2022 FC Tucson season

FC Tucson
2022 season
OwnerBenevolent Sports Tucson, LLC
ManagerUnited States Jon Pearlman
StadiumKino North Stadium
USL1 2022 season10th Place
USL1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerLouis Perez
Donny Toia (5)
Highest home attendance1,785 (July 3 vs Greenville Triumph SC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 855
(September 20 vs North Carolina FC)
All: 528
(Cal. United Strikers, USOC)
Average home league attendance1,259
Biggest win3–0 (September 11 vs Union Omaha)
Biggest defeat0–4 (April 2 vs Richmond Kickers)
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2022 FC Tucson season was the twelfth season in the soccer team's history and their fourth in USL League One.

Players and staff

Roster

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Sean Murray United States GK (1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25) 2022 United States Monmouth University
23 Carlos Merancio Mexico GK (1998-09-14) September 14, 1998 (age 26) 2022 United States Hartford Athletic
30 Emiliano Andraux United States GK (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 22) 2020 United States FC Tucson Academy [A]
Defenders
2 Donny Toia United States DF / FW (1992-05-28) May 28, 1992 (age 32) 2022 United States Real Salt Lake
4 Luca Mastrantonio Italy DF (1996-05-27) May 27, 1996 (age 28) 2021 United States UC Irvine
5 Kaelon Fox United States DF (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995 (age 29) 2021 Iceland Þór Akureyri
12 Tyler Allen United States DF (1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 26) 2022 United States Forward Madison FC
16 Jake Crull United States DF (1997-10-03) October 3, 1997 (age 27) 2022 United States Union Omaha
17 Tarn Weir United States DF (1999-04-10) April 10, 1999 (age 25) 2022 United States Oakland Roots SC
22 Tyler Moss United States DF (1998-12-27) December 27, 1998 (age 26) 2022 United States Sacramento State University
27 Eric Kinzner United States DF (2003-03-22) March 22, 2003 (age 21) 2022 United States Tacoma Defiance (loan)
49 Diego Ruiz United States DF (2003-07-16) July 16, 2003 (age 21) 2022 United States FC Tucson Academy [A]
Midfielders
6 Elijah Wynder United States MF (2003-03-10) March 10, 2003 (age 21) 2022 United States Louisville City FC (loan)
7 João Delgado Portugal MF (1994-01-16) January 16, 1994 (age 30) 2021 United States Reading United AC
8 Daniel Bedoya Colombia MF (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 30) 2022 United States New Amsterdam FC
11 Kevin Rodriguez United States MF (1996-09-25) September 25, 1996 (age 28) 2022 United States Rio Grande Valley FC
13 Louis Perez France MF (1997-06-11) June 11, 1997 (age 27) 2022 United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
18 Tevin Shaw Jamaica MF (1997-02-24) February 24, 1997 (age 27) 2022 Canada Atlético Ottawa
21 Mueng Sunday Nigeria MF (1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 (age 30) 2022 United States OKC Energy FC
25 Charlie Machell England MF (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994 (age 30) 2022 Oman Al-Ittihad Club
31 Brandon Sanchez United States MF (2003-09-12) September 12, 2003 (age 21) 2021 United States FC Tucson Academy [A]
32 Burke Fahling United States MF (1997-08-03) August 3, 1997 (age 27) 2022 United States Charleston Battery (loan)
38 Jerod Allen United States MF (2004-08-17) August 17, 2004 (age 20) 2021 United States FC Tucson Academy [A]
Forwards
9 Yuki Shibata Japan FW (1998-01-15) January 15, 1998 (age 26) 2022 United States Stumptown AC
10 Deri Corfe England FW (1998-03-03) March 3, 1998 (age 26) 2021 United States New York Red Bulls II
14 Fernando Garcia United States FW (1999-05-21) May 21, 1999 (age 25) 2022 United States Des Moines Menace
20 Daniel Bloyou Ghana FW (2000-04-18) April 18, 2000 (age 24) 2022 United States Penn State
29 Franco Pérez Argentina FW (1998-11-04) November 4, 1998 (age 26) 2022 Argentina Club Atlético Aldosivi (loan)
33 Nick Hanus United States FW (2003-02-25) February 25, 2003 (age 21) 2022 United States FC Tucson Academy [A]
91 Gio Calixtro United States FW (2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 24) 2021 United States Portland Timbers 2
  1. ^
    USL Academy contract.
    2.

[1]

Coaching staff

Name Position
United States Jon Pearlman Head coach
United States Mark Biagi Assistant coach
United States Sebastian Pineda Assistant coach & Academy Head Coach
United States Vito Higgins Goalkeeper coach

Front Office Staff

Name Position
United States Amanda Powers President
United States Jon Pearlman Technical Director
United States Kyle Cornell Director of Soccer Operations

[2][3]

Competitions

Friendlies

All times from this point on Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00)

February 26, 2022 (2022-02-26) Desert Showcase FC Tucson 0–1 Oakland Roots SC Tucson, Arizona
12:00 PM MST TUC Report
  • Dennis 20'
 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 925
Referee: Laura Chambers Waliski
March 5, 2022 (2022-03-05) Preseason Phoenix Rising FC 5–1 FC Tucson Chandler, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
PHX Report
Stadium: Wild Horse Pass Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage
March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12) Preseason FC Tucson 2–1 Grand Canyon University Tucson, Arizona
11:00 PM MST
  • Calixtro 9'
  • Trialist 35'
 TUC Report
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage
March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27) Preseason FC Tucson 2–0 Pima Community College Tucson, Arizona
11:00 PM MST
TUC Report Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage

USL League One

Main article: 2022 USL League One season

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
7 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 30 11 10 9 42 38 +4 42
8 Central Valley Fuego FC 30 11 12 7 37 40 −3 40
9 Forward Madison FC 30 7 11 12 34 44 −10 33
10 FC Tucson 30 8 14 8 34 44 −10 32
11 North Carolina FC 30 8 16 6 35 53 −18 30
Source: USL League One
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) drawing of lots.

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
30 8 8 14 34 44  −10 32 4 4 7 15 18  −3 4 4 7 19 26  −7

Source: USL League One[4]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
StadiumAHAHHAAAHAAHHHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAH
ResultLDWLLLWLLDWLDDLLLWLDLWWDWWDLLD
Position1111810111191111111111111111111111111111111010101010101010
Source: USL League One[5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

April 2, 2022 (2022-04-02) 1 Richmond Kickers 4–0 FC Tucson Richmond, Virginia
5:30 PM MST
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,054
Referee: Danielle Chesky
April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16) 2 FC Tucson 1–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
MAD Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,482
Referee: Corbyn May
April 23, 2022 (2022-04-23) 3 Chattanooga Red Wolves 2–3 FC Tucson East Ridge, Tennessee
4:30 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,654
Referee: Kyle Johnston
April 30, 2022 (2022-04-30) 4 FC Tucson 0–2 Tormenta FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
TRM Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Adam Zarrin
May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07) 5 FC Tucson 1–2 North Carolina FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 908
Referee: Killian Richardson
May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15) 6 Charlotte Independence 2–1 FC Tucson Charlotte, North Carolina
3:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CLT Report
Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
May 28, 2022 (2022-05-28) 7 Tormenta FC 0–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
4:30 PM MST
TUC Report
TRM Report
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 928
Referee: Laura Chambers Waliski
June 4, 2022 (2022-06-04) 8 Forward Madison FC 2–1 FC Tucson Madison, Wisconsin
3:00 PM MST
TUC Report
MAD Report
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Referee: Wes Caouette
June 11, 2022 (2022-06-11) 9 FC Tucson 1–2 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,355
Referee: Dejan Susak
June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18) 10 Central Valley Fuego FC 0–0 FC Tucson Fresno, California
7:30 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium
Referee: Joseph Salinas
June 25, 2022 (2022-06-25) 11 Chattanooga Red Wolves 1–2 FC Tucson East Ridge, Tennessee
4:30 PM MST
Report
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,213
Referee: DeShun Beard
June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29) 12 FC Tucson 0–1 Richmond Kickers Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,688
Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández
Note: Postponed on May 20 by Richmond due to COVID-19 concerns.[6][7]
July 3, 2022 (2022-07-03) 13 FC Tucson 1–1 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
GVL Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Killian Richardson
July 9, 2022 (2022-07-09) 14 FC Tucson 1–1 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 983
Referee: Karen Callado
July 16, 2022 (2022-07-16) 15 Union Omaha 2–1 FC Tucson Papillion, Nebraska
5:00 PM MST
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 4,004
Referee: Laura Chambers
July 23, 2022 (2022-07-23) 16 FC Tucson 2–3 Charlotte Independence Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CLT Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Adorae Monroy
August 6, 2022 (2022-08-06) 17 Richmond Kickers 3–1 FC Tucson Richmond, Virginia
5:20 PM MST
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,170
Referee: John Matto
August 17, 2022 (2022-08-17) 18 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 1–2 FC Tucson Severance, Colorado
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCO Report
Stadium: Severance High School
Attendance: 301
Referee: Adam Rice
August 20, 2022 (2022-08-20) 19 FC Tucson 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
GVL Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,293
Referee: Dejan Susak
August 27, 2022 (2022-08-27) 20 North Carolina FC 1–1 FC Tucson Cary, North Carolina
4:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,756
Referee: Josiah Parke
August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31) 21 Central Valley Fuego FC 3–2 FC Tucson Fresno, California
7:30PM PDT
TUC Report
Soccerway Rpt
Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 826
Referee: Adrian Gonzalez
September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03) 22 FC Tucson 1–0 Charlotte Independence Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CLT Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,187
Referee: Corbyn May
September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) 23 FC Tucson 3–0 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
Note: No attendance due to weather delay.
September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16) 24 Tormenta FC 1–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
2:30 PM MST
TRM Report
TUC Report
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20) 25 FC Tucson 1–0 North Carolina FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 855
Referee: Shay Yinka-Kehinde
Note: Match postponed from July 30 due to travel and weather-related issues.[8]
September 24, 2022 (2022-09-24) 26 FC Tucson 2–1 Chattanooga Red Wolves Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CHT Report
Soccerway Rpt
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,316
Referee: Brandon Stevis
October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01) 27 Greenville Triumph SC 2–2 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
 GVL Report
TUC Report
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Referee: Jervis Atagana
October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05) 28 FC Tucson 0–2 Central Valley Fuego FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: DeShun Beard
October 8, 2022 (2022-10-08) 29 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 2–1 FC Tucson Severance, Colorado
5:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCO Report
Stadium: Severance High School
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
October 15, 2022 (2022-10-15) 30 FC Tucson 1–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Kelsey Harms

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL League One, FC Tucson entered the tournament proper in the Second Round. This was their first appearance in the Open Cup since 2018.[9][10]

April 6, 2022 (2022-04-06) Second Round FC Tucson 3–2 Las Vegas Lights FC Tucson, Arizona
6:30pm MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Benjamin Davis
April 19, 2022 (2022-04-19) Third Round FC Tucson 1–2 California United Strikers FC Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm MST
  • Calixtro 17'
 TUC Report
ESPN Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 528
Referee: Dejan Susak

Statistics

[11]

# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
13 MF France Louis Perez 26 25 2067 5 7 7 1
2 DF United States Donny Toia 18 15 1347 5 1 2 1
14 FW United States Fernando Garcia 18 7 688 4 0 2 1
8 MF Colombia Daniel Bedoya 24 14 1281 3 1 4 0
4 DF Italy Luca Mastrantonio 30 30 2700 2 0 6 0
16 DF United States Jake Crull 30 28 2545 2 1 4 0
5 DF United States Kaelon Fox 26 24 2154 2 1 3 0
29 FW Argentina Franco Pérez 17 13 894 2 2 6 1
17 DF United States Tarn Weir 25 19 1760 1 1 3 0
12 DF United States Tyler Allen 24 18 1624 1 3 4 0
25 MF England Charlie Machell 22 17 1445 1 1 5 0
11 FW United States Gio Calixtro 24 14 1309 1 1 2 0
22 DF United States Tyler Moss 15 10 967 1 0 1 1
10 FW England Deri Corfe 9 6 576 1 0 1 0
7 MF Portugal João Delgado 10 5 443 1 0 2 0
32 MF United States Burke Fahling 27 20 1805 0 2 9 1
18 MF Jamaica Tevin Shaw 18 11 966 0 0 5 1
27 DF United States Eric Kinzner 12 10 864 0 0 3 0
21 MF Nigeria Mueng Sunday 17 6 542 0 0 3 1
9 FW Japan Yuki Shibata 8 4 363 0 0 1 0
6 MF United States Elijah Wynder 12 2 265 0 1 0 0
20 FW Ghana Daniel Bloyou 4 1 99 0 0 0 0
11 MF United States Kevin Rodriguez 1 1 67 0 0 0 0
77 FW United States Josiah Romero 2 0 14 0 0 0 0
19 MF United States Christian Nydegger 1 0 6 0 0 0 0

Goalkeepers

# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
23 Mexico Carlos Merancio 29 29 2610 84 42 1.448 5 0 0
1 United States Sean Murray 1 1 90 4 2 2.000 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "2022 FC Tucson Roster". fctucson.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "FC Tucson Staff". fctucson.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "FC Tucson Technical Staff". fctucson.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "2022 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  5. ^ "2022 FC Tucson Schedule". FC Tucson Communications.
  6. ^ "520 Day Match With Richmond Postponed". FC Tucson. May 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "520 Day Match Rescheduled For June 29". FC Tucson. May 24, 2022.
  8. ^ "FC Tucson vs. North Carolina FC Postponed". USLLeagueOne.com. July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "U.S. SOCCER RELEASES SECOND ROUND PAIRINGS AND HOST SCENARIOS FOR 2022 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP". February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "U.S. Open Cup Returns to Tucson". fctucson.com. February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "FC Tucson 2022 Player Stats". Retrieved October 10, 2022.