# 2018 San Antonio FC season

The 2018 San Antonio FC season was the club's third 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 9th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the United Soccer League, 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 | Andy Thomson |
| Assistant Coach/SAFC Pro Academy Director | Nick Evans |
| Assistant Coach/Goalkeeping Director | Juan Lamadrid |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Adam Quigley |
| 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 6, 2018.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 0 | Matt Cardone | GK | (1993-06-18) June 18, 1993 (age 31) |
| 19 | Armando Quezada | GK | (1994-07-06) July 6, 1994 (age 30) |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | GK | (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 (age 36) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Darnell King | DF | (1990-09-23) September 23, 1990 (age 34) |
| 3 | Ryan Felix | DF | (1993-06-21) June 21, 1993 (age 31) |
| 4 | Cyprian Hedrick | DF | (1989-10-06) October 6, 1989 (age 35) |
| 6 | Moises Hernandez | DF | (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992 (age 32) |
| 15 | Stepthen McCarthy | DF | (1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 (age 36) |
| 20 | Greg Cochrane | DF | (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 (age 33) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Mikey Lopez | MF | (1993-02-20) February 20, 1993 (age 31) |
| 7 | Lance Laing | MF | (1988-02-28) February 28, 1988 (age 36) |
| 8 | Pecka | MF | (1989-05-02) May 2, 1989 (age 35) |
| 11 | Ryan Roushandel | MF | (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 38) |
| 14 | Gianluca Cuomo | MF | (1993-04-02) April 2, 1993 (age 31) |
| 16 | Rafael Castillo | MF | (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980 (age 44) |
| 18 | Ethan Bryant | MF | (2001-08-20) August 20, 2001 (age 23) |
| 21 | Maxi Rodriguez | MF | (1995-08-09) August 9, 1995 (age 29) |
| 22 | Charlie Ward | MF | (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29) |
| 23 | José Escalante | MF | (1995-05-29) May 29, 1995 (age 29) |
| 27 | Connor Presley | MF | (1998-07-04) July 4, 1998 (age 26) |
| 33 | Sonny Guadarrama | MF | (1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 37) |
| 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) |
| 17 | Kyle Murphy | FW | (1992-12-11) December 11, 1992 (age 31) |
| 28 | Alex Bruce | FW | (1998-10-28) October 28, 1998 (age 25) |
| 99 | Éver Guzmán | FW | (1988-03-15) March 15, 1988 (age 36) |

## Player movement
### In

| Pos | Player | Previous Club | Fee | Date |
| FW | Alex Bruce | Texans SC Houston U-17/18 | Undisclosed | January 10, 2018 |
| MF | Mikey Lopez | New York City FC | Undisclosed | January 26, 2018 |
| DF | Darnell King | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Undisclosed | February 6, 2018 |
| MF | Ethan Bryant | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | February 14, 2018 |
| DF | Chris Christian | Sacramento Republic FC | Undisclosed | February 15, 2018 |
| MF | Sonny Guadarrama | Atlante F.C. | Undisclosed | February 23, 2018 |
| DF | Ryan Felix | Rochester Rhinos | Undisclosed | March 2, 2018 |
| MF | Gianluca Cuomo | Rochester River Dogz FC | Undisclosed | March 2, 2018 |
| FW | Kyle Murphy | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Undisclosed | May 10, 2018 |
| MF | Charlie Ward | Houston Dynamo | Undisclosed | June 8, 2018 |
| GK | Armando Quezada | UC Davis Aggies | Undisclosed | August 29, 2018 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| MF | Devin Vega | Phoenix Rising FC | Undisclosed | December 13, 2017 |
| MF | Billy Forbes | Phoenix Rising FC | Undisclosed | December 14, 2017 |
| MF | Michael Reed | Nashville SC | Undisclosed | January 10, 2018 |
| MF | Mark O'Ojong | Unattached | Mutual Termination | February 6, 2018 |
| DF | Andrew Kendall-Moullin | Atlanta United 2 | Undisclosed | February 18, 2018 |
| DF | Sebastien Ibeagha | New York City FC | Undisclosed | February 27, 2018 |
| MF | Kris Tyrpak | Miami FC 2 | Mutual Termination | April 26, 2018 |
| GK | Lee Johnston | Unattached | Mutual Termination | July 26, 2018 |
| DF | Chris Christian | Unattached | Mutual Termination | August 7, 2018 |

### Loan in

| Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| MF | José Escalante | Club Deportivo Olimpia | January 10, 2018 | End of season |
| MF | Owayne Gordon | Montego Bay United | January 16, 2018 | End of season |
| MF | Lance Laing | FC Cincinnati | August 23, 2018 | End of season |
| DF | Moises Hernandez | FC Dallas | September 6, 2018 | End of season |

### Loan out

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

## Pre-season

The pre-season match against FC Dallas was announced by FCD on January 18, 2018. Remaining pre-season matches were announced on January 30, 2018, by SAFC.

## Competitions
### Overall

Position in the Western Conference
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| United Soccer League | — | 9th | March 17, 2018 | October 13, 2018 |
| U.S. Open Cup | Second Round | Fourth round | May 16, 2018 | June 6, 2018 |
Updated to match played October 15, 2018 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| United Soccer League | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 041.18 |
| U.S. Open Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Total | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 50 | +0 | 040.54 |
Updated to match played October 15, 2018 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Swope Park Rangers | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 53 | Conference Playoffs |
| 8 | Saint Louis FC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 53 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | San Antonio FC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 50 | |
| 10 | OKC Energy FC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 39 | |

#### 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 15, 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

The first three matches of 2018 were announced on January 12, 2018. The remaining schedule was released on January 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 June 7, 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 | 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 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Darnell King | 32 | 2 | 2 (1) | 1 | 34 (1) | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ryan Felix | 15 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 16 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Cyprian Hedrick | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Mikey Lopez | 26 (5) | 3 | 2 (1) | 1 | 28 (6) | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Moises Hernandez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Lance Laing | 9 (1) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 (1) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Pecka | 20 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 (2) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | César Elizondo | 9 (9) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 (9) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ryan Roushandel | 18 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Mike Seth | 7 (6) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Gianluca Cuomo | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Stephen McCarthy | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Rafael Castillo | 5 (8) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 (8) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Kyle Murphy | 6 (10) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 (10) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ethan Bryant | 10 | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 11 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Greg Cochrane | 31 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 33 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Maxi Rodriguez | 6 (10) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 (10) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Charlie Ward | 8 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | José Escalante | 15 (6) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 17 (7) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Diego Restrepo | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Connor Presley | 15 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 (8) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Alex Bruce | 8 (5) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 (5) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Sonny Guadarrama | 11 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Owayne Gordon | 21 (3) | 5 | 2 (1) | 1 | 23 (4) | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Éver Guzmán | 21 (6) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 (6) | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left the club |||||||||||
| | DF | Chris Christian | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | Lee Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Kris Tyrpak | 5 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: October 15, 2018. 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 | 99 | Éver Guzmán | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 91 | Owayne Gordon | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Lance Laing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 5 | Mikey Lopez | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Darnell King | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 16 | Rafael Castillo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 28 | Alex Bruce | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | César Elizondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 21 | Maxi Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Cyprian Hedrick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Pecka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Kyle Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 18 | Ethan Bryant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Kris Tyrpak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 22 | Charlie Ward | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | José Escalante | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 27 | Connor Presley | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 5 | 50 |
Last updated: October 15, 2018. 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 | 24 | Diego Restrepo | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | Matt Cardone | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Last updated: October 15, 2018. Source: San Antonio FC

### Summary

| Games played | 37 (34 United Soccer League (3 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games won | 15 (14 United Soccer League) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games drawn | 9 (8 United Soccer League) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Games lost | 13 (12 United Soccer League) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals scored | 50 (45 United Soccer League) (5 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 50 (48 United Soccer League) (2 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Goal difference | +0 (-3 United Soccer League) (+3 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 6 (5 United Soccer League) (1 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 82 (78 United Soccer League) (4 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Red cards | 3 (3 United Soccer League) (0 U.S. Open Cup) |
| Most appearances | Greg Cochrane Darnell King (35 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Éver Guzmán (11 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 15/37 (40.54%) |
Last updated: October 15, 2018. Source: San Antonio FC

## Awards
### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Week/Month |
| 5 | Mikey Lopez | USL Team of the Week | Week 2 |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Team of the Week | Week 6 |
| 23 | José Escalante | USL Team of the Week | Week 7 |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Save of the Week | Week 8 |
| 24 | Diego Restrepo | USL Team of the Week | Week 9 |
| 91 | Owayne Gordon | USL Team of the Week | Week 12 |
| 28 | Alex Bruce | USL Goal of the Week | Week 17 |
| 22 | Charlie Ward | USL Team of the Week | Week 19 |
| 4 | Cyprian Hedrick | USL Team of the Week | Week 20 |
| 22 | Charlie Ward | USL Team of the Week | Week 20 |
| 28 | Alex Bruce | USL Goal of the Month | July |
| 2 | Darnell King | USL Team of the Week | Week 21 |
| 2 | Darnell King | USL Goal of the Week | Week 21 |
| 7 | Lance Laing | USL Team of the Week | Week 25 |
| 4 | Cyprian Hedrick | USL Team of the Week | Week 26 |
| 7 | Lance Laing | USL Team of the Week | Week 26 |
| 0 | Matt Cardone | USL Save of the Week | Week 27 |
| 18 | Ethan Bryant | USL Team of the Week | Week 29 |
| 0 | Matt Cardone | USL Save of the Month | September |
| 7 | Lance Laing | USL Team of the Week | Week 30 |
| End of Season Awards |||||
| 2 | Darnell King | 2018 USL All-League Second Team | November |