2021 San Antonio FC season

The 2021 San Antonio FC season is the club's sixth season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, it is the 12th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club plays in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and will participate in the U.S. Open Cup.

San Antonio FC

2021 season
Owner	Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Head coach	Alen Marcina
Stadium	Toyota Field

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Alen Marcina
SAFC Pro Academy Director & Assistant Coach	Nick Evans
Director of Goalkeeping	Juan Lamadrid
Equipment Manager	Rashad Moore
Assistant Coach	Ryan Roushandel
Athletic Trainer	Jesse Lowrance
High Performance Coordinator	Sean Arters

Source: San Antonio FC

Other information

Owner	Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Chairman	Julianna Hawn Holt
Managing Director	Tim Holt
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Toyota Field (8,200 / 110x70 yards)
Training Ground	S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex

Source: San Antonio FC

Squad information

First team squad

As of 22 January 2021.[1]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
37	Matt Cardone		GK	18 June 1993
99	Carlos Mercado		GK	27 September 1999
Defenders
15	Liam Doyle		DF	1 July 1992
31	Connor Maloney		DF	18 May 1995
	Axel Sjöberg		DF	8 March 1991
Midfielders
6	PC		MF	10 March 1994
18	Ethan Bryant		MF	20 August 2001
21	Leo Torres		MF	22 January 2004
	Emil Cuello		MF	2 January 1997
	Marcus Epps		MF	16 January 1995
	Chris Lema		MF	5 August 1996
	Cameron Lindley		MF	18 July 1997
	Ollie Wright		MF
Forwards
17	Jose Gallegos		FW	22 September 2001
	Justin Dhillon		FW	6 June 1995
	Santiago Patiño		FW	10 March 1997

Player movement

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ollie Wright	Corpus Christi FC	Undisclosed	15 December 2020	[2]
MF	Cameron Lindley	Indy Eleven	Undisclosed	18 December 2020	[3]
MF	PC	San Antonio FC	Re-signed	21 December 2020	[4]
GK	Matt Cardone	San Antonio FC	Re-signed	23 December 2020	[5]
FW	Santiago Patiño	Orlando City SC	Undisclosed	6 January 2021	[6]
DF	Connor Maloney	San Antonio FC	Re-signed	7 January 2021	[7]
MF	Ethan Bryant	San Antonio FC	Re-signed	12 January 2021	[8]
MF	Chris Lema	New York Red Bulls	Undisclosed	14 January 2021	[9]
FW	Justin Dhillon	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed	15 January 2021	[10]
MF	Emil Cuello	LA Galaxy	Undisclosed	20 January 2021	[11]
DF	Axel Sjöberg	D.C. United	Undisclosed	21 January 2021	[12]
MF	Marcus Epps	Portland Timbers 2	Undisclosed	22 January 2021	[13]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Luis Solignac	San Luis de Quillota	Undisclosed	26 October 2020	[14]
DF	Blake Smith	Retired	Undisclosed	6 November 2020	[15]
DF	Mitchell Taintor	Sacramento Republic FC	Undisclosed	3 December 2020	[16]
DF	Ebenezer Ackon	San Diego Loyal SC	Undisclosed	15 December 2020	[17]
MF	Cristian Parano	F.C. Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed	5 January 2021	[18]

Loan in

Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source

Loan out

Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source

Competitions

Overall

Position in the Western Conference

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
USL Championship	—	—
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup	—	—

Updated to match played 30 November 2020
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
USL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
U.S. Open Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—

Updated to match played 30 November 2020
Source: Competitions

USL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
14	Rio Grande Valley Toros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
15	Sacramento Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
16	San Antonio FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
17	San Diego Loyal SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
18	Tacoma Defiance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) points; 3) total wins; 4) total goal differential; 5) total goals scored; 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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 30 November 2020.
Source: [19]

Results by matchday

Position in the Western Conference

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on November 30, 2020. Source: [20]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances

Discipline includes league and playoffs play.

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Playoffs		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
6	MF	PC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Jose Gallegos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Ethan Bryant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Leo Torres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Liam Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Connor Maloney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	GK	Matt Cardone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Carlos Mercado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Emil Cuello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Justin Dhillon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Marcus Epps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Chris Lema	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Cameron Lindley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Santiago Patiño	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Axel Sjöberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ollie Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 22 January 2021.
Source: San Antonio FC

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	Playoffs	Total

Last updated: 30 November 2020.
Source: San Antonio FC

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	League	Playoffs	Total

Last updated: 30 November 2020.
Source: San Antonio FC

Summary

Games played	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Games won	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Games drawn	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Games lost	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Goals scored	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Goals conceded	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Goal difference	0 (+0 USL Championship) (+0 U.S. Open Cup)
Clean sheets	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Yellow cards	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Red cards	0 (0 USL Championship) (0 U.S. Open Cup)
Most appearances
Top scorer
Winning Percentage	Overall:

Last updated: 30 November 2020.
Source: San Antonio FC

Notes

References

1. "San Antonio FC Roster". sanantoniofc.com. San Antonio FC. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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4. Communications, San Antonio FC (21 December 2020). "SAN ANTONIO FC RE-SIGNS MIDFIELDER VICTOR "PC" GIRO". San Antonio FC.
5. Communications, San Antonio FC (23 December 2020). "SAN ANTONIO FC GOALKEEPER MATTHEW CARDONE RETURNS FOR 2021 SEASON". San Antonio FC.
6. Communications, San Antonio FC (6 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD SANTIAGO PATINO". San Antonio FC.
7. Communications, San Antonio FC (7 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC RE-SIGNS DEFENDER CONNOR MALONEY". San Antonio FC.
8. Communications, San Antonio FC (12 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC RE-SIGNS MIDFIELDER ETHAN BRYANT". San Antonio FC.
9. Communications, San Antonio FC (14 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS MIDFIELDER CHRIS LEMA". San Antonio FC.
10. Communications, San Antonio FC (15 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD JUSTIN DHILLON". San Antonio FC.
11. Communications, San Antonio FC (20 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS MIDFIELDER EMIL CUELLO". San Antonio FC.
12. Communications, San Antonio FC (21 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS DEFENDER AXEL SJÖBERG". San Antonio FC.
13. Communications, San Antonio FC (22 January 2021). "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS MIDFIELDER MARCUS EPPS". San Antonio FC.
14. Communications (26 October 2019). "Solignac Departs San Antonio, Signs with Chile's San Luis de Quillota". USL Championship.
15. San Antonio FC [@SanAntonioFC] (6 November 2020). "Today @Besmith_23 announced his retirement from the game. Congratulations to the Boerne native on a great career! Made our area proud and we're glad to have been part of the journey. Thank you and best of luck in your next chapter, Blake! 👏💯 t.co/GkAIQksQAt" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
16. https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news_article/show/1137439
17. https://www.sdloyal.com/news_article/show/1137238
18. https://www.fcpf.pt/2021/01/05/cristian-parano-e-reforco/
19. "San Antonio FC". sanantoniofc.com.
20. "League Standings". uslsoccer.com.