2015 San Antonio Scorpions season
# 2015 San Antonio Scorpions season

The 2015 San Antonio Scorpions FC season was the club's fourth season of existence and its fourth and last season in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid. Including the San Antonio Thunder soccer franchise of the original NASL, this was the 6th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The Scorpions entered the 2015 NASL season as the reigning league champions after defeating the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 in the 2014 Soccer Bowl.

The 2015 season was sponsored by San Antonio-based deeproot Funds through a partnership.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 1, 2015.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Daryl Sattler | United States |
| 2 | DF | Brad Rusin | United States |
| 3 | DF | Julius James | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 4 | DF | Adrian Cann | Canada |
| 5 | DF | Monbo Bokar | Liberia |
| 6 | DF | Nana Attakora | Canada |
| 7 | MF | Billy Forbes | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 8 | MF | Tyler Gibson | United States |
| 10 | FW | César Elizondo | Costa Rica |
| 13 | MF | Johnny Lawson | United States |
| 14 | FW | Omar Cummings | Jamaica |
| 15 | MF | Julio Garcia | Mexico |
| 16 | MF | Rafael Castillo | Colombia |
| 18 | MF | Marvin Chávez | Honduras |
| 19 | MF | Josue Soto | United States |
| 20 | DF | Milton Palacios | Honduras |
| 21 | DF | Stephen DeRoux | Jamaica |
| 22 | GK | Daniel Fernandes (on loan from FC Twente) | Portugal |
| 25 | FW | Kris Tyrpak | United States |
| 29 | FW | Eric Hassli | France |
| 42 | MF | Joseph Nane | Cameroon |
| 80 | GK | Matt Cardone | United States |
| 88 | MF | Zourab Tsiskaridze | Georgia |
| 92 | FW | Giuseppe Gentile (on loan from FC Chiasso) | United States |

### Transfers

**Transfers in**

| No. | Pos. | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | DF | Eduar Zea | Deportes Quindío | Undisclosed | January 29, 2015 |
| 9 | MF | Pablo Cruz | Atlanta Silverbacks | Undisclosed | February 11, 2015 |
| 11 | FW | Cristian Palomeque | Atlético Nacional | Season-long loan | February 18, 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Nana Attakora | D.C. United | Undisclosed | February 25, 2015 |
| 18 | MF | Marvin Chávez | Chivas USA | Undisclosed | February 26, 2015 |
| 33 | MF | Zourab Tsiskaridze | Bangkok Glass F.C. | Undisclosed | February 27, 2015 |
| 8 | MF | Tyler Gibson | Charlotte 49ers | Undisclosed | March 20, 2015 |
| 00 | GK | Jon Kempin | Sporting Kansas City | On loan from Sporting Kansas City | March 20, 2015 |
| 14 | FW | Omar Cummings | Houston Dynamo | Undisclosed | March 27, 2015 |
| 17 | DF | Saad Abdul-Salaam | Sporting Kansas City | On loan from Sporting Kansas City | April 1, 2015 |
| 42 | MF | Joseph Nane | New York Cosmos | Undisclosed | April 17, 2015 |
| 80 | GK | Matt Cardone | Trinity Tigers | Undisclosed | April 17, 2015 |
| 20 | FW | Bright Dike | Toronto FC | On loan from Toronto FC | April 27, 2015 |
| 2 | DF | Brad Rusin | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Trade | April 29, 2015 |
| 92 | FW | Giuseppe Gentile | FC Chiasso | On loan from FC Chiasso | June 24, 2015 |
| 5 | DF | Monbo Bokar | Charlotte 49ers | Undisclosed | June 24, 2015 |
| 13 | MF | Johnny Lawson | Corinthians FC of San Antonio | Undisclosed | June 22, 2015 |
| 22 | GK | Daniel Fernandes | FC Twente | On loan from FC Twente | August 3, 2015 |
| 20 | DF | Milton Palacios | Heredia | Undisclosed | August 5, 2015 |
| 9 | MF | Khari Stephenson | San Jose Earthquakes | On loan from San Jose Earthquakes | August 5, 2015 |
| 25 | FW | Kris Tyrpak | Austin Aztex | Undisclosed | October 1, 2015 |

**Transfers out**

| No. | Pos. | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Borrajo | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Traded for future considerations | January 9, 2015 |
| 12 | DF | Greg Janicki | Indy Eleven | Undisclosed | January 9, 2015 |
| 7 | MF | Wálter Restrepo | New York Cosmos | Undisclosed | January 19, 2015 |
| 28 | FW | Giuseppe Gentile | FC Chiasso | Undisclosed | January 21, 2015 |
| 44 | DF | Leone Cruz | Austin Aztex | Undisclosed | January 29, 2015 |
| 20 | FW | Sainey Touray | Austin Aztex | Undisclosed | February 25, 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Trevin Caesar | Austin Aztex | Undisclosed | March 17, 2015 |
| 22 | FW | Tomasz Zahorski | Charlotte Independence | Undisclosed | April 10, 2015 |
| 5 | MF | Richard Menjivar | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Trade | April 29, 2015 |
| 17 | DF | Saad Abdul-Salaam | Sporting Kansas City | Recalled from loan by Sporting Kansas City | May 19, 2015 |
| 00 | GK | Jon Kempin | Sporting Kansas City | Recalled from loan by Sporting Kansas City | May 27, 2015 |
| 9 | MF | Pablo Cruz | FC Edmonton | Undisclosed | June 18, 2015 |
| 20 | FW | Bright Dike | Toronto FC | End of loan from Toronto FC | June 27, 2015 |
| 30 | DF | Eduar Zea | Arizona United | Undisclosed | July 12, 2015 |
| 11 | FW | Cristian Palomeque | Jaguares de Córdoba | Undisclosed | July 17, 2015 |
| 9 | MF | Khari Stephenson | San Jose Earthquakes | Recalled from loan by San Jose Earthquakes | September 1, 2015 |

## Competitions

### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

### Friendlies

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

### NASL Spring Season

The spring season will last for 10 games beginning on April 4 and ending on June 13. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time. All teams will play 5 home games and 5 away games. The winner of the spring season will automatically qualify for the 2015 NASL Playoffs (The Championship).

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
| 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: June 15, 2015. Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings

**Results summary**

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stadium | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 |

**Matches**

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

Win  Loss  Draw

**Awards**

NASL Weekly Awards - Spring 2015 :

| Week | Player | Nation | Award |
| - | - | - | - |
| Week 4 | Zourab Tsiskaridze | GEO | Play of the Week Team of the Week |
| Week 5 | Omar Cummings | JAM | Play of the Week |
| Week 6 | Rafael Castillo | COL | Team of the Week |
| Week 6 | Billy Forbes | TCA | Team of the Week |
| Week 7 | Billy Forbes | TCA | Player of the Week Team of the Week |
| Week 7 | Stephen DeRoux | JAM | Team of the Week |
| Week 9 | Joseph Nane | CMR | Team of the Week |
| Week 10 | Omar Cummings | JAM | Team of the Week |
| Week 10 | Daryl Sattler | USA | Team of the Week |
| Week 11 | Julius James | TRI | Team of the Week |

### NASL Fall Season

The fall season will last for 20 games beginning on July 4 and ending on October 21. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league two times. All teams will play 10 home games and 10 away games. The winner of the fall season will automatically qualify for the 2015 NASL Playoffs (The Championship).

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings

**Results summary**

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 |

**Matches**

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

Win  Loss  Draw

**Awards**

NASL Weekly Awards - Fall 2015 :

| Week | Player | Nation | Award |
| - | - | - | - |
| Week 2 | Omar Cummings | JAM | Player of the Week Team of the Week |
| Week 2 | Matt Cardone | USA | Team of the Week |
| Week 3 | Billy Forbes | TCA | Team of the Week |
| Week 6 | Omar Cummings | JAM | Team of the Week |
| Week 8 | Stephen DeRoux | JAM | Team of the Week |
| Week 8 | Daniel Fernandes | POR | Team of the Week |
| Week 9 | Daniel Fernandes | POR | Team of the Week |
| Week 11 | Rafael Castillo | COL | Player of the Week Team of the Week |
| Week 11 | Marvin Chávez | HON | Team of the Week |
| Week 13 | Nana Attakora | CAN | Team of the Week |
| Week 14 | Kris Tyrpak | USA | Play of the Week |
| Week 15 | Marvin Chávez | HON | Team of the Week |
| Week 15 | Kris Tyrpak | USA | Team of the Week |
| Week 15 | Giuseppe Gentile | USA | Play of the Week |
| Week 17 | Billy Forbes | TCA | Team of the Week |
| Week 18 | Billy Forbes | TCA | Team of the Week |
