2019 Greenville Triumph SC season

Greenville Triumph SC
2019 season
Head coachJohn Harkes
StadiumLegacy Early College Field
USL League One3rd
USL League One PlayoffsRunner-Up
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 4,014
(April 6 vs. Lansing Ignite)
(Sept. 27 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All: 1,570
(May 4 vs. North Texas SC)
Average home league attendance2,509
Biggest win4–0
(July 26 at North Texas SC)
(Sept. 13 vs. FC Tucson)
Biggest defeat1–3
(July 20 vs. FC Tucson)
2020 →

The 2019 season was Greenville Triumph SC's first of existence. They played in USL League One.

Background

The formation of a third tier USL League was announced in April 2017, and league officials began touring the country looking for candidate cities for new soccer clubs. USL vice president Steven Short visited Greenville in July 2017, and told local reporters at the time that Greenville was one of the league's top candidates.[1] In early 2018, USL began announcing teams that would play in their inaugural season. The formation of the Greenville Triumph SC was officially announced on March 13, 2018, with local entrepreneur Joe Erwin named as the principal owner. The Greenville team was the third team to join the league after Tormenta FC and FC Tucson, two clubs which already existed and played in USL League Two.[2][3]

Club

Roster

As of January 10, 2019.[4]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Miguel Uribe  Colombia
2 DF Dominic Boland  Scotland
3 DF Tyler Polak  United States
4 DF Kevin Politz  United States
5 MF Max Hemmings  England
6 MF Paul Clowes  England
7 MF Christopher Bermudez  United States
8 MF Aaron Walker  United States
9 FW Jake Keegan  United States
10 MF Carlos Gómez  Spain
11 MF Cameron Saul  England
12 DF Evan Lee  United States
13 DF Ryeong Choi  United States
14 DF Cole Seiler  United States
18 MF Omar Mohamed  Somalia
19 GK Armando Quezada  United States
21 MF Sami Guediri  United States
22 GK Dallas Jaye  Guam
31 FW Edmundo Robinson  United States
88 FW Travis Ward  United States

Team management

As of September 7, 2018[5]
Executive
Majority owner and chairman Joe Erwin
President Chris Lewis
Vice chairman Doug Erwin
Coaching staff
Head coach John Harkes
Assistant coach Alex Blackburn
Assistant coach Rick Wright

Non-competitive

Winter friendlies

Summer friendlies

Competitive

USL League One

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Texas SC 28 17 5 6 53 31 +22 56 Playoffs
2 Lansing Ignite FC 28 12 10 6 49 37 +12 46
3 Greenville Triumph SC 28 12 7 9 32 22 +10 43
4 Forward Madison FC 28 12 7 9 33 26 +7 43
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 28 10 10 8 35 37 −2 40
Source: 2019 USL League One 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

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAHHHAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAAAHHAHA
ResultLWWLDLDWLDDLWDWLWWWDDWLWWWLL
Position8756678566686857733432333333
Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

March 29 1 South Georgia Tormenta FC 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Morrell 72' Report Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
Referee: Amin Hadzic
April 6 2 Greenville Triumph SC 2–1 Lansing Ignite FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Robinson Yellow card 7'
Seiler Yellow card 35' Yellow-red card 77'
Politz 85'
Clowes Yellow card 89'
Report Perez Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 58'
Lopez-Espin 27'
Stoneman Yellow card 40'
Coiffic Yellow card 32', 49'
Moshobane Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 62'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
April 13 3 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Chattanooga Red Wolves Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Walker Yellow card 61'
Keegan 74'
Bermudez Yellow card 90'
Saul Yellow card 90+4'
Report Dixon Yellow card 31'
Folla Yellow card 36'
Beattie Yellow card 47'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,016
Referee: John Matto
April 20 4 Greenville Triumph SC 0–1 Richmond Kickers Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Seiler Yellow card 14'
Clowes Yellow card 81'
Report Gallardo 49'
Mwape Yellow card 58'
Bolduc Yellow card 78'
Hughes Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,168
Referee: David Erbacher
April 27 5 Forward Madison FC 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Madison, Wisconsin
7:30 PM Toyama Yellow card 48'
Michaud Yellow card 85'
Tobin Yellow card 90+2'
Report Bermudez Yellow card 42'
Polak Yellow card 63'
Boland Yellow card 65'
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,462
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 11 7 Lansing Ignite FC 1–1 Greenville Triumph SC Lansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Lopez-Espin 76' Report Boland Yellow card 36'
Polak Yellow card 58'
Ward 68'
Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
May 25 9 Chattanooga Red Wolves 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Penida Yellow card 64'
Falvey Yellow card 90'
Zayed 90+4'
Folla Yellow card 90+6'
Report Clowes Yellow card 81' Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,256
Referee: Michael Smith
June 1 10 Greenville Triumph SC 0–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Politz Yellow card 39'
Boland Yellow card 53'
Walker Yellow card 60'
Report Gómez Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 86' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: José Lara
June 22 12 Chattanooga Red Wolves 3–2 Greenville Triumph SC Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Beattie 19', 38', 77'
Caparelli Yellow card 59'
Report Keegan 52', 62'
Boland Yellow card 64'
Polak Yellow card 73'
Bermudez Yellow card 88'
Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: John Griggs
June 28 13 Orlando City B 0–2 Greenville Triumph SC Orlando, Florida
7:30 P.M. EDT Sérginho Yellow card 31'
Diouf Yellow card 72'
Report Polak Yellow card 18'
Saul 41'
Mohamed Yellow card 67'
Gómez 83'
Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 6 14 North Texas SC 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Romero Yellow card 28'
Escribano Yellow card 59'
Report Walker Yellow card 39'
Gómez Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 720
Referee: Chris Ruska
July 13 15 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Orlando City B Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Mohamed Yellow card 79'
Walker 88'
Bermudez Yellow card 90'
Report Herrera Yellow card 83' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
July 20 16 Greenville Triumph SC 1–3 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Gómez 15' Report Jambga 20', 58'
Venter 52'
Hauswirth Yellow card 68'
Batista Yellow card 68'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Michael Smith
July 26 17 North Texas SC 0–4 Greenville Triumph SC Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Cerrillo Red card 20'
Roberts Yellow card 82'
A. Rodríguez Yellow card 90+4'
Report Politz Yellow card 35'
Gómez Yellow card 45+3'
Walker 62'
Keegan 64', 70'
Robinson Yellow card 67', 88' (pen.)
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 958
Referee: Joseph Salinas
August 3 18 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
6:00 PM EDT Keegan 29'
Walker Yellow card 78'
Hemmings Yellow card 81'
Guediri Yellow card 84'
Report Dennis Yellow card 58'
Arslan Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,074
Referee: Wilmer Soriano
August 9 19 Toronto FC II 1–3 Greenville Triumph SC Toronto, Ontario
4:00 PM EDT T. Mohammed Yellow card 60'
Akinola 64'
Ovalle Yellow card 70'
Fillion Yellow card 90+1'
Report Boland 7'
Polak Yellow card 23'
Keegan 31'
O. Moahmed 34'
Clowes Yellow card 75'
Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 153
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
August 17 20 Greenville Triumph SC 0–0 Forward Madison FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes Yellow card 18' Report White Yellow card 17'
Smart Yellow card 55'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,457
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
August 28 22 Forward Madison FC 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC Madison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT Manley Yellow card 22' Report Bermudez 42'
Clowes Yellow card 59'
Keegan Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 7 23 Richmond Kickers 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Troyer 45+1', Yellow card 53' Report Polak Yellow card 27'
Walker Yellow card 45+5'
Robinson Yellow card 72'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
September 13 24 Greenville Triumph SC 4–0 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
8:45 PM EDT Gómez 13', 21', 87'
Walker 26' (pen.)
Donnelly Yellow card 84'
Report Hanlin Yellow card 25'
Terrón Yellow card 82'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
September 20 25 Greenville Triumph SC 3–1 Toronto FC II Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes 18'
Saul 46'
Lee Yellow card 48'
Gómez 84'
Report Waja Yellow card 12'
Mingo 48'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,575
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
September 24 26 FC Tucson 2–3 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
10:00 PM EDT Spencer Yellow card 40'
Jones 50' (pen.)
Cox 89'
Report Saul 3', 44'
Walker Yellow card 57'
Bermudez 90+4', Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
September 27 27 Greenville Triumph SC 0–1 Orlando City B Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes Yellow card 37'
Saul Yellow card 75'
Report Hummel Yellow card 45+3'
Bagrou 53', Yellow card 79'
John Yellow card 55'
Mbuyu Yellow card 68'
Sérginho Red card 90+3'
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 5 28 Tormenta FC 3–1 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Arslan 26', 40'
Micaletto Yellow card 33'
Rowe Yellow card 75'
Antley 80'
Report Gómez 18'
Walker Yellow card 32'
Bermudez Yellow card 69'
Ward Yellow card 88'
Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
Attendance: 1,908
Referee: Chris Ruska

USL League One Playoffs

October 12 Semifinals Lansing Ignite FC 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC Lansing, Michigan
7:00pm (EDT) Coiffic Yellow card 70'
Cerda Yellow card 74'
Cleveland Yellow card 87'
Report Clowes Yellow card 37'
Mohamed Yellow card 45+2'
Polak Yellow card 46'
Bermudez 59'
Gómez Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Matthew Thompson
October 19 Final North Texas SC 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Frisco, Texas
7:00pm (EDT) Jatta Yellow card 7'
Rodríguez 60'
Damus Yellow card 90+4'
Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,245
Referee: Jon Freemon

U.S. Open Cup

May 8, 2019 First round Greenville Triumph SC South Carolina 1–0 Georgia (U.S. state) Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
19:00 EDT
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Wilmer Soriano
May 15, 2019 Second round Greenville Triumph SC South Carolina 1–2 South Carolina Charleston Battery Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes Yellow card 19'
Hemmings 29'
Report van Schaik Yellow card 4'
Svantesson 79', 90+1'
Stadium: Legacy Early College
Attendance: 1,738
Referee: David Erbacher

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total USL1 U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name USL1 U.S. Open Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card

References

  1. ^ Keepfer, Scott (July 25, 2017). "Pro soccer league has eyes on Greenville". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Morris, Lake (March 13, 2018). "Greenville's second soccer franchise is official". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. ^ USL DIII Staff (March 13, 2018). "USL Division III Welcomes Greenville as Founding Member". usld3.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Club News". Greenville Triumph SC. greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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