# 2022 FC Tucson season

2022 FC Tucson season was the twelfth season in the soccer team's history and their fourth in USL League One.

## Players and staff
### Roster

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Sean Murray | GK | (1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25) | 2022 | Monmouth University |
| 23 | Carlos Merancio | GK | (1998-09-14) September 14, 1998 (age 26) | 2022 | Hartford Athletic |
| 30 | Emiliano Andraux | GK | (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | FC Tucson Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Donny Toia | DF / FW | (1992-05-28) May 28, 1992 (age 32) | 2022 | Real Salt Lake |
| 4 | Luca Mastrantonio | DF | (1996-05-27) May 27, 1996 (age 28) | 2021 | UC Irvine |
| 5 | Kaelon Fox | DF | (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | Þór Akureyri |
| 12 | Tyler Allen | DF | (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 25) | 2022 | Forward Madison FC |
| 16 | Jake Crull | DF | (1997-10-03) October 3, 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | Union Omaha |
| 17 | Tarn Weir | DF | (1999-04-10) April 10, 1999 (age 25) | 2022 | Oakland Roots SC |
| 22 | Tyler Moss | DF | (1998-12-27) December 27, 1998 (age 25) | 2022 | Sacramento State University |
| 27 | Eric Kinzner | DF | (2003-03-22) March 22, 2003 (age 21) | 2022 | Tacoma Defiance (loan) |
| 49 | Diego Ruiz | DF | (2003-07-16) July 16, 2003 (age 21) | 2022 | FC Tucson Academy |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Elijah Wynder | MF | (2003-03-10) March 10, 2003 (age 21) | 2022 | Louisville City FC (loan) |
| 7 | João Delgado | MF | (1994-01-16) January 16, 1994 (age 30) | 2021 | Reading United AC |
| 8 | Daniel Bedoya | MF | (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 30) | 2022 | New Amsterdam FC |
| 11 | Kevin Rodriguez | MF | (1996-09-25) September 25, 1996 (age 28) | 2022 | Rio Grande Valley FC |
| 13 | Louis Perez | MF | (1997-06-11) June 11, 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC |
| 18 | Tevin Shaw | MF | (1997-02-24) February 24, 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | Atlético Ottawa |
| 21 | Mueng Sunday | MF | (1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 (age 30) | 2022 | OKC Energy FC |
| 25 | Charlie Machell | MF | (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994 (age 29) | 2022 | Al-Ittihad Club |
| 31 | Brandon Sanchez | MF | (2003-09-12) September 12, 2003 (age 21) | 2021 | FC Tucson Academy |
| 32 | Burke Fahling | MF | (1997-08-03) August 3, 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | Charleston Battery (loan) |
| 38 | Jerod Allen | MF | (2004-08-17) August 17, 2004 (age 20) | 2021 | FC Tucson Academy |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Yuki Shibata | FW | (1998-01-15) January 15, 1998 (age 26) | 2022 | Stumptown AC |
| 10 | Deri Corfe | FW | (1998-03-03) March 3, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | New York Red Bulls II |
| 14 | Fernando Garcia | FW | (1999-05-21) May 21, 1999 (age 25) | 2022 | Des Moines Menace |
| 20 | Daniel Bloyou | FW | (2000-04-18) April 18, 2000 (age 24) | 2022 | Penn State |
| 29 | Franco Pérez | FW | (1998-11-04) November 4, 1998 (age 25) | 2022 | Club Atlético Aldosivi (loan) |
| 33 | Nick Hanus | FW | (2003-02-25) February 25, 2003 (age 21) | 2022 | FC Tucson Academy |
| 91 | Gio Calixtro | FW | (2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 24) | 2021 | Portland Timbers 2 |

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position |
| Jon Pearlman | Head coach |
| Mark Biagi | Assistant coach |
| Sebastian Pineda | Assistant coach & Academy Head Coach |
| Vito Higgins | Goalkeeper coach |

### Front Office Staff

| Name | Position |
| Amanda Powers | President |
| Jon Pearlman | Technical Director |
| Kyle Cornell | Director of Soccer Operations |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

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

### USL League One
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 42 |
| 8 | Central Valley Fuego FC | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 40 |
| 9 | Forward Madison FC | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 33 |
| 10 | FC Tucson | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 32 |
| 11 | North Carolina FC | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 30 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: USL League One
| 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 | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Match results
### U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL League One, FC Tucson entered the tournament proper in the Second Round. This was their first appearance in the Open Cup since 2018.

## Statistics

| # | Pos. | Name | GP | GS | Min. | Goals | Assists | | |
| 13 | MF | Louis Perez | 26 | 25 | 2067 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Donny Toia | 18 | 15 | 1347 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Fernando Garcia | 18 | 7 | 688 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Daniel Bedoya | 24 | 14 | 1281 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Luca Mastrantonio | 30 | 30 | 2700 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Jake Crull | 30 | 28 | 2545 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kaelon Fox | 26 | 24 | 2154 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Franco Pérez | 17 | 13 | 894 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Tarn Weir | 25 | 19 | 1760 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Tyler Allen | 24 | 18 | 1624 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Charlie Machell | 22 | 17 | 1445 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Gio Calixtro | 24 | 14 | 1309 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Tyler Moss | 15 | 10 | 967 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Deri Corfe | 9 | 6 | 576 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | João Delgado | 10 | 5 | 443 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Burke Fahling | 27 | 20 | 1805 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Tevin Shaw | 18 | 11 | 966 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Eric Kinzner | 12 | 10 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Mueng Sunday | 17 | 6 | 542 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Yuki Shibata | 8 | 4 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Elijah Wynder | 12 | 2 | 265 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Daniel Bloyou | 4 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kevin Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Josiah Romero | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Nydegger | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* One Own Goal scored by Greenville Triumph SC and Union Omaha.

### Goalkeepers

| # | Name | GP | GS | Min. | SV | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| 23 | Carlos Merancio | 29 | 29 | 2610 | 84 | 42 | 1.448 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sean Murray | 1 | 1 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |