San Antonio FC 2016 media guide

2016·4 MB·English

by  San Antonio FC

(cid:246) (cid:244) (cid:245) (cid:250) (cid:343)
(cid:13) (cid:5) (cid:4) (cid:9) (cid:1) (cid:343) (cid:7) (cid:21) (cid:9) (cid:4) (cid:5)
EVERY GAME LIVE, FREE AND IN HD ON
SAN ANTONIO FC
1
2016 San Antonio FC
Table of Contents
General Information ...................................................................................................................................................3
2015 Schedule ..............................................................................................................................................................4
2015 Roster ....................................................................................................................................................................5
Players ...................................................................................................................................7-18
Carlos Alvarez/Victor Araujo ...............................................................................................................................7
Biko Bradnock-Brennan/Matt Cardone8
Rafa Castillo/Shawn Chin .....................................................................................................................................9
Greg Cochrane/Austin Dunker ........................................................................................................................10
Josh Ford/Jacques Francois ..............................................................................................................................11
Danny Garcia/Max Gunderson ........................................................................................................................12
Jason Johnson/Lee Johnston ..........................................................................................................................13
Sam McBride/Stephen McCarthy ...................................................................................................................14
Bobby Moseley/Fejiro Okiomah .....................................................................................................................15
Milton Palacios/Michael Reed .........................................................................................................................16
Credits Miguel Salazar/Manolo Sanchez ....................................................................................................................17
Sebastien Thuriere ...............................................................................................................................................18
The 2016 San Antonio FC
Media Guide was written Soccer Staff .........................................................................................................................19-24
and edited by Preston Darren Powell ........................................................................................................................................................20
Andy Thomson/Nick Evans ...............................................................................................................................21
Petri and the SAFC PR staff.
Juan Lamadrid .......................................................................................................................................................22
Photography by Katie Funk,
Support Staff ....................................................................................................................................................23-24
Jason Ytuarte, Ben Fox and
Anja Rosales. Front Office .........................................................................................................................25-34
History ................................................................................................................................35-37
Notable Dates/Transactions .............................................................................................................................36
National Team Soccer .........................................................................................................................................37
Playoffs ...............................................................................................................................38-39
Opponents .........................................................................................................................40-48
Arizona United/Colorado Springs ..................................................................................................................41
Los Angeles Galaxy II/OKC Energy .................................................................................................................42
Orange County Blues/Portland Timbers 2 ..................................................................................................43
Real Monarchs/Rio Grande Valley Toros FC ................................................................................................44
Sacramento Republic/Saint Louis FC ............................................................................................................45
Seattle Sounders 2/Swope Park Rangers ....................................................................................................46
Tulsa Roughnecks/Whitecaps 2 ......................................................................................................................47
2016 USL Eastern Conference ..........................................................................................................................48

In The Community .............................................................................................................49-52
Spurs Sports & Entertainment ..........................................................................................54-60
Media Information.............................................................................................................62-64
GENERAL INFORMATION
TICKET INFORMATION
QUICK FACTS
Ticket Phone: [phone]MLS
Team: San Antonio FC
Website: www.SanAntonioFC.com
Colors: Silver, Black, Red
Mailing Address: Toyota Field
Location: San Antonio, TX
5106 David Edwards Dr.
Arena: Toyota Field (8,000)
San Antonio, TX 78233
First Season: 2016
Box Office Hours: Event Days - 5 hours prior to kick-off
Ownership Group: Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Ticket Sales Manager: Joey Harvey
Chairman and CEO: Julianna Holt
Sales Representative: Adam Pena
Managing Director: Tim Holt
Sales Representative: Daniel Johansen
All-Time Record: 0-0
Sales Representative: Kelsi Darr
San Antonio Record: 0-0
Sales Representative: Josh Riley
Toyota Field Record: 0-0
Ticket Operations Manager: Jason Dawbin
Playoff Appearances:
Ticket Operations Coordinator: Aaron Zamora
Playoff Record:
Franchise Service and Retention Manager: Sasha Murray
Conference: Western Conference
Franchise Service Representative: Miguel Hopkins
Conference Titles:
TOYOTA FIELD
SOCCER STAFF
Head Coach: Darren Powell
Alma Mater: UNC Greensboro ‘95
Record at San Antonio: 0-0
Career Record: 0-0
Career Playoff Appearances: N/A
Assistant Coach: Andy Thomson
Assistant Coach: Nick Evans
Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach: Juan Lamadrid
Trainer: Jordan Harding
Team Physician: Elliot Young, M.D.
Team Services/Equipment Manager: Rashad Moore
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Manager: Preston Petri
Office Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: Toyota Field
5106 David Edwards Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78233
Website: www.SanAntonioFC.com
Facebook: facebook.com/SanAntonioFC
Twitter: @SanAntonioFC
Instagram: Instagram.com/sanantoniofc
Snapchat: @SanAntonioFC
SAN ANTONIO FC
3
2016 SAFC SCHEDULE
DAY DATE OPPONENT STADIUM TIME TV
Sunday April 3 at Seattle Sounders 2 Starfire Stadium 7 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday April 9 SWOPE PARK RANGERS Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Wednesday April 13 at Los Angeles Galaxy II StubHub Center 9:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday April 16 at Orange County Blues Anteater Stadium 9 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday April 23 at Colorado Springs Switchbacks Switchbacks Stadium 2:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday April 30 TULSA ROUGHNECKS Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday May 7 RGV TOROS FC Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Sunday May 15 at OKC Energy FC Taft Stadium 6 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday May 21 OKC ENERGY FC Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Wednesday May 25 RGV Toros FC Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday June 4 at RGV Toros FC RGVFC Stadium 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday June 11 at Portland Timbers 2 Merio Field 9 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday June 18 COLORADO SPRINGS SWITCHBACKS Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Thursday June 23 ORANGE COUNTY BLUES Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Sunday July 3 at Tulsa Roughnecks OneOK Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday July 9 OKC ENERGY FC Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday July 16 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 2 Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday July 23 LOS ANGELES GALAXY II Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday July 30 at Swope Park Rangers Swope Soccer Village 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday August 6 at Sacramento Republic FC Bonney Field 10 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday August 13 at Arizona United Scottsdale Stadium 9:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Wednesday August 17 ARIZONA UNITED Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday August 20 SEATTLE SOUNDERS 2 Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday August 27 at Saint Louis FC World Wide Technology Soccer Park 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Wednesday August 31 at Swope Park Rangers Swope Soccer Village 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Sunday September 4 ARIZONA UNITED Toyota Field 5 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday September 10 SAINT LOUIS FC Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Wednesday September 14 at Real Monarchs Rio Tinto Stadium 8 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday September 17 TULSA ROUGHNECKS Toyota Field 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Saturday September 24 at RGV Toros FC RGVFC Stadium 7:30 p.m. YouTube.com
Dates and times are subject to change
All times are Central Standard Time (CST) 2016 TICKET PROMOTIONS
Home games are denoted by BOLD CAPS
All non-Saturday games - $1 Drinks - Beer and Soft Drinks
FSSW indicates Fox Sports Southwest
All games available on SanAntonioFC.com
TICKETS
Individual game tickets are available for all 15 SAFC home games.
Season ticket plans are also available.
Individual tickets can be purchased at all San Antonio
Ticketmaster locations, including by phone at (210) 225-TEAM or
online at ticketmaster.com or SanAntonioFC.com.
Call 210-444-5MLS to purchase season ticket plans as well as
group ticket packages or for more information.
SAN ANTONIO FC
4
2016 ROSTER
NUMERICAL ROSTER
# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. D.O.B. College/Country Previous Club Hometown
0 Matt Cardone GK 6-3 215 6/18/93 Trinity San Antonio Scorpions San Antonio, TX
1 Josh Ford GK 6-0 175 11/6/87 UCONN Orlando City SC Liverpool, NY
2 Milton Palacios DEF 5-7 140 4/17/88 Honduras San Antonio Scorpions Tegucigalpa, HON
3 Bobby Moseley DEF 5-9 180 3/7/96 Ireland Stoke City FC Birmingham, ENG
4 Sam McBride DEF 6-1 195 9/21/94 Elon N/A Greensboro, NC
6 Sebastien Thuriere MID 6-0 170 1/6/90 South Florida Charleston Battery St. Petersburgh, FL
7 Victor Araujo MID 6-0 175 6/25/91 Trinity N/A Salvador, Brazil
8 Michael Reed MID 6-0 165 10/28/87 New Mexico Atlanta Silverbacks Albuquerque, NM
9 Manolo Sanchez FWD 6-0 205 11/10/91 Clemson New York Red Bulls Philadelphia, PA
10 Carlos Alvarez MID 5-10 160 11/12/90 UCONN Colorado Rapids Los Angeles, CA
11 Danny Garcia MID 5-5 140 10/14/93 North Carolina FC Dallas Dallas, TX
13 Lee Johnston GK 6-3 190 11/17/92 West Virginia N/A Newberry, FL
14 Biko Bradnock-Brennan DEF 6-3 180 4/24/93 Charlotte N/A London, England
15 Stephen McCarthy DEF 6-5 190 6/21/88 North Carolina KuPS Dallas, TX
16 Rafa Castillo MID 5-6 143 6/6/80 Colombia San Antonio Scorpions Pereria, Colombia
17 Shawn Chin FWD 5-7 150 5/11/89 South Florida Fort Lauderdale Striker Miami, FL
18 Jason Johnson FWD 6-0 180 10/9/90 VCU Chicago Fire Happy News, Jamaica
19 Max Gunderson DEF 5-9 145 12/5/89 Incarnate Word Austin Aztex Henderson, NV
20 Greg Cochrane DEF 5-8 140 11/1/90 Louisville Chicago Fire Holland, PA
21 Jacques Francois FWD 5-11 180 12/11/92 UNC Greensboro N/A Port Au Prince, Haiti
22 Austin Dunker DEF 5-9 150 8/27/92 Elon Seattle Sounders U-23 Greensboro, NC
23 Fejiro Okiomah DEF 6-2 190 11/10/90 High Point Pittsburgh Riverhound Austin, TX
28 Miguel Salazar MID 5-8 150 7/28/94 Elon N/A Tucson, AZ
Head Coach: Darren Powell (first season)
Assistant Coach: Andy Thomson (first season)
Assistant Coach: Nick Evans (first season)
Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach: Juan Lamadrid (first season)
Athletic Trainer: Jordan Harding (first season)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Matt Cardone .............................................................car-DOAN-ee Victor Araujo ..................................................ah-are-OO-joh
Milton Palacios ...............................................pah-LA-see-ohs Manolo Sanchez.............................................mah-NO-lo
Sebastien Thuriere ........................................ter-ee-AIR Jacques Francois ............................................JAX, fran-SWA
Fejiro Okiomah ..............................................fa-JEER-oh, Oh-kee-oh-mah Bobby Moseley ..............................................MOZE-lee
Matt Cardone Josh Ford Milton Palacios Bobby Moseley Sam McBride Sebastien Thuriere Victor Araujo Michael Reed
6-3 // G0K // Trinity 6-0 // GK1 // Syracuse 5-7 // D 2// Honduras 5-8 // D3 // Ireland 6-1 //4 D // Elon 6-0 // M //6 South Florida 6-0 // M7 // Trinity 6-0 // M //8 New Mexico
Manolo Sanchez Carlos Alvarez Danny Garcia Lee Johnston Biko Bradnock-Brennan Stephen McCarthy Rafa Castillo Shawn Chin
6-0 // F9 // Syracuse 5-10 //1 M 0// UCONN 5-5 /1/ M1 //UNC 6-3 // GK1 // W3est Virginia 6-3 // D1 //4 Charlotte 6-5 1// D5 // UNC 5-6 // M1 //6 Colombia 5-7 // F /1/ S7outh Florida
Jason Johnson Max Gunderson Greg Cochrane Jacques Franois Austin Dunker Fejiro Okiomah Miguel Salazar
6-0 1// F8 // VCU 5-9 // D //1 In9carnate Word 5-8 // 2D // 0Louisville 5-11 // F /2/ UNC1 Greensboro 5-92 // D2 // Elon 6-2 // D2 // H3igh Point 5-82 // M8 // Elon
SAN ANTONIO FC
5
PLAYERS
CARLOS ALVAREZ/VICTOR ARAUJO
CARLOS ALVAREZ
Career: Became the first player to join San Antonio FC in February 2016 ahead of
the club’s inaugural season… Spent 2015 at Charlotte Independence (USL), where
he scored two goals and notched four assists while on loan from the Colorado
Rapids (MLS)… Made 11 appearances for the Colorado Rapids between the 2014-
2015 seasons… Drafted by Chivas USA in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft (2nd pick
overall), where he made 40 appearances and scored two goals.
College: Played four years at the University of Connecticut… College Soccer News
First Team All-American...NSCAA Second Team All-American...Soccer American
MVP Second Team...BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year...All-BIG East First Team...No.
14 all-time at UConn with 82 points...Finished career third all-time at Connecticut
in assists with 42...Soccer America Preseason All-American...Topdrawersoccer.
com #6 Ranked Player... NSCAA/Continental Tire Second Team All-American...
College Soccer News Third Team All-American... NSCAA Northeast Region First
Team selection... Named All-BIG EAST Second Team... Selected to the 2011 BIG
EAST All-Tournament Team... NSCAA All-Northeast First Team... All-BIG EAST First
10 Team selection... In 2010, named BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and earned a spot on
the All-BIG EAST Third Team and All-BIG EAST Rookie Team...named to the Soccer
America All-Freshman Team...earned a spot on the Northeast Region Third Team...
led the BIG EAST in assists with 11 in the regular season.
2015 Stats:
Midfielder
5-10
Year L eague Team GP-GS Min G A Sh SOG YC-RC Foul
160
2015 USL Charlotte 22-16 1315 2 4 25 10 4-0 20
UCONN 2015 MLS Colorado 1-0 31 0 0 2 0 0-0 0
Los Angeles, CA
VICTOR ARAUJO
Career: Joined San Antonio FC in February 2016 ahead of the club’s inaugural
season… Played for AS Eupen in the Belgian Second Division during the
2011/2012 season, where he made 7 appearances.
College: Played for Trinity University from 2013-2015… Scored 20 goals and
recorded 18 assists in 43 total games… Ranked in the top 25 in goals and assists at
Trinity… Named to Division III All-American Team… SCAC Men’s Soccer Offensive
Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Friday, September 30th through
Sunday, October 6th
7
Midfielder
6-0
175
Trinity
Salvador, Brazil
SAN ANTONIO FC
7
BIKO BRADNOCK-BRENNAN/MATT CARDONE
BIKO BRADNOCK-BRENNAN
Career: Joined SAFC in March of 2016 in preparation for the club’s inagural
USL season...captained the Blackpool FC U-18 squad in the FA Reserve Premier
League...spent time in the Fulham FC Academy.
College: Spent four years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, starting
in 60 games and earning First Team All-Conference USA honors as well as being
named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week in September of
2014...came to Charlotte from London, England.
14
Defender
6-3
180
UNC Charlotte
London, England
MATT CARDONE
Career: Joined San Antonio FC in February 2016 ahead of the club’s inaugural
season… Spent 2015 with the San Antonio Scorpions in the NASL after trial with
Orlando City SC… Played four games tota, making three starts.
College: Played a total of 47 games and started in 45 for Trinity University from
2013-2015… Earned 14 shutouts and a save % of .840… Win/Loss ratio 34/3…
Was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Co-
Defensive Player of the Week (Oct, 2013).
2015 Stats:
Year L eague Team GP-GS M in GA Sho Sv YC-RC GAA
2015 NASL Scorpions 4-3 290 5 1 9 0-0 1.55
0
Goalkeeper
6-3
215
Trinity
San Antonio, TX
SAN ANTONIO FC
8
RAFA CASTILLO/SHAWN CHIN
RAFA CASTILLO
Career: Joined San Antonio FC in February 2016 ahead of the club’s inaugural
season… Spent 2014 and 2015 playing for the San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)…
Started 45 times in 46 appearances total… Scored 17 goals total… Led the
Scorpions to the 2014 NASL Championship… Was named MVP of the 2014
championship match after scoring a bicycle kick goal to give the Scorpions the
lead in the second half… Spent 2013 at Colombian Clubs Deportivo Pereira and
Llaneros, where he scored three goals for both clubs… Played for Real Cartagena
in 2012, where he scored two goals in 14 appearances… Scored four goals for
Deportes Tolima in 35 appearances… Recorded 7 goals at Atletico Huila in 2010…
Made 19 appearances and scored two goals for Medellin in 2009… Enjoyed
stints with five other Colombian sides between 1996-2006… Played for Egyptian
powerhouse Al-Ahly during the 2004/2005 season… Played for Colombia’s
national team from 2001-2003… Played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
2015 Stats:
16
Year L eague Team GP-GS Min G YC-RC
2015 NASL Scorpions 27-26 2324 8 9-0
Midfielder
5-6
143
Colombia
Pereria, Colombia
SHAWN CHIN
Career: Joined San Antonio FC in February 2016 ahead of the club’s inaugural
season… Played with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) in 2014 and 2015…
Scored three goals and collected eight assists in 53 total appearances… Was part
of the team that made it to the NASL Championship game… led the team in
assists in 2014… Played for VSI Tampa Bay (USL) in 2013… Scored four goals in 22
appearances… Made five appearances with Minnesota United (NASL) in 2012…
Began his professional career at FC Edmonton (NASL)… Scored two goals in 13
appearances… Made two appearances with the United States U-20 team in 2008.
College: Played for the University of South Florida in 2009… Scored one goal and
played 315 minutes… Season was cut short by an injury (broken foot)… Played for
Boston College from 2007-2008… Scored three goals and notched two assists in
21 appearances in 2008… Started in 20 out of 21 appearances in 2007… Named
to the All-ACC Freshman Team… Scored three goals and recorded two assists.
17
2015 Stats:
Year L eague Team GP-GS Min G A Sh YC-RC
2015 NASL Fort Lauderdale 24-14 1268 0 3 10 2-0
Forward
5-7
150
South Florida
Miami, FL
SAN ANTONIO FC
9