2020 San Antonio FC season
# 2020 San Antonio FC season

The 2020 San Antonio FC season was the club's fifth season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, it was the 11th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and were scheduled to participate in the U.S. Open Cup before it was postponed and ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first season without Darren Powell as head coach. Former assistant coach Alen Marcina was named head coach on December 9, 2019.

## Club

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Alen Marcina |
| SAFC Pro Academy Director & Assistant coach | Nick Evans |
| Director of Goalkeeping | Juan Lamadrid |
| Equipment Manager | Rashad Moore |
| Assistant coach | Ryan Roushandel |
| Athletic trainer | Jesse Lowrance |
| High Performance Coordinator | Sean Arters |

Source: San Antonio FC

### Other information

| Owner | Spurs Sports & Entertainment |
| - | - |
| Chairman | Julianna Hawn Holt |
| Managing Director | Tim Holt |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Toyota Field (8,200 / 110x70 yards) |
| Training Ground | S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex |

Source: San Antonio FC

## Squad information

### First team squad

    As of October 10, 2020.

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 37 | Matt Cardone | GK | (1993-06-18) June 18, 1993 (age 30) |
| 99 | Carlos Mercado | GK | (1999-09-27) September 27, 1999 (age 23) |
| Defenders |||||
| 4 | Joshua Yaro | DF | (1994-11-18) November 18, 1994 (age 28) |
| 15 | Liam Doyle | DF | (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 (age 31) |
| 20 | Mitchell Taintor | DF | (1994-09-11) September 11, 1994 (age 28) |
| 23 | Blake Smith | DF | (1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 32) |
| 27 | Hunter Gorskie | DF | (1991-06-27) June 27, 1991 (age 32) |
| 30 | Kai Greene | DF | (1993-07-07) July 7, 1993 (age 30) |
| 31 | Connor Maloney | DF | (1995-05-18) May 18, 1995 (age 28) |
| 45 | Sebastian Mercado | DF | (2003-04-13) April 13, 2003 (age 20) |
| 47 | Josh Ramsey | DF | (2002-08-22) August 22, 2002 (age 20) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | PC | MF | (1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 (age 29) |
| 10 | Cristian Parano | MF | (1999-08-16) August 16, 1999 (age 23) |
| 14 | Zachary Herivaux | MF | (1996-02-01) February 1, 1996 (age 27) |
| 18 | Ethan Bryant | MF | (2001-08-20) August 20, 2001 (age 21) |
| 21 | Leo Torres | MF | (2004-01-22) January 22, 2004 (age 19) |
| 22 | Santiago Viera | MF | (1998-06-04) June 4, 1998 (age 25) |
| 32 | Hayden Partain | MF | (1994-10-14) October 14, 1994 (age 28) |
| 44 | Rockey Perez | MF | (2004-01-08) January 8, 2004 (age 19) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Gonzalo Di Renzo | FW | (1995-12-30) December 30, 1995 (age 27) |
| 9 | Luis Solignac | FW | (1991-02-16) February 16, 1991 (age 32) |
| 17 | Jose Gallegos | FW | (2001-09-22) September 22, 2001 (age 21) |
| 25 | Ignacio Bailone | FW | (1994-01-20) January 20, 1994 (age 29) |
| 46 | Fabrizio Bernal | FW | (2003-06-30) June 30, 2003 (age 20) |
| 77 | Jordan Perruzza | FW | (2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 22) |

## Player movement

### In

| Pos | Player | Previous Club | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Cristian Parano | San Antonio FC | Option exercised | December 13, 2019 |
| DF | Ebenezer Ackon | San Antonio FC | Option exercised | December 17, 2019 |
| DF | Blake Smith | Pacific FC | Undisclosed | December 23, 2019 |
| DF | Hunter Gorskie | Loudoun United FC | Undisclosed | January 2, 2020 |
| MF | Jesús Enríquez | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Undisclosed | January 3, 2020 |
| DF | Connor Maloney | Columbus Crew SC | Undisclosed | January 6, 2020 |
| GK | Matt Cardone | San Antonio FC | Re-signed | January 8, 2020 |
| DF | Joshua Yaro | San Antonio FC | Re-signed | January 9, 2020 |
| DF | Kai Greene | San Antonio FC | Re-signed | January 13, 2020 |
| MF | Hayden Partain | Sacramento Republic FC | Undisclosed | January 14, 2020 |
| MF | Leo Torres | San Antonio FC | Undisclosed | January 21, 2020 |
| FW | Jose Gallegos | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | January 21, 2020 |
| MF | PC | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Undisclosed | January 22, 2020 |
| MF | Zachary Herivaux | New England Revolution | Undisclosed | January 24, 2020 |
| FW | Luis Solignac | Chicago Fire FC | Undisclosed | January 31, 2020 |
| FW | Ignacio Bailone | Chacarita Juniors | Undisclosed | February 6, 2020 |
| DF | Mitchell Taintor | Sacramento Republic FC | Undisclosed | February 19, 2020 |
| FW | Fabrizio Bernal | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | March 3, 2020 |
| DF | Jacob Castro | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | March 3, 2020 |
| DF | Sebastian Mercado | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | March 3, 2020 |
| MF | Rocky Perez | SAFC Pro Academy | Undisclosed | March 3, 2020 |
| DF | Josh Ramsey | Solar SC | Undisclosed | March 3, 2020 |
| FW | Tabort Etaka Preston | Las Vegas Lights FC | Undisclosed | March 4, 2020 |
| GK | Carlos Mercado | Incarnate Word Cardinals | Undisclosed | March 6, 2020 |
| DF | Liam Doyle | Memphis 901 FC | Undisclosed | September 18, 2020 |
| MF | Ethan Bryant | K.S.V. Roeselare | Undisclosed | September 18, 2020 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Alex Bruce | North Texas SC | Undisclosed | December 6, 2019 |
| MF | Jack Barmby | Phoenix Rising FC | Undisclosed | December 10, 2019 |
| GK | Jonathan Viscosi | IK Sirius Fotboll | Undisclosed | December 12, 2019 |
| MF | Pecka | North Carolina FC | Undisclosed | December 24, 2019 |
| FW | Éver Guzmán | Hartford Athletic | Undisclosed | January 9, 2020 |
| DF | Johnny Fenwick | Las Vegas Lights FC | Undisclosed | February 28, 2020 |
| MF | Jesús Enríquez | Unattached | Mutual Termination | August 21, 2020 |
| FW | Tabort Etaka Preston | Unattached | Mutual Termination | August 21, 2020 |

### Loan in

| Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Santiago Viera | Liverpool Montevideo | January 15, 2020 | End of season |
| FW | Gonzalo Di Renzo | Club Atlético Lanús | January 23, 2020 | End of season |
| DF | Callum Montgomery | FC Dallas | February 11, 2020 | October 10, 2020 |
| GK | Dayne St. Clair | Minnesota United FC | February 12, 2020 | August 15, 2020 |
| DF | Axel Sjöberg | Columbus Crew SC | March 6, 2020 | June 30, 2020 |
| FW | Jordan Perruzza | Toronto FC | September 8, 2020 | End of season |

## Pre-season

The pre-season match vs FC Dallas was announced on December 19, 2019, by SAFC. The match vs Orlando City was announced on January 18, 2020, by OCSC. The remaining schedule was released by SAFC on January 21, 2020.

## Competitions

### Overall

Position in Group D in the Western Conference

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| USL Championship | — | Winners | March 7, 2020 | October 4, 2020 |
| USL Championship Playoffs | Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Quarterfinals | October 10, 2020 | October 10, 2020 |
| U.S. Open Cup | Second Round | Cancelled | April 8, 2020 | April 8, 2020 |

Updated to match played October 10, 2020 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| USL Championship | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 062.50 |
| USL Championship Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 058.82 |

Updated to match played October 10, 2020 Source: Competitions

### USL Championship

The season was suspended on March 12, for 30 days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The temporary season suspension was extended through Sunday, May 10 on March 18.

The USL Championship announced on June 24 an updated format for the remainder of the 2020 season. All 35 Championship clubs will be divided into eight groups to complete a 16-game regular season followed by a single-elimination playoff beginning July 11. Five substitutions will be allowed for the remainder of the season. Each team will have three opportunities to make substitutions during regular play. Substitutions may also be made at halftime without counting against a club's three in-game opportunities. San Antonio FC was placed in Group D along with Austin Bold FC, OKC Energy FC, Rio Grande Valley FC, and FC Tulsa.

**Group table**

**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 | |

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: October 5, 2020. Source:

**Results by matchday**

Position in the Group D in the Western Conference. Week 1 position reset to align for Group play.

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

**Matches**

The first matches of 2020 were announced on January 6, 2020. The remaining schedule was released on January 9, 2020. Home team is listed first, left to right.

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of SAFC's schedule was announced on July 2.

### USL Championship Playoffs

On September 16, 2020, San Antonio clinched a spot in the 2020 USL Championship Playoffs.

### Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The competition was suspended on March 13, 2020, before the first round fixtures, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was officially cancelled on August 17, 2020.

## Statistics

### Appearances

Discipline includes league and playoffs play.

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 4 | DF | Joshua Yaro | 12 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | PC | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Gonzalo Di Renzo | 8 (8) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 8 (9) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Luis Solignac | 14 (1) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 (1) | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Cristian Parano | 11 (3) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 (3) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Zachary Herivaux | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jose Gallegos | 12 (4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ethan Bryant | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mitchell Taintor | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Leo Torres | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Santiago Viera | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Blake Smith | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Ignacio Bailone | 7 (9) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (10) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Liam Doyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Hunter Gorskie | 12 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Kai Greene | 3 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Connor Maloney | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Hayden Partain | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | Matt Cardone | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Jacob Castro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Rocky Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Sebastian Mercado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Fabrizio Bernal | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | Josh Ramsey | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Jordan Perruzza | 4 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Carlos Mercado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club |||||||||||
| | MF | Jesús Enríquez | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Callum Montgomery | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | Tabort Etaka Preston | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Axel Sjöberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | Dayne St. Clair | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: October 10, 2020. Source: San Antonio FC

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Playoffs | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Luis Solignac | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Cristian Parano | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Gonzalo Di Renzo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 25 | Ignacio Bailone | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 77 | Jordan Perruzza | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 11 | Callum Montgomery | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Jose Gallegos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 23 | Blake Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 6 | PC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 20 | Mitchell Taintor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 27 | Hunter Gorskie | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 30 | 0 | 30 |

Last updated: October 10, 2020. Source: San Antonio FC

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

| Rnk | No. | Player | League | Playoffs | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 0 | Matt Cardone | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 97 | Dayne St. Clair | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 7 |

Last updated: October 10, 2020. Source: San Antonio FC

### Summary

| Games played | 17 (16 USL Championship) (1 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| - | - |
| Games won | 10 (10 USL Championship) (0 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Games drawn | 3 (3 USL Championship) (0 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Games lost | 4 (3 USL Championship) (1 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Goals scored | 30 (30 USL Championship) (0 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Goals conceded | 15 (14 USL Championship) (1 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Goal difference | 15 (+16 USL Championship) (-1 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Clean sheets | 7 (7 USL Championship) (0 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Yellow cards | 33 (29 USL Championship) (4 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Red cards | 0 (0 USL Championship) (0 USL Championship Playoffs) |
| Most appearances | Ignacio Bailone Gonzalo Di Renzo Jose Gallegos Blake Smith (17 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Luis Solignac (8 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 10/17 (58.82%) |

Last updated: October 10, 2020. Source: San Antonio FC

## Awards

### Player

| No. | Player | Award | Week/Month |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Callum Montgomery | Championship Team of the Week | Week 1 |
| 10 | Cristian Parano | Championship Team of the Week | Week 5 |
| 9 | Luis Solignac | Championship Team of the Week | Week 6 |
| 10 | Cristian Parano | Championship Team of the Week | Week 7 |
| 20 | Mitchell Taintor | Championship Team of the Week | Week 9 |
| 23 | Blake Smith | Championship Team of the Week | Week 10 |

### Staff

| Manager | Award | Source |
| - | - | - |
| Alen Marcina | USL Championship Coach of the Month (August) | |
