2020 Sacramento Republic FC season

Sacramento Republic FC
2020 season
Owner	Kevin M. Nagle
Head coach	Simon Elliott
Stadium	Papa Murphy's Park
USL Championship	Conference: 5th; Group A: 2nd
USL Playoffs	Conf. Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Average home league attendance	11,569
Biggest win	SAC 4–0 POR (Oct. 3)
Biggest defeat	LA 1–0 SAC (July 25); TAC 1–0 SAC (Sept. 30); PHX 1–0 SAC (Oct. 10)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2020 Sacramento Republic FC season was the club's seventh season of existence. The club played in the USL Championship (USLC), the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Sacramento Republic FC competed in the Western Conference of the USL Championship.^[2] This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.^[3]

Club

Roster

As of February 11, 2020^[4]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
2	DF	Shannon Gomez	Trinidad and Tobago
3	DF	Hayden Sargis	United States
4	DF	Tomas Hilliard-Arce	United States
5	DF	Matt Mahoney	United States
8	MF	Rodrigo López	United States
9	FW	Kharlton Belmar	United States
10	FW	Dariusz Formella	Poland
11	MF	Sam Werner	United States
12	MF	Drew Skundrich	United States
14	DF	Ashkanov Apollon	United States
15	DF	Juan Barahona	El Salvador
18	GK	Rafael Díaz	Dominican Republic
20	MF	Villyan Bijev	Bulgaria
21	DF	Dekel Keinan	Israel
22	MF	Julian Chavez (^[A])	United States
23	MF	Mario Penagos	United States
24	MF	Jaime Villarreal	United States
28	MF	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	United States
30	DF	Jordan McCrary	United States
31	FW	Cameron Iwasa	United States
32	DF	Aris Yang (^[A])	United States
48	DF	Eddy Berumen (^[A])	United States
49	GK	Diego Ramos (^[A])	United States
99	GK	Adam Grinwis	United States

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Staff

As of January 23, 2020^[5]

Position	Name
General Manager	Todd Dunivant
Head Coach	Mark Briggs
Goalkeeper Coach	Romuald Peiser
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Luke Rayfield
Head Athletic Trainer	Aung Aye

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 5 Preseason 1	Seattle Sounders FC	6–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Seattle, Washington
PST	Ruidíaz 2' Shipp 9' Morris 35' Dhillon 78', 97' A. Roldan 117'	Report	Werner 72' Iwasa 96'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: 120-minute scrimmage.

February 21 Preseason 2	San Jose Earthquakes	1–3	Sacramento Republic FC	San Jose, California
PST	Ríos 13'	Report	Iwasa 7' Skundrich 11', 29'	Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium

February 29 Preseason 3	Sacramento Republic FC	v	Real Monarchs	Sacramento, California
PST				Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park

USL Championship

Standings — Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Reno 1868 FC	16	11	3	2	43	21	+22	36	2.25	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC	16	8	6	2	27	17	+10	30	1.88	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
3	Tacoma Defiance	16	4	2	10	25	32	−7	14	0.88
4	Portland Timbers 2	16	3	0	13	20	50	−30	9	0.56

Source: USL

Match results

March 7 1	Sacramento Republic FC	1–1	FC Tulsa	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PST	Skundrich 23', 42' Sargis 28' Barahona 32'	Report	Moloto 24' Sheldon 60' Garcia 68' da Costa 79' Martínez 90+3'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of Republic FC's schedule was announced on July 2.^[6]

July 13 2	Sacramento Republic FC	3–3	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
7:00 PM PDT	Formella 8' (pen.), 37' Hillard-Arce 23' Villareal 84' Skundrich 90+1'	Report	Diaz 1' Daley 57' Serrano 81'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

July 19 3	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
6:00 PM PDT	McCrary 74' Iwasa 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Langsdorf 19' Dabo 88'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicholas Marin

July 25 4	LA Galaxy II	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
7:00 PM PDT	Vázquez 36' Williams 72' Hernandez 90+8'	Report	McCrary 16' Villarreal 27' Iwasa 67'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Brandon Stevis

July 29 5	Sacramento Republic FC	v	Orange County SC	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM PDT				Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park

August 1 6	San Diego Loyal SC	0–0	Sacramento Republic FC	San Diego, California
7:00 PM PDT	Spencer 41' Klimenta 66' Avila 85'	Report	Wheeler-Omiunu 55' Hilliard-Arce 71' Skundrich 88' Iwasa 90+3'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

August 8 7	Portland Timbers 2	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM PDT	Molloy 52' Krolicki 54' Hanson 84'	Report	Leeker 12' (o.g.) Mahoney 82' 90+2' Sargis 90+6'	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Adorae Monroy

August 12 8	Reno 1868 FC	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
7:15 PM PDT	Partida 80' Dabo 82'	Report	McCrary 21' Sargis 38' Bijev 45+2' (pen.), 71' Keinan 56' R. Lopez 75'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

August 15 9	Sacramento Republic FC	3–1	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM (PDT)	Formella 14', 41' Iwasa 33' Belmar 54' McCrary 84'	Report	Hinds 42' Rogers 50'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

August 22 10	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	Portland Timbers 2	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM PDT	R. Lopez 45+2' Skundrich 60' Iwasa 69' Apollon 82'	Report	González Asensi 23' Molloy 75'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicholas Marin

September 2 11	Portland Timbers 2	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PDT	Epps 80' Clapier 90+2'	Report	Skundrich 49' R. Lopez 72' Gomez 81' Penagos 87' Chavez 90+6'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

September 9 5	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	Orange County SC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT	Formella 48', 79' R. Lopez 58' Bijev 87'	Report	Okoli 5' Quinn 34' Palmer 72'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Elijio Arreguin
Note: Re-schedule of postponed July 29, 2020 match.

September 12 12	Sacramento Republic FC	3–3	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT	Werner 5' Formella 32' Villarreal 73' Belmar 80'	Report	Langsdorf 2' Partida 67', 84' Alfaro 79' Apodaca 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Ruska

September 20 13	Sacramento Republic FC	3–3	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT	Keinan 45+4' Bijev 48' Skundrich 56' Belmar 60' (pen.) R. Lopez 90' Sargis 90+4'	Report	Pérez 3' Kitahara 15' Díaz 66', 80' Serrano 86'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicholas Marin

September 26 14	Reno 1868 FC	1–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
6:15 PM PDT	Rivas 5' Richards 44' Langsdorf 45+1' Alfaro 50' Hertzog 58'	Report	R. Lopez 21' Keinan 51' Hilliard-Arce 52' Villarreal 83' Formella 90+3'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Radchuk

September 30 15	Tacoma Defiance	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 PM PDT	Mueller 66' Díaz 71', 90+4'	Report	Chavez 42' Penagos 90'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brandon Stevis

October 3 16	Sacramento Republic FC	4–0	Portland Timbers 2	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT	Formella 2', 4' Villarreal 9', 42' Belmar 16' McCrary 22' Bijev 25' Keinan 67' Barahona 85' F. López 90'	Report	Hanson 45+4' Krolicki 45+6'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicholas Marin

USL Cup Playoffs

October 10 Conf. Quarterfinals	Phoenix Rising FC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sacramento Republic FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
6:00 PM PDT	Dadashov 44' Lambert 109' Asante 114'	Report	Formella 12' López 45' Hilliard-Arce 74' McCrary 87' Keinan 90+1'	Stadium: Casino Arizona Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

U.S. Open Cup

As a USL Championship club, Sacramento will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.^[7]

April 8 Second Round	Sacramento Republic FC (USLC)	v	Oakland Roots SC (NISA)	Sacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT				Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[8]

References

^ "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
^ "Teams". USL Soccer. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Team Roster". Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
^ "Republic FC To Resume USL Season At Home On Monday, July 13". sacrepublicfc.com. July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
^ "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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[1] "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

[2] "Teams". USL Soccer. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

[3] "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[Roster-4] "Team Roster". Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[5] "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

[6] "Republic FC To Resume USL Season At Home On Monday, July 13". sacrepublicfc.com. July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

[7] "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

[8] "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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