2020 FC Tucson season

The 2020 FC Tucson season is 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.

FC Tucson
2020 season
OwnerPhoenix Rising FC
Manager John Galas
StadiumKino North Stadium
USL1 2020 season6th
USL1 PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
Top goalscorerShak Adams
Josh Coan (4)
Biggest win4–1
(Aug. 18 at Orlando City B)
Biggest defeat0–2
(Sept. 12 vs. North Texas SC)

Club

Roster
As of September 6, 2020[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Carlos Merancio  Mexico
2 Midfielder Darryl Longdon  United States
3 Defender Jonathan Caparelli  Argentina
4 Defender Jordan Hill  United States
5 Midfielder Esteban Calvo  Costa Rica
6 Defender Elivelton Oliveira de Lima (on loan from FC Cascavel)  Brazil
7 Midfielder Roberto Alarcón  Spain
9 Forward Azaad Liadi  United States
10 Forward Charlie Dennis  England
11 Midfielder Josh Coan  United States
13 Goalkeeper Rafael Guerrero  United States
14 Midfielder Manuel Ferriol  Spain
16 Defender Samuel Biek  Germany
17 Midfielder Gio Magaña-Rivera  United States
19 Forward Giovanni Godoy  United States
20 Defender Niall Logue  Northern Ireland
21 Defender Charlie Booth  United States
23 Midfielder Erik Virgen  United States
26 Defender A. J. Valenzuela  United States
33 Defender Tommy Silva  United States
44 Midfielder Raheem Somersall  Saint Kitts and Nevis
50 Forward Darius Lewis  Trinidad and Tobago
77 Forward Shak Adams  United States
95 Midfielder Ramone Howell  Jamaica
99 Goalkeeper Amal Knight (on loan from San Diego Loyal)  Jamaica
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract.
    2.

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
Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL League One
Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22
6 FC Tucson 16 6 6 4 21 19 +2 22
7 Forward Madison FC 16 5 5 6 20 14 +6 21
8 Tormenta FC 16 5 7 4 19 22 −3 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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]

Round12345678910111213141516
StadiumAAHAAAHHHAHHAAHH
ResultWLLLWLDLWDWLDWDW
Position36810488977566555
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 0
11 MF Josh Coan 11 6 561 4 0 0 0
6 DF Elivelton 16 14 1104 3 2 1 0
9 FW Azaad Liadi 15 11 979 3 3 5 0
19 FW Giovanni Ramos-Godoy 15 11 952 3 0 2 0
7 MF Roberto Alarcón 16 15 1330 2 2 5 0
23 MF Erik Virgen 12 10 907 1 0 3 0
26 DF A. J. Valenzuela 3 1 100 1 0 1 0
20 DF Niall Logue 16 16 1440 0 0 4 0
10 FW Charlie Dennis 15 14 1176 0 5 3 0
5 MF Esteban Calvo 13 12 1080 0 0 2 0
16 DF Samuel Biek 12 12 1062 0 0 4 0
1 GK Carlos Merancio 9 9 810 0 1 1 0
33 DF Tommy Silva 9 8 721 0 1 1 0
44 MF Raheem Somersall 9 8 628 0 0 1 0
27 MF Jordan Pena 5 5 450 0 0 2 0
95 MF Ramone Howell 14 2 294 0 0 0 0
21 DF Charlie Booth 9 3 282 0 0 0 0
14 MF Manuel Ferriol 9 1 208 0 1 1 0
17 MF Gio Magaña-Rivera 2 1 99 0 0 1 0
2 MF Darryl Longdon 6 0 92 0 0 0 0
50 MF Darius Lewis 5 0 52 0 0 1 0
4 DF Jordan Hill 1 0 1 0 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
  1. The remainder of the competition, is played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

References
  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.
  5. 2020 Player Stats
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