# 2020 Phoenix Rising FC season

The 2020 Phoenix Rising FC season was the club's seventh season in the USL Championship and their fourth as Rising FC. They were the defending USL Championship regular season champions.

## Competitions
### Friendlies

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

### USL Championship

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 1 | Phoenix Rising FC | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 35 | 2.19 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | LA Galaxy II | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 26 | 1.63 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Orange County SC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 1.50 | |
| 4 | San Diego Loyal SC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 23 | 1.44 | |
| 5 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 11 | 0.69 | |

#### Conference table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 1 | Reno 1868 FC | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 36 | 2.25 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Phoenix Rising FC | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 35 | 2.19 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 3 | San Antonio FC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 33 | 2.06 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 4 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 32 | 2.00 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Sacramento Republic | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 30 | 1.88 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 6 | New Mexico United | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 27 | 1.80 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 7 | FC Tulsa | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 25 | 1.67 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 8 | LA Galaxy II | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 26 | 1.63 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Orange County SC | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 1.50 | |
| 10 | San Diego Loyal SC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 23 | 1.44 | |
| 11 | Austin Bold FC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 22 | 1.38 | |
| 12 | Tacoma Defiance | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 14 | 0.88 | |
| 13 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 13 | 0.81 | |
| 14 | Real Monarchs | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 11 | 0.69 | |
| 15 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 11 | 0.69 | |
| 16 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 17 | OKC Energy FC | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | 0.63 | |
| 18 | Portland Timbers 2 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 9 | 0.56 | |

### USL Championship Playoffs
#### USL Championship Final

The Final was cancelled the day before because several Tampa Bay players and staff tested positive for COVID-19. No league champion was chosen.

### U.S. Open Cup

The U.S. Open Cup was cancelled.

## Roster

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 18 | Eric Dick | GK | (1994-10-03) October 3, 1994 (age 30) | 2020 | Sporting Kansas City (loan) |
| 22 | Landon Carter | GK | (2003-10-23) October 23, 2003 (age 21) | 2020 | Phoenix Rising Academy |
| 28 | Zac Lubin | GK | (1989-08-15) August 15, 1989 (age 35) | 2020 | Ljungskile SK |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Darnell King | DF | (1990-09-23) September 23, 1990 (age 34) | 2020 | Nashville SC |
| 3 | A. J. Cochran | DF | (1993-02-09) February 9, 1993 (age 32) | 2020 | Atlanta United 2 |
| 4 | Corey Whelan | DF | (1997-12-12) December 12, 1997 (age 27) | 2020 | Crewe Alexandra |
| 13 | Kyle Bjornethun | DF | (1995-03-15) March 15, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | FC Tucson |
| 15 | Joe Farrell | DF | (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 31) | 2020 | Rochester Rhinos |
| 16 | Austin Ledbetter | DF | (1995-07-15) July 15, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | FC Tucson |
| 23 | Owusu-Ansah Kontoh | DF | (1993-08-24) August 24, 1993 (age 31) | 2020 | Orange County SC |
| 31 | Damion Lowe | DF | (1993-05-05) May 5, 1993 (age 31) | 2020 | IK Start |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Jordan Schweitzer | MF | (1994-04-19) April 19, 1994 (age 30) | 2020 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks |
| 8 | Jack Barmby | MF | (1994-11-14) November 14, 1994 (age 30) | 2020 | San Antonio FC |
| 10 | Jon Bakero | MF | (1996-11-05) November 5, 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | Toronto FC |
| 12 | Sam Stanton | MF | (1994-04-19) April 19, 1994 (age 30) | 2020 | Dundee United |
| 17 | Santi Moar | MF | (1993-09-05) September 5, 1993 (age 31) | 2020 | New Mexico United |
| 19 | José Aguinaga | MF | (1995-05-11) May 11, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | New York Red Bulls II |
| 27 | Kevon Lambert | MF | (1997-03-22) March 22, 1997 (age 27) | 2020 | Montego Bay United |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Junior Flemmings | FW | (1996-01-16) January 16, 1996 (age 29) | 2020 | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| 9 | Rufat Dadashov | FW | (1991-09-29) September 29, 1991 (age 33) | 2020 | SC Preußen Münster |
| 14 | Ansuh Kanneh | FW | (2005-12-02) December 2, 2005 (age 19) | 2020 | Phoenix Rising Academy |
| 20 | Solomon Asante | FW | (1990-03-06) March 6, 1990 (age 34) | 2020 | TP Mazembe |
| 21 | Joey Calistri | FW | (1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 (age 31) | 2020 | Saint Louis FC |
| 24 | Denis Conteh | FW | (2001-09-18) September 18, 2001 (age 23) | 2020 | Phoenix Rising Academy |
| 70 | Lagos Kunga | FW | (1998-10-20) October 20, 1998 (age 26) | 2020 | Atlanta United FC (loan) |
| 87 | Alex Krzykos | FW | (2002-10-06) October 6, 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | Phoenix Rising Academy |

## Transfers
### Loan in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| January 21, 2020 | End of Season | Forward | 70 | Lagos Kunga | Atlanta United FC |
| February 4, 2020 | End of Season | Goalkeeper | 18 | Eric Dick | Sporting Kansas City |

### Loan out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |

## Statistics

| # | Pos. | Name | GP | GS | Min. | Goals | Assists | | |
| 7 | FW | Junior Flemmings | 14 | 14 | 1192 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rufat Dadashov | 18 | 16 | 1465 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Solomon Asante | 17 | 16 | 1537 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Sam Stanton | 17 | 14 | 1220 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jon Bakero | 18 | 16 | 1208 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | A. J. Cochran | 14 | 13 | 1157 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Santi Moar | 15 | 9 | 897 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Jordan Schweitzer | 16 | 4 | 502 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Darnell King | 18 | 18 | 1697 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kevon Lambert | 17 | 17 | 1603 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Lagos Kunga | 9 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Corey Whelan | 18 | 18 | 1709 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Joe Farrell | 15 | 11 | 1066 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Owusu-Ansah Kontoh | 8 | 6 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Joey Calistri | 15 | 3 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Damion Lowe | 5 | 2 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jose Aguinaga | 10 | 1 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jack Barmby | 9 | 1 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Kyle Bjornethun | 1 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Austin Ledbetter | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Ansuh Kanneh | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalkeepers

| # | Name | GP | GS | Min. | SV | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| 28 | Zac Lubin | 16 | 16 | 1530 | 46 | 16 | 0.941 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Eric Dick | 2 | 2 | 180 | 6 | 4 | 2.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 |