# 2019 Phoenix Rising FC season

The 2019 Phoenix Rising FC season was the club's sixth season in the USL Championship and their third as Rising FC. They are the defending Western Conference Champions.

## Competitions
### USL Championship

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

### 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W |

### Western Conference standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Phoenix Rising FC (X) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 36 | +53 | 78 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Reno 1868 FC | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 60 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Fresno FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 57 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Real Monarchs (C) | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 56 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Orange County SC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 54 | Conference Quarterfinals |

### U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Phoenix Rising entered the tournament proper in the Second Round.

## Statistics

(regular-season & Playoffs)
| # | Pos. | Name | GP | GS | Min. | Goals | Assists | | |
| 20 | MF | Solomon Asante | 34 | 33 | 2940 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Jahn | 33 | 32 | 2890 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Junior Flemmings | 30 | 25 | 2275 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Joey Calistri | 31 | 12 | 1335 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Ben Spencer | 18 | 2 | 343 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kevon Lambert | 28 | 23 | 2208 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jose Aguinaga | 31 | 29 | 2315 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jon Bakero | 26 | 22 | 1855 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jason Johnson | 14 | 5 | 458 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Amadou Dia | 33 | 32 | 2925 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | James Musa | 28 | 20 | 1841 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Joe Farrell | 26 | 21 | 1891 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Mustapha Dumbuya | 28 | 27 | 2268 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu | 6 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | A. J. Cochran | 26 | 26 | 2341 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Doueugui Mala | 16 | 15 | 1348 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Corey Whelan | 9 | 9 | 838 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Austin Ledbetter | 8 | 5 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Collin Fernandez | 10 | 5 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Tristan Blackmon | 5 | 4 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Peter-Lee Vassell | 6 | 3 | 288 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Kyle Bjornethun | 5 | 3 | 272 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Javi Pérez | 3 | 3 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lamar Batista | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Devin Vega | 3 | 1 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Shaft Brewer Jr. | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Joshua Pérez | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* One Own Goal scored by Orange County SC, OKC Energy FC, Sacramento Republic FC

### Goalkeepers

| # | Name | GP | GS | Min. | SV | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| 28 | Zac Lubin | 31 | 31 | 2820 | 87 | 27 | .863 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Carl Woszczynski | 5 | 5 | 450 | 20 | 11 | 2.200 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Loan in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| February 16, 2019 | May 18, 2019 | Defender | 16 | Logan Gdula | FC Cincinnati |
| March 7, 2019 | End of Season | Defender | 4 | Lamar Batista | Los Angeles FC |
| March 14, 2019 | End of Season | Defender | 33 | Tristan Blackmon | Los Angeles FC |
| March 14, 2019 | July 28, 2019 | Defender | 5 | Shaft Brewer Jr. | Los Angeles FC |
| March 14, 2019 | End of Season | Midfielder | 6 | Javi Pérez | Los Angeles FC |
| March 14, 2019 | End of Season | Forward | 18 | Joshua Pérez | Los Angeles FC |
| March 20, 2019 | End of Season | Midfielder | 10 | Jon Bakero | Toronto FC |
| April 26, 2019 | End of Season | Defender | 16 | Austin Ledbetter | FC Tucson |
| April 27, 2019 | End of Season | Defender | 32 | Kyle Bjornethun | FC Tucson |
| May 24, 2019 | End of Season | Midfielder | 35 | Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu | FC Tucson |
| August 15, 2019 | End of Season | Midfielder | 8 | Peter-Lee Vassell | Los Angeles FC |

### Loan out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| April 2, 2019 | End of Season | Midfielder | 23 | Devin Vega | FC Tucson |
| April 11, 2019 | End of Season | Forward | 25 | Ilijah Paul | FC Tucson |
| April 30, 2019 | End of Season | Forward | 21 | Joey Calistri | FC Tucson |
| April 30, 2019 | End of Season | Forward | 25 | Ben Spencer | FC Tucson |