (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 (age 34) |
| 22 | Austin Dunker | DF | (1992-08-27) August 27, 1992 (age 32) |
| 23 | Fejiro Okiomah | DF | (1990-11-10) November 10, 1990 (age 34) |
| 25 | Ryan Roushandel | DF | (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 39) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Sébastien Thurière | MF | (1990-01-06) January 6, 1990 (age 35) |
| 7 | Victor Araujo | MF | (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 33) |
| 8 | Michael Reed | MF | (1987-10-28) October 28, 1987 (age 37) |
| 10 | Carlos Alvarez | MF | (1990-11-12) November 12, 1990 (age 34) |
| 11 | Danny Garcia | MF | (1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 (age 31) |
| 16 | Rafael Castillo | MF | (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980 (age 44) |
| 28 | Miguel Salazar | MF | (1994-07-28) July 28, 1994 (age 30) |
| 79 | Diego Garcia | MF | (1998-01-08) January 8, 1998 (age 27) |
| Forwards |||||
| 5 | César Elizondo | FW | (1988-02-10) February 10, 1988 (age 37) |
| 9 | Manolo Sanchez | FW | (1991-11-10) November 10, 1991 (age 33) |
| 12 | Taylor Morgan | FW | (1990-10-21) October 21, 1990 (age 34) |
| 17 | Shawn Chin | FW | (1989-05-11) May 11, 1989 (age 35) |
| 18 | Jason Johnson | FW | (1990-10-09) October 9, 1990 (age 34) |
| 21 | Jacques Francois | FW | (1992-12-11) December 11, 1992 (age 32) |
| 24 | Franck Tayou | FW | (1990-04-16) April 16, 1990 (age 34) |

## Player movement
### In

| Pos | Player | Previous Club | Fee | Date |
| MF | Carlos Alvarez | Colorado Rapids | Undisclosed | February 2, 2016 |
| DF | Stephen McCarthy | KuPS | Undisclosed | February 3, 2016 |
| GK | Matt Cardone | San Antonio Scorpions | Undisclosed | February 4, 2016 |
| DF | Max Gunderson | Austin Aztex | Undisclosed | February 4, 2016 |
| MF | Victor Araujo | Trinity Tigers | Undisclosed | February 4, 2016 |
| MF | Rafael Castillo | San Antonio Scorpions | Undisclosed | February 4, 2016 |
| DF | Fejiro Okiomah | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Undisclosed | February 10, 2016 |
| DF | Milton Palacios | San Antonio Scorpions | Undisclosed | February 10, 2016 |
| MF | Danny Garcia | FC Dallas | Undisclosed | February 11, 2016 |
| GK | Josh Ford | Orlando City SC | Undisclosed | February 12, 2016 |
| MF | Miguel Salazar | Elon University | Undisclosed | February 15, 2016 |
| DF | Sam McBride | Elon University | Undisclosed | February 15, 2016 |
| FW | Jason Johnson | Chicago Fire | Undisclosed | February 16, 2016 |
| MF | Michael Reed | Atlanta Silverbacks | Undisclosed | February 17, 2016 |
| FW | Shawn Chin | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Undisclosed | February 18, 2016 |
| MF | Sébastien Thurière | Charleston Battery | Undisclosed | February 18, 2016 |
| DF | Greg Cochrane | Chicago Fire | Undisclosed | February 25, 2016 |
| FW | Manolo Sanchez | New York Red Bulls | Undisclosed | February 25, 2016 |
| DF | Austin Dunker | Seattle Sounders FC U-23 | Undisclosed | March 18, 2016 |
| GK | Lee Johnston | West Virginia University | Undisclosed | March 18, 2016 |
| DF | Biko Bradnock-Brennan | UNC Charlotte | Undisclosed | March 29, 2016 |
| FW | Jacques Francois | UNC Greensboro | Undisclosed | March 29, 2016 |
| DF | Ryan Roushandel | Austin Aztex | Undisclosed | May 5, 2016 |
| FW | Franck Tayou | Soles de Sonora | Undisclosed | June 16, 2016 |
| FW | Taylor Morgan | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Undisclosed | June 22, 2016 |
| MF | Diego Garcia | Lonestar SC Academy U-17/18 | Undisclosed | July 7, 2016 |
| FW | César Elizondo | Pérez Zeledón | Undisclosed | July 11, 2016 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |

### Loan in

| Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| DF | Bobby Moseley | Stoke City F.C. | March 23, 2016 | June 11, 2016 | |

### Loan out

| Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
| DF | Ryan Roushandel | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | July 30, 2016 | July 30, 2016 | |

## Pre-season

The pre-season match against Rayo OKC was announced by Rayo OKC on February 2, 2016. Remaining pre-season matches were announced on March 4, 2016, by SAFC.

## Competitions
### Overall

Position in the Western Conference
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| United Soccer League | — | 10th | April 3, 2016 | September 24, 2016 |
| U.S. Open Cup | Second Round | Fourth round | May 18, 2016 | June 15, 2016 |
Updated to match played September 25, 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| United Soccer League | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 36 | +0 | 033.33 |
| U.S. Open Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Total | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 036.36 |
Updated to match played September 25, 2016 Source: Competitions

### United Soccer League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Orange County Blues | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 40 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | Portland Timbers 2 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
| 10 | San Antonio FC | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 38 | |
| 11 | Real Monarchs | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 | |
| 12 | Seattle Sounders 2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 35 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 25, 2016. Source:

#### Results by matchday

Position in the Western Conference
| 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 |
| Stadium | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 |

#### Matches

The 2016 schedule was released on January 26, 2016. Home team is listed first, left to right.
Win  Draw  Loss
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC−05) unless shown otherwise

### Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

Discipline includes both league and Open Cup play.
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 0 | GK | Matt Cardone | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Josh Ford | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Milton Palacios | 18 (3) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 19 (4) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sam McBride | 18 (5) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | César Elizondo | 6 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Sébastien Thurière | 15 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 (7) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Victor Araujo | 3 (8) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 5 (9) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Michael Reed | 14 (2) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 (2) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Manolo Sanchez | 3 (13) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (13) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Carlos Alvarez | 29 (1) | 4 (1) | 2 | 0 | 31 (1) | 4 (1) | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Danny Garcia | 10 (15) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 11 (16) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Taylor Morgan | 12 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Lee Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Biko Bradnock-Brennan | 20 (4) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 21 (6) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Stephen McCarthy | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Rafael Castillo | 25 (3) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 (3) | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Shawn Chin | 9 (8) | 3 | 1 (1) | 0 | 10 (9) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Jason Johnson | 17 (9) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 (9) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Max Gunderson | 7 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Greg Cochrane | 29 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Jacques Francois | 2 (5) | 0 | 2 (1) | 3 | 4 (6) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Austin Dunker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fejiro Okiomah | 8 (7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 (7) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Franck Tayou | 6 (11) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 (11) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ryan Roushandel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Miguel Salazar | 18 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 (6) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | Diego Garcia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club |||||||||||
| | DF | Bobby Moseley | 9 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: September 26, 2016. Source: San Antonio FC

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 16 | Rafael Castillo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | FW | 24 | Franck Tayou | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Carlos Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Jason Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Michael Reed | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | Shawn Chin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Jacques Francois | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 2 | Milton Palacios | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 5 | César Elizondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Danny Garcia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Stephen McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 23 | Fejiro Okiomah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Sam McBride | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 6 | Sébastien Thurière | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 7 | Victor Araujo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 9 | Manolo Sanchez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 5 | 41 |
Last updated: September 19, 2016. Source: San Antonio FC

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | 0 | Matt Cardone | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Josh Ford | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: September 19, 2016. Source: San Antonio FC

### Summary

| Games played | 33 (30 United Soccer League) (3 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games won | 12 (10 United Soccer League) (2 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games drawn | 8 (8 United Soccer League) |
| Games lost | 13 (12 United Soccer League) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals scored | 41 (36 United Soccer League) (5 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 42 (36 United Soccer League) (6 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goal difference | -1 (+0 United Soccer League) (−1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 7 (7 United Soccer League) |
| Yellow cards | 62 (57 United Soccer League) (5 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Red cards | 1 (1 United Soccer League) |
| Most appearances | Greg Cochrane (33 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Rafael Castillo Franck Tayou (5 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 12/33 (36.36%) |
Last updated: September 25, 2016. Source: San Antonio FC

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Week |
| 18 | Jason Johnson | USL Team of the Week | Week 2 |
| 16 | Rafael Castillo | USL Team of the Week | Week 6 |
| 4 | Sam McBride | USL Team of the Week | Week 8 |
| 2 | Milton Palacios | USL Team of the Week | Week 12 |
| 15 | Stephen McCarthy | USL Team of the Week | Week 13 |
| 21 | Jacques Francois | USL Team of the Week | Week 14 |
| 8 | Michael Reed | USL Team of the Week | Week 15 |
| 20 | Greg Cochrane | USL Team of the Week | Week 16 |
| 5 | César Elizondo | USL Team of the Week | Week 20 |
| 16 | Rafael Castillo | USL Team of the Week | Week 22 |
| 0 | Matt Cardone | USL Player of the Week | Week 23 |