# 2017 San Antonio FC season

The 2017 San Antonio FC season was the club's second season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, this was the 8th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the United Soccer League, a provisionally sanctioned second-tier league of the United States soccer league system, and also participated in the U.S. Open Cup. San Antonio was designated as the USL affiliate of New York City FC for the 2017 season.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Darren Powell |
| Assistant coach | Andy Thomson |
| Assistant coach/SAFC Pro Academy director | Nick Evans |
| Goalkeeping director | Juan Lamadrid |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Yaseen Khan |
| Team Physician | Eliot Young, M.D. |
| Equipment Manager/Team Coordinator | Rashad Moore |
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 September 5, 2017.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 0 | Matt Cardone | GK | (1993-06-18) June 18, 1993 (age 31) |
| 1 | Lee Johnston | GK | (1992-11-17) November 17, 1992 (age 31) |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | GK | (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 (age 36) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | DF | (1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 (age 29) |
| 4 | Cyprian Hedrick | DF | (1989-10-06) October 6, 1989 (age 35) |
| 13 | Ben Newnam | DF | (1991-04-18) April 18, 1991 (age 33) |
| 15 | Stepthen McCarthy | DF | (1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 (age 36) |
| 20 | Greg Cochrane | DF | (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 (age 33) |
| 25 | Ryan Roushandel | DF | (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 38) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 3 | Sebastien Ibeagha | MF | (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32) |
| 6 | Pecka | MF | (1989-05-02) May 2, 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | MF | (1990-12-13) December 13, 1990 (age 33) |
| 8 | Michael Reed | MF | (1987-10-28) October 28, 1987 (age 36) |
| 11 | Victor Araujo | MF | (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 33) |
| 16 | Rafael Castillo | MF | (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980 (age 44) |
| 19 | Kris Tyrpak | MF | (1992-03-19) March 19, 1992 (age 32) |
| 21 | Mark O'Ojong | MF | (1997-04-25) April 25, 1997 (age 27) |
| 23 | Devin Vega | MF | (1998-12-11) December 11, 1998 (age 25) |
| 26 | Maxi Rodríguez | MF | (1995-08-09) August 9, 1995 (age 29) |
| 27 | Connor Presley | MF | (1998-07-04) July 4, 1998 (age 26) |
| 91 | Owayne Gordon | MF | (1991-10-08) October 8, 1991 (age 32) |
| Forwards |||||
| 10 | César Elizondo | FW | (1988-02-10) February 10, 1988 (age 36) |
| 12 | Mike Seth | FW | (1987-09-20) September 20, 1987 (age 37) |
| 99 | Éver Guzmán | FW | (1988-03-15) March 15, 1988 (age 36) |

## Player movement
### In

| Pos | Player | Previous Club | Fee | Date |
| DF | Cyprian Hedrick | OKC Energy FC | Undisclosed | November 29, 2016 |
| MF | Kris Tyrpak | Swope Park Rangers | Undisclosed | December 6, 2016 |
| FW | Akwafei Ajeakwa | Orange County Blues | Undisclosed | December 13, 2016 |
| DF | Ben Newnam | Louisville City FC | Undisclosed | December 23, 2016 |
| MF | Billy Forbes | Rayo OKC | Undisclosed | January 10, 2017 |
| MF | Pecka | Rayo OKC | Undisclosed | January 18, 2017 |
| DF | Kevyn McFarlane | Rochester Rhinos | Undisclosed | January 25, 2017 |
| MF | Devin Vega | FC Dallas Academy | Undisclosed | January 26, 2017 |
| MF | Sebastien Ibeagha | Houston Dynamo | Undisclosed | February 3, 2017 |
| MF | Juan Niño | Barranquilla F.C. | Undisclosed | February 16, 2017 |
| MF | Maxi Rodriguez | UNC Charlotte | Undisclosed | February 22, 2017 |
| FW | Aly Hassan | North Carolina FC | Undisclosed | March 9, 2017 |
| GK | Diego Restrepo | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Undisclosed | March 9, 2017 |
| MF | Mark O'Ojong | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Undisclosed | April 28, 2017 |
| FW | Éver Guzmán | Correcaminos UAT | Undisclosed | August 4, 2017 |
| FW | Mike Seth | Phoenix Rising FC | Undisclosed | August 10, 2017 |
| MF | Connor Presley | Lonestar SC Academy | Undisclosed | August 10, 2017 |
| DF | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Undisclosed | September 5, 2017 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| MF | Diego Garcia | Lonestar SC Academy U-17/18 | Undisclosed | October 15, 2016 |
| FW | Jason Johnson | Phoenix Rising FC | Undisclosed | November 15, 2016 |
| GK | Josh Ford | Unattached | Retired | December 13, 2016 |
| DF | Fejiro Okiomah | Unattached | Retired | January 25, 2017 |
| DF | Austin Dunker | Logan Lightning FC | Undisclosed | January 26, 2017 |
| FW | Franck Tayou | Unattached | Mutual Termination | February 23, 2017 |
| FW | Manolo Sanchez | Harrisburg City Islanders | Undisclosed | March 21, 2017 |
| MF | Carlos Alvarez | Los Angeles FC | Undisclosed | March 23, 2017 |
| FW | Taylor Morgan | Whitehawk F.C. | Undisclosed | March 31, 2017 |
| DF | Biko Bradnock-Brennan | Os TF | Undisclosed | April 6, 2017 |
| DF | Kevyn McFarlane | Unattached | Mutual Termination | April 28, 2017 |
| MF | Juan Niño | Unattached | Mutual Termination | July 1, 2017 |
| FW | Aly Hassan | Unattached | Released | August 10, 2017 |
| FW | Miguel Salazar | Unattached | Released | August 17, 2017 |
| FW | Akwafei Ajeakwa | Unattached | Mutual Termination | September 5, 2017 |
| FW | Shawn Chin | Unattached | Mutual Termination | September 5, 2017 |

### Loan in

| Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| MF | Zachary Herivaux | New England Revolution | April 21, 2017 | May 13, 2017 |
| MF | Zachary Herivaux | New England Revolution | June 3, 2017 | June 14, 2017 |
| MF | Owayne Gordon | Montego Bay United | August 17, 2017 | End of season |

### Loan out

| Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |

## Pre-season

The pre-season match against Minnesota United FC was announced by MNUFC on January 20, 2017. Remaining pre-season matches were announced on January 24, 2017, by SAFC.

## Competitions
### Overall

Position in the Western Conference
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| United Soccer League | — | 2nd | March 26, 2017 | October 14, 2017 |
| USL Playoffs | Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | October 21, 2017 | October 28, 2017 |
| U.S. Open Cup | Second round | Third Round | May 17, 2017 | May 31, 2017 |
Updated to match played October 30, 2017 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| United Soccer League | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 053.13 |
| USL Playoffs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| U.S. Open Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 052.78 |
Updated to match played October 30, 2017 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Monarchs (X) | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 67 | Conference Playoffs |
| 2 | San Antonio FC | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 62 | Conference Playoffs |
| 3 | Reno 1868 FC | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 59 | Conference Playoffs |
| 4 | Swope Park Rangers | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 58 | Conference Playoffs |
| 5 | Phoenix Rising FC | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 58 | Conference Playoffs |

#### 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 16, 2017. 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 | 31 | 32 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The first match of 2017 and the home opener were announced on January 27, 2017. The remaining schedule was released on January 31, 2017. Home team is listed first, left to right.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC−05) unless shown otherwise

### USL Playoffs

On September 13, 2017, San Antonio clinched a spot in the 2017 USL Playoffs.

### Exhibition

On May 16, 2017, it was announced that San Antonio would play an exhibition match against Santos Laguna.

## Statistics
### Appearances

Discipline includes league, playoffs, and Open Cup play.
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 0 | GK | Matt Cardone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Lee Johnston | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Sebastien Ibeagha | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Cyprian Hedrick | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 14 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Pecka | 21 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 23 (4) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Billy Forbes | 30 (1) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 (1) | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Michael Reed | 25 | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | César Elizondo | 13 (8) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 (8) | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Victor Araujo | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Mike Seth | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Ben Newnam | 23 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 (1) | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Stephen McCarthy | 22 (3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (3) | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Rafael Castillo | 16 (1) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 (2) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Kris Tyrpak | 24 (2) | 6 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (3) | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Greg Cochrane | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Mark O'Ojong | 9 (4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 (4) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Devin Vega | 6 (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 6 (10) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Diego Restrepo | 26 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 (1) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Ryan Roushandel | 8 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Maxi Rodriguez | 6 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Connor Presley | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Owayne Gordon | 10 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Éver Guzmán | 6 (3) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club |||||||||||
| | FW | Akwafei Ajeakwa | 12 (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (4) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | Shawn Chin | 3 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (11) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | Aly Hassan | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Zachary Herivaux | 2 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | Kevyn McFarlane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Juan Niño | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Miguel Salazar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: October 30, 2017. Source: San Antonio FC

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Billy Forbes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | César Elizondo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | Kris Tyrpak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | Éver Guzmán | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 16 | Rafael Castillo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | Akwafei Ajeakwa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Devin Vega | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Michael Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Aly Hassan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 22 | Mark O'Ojong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Victor Araujo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 13 | Ben Newnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | Stephen McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 25 | Ryan Roushandel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 30 | Zachary Herivaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 91 | Owayne Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 3 | 2 | 50 |
Last updated: October 30, 2017. Source: San Antonio FC

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | 24 | Diego Restrepo | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | Matt Cardone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
Last updated: October 30, 2017. Source: San Antonio FC

### Summary

| Games played | 36 (32 United Soccer League) (2 USL Playoffs) (2 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games won | 19 (17 United Soccer League) (1 USL Playoffs) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games drawn | 13 (11 United Soccer League) (1 USL Playoffs) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games lost | 4 (4 United Soccer League) |
| Goals scored | 50 (45 United Soccer League) (3 USL Playoffs) (2 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 27 (24 United Soccer League) (2 USL Playoffs) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goal difference | 23 (+21 United Soccer League) (+1 USL Playoffs) (+1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 16 (15 United Soccer League) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 71 (65 United Soccer League) (3 USL Playoffs) (3 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Red cards | 3 (3 United Soccer League) |
| Most appearances | Greg Cochrane Billy Forbes (34 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Billy Forbes (10 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 19/36 (52.78%) |
Last updated: October 30, 2017. Source: San Antonio FC

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Week/Month |
| 3 | Sebastien Ibeagha | USL Team of the Week | Week 1 |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | USL Team of the Week | Week 2 |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | USL Team of the Week | Week 4 |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | USL Team of the Week | Week 5 |
| 10 | César Elizondo | USL Player of the Week | Week 6 |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | USL Team of the Week | Week 6 |
| 23 | Devin Vega | USL Goal of the Week | Week 6 |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Team of the Week | Week 7 |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | USL Player of the Month | April |
| 14 | Akwafei Ajeakwa | USL Goal of the Week | Week 9 |
| 20 | Greg Cochrane | USL Team of the Week | Week 9 |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Team of the Week | Week 10 |
| 14 | Akwafei Ajeakwa | USL Goal of the Month | May |
| 19 | Kris Tyrpak | USL Team of the Week | Week 13 |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Midseason Goalkeeper of the Year | Midseason |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Save of the Week | Week 19 |
| 20 | Greg Cochrane | USL Team of the Week | Week 23 |
| 19 | Kris Tyrpak | USL Goal of the Week | Week 23 |
| 8 | Michael Reed | USL Team of the Week | Week 24 |
| 13 | Ben Newnam | USL Team of the Week | Week 26 |
| 21 | Mark O'Ojong | USL Team of the Week | Week 28 |
| 99 | Éver Guzmán | USL Player of the Week | Week 30 |
| End of Season Awards |||||
| 3 | Sebastien Ibeagha | 2017 USL All-League First Team | November |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | 2017 USL All-League First Team | November |
| 7 | Billy Forbes | 2017 USL All-League Second Team | November |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | 2017 USL Goalkeeper of the Year | November |
| 3 | Sebastien Ibeagha | 2017 USL Defender of the Year | November |