2019 Rio Grande Valley FC season

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2019 season
Head coach	Gerson Echeverry
United Soccer League Championship	Conference: Western; Overall: 0-0
USL Playoffs	DNQ
Copa Tejas	3rd
Highest home attendance	League/All: 4,967 ; (October 18 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance	League/All: 2,408 ; (July 20 vs. Sacramento)
Average home league attendance	3,839
Biggest win	3-0 (June 15 vs.; Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC); 5-2 (April 20 vs.; Las Vegas Lights FC)
Biggest defeat	0-5 (September 18 at Fresno FC)
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The 2019 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 4th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[1]

Club

Current first team squad, as of February 15, 2019.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 28, 2019.


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
0	GK	Osmar Chavero (^[B])	United States
1	GK	Nico Corti	Belgium
2	MF	Carlos Vivero	United States
3	DF	Robert Coronado	United States
4	DF	Robert Castellanos	United States
6	MF	David Cabrera	Colombia
7	MF	Camilo Monroy	Colombia
8	MF	Romilio Hernandez	El Salvador
9	FW	Maalique Foster (on loan from Alajuelense)	Jamaica
10	MF	Victor Garza	United States
11	FW	Jesús Enríquez	Peru
12	MF	Brad Dunwell	United States
13	FW	Wilmer Cabrera Jr	Colombia
14	DF	Zach Jackson	United States
15	MF	Andres Arcila	Colombia
16	DF	Andrew Samuels	United States
17	FW	Michael Salazar	Belize
19	MF	Nico Lemoine	United States
20	DF	Conor Donovan	United States
22	DF	Héctor Copete	Colombia
23	FW	Aldo Quintanilla	Mexico
26	DF	Chris Duvall (^[A])	United States
27	MF	Kevin Rodriguez	United States
28	DF	Sam Junqua (^[A])	United States
29	FW	Brandon Morales	United States
30	MF	Isidro Martinez	United States
32	DF	Kyle Adams	New Zealand
58	FW	Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)	Panama
99	GK	Ben Willis	United States
—	GK	Isaac Acevedo (^[B])	United States

^

Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

^

Houston Dynamo academy player.

Competitions

Preseason

January 26	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Houston, Texas
6:00 PM CST	Elis 24'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,000+
Note: Two 30-minute periods, followed by one 30-minute period of RGV/Academy players.

January 29	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Houston, Texas
10:00 AM CST	McNamara 48' Hairston 88'	Report	Foster 30'	Stadium: Houston Sports Park Attendance: Closed-door

February 10	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–1	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 PM CST				Stadium: H-E-B Park

February 16	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	Houston Baptist University	Houston, Texas
12:00 PM CST		Report		Stadium: Houston Sports Park

February 23	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	3–1	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 PM CST	Small 3' Trialist 51' Garza 109' (pen.)	Report	19' 49'	Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Match played with two periods of 45 minutes and one period of 35 minutes

March 1	San Antonio FC	4–3	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
1:00 PM CST	Guzmán 4', 54' Forbes 31' 60' (o.g.)		Small 21' Foster 24' W. Cabrera 53'	Stadium: Toyota Field

USL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
14	Portland Timbers 2	34	10	8	16	65	71	−6	38

Source: USL Championship 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

Match results

The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.^[3]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

March 8 1	Tacoma Defiance	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Tacoma, Washington
9:00 PM	Diaz 49' Atencio 68' Ndow 84'	Report	Coronado 77'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,432 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

March 16 2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–2	Fresno FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Arcila 83'	Report	Basuljevic 2', 60' Chavez 13' Ellis-Hayden 22' Moses 33'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

March 23 3	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	El Paso, Texas
8:30 PM	Ross 45+1' Rebellón 59' Contreras 72' Gebhard 78'	Report	Dunwell 47' Hernandez 66', 79' Duvall 69' Enríquez 90'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 7,458 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera

March 29 4	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M.	da Costa 19' (pen.) Bastidas 45+1', 70' Legendre 56'	Report	Hernandez 57' Lemoine 72'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Calin Radosav

April 6 5	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–0	New Mexico United	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Cabezas 16' Foster 40' Salazar 54' Samuels 71'	Report	Madden 89'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,496 Referee: Michael Radchuk

April 13 6	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–1	OKC Energy FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Salazar 54' Enríquez 87', 88' Foster 90+4'	Report	Harris 58', 90+2'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,387 Referee: Arturo Ibarra

April 20 7	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	5–2	Las Vegas Lights FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Cabrera 15' (pen.) Martinez 19' Robinson 46' (o.g.) Foster 74', 79' Small 85' Adams 90'	Report	Sandoval 35' Etaka 63' Torres 65' Cruz 86' Ochoa 90+1'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,483 Referee: Matt Franz

April 24 8	LA Galaxy II	4–4	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Carson, California
9:30 PM	Traore 39' Koreniuk 74', 90+6' DePuy 87'	Preview	Coronado 20' Hernandez 66' Salazar 77', 79', 90+1' Small 83' Deric 90+3'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 536 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

April 30 9	Portland Timbers 2	1–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Portland, Oregon
9:00 P.M.	Miller 19' Farfan 45+1' Jadama 64', 71' Smith 88'	Report	W. Cabrera 9' Small 85'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

May 10 10	Phoenix Rising FC	3–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Scottsdale, Arizona
9:30 PM	Jahn 16', 28' (pen.) Musa 69'	Report	Foster 71'	Stadium: Casino Arizona Field Attendance: 6,715 Referee: Dejan Susak

May 18 11	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–2	LA Galaxy II	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Foster 34' Donovan 48' Salazar 57'	Report	Ontiveros 16' Requejo 19' Vera 62' Shultz 69' Zubak 90+2'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,892 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera, Jr.

May 25 12	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	3–1	San Antonio FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Enríquez 30' Salazar 36', 58' Dunwell 74' Lemoine 90+3'	Report	Guzmán 70' Yaro 86'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,377 Referee: Michael Radchuk

June 1 13	Orange County SC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Irvine, California
9:00 PM	Quinn 4' 67' Seaton 10', 77' Jones 31', 32' 90+3' Crisostomo 38' Amico 90'	Report	Coronado 41'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,280 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

June 8 14	Real Monarchs	5–3	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Herriman, Utah
9:00 P.M.	Martínez 13', 62', 76' Heard 21' Chang 22' Powder 48', 88' Pierre 66'	Report	Salazar 60' Enriquez 64' Small 83', 90+3'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,709 Referee: Elton García

June 15 15	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	3–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Hernandez 32' W. Cabrera 55' Small 74' (pen.), 85' Enriquez 84'	Report	Schweitzer 42' Seth 50'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,004 Referee: Dejan Susak

June 22 16	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–1	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Castellanos 22' Adams 83'	Report	Saramutin 32' McFarlane 41' Lima 50' Kléber 55' Tyrpak 88' Okugo 90+4' Restrepo 90+6'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

July 3 17	Reno 1868 FC	4–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Reno, Nevada
9:30 PM	Gleadle 23', 45' Akanyirige 32' Hertzog 48' Carroll 51' Partida 83'	Report	Monroy 65' Rodriguez 90'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,414 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 6 18	Rio Grande Valley FC	0–0	Tacoma Defiance	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Junqua 42'	Report	Hinds 58' Atencio 69' Daley 78' Vargas 90+6'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,228 Referee: Calin Radosav

July 13 19	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–1	Phoenix Rising FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Enríquez 38' Rodríguez 90+3'	Report	Asante 32' Jahn 62' Musa 85' Aguinaga 87'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,339 Referee: Elton García

July 20 20	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Cabrera 32' Small 87' Adams 90' Lemoine 90+2'	Report	Martinez 84' (o.g.) Chantzopoulos 87' Mahoney 90+1'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 2,408 Referee: Matthew Thompson

July 27 21	Las Vegas Lights FC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Las Vegas, Nevada
9:30 PM	Robinson 10' Parra 31' Tabortetaka 41' Rojas 88'	Report	Small 26' Bird 38'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 8,818 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

August 3 22	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Arcila 10' Bird 73'	Report	Janjigian 9' Apodaca 20' Akanyirige 30' Seymore 90+2'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,804 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

August 10 23	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–3	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM	Malcolm 12' Burt 20', 47' Robinson 45+2' Schweitzer 81' Rwatubyaye 90+3'	Report	Salazar 27' Rodriguez 42' Arcila 58' Coronado 90+6'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,254 Referee: Eric Tattersall

August 17 24	San Antonio FC	2–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM	Barmby 14' Parano 44' Greene 68' López 88'	Report	Fuenmayor 31' Martinez 38' Samuels 45+4' Castellanos 51' Small 75' Ackon 80' (o.g.) Rodriguez 87' Jackson 90'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,533 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

August 24 25	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Bird 46'	Report	Ryan 56' 90+1'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Luis Guardia

September 1 26	Austin Bold FC	3–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Twumasi 33' Taylor 55' Lima 60' Promise 72', 87'	Report	Corti 44' Enríquez 57' Fuenmayor 77' Coronado 85'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Kevin Broadley

September 7 27	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–1	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Lemoine 34' Hernandez 45+3' Castellanos 78' Rodriguez 81'	Report	Prasad 26' Marlon 50' Boakye-Mensa 87'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,861 Referee: Dejan Susak

September 15 28	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Sacramento, California
7:00 PM	Werner 18' Formella 81', 83' Shuttleworth 90+2'	Report	Lemoine 5' Castellanos 68' Bird 83'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,688 Referee: Joseph Salinas

September 18 29	Fresno FC	5–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Fresno, California
9:30 PM	Lawal 6', 63', 69' Alihodžić 30' (pen.) Chavez 44', 61'	Report	Donovan 28'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 2,343 Referee: Brandon Stevis

September 21 30	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	3–1	Real Monarchs	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M.	Enríquez 32' (pen.) Bird 56' Lemoine 58' Salazar 75'	Report	Blake 54' Fertil-Pierre 72' German 81' Chang 82' Powder 85'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

September 28 31	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–0	Orange County SC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Lemoine 53' Rodriguez 71' Obregón, Jr. 85' Martinez 88'	Report	van Ewijk 54' Duke 55' Orozco 90+2'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,502 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

October 5 32	New Mexico United	1–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Albuquerque, New Mexico
8:30 PM	Hamilton 44' Moar 55' Muhammad 65'	Report	Junqua 26' Small 40' (pen.) Rodriguez 45+3'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 11,196 Referee: Matthew Thompson

October 13 33	OKC Energy FC	0–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 PM		Report	Donovan 70' Small 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 6,549 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

October 18 34	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–1	Portland Timbers 2	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Beckford 15' Small 43'	Report	Hurtado 17' Wharton 19' Ornstil 34' Hanson 48' Diz 90+3'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,967 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their hybrid affiliation with the Dynamo, RGVFC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.^[4]

References

^ "About the Club". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ "Roster". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ "Rio Grande Valley FC Reveals 2019 USL Championship Season Schedule". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

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Houston Dynamo academy player.

[1] "About the Club". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[2] "Roster". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[3] "Rio Grande Valley FC Reveals 2019 USL Championship Season Schedule". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

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

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