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2020 Greenville Triumph SC season

The 2020 Greenville Triumph SC season was the second season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Greenville Triumph SC also participated 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)
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Club edit

Roster edit

As of March 3, 2020.[1]

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

Coaching Staff edit

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

Front Office Staff edit

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

Competitions edit

Exhibitions edit

February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15) Preseason 1 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Charleston Battery Greenville, South Carolina
2:00 PM EST
  • Walker   16' (pen.)
 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 edit

Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 16 11 3 2 24 11 +13 35 2.19 Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2 Union Omaha 16 8 3 5 20 15 +5 29 1.81 Final
3 North Texas SC[a] 16 7 3 6 27 19 +8 27 1.69
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26 1.63
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22 1.47
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Results summary edit

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

Source: USL League One[3]

Results by round edit

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

Match Results edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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 January 30, 2020.
  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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