# 2019 San Antonio FC season

The 2019 San Antonio FC season was the club's fourth 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 10th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and participated in the U.S. Open Cup.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Darren Powell |
| Assistant coach | Alen Marcina |
| Assistant coach | Ryan Roushandel |
| Assistant coach / SAFC pro academy director | Nick Evans |
| Assistant coach / director of goalkeeping | Juan Lamadrid |
| Athletic development coach | Frank Barone |
| Head athletic trainer | Adam Quigley |
| Team coordinator equipment manager | 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 13, 2019.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 0 | Matt Cardone | GK | (1993-06-18) June 18, 1993 (age 31) |
| 1 | Jonathan Viscosi | GK | (1991-03-18) March 18, 1991 (age 33) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Moises Hernandez | DF | (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992 (age 32) |
| 3 | Pascal Eboussi | DF | (1988-03-14) March 14, 1988 (age 36) |
| 4 | Joshua Yaro | DF | (1994-11-18) November 18, 1994 (age 29) |
| 6 | Johnny Fenwick | DF | (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 29) |
| 15 | Ebenezer Ackon | DF | (1996-02-12) February 12, 1996 (age 28) |
| 31 | Kai Greene | DF | (1993-07-07) July 7, 1993 (age 31) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Lance Laing | MF | (1988-02-28) February 28, 1988 (age 36) |
| 8 | Pecka | MF | (1989-05-02) May 2, 1989 (age 35) |
| 10 | Wálter Restrepo | MF | (1988-06-01) June 1, 1988 (age 36) |
| 11 | Jack Barmby | MF | (1994-11-14) November 14, 1994 (age 29) |
| 13 | Michael Lahoud | MF | (1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 38) |
| 14 | Leeroy Maguraushe | MF | (1996-01-11) January 11, 1996 (age 28) |
| 16 | Rafael Castillo | MF | (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980 (age 44) |
| 19 | Cristian Parano | MF | (1999-08-16) August 16, 1999 (age 25) |
| 20 | Brian Gómez | MF | (1994-02-15) February 15, 1994 (age 30) |
| 21 | Leo Torres | MF | (2004-01-22) January 22, 2004 (age 20) |
| 27 | Jose Gallegos | MF | (2001-09-22) September 22, 2001 (age 23) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Frank López | FW | (1995-02-25) February 25, 1995 (age 29) |
| 23 | Tony Taylor | FW | (1989-07-13) July 13, 1989 (age 35) |
| 70 | Bradford Jamieson IV | FW | (1996-10-18) October 18, 1996 (age 27) |
| 99 | Éver Guzmán | FW | (1988-03-15) March 15, 1988 (age 36) |

## Player movement
### In

| Pos | Player | Previous Club | Fee | Date |
| MF | Lance Laing | FC Cincinnati | Undisclosed | November 15, 2018 |
| MF | Wálter Restrepo | Deportes Tolima | Undisclosed | November 20, 2018 |
| DF | Kai Greene | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Undisclosed | December 6, 2018 |
| DF | Amer Didic | Sporting Kansas City | Undisclosed | December 18, 2018 |
| MF | Jack Barmby | Portland Timbers | Undisclosed | December 24, 2018 |
| DF | Joshua Yaro | Philadelphia Union | Undisclosed | January 11, 2019 |
| GK | Jonathan Viscosi | TPS | Undisclosed | January 17, 2019 |
| DF | Johnny Fenwick | High Point University | Undisclosed | January 18, 2019 |
| MF | Leeroy Maguraushe | UNC Greensboro | Undisclosed | January 18, 2019 |
| MF | Michael Lahoud | FC Cincinnati | Undisclosed | January 22, 2019 |
| MF | Billy Forbes | Phoenix Rising FC | Undisclosed | January 23, 2019 |
| MF | Cristian Parano | San Martín de San Juan | Undisclosed | January 31, 2019 |
| DF | Ebenezer Ackon | Bowling Green State University | Undisclosed | February 1, 2019 |
| MF | Leo Torres | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | February 14, 2019 |
| MF | Brian Gómez | C.D. Feirense | Undisclosed | March 28, 2019 |
| MF | Jose Gallegos | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | April 25, 2019 |
| DF | Carson Price | | Undisclosed | May 14, 2019 |
| GK | Joseph Batrouni | | Undisclosed | June 21, 2019 |
| FW | Tony Taylor | Puskás Akadémia FC | Undisclosed | September 13, 2019 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Stephen McCarthy | Unattached | Retired | November 1, 2018 |
| MF | Sonny Guadarrama | Austin Bold FC | Undisclosed | November 6, 2018 |
| DF | Greg Cochrane | Unattached | Retired | November 8, 2018 |
| MF | Mikey Lopez | Birmingham Legion FC | Undisclosed | November 13, 2018 |
| DF | Darnell King | Nashville SC | Undisclosed | December 4, 2018 |
| DF | Ryan Felix | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Undisclosed | December 7, 2018 |
| DF | Cyprian Hedrick | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Undisclosed | December 17, 2018 |
| FW | Mike Seth | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | Undisclosed | January 4, 2019 |
| GK | Diego Restrepo | Austin Bold FC | Undisclosed | January 17, 2019 |
| MF | Charlie Ward | Ottawa Fury FC | Undisclosed | January 18, 2019 |
| DF | Ryan Roushandel | Joined coaching staff of San Antonio FC | Undisclosed | January 28, 2019 |
| FW | Kyle Murphy | Loudoun United FC | Undisclosed | February 21, 2019 |
| MF | Maxi Rodriguez | Richmond Kickers | Undisclosed | February 22, 2019 |
| FW | César Elizondo | Pérez Zeledón | Undisclosed | |
| MF | Connor Presley | Loudoun United FC | Undisclosed | March 6, 2019 |
| DF | Amer Didic | FC Edmonton | Undisclosed | April 15, 2019 |
| MF | Ethan Bryant | K.S.V. Roeselare | Undisclosed | August 26, 2019 |
| MF | Billy Forbes | Unattached | Released | September 4, 2019 |
| DF | Carson Price | Unattached | Undisclosed | |
| GK | Joseph Batrouni | Unattached | Undisclosed | |

### Loan in

| Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| DF | Pascal Eboussi | MFK Vyškov | December 13, 2018 | End of season |
| FW | Jahir Barraza | Club Atlas | January 15, 2019 | February 20, 2019 |
| FW | Bradford Jamieson IV | LA Galaxy | February 20, 2019 | End of season |
| DF | Moises Hernandez | FC Dallas | March 21, 2019 | End of season |
| FW | Frank López | LA Galaxy II | July 15, 2019 | End of season |

### Loan out

| Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
| FW | Alex Bruce | Lansing Ignite FC | March 4, 2019 | End of season | |

## Pre-season

The pre-season matches were announced on January 14, 2019, by SAFC.

## Competitions
### Overall

Position in the Western Conference
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| USL Championship | — | 11th | March 9, 2019 | October 19, 2019 |
| U.S. Open Cup | Second Round | Third Round | May 14, 2019 | June 3, 2019 |
Updated to match played October 21, 2019 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| USL Championship | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 035.29 |
| U.S. Open Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 66 | 61 | +5 | 036.11 |
Updated to match played October 21, 2019 Source: Competitions

### USL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | LA Galaxy II | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 48 | Play-In Round |
| 10 | New Mexico United | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 46 | Play-In Round |
| 11 | San Antonio FC | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 45 | |
| 12 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 41 | |
| 13 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 41 | |

#### 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 21, 2019. 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 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches

The first matches of 2019 were announced on December 14, 2018. The remaining schedule was released on December 19, 2018. Home team is listed first, left to right.
Win  Draw  Loss
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC−05) unless shown otherwise

### Exhibition

On May 31, 2019, it was announced that San Antonio would play an exhibition match against Cardiff City F.C.

## Statistics
### Appearances

Discipline includes league, playoffs, and Open Cup play.
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 0 | GK | Matt Cardone | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Jonathan Viscosi | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Moises Hernandez | 17 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 (2) | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Pascal Eboussi | 3 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 (2) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Joshua Yaro | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Johnny Fenwick | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lance Laing | 6 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Pecka | 21 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 (1) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Frank López | 12 (2) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 (2) | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Wálter Restrepo | 15 (10) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 (10) | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jack Barmby | 26 (6) | 8 | 1 (1) | 1 | 27 (7) | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Michael Lahoud | 24 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 (3) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Leeroy Maguraushe | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ebenezer Ackon | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Rafael Castillo | 5 (5) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 (5) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Cristian Parano | 24 (8) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 (8) | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Brian Gómez | 26 (2) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 (2) | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Leo Torres | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Tony Taylor | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ryan Roushandel | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Jose Gallegos | 6 (8) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 (9) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Kai Greene | 34 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 34 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Bradford Jamieson IV | 14 (5) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 (5) | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Éver Guzmán | 14 (11) | 8 | 1 (1) | 1 | 15 (12) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club |||||||||||
| | MF | Ethan Bryant | 5 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | Amer Didic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Billy Forbes | 15 (8) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Carson Price | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: October 21, 2019. Source: San Antonio FC

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Jack Barmby | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Éver Guzmán | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 9 | Frank López | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | Cristian Parano | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Brian Gómez | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 70 | Bradford Jamieson IV | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Wálter Restrepo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 16 | Rafael Castillo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 77 | Billy Forbes | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Pecka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Moises Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Pascal Eboussi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Joshua Yaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 13 | Michael Lahoud | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Ethan Bryant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | Jose Gallegos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 4 | 66 |
Last updated: October 21, 2019. Source: San Antonio FC

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | 0 | Matt Cardone | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | Jonathan Viscosi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Last updated: October 21, 2019. Source: San Antonio FC

### Summary

| Games played | 34 (34 USL Championship) (2 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games won | 13 (12 USL Championship) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games drawn | 9 (9 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games lost | 14 (13 USL Championship) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals scored | 66 (62 USL Championship) (4 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 61 (57 USL Championship) (4 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goal difference | +5 (+5 USL Championship) (+0 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 8 (7 USL Championship) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 77 (73 USL Championship) (4 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Red cards | 5 (5 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Most appearances | Kai Greene (35 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Jack Barmby Éver Guzmán (9 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 13/36 (36.11%) |
Last updated: October 21, 2019. Source: San Antonio FC

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Week/Month |
| 77 | Billy Forbes | Championship Team of the Week | Week 1 |
| 4 | Joshua Yaro | Championship Team of the Week | Week 6 |
| 20 | Brian Gómez | Championship Team of the Week | Week 7 |
| 11 | Jack Barmby | Championship Team of the Week | Week 8 |
| 15 | Ebenezer Ackon | Championship Team of the Week | Week 10 |
| 0 | Matt Cardone | Championship Save of the Week | Week 10 |
| 27 | Jose Gallegos | Championship Team of the Week | Week 14 |
| 77 | Billy Forbes | Championship Team of the Week | Week 18 |
| 9 | Frank López | Championship Team of the Week | Week 20 |
| 19 | Cristian Parano | Championship Player of the Week | Week 23 |
| 19 | Cristian Parano | Championship Player of the Week | Week 25 |
| 19 | Cristian Parano | Championship Team of the Week | Week 28 |
| 10 | Wálter Restrepo | Championship Team of the Week | Week 30 |
| 10 | Wálter Restrepo | Championship Team of the Week | Week 32 |
| 99 | Éver Guzmán | Championship Player of the Week | Week 32 |
| End of Season Awards |||||
| 19 | Cristian Parano | 2019 Championship Young Player of the Year | November |