2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season

The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.

Bethlehem Steel FC
2019 season
Ownership GroupKeystone S&E
Head coachBrendan Burke
StadiumTalen Energy Stadium
USLCEastern Conf.: 16th
USL PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
Top goalscorerKacper Przybylko (3)
Highest home attendance1,537
(Apr. 20 vs. Indy Eleven)
Lowest home attendance219
(May 25 vs. Louisville City)
Average home league attendance503
Biggest win3–0
(June 28 at Hartford)
5–2
(Sept. 18 vs Loudoun)
Biggest defeat1–6
(Sept. 21 at Tampa)
0–5
(Sept. 28 at Memphis)

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of March 17, 2019.

No. Position Player Nation
15 Defender Olivier Mbaizo ([A])  Cameroon
20 Forward Michee Ngalina ([A])  DR Congo
21 Midfielder Anthony Fontana ([A])  United States
32 Defender Matthew Real ([A])  United States
35 Forward Faris  Cameroon
36 Forward Saed Díaz (on loan from Tauro)  Panama
37 Midfielder Selmir Miscic  United States
38 Midfielder Zach Zandi  United States
39 Midfielder Chavany Willis (on loan from Portmore United)  Jamaica
40 Midfielder Issa Rayyan  United States
41 Forward Yomi Scintu  Germany
42 Defender Jamoi Topey (on loan from Cavalier)  Jamaica
43 Defender Steve Kingue (on loan from Nfuko Academy)  Cameroon
44 Defender Ben Ofeimu  United States
45 Midfielder James Chambers  Ireland
47 Defender Walter Cortés (on loan from Saprissa)  Costa Rica
49 Goalkeeper Todd Morton  United States
51 Midfielder Cole Turner  United States
53 Goalkeeper Ben Martino  United States
54 Goalkeeper Lukas Burns ([B])  United States
55 Midfielder Jack de Vries  United States
56 Midfielder Luis Flores ([B])  United States
57 Forward Patrick Bohui ([B])  United States
59 Midfielder Axel Picazo ([B])  United States
60 Defender Nathan Harriel ([B])  United States
61 Midfielder Dante Huckaby ([B])  United States
63 Forward Shanyder Borgelin  Haiti
64 Goalkeeper Tomas Romero ([B])  El Salvador
65 Goalkeeper Brady McSwain ([B])  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with Philadelphia Union.
  2. ^

Transfers

In

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Fee/Notes
January 8, 2019 Zach Zandi38MF Villanova UniversitySigned[1]
January 23, 2019 Ben Ofeimu44DF Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[2]
February 25, 2019 Issa Rayyan40MF Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[3]
March 8, 2019 Yomi Scintu41FW VfB EichstattSigned[4]
April 5, 2019 Shanyder Borgelin63FW Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[5]

Out

Date Player Number Position New Club Fee/Notes
November 19, 2018 Omar Holness36MF Darlington F.C.Option declined[6]
November 19, 2018 Chris Nanco37FW Forge FCEnd of contract[6][7]
November 19, 2018 Santi Moar38FW New Mexico UnitedEnd of contract[6][8]
November 19, 2018 Drew Skundrich39MF Sacramento Republic FCEnd of contract[6][9]
November 19, 2018 Mike Catalano41MFOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018 Aidan Apodaca42FW Reno 1868 FCOption declined[6][10]
November 19, 2018 Brandon Aubrey44DFOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018 Matt Mahoney48DF Sacramento Republic FCOption declined[6][11]
November 19, 2018 A. J. Paterson49MF Charleston BatteryOption declined[6][12]

Loan in

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Fee/Notes
January 4, 2019 Saed Díaz36FW Tauro FCSeason loan[13]
January 25, 2019 Steve Kingue43DF Nfuko Academy SportsSeason loan[14]
February 27, 2019 Chavany Willis42MF Portmore UnitedSeason loan[15]
February 28, 2019 Walter Cortes47DF Deportivo SaprissaSeason loan[16]
March 1, 2019 Jamoi Topey42DF Cavalier SCSeason loan[17]

Competitions

Preseason

February 2, 2019 Preseason D.C. United 1–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Clearwater, FL
16:00 EST Kadono  57' Report Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
February 6, 2019 Preseason Chargers Soccer Club 2–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Clearwater, FL
16:00 EST  4'
 70'
Report Blacklock  33', 40'
Temple  60'
Trialist  74'
Soumah  90'
Stadium: Countryside Sports Plex
February 10, 2019 Preseason Bethlehem Steel FC 3–0 FC Motown Wayne, PA
9:00 EST Díaz  22'
Harriel  42'
Zandi  43'
Report Stadium: YSC Sports
February 13, 2019 Preseason West Chester United 1–0 Bethlehem Steel FC West Chester, PA
19:30 EST Gonzalez  59' (pen.) Report Stadium: Kildare's Turf
February 16, 2019 Preseason Villanova Wildcats 1–2 Bethlehem Steel FC
Faris  4'
Chambers  18'
Report  22'
Note: Closed-door scrimmage
February 20, 2019 Preseason Loudoun United FC 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Leesburg, VA
Report Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex
Note: Closed-door scrimmage

USL Championship

Results summary


Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Atlanta United 2 34 9 8 17 45 77 32 35
15 Memphis 901 FC 34 9 7 18 37 52 15 34
16 Bethlehem Steel FC 34 8 7 19 49 78 29 31
17 Hartford Athletic 34 8 5 21 49 80 31 29
18 Swope Park Rangers 34 6 8 20 46 80 34 26
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Match results

All times in Eastern Time.

10 March 1 Birmingham Legion FC 0–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Birmingham, Alabama
7:00 PM Lopez  42'
Hollinger-Janzen  73'
Avila  90+5'
Report Przybyłko  53'
Zandi  68'
Díaz  76'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Field
Attendance: 5,807
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
16 March 2 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 North Carolina FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Report Lomis  51'
Guillén  63'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 737
Referee: Lorant Varga
24 March 3 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Memphis 901 FC Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Fontana  28' Report Dally  58'
Grandison  78'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 433
Referee: Luis Arroyo
30 March 4 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Moumbagna  21',  44'
Willis  29'
Ngalinga  36'
Chambers  70'
Report Kerr  4'
Greenspan  60'
Dover  72'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 480
Referee: Jose Lara
6 April 5 Swope Park Rangers 3–4 Bethlehem Steel FC Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 PM Vanacore-Decker  19'
Mbekeli  44',  57'
Riley  49'
Segbers  70'
Report Rayyan  24'
Moumbagna  27'
Fontana  64'
Real  68'  90+1'
Ofeimu  73'
Segbers  76' (o.g.)
Santos  90+3'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 486
Referee: Mike Lavergne
13 April 6 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–1 Charleston Battery Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Ofeimu  31'
Przybyłko  44', 70'
Fabinho  67'  81'
Turner  90+1'
Report Kelly-Rosales  42'
Anunga  69'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
16 April 7 Charlotte Independence 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Matthews, North Carolina
6:00 PM Gutman  29',  66'
Herrera  72'
Report Turner  57'
Willis  80'
Real  84'
Ofeimu  85'
Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
20 April 8 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Indy Eleven Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM EDT Ofeimu  53'
Moumbagna  80'
Report Hackshaw  26'
Kelly  28'
Pasher  73'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,537
Referee: Jon Freemon
3 May 9 Loudoun United FC 3–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Washington, District of Columbia
6:30 PM Murphy  37',  49'
Verfurth  59'
Sinclair  90+3'
Report Ngalina  31',  32'
Moumbagna  60' (pen.)
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 824
Referee: Mark Allatin
12 May 10 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–1 Atlanta United 2 Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Chambers  20'
Topey  64'
Cortés  83'
Report Wyke  11',  90'
Asiedu  59'
Hernández  72'
Vint  81'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Lorant Varga
19 May 11 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Ottawa Fury FC Chester, Pennsylvania
18:00 EST (UTC–5) Fabinho  14' Report François  32'
Fall  57'
Samb  82'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 436
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
25 May 12 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–2 Louisville City FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Mbaizo  31'
Moumbagna  37'
Willis  51' (pen.),  57'
Topey  87'
Ofeimu  89'  90+2'
Report Spencer  26'
Craig  30'
Matsoso  37'
Mkosana  46'
Rasmussen  56'
Thiam  87'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 219
Referee: Kevin Broadley
31 May 13 New York Red Bulls II 4–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Zajec  26',  31'
Jørgenson  65' (pen.)
Scarlett  69'
Cortés  76' (o.g.)
Report Chambers  24'
Topey  84'
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 869
Referee: Elton García
9 June 14 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–4 Nashville SC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM EDT Chambers  24',  49'
Cortés  42'
Report Bourgeois  23'
Tribbett  27'
LaGrassa  41'
Mensah  63',  80'
Kimura  70'
Lancaster  83'
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 417
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Note: Match moved from Talen Energy Stadium.
15 June 15 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–1 Saint Louis FC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8:00 PM EDT Chambers  19',  26'
Moumbagna  25',  27'
Cortés  37'
Fontana  56'
Report Kamdem  18'
Hilton  58'
Umar  63'  81'
Greig  74'
Calvert  74'
Dacres  85'
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Luis Guardia
22 June 16 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Chambers  29',  90+1' (pen.)
Turner  50'
Borgelin  54'
Fontana  57'
Report Tejada  13'
Guenzatti  34'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 505
Referee: David Barrie
28 June 17 Hartford Athletic 0–3 Bethlehem Steel FC East Hartford, Connecticut
7:30 PM EDT Lyngø  90+4' Report Moumbagna  17',  52'
Rayyan  37'
Harriel  55'
Borgelin  90'
Cortes  90+1'
Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
10 July 19 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–4 New York Red Bulls II Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Moumbagna  23'
Willis  43'
Real  45'
Fontana  45+2'
Rayyan  46',  58'
Turner  90'
Report Barlow  15',  82'
Koffi  61'
Stroud  76',  88'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 256
Referee: Eric Tattersall
20 July 20 Louisville City FC 0–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT Craig  45' Report Cortes  26',  85'
Real  90+3'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 8,965
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
27 July 21 Saint Louis FC 3–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Fenton, Missouri
8:30 PM Umar  29'
Greig  41'
Hilton  48'
Dacres  49'
Report Willis  56'
McKenzie  78'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Matthew Thompson
1 August 22 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Hartford Athletic Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM Mbaizo  31'
Ofeimu  38'  76'
Zandi  63'
Turner  67'
Report Due  23'
Curinga  24'
Bedoya  28'
Dixon  50'
Wojcik  84'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 325
Referee: Danielle Chesky
10 August 23 Nashville SC 0–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT Report Chambers  90+4' Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,762
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
25 August 24 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–3 Birmingham Legion FC Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM CDT Zandi  42'
Santos  42'
Real  53'
Turner  56'
Ngalina  69'
Mbaizo  74' (pen.)
Moumbagna  77'
Report Kasim  20'
Lopez  36',  76'
Herivaux  42'
Avila  54'
JJ Williams  67'
Cromwell  73'  83'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 357
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
1 September 25 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–0 Swope Park Rangers Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Ngalina  33',  36'
Topey  39'  84'
Zandi  75'
Report Hernandez  14'
Allach  34'
Clarke  82'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 329
Referee: Eric Tattersall
7 September 26 North Carolina FC 3–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT da Luz  9'
Brotherton  16'
Kristo  20',  47',  48'
Wapiwo  85'
Report Scintu  45'
Chambers  60'
Borgelin  84'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,457
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
14 September 27 Indy Eleven 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT Ilić  57'
Ouimette  66'
Kelly  80',  88'
King  89'
Report Scintu  27'
Zandi  73'
Ofeimu  75',  90+2'
Freese  80'
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Kevin Broadley
18 September 28 Bethlehem Steel FC 5–2 Loudoun United FC Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Chambers  35',  84'
Zandi  47'
Rayyan  49'
Ngalina  58',  80'
Picazo  90+1' (pen.)
Report Wild  2'
Murphy  45'
Alvarez  90'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 298
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
21 September 29 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–1 Bethlehem Steel FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 EST (UTC−5) Ofeimu  20' (o.g.)
Guenzatti  24'
Poku  40'
Morad  42'
Tinari  45+2'
Mkosana  71',  74'
Taku  90+2'
Report Cortés  54'
Willis  65'
Faris  69' (pen.)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,513
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
28 September 30 Memphis 901 FC 5–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM Collier  7'
Epps  15'
Allen  29',  36'
Doyle  50'
Muckette  83'
Report Turner  47'
Picazo  76'
Ofeimu  89'
Stadium: Autozone Park
Attendance: 6,078
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
6 October 31 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–2 Charlotte Independence Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Moumbagna  14'
Chambers  31'
Picazo  69'
Kingue  82'
Report Maund  6'
Roberts  12',  67'
A. Martínez  31'
Mansally  72'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 351
Referee: Matthew Franz
9 October 32 Atlanta United 2 5–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Decas  13'
Campbell  29',  38'
Ambrose  43'
Castanheira  47'
Okonkwo  57'
Adams  58'
Bello  61' (pen.)
Kanakimana  87' (pen.)
Fernando  90+2'
Report Ofeimu  36'
Moumbagna  48' (pen.)
Miscic  77'
Morton  87'
Turner  89'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,702
Referee: Malik Badawi
12 October 33 Ottawa Fury FC 1–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00 PM Haworth  40'
Ward  90+7'
Report Kingue  43'
Moumbagna  71'
Zandi  78'
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
19 October 34 Charleston Battery 5–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston, South Carolina
2:00 PM Bosua  23',  67'
Kelly-Rosales  27'
Higashi  71'
Guerra  74' (pen.)
Paterson  81',  84'
Mueller  90+1'
Report Chambers  21'
Harriel  39'
Cortés  58'
Moumbagna  78'
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[18]

Statistics

As of 19 August 2020[19]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSLCUSLC Playoffs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defenders:
4 DF Mark McKenzie 606000
15 DF Olivier Mbaizo 919100
32 DF Matthew Real 18018000
33 DF Fabinho 212100
42 DF Jamoi Topey* 919100
43 DF Steve Kingue* 1409+5000
44 DF Ben Ofeimu 27226+1200
47 DF Walter Cortes* 27323+4300
60 DF Nathan Harriel 23020+3000
61 DF Dante Huckaby 300+3000
68 DF Michael Pellegrino 101000
Midfielders:
8 MF Derrick Jones 303000
21 MF Anthony Fontana 14014000
37 MF Selmir Miscic 512+3100
38 MF Zach Zandi 30327+3300
39 MF Chavany Willis* 27324+3300
40 MF Issa Rayyan 26425+1400
45 MF James Chambers 32527+5500
46 MF Michee Ngalina 22622600
51 MF Cole Turner 25022+3000
55 MF Jack de Vries 302+1000
56 MF Luis Flores 401+3000
59 MF Axel Picazo 1917+12100
63 MF Shanyder Borgelin 2417+17100
Forwards:
17 FW Sergio Santos 211+1100
23 FW Kacper Przybylko 232300
35 FW Faris Pemi Moumbagna 251121+41100
36 FW Saed Díaz* 903+6000
41 FW Yomi Scintu 1015+5100
57 FW Anges Bohui 802+6000
Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem.
Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy for individual matches with Bethlehem.
Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.

Goalkeepers

As of 20 April 2019.[19]

Players included in matchday squads
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO
1Matt Freese332-1-041.33100
31Carlos Miguel Coronel441-2-161.50000
64Tomas Romero000-0-000.00000
Total3-3-1101.42100

Honors

Team of the Week

References

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  2. "Bethlehem Steel FC Signs Defender Ben Ofeimu". Philadelphia Union. January 23, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  3. "Bethlehem Steel FC Signs Midfielder Issa Rayyan". Philadelphia Union. February 25, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  4. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Forward Yomi Samuele Scintu". Philadelphia Union. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. "Bethlehem Steel FC signs forward Shanyder Borgelin". Philadelphia Union. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  6. "Bethlehem Steel FC announce roster moves with 2019 in mind". Philadelphia Union. November 19, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  7. Neil Davidson (29 November 2018). "Ledgerwood, Bekker highlight first wave of Canadian Premier League signings". Prince George Citizen. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. "NEW MEXICO UNITED SIGNS FORWARD SANTI MOAR". NewMexicoUTD.com. New Mexico United. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  9. "Republic FC sign midfielder Drew Skundrich". Sacramento Republic FC. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. Kiley Diesner (7 March 2019). "Reno 1868 FC Signs Five Ahead of Season Opener". Reno 1868 FC. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. "Republic FC sign defender Matt Mahoney". Sacramento Republic FC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  12. Evan Peters (7 March 2019). "Battery Bolster Back Line Ahead of 2019 Season". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Forward Saed Diaz". Philadelphia Union. January 4, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  14. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Steve Kingue". Philadelphia Union. January 25, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  15. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Midfielder Chavany Willis". Philadelphia Union. February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  16. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Walter Cortes". Philadelphia Union. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  17. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Jamoi Topey". Philadelphia Union. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  18. "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  19. "2019 USL Season Stats". soccerway.com.
  20. "Colorado Springs' Malcolm Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  21. "Reno's Brown Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. March 19, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  22. "Galaxy II's Koreniuk Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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