2019 North Texas SC season

North Texas SC
2019 season
Head coach	Eric Quill
Stadium	Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas; (Capacity: 20,500)
USL League One	1st
USL League One Playoffs	Champion
Highest home attendance	3,512; (April 27 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendance	615; (August 27 vs. Tormenta FC)
Average home league attendance	1,367
Biggest win	5–0 (vs. Tormenta FC – August 27)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (vs. Greenville Triumph SC – July 26)
Home colours	Away colours
	2020 →

The 2019 North Texas SC season was the first season for North Texas SC's existence, and their first in USL League One, the third tier of professional soccer in the United States and Canada.

Background

On November 2, 2018, it was announced by FC Dallas that Dallas would be granted a side to play in the newly created United Soccer League third division for 2019.^[1] The club then officially announced the name of the reserve side, North Texas SC, and crest on December 6, 2018.^[2]

Club

Roster

As of March 31, 2019.^[3]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Carlos Avilez (^[B])	Mexico
2	DF	Cesar Murillo (^[B])	United States
3	DF	Abdul Gaffar Ibrahim (on loan from MFK Vyškov)	Benin
4	DF	Brecc Evans (captain,^[B])	United States
5	DF	Hector Montalvo (^[B])	United States
6	MF	Alfusainey Jatta (on loan from MFK Vyškov)	Gambia
7	MF	Oscar Romero	United States
8	MF	David Rodriguez (^[B]1)	United States
9	FW	Ricardo Pepi (^[B])	United States
10	MF	Arturo Rodriguez (^[B])	Mexico
11	FW	Ronaldo Damus (^[B])	Haiti
13	DF	Nico Carrera (^[B])	Mexico
15	MF	Jacori Hayes (^[A])	United States
18	MF	Brandon Servania (^[A])	United States
20	GK	Jimmy Maurer (^[A])	United States
21	MF	Bicou Bissainthe	Haiti
22	FW	Ben Redzic (^[B])	United States
23	MF	Thomas Roberts (^[A])	United States
25	DF	Callum Montgomery (^[A])	Canada
26	DF	John Nelson (^[A])	United States
29	DF	Bryan Reynolds (^[A])	United States
31	FW	Dante Sealy (^[A])	United States
33	MF	Edwin Cerrillo (^[A])	United States
35	GK	Michael Collodi (^[B])	United States
36	MF	Jorge Almaguer (^[B])	United States
37	DF	Kevin Bonilla (^[B])	United States
38	DF	Julian Hinojosa (^[B])	United States
39	FW	Gibran Rayo (^[B])	United States
44	FW	Johan Gómez (^[B])	United States
45	MF	Tanner Tessmann (^[B])	United States

^

Signed to first team contract with FC Dallas.

^

FC Dallas Academy player.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Eric Quill
Assistant coach	Alex Aldaz
Assistant coach	Michel

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

February 13, 2019	North Texas SC	1–2	Swope Park Rangers	Frisco, Texas
11:00 CST	Pepi 5'	Report	Mbekeli 47' Mushagalusa 53'	Stadium: RAV4 Field 4 Attendance: Closed door

March 2, 2019	North Texas SC	5–1	NTX Rayados	Frisco, Texas
18:00 CST	Pepi 30', 54' Romero 49' Jatta 53' Roberts 60'	Report	Okeke 8'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Travis Haight

March 9, 2019	North Texas SC	3–1	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	Frisco, Texas
5:00 PM CST	Ferreira 10', 21' Reynolds 33' Sealy 76'	Report	Habib 66'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 17,220 Referee: Dustin Cohen

March 23, 2019	North Texas SC	4–0	SMU Mustangs	Frisco, Texas
6:00 PM CDT	Pepi 6', 23' A. Rodriguez 43' Jatta 46' Sesay 88'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 14,514 Referee: Brandon Gardner

Midseason friendlies

July 17, 2019	North Texas SC	1–2	Sevilla FC Reserves	Frisco, Texas
CST	Aránguiz 12' (Pepi)	Report	Vidal 30' Dabour 45+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Note: 45-minute scrimmage.

Competitive

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Texas SC	28	17	5	6	53	31	+22	56	Playoffs
2	Lansing Ignite FC	28	12	10	6	49	37	+12	46
3	Greenville Triumph SC	28	12	7	9	32	22	+10	43
4	Forward Madison FC	28	12	7	9	33	26	+7	43
5	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	28	10	10	8	35	37	−2	40

Source: 2019 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

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
Stadium	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

March 30 1	North Texas SC	3–2	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Frisco, Texas
6:00 PM CDT	Pepi 13' 62' 77' Servania 67'	Report	Soto 51' Dixon 53' 90+2' Beattie 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 2,119 Referee: Marco Vega

April 13 2	North Texas SC	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Frisco, Texas
9:20 PM CDT	Romero 7' Pepi 90+5' (pen)	Report	Bement 19' Bartley 90+3' Coulter 90+5'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,924 Referee: Chris Ruska

April 27 3	North Texas SC	1–0	Orlando City B	Frisco, Texas
5:50 PM CDT	Silva 42' (o.g.) Bissainthe 81'	Report	Léo 90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

May 4 4	Greenville Triumph SC	0–1	North Texas SC	Greenville, South Carolina
6:00 PM CDT	Moahmed 67'	Report	Roberts 17' Avilez 64' Jatta 83'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Attendance: 1,570 Referee: John Griggs

May 11 5	North Texas SC	4–1	Orlando City B	Frisco, Texas
3:20 PM CDT	Gómez 38', 77' Tessmann 69' A. Rodriguez 86' (pen.) Damus 88'	Report	Simas 33' Bagrou 48' Simeon 90+5'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,344 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

May 18 6	Lansing Ignite	2–2	North Texas SC	Lansing, Michigan
6:00 PM CDT	Mentzigen 54', 56' Bruce 65', 90+5' Saint-Duc 72' Stoneman 89'	Report	Tessmann 35' Jatta 51' Pepi 83' A. Rodríguez 87', 90+2' Almaguer 89'	Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium Attendance: 2,149 Referee: Calin Radosav

May 22 7	North Texas SC	3–1	Forward Madison FC	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Damus 3' D. Rodriguez 7' Bissainthe 27' Almaguer 70' Hinojosa 84' Rayo 87'	Report	Sylvestre 10' Smart 15' Paulo Jr. 42' Bement 68'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,103 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

May 29 8	Toronto FC II	3–2	North Texas SC	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10:00 AM CDT	Bunk-Andersen 12', 45+3' Srbely 26' Okello 32' Mohammed 77' Silva 90+6'	Report	A. Rodriguez 35' Pepi 45+2' Damus 56' Jatta 87'	Stadium: BMO Training Ground Attendance: 177 Referee: Alexis Vaughan

June 1 9	Richmond Kickers	0–3	North Texas SC	Richmond, Virginia
6:00 PM CDT	Gallardo 81' Boateng 88' Thomsen 90'	Report	Sealy 27', 50' Jatta 55' Pepi 63' D. Rodriguez 68'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,514 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

June 12 10	Toronto FC II	3–3	North Texas SC	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3:00 PM CDT	Mohammed 10' Dorsey 44' West 72' Srbely 73', 81' Mingo 90+2'	Report	Damus 9', 26', 27' Sealy 10'	Stadium: BMO Training Ground Attendance: 525 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

June 22 11	Forward Madison FC	4–1	North Texas SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Don Smart 33', 64' Díaz 49' Núñez 78' Banks 84'	Report	Damus 15' Jatta 64'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,211 Referee: Luis Arroyo

June 25 12	North Texas SC	1–0	FC Tucson	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Damus 32', 39' Roberts 54' Murillo 60'	Report	Batista 66' Venter 81' Cox 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

June 29 13	North Texas SC	3–1	Lansing Ignite FC	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Tessmann 43' Montgomery 57' Damus 59', 73' A. Rodriguez 71'	Report	Moon 59' Cleveland 74' Faz 83'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 632 Referee: Marco Vega

July 6 14	North Texas SC	0–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Romero 28' Escribano 59'	Report	Walker 39' Gómez 86'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 720 Referee: Chris Ruska

July 13 15	Richmond Kickers	0–2	North Texas SC	Richmond, Virginia
6:00 PM CDT	Rodriguez 42' Ackwei 57' Eckenrode 65' 89'	Report	Roberts 11', 81' Montgomery 14'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,321 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

July 20 16	North Texas SC	0–0	Tormenta FC	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Cerrillo 70'	Report	Vinyals 74' Micaletto 88'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,431 Referee: Samantha Martinez

July 26 17	North Texas SC	0–4	Greenville Triumph SC	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Cerrillo 20' Roberts 82' A. Rodríguez 90+4'	Report	Politz 35' Gómez 45+3' Walker 62' Keegan 64', 70' Robinson 67', 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 958 Referee: Joseph Salinas

August 3 18	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–0	North Texas SC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
6:00 PM CDT	Beattie 54' (pen.) Folla 57' Doyle 73' Ualefi 90+1' Seoane 90+4'	Report	Bissainthe 40' 70'	Stadium: David Stanton Field Attendance: 1,116 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

August 10 19	North Texas SC	1–1	FC Tucson	Frisco, Texas
9:20 PM CDT	Cerrillo 78' A. Rodríguez 79'	Report	Jones 45' Howell 58'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Brandon Starves

August 17 20	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	0–2	North Texas SC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
6:00 PM CDT	Doyle 54' Cisse 87'	Report	Montgomery 35', 42' Danso 39' Damus	Stadium: David Stanton Field Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Eric Tattersall

August 22 21	Lansing Ignite	4–1	North Texas SC	Lansing, Michigan
6:00 PM CDT	Faz 8', 69' Moon 31' N'For 50' Moshobane 71'	Report	Rayo 65' A. Rodriguez 76' Romero 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium Referee: Luis Arroyo

August 27 22	North Texas SC	5–0	Tormenta FC	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Roberts 17' Reynolds 29', 85' Danso 34' Pepi 45+4' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Rayo 82' Montgomery 89'	Report	Phelps 13' Dennis 36' Gómez 38' Skelton 45+3' Jackson 79'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 615 Referee: Joseph Salinas

September 1 23	North Texas SC	2–0	Toronto FC II	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	A. Rodriguez 73' (pen.) Damus 83'	Report	Faria 36' Klenofsky 40' Endoh 75' Mohammed 79' Campbell 85'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 879 Referee: Karen Callado

September 6 24	Orlando City B	1–3	North Texas SC	Montverde, Florida
6:30 PM CDT	John 53' Rafael 81' Ontivero 83' Léo 89'	Report	Nelson 22' Damus 54', 70' (pen.) Jatta 57' Bissainthe 62' Sealy 75' Almaguer 90+5'	Stadium: Montverde Academy Attendance: 171 Referee: Alex Billeter

September 10 25	North Texas SC	4–0	Richmond Kickers	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Damus 1', 30', 77' A. Rodriguez 70' Danso 75'	Report	Thomsen 61' Ackwei 90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 725 Referee: Samantha Martinez

September 14 26	Tormenta FC	1–2	North Texas SC	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Antley 4', 45+3' Rowe 19' Micaletto 37' Phelps 61' 72'	Report	Danso 21' Jatta 43' A. Rodriguez 45+4'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 1,318 Referee: John Griggs

September 22 27	Forward Madison FC	1–0	North Texas SC	Madison, Wisconsin
4:00 PM CDT	Almaguer 24' (o.g.) Díaz 37' Russell 71'	Report	Cerrillo 29' Reynolds 41'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

October 4 28	FC Tucson	1–3	North Texas SC	Tucson, Arizona
9:30 PM CDT	Terrón 15' Hanlin 27' Jones 42' Cox 58'	Report	Jones 12' (o.g.) Romero 38', 65' Avilez 43' D. Rodriguez 89'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 678 Referee: Dejan Susak

USL League One Playoffs

October 12 Semifinals	North Texas SC	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Frisco, Texas
7:00pm (CDT)	Roberts 32' Cerrillo 36' Pepi 76', 78' Jatta 88'	Report	Toyama 8' Leonard 33'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

October 19 Final	North Texas SC	1–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Frisco, Texas
6:00pm (CDT)	Jatta 7' Rodríguez 60' Damus 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,245 Referee: Jon Freemon

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club (FC Dallas), North Texas SC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.^[4]

Transfers

FC Dallas loanees

Academy call-ups

Statistics

#	Pos.	Name	GP	GS	Min.	Goals	Assists
10	MF	Arturo Rodriguez	28	27	2,421	7	10	4	0
6	MF	Alfusainey Jatta	25	21	1,901	0	0	7	0
4	D	Brecc Evans	22	22	1,893	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Jorge Almaguer	23	19	1,820	1	1	2	0
25	D	Callum Montgomery	20	20	1,778	3	0	2	0
11	F	Ronaldo Damus	20	16	1,392	16	3	2	0
37	D	Jose Kevin Bonilla	14	13	1,092	0	1	0	0
9	F	Ricardo Pepi	12	11	1,033	9	1	0	0
8	MF	David Rodriguez	19	13	1,020	2	1	2	0
31	MF	Dante Sealy	19	10	967	1	3	3	0
23	MF	Thomas Roberts	11	11	951	2	0	4	0
29	D	Bryan Reynolds	10	10	900	1	2	2	0
45	MF	Tanner Tessmann	14	9	876	1	0	2	0
7	MF	Oscar Romero	18	9	824	3	2	2	0
14	F	Richard Danso	12	10	812	2	1	2	0
43	D	Jonathan Gomez	8	8	720	0	2	0	0
21	MF	Bicou Bissainthe	16	7	682	0	0	3	1
2	D	Cesar Murillo	12	7	633	0	0	1	0
39	F	Gibran Rayo	12	4	552	1	0	2	0
26	D	John Nelson	6	6	540	1	0	0	0
33	MF	Edwin Cerrillo	6	6	468	0	0	3	1
18	MF	Brandon Servania	4	4	360	0	0	1	0
12	F	Cristian Colmán	6	5	356	0	0	0	0
44	F	Johan Gomez	6	3	319	1	0	1	0
5	D	Héctor Montalvo	5	3	280	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Jacori Hayes	4	4	269	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Michel	1	1	90	0	0	0	0
57	D	Cristian Escribano	1	1	90	0	0	1	0
38	D	Julian Hinojosa	1	0	31	0	1	1	0
13	D	Nicolás Carrera	1	0	23	0	0	0	0
64	F	Jesus Sosa	1	0	11	0	0	0	0
53	F	Michael Sosa	1	0	4	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Cesar Garcia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
62	MF	Kevin Rosas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Goalkeepers

#	Name	GP	GS	Min.	SV	GA	GAA	SO
1	Carlos Avilez	20	20	1,798	46	25	1.250	9	2
20	Jimmy Maurer	4	4	360	14	3	.750	2	0
30	Kyle Zobeck	4	4	360	14	3	.750	1	0

References

^ "FC Dallas-Owned Club Joins USL League One As Founding Member". FC Dallas. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "North Texas Soccer Club Announced as Team Name of FC Dallas' USL League One Club". FC Dallas.
^ "USL League One". Retrieved March 26, 2019.
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

External links

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with FC Dallas.

[cnote_B_grp_1] 
FC Dallas Academy player.

[1] "FC Dallas-Owned Club Joins USL League One As Founding Member". FC Dallas. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[2] "North Texas Soccer Club Announced as Team Name of FC Dallas' USL League One Club". FC Dallas.

[roster-3] "USL League One". Retrieved March 26, 2019.

[USSF-4] "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

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v t e North Texas SC
Information	Club Players Stadium
Seasons (6)	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Key personnel	General manager: Matt Denny Head coach: John Gall
Affiliated clubs	FC Dallas (MLS)
Category

v t e USL League One
Teams	AV Alta FC Charlotte Independence Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Forward Madison FC Greenville Triumph SC One Knoxville SC FC Naples Union Omaha Portland Hearts of Pine Richmond Kickers Spokane Velocity Texoma FC Tormenta FC Westchester SC
Future teams	Corpus Christi, Texas (2026) USL Eugene (2026) Boise Pro Soccer (TBA)
Former teams	Central Valley Fuego FC Fort Lauderdale CF Lansing Ignite FC Lexington SC New England Revolution II North Carolina FC North Texas SC Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Orlando City B Toronto FC II FC Tucson
Seasons	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
USL Cup	2024
Miscellaneous	United Soccer League USL Championship USL League Two

v t e 2019 USL League One season by team
Playoffs Final
Clubs	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC FC Tucson Forward Madison FC Greenville Triumph SC Lansing Ignite FC North Texas SC Orlando City B Richmond Kickers Tormenta FC Toronto FC II