2019 Sacramento Republic FC season

Sacramento Republic FC
2019 season
Owner	Kevin M. Nagle
Head coach	Simon Elliott
Stadium	Papa Murphy's Park
USL Championship	7th (Western Conference)
USL Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
Highest home attendance	League/All: 11,569 ; (April 6 vs. Austin Bold FC); (April 27 vs. Phoenix Rising FC); (July 13 vs. Portland Timbers 2); (October 12 vs. Orange County SC)
Lowest home attendance	League: 9,324; (October 2 vs. LA Galaxy II) ; All: 400; (May 15 vs. Reno 1868 FC (USOC))
Average home league attendance	11,088
Biggest win	6–0 (June 22 vs. Tulsa)
Biggest defeat	–3 goals (3 times); 1–4 (May 11 vs. Reno 1868 FC); 0–3 (October 19 at Real Monarchs); 0–3 (November 2 at El Paso)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2019 Sacramento Republic FC season was the club's sixth season of existence. The club is playing in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Sacramento Republic FC competed in the Western Conference of the USL Championship.^[2]

Background

Club

Roster

As of July 18, 2019^[3]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Bobby Shuttleworth (on loan from Minnesota United FC)	United States
2	DF	Shannon Gomez	Trinidad and Tobago
4	DF	Mitchell Taintor	United States
5	DF	Matt Mahoney	United States
6	DF	Charalampos Chantzopoulos	Germany
7	MF	Hayden Partain	United States
9	FW	Dariusz Formella	Poland
10	MF	Keven Alemán	Canada
11	MF	Sam Werner	United States
12	MF	Drew Skundrich	United States
15	DF	Juan Barahona	El Salvador
18	GK	Rafael Díaz	Dominican Republic
20	MF	Villyan Bijev	Bulgaria
21	DF	Dekel Keinan	Israel
23	FW	Thomas Enevoldsen	Denmark
24	MF	Jaime Villarreal	United States
25	MF	Ray Saari	United States
26	DF	Elliott Hord	United States
29	FW	Stefano Bonomo	United States
30	DF	Jordan McCrary	United States
31	FW	Cameron Iwasa	United States
46	MF	Mario Penagos (^[A])	United States
47	DF	Hayden Sargis (^[A])	United States
48	DF	Eddy Berumen (^[A])	United States

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Sacramento Republic FC Academy player

Staff

As of December 12, 2018^{[citation needed]}

Position	Name
General Manager	Todd Dunivant
Head Coach	Simon Elliott
Head Assistant Coach	Benjamin Ziemer
Goalkeeper Coach	Romuald Peiser
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Luke Rayfield
Head Athletic Trainer	Aung Aye

Competitions

Preseason

February 9	Sacramento Republic FC	5–0	Sacramento Gold	Sacramento, California
19:00 PST	Iwasa 11' Bonomo 68' Butler 80' Partain 82' Blackwood 88'	Report		Stadium: American River College Soccer Stadium

February 13	Ventura County Fusion	1–9	Sacramento Republic FC	Ventura, California
19:30 PST		Report	Blackwood Butler Bonomo Iwasa , , Bijev , Skundrich	Stadium: Ventura College Sportsplex

February 16	LA Galaxy II	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
12:30 PST		Report	Bijev	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

February 23	Sacramento Republic FC	4–1	Reno 1868 FC	Davis, California
	Bonomo 16', 79' Skundrich 30' Blackwood 42' 67'	Report	Brown 41', 78' Seymore 84'	Stadium: Davis Legacy Soccer Complex

February 23	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Davis, California
	Partain 85'	Report	Fuentes 11'	Stadium: Davis Legacy Soccer Complex

March 2	Sacramento Republic FC	v	UC Davis Aggies	Sacramento, California
				Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: Closed-door

USL Championship

Results summary

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Orange County SC	34	15	9	10	54	43	+11	54	Conference Quarterfinals
6	El Paso Locomotive FC	34	13	11	10	42	36	+6	50	Conference Quarterfinals
7	Sacramento Republic	34	14	6	14	50	43	+7	48	Play-In Round
8	Austin Bold FC	34	13	9	12	53	52	+1	48
9	LA Galaxy II	34	12	12	10	59	62	−3	48

Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Match results

On December 19, 2018, the USL announced that their 2019 season schedule.^[4]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in PDT (UTC-06)

March 9 1	Sacramento Republic FC	1–1	Real Monarchs	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Iwasa 11' Chantzopoulos 81'	Report	Chang 25' Blake 35' (pen.) Ávila 80' Kacher 90+4'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,086 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

March 16 2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
5:00 PM	Jack 56'	Report	Iwasa 57' (pen.) Skundrich 78'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

March 24 3	Sacramento Republic FC	4–1	OKC Energy FC	Sacramento, California
2:00 PM	Iwasa 16', 21' (pen.), 27' Werner 45+4' Saari 47' Skundrich 80' Blackwood 90+2'	Report	R. Garcia 29', 69'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,857 Referee: Mark Allatin

April 1 4	Tacoma Defiance	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 PM	Leyva 22' Wingo 50' Bruin 78'	Report	Keinan 55' Iwasa 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 1,396 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera

April 6 5	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Keinan 44' Saari 64' Taylor 85' (o.g.)	Report	Kléber 12' Troncoso 30'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Calin Radosav

April 13 6	Portland Timbers 2	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM	Jadama 29' (pen.)	Report	Bijev 57' 63' Chantzopoulos 78' 90+1' Saari 84'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,116 Referee: Mike Hohnholz

April 27 7	Sacramento Republic FC	0–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Gomez 53' Alemán 81'	Report	Fernandez 10'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Elton Garcia

May 4 8	Las Vegas Lights FC	4–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 PM	Parra 67' Robinson 71' Echavarria 75' Sandoval 90'	Report	Partain 51' Blackwood 90+4'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 7,487 Referee: Malik Badawi

May 8 9	Fresno FC	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Fresno, California
7:30 PM	Chaney 41' Jackson 74'	Report	Keinan 26' Werner 29' McCrary 49' Cohen 89'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 2,968 Referee: Luis Guardia

May 11 10	Sacramento Republic FC	1–4	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Taintor 12' McCrary 19' Keinan 46'	Report	Hertzog 24', 80', 88' Brown 31' Mfeka 52' Mendiola 83' Partida 85'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,630 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

May 18 11	El Paso Locomotive FC	3–1	Sacramento Republic FC	El Paso, Texas
7:30 PM	Rezende 10' Kiesewetter 63', 73' Herrera 88' Salgado 90'	Report	Skundrich 35'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Thomas Snyder

June 1 12	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	San Antonio FC	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Keinan 11' Yaro 78' (o.g.) Werner 83' McCrary 90+5'	Report	Eboussi 39' Lahoud 69', 90+1' Ackon 79' Restrepo 90+5'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,020 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

June 8 13	New Mexico United	0–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
6:30 PM	Frater 35' Padilla 60' Guzman 61'	Report	Iwasa 32' (pen.), 90' Mahoney 77' Saari 85'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 14,780 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

June 22 14	Sacramento Republic FC	6–0	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Taintor 8', 34' Iwasa 44', 70' Bonomo 48', 74' Werner 80' Alemán 90'	Report	Roberts 50'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,522 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera, Jr.

June 29 15	Reno 1868 FC	2–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
7:30 PM	Mendiola 35' Rivas 60'	Report	Saari 44'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,498 Referee: Jon Freemon

July 3 16	Sacramento Republic FC	0–1	Fresno FC	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Keinan 73' McCrary 90+4'	Report	del Campo 60' Lawal 63' Chavez 73' Casillas 77'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,677 Referee: Dejan Susak

July 13 17	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Portland Timbers 2	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Partain 41' Taintor 47'	Report	Tuiloma 36' Langsdorf 47' Leeker 66' Smith 73' Kobayashi 82' Calixtro 86'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

July 20 18	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Cabrera 32' Small 87' Adams 90' Lemoine 90+2'	Report	Martinez 84' (o.g.) Chantzopoulos 87' Mahoney 90+1'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 2,408 Referee: Matthew Thompson

July 24 19	Sacramento Republic FC	1–2	New Mexico United	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Iwasa 53' Taintor 66' Werner 75'	Report	Wehan 10' Moar 36' Sandoval 44' Bruce 89'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,523 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

July 27 20	Orange County SC	0–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM		Report	Keinan 87'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,860 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

August 3 21	San Antonio FC	2–3	Sacramento Republic FC	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT	López 14' Barmby 51' Pecka 87', 90+5'	Report	Bonomo 21', 45' Iwasa 33' Alemán 45+3' McCrary 75' Werner 86' Díaz 87'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

August 7 22	Sacramento Republic FC	0–0	Las Vegas Lights	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Alemán 32' Mahoney 46' Barahona 87'	Report	Torres 26' Parra 31' Tabortetaka 70'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,431 Referee: Mark Allatin

August 17 23	Sacramento Republic FC	4–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM	Barahona 24' Villareal 31' Enevoldsen 57', 60' Iwasa 72' Partain 80'	Report	Hundley 43' Burt 48'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,350 Referee: Thomas Snyder

August 23 24	Phoenix Rising FC	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30pm	Barahona 7' (o.g.) Farrell 44' Vassell 66' Mala 85' 90'	Report	Iwasa 2' Barahona 49' McCrary 70'	Stadium: Casino Arizona Field Attendance: 7,403 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

August 31 25	LA Galaxy II	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
19:00	Koreniuk 21' Kamara 39' Cuello 54' Fiddes 56' Lopez 90+1'	Report	Enevoldsen 20' Partain 64' McCrary 82'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 783 Referee: Michael Radchuk

September 7 26	Sacramento Republic FC	3–0	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
7:30 pm (PDT)	Skundrich 11' Enevoldsen 13', 75' Taintor 18' Iwasa 45+2'	Report	Vargas 33' Hegardt 90+4'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,218 Referee: Luis Guardia

September 11 27	Austin Bold FC	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Austin, Texas
5:30 PM	Guadarrama 21' Kléber 33' Okugo 65'	Report	Enevoldsen 23', 90+6' Skundrich 26' Formella 31' Shuttleworth 75' Bijev 87'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 15 28	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Sacramento, California
7:00 PM	Werner 18' Formella 81', 83' Shuttleworth 90+2'	Report	Lemoine 5' Castellanos 68' Bird 83'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,688 Referee: Joseph Salinas

September 22 29	OKC Energy FC	0–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
4:00 PM	Williams 43'	Report	Saari 89'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 5,169 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

September 28 30	Sacramento Republic FC	1–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Enevoldsen 14' Skundrich 84' Chantzopoulos 87'	Report	Fox 29' Rebellón 48' Monsalvez 57' Gómez 90+1'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,807 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

October 2 31	Sacramento Republic FC	2–2	LA Galaxy II	Sacramento, California
19:30	Enevoldsen 20', 90+1' Mahoney 89' Taintor 90+5'	Report	Fiddes 8' Shultz 32' Zubak 37' Kamara 72' Williams 77' 90+5'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,324 Referee: Elton García

October 5 32	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	2–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 p.m. CDT	Marlon 31' Silva 40' Roberts 45'	Report	Bijev 13' Enevoldsen 19' Werner 42' Iwasa 59'	Stadium: Oneok Field Attendance: 2,257 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

October 12 33	Sacramento Republic FC	2–3	Orange County SC	Sacramento, California
19:30	Iwasa 6', 64' McCrary 17' Skundrich 90+1' Taintor 90+5'	Report	Jones 16' Alston 20' Vinicius 26', 56' Forrester 43' Orozco 78' Due 90+5' Quinn 90+5'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Mark Allatin

October 19 34	Real Monarchs	3–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Herriman, Utah
8:00 PM	Ryden 45' Mulholland 48', 50' Blake 56' Martínez 61', 82'	Report	Villarreal 24' Taintor 43' McCrary 85'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,131 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

USL Cup Playoffs

October 23 Play-In Round	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	New Mexico United	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Enevoldsen 44', 82' Alemán 45+3' Villarreal 67' Werner 90+3'	Report	Sandoval 1' Padilla 44' Wehan 64' Guzmán 69' Schmidt 90'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,907 Referee: Elton Garcia

October 26 Conference Quarterfinals	Reno 1868 FC	1–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
7:30 PM	Hertzog 5'	Report	Werner 8' Iwasa 70' Taintor 73' Enevoldsen 75' Skundrich 84'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 3,275 Referee: Malik Badawi

November 2 Conference Semifinals	El Paso Locomotive FC	3–0	Sacramento Republic FC	El Paso, Texas
6:30 PM	Beckie 25' Gómez 40' Ryan 70' Contreras 83' (pen.) Yuma 86' Velásquez 88'	Report	Alemán 51' Enevoldsen 70' Barahona 87'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 7,460 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Sacramento entered the tournament in the Second Round,^[5] with the pairing announced on April 17.^[6]

May 15 Second Round	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Taintor 29' Werner 51', 82' Villarreal 74' Bonomo 90+2'	Report	Aune 86'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Turan Özdemir

May 29 Third Round	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Fresno FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT	Chantzopoulos 18' Saari 31' Bonomo 120+3'	Report	Strong 85' Basuljevic 102' Martin 107'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 1,618 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

June 11 Fourth Round	San Jose Earthquakes	4–3	Sacramento Republic FC	San Jose, California
19:30 PST	Eriksson 10' Calvillo 18' Espinoza 38' (pen.) Qazaishvili 78', 90+1'	Report	Werner 2' Bijev 14' Mahoney 45' Chantzopoulos 52' Skundrich 90+3'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 7,543 Referee: Mark Allatin

References

^ "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
^ "Teams". USL Soccer. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
^ "2019 Roster". Sacramento Republic FC. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
^ "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 20, 2019.
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ "2019 U.S. Open Cup Second Round Pairings and Host Scenarios Released". USSoccer.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

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Sacramento Republic FC Academy player

[1] "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

[2] "Teams". USL Soccer. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

[2019_Roster-3] "2019 Roster". Sacramento Republic FC. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

[4] "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 20, 2019.

[5] "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[6] "2019 U.S. Open Cup Second Round Pairings and Host Scenarios Released". USSoccer.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

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Playoffs
Eastern	Atlanta United 2 Bethlehem Steel Birmingham Legion Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United Louisville City Memphis 901 Nashville SC New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Ottawa Fury Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Saint Louis FC Swope Park Rangers Tampa Bay Rowdies
Western	Austin Bold Colorado Springs Switchbacks El Paso Locomotive Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights New Mexico United OKC Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic San Antonio FC Tacoma Defiance Tulsa Roughnecks