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FC Tucson
2019 season
Owner	Phoenix Rising FC
Manager	Darren Sawatzky
Stadium	Kino North Stadium
USL1 2019 season	8th
USL1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Devin Vega; Devyn Jambga (3)
Highest home attendance	1,772; (July 3 vs Toronto FC II)
Lowest home attendance	550; (Sept. 24 vs Greenville)
Average home league attendance	961
Biggest win	4–0; (May 18 v. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC)
Biggest defeat	0–5; (September 6 vs. Lansing)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2019 FC Tucson season was the club's eighth season of existence and their first full professional season in USL League One. They previously played in the Premier Development League (USL League Two as of 2019) and won four divisional titles.^[1]^[2]

Competitions

Friendlies

March 10, 2019	Grand Canyon University	2–2	FC Tucson	Phoenix, Arizona
7:00pm	Aristotelous 6' Yasuda 12'	Report	Delgado 9' Jambga 68' Hauswirth 70'	Stadium: GCU Stadium

March 18, 2019	FC Tucson	9–0	Sporting AZ FC	Tucson, Arizona
3:00pm		Report		Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL League One

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	8	9	11	35	41	−6	33	5	5	4	20	19	+1	3	4	7	15	22	−7

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L
Position	1	4	6	8	5	9	4	6	4	5	4	5	8	6	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League results

March 30, 2019 1	Orlando City B	1–3	FC Tucson	Montverde, Florida
4:30pm	Diouf 35' Hagan 38' Mbuyu 40' Mendoza 45' Osei-Wusu 56' Hill 62' Granitur 90+5'	Report Report	Bjornethun 14' Delgado 22', 54' Wright 45+4'	Stadium: Montverde Academy Attendance: 305 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

April 3, 2019 2	Tormenta FC	3–1	FC Tucson	Statesboro, Georgia
5:00pm	Morrell 38' 58' Eckenrode 54' Coutinho 57' Vinyals 60' Micaletto 74' 74'	Report	Vega 55' Somersall 60'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 1,573 Referee: John Griggs

April 13, 2019 3	FC Tucson	1–1	Toronto FC II	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Cox 73'	Report Report	Dorsey 36' Swartz 57' Hamilton 79'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,606 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

April 26, 2019 4	FC Tucson	0–2	Tormenta FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Terrón 78'	Report	Gómez 52' Coutinho 63' Saint-Vil 65' Arslan 89' Micaletto 90+4' Antley 90+5'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

April 30, 2019 5	FC Tucson	2–0	Lansing Ignite FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Jambga 27' Somersall 38' Spencer 49' Vega 57' 62'	Report	Fricke 49'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 702 Referee: Karen Abt

May 11, 2019 6	Richmond Kickers	2–0	FC Tucson	Richmond, Virginia
4:00pm	Keita 32' Ackwei 68' Gallardo 83' Mwape 85' 90+6'	Report Report	Hauswirth 55' Sousa 82'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,089 Referee: Danielle Chesky

May 18, 2019 7	FC Tucson	4–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Jones 25' (pen.) Wakasa 35' Jambga 66', 75' Hanlin 77' Stripling 86'	Report Report	Caparelli 24' Zguro 29'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Brad Jensen

May 24, 2019 8	Toronto FC II	1–0	FC Tucson	Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm	Mohammed 17' Dorsey 31' Perruzza 37' Okello 86' Campbell 88'	Report		Stadium: BMO Training Ground Attendance: 309 Referee: Scott Bowman

May 31, 2019 9	FC Tucson	2–2	Orlando City B	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Wheeler-Omiunu 58' Terrón 73' Cox 84'	Report Report	Silva 35' Rafael 58' Sérginho 65' Osei-Wusu 72', 78' Simas 85'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Omeed Azadpour

June 8, 2019 10	FC Tucson	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Jones 33'	Report Report	Rodriguez 24' Eckenrode 90+1'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 915 Referee: Samantha Martinez

June 12, 2019 11	Orlando City B	1–2	FC Tucson	Montverde, Florida
7:30pm	Amer 21' Tablante 56' De Souza 59' (pen.) Hernandez 81'	Report Report	Cox 44' Venter 45+1' Stripling 66' Delgado 90+1'	Stadium: Montverde Academy Referee: Natalie Simon

June 15, 2019 12	Forward Madison FC	2–1	FC Tucson	Madison, Wisconsin
7:30pm	Paulo Jr. 1' Eaton 23' Banks 34'	Report Report	Venter 90+5'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,020 Referee: Karen Abt

June 25, 2019 13	North Texas SC	1–0	FC Tucson	Frisco, Texas
7:00pm	Damus 32', 39' Roberts 54' Murillo 60'	Report Report	Batista 66' Venter 81' Cox 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

July 3, 2019 14	FC Tucson	3–1	Toronto FC II	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Wheeler-Omiunu 5' Vega 19' Jones 26'	Report Report	Srbely 41' Mingo 65' Bjornethun 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,772 Referee: Karen Callado

July 13, 2019 15	Lansing Ignite FC	2–2	FC Tucson	Lansing, Michigan
7:30pm	Moshobane 26' (pen.), 49' Williams 50'	Report	Howell 34' Jones 52' (pen.) Hauswirth 73'	Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium Attendance: 4,348 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

July 20, 2019 16	Greenville Triumph SC	1–3	FC Tucson	Greenville, South Carolina
5:00pm	Gómez 15'	Report	Jambga 20', 58' Venter 52' Hauswirth 68' Batista 68'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Referee: Michael Smith

July 27, 2019 17	Chattanooga Red Wolves	1–1	FC Tucson	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00pm	Zguro 20' Beattie 38' Doyle 59' Zayed 69' Caparelli 85'	Report	Venter 1' Wheeler-Omiunu 36' Howell 45+5' Hauswirth 75'	Stadium: David Stanton Field Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Katja Koroleva

August 3, 2019 18	Forward Madison FC	1–0	FC Tucson	Madison, Wisconsin
7:30pm	Leonard 18' Smart 44' Núñez 76' Banks 90+5'	Report	Spencer 60'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,350 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

August 10, 2019 19	North Texas SC	1–1	FC Tucson	Frisco, Texas
7:20pm	Cerrillo 78' Rodríguez 79'	Report	Jones 45' Howell 58'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Brandon Starves

August 17, 2019 20	Tormenta FC	1–1	FC Tucson	Statesboro, Georgia
6:30pm	Dennis 71' Micaletto 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Jambga 38' Wakasa 42' Jones 78' (pen.) Batista 90+4' Venter 90+8'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Kevin Fikar

August 24, 2019 21	FC Tucson	3–1	Orlando City B	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Delgado 36' Jones 43' Howell 53' Virgen 61' 69'	Report	Ontivero 57' Léo 76'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 848 Referee: Karen Callado

August 30, 2019 22	FC Tucson	1–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Jones 16' (pen.) Hauswirth 38' Wakasa 38' Terrón 90+4'	Report	Mare 86'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 910 Referee: Samantha Martinez

September 6, 2019 23	FC Tucson	0–5	Lansing Ignite FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Wheeler-Omiunu 28' Venter 62' Batista 76'	Report	Moon 12' Faz 16', 26' Moshobane 33', 90+3' Williams 60'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 708 Referee: Omeed Azadpour

September 13, 2019 24	Greenville Triumph SC	4–0	FC Tucson	Greenville, South Carolina
7:30pm	Gómez 13', 21', 87' Walker 26' (pen.) Donnelly 84'	Report	Hanlin 25' Terrón 82'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Attendance: 1,684 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

September 21, 2019 25	FC Tucson	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Venter 55' 74' Howell 70'	Report	Gallardo 38' Ackwei 81' 87' Shanosky 84'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 640 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

September 24, 2019 26	FC Tucson	2–3	Greenville Triumph SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Spencer 40' Jones 50' (pen.) Cox 89'	Report	Saul 3', 44' Walker 57' Bermudez 90+4', 90+5'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera

September 27, 2019 27	FC Tucson	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Jones 31' Batista 66'	Report	Smart 45+3' (pen.) Tobin 80'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 638 Referee: Marco Vega

October 4, 2019 28	FC Tucson	1–3	North Texas SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm	Terrón 15' Hanlin 27' Jones 42' Cox 58'	Report	Jones 12' (o.g.) Romero 38', 65' Avilez 43' D. Rodriguez 89'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 678 Referee: Dejan Susak

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	South Georgia Tormenta FC	28	9	10	9	32	34	−2	37
7	Toronto FC II	28	9	9	10	43	46	−3	36
8	FC Tucson	28	8	9	11	35	41	−6	33
9	Richmond Kickers	28	9	5	14	26	35	−9	32
10	Orlando City B	28	4	4	20	23	52	−29	16

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

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club, FC Tucson was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.^[4]

Statistics

As of October 5, 2019 ^[5]

#	Pos.	Name	GP	GS	Min.	Goals	Assists
99	FW	Jordan Jones	22	21	1,858	10	3	1	0
16	FW	Devyn Jambga	25	21	1,894	5	1	1	0
12	DF	Kyle Venter	23	23	2,054	4	1	3	1
11	MF	Jamael Cox	23	18	1,596	3	3	3	0
9	FW	Guillermo Delgado	24	12	1,179	3	2	1	0
15	FW	Devin Vega	9	7	660	3	0	1	0
28	MF	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	20	20	1,736	2	0	2	0
3	DF	José Terrón	19	17	1,475	1	2	4	0
33	DF	Kody Wakasa	17	14	1,298	1	0	2	0
50	MF	Erik Virgen	16	15	1,275	1	1	1	0
19	FW	Zach Wright	22	10	959	1	1	0	0
13	DF	Luke Hauswirth	24	21	1,849	0	0	5	0
22	DF	Lamar Batista	18	18	1,620	0	0	5	0
18	GK	Carlos Merancio	13	13	1,170	0	1	0	0
95	MF	Ramone Howell	12	10	906	0	1	2	0
23	DF	Kyle Bjornethun	8	8	720	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Raheem Somersall	11	8	713	0	1	2	0
17	MF	Karsten Hanlin	9	8	675	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Austin Ledbetter	8	7	643	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Colin Stripling	10	5	520	0	0	2	0
8	FW	Eti Tavares	13	4	374	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Scott DeVoss	5	3	314	0	0	0	0
25	FW	Ben Spencer	3	3	245	0	0	3	0
7	FW	Roy Abergil	7	1	196	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Luis Martínez	2	2	141	0	1	0	0
25	FW	Ilijah Paul	3	2	126	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Joey Calistri	1	1	72	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Corey Whelan	1	1	63	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Klisman Sousa	2	0	23	0	0	1	0

Goalkeepers

#	Name	GP	GS	Min.	SV	GA	GAA	SO
24	Phillip Ejimadu	15	15	1,350	37	21	1.400	4	0	0
18	Carlos Merancio	13	13	1,170	41	20	1.538	1	0	0

Transfers

Loan in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club
April 2, 2019	Until recalled	Forward	15	Devin Vega	Phoenix Rising FC^[6]
April 11, 2019	Until recalled	Forward	25	Ilijah Paul	Phoenix Rising FC^[7]
	Until recalled	Defender	20	Scott DeVoss	Hartford Athletic^[7]
	Until recalled	Defender	27	Klisman Sousa	Hartford Athletic^[7]
April 30, 2019	Until recalled	Forward	21	Joey Calistri	Phoenix Rising FC^[8]
April 30, 2019	Until recalled	Forward	25	Ben Spencer	Phoenix Rising FC^[8]

References

^ "FC Tucson Leads USL Division III'S West Coast Expansion". United Soccer League (USL). February 6, 2018.
^ "FC Tucson moves to USL Division III, becomes professional team". Arizona Daily Star. February 6, 2018.
^ "FC Tucson Schedule". Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
^ 2019 Player Stats
^ "FC Tucson Adds 20-Year-Old Midfielder Devin Vega From Phoenix Rising". FC Tucson. April 2, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "FC Tucson Acquires Three Players Ahead Of Home Opener". FC Tucson. April 11, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Phoenix Rising FC Press Release". Phoenix Rising FC. April 30, 2019.

[1] "FC Tucson Leads USL Division III'S West Coast Expansion". United Soccer League (USL). February 6, 2018.

[2] "FC Tucson moves to USL Division III, becomes professional team". Arizona Daily Star. February 6, 2018.

[3] "FC Tucson Schedule". Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.

[USSF-4] "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

[5] 2019 Player Stats

[6] "FC Tucson Adds 20-Year-Old Midfielder Devin Vega From Phoenix Rising". FC Tucson. April 2, 2019.

[threeplayers-7] "FC Tucson Acquires Three Players Ahead Of Home Opener". FC Tucson. April 11, 2019.

[twoplayers-8] "Phoenix Rising FC Press Release". Phoenix Rising FC. April 30, 2019.

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