# 2020–21 San Diego 1904 FC season

The 2020–21 San Diego 1904 FC season was the club's second in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) and second overall.

## Roster
### Players

    As of April 13, 2021
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Rodrigo Sarmiento | United States |
| 2 | DF | Edwin Lara | United States |
| 3 | DF | James Hone-Blanchet | Canada |
| 4 | MF | Ozzie Ramos | United States |
| 5 | DF | Jonathan Stoop | United States |
| 6 | DF | Dallin Cutler | United States |
| 7 | MF | Felipe Liborio | United States |
| 8 | FW | Faisal Almubaslat | United States |
| 9 | FW | Lorenzo Ramirez | United States |
| 10 | FW | Moe Espinoza | United States |
| 11 | MF | Romario Lomeli | United States |
| 12 | MF | Gael Ruiz | United States |
| 13 | DF | Eder Arreola | United States |
| 14 | MF | Brandon Zambrano | Mexico |
| 15 | FW | Ivan Garduno | United States |
| 16 | GK | Misha Marson | United States |
| 18 | FW | Ashkanov Apollon | United States |
| 19 | FW | César Romero | Mexico |
| 21 | DF | Amadou Mogossirega | Mali |
| 22 | DF | Andrew Keszweski | United States |
| 23 | MF | Diego Esquivel | United States |
| 24 | MF | Jomar Munaf | United States |
| 26 | MF | Rhys Gourdie | Scotland |
| 30 | GK | Mateo Zabala | Colombia |

### Staff

* Scott Morrison – Head coach
* ↑ During the Legends Cup tournament Alexandre Gontran served as head coach since Morrison could not travel due to COVID complications

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos. | Player | Signed from | Details | Date |
| 4 | DF | Ozzie Ramos | Atlético Jalisco | Free transfer | March 27, 2021 |
| 8 | FW | Faisal Almubaslat | Moros FC (UPSL) | Free transfer | March 29, 2021 |
| 11 | MF | Romario Lomeli | Cal FC | Free transfer | April 6, 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Ashkanov Apollon | Sacramento Republic FC | Free transfer | May 11, 2021 |

### Out

| # | Pos. | Player | Signed to | Details | Date |
| 11 | FW | Nelson Blanco | Oakland Roots SC | Not re-signed | August 6, 2020 |
| 21 | GK | Jean Antoine | Detroit City FC | Not re-signed | August 11, 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Ozzie Ramos | Atlético Jalisco | Not re-signed | August 19, 2020 |
| | GK | Antony Siaha | San Diego Sockers (Indoor) | Not re-signed | January 8, 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Billy Garton Jr. | California United Strikers FC | Not re-signed | April 7, 2021 |

## Competitions
### 2020 Fall season

Initial details for the NISA Fall 2020 season were released on June 4, 2020. In late July, it was announced that 1904 FC would not be taking part in either the Fall Season or NISA Independent Cup due to concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. A second NISA team, Stumptown Athletic, followed shortly after.
On September 2, NISA confirmed San Diego would return for the NISA Spring 2021 season.

### 2021 Spring Season
#### NISA Legends Cup

NISA announced initial spring season plans in early February 2021, including starting the season with a tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a standard regular season to follow. The tournament, now called the NISA Legends Cup, was officially announced on March 10 and is scheduled to run between April 13 and 25. All nine NISA members teams take part in the Spring will be divided into three team groups. The highest placing group winner would automatically qualify for the tournament final, while the second and third highest finishing teams overall would play one-another in a semifinal to determine a second finalist.
1904 were drawn into Group 1 alongside Michigan Stars FC and the debuting Maryland Bobcats FC.

##### Group 1 Standings

| vte Home \ Away | MAR | MIC | SDG |
| Maryland Bobcats FC | — | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Michigan Stars FC | | — | 1–1 |
| San Diego 1904 FC | | | — |

##### Legends Cup Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chattanooga FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Legends Cup final |
| 2 | Detroit City FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Legends Cup semifinal |
| 3 | San Diego 1904 FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Legends Cup semifinal |
| 4 | Los Angeles Force | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Michigan Stars FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | California United Strikers FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Stumptown AC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 9 | New Amsterdam FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

##### Matches
#### Regular season

The Spring Season schedule was announced on March 18 with each association member playing eight games, four home and four away, in a single round-robin format.

##### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Detroit City FC (Y, X) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 20 | Advance to season final |
| 2 | Los Angeles Force | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 18 | Advance to spring final |
| 3 | Stumptown AC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 15 | |
| 4 | California United Strikers FC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 | |
| 5 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | |
| 6 | Chattanooga FC (Z) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Advance to spring final |
| 7 | San Diego 1904 FC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 7 | |
| 8 | Michigan Stars FC | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | |
| 9 | New Amsterdam FC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
* ↑ If either 2020 Fall Champion Detroit or 2021 Legends Cup runner-up Chattanooga finish the spring season in first place, or both teams finish in the top two, the spot in the spring final will go to the next best team.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 26, 2021. Source: Match reports

##### Matches
### U.S. Open Cup

As a team playing in a recognized professional league, San Diego would normally be automatically qualified for the U.S. Open Cup. However, with the 2021 edition shorted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NISA has only been allotted 1 to 2 teams spots. On March 29, U.S. Soccer announced 2020 Fall Champion Detroit City FC as NISA's representative in the tournament.

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played June 26, 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Legends Cup | Legends Cup | Spring Season | Spring Season |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA | Rodrigo Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | USA | Misha Marson | 7 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | COL | Mateo Zabala | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Edwin Lara | 9 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CAN | James Hone-Blanchet | 7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Jonathan Stoop | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Dallin Cutler | 10 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Eder Arreola | 9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Amadou Mogossirega | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Andrew Keszweski | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | USA | Ozzie Ramos | 11 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Felipe Liborio | 11 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Romario Lomeli | 10 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Gael Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Brandon Zambrano | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Diego Esquivel | 9 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | USA | Jomar Munaf | 10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Rhys Gourdie | 5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | USA | Faisal Almubaslat | 11 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Lorenzo Ramirez | 11 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | USA | Moe Espinoza | 9 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | USA | Ivan Garduno | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Ashkanov Apollon | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MEX | César Romero | 8 | 5 | 2+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 3 |
| Left during season ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Legends Cup | Spring Season | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | César Romero | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | DF | 3 | James Hone-Blanchet | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | 6 | Dallin Cutler | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Lorenzo Ramirez | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Moe Espinoza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Diego Esquivel | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | 26 | Rhys Gourdie | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Legends Cup | Legends Cup | Spring Season | Spring Season | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Edwin Lara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ozzie Ramos | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Dallin Cutler | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Faisal Almubaslat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Moe Espinoza | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Romario Lomeli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Eder Arreola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Ivan Garduno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Misha Marson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | César Romero | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Andrew Keszweski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Rhys Gourdie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |