2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season
| 2020 season | ||||
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| Head coach | Gerson Echeverry | |||
| USL Championship | Group D: 4th Conference: 16th | |||
| USL Playoffs | Did not qualify | |||
| Copa Tejas | Not held[1] | |||
| Average home league attendance | 1,324 (Overall) 2,300 (Pre-Covid) 836 (Post-Covid) | |||
| Biggest win | RGV 2–0 ATX (Sept. 30) RGV 4–2 OKC (Oct. 3) | |||
| Biggest defeat | RGV 1–5 LA (March 8) | |||
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The 2020 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 5th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[2] This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.[3]
Club
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 10, 2020.
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- ^ Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.
- ^ Houston Dynamo academy player.
Competitions
Exhibitions
| February 2 Preseason 1 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | v | Houston Baptist Huskies | Edinburg, Texas |
| 1:00PM | Stadium: H-E-B Park | |||
| Note: Result not made public. | ||||
| February 8 Preseason 2 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 0–5 | Houston Dynamo | Edinburg, Texas |
| 7:00PM | Report | Martínez 23' (Lundqvist) Manotas 37' (Figueroa) Salazar 93', 111' McNamara 118' (pen.) |
Stadium: H-E-B Park |
| February 15 Preseason 3 | Austin Bold FC | 2–2 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Austin, Texas |
| 6:00PM | Trialist #1 Trialist #2 |
Report Report |
McLaughlin Trialist |
Stadium: Bold Stadium |
| February 22 Preseason 4 | SMU Mustangs | 2–4 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Houston, Texas |
| 1:00PM | 45' |
Report | 20' Beckford 25' Trialist 51' Trialist 88' |
Stadium: Houston Sports Park |
| February 28 Preseason 5 | San Antonio FC | v | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1:00PM | Stadium: STAR Soccer Complex |
USL Championship
Standings — Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio FC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Tulsa | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 25 | 1.67 | |
| 3 | Austin Bold FC | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 22 | 1.38 | |
| 4 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | OKC Energy FC | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | 0.63 |
Source: USL
Match results
On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.[5]
| March 8 1 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 1–5 | LA Galaxy II | Edinburg, Texas |
| 6:30 PM | Prpa 19', 85' | Report | Koreniuk 13', 67' Dunbar 30' Williams 53' Cuevas 88' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Tori Penso |
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the remainder of RGVFC's schedule was announced on July 2.[6]
| July 11 2 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 1–0 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | El Paso, Texas |
| 8:30 PM CDT | Beckie 30' Monsalvez 38' Mares 78', 83' |
Report | Murphy 79' Castellanos 85' Legault 90+5' |
Stadium: Southwest University Park Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
| July 19 3 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 1–1 | San Antonio FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Legault 60' Beckford 78' Taiberson 90+4' |
Report | Parano 3' Victor Giro 73' Taintor 90' Di Renzo 90+5' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Melvin Rivas |
| July 22 4 | OKC Energy FC | 1–1 | Rio Grande Valley | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 7:00 PM CDT | López 62', 88' Ellis-Hayden 63' Hernández 90+10' |
Report | Beckford 11' Kibato 20' Coronado 90+7' Taiberson 90+8' |
Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Michael Cap |
| July 25 5 | San Antonio FC | 1–0 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | San Antonio, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Victor Giro 36' Di Renzo 60' |
Report | Rocha 9' Rodriguez 45+1' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Referee: Elton Garcia |
| August 1 6 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 1–2 | FC Tulsa | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Castellanos 71' Adams 73' |
Report | Marlon 26' Bird 28' Martinez 74' (pen.) da Costa 90+1' Boakye 90+2' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Elton Garcia |
| August 8 7 | Austin Bold FC | 4–1 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Jome 27', 67' Diouf 38' Restrepo 59' Twumasi 80' Forbes 90+3' |
Report | Coronado 2' 24' Kibato 3' Murphy 29' Taiberson 90' |
Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Referee: Luis Guardia |
| August 15 8 | OKC Energy FC | 0–0 | Rio Grande Valley | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Ellis-Hayden 14' | Report | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| August 22 9 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 2–3 | Austin Bold FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Kibato 22' Obregón 58' Jimenez 78', 90+5' |
Report | Forbes 16' Diouf 21', 53' Troncoso 38' Garcia 65' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Gerald Flores |
| August 29 10 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 1–3 | San Antonio FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Castellanos 35' McLaughlin 45+6' Martinez 65' Hoffmann 80' Coronado 90+5' |
Report | Smith 3' Solignac 20' Taintor 30' PC 41' Herivaux 53' Yaro 68' Di Renzo 90+3' Bailone 90+5' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Malik Badawi |
| September 2 11 | FC Tulsa | 2–1 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Suárez 25', 68' Marlon 27' Bird 43' Moloto 75' Zguro 84' |
Report | Prpa 28' | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
| September 5 12 | San Antonio FC | 3–2 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | San Antonio, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Solignac 1' Gorskie 17' Bailone 22' Parano 81' |
Report | Edwards 10' Beckford 59' Murphy 83' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 813 Referee: Héctor Hernández |
| September 12 13 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | P–P | Austin Bold FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Stadium: H-E-B Park | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization.[7] | ||||
| September 19 14 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | P–P | FC Tulsa | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Stadium: H-E-B Park | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization.[8] | ||||
| September 23 15 | New Mexico United | P–P | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| TBA PM CDT | Stadium: Isotopes Park | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization.[9] | ||||
| September 30 13 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 2–0 | Austin Bold FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Hoffmann 36' Edwards 41' Garza 90+6' Obregón 90+8' (pen.) |
Report | Watson 40' Taylor 45+4' Diouf 72' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 716 Referee: Gerald Flores |
| Note: Re-schedule of postponed September 12 match.[8] | ||||
| October 3 16 | Rio Grande Valley FC | 4–2 | OKC Energy FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 7:30 PM CDT | Edwards 6' Azócar 39' Amico 43' (o.g.) Obregón 67' |
Report | Cato 12' Brown 83' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 956 Referee: Melvin Rivas |
U.S. Open Cup
Due to their hybrid affiliation with the Dynamo, RGVFC is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[10]
Statistics
- As of September 4, 2020 Source: us.soccerway.com[11]
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | USL Championship Regular Season | Playoffs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 4 | DF | USA | Robert Castellanos | 11 | 2 | 11+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Isidro Martinez | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA | Garrett McLaughlin | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | JAM | Deshane Beckford | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Carter Manley | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Robert Coronado | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CAN | Kembo Kibato | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | HON | Juan Carlos Obregón Jr. | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Paul Blanchette | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Luka Prpa | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | USA | Christian Lucatero | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | James Murphy | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | VIN | Kyle Edwards | 8 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Kevin Rodriguez | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | Jonathan Jimenez | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NZL | Kyle Adams | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Taiberson | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SWE | Erik McCue | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Timo Mehlich | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CAN | Émile Legault | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Ian Hoffmann | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Diego Rocha | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | EIR | Ryan Coulter | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Victor Garza | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Copa Tejas". Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "About the Club". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". January 9, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "Roster". Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "RGV FC Reveals New USL Championship Schedule". rgvfc.com. July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "RGV FC Postpone Saturday Night Matchup with Austin Bold". RGVFC.com. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Updated Schedule for Toros". RGVFC.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "Toros Postpone Matchup with New Mexico". RGVFC.com. September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Rio Grande Valley FC Toros". Retrieved September 4, 2020.