2019 Fresno FC season

The 2019 Fresno FC season is the club's second season in the United Soccer League Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Fresno FC
2019 season
OwnerRay Beshoff
General managerFrank Yallop
Head coachAdam Smith
USL ChampionshipWestern Conference: 3rd
USL PlayoffsConference Quarterfinals
2019 U.S. Open Cup2nd Round
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 7,863
(March 23 vs. Reno 1868 FC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All: 2,343
(September 18 vs. Rio Grande Valley FC Toros)
Average home league attendance4,117
Biggest win5–0
(September 18 vs. Rio Grande Valley FC Toros)
Biggest defeat1–3
(September 14 vs. Las Vegas Lights FC)

Current squad
As of March 5, 2019[1]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper C. J. Cochran  United States
2 Defender Zach Ellis-Hayden  Canada
3 Midfielder Elijah Martin  United States
4 Defender Ramón Martín del Campo  Mexico
5 Defender Michael Daly  United States
6 Midfielder Jorge Escamilla  Mexico
7 Midfielder Jackson  Brazil
8 Midfielder Milton Blanco  United States
9 Forward Jaime Chavez  United States
10 Midfielder Juan Pablo Caffa  Argentina
11 Forward Jemal Johnson  United States
13 Midfielder Emir Alihodžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 Defender Jems Geffrard  Haiti
15 Midfielder Hiroki Kurimoto  Japan
16 Midfielder Suleiman Samura  Sierra Leone
17 Midfielder Arun Basuljevic  United States
18 Defender Alex Cooper  Scotland
19 Midfielder Devann Yao  United States
20 Forward Qudus Lawal  Nigeria
21 Forward Christian Chaney  United States
22 Midfielder Diego Casillas  Mexico
23 Forward Renato Bustamante  Peru
24 Defender Sam Strong  United States
26 Midfielder Seth Moses  United States
28 Goalkeeper Sam Howard  United States
30 Goalkeeper Matías Fernández  United States

Competitions

Preseason friendlies
February 8, 2019 Fresno FC 2–1 LA Galaxy II Fresno, California
7:00PM PDT Daly  25'
Johnson  29'
Chaney  49'		 Report Zubak  34'
Arellano  59'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
February 12, 2019 Academica SC 2–3 Fresno FC Turlock, California
6:00PM PDT Stadium: Warrior Stadium
February 16, 2019 Fresno FC 3–0 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Fresno, California
3:00PM PDT Lawal  7'
Basuljevic
Trialist 		USL Report Stadium: Fresno City College Soccer Field
February 21, 2019 Santa Barbara Gauchos 0–1 Fresno FC Santa Barbara, California
6:00PM PDT Report Lawal  77' Stadium: Harder Stadium
February 27, 2019 Fresno Pacific Sunbirds 1–3 Fresno FC Fresno, California
7:00PM PDT  43' Report Bustamante  40', 58'
Johnson  86'		 Stadium: Ramirez Field
March 2, 2019 Fresno City Rams 0–6 Fresno FC Fresno, California
3:00PM PDT Report Chavez  1', 17', 62'
Basuljevic  63', 85', 90'		 Stadium: Fresno City College Field

USL Championship
Main article: 2019 USL Championship season

Western Conference Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Phoenix Rising FC (X) 34 24 6 4 89 36 +53 78 Conference Quarterfinals
2 Reno 1868 FC 34 18 6 10 72 51 +21 60
3 Fresno FC 34 16 9 9 58 44 +14 57
4 Real Monarchs (C) 34 16 8 10 71 53 +18 56
5 Orange County SC 34 15 9 10 54 43 +11 54
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
(C) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion.

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 9 1 New Mexico United 1–1 Fresno FC Albuquerque, NM
7:30 PM Sandoval  25',  61' Report Jackson  47'
Daly  75'		 Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 12,896
Referee: Mark Allatin
March 16 2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–2 Fresno FC Edinburg, TX
7:30 PM Arcila  83' Report Basuljevic  2',  60'
Chavez  13'
Ellis-Hayden  22'
Moses  33'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,460
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
March 23 3 Fresno FC 1–1 Reno 1868 FC Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Janjigian  31' (o.g.)
Chaney  46'
Moses  52'		 Report Mendiola  42'
Carroll  72'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 7,863
Referee: Greg Dopka
April 6 4 Phoenix Rising FC 0–0 Fresno FC Scottsdale, AZ
7:30 PM Lambert  69' Report Moses  11'  40'
Martin  75'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,433
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
April 13 5 Fresno FC 3–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Alihodžić  31'
Johnson  33',  59'
Chavez  55',  72'		 Report Silva  39'
da Costa  45+4'
Mompremier  65'
Bastidas  69'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,348
Referee: Nicholas Marin
April 26 6 Fresno FC 2–2 Orange County SC Fresno, CA
7:30 PM del Campo  25'
Moses  75'  90+2'
Chaney  79'
Caffa  84'		 Report van Ewijk  4',  65'
Forrester  12'
Seaton  25'
Arellano  68'
Trotter  69'
Crisostomo  86'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,576
Referee: Joseph Salinas
May 4 7 Real Monarchs 2–4 Fresno FC Herriman, UT
12:00 PM Chang  17'
Heard  84'
Ávila  87'		 Report Chaney  27',  61'
Ryden  58' (o.g.)
Johnson  90'		 Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Dejan Susak
May 8 8 Fresno FC 0–1 Sacramento Republic FC Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Chaney  41'
Jackson  74'		 Report Keinan  26'
Werner  29'
McCrary  49'
Cohen  89'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 2,968
Referee: Luis Guardia
May 12 9 LA Galaxy II 0–3 Fresno FC Carson, CA
19:00 Hernández  35'
Iloski  51'		 Report Jackson  26' (pen.)
Lawal  34', 55'
Ellis-Hayden  47'
del Campo  76'
Moses  82'		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 616
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
May 22 10 Fresno FC 1–0 Austin Bold FC Fresno, CA
9:30 PM Chaney  25'
Cochran  55'
Lawal  84',  85'		 Report Lima  54'
McFarlane  54'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Malik Badawi
May 26 11 Tacoma Defiance 3–3 Fresno FC Tacoma, WA
1:30 pm (PDT) Wingo  31'
Hopeau  52'
Dhillon  90'		 Report Lawal  38'
Daly  48' (o.g.)
Basuljevic  54'
Chavez  81'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,788
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 1 12 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–0 Fresno FC Colorado Springs, CO
8:30 PM Burt  45'
Reaves  83'
Molano  89'		 Report Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,517
Referee: Michael Radchuk
June 8 13 Fresno FC 1–1 OKC Energy FC Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Johnson  8' Report Harris  33'
Šašivarević  39'
Brown  79'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
June 16 14 Portland Timbers 2 2–2 Fresno FC Portland, OR
2:00 PM Asprilla  45+3'
Wharton  47' (pen.)
Langsdorf  72'
Smith  90+2'		 Report Martin  53'
Kurimoto  66'
Lawal  68'
Cochran  72'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Elton Garcia
June 21 15 Fresno FC 3–2 San Antonio FC Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Strong  12'
Johnson  20',  56',  64' (pen.)
Chavez  70'		 Report Jamieson  58',  67'
Parano  78'
Barmby  90'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,674
Referee: Brad Jensen
June 29 16 Fresno FC 3–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Fresno, CA
8:30 PM Jackson  63'
Lawal  66',  68',  84'
Johnson  86'		 Report Navarro  28'
Fox  73'
Herrera  86'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
July 3 17 Sacramento Republic FC 0–1 Fresno FC Sacramento, CA
8:00 PM Keinan  73'
McCrary  90+4'		 Report del Campo  60'
Lawal  63'
Chavez  73'
Casillas  77'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 9,677
Referee: Dejan Susak
July 13 18 Fresno FC 2–1 New Mexico United Fresno, CA
8:30 PM Johnson  18' (pen.)
Caffa  45'
Daly  48'		 Report Schmidt  40' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,029
Referee: Matthew Thompson
July 20 19 Fresno FC 2–1 Portland Timbers 2 Fresno, CA
8:30 PM del Campo  6'
Basuljevic  19'
Johnson  40'
Lawal  44'
Cooper  84'		 Report Wharton  44'
Sierakowski  47'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,457
Referee: Mark Allatin
July 27 20 Austin Bold FC 1–0 Fresno FC Austin, TX
7:30 PM Promise  43'
Soto  48'		 Report Basuljevic  37'
Chaney  85'		 Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium
Attendance: 2,430
Referee: Greg Dopka
August 3 21 Fresno FC 2–1 Las Vegas Lights Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Chavez  41',  56' Report Levin  45+3'
Cruz  80'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,413
Referee: Turan Ozdemir
August 10 22 OKC Energy 1–2 Fresno FC Oklahoma City, OK
6:00 PM Hyland  23'
Eissele  60'		 Report Chávez  27' ,  55'
Ellis-Hayden  56'
del Campo  79'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,853
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 16 23 Fresno FC 1–1 Real Monarchs Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Chavez  38'
Daly  57'
Ellis-Hayden  78'		 Report Martínez  71' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,842
Referee: Matthew Thompson
August 24 24 Fresno FC 2–1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Fresno, CA
7:30 PM del Campo  53',  90'
Kurimoto  67'		 Report Anderson  27'
Rwatubyaye  29'
Robinson  63'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,396
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
August 31 25 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 2–1 Fresno FC Tulsa, OK
5:30 PM da Costa  5'
Marlon  46'
Lewis  90+3'		 Report Chavez  28',  72'
Martin  73'
Kurimoto  86'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 7 26 Reno 1868 FC 2–3 Fresno FC Reno, NV
7:00 PM Lacroix  68'
Musovski  89',  90+2'
Carroll  90+3'
Seymore  90+3'		 Report Chavez  23'
Martin  29'
Caffa  35' (pen.)
Cooper  45'
Ellis-Hayden 60'
Alihodžić  90+4',  90+5'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,962
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 14 27 Las Vegas Lights 3–1 Fresno FC Las Vegas, NV
7:30 PM Martínez  21'
Sousa  54'
Tabortetaka  58'
Parra  71' (pen.)		 Report Daly  9'
Cooper  17',  78'
del Campo  52'		 Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 7,228
Referee: Malik Badawi
September 18 28 Fresno FC 5–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Fresno, CA
9:30 PM Lawal  6',  63',  69'
Alihodžić  30' (pen.)
Chavez  44',  61'		 Report Donovan  28' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 2,343
Referee: Brandon Stevis
September 21 29 Fresno FC 2–1 Phoenix Rising FC Fresno, CA
7:30pm Ellis-Hayden  40'
Lawal  68',  75'
Kurimoto  77'
Chavez  83' (pen.)
Martin  85'
Daly  90+2'		 Report Dia  75'
Flemmings  78'
Dumbuya  81'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,523
Referee: Elton García
September 28 30 San Antonio FC 2–1 Fresno FC San Antonio, TX
5:30 PM Restrepo  17',  71'
Yaro  53'
Hernández  67'
Parano  71'
Castillo  78'		 Report del Campo  8'
Geffrard  49'
Cooper  55'
Jackson  62'
Samura  78'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
October 2 31 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–1 Fresno FC El Paso, TX
5:00 PM N'Toko  53'
Salgado  88'
Kiesewetter  90+2'		 Report Kurimoto  42'
Ellis-Hayden  56'
Caffa  66'
Lawal  87'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 5 32 Fresno FC 1–4 Tacoma Defiance Fresno, CA
7:30 pm (PDT) Samura  52'
Chaney  83'
Alihodžić  90'+1'		 Report Villanueva  28'
Dhillon  31',  64'
Daley  53'
Ocampo-Chavez  69'  69'
Leyva  75'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,819
Referee: Eric Tattersall
October 12 33 Fresno FC 2–2 LA Galaxy II Fresno, CA
7:30 PM Casillas  22'
Alihodžić  45+3'
Kurimoto  63'
Caffa  85' (pen.)		 Report Cuello  30'
Koreniuk  52'
Kamara  90+2'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 7,742
Referee: JJ Bilinski
October 19 34 Orange County SC 2–0 Fresno FC Irvine, CA
7:00 PM Forrester  45'
Quinn  87' (pen.)		 Report Lawal  29'  41'
Moses  34'
del Campo  86'
Strong  87'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,122
Referee: Elijio Arreguin

USL Cup Playoffs
Main article: 2019 USL Championship Playoffs
October 26 Conference Quarterfinals Fresno FC 2–3 El Paso Locomotive FC Fresno, CA
8:30 PM Chaney  49'
Strong  51'  86'
Cooper  55'		 Report Gómez  19'
Kiffe  77'
Velásquez  83' (pen.)		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Lukasz Szpala


U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, the Fresno FC will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14–15, 2019[2]

May 15 Second Round El Farolito 0–1 Fresno FC San Francisco, CA
2:30 PM Garduño  12'
Cardona  58'
Haywood  87'		 Report Strong  10'
Lawal  75'		 Stadium: Boxer Stadium
Attendance: 205
Referee: Nicholas Marin
May 29 Third Round Sacramento Republic FC 1–0 (a.e.t.) Fresno FC Sacramento, CA
7:30 pm PDT Chantzopoulos  18'
Saari  31'
Bonomo  120+3'		 Report Strong  85'
Basuljevic  102'
Martin  107'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Farhad Dadkho

References
  1. "2019 Roster". March 5, 2019.
  2. "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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