2020 Tormenta FC season

Tormenta FC
2020 season
Owner	Van Tassell Group
Head coach	John Miglarese
Stadium	Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
USL League One	8th
USL1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Average home league attendance	400
Biggest win	TRM 4–0 NE (October 21)
Biggest defeat	MAD 4–0 TRM (August 14)
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The 2020 Tormenta FC season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their second season as a professional club. It was their second season playing in the third tier of American soccer and their second season playing in USL League One (USL1). This article covers the period from October 20, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL1 Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL1 Playoff Final, scheduled for October 22–25, 2020.^[1]

Club

Roster

As of April 19, 2020^[2]^[3]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Pablo Jara	Chile
2	DF	Rhys Williams	United States
3	DF	Stefan Mueller	United States
4	DF	Lars Eckenrode	United States
5	DF	Joshua Phelps	Australia
6	MF	Ricardo Gómez	United States
7	MF	Luca Mayr-Fälten	Austria
8	MF	Nil Vinyals	Spain
9	FW	Mikie Rowe	Ireland
10	MF	Marco Micaletto	Italy
11	FW	Daniel Jackson	United States
12	MF	Abuchi Obinwa	United States
15	DF	Jordan Skelton	England
16	FW	Devyn Jambga	United States
18	DF	Michael O'Sullivan	England
19	FW	Pato Botello Faz	Mexico
21	MF	Jad Arslan	United States
22	MF	Lucas Coutinho	Brazil
27	MF	Tristan DeLoach (^[A])	United States
28	MF	Grant Hampton (^[A])	United States
30	GK	Stephen O'Hearn (^[A])	United States

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USL Academy Contract

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 12 Preseason 1	Charlotte Independence	2–4	Tormenta FC	Columbia, South Carolina
5:00 PM EDT	(pen.)	Report	Vinyals (Mayr-Fälten) Micaletto (pen.)	Stadium: SCUFC Monticello Road Soccer Center

February 23 Preseason 2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–3	Tormenta FC	St. Petersburg, Florida
2:00 PM EDT	Mkosana 57' (pen.) Lachowecki 60'	Report	Mayr-Fälten 1' Micaletto 28' Coutinho 33'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

February 28 Preseason 3	Tormenta FC	v	Charleston Battery	Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Eagle Field

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
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
9	New England Revolution II^[a]	16	5	8	3	19	26	−7	18	1.13
10	Fort Lauderdale CF^[a]	16	4	9	3	19	28	−9	15	0.94

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Match results

July 25 1	Tormenta FC	2–2	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Micaletto 7', 26' Mayr-Fälten 16' Rowe 71' Jackson 90+1'	Report	Hurst 28', 52', 61' Ruiz 42' Pineda 82' Ualefi 83' Hernandez 90+3'	Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 28 2	Tormenta FC	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Mueller 7' Skelton 66' Micaletto 76'	Report	Falck 13' Mwape 90+1'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Kyle Johnston

August 1 3	Tormenta FC	2–0	Orlando City B	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Skelton 6' Obinwa 45+1' Vinyals 56', 70'	Report	Tablante 41' Rivera 44'	Stadium: Erk Russell Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Joshua Belk

August 5 4	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Tormenta FC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Donnelly 90+1'	Report	Skelton 32' Gómez 74' Williams 90+4'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Referee: Izlen Peksenar

August 8 5	Tormenta FC	1–2	Fort Lauderdale CF	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Micaletto 35' Skelton 57' Rowe 90+3', 90+3'	Report	Hardin 27' Castanheira 27' Azcona 41' Lopez-Espin 76' Raggio 90+5' Cuartas 90+6'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Kevin Broadley

August 14 6	Forward Madison FC	4–0	Tormenta FC	Madison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT	Vang 8', 60' Smart 23' Wojcik 58' Paulo Jr. 69'	Report	Obinwa 86'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Referee: Calin Radosav

August 22 7	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–2	Tormenta FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
1:00 PM EDT	Hurst 26' Folla 39' Ramos 84'	Report	Vinyals 17' Micaletto 36', 79' (pen.) Phelps 41' Mayr-Fälten 82' DeLoach 90+1' Jara 90+6'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 770 Referee: Richonne Clark

August 28 8	Orlando City B	1–1	Tormenta FC	Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	O'Callaghan 27' Aguilera 63' (pen.) Tablante 87'	Report	Aviza 29' (o.g.) Phelps 49' 61' Obinwa 85'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Referee: Johan Fredrik Roenning

September 4 9	Tormenta FC	1–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Gómez 26' Mayr-Fälten 73' Williams 75' Arslan 78'	Report	McLean 13' Morrell 36' Donnelly 90+4'	Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Izlen Peksenar

September 11 10	Tormenta FC	2–2	Union Omaha	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Mayr-Fälten 11' Nuhu 22' (o.g.) Arslan 63' Micaletto 74'	Report	Sousa 62', 81' N'For 70'	Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

September 19 11	Fort Lauderdale CF	1–2	Tormenta FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT	Azcona 5' Makoun 24' Fray 40' Guediri 60' Sosa 90+7'	Report	Thorn 19' Mayr-Fälten 62' Skelton 83' 90+4'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

October 3 12	Union Omaha	3–0	Tormenta FC	Papillion, Nebraska
8:00 PM EDT	Conway 38' Viader 78' Scearce 83'	Report	Mueller 53'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Chris Ruska

October 7 13	Tormenta FC	0–1	FC Tucson	Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Skelton 19' Williams 68' Rowe 90+4'	Report	Ramos-Godoy 34' Biek 67' Logue 90+4'	Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Joshua Belk

October 17 14	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Tormenta FC	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT		Report	Phelps 45+1' Micaletto 45+4', 88' 90+2' Coutinho 90+1' Eckenrode 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Matthew Franz

October 21 15	Tormenta FC	4–0	New England Revolution II	Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT	Vinyals 18' Phelps 29' Arslan 34' DeLoach 80' Jambga 81'	Report	Bell 36'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Kyle Johnston

October 24 16	North Texas SC	2–1	Tormenta FC	Arlington, Texas
9:30 PM EDT	Do. Hernandez 47' Burgess 90+5' Munjoma 90+6', 90+8'	Report	Vinyals 45+3' Micaletto 90'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 898 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

U.S. Open Cup

As a USL League One club, Tormenta will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.^[4]

April 8 2nd round	Charleston Battery	P–P	Tormenta FC	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]

References

^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "2020 USL League One Roster". tormentafc.com.
^ "South Georgia Tormenta FC Roster | uslleagueone.com". Uslleagueone.com.
^ "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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USL Academy Contract

[table_note_FTL0.48808089852709-4] Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

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

[2] "2020 USL League One Roster". tormentafc.com.

[3] "South Georgia Tormenta FC Roster | uslleagueone.com". Uslleagueone.com.

[5] "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.

[6] "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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