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2019 Memphis 901 FC season

The 2019 Memphis 901 FC season was the inaugural season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[1]

Memphis 901 FC
2019 season
Head coachTim Mulqueen
StadiumAutoZone Park
Memphis, Tennessee
USLConference: 15th
USL PlayoffsDid not qualify
2019 U.S. Open Cup2nd round
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 8,062
(March 9 vs. Tampa)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 4,142
(Sep 24 vs. Pittsburgh)
All: 1,819
(May 29 vs. Hartford, USOC )
Average home league attendance6,623
Biggest win5–0 (Sep 28 vs. Bethlehem Steel)
Biggest defeat0–5 (August 24 at Tampa)
2020 →

Club edit

Roster edit

As of August 2, 2019[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Jeff Caldwell (on loan from New York City FC)   United States
2 MF Morgan Hackworth   United States
3 DF Abdi Mohamed (on loan from New York City FC)   Kenya
4 MF Damani Holness   England
5 DF Triston Hodge (on loan from W Connection)   Trinidad and Tobago
6 MF Dan Metzger   United States
7 MF Raul Gonzalez   United States
8 DF Marc Burch   United States
9 FW Luca Uccello   Canada
10 MF Adam Najem   Afghanistan
11 FW Lagos Kunga (on loan from Atlanta United FC)   United States
13 FW Oliver White (on loan to Forward Madison)   United States
15 DF Jacob Hauser-Ramsey   United States
17 MF Ewan Grandison   Jamaica
18 FW Elliot Collier (on loan from Chicago Fire)   New Zealand
19 DF Louis Bennett II (on loan to Forward Madison)   United States
20 DF Todd Pratzner   United States
21 FW Duane Muckette   Trinidad and Tobago
22 DF Wesley Charpie   United States
23 MF Leston Paul   Trinidad and Tobago
24 GK Scott Levene   United States
25 GK Jim Barkei   United States
26 DF Josh Morton   United States
27 MF Cam Lindley (on loan from Orlando City SC)   United States
28 FW Jochen Graf   United States
29 FW Brandon Allen   United States
30 MF Marcus Epps (on loan from New York Red Bulls)   United States
31 FW Pierre da Silva   United States
32 DF Liam Doyle   England

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

February 9 Memphis Tigers 0–2 Memphis 901 FC Memphis, TN
Report Gonzalez  
Sandoval  		 Stadium: Billy J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex
February 16 Christian Brothers Buccaneers 1–4 Memphis 901 FC Memphis, TN
12:00 PM Report Cordovés  
Sandoval  
Hackworth  
Justin Dhillon  		 Stadium: Signaigo Field
February 20 Louisville City FC 4–2 Memphis 901 FC Nashville, TN
2:00 PM Spencer   20' (pen.), 33'
Mkosana   67'
Matsoso   88'		 Report Najem   32'
  65'		 Stadium: Vanderbilt University
February 24 Saint Louis FC 3–0 Memphis 901 FC Fenton, MO
1:00 PM Dacres   23',   79'
Greig   27'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
March 1 Memphis 901 FC 5–1 Memphis Tigers Memphis, TN
6:00 PM Cordovés   33'
  39'
Najem   54'
  61'
  66'		 Report   37' Stadium: AutoZone Park

USL Championship edit

Main article: 2019 USL Championship season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Charlotte Independence 34 9 11 14 42 53 −11 38
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
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 edit

The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.[3]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in Central time

March 9 1 Memphis 901 FC 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Memphis, TN
6:00 PM Metzger   58'
Sandoval   87'
Najem   90+1'		 Report Guenzatti   4' (pen.)
Richards   11'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 8,062
Referee: Mike Lavergne
March 16 2 Memphis 901 FC 1–1 Loudoun United FC Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Collier   76',   78' Report Pilato   25'
Yow   30'
Murphy   87'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Matt Franz
March 24 3 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Memphis 901 FC Bethlehem, PA
5:00 PM Fontana   28' Report Dally   58'
Grandison   78'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 433
Referee: Luis Arroyo
March 29 4 New York Red Bulls II 3–2 Memphis 901 FC Montclair, NJ
6:00 PM Stroud   18'
Rito   38'
Barlow   45+1'
Etienne   56'
Scarlett   59'		 Report Najem   11',   45+4'
Burch   61'
Dally   73'
Hodge   90+6'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Attendance: 704
Referee: Matthew Thompson
April 6 5 North Carolina FC 1–1 Memphis 901 FC Cary, NC
6:00 PM da Luz   62'
Lomis   78'
Taylor   85'		 Report Burch   64' (pen.) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,629
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
April 10 6 Memphis 901 FC 0–1 Atlanta United 2 Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Hackworth   44'
Caldwell   70'		 Report Barajas   45'
Vint   64'
Benítez   66'
Castanheira   70'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 7,041
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 13 7 Nashville SC 2–0 Memphis 901 FC Nashville, TN
7:00 PM LaGrassa   78'
Mensah   81'		 Report Burch   85'
Charpie   89'
Collier   90'		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 6,781
Referee: Carlos Pielago
April 27 8 Memphis 901 FC 0–1 Charleston Battery Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Lindley   24' Preview Candela   26'
Marini   90+3'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 7,871
Referee: Dejan Susak
April 30 9 Louisville City FC 2–1 Memphis 901 FC Louisville, KY
6:30 PM Craig   5'
Rasmussen   33'
Mkosana   61',   84'		 Report Thiam   71' (o.g.)
Burch   84'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
May 4 10 Memphis 901 FC 2–2 Birmingham Legion FC Memphis, TN
3:00 PM Metzger   27'
Lindley   34',   40'
Dally   60'
Muckette   86'
Burch   90+3'		 Report Avila   31'
Culbertson   59'
Johnson   84'
Hoffman   90+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 4,563
Referee: Eric Tattersall
May 10 11 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Memphis 901 FC Hartford, CT
6:00 PM Lee   31' Report Muckette   24'
Metzger   29'
Charpie   36'
Collier   70'		 Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 5,045
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
May 18 12 Memphis 901 FC Abandoned Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Report Stadium: AutoZone Park
Note: Match abandoned at halftime due to inclement weather with the score 0-1 (Volesky   26')
May 22 13 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Memphis 901 FC Kansas City, KS
7:00 PM Riley   34' (pen.)
Hernandez   59'
Segbers   68'
Vanacore-Decker   82'		 Report Metzger   3'
Najem   52'
Hodge   73'
Morton   90'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 311
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 1 14 Saint Louis FC Postponed Memphis 901 FC Fenton, MO
1:00 PM Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Match postponed due to severe weather.[4]
June 8 15 Memphis 901 FC 0–3 Indy Eleven Memphis, TN
8:30 PM Charpie   51'
Burch   90+3'		 Report Enevoldsen   31'
Kim   52'
Pasher   58'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 15 16 Ottawa Fury FC 0–0 Memphis 901 FC Ottawa, ON
6:00 PM Attakora   64' Report Charpie   33' Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,108
Referee: Serge Topalian
June 29 17 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Memphis 901 FC Matthews, NC
6:00 PM A.Martinez   67'
Herrera   74'		 Report Charpie   70' Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
July 6 18 Memphis 901 FC 4–1 Hartford Athletic Memphis, TN
8:30 PM Collier   6',   11',   75'
Metzger   50'
Burch   57'
Morton   67'
Kunga   80'		 Report Downs   8'
de Wit   20'
Jørgenson   30',   90'
Swartz   53'
Dixon   57'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 6,726
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
July 13 19 Charleston Battery Postponed Memphis 901 FC Charleston, SC
7:30 PM Report Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather [5]
July 17 20 Memphis 901 FC 0–2 Nashville SC Memphis, TN
7:30 PM Morton   62'
Grandison   64'
Lindley   89'		 Report Ockford   42',   60'
Ríos   49'
Doyle   87'
Belmar   89'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 7,828
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
July 20 21 Memphis 901 FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls II Memphis, TN
7:30 PM Allen   48',   81',   87'
Lindley   69'
Kunga   69'		 Report Koffi   7'
Scarlett   10',   89'
Bezecourt   44'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 7,226
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
July 27 22 Memphis 901 FC 2–0 Ottawa Fury FC Memphis, TN
7:30 PM Meilleur-Giguère   59' (o.g.)
Najem   62'
Paul   90+6'		 Report Oliveira   80'
Haworth   90+4'
Fall   90+6'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 6,614
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
August 3 23 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 4–0 Memphis 901 FC Pittsburgh, PA
6:00 PM Adewole   27'
Mertz   45+2'
Dover   64'
Dos Santos   69'
Volesky   90+1'		 Report Paul   51'
Metzger   76'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Thomas Snyder
August 6 14 Saint Louis FC 0–0 Memphis 901 FC Fenton, MO
7:30 PM Kamdem   70' Report Lindley   27'
Charpie   75'
Burch   78'
Mohamed   84'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,179
Referee: Jon Freemon
Note: Replay of June 1 match postponed due to severe weather.[6]
August 10 24 Memphis 901 FC 1–2 North Carolina FC Memphis, TN
7:30 PM Allen   20'
Burch   79'
da Silva   81'		 Report Fortune   28'
Ewolo   45+1'
Comsia   56'
Albadawi   88'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 7,006
Referee: Lorant Varga
August 17 25 Birmingham Legion FC 1–0 Memphis 901 FC Birmingham, AL
7:00 PM Holland   37'
Ward   40'
Avila   68'
Johnson   90',   90+5'		 Report Metzger   5' Stadium: BBVA Compass Field
Attendance: 5,219
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 24 26 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5–0 Memphis 901 FC St. Petersburg, FL
6:30 PM Poku   11',   62'
Fernandes   28',   81'
Tinari   45+5'
Johnson   87'		 Report daSilva   36'
Charpie   47'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 28 27 Atlanta United 2 1–2 Memphis 901 FC Kennesaw, GA
6:30 PM Metcalf   37' (pen.)
Tubbs   71'
Vazquez   81'		 Report Lindley   55'
Najem   79',   83'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,231
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
September 2 19 Charleston Battery Postponed Memphis 901 FC Charleston, SC
5:00 PM Report Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Reschedule of match postponed due to inclement weather on July 13 [7] Postponed further due to evacuation order associated with Hurricane Dorian.[8]
September 7 28 Memphis 901 FC 4–2 Swope Park Rangers Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Charpie   34'
da Silva   38'
Morton   40'
Metzger   53'
Allen   67',   77'
Burch   70'		 Report Harris   35' (pen.)
Segbers   43'
Zé Pedro   50'
Allach   86'		 Stadium: Autozone Park
Attendance: 6,036
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
September 13 29 Loudoun United FC 1–2 Memphis 901 FC Leesburg, VA
6:30 PM Murphy   5'
Martinez   34'   58'
Yow   54'
Lubahn   71'		 Report da Silva   52'
Metzger   54'
Hawkins   63' (o.g.)
Allen   81'		 Stadium: Loudoun United Stadium
Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 21 30 Memphis 901 FC 1–0 Saint Louis FC Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Epps   43',   54'
Paul   60'
Allen   75'
Morton   84'		 Report Cicerone   40'
Fernandez   85'		 Stadium: Autozone Park
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Dejan Susak
September 24 12 Memphis 901 FC 0–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Report Greenspan   15'
Mertz   56'
Kerr   90'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 4,142
Referee: Brad Jensen
Note: Replay of abandoned May 18 match
September 28 31 Memphis 901 FC 5–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Memphis, TN
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
October 5 32 Indy Eleven 3–0 Memphis 901 FC Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM Novoa   13'
Ouimette   22'
Pasher   77'		 Report Doyle   82' Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 13,134
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
October 12 33 Memphis 901 FC 1–2 Charlotte Independence Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Grandison   59'
Allen   73' (pen.),   75'
Doyle   79'
da Silva   88'   90+6'
Burch   90+4'		 Report Herrera   39'
Jackson   62',   77'
Roberts   75'
Miller   75'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 5,780
Referee: John Griggs
October 16 19 Charleston Battery 2–0 Memphis 901 FC Charleston, SC
7:00 PM Mueller   30'
Lewis   55',   63'
Kelly-Rosales   90+1'		 Report Burch   48'
Metzger   68'
Collier   81'
Mohamed   86'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,206
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 19 34 Memphis 901 FC 1–2 Louisville City FC Memphis, TN
7:00 PM Epps   9' Report Williams   37',   87'
Rasmussen   42'
Hoppenot   78'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 6,845
Referee: Lorant Varga

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Memphis 901 FC entered the tournament in the Second Round, played May 14–15, 2019[9]

May 15 Second Round Memphis 901 FC   3–1   New York Red Bulls U-23 Memphis, TN
7:00 pm CDT Lindley   8'
Morton   26',   73'
Grandison   31'
Bennett II   90+4'		 Report Marin   5'
Sharifi   49'
Uche   90+4'		 Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 4,057
Referee: Carlos Pielago
May 29 Third Round Memphis 901 FC   4–0   Hartford Athletic Memphis, TN
7:00 pm CDT Burch   6' (pen.)
Graf   21',   59'
Lindley   45'
Hackworth   83'		 Report Curinga   19'
de Wit   39'   61'		 Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,819
Referee: Leland Grant
June 12 Fourth round Memphis 901 FC   1–3   Orlando City SC Memphis, TN
7:30 pm CDT Collier   50'
Burch   60'		 Report Kljestan   38' (pen.),   55'
Jansson   71'		 Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,088
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

References edit

  1. ^ "Memphis 901 FC Reveals Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Roster". Memphis 901 FC. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". December 19, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  4. ^ USL staff (June 1, 2019). "Gameday Report: June 1, Week 13". Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Saturday Night's Memphis 901 FC Away Match at Charleston Battery Postponed". Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  6. ^ USL staff (June 13, 2019). "Away Match At Saint Louis FC Rescheduled". Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Saturday Night's Memphis 901 FC Away Match at Charleston Battery Postponed". Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "Battery, 901 FC Contest Postponed due to Hurricane Warning". September 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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