2020 Greenville Triumph SC season

The 2020 Greenville Triumph SC season is the second season in the soccer team's history, where they compete in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Greenville Triumph SC will also participate in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Greenville Triumph SC play their home games at Legacy Early College Field, located in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

Greenville Triumph SC
2020 season
Owner
  • Joe Erwin
  • William M. Webster
Head CoachJohn Harkes
StadiumLegacy Early College Field
USL League One1st
USL League One ChampionshipChampions
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Highest home attendance1,513 (Oct. 18 vs. OMA)
Lowest home attendance601 (Sept. 13 vs. MAD)
Average home league attendance984
Biggest winORL 1–4 GVL (Oct. 24)

Club

Roster

As of March 3, 2020.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
3 Defender Tyler Polak  United States
5 Midfielder Max Hemmings  England
6 Midfielder Paul Clowes  England
7 Forward Alex Morrell  United States
8 Midfielder Aaron Walker  United States
9 Forward Jake Keegan  United States
10 Midfielder Carlos Gómez  Spain
11 Defender Evan Lee  United States
15 Defender Brandon Fricke  United States
16 Midfielder Colin Stripling  United States
17 Forward JJ Donnelly  England
18 Midfielder Omar Mohamed  Somalia
22 Goalkeeper Dallas Jaye  Guam
26 Defender Abdi Mohamed  Somalia
30 Goalkeeper Paul Christensen  United States
— Forward Lachlan McLean  Australia
— Defender Cesar Murillo  United States
— Midfielder Noah Pilato  United States
— Defender Trevor Swartz  United States

Coaching Staff
As of December 24, 2019[2]
Name Position
John Harkes Head coach
Alex Blackburn Assistant coach
Rick Wright Assistant coach

Front Office Staff
Name Position
Joe Erwin Majority owner and chairman
Chris Lewis President
Doug Erwin Vice chairman

Competitions

Exhibitions
February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15) Preseason 1 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Charleston Battery Greenville, South Carolina
2:00 PM EST
Report Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) Preseason 2 Charleston Battery Cancelled Greenville Triumph SC Charleston, South Carolina
2:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Preseason 3 Greenville Triumph SC 0–2 Charlotte Independence Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Alumni Stadium
February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 4 Greenville Triumph SC 2–1 North Carolina FC Cary, North Carolina
3:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field #3

USL League One
Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 16 11 3 2 24 11 +13 35 Finals
2 Union Omaha 16 8 3 5 20 15 +5 29
3 North Texas SC 16 7 3 6 27 19 +8 27
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22
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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: USL League One[3]

Results by round
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Result
Position
Source: USL League One[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match Results
July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18) 1 Fort Lauderdale CF 0–2 Greenville Triumph SC Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Cardenas  55' Report Lee  39'
Morrell  45+4'
Keegan  47'
Walker  66'
Stripling  90+1'		 Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium
Attendance: 0 (closed door)
Referee: Natalie Simon
July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 2 Greenville Triumph SC 3–2 Richmond Kickers Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Thomsen  21' (o.g.)
Antley  46' (o.g.)
Morrell  57'
Pilato  64'
Keegan  69'
Fricke  76'		 Report Bolduc  35'
Terzahgi  74'
Boateng  90+1'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 0 (closed door)
Referee: Kevin Broadley
July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) 3 Forward Madison FC 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT Report Pilato  90+5' Stadium: Hart Park
Referee: Calin Radosav
August 5, 2020 (2020-08-05) 4 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 South Georgia 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 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 5 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Fricke  43'
Hawkins  45'
Morrell  52'
McLean  71'
Donnelly  76'		 Report Uzo  90+3' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 883
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22) 6 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Fort Lauderdale CF Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Pilato  67'
Lee  82'
Jaye  90+1'
Walker  90+3'		 Report Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 993
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26) 7 New England Revolution II 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 PM EDT Shimazaki  57'
Quinones  61'
Maciel  87'
Mendonca  90+2'
Sinclair  90+5'		 Report Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 8 Richmond Kickers 2–1 Greenville Triumph SC Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Terzaghi  15'
Bolduc  36'
Kraft  45+2'
Antley  64'  74'
Report Fricke  29'
Clowes  46'
Walker  80'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 875
Referee: Matthew Franz
September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04) 9 South Georgia Tormenta FC 1–2 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 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 13, 2020 (2020-09-13) 10 Greenville Triumph SC 2–0 Forward Madison FC Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT McLean  25'
Mohamed  35'
Lee  45+2'
Keegan  81'		 Report Ovalle  29' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 601
Referee: Joshua Escobar
September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 11 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC East Ridge, Tennessee
1:00 PM EDT Mangels  21'
Ramos  26'
Soto  51'
Hernández  70'		 Report Murillo  36'
McLean  45'
Pilato  84'
Stripling  90'		 Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Referee: Amin Hadzic
September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) 12 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 North Texas SC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Polak  16'
Donnelly  56'
Keegan  86'		 Report Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 903
Referee: William Steffen
October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) 13 Greenville Triumph SC 2–0 Orlando City B Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT McLean  65'
Morrell  69'		 Report Rodas  74' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,010
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 14 FC Tucson 2–2 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM EDT Ramos-Godoy  12',  47'
Calvo  14'
Coan  45'
Virgen  56'
Merancio  71'		 Report McLean  14',  90+1'
Polak  73'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola
October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) 15 Greenville Triumph SC 1–2 Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT Pilato  36'
Walker  38'
Stripling  90+4'		 Report Molina  19'
Sousa  22'
Scearce  43'
Viader  60'
Conway  66'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16 Orlando City B 1–4 Greenville Triumph SC Orlando, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Rodas  41'
Amer  64'
Gluvačević  73'
Ndje  90'		 Report Morrell  11',  26'
Walker  45+3'
McLean  58'
Powell  80'
Booth  90+1'		 Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Referee: Gabriele Giusti

Playoff Final
October 30, 2020 Greenville Triumph SC cancelled Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
8:00pm (EDT) Stadium: Legacy Early College Field

Note: Game was cancelled the day before because several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).[5]

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

As a USL League One club, Greenville will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[6] On January 29, 2020 the Second Round schedule was announced.[7]

April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) Second Round Greenville Triumph SC cancelled New Mexico United Greenville, South Carolina
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Note: US Open Cup canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]

References
  1. "2020 Roster". greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  2. "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  4. "Greenville Triumph SC Schedule". USL League One.
  5. "USL League One Final Cancelled, Greenville Named 2020 Title-Winners". USLLeagueOne.com Staff. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  6. "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.
  7. "2020 U.S. Open Cup Second Round Pairings and Host Scenarios". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  8. "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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