2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season
# 2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season

The 2020 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 5th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.

## Club

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 10, 2020.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Nico Corti | Belgium |
| 2 | MF | Carlos Vivero | United States |
| 3 | DF | Robert Coronado | United States |
| 4 | DF | Robert Castellanos | United States |
| 6 | MF | David Cabrera | Colombia |
| 7 | MF | Camilo Monroy | Colombia |
| 8 | MF | Romilio Hernandez | El Salvador |
| 10 | MF | Victor Garza | United States |
| 11 | FW | Jesús Enríquez | Peru |
| 12 | MF | Brad Dunwell | United States |
| 14 | DF | Zach Jackson | United States |
| 15 | MF | Andres Arcila | Colombia |
| 16 | DF | Andrew Samuels | United States |
| 18 | MF | Sergio Mena | Colombia |
| 19 | MF | Nico Lemoine | United States |
| 20 | DF | Conor Donovan | United States |
| 22 | DF | Héctor Copete | Colombia |
| 23 | FW | Aldo Quintanilla | Mexico |
| 27 | MF | Kevin Rodriguez | United States |
| 30 | MF | Isidro Martinez | United States |
| 32 | DF | Kyle Adams | New Zealand |
| 58 | FW | Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido) | Panama |
| 99 | GK | Ben Willis | United States |

## Competitions

### USL Championship

**Standings — Group D**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | San Antonio FC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Tulsa | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 25 | 1.67 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Austin Bold FC | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 22 | 1.38 | |
| 4 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | OKC Energy FC | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | 0.63 | |

**Match results**

On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.

In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the remainder of RGVFC's schedule was announced on July 2.

### U.S. Open Cup

Due to their hybrid affiliation with the Dynamo, RGVFC is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.

### Statistics

    As of September 4, 2020 Source: us.soccerway.com

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

**Appearances and goals**

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL Championship Regular Season | USL Championship Regular Season | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | DF | USA | Robert Castellanos | 11 | 2 | 11+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Isidro Martinez | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA | Garrett McLaughlin | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | JAM | Deshane Beckford | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Carter Manley | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Robert Coronado | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CAN | Kembo Kibato | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | HON | Juan Carlos Obregón Jr. | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Paul Blanchette | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Luka Prpa | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | USA | Christian Lucatero | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | James Murphy | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | VIN | Kyle Edwards | 8 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Kevin Rodriguez | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | Jonathan Jimenez | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NZL | Kyle Adams | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Taiberson | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SWE | Erik McCue | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Timo Mehlich | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CAN | Émile Legault | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Ian Hoffmann | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Diego Rocha | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | EIR | Ryan Coulter | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Victor Garza | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
