2020 FC Tucson season

FC Tucson
2020 season
Owner	Phoenix Rising FC
Manager	John Galas
Stadium	Kino North Stadium
USL1 2020 season	6th
USL1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Shak Adams; Josh Coan (4)
Biggest win	4–1; (Aug. 18 at Orlando City B)
Biggest defeat	0–2; (Sept. 12 vs. North Texas SC)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2020 FC Tucson season was the ninth season in the soccer team's history and their second in USL League One, a league in the third division of American soccer. FC Tucson, as a child club of Phoenix Rising FC of USL Championship, are barred from participating in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup.^[1] FC Tucson play their home games at Kino North Stadium, located in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

Club

Roster

As of September 6, 2020^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Carlos Merancio	Mexico
2	MF	Darryl Longdon	United States
3	DF	Jonathan Caparelli	Argentina
4	DF	Jordan Hill	United States
5	MF	Esteban Calvo	Costa Rica
6	DF	Elivelton Oliveira de Lima (on loan from FC Cascavel)	Brazil
7	MF	Roberto Alarcón	Spain
9	FW	Azaad Liadi	United States
10	FW	Charlie Dennis	England
11	MF	Josh Coan	United States
13	GK	Rafael Guerrero	United States
14	MF	Manuel Ferriol	Spain
16	DF	Samuel Biek	Germany
17	MF	Gio Magaña-Rivera	United States
19	FW	Giovanni Godoy	United States
20	DF	Niall Logue	Northern Ireland
21	DF	Charlie Booth	United States
23	MF	Erik Virgen	United States
26	DF	A. J. Valenzuela	United States
33	DF	Tommy Silva	United States
44	MF	Raheem Somersall	Saint Kitts and Nevis
50	FW	Darius Lewis	Trinidad and Tobago
77	FW	Shak Adams	United States
95	MF	Ramone Howell	Jamaica
99	GK	Amal Knight (on loan from San Diego Loyal)	Jamaica

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USL Academy Contract.

Coaching staff

Name	Position
John Galas	Head coach
Jon Pearlman	Assistant coach
Alex Rangel	Goalkeeper coach

Front Office Staff

Name	Position
Amanda Powers	President
Jon Pearlman	Director of Soccer Operations

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28) Preseason 1	FC Tucson	2–0	New Mexico United	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST	Trialist 70' Adams 80'	Report		Stadium: Kino North Stadium

February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 2	FC Tucson	0–4	OKC Energy FC	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST		Report Goals: 1 2 3 4	Chavez 11' Saari 29' Lopez 49' Basuljevic 50'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
4	Richmond Kickers	16	8	6	2	22	22	0	26	1.63
5	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	15	6	5	4	21	17	+4	22	1.47
6	FC Tucson	16	6	6	4	21	19	+2	22	1.38
7	Forward Madison FC	16	5	5	6	20	14	+6	21	1.31
8	Tormenta FC	16	5	7	4	19	22	−3	19	1.19

Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	4	6	21	19	+2	22	3	2	3	11	11	0	3	2	3	10	8	+2

Source: USL League One^[3]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W
Position	3	6	8	10	4	8	8	9	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	5

Source: USL League One^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 1	Fort Lauderdale CF	1–2	FC Tucson	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT	Lopez-Espin 8' Saavedra 25' 27' Fray 38' 45+2'	Report Report	Biek 37' Liadi 87' Valenzuela 90'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01) 2	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–0	FC Tucson	East Ridge, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT	Soto 5' Folla 15' Doyle 38' Zacarías 41' Hurst 53' Mangels 68' Pineda 84'	Report Report	Liadi 22' Magaña-Rivera 42' Somersall 59' Biek 61' Coan 69' Alarcón 89'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 721 Referee: Kyle Johnston

August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08) 3	FC Tucson	1–2	Union Omaha	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Alarcón 49' Calvo 63' Ramos-Godoy 76' Virgen 90+3'	Report Report	Conway 23' Hauswirth 48', 78' Vanacore-Decker 58' Boyce 77' Mare 90+5'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Isaiah Vlad

August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 4	Richmond Kickers	2–1	FC Tucson	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT	Magalhães 8' Kraft 24' Bolduc 35' Terzaghi 42'	Report Report	Silva 41' Logue 63' Adams 81' Dennis 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 634 Referee: Danielle Chesky

August 18, 2020 (2020-08-18) 5	Orlando City B	1–4	FC Tucson	Kissimmee, Florida
4:00 PM MST	Rodas 18' (pen.), 90+1' Kennedy 29'	Report Report	Liadi 6', 26' Alarcón 21' Adams 41' Valenzuela 46'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Alyssa Nichols

August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 6	Union Omaha	2–1	FC Tucson	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM EDT	Boyce 16' David 28' Viader 55' Sousa 73' Molina 78'	Report	Adams 33'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 5, 2020 (2020-09-05) 7	FC Tucson	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Alarcón 10' (pen.) Adams 15'	Report	Terzaghi 40' (pen.) Falck 90+3'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12) 8	FC Tucson	0–2	North Texas SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Alarcón 3' Ramos-Godoy 59' Liadi 70' Lewis 83' Ferriol 84'	Report	Damus 61' (pen.) Smith 69'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Laura Rodriguez

September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16) 9	FC Tucson	1–0	New England Revolution II	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Elivelton 8' Liadi 90+1' Alarcón 90+4'	Report Report	Maciel 29'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Isaiah Vlad

September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 10	North Texas SC	1–1	FC Tucson	Arlington, Texas
7:30 PM EDT	Cerrillo 21' Hernandez 71' Bruce 90+5'	Report Report	Dennis 21' Elivelton 45+5'	Stadium: Globe Life Park in Arlington Attendance: 926 Referee: Gloria Resendiz

September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23) 11	FC Tucson	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Elivelton 3' Coan 55' Liadi 74'	Report Report	Paulo Jr. 40' Leonard 68' Trimmingham 90+3'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) 12	FC Tucson	1–2	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Elivelton 49' Ramos-Godoy 55' (pen.) Logue 82'	Report Report	Nodarse 9' Sosa 84', 90+4' Kiesewetter 87'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Samantha Martinez

October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) 13	Forward Madison FC	0–0	FC Tucson	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
4:00 PM MDT	Wojcik 9' Toyama 65'	Report Report	Alarcón 26' Liadi 35' Virgen 45+3' Dennis 66' Biek 71' Pena 87'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Lukasz Szpala

October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) 14	Tormenta FC	0–1	FC Tucson	Statesboro, Georgia
4:00 PM MDT	Skelton 19' Williams 68' Rowe 90+4'	Report Report	Ramos-Godoy 34' Biek 67' Logue 90+4'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Joshua Belk

October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 15	FC Tucson	2–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Ramos-Godoy 12', 47' Calvo 14' Coan 45' Virgen 56' Merancio 71'	Report Report	McLean 14', 90+1' Polak 73'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17) 16	FC Tucson	2–0	Orlando City B	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Coan 45+3', 90' Pena 83'	Report Report	Williams 57' Rosales 88'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Kevin Sánchez

Statistics

^[5]

#	Pos.	Name	GP	GS	Min.	Goals	Assists
77	FW	Shak Adams	12	9	809	4	2	0
11	MF	Josh Coan	11	6	561	4	0	0
6	DF	Elivelton	16	14	1104	3	2	1
9	FW	Azaad Liadi	15	11	979	3	3	5
19	FW	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy	15	11	952	3	0	2
7	MF	Roberto Alarcón	16	15	1330	2	2	5
23	MF	Erik Virgen	12	10	907	1	0	3
26	DF	A. J. Valenzuela	3	1	100	1	0	1
20	DF	Niall Logue	16	16	1440	0	0	4
10	FW	Charlie Dennis	15	14	1176	0	5	3
5	MF	Esteban Calvo	13	12	1080	0	0	2
16	DF	Samuel Biek	12	12	1062	0	0	4
1	GK	Carlos Merancio	9	9	810	0	1	1
33	DF	Tommy Silva	9	8	721	0	1	1
44	MF	Raheem Somersall	9	8	628	0	0	1
27	MF	Jordan Pena	5	5	450	0	0	2
95	MF	Ramone Howell	14	2	294	0	0	0
21	DF	Charlie Booth	9	3	282	0	0	0
14	MF	Manuel Ferriol	9	1	208	0	1	1
17	MF	Gio Magaña-Rivera	2	1	99	0	0	1
2	MF	Darryl Longdon	6	0	92	0	0	0
50	MF	Darius Lewis	5	0	52	0	0	1
4	DF	Jordan Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0

Goalkeepers

#	Name	GP	GS	Min.	SV	GA	GAA	SO
99	Amal Knight	7	7	630	26	6	0.857	2	0	0
1	Carlos Merancio	9	9	810	25	13	1.444	2	1	0

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The remainder of the competition, is played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

References

^ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ "2020 Roster". fctucson.com. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
^ "FC Tucson Schedule". USLLeagueOne.com Staff.
^ 2020 Player Stats

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
USL Academy Contract.

[Behind_closed_doors-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The remainder of the competition, is played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

[1] "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[2] "2020 Roster". fctucson.com. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[3] "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.

[4] "FC Tucson Schedule". USLLeagueOne.com Staff.

[6] 2020 Player Stats

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