2010 Austin Aztex season
# 2010 Austin Aztex season

The Austin Aztex began their second season as a professional team by playing 4 preseason exhibition matches. The first two games were held as a home-home series against Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo. They also played away games against the Laredo Heat and FC Dallas. Their lone home preseason game against Houston was their final match at Nelson Field. The Aztex now play their home matches at House Park a stadium located in downtown Austin.

On April 28, Austin hosted the Haitian national team. The match was part of a charity series of matches for the Haitians who played FC Dallas and Trinity University in San Antonio earlier in the month. The 4,132 fans who attended the Austin match donated $11,500 to help with the Haiti earthquake recovery effort. In total the series of matches raised over $22,000. The Austin match ended in a 0–0 tie.

On May 19, Austin played the Tampa Bay Rowdies in front of 6,051 fans, their largest home crowd in franchise history.

On August 24, Austin defeated the Carolina Railhawks 3–2. This victory gave the club their first playoff berth in team history.

## Players

### Roster

as of June 16, 2010

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Miguel Gallardo |
| 3 | DF | USA | Wes Allen |
| 5 | DF | JAM | Kieron Bernard |
| 6 | DF | USA | Lance Watson |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Sullivan Silva |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Eddie Johnson |
| 10 | MF | CUB | Yordany Alvarez |
| 11 | FW | USA | Maxwell Griffin |
| 12 | DF | USA | Leonard Griffin |
| 13 | MF | KEN | Lawrence Olum |
| 15 | DF | USA | Kevin Sakuda |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | USA | Michael Callahan |
| 18 | DF | USA | Joey Worthen |
| 19 | DF | TRI | Yohance Marshall (on loan from LA Galaxy) |
| 21 | GK | USA | Sean Kelley |
| 23 | FW | USA | Kendal McFayden |
| 25 | DF | USA | Sam Brill |
| 26 | MF | COL | Ronald Caicedo |
| 33 | DF | USA | Jay Needham |
| 61 | MF | TRI | Stephan Campbell |
| 77 | FW | USA | Jamie Watson |
| — | FW | USA | Perica Marošević (on loan from FC Dallas) |

### Staff

* Adrian Heath – Head Coach
* Bobby Murphy – Assistant Coach
* David Winner – Goalkeeping Coach

## Schedule and results

### Exhibition matches

| Date | Home team | Away team | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3–07–10 | Houston Dynamo | Austin Aztex | 1–1 |
| 3–14–10 | Austin Aztex | Houston Dynamo | 0–1 |
| 3–26–10 | Laredo Heat | Austin Aztex | 1–2 |
| 3–31–10 | FC Dallas | Austin Aztex | 4–1 |
| 4–28–10 | Austin Aztex | Haiti | 0–0 |

### 2010 U.S. Open Cup

| Date | Home team | Away team | Score | PKs |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 06–15–10 | Austin | Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados | 3–0 | – |
| 06–22–10 | Austin | Arizona Sahuaros | 3–1 | – |
| 06–29–10 | Chivas USA | Austin | 1–0 | – |

### Regular season

USL Conference :

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rochester Rhinos | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 54 | Conference leader, qualified for playoffs |
| 2 | Austin Aztex | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 53 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 4 | NSC Minnesota Stars | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 40 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 5 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 37 | Qualified for playoffs |
| 6 | FC Tampa Bay | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 32 | |

* ↑ The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

| Date | Home team | Away team | Score | Attendance | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4–11–10 | Austin Aztex | Montreal Impact | 2–0 | 2,642 | Olum 18', J Watson 77' |
| 4–17–10 | AC St. Louis | Austin Aztex | 1–2 | 5,695 | Johnson 41', O'Garro 43', L Griffin 57' |
| 4–25–10 | Austin Aztex | Rochester Rhinos | 1–2 | 2,819 | Hoxie 10' , L Griffin 19', Hamilton 65' |
| 5–01–10 | NSC Minnesota Stars | Austin Aztex | 1–2 | 753 | Cvilikas 36' , Johnson 75', J Watson 83' |
| 5–08–10 | FC Tampa Bay | Austin Aztex | 2–2 | 8,082 | King 10' , Johnson 28', J Watson 60', Christie 83' |
| 5–16–10 | Austin Aztex | Crystal Palace Baltimore | 2–1 | 3,569 | L Watson 36', Mbuta 63' , J Watson 70' |
| 5–19–10 | Austin Aztex | FC Tampa Bay | 3–3 | 6,051 | Marshall 28', Wheeler 35' , Johnson 45', Donho 45' , Johnson 53', Kljestan 88' |
| 5–26–10 | Miami FC Blues | Austin Aztex | 1–3 | 1,014 | Alvarez 10', Veris 27' (own goal), Paulo Jr. 39' , Johnson 40' |
| 5–29–10 | Crystal Palace Baltimore | Austin Aztex | 0–2 | 1,231 | J Watson 65', M Griffin 72' |
| 6–05–10 | Austin Aztex | Puerto Rico Islanders | 2–1 | 4,218 | M Griffin 24', N Addlery 35', Alvarez 80' |
| 6–09–10 | Austin Aztex | Portland Timbers | 0–0 | 3,241 | |
| 6–12–10 | Austin Aztex | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–2 | 2,841 | Olum 45', Haber 68' , Khalfan 81' |
| 6–19–10 | Austin Aztex | Miami FC Blues | 3–1 | 2,143 | M Griffin 23', Araujo 25' , M Griffin 65', M Griffin 87', |
| 6–26–10 | Miami FC Blues | Austin Aztex | 1–2 | 1,148 | Johnson 44', Paulo Jr. 86', Johnson 88' |
| 7–03–10 | Austin Aztex | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–1 | 4,050 | Martínez 1' (own goal), Daniel 75' |
| 7–09–10 | Rochester Rhinos | Austin Aztex | 0–0 | 4,544 | |
| 7–17–10 | Austin Aztex | AC St. Louis | 2–0 | 3,702 | J Watson 35', M Griffin 68' |
| 7–31–10 | Austin Aztex | Miami FC Blues | 3–1 | 3,228 | Johnson 44', Olum 47', Thompson 75', McFayden 90' |
| 8–07–10 | Austin Aztex | FC Tampa Bay | 4–2 | 3,672 | Needham 16', L Watson 18', Sanchez 21' , Tan 25' , Needham 35', M Griffin 45' |
| 8–14–10 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Austin Aztex | 2–0 | 2,095 | Foley 32' , Keon 68' |
| 8–22–10 | Austin Aztex | Carolina Railhawks | 3–2 | 4,188 | Paladini 18' , Johnson 32', Marchall 66', Patterson 81', Russell 83' |
| 8–26–10 | Portland Timbers | Austin Aztex | 1–1 | 14,985 | Dike 4' , Silva 26' |
| 8–29–10 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Austin Aztex | 2–2 | 5,288 | Stewart 32' , Marshall 44', Mobulu 52' , Johnson 80' |
| 9–04–10 | Austin Aztex | NSC Minnesota Stars | 2–0 | 3,744 | Johnson 24', 80' |
| 9–11–10 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Austin Aztex | 3–1 | 2,864 | J Watson 18', Delgado 61' , Jagdeosingh 70' , Faña 87' |
| 9–16–10 | FC Tampa Bay | Austin Aztex | 1–1 | 1,698 | M Griffin 50', King 90+' |
| 9–18–10 | AC St. Louis | Austin Aztex | 2–1 | 2,620 | Stisser 61' , Johnson 90+', Kreamalmeyer 90+' |
| 9–25–10 | Austin Aztex | AC St. Louis | 4–2 | 5,800 | Callahan 14', Bernard 30', Gauchinho 35' , Kreamalmeyer 40' , M Griffin 50', Patterson 90+' |
| 10–01–10 | Carolina Railhawks | Austin Aztex | 3–1 | 2,728 | Bernard 44' (own goal), M Griffin 45', Barbara 84' , Heinemann 90' |
| 10–03–10 | Montreal Impact | Austin Aztex | 0–2 | 12,608 | Le Gall 26' , Placentino 87' |

Road attendance numbers are italicized. Non-Austin goals are italicized.

### Playoffs

By beating the Carolina Railhawks on August 24, the Aztex clinched a playoff spot for the first time in the team history. Although Austin ended the regular season with the second best record in the US second division, they were seeded third overall. They opened up their quarterfinal series on the road against the Montreal Impact on October 6, where they lost 2–0 in rainy conditions. The Aztex return to Austin for the second leg of the series on October 9, and lost 2–3. This gave Montreal the win in the series with an aggregate score of 5–2.

    Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series. Home teams for the first game of each series listed at the bottom of the bracket.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rochester Rhinos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Puerto Rico Islanders (a.e.t.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Puerto Rico Islanders (a.e.t.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Austin Aztex | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Montreal Impact | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | Montreal Impact | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 7 | NSC Minnesota Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Date | Home team | Away team | Score | Attendance | Goals |
| First round | | | | | |
| 10–06–10 | Montreal Impact | Austin Aztex | 2–0 | 7,962 | Gerba 39' , Gerba 76' |
| 10–09–10 | Austin Aztex | Montreal Impact | 2–3 | 2,872 | Gerba 4' , M Griffin 43', Gerba 49' , Johnson 57', Sebrango 89' |

Road attendance numbers are italicized. Non-Austin goals are italicized.

## Stats

Full Season

Field Players

| No | Player | GP | Min | G | A | S | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Goalkeepers

| No | Player | GP | GAA | Min | GA | W | L | T | CS | Saves |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

GP – games played, Min – Minutes played, G – Goals scored, A – Assists, S – Shots, F – Fouls GAA – Goals Against Average, GA – Goals Against, W – Wins, L – Losses, T – Ties, CS – Clean Sheets

