# 2018 Phoenix Rising FC season

The 2018 Phoenix Rising FC season was the club's fifth season in the United Soccer League and their second under the Rising FC name.

## Friendlies

All times from this point are on Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00)

## USL
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports
| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L |

### Western Conference standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Orange County SC | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 66 | Conference Playoffs |
| 2 | Sacramento Republic | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 65 | Conference Playoffs |
| 3 | Phoenix Rising FC | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 63 | Conference Playoffs |
| 4 | Real Monarchs | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 60 | Conference Playoffs |
| 5 | Reno 1868 FC | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 59 | Conference Playoffs |

## Statistics

(regular-season & Playoffs)
| # | Pos. | Name | GP | GS | Min. | Goals | Assists | | |
| 9 | FW | Chris Cortez | 33 | 25 | 2232 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Solomon Asante | 36 | 35 | 3042 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jason Johnson | 33 | 26 | 2331 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Didier Drogba | 12 | 11 | 980 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Joe Farrell | 26 | 24 | 2225 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kevon Lambert | 32 | 31 | 2776 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | Billy Forbes | 24 | 11 | 1100 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | Kevaughn Frater | 21 | 7 | 815 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Collin Fernandez | 21 | 17 | 1428 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Devin Vega | 12 | 7 | 690 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Alessandro Riggi | 14 | 4 | 342 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mike da Fonte | 31 | 30 | 2699 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Gladson Awako | 30 | 23 | 1833 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Kody Wakasa | 13 | 11 | 938 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Amadou Dia | 35 | 35 | 3086 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 41 | MF | James Musa | 26 | 24 | 2126 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Doueugui Mala | 16 | 15 | 1295 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Saad Abdul-Salaam | 13 | 13 | 1134 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Devante Dubose | 15 | 13 | 1093 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Tristan Blackmon | 8 | 8 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Evan Waldrep | 12 | 3 | 375 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Shaft Brewer Jr. | 10 | 3 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Victor Vásquez | 3 | 3 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Luca Ricci | 4 | 1 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Joshua Perez | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* One Own Goal scored vs Real Monarchs

### Goalkeepers

| # | Name | GP | GS | Min. | SV | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| 1 | Carl Woszczynski | 30 | 29 | 2633 | 94 | 29 | 0.990 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | Zac Lubin | 9 | 9 | 787 | 16 | 13 | 1.494 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Loan in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| January 29, 2018 | December 31, 2018 | Forward | 51 | Kevaughn Frater | Harbour View |
| February 2, 2018 | End of Season | Midfielder | 21 | Luca Ricci | Montreal Impact |
| February 10, 2018 | End of Season | Defender | 4 | Mike da Fonte | Colorado Rapids |
| August 13, 2018 | November 30, 2018 | Defender | 5 | Saad Abdul-Salaam | New York City FC |
| August 15, 2018 | End of Season | Defender | 77 | Tristan Blackmon | Los Angeles FC |
| August 17, 2018 | End of Season | Forward | 24 | Shaft Brewer Jr. | Los Angeles FC |
| September 4, 2018 | End of Season | Forward | 18 | Joshua Pérez | Los Angeles FC |

### Loan out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| June 30, 2018 | August 17, 2018 | Goalkeeper | 28 | Zac Lubin | Seattle Sounders FC |