The 2020 FC Tucson season was the ninth season in the soccer team's history and their second in USL League One, a league in the third division of American soccer. FC Tucson, as a child club of Phoenix Rising FC of USL Championship, are barred from participating in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup.[1] FC Tucson play their home games at Kino North Stadium, located in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

FC Tucson
2020 season
OwnerPhoenix Rising FC
ManagerUnited States John Galas
StadiumKino North Stadium
USL1 2020 season6th
USL1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerShak Adams
Josh Coan (4)
Biggest win4–1
(Aug. 18 at Orlando City B)
Biggest defeat0–2
(Sept. 12 vs. North Texas SC)
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Club

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Roster

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As of September 6, 2020[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Carlos Merancio   Mexico
2 MF Darryl Longdon   United States
3 DF Jonathan Caparelli   Argentina
4 DF Jordan Hill   United States
5 MF Esteban Calvo   Costa Rica
6 DF Elivelton Oliveira de Lima (on loan from FC Cascavel)   Brazil
7 MF Roberto Alarcón   Spain
9 FW Azaad Liadi   United States
10 FW Charlie Dennis   England
11 MF Josh Coan   United States
13 GK Rafael Guerrero   United States
14 MF Manuel Ferriol   Spain
16 DF Samuel Biek   Germany
17 MF Gio Magaña-Rivera   United States
19 FW Giovanni Godoy   United States
20 DF Niall Logue   Northern Ireland
21 DF Charlie Booth   United States
23 MF Erik Virgen   United States
26 DF A. J. Valenzuela   United States
33 DF Tommy Silva   United States
44 MF Raheem Somersall   Saint Kitts and Nevis
50 FW Darius Lewis   Trinidad and Tobago
77 FW Shak Adams   United States
95 MF Ramone Howell   Jamaica
99 GK Amal Knight (on loan from San Diego Loyal)   Jamaica
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract.

Coaching staff

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Name Position
  John Galas Head coach
  Jon Pearlman Assistant coach
  Alex Rangel Goalkeeper coach

Front Office Staff

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Name Position
  Amanda Powers President
  Jon Pearlman Director of Soccer Operations

Competitions

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Exhibitions

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February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28) Preseason 1 FC Tucson 2–0 New Mexico United Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST Trialist   70'
Adams   80'
Report Stadium: Kino North Stadium
February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 2 FC Tucson 0–4 OKC Energy FC Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST Report
Goals: 1 2 3 4
Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL League One

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26 1.63
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22 1.47
6 FC Tucson 16 6 6 4 21 19 +2 22 1.38
7 Forward Madison FC 16 5 5 6 20 14 +6 21 1.31
8 Tormenta FC 16 5 7 4 19 22 −3 19 1.19
Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
16 6 4 6 21 19  +2 22 3 2 3 11 11  0 3 2 3 10 8  +2

Source: USL League One[3]

Round12345678910111213141516
StadiumAAHAAAHHHAHHAAHH
ResultWLLLWLDLWDWLDWDW
Position36810488977566555
Source: USL League One[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

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July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 1 Fort Lauderdale CF 1–2 FC Tucson Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT Lopez-Espin   8'
Saavedra   25'   27'
Fray   38'   45+2'
Report
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Biek   37'
Liadi   87'
Valenzuela   90'
Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01) 2 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 1–0 FC Tucson East Ridge, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT Soto   5'
Folla   15'
Doyle   38'
Zacarías   41'
Hurst   53'
Mangels   68'
Pineda   84'
Report
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Liadi   22'
Magaña-Rivera   42'
Somersall   59'
Biek   61'
Coan   69'
Alarcón   89'
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 721
Referee: Kyle Johnston
August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08) 3 FC Tucson 1–2 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Alarcón   49'
Calvo   63'
Ramos-Godoy   76'
Virgen   90+3'
Report
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Conway   23'
Hauswirth   48',   78'
Vanacore-Decker   58'
Boyce   77'
Mare   90+5'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Isaiah Vlad
August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 4 Richmond Kickers 2–1 FC Tucson Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Magalhães   8'
Kraft   24'
Bolduc   35'
Terzaghi   42'
Report
Report
Silva   41'
Logue   63'
Adams   81'
Dennis   90'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 634
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 18, 2020 (2020-08-18) 5 Orlando City B 1–4 FC Tucson Kissimmee, Florida
4:00 PM MST Rodas   18' (pen.),   90+1'
Kennedy   29'
Report
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Liadi   6', 26'
Alarcón   21'
Adams   41'
Valenzuela   46'
Stadium: Osceola County Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 6 Union Omaha 2–1 FC Tucson Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM EDT Boyce   16'
David   28'
Viader   55'
Sousa   73'
Molina   78'
Report Adams   33' Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 5, 2020 (2020-09-05) 7 FC Tucson 2–2 Richmond Kickers Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Alarcón   10' (pen.)
Adams   15'
Report Terzaghi   40' (pen.)
Falck   90+3'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola
September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12) 8 FC Tucson 0–2 North Texas SC Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Alarcón   3'
Ramos-Godoy   59'
Liadi   70'
Lewis   83'
Ferriol   84'
Report Damus   61' (pen.)
Smith   69'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16) 9 FC Tucson 1–0 New England Revolution II Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Elivelton   8'
Liadi   90+1'
Alarcón   90+4'
Report
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Maciel   29' Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Isaiah Vlad
September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 10 North Texas SC 1–1 FC Tucson Arlington, Texas
7:30 PM EDT Cerrillo   21'
Hernandez   71'
Bruce   90+5'
Report
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Dennis   21'
Elivelton   45+5'
Stadium: Globe Life Park in Arlington
Attendance: 926
Referee: Gloria Resendiz
September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23) 11 FC Tucson 2–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Elivelton   3'
Coan   55'
Liadi   74'
Report
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Paulo Jr.   40'
Leonard   68'
Trimmingham   90+3'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola
September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) 12 FC Tucson 1–2 Fort Lauderdale CF Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Elivelton   49'
Ramos-Godoy   55' (pen.)
Logue   82'
Report
Report
Nodarse   9'
Sosa   84',   90+4'
Kiesewetter   87'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Samantha Martinez
October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) 13 Forward Madison FC 0–0 FC Tucson Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
4:00 PM MDT Wojcik   9'
Toyama   65'
Report
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Alarcón   26'
Liadi   35'
Virgen   45+3'
Dennis   66'
Biek   71'
Pena   87'
Stadium: Hart Park
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) 14 Tormenta FC 0–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
4:00 PM MDT Skelton   19'
Williams   68'
Rowe   90+4'
Report
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Ramos-Godoy   34'
Biek   67'
Logue   90+4'
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 400
Referee: Joshua Belk
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 15 FC Tucson 2–2 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Ramos-Godoy   12',   47'
Calvo   14'
Coan   45'
Virgen   56'
Merancio   71'
Report
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McLean   14', 90+1'
Polak   73'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola
October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17) 16 FC Tucson 2–0 Orlando City B Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT Coan   45+3', 90'
Pena   83'
Report
Report
Williams   57'
Rosales   88'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Kevin Sánchez

Statistics

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# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists    
77 FW   Shak Adams 12 9 809 4 2 0 0
11 MF   Josh Coan 11 6 561 4 0 0 0
6 DF   Elivelton 16 14 1104 3 2 1 0
9 FW   Azaad Liadi 15 11 979 3 3 5 0
19 FW   Giovanni Ramos-Godoy 15 11 952 3 0 2 0
7 MF   Roberto Alarcón 16 15 1330 2 2 5 0
23 MF   Erik Virgen 12 10 907 1 0 3 0
26 DF   A. J. Valenzuela 3 1 100 1 0 1 0
20 DF   Niall Logue 16 16 1440 0 0 4 0
10 FW   Charlie Dennis 15 14 1176 0 5 3 0
5 MF   Esteban Calvo 13 12 1080 0 0 2 0
16 DF   Samuel Biek 12 12 1062 0 0 4 0
1 GK   Carlos Merancio 9 9 810 0 1 1 0
33 DF   Tommy Silva 9 8 721 0 1 1 0
44 MF   Raheem Somersall 9 8 628 0 0 1 0
27 MF   Jordan Pena 5 5 450 0 0 2 0
95 MF   Ramone Howell 14 2 294 0 0 0 0
21 DF   Charlie Booth 9 3 282 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Manuel Ferriol 9 1 208 0 1 1 0
17 MF   Gio Magaña-Rivera 2 1 99 0 0 1 0
2 MF   Darryl Longdon 6 0 92 0 0 0 0
50 MF   Darius Lewis 5 0 52 0 0 1 0
4 DF   Jordan Hill 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Goalkeepers

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# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO    
99   Amal Knight 7 7 630 26 6 0.857 2 0 0
1   Carlos Merancio 9 9 810 25 13 1.444 2 1 0

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The remainder of the competition, is played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

References

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  1. ^ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Roster". fctucson.com. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  4. ^ "FC Tucson Schedule". USLLeagueOne.com Staff.
  5. ^ 2020 Player Stats