# 2023 Memphis 901 FC season

The 2023 Memphis 901 FC season was the fifth season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.
New head coach Stephen Glass had a rough start to the season with back to back 1-3 home losses. Memphis 901 FC found their rhythm though and went undefeated in the months of April, May, and June with a record of 8-0-4 (W-L-D). They hit a slump in July with 2 draws and 4 losses while being scored against 18 times. They finished the season with 52 from a record of 14–10–10. Their 52pts landed them in 4th place in the east and a home playoff match.
The playoffs began on October 21 as Memphis hosted Louisville City. 901 FC went up quick with a 32 second goal by Bruno Lapa - 2nd fastest in League history at the time. Louisville found the equilizer later that half as the game slowed down and went into overtime and then to penalties. Louisville went first, with both teams exchanging goals until the fifth Memphis player was unable to hit the back of the net. Memphis 901 FC ultimately came up short and their 2023 season came to a close.

## Players and staff
### Final roster

    As of October 20, 2023
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Drew Romig | United States |
| 3 | DF | Carson Vom Steeg | United States |
| 4 | MF | Emerson Hyndman | United States |
| 5 | MF | Samuel Careaga (on loan from Lanús) | Argentina |
| 6 | MF | Aaron Molloy | Republic of Ireland |
| 7 | MF | Bruno Lapa | Brazil |
| 8 | DF | Lucas Turci | Brazil |
| 9 | MF | Luiz Fernando | Brazil |
| 10 | FW | Rodrigo da Costa | Brazil |
| 11 | MF | Laurent Kissiedou | Ivory Coast |
| 14 | DF | Akeem O'Connor-Ward | United States |
| 15 | FW | Calvin Harrison | United States |
| 16 | DF | Graham Smith | United States |
| 18 | MF | Jeremy Kelly | United States |
| 19 | DF | Rece Buckmaster | United States |
| 20 | FW | Nighte Pickering | United States |
| 23 | MF | Leston Paul | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 24 | FW | Rashawn Dally | Jamaica |
| 26 | GK | Aren Seeger | United States |
| 27 | DF | Jelani Peters | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 32 | GK | Richard Sánchez | Mexico |
| 14 | DF | Aiden McFadden (on loan from Atlanta) | United States |
| 15 | DF | Logan Haddad | United States |
| 77 | FW | Dylan Borczak | United States |

### Staff

    As of October 20, 2023
Technical staff :
| Sporting director | Tim Howard |
| Assistant sporting director | Caleb Patterson-Sewell |
| Head coach | Stephen Glass |
| Assistant coach | Mark Spalding |
| Assistant coach | Caleb Patterson-Sewell |

## Competitions
### USL Championship
#### Eastern Conference standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (S) | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 67 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 63 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Charleston Battery | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 59 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Memphis 901 FC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Louisville City FC | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 50 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 49 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Birmingham Legion FC | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 46 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Detroit City FC | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Miami FC | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 41 | |
| 10 | FC Tulsa | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 39 | |
| 11 | Loudoun United FC | 34 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 25 | |
| 12 | Hartford Athletic | 34 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 40 | 79 | −39 | 18 | |

#### Match results

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture
Unless otherwise noted, all times in Central time

#### USL Playoffs
### US Open Cup

Memphis 901 FC entered the 2022 US Open Cup in the 2nd round with the rest of the USLC teams.

## Stats

Regular Season :
| No. | Player Name | Pos. | Apps | Sta. | M | G | A | | | |
| 6 | Aaron Molloy | MF | 33 | 33 | 2917 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Aiden McFadden | DF | 12 | 12 | 1069 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Akeem Ward | DF | 34 | 33 | 2951 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Aren Seeger | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Bill Hamid | GK | 10 | 10 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bruno Lapa | MF | 28 | 19 | 1491 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Calvin Harrison | FW | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Carson Vom Steeg | DF | 19 | 15 | 1317 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Drew Romig | GK | 22 | 22 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dylan Borczak | FW | 25 | 6 | 586 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Emerson Hyndman | MF | 14 | 7 | 688 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Farid Chouyouti | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Graham Smith | DF | 29 | 28 | 2557 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Jelani Peters | DF | 18 | 15 | 1357 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jeremy Kelly | FW | 33 | 33 | 2830 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Laurent Kissiedou | MF | 27 | 21 | 1723 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Leston Paul | MF | 16 | 11 | 1020 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lucas Turci | DF | 27 | 16 | 1613 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Luiz Fernando Nascimento | FW | 27 | 24 | 2056 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Nick Dyer | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Nighte Pickering | FW | 30 | 9 | 979 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Phillip Goodrum | FW | 9 | 8 | 715 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rashawn Dally | FW | 29 | 6 | 785 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rece Buckmaster | DF | 20 | 20 | 1776 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Richard Sánchez | GK | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rodrigo da Costa | MF | 25 | 23 | 1943 | 12 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Samuel Careaga | MF | 6 | 1 | 218 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Sebastián Velásquez | MF | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |