2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship
# 2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship

The 2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship was the 103rd installment of the U.S. Open Polo Championship and was held at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida from March 27 to April 21, 2019.

A total of 16 teams entered the tournament and a total of 31 matches were played.

The winning team, Pilot, consisted of Curtis Pilot, Matias Gonzalez, Facundo Pieres, and Gonzalo Pieres Jr.

## Qualifying - Group stage

Groups were created via a draw held on the evening of March 20, 2019, at the IPC Pavilion in Wellington, Florida

Group One :

| Team | Won | Lost |
| - | - | - |
| Aspen | 3 | 0 |
| Cessna | 2 | 1 |
| Santa Clara | 1 | 2 |
| SD Farms | 0 | 3 |

Group Two :

| Team | Won | Lost |
| - | - | - |
| Iconica | 3 | 0 |
| Equuleus | 2 | 1 |
| Coca-Cola | 1 | 2 |
| La Indiana | 0 | 3 |

Group Three :

| Team | Won | Lost |
| - | - | - |
| Las Monjitas | 3 | 0 |
| Daily Racing Form | 2 | 1 |
| Park Place | 1 | 2 |
| Old Hickory Bourbon | 0 | 3 |

Group Four :

| Team | Won | Lost |
| - | - | - |
| Pilot | 3 | 0 |
| Tonkawa | 2 | 1 |
| Postage Stamp Farm | 1 | 2 |
| Stable Door | 0 | 3 |

## Final stage

Quarterfinal brackets were determined by group winners who drew from the pool of second place teams from outside their own group.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iconica | Iconica | 9 | | | | | | |
| Cessna | Cessna | 8 | | | | | | |
| Cessna | Cessna | 8 | Iconica | Iconica | 6 | | | |
| | | | Pilot | Pilot | 13 | | | |
| Pilot | Pilot | 14 | Pilot | Pilot | 13 | | | |
| Daily Racing Form | Daily Racing Form | 10 | | | | | | |
| Daily Racing Form | Daily Racing Form | 10 | | | | Pilot | Pilot | 12 |
| | | | | | | Las Monjitas | Las Monjitas | 7 |
| Las Monjitas | Las Monjitas | 8 | | | | | | | Las Monjitas | Las Monjitas | 7 |
| Equuleus | Equuleus | 4 | | | | | | |
| Equuleus | Equuleus | 4 | Las Monjitas | Las Monjitas | 14 | | | |
| | | | Tonkawa | Tonkawa | 12 | | | |
| Aspen | Aspen | 11 | Tonkawa | Tonkawa | 12 | | | |
| Tonkawa | Tonkawa | 12 | | | | | | |

## Team Rosters

| Team | Position 1 (Hcap) | Position 2 (Hcap) | Position 3 (Hcap) | Position 4 (Hcap) | Team Hcap | Substitute A (Hcap) | Substitute B (Hcap) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aspen | Tomas Schwenke (2) | Polito Pieres (10) | Lucas James (7) | Stewart Armstrong (3) | 22 | | |
| Cessna | Chip Campbell (2) | Felipe Marquez (6) | Ezequiel M. Ferrario (7) | Felipe Viana (6) | 21 | Eduardo Novillo Astrada (8) | |
| Coca-Cola | Gillian Johnston (2) | Julian de Lusarreta (8) | Nacho Novillo Astrada (8) | Steve Krueger (4) | 22 | | |
| Daily Racing Form | Jared Zenni (6) | Agustin Obregon (6) | Santiago Cernadas (6) | Geronimo Obregon (4) | 22 | | |
| Equuleus | Joe DiMenna (0) | Iñaki Laprida (7) | Cristian "Magoo" Laprida (8) | Mariano Gonzalez (7) | 22 | Milo Dorignac (0) | |
| Iconica | Maureen Brennan (1) | Mariono "Peke" Gonzalez Jr (5) | Sebastian Merlos (9) | Matias Magrini (7) | 22 | | |
| La Indiana | Michael Bickford (2) | Facundo Obregon (6) | Jeff Hall (7) | Tomas Garcia del Rio (7) | 22 | Bautista Ortiz de Urbina (6) | |
| Las Monjitas | Camilo Bautista (0) | Francisco Elizalde (8) | Matt Coppola (4) | Hilario Ulloa (10) | 22 | | |
| Old Hickory Bourbon | Will Johnston (2) | Jason Crowder (6) | Miguel Novillo Astrada (9) | Stevie Orthwein (4) | 21 | Sugar Erskine (6) | |
| Park Place | Andrey Borodin (0) | Juan Britos (8) | Nico Pieres (9) | Lucas Díaz Alberdi (5) | 22 | | |
| Pilot | Matias Gonzalez (3) | Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (9) | Facundo Pieres (10) | Curtis Pilot (0) | 22 | | |
| Postage Stamp Farm | Annabelle Gundlach (0) | Lerín Zubiaurre (8) | Mariano Aguerre (8) | Joaquin Panelo (6) | 22 | Joaquin Pittaluga (8) | Leon Schwenke (0) |
| Santa Clara | Nico Escobar (3) | Nino Obregon (6) | Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino (8) | Luis Escobar (5) | 22 | Benjamin Avendaño (3) | |
| SD Farms | Sayyu Dantata (2) | Cesar "Peco" Polledo (6) | Juan "Tito" Ruiz Guiñazu (8) | Jesus "Pelon" Escapite (6) | 22 | Timmy Dutta (2) | |
| Stable Door | Henry Porter (3) | Santino Magrini (4) | Victorino Ruiz Jorba (6) | Santiago Toccalino (8) | 21 | | |
| Tonkawa | Jeff Hildebrand (0) | Agustin "Tincho" Merlos (8) | Guillermo "Sapo" Caset (10) | Sterling Giannico (4) | 22 | Malia Bryan (0) | |

## Team Statistics

| Team | Matches Played | Matches Won | Winning Avg | Matches Lost | Goals Scored | Avg Goals Per Game | Goals Against | Avg Goals Against Per Game | Avg +/- Per Game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aspen | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 1 | 50 | 12.5 | 42 | 10.5 | 2.00 |
| Cessna | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | 35 | 8.75 | 40 | 10 | -1.25 |
| Coca-Cola | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 29 | 9.67 | 36 | 12 | -2.33 |
| Daily Racing Form | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | 41 | 10.25 | 44 | 11 | -0.75 |
| Equuleus | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | 34 | 8.5 | 35 | 8.75 | -0.25 |
| Iconica | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 1 | 43 | 8.6 | 41 | 8.2 | 0.40 |
| La Indiana | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 31 | 10.33 | -1.33 |
| Las Monjitas | 6 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | 62 | 10.33 | 55 | 9.17 | 1.16 |
| Old Hickory Bourbon | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 32 | 10.67 | -0.67 |
| Park Place | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 34 | 11.33 | 36 | 12 | -0.67 |
| Pilot | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | 45 | 7.5 | 5.00 |
| Postage Stamp Farm | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 9.33 | -0.33 |
| Santa Clara | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 34 | 11.33 | 29 | 9.67 | 1.66 |
| SD Farms | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 34 | 11.33 | -3.33 |
| Stable Door | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 45 | 15 | -7.33 |
| Tonkawa | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 2 | 61 | 12.2 | 53 | 10.6 | 1.60 |

## Individual Scorers

| Player | Team | Position | Games Played | Goals | Goals/Game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Facundo Pieres | Pilot | 3 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 |
| Francisco Elizalde | Las Monjitas | 2 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 |
| Guillermo "Sapo" Caset | Tonkawa | 3 | 5 | 35 | 6.20 |
| Pablo "Polito" Pieres | Aspen | 2 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 |
| Gonzalo Pieres Jr. | Pilot | 2 | 6 | 25 | 4.17 |
| Mariano Gonzalez Jr. | Iconica | 2 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 |
| Nicolas Pieres | Park Place | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 |
| Hilario Ulloa | Las Monjitas | 4 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 |
| Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino | Santa Clara | 3 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 |
| Mariano Gonzalez | Equuleus | 4 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 |
| Agustin "Tincho" Merlos | Tonkawa | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 |
| Sebastian Merlos | Iconica | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 |
| Felipe Viana | Cessna | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 |
| Santiago Toccalino | Stable Door | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 |
| Valerio "Lerin" Zubiaurre | Postage Stamp Farm | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 |
| Jared Zenni | Daily Racing Form | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 |
| Ignacio Novillo Astrada | Coca Cola | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 |
| Matias Gonzalez | Pilot | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 |
| Agustin Obregon | Daily Racing Form | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 |
| Felipe Marquez | Cessna | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 |
| Stewart Armstrong | Aspen | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 |
| Geronimo Obregon | Daily Racing Form | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 |
| Julian De Lusarreta | Coca Cola | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 |
| Cristian "Magoo" Laprida | Equuleus | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 |
| Juan Britos | Park Place | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 |
| Ezequiel M. Ferrario | Cessna | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 |
| Miguel Novillo Astrada | Old Hickory Bourbon | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 |
| Jeff Hall | La Indiana | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 |

### Notes

* ↑ Substituted by another player in one game. Player's team played 4 games, but this player participated in 3.

## Game Scores

Game 1    March 27, 2019 3:00pm    Field: IPC Field 3 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coca Cola | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| La Indiana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Bautista O. de Urbina replaced Facundo Obregon ||||||||
| Goals Coca Cola: I. Novillo Astrada 6, J. Lusarreta 4, G. Johnston 2 Goals La Indiana: J. Hall 3, T. Garcia Del Rio 3, B.O. de Urbina 3, M. Bickford 1 ||||||||
| Ignacio Novillo Astrada ||||||||

Game 2    March 28, 2019 10:00 am    Field: Isla Carroll West :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Postage Stamp Farm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Tonkawa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Pittaluga replaced M. Aguerre; L Schwenke replaced A. Gundlach ||||||||
| Goals Postage: V. Zubiaurre 4, L. Schwenke 2, J. Panelo 1, J. Pittaluga 1 Goals Tonkawa: G. Caset 7, J. Hildebrand 2, A. Merlos 1 ||||||||

Game 3    March 28, 2019 4:00pm    Field: IPC Field 4 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SD Farms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Santa Clara | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Benjamin Avendano replaced Nicolas Escobar ||||||||
| Goals SD Farms: J. Escapite 3, J.R. Guiñazu 3 Goals Santa Clara: I. Toccalino 6, L. Escobar 3, M. Obregon 2, B. Avendaño 2 ||||||||
| Juan Ruiz Guiñazu ||||||||

Game 4    March 29, 2019 10:00 am    Field: IPC Field 5 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iconica | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Equuleus | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Milo Dorignac replaced Joe DiMenna ||||||||
| Goals Iconica: Mariano Gonzalez Jr. 7, Sebastian Merlos 1 Goals Equuleus: Cristian Laprida 2, Mariano Gonzalez 2, Ignacio Laprida 1 ||||||||

Game 5    March 29, 2019 4:00pm    Field: Isla Carroll East :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Old Hickory Bourbon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Park Place | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Sugar Erskine replaced Jason Crowder ||||||||
| Goals Old Hick Bourb: M. N. Astrada 3, S. Orthwein 3, S Erskine 3, W. Johnston 2 Goals Park Place: N. Pieres 8, J. Britos 4, L. Diaz Alberdi 1 ||||||||
| Miguel Novilla Astrada ||||||||

Game 6    March 30, 2019 10:00 am    Field: IPC Field 3 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stable Door | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pilot | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Goals Stable Door: Santiago Toccalino 5, Santino Magrini 1 Goals Pilot: Gonzalo Pieres 6, Facundo Pieres 5, Matias Gonzalez 4 ||||||||

Game 7    March 31, 2019 10:00am    Field: Isla Carroll West :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | OT | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Las Monjitas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Daily Racing Form | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Goals Las Monjitas: Francisco Elizalde 7, Matt Coppola 2 Goals Daily Racing Form: Jared Zenni 4, Agustin Obregon 2 |||||||||
| Agustin Obregon |||||||||

Game 8    March 31, 2019 3:00pm    Field: IPC Field 1 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cessna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Aspen | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Eduardo N. Astrada replaced Ezequiel Martinez Ferrario ||||||||
| Goals Cessna: Felipe Viana 5, Felipe Marquez 2, Chip Campbell 1 Goals Aspen: Polito Pieres 8, Stewart Armstrong 5 ||||||||
| Felipe Viana ||||||||

Game 9    April 2, 2019 10:00am    Field: Isla Carroll East :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coca Cola | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Iconica | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Goals Coca Cola: J. De Lusarreta 3, Steve Krueger 3, I. Novillo Astrada 2 Goals Iconica: Mariano Gonzalo Jr 9, Matias Magrini 2, Sebastian Merlos 1 ||||||||
| Mariano Gonzalo Jr. ||||||||

Game 10    April 3, 2019 10:00am    Field: Isla Carroll West :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tonkawa | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Pilot | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Malia Bryan replaced Jeff Hildebrand ||||||||
| Goals Tonkawa: Guillermo Caset 4, Agustin Merlos 4, M. Bryan 1, S. Giannico 1 Goals Pilot: Facundo Pieres 6, Gonzalo Pieres 4, Matias Gonzales 1 ||||||||
| Guillermo Caset ||||||||

Game 11    April 3, 2019 4:00pm    Field: IPC 4 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Postage Stamp Farm | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Stable Door | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Leon Schwenke replaced Annabelle Gundlach ||||||||
| Goals Postage Stamp: V. Zubiaurre 7, M. Aguerre 4, J. Panelo , L. Schwenke 1 Goals Stable Door: Santiago Toccalino 4, Victor Ruiz Jorba 3 ||||||||
| Santino Magrini ||||||||

Game 12    April 4, 2019 10:00am    Field: IPC 5 :

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SD Farms | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Cessna | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Goals SD Farms: J. Escapite 3, Juan R. Guinazu 2, Timmy Dutta 2, C. Polledo 1 Goals Cessna: F. Marquez 4, F. Viana 3, Ezequiel Ferrario 1, Chip Campbell 1 ||||||||
| Felipe Marquez ||||||||
