2012 San Antonio Scorpions FC season

The 2012 San Antonio Scorpions FC season was the club's first season of existence, and first year playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid. Including the San Antonio Thunder soccer franchise of the original NASL, this was the 3rd season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The Scorpions played at Heroes Stadium in San Antonio.

San Antonio Scorpions
2012 season
Owner Gordon Hartman
Manager Tim Hankinson
StadiumToyota Field
NASL1st
NASL PlayoffsSemi-Final
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Pablo Campos (21)
All: Pablo Campos (23)
Highest home attendance13,151
(April 15 vs. Puerto Rico)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 7,007
(June 9 vs. Atlanta)
All: 3,601
(May 22 vs. Laredo)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 9,176
All: 8,366

Competitions

Preseason
March 14, 2012 International friendlySan Antonio Scorpions FC 3–0 Dorados de SinaloaStockton, California
7:30 PST Stadium: Banner Island Ballpark

North American Soccer League
Further information: 2012 North American Soccer League season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (X) 28 13 8 7 46 27 +19 47 Playoff semifinals
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies (C) 28 12 9 7 37 30 +7 45
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 −2 40
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 −6 36
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (X) Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion).

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 13 8 7 46 27  +19 47 8 3 3 29 11  +18 5 5 4 17 16  +1

Last updated: September 23, 2012.
Source: Match reports

Results by round
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GroundAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHHAAHAAAHAH
ResultDLDWWWWDDWWLWWLDWWLDWWLDWLLD
Updated to match(es) played on September 23, 2012. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

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

  Win   Loss   Draw

April 7, 2012 Match 1Atlanta Silverbacks0–0San Antonio Scorpions FCAtlanta
18:30 CST Moroney  38'
Navia  89'		 Report Campos  13'
Soto  91'		 Stadium: Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Daniel Fitzerald
April 15, 2012 Match 2San Antonio Scorpions FC0–4Puerto Rico IslandersSan Antonio, Texas
18:00 CST Kling  7' Report Fana  7'
Foley  20'
Edwards  53'
Addlery  56'
Fana  73'
DeRoux  85'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 13,151
Referee: Jasen Anno
April 21, 2012 Match 3San Antonio Scorpions FC2–2Fort Lauderdale StrikersSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Pitchkolan  16'
Harmse  22'
Campos  41'
Denissen  91'
Knight  91'
Tiago  91'		 Report Shanosky  10'
Herron  32'  51'
Morales  53'
Stahl  91'  91'
Thompson  91'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 10,114
Referee: Matt Foerster
April 28, 2012 Match 4Carolina RailHawks FC0–1San Antonio Scorpions FCCary, North Carolina
18:00 CST Report Kling  12'
Harmse  82'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,041
Referee: Andrew Chapin
May 5, 2012 Match 5San Antonio Scorpions FC2–0Tampa Bay RowdiesSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Kling  44'
Denissen  53' (pen.)
Cochrane  61'
Pitchkolan  66'		 Report Arango  53'
Hill  90'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 9,536
Referee: Hayer Reyes
May 12, 2012 Match 6Tampa Bay Rowdies1–2San Antonio Scorpions FCSt. Petersburg, Florida
18:30 CST Antoniuk  55'
Scott  62'
Hill  63'
Clare  89'		 Report Campos  53'
Ramirez  77'
Campos  90+4'		 Stadium: Al Lang Field
Attendance: 3,166
Referee: Javier Santos
May 19, 2012 Match 7San Antonio Scorpions FC2–0FC EdmontonSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Greenfield  40' (pen.)
Harmse  61'
Cochrane  75'		 Report Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 8,310
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
May 27, 2012 Match 8FC Edmonton2–2San Antonio Scorpions FCEdmonton, Alberta
15:05 CST Pinto  37'
Saiko  54'
Craig  56'		 Report Kling  56'
Soto  62'
Greenfield  68'
Pitchkolan  70'
Ramirez  80'
Pitchkolan  83'
Greenfield  89'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,515
Referee: Sheena Dickson
June 2, 2012 Match 9San Antonio Scorpions FC0–0Minnesota Stars FCSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Report Ibrahim  63' Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 8,639
Referee: Jorge Luna
June 9, 2012 Match 10San Antonio Scorpions FC3–0Atlanta SilverbacksSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Campos  27', 83'
Ramírez  35'
Harmse  45'
Wagner  54'		 Report O'Brien  45' Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Hayden Edwards
June 16, 2012 Match 11Puerto Rico Islanders0–2San Antonio Scorpions FCBayamón, Puerto Rico
18:30 CST Edward  45+1'  90'
Faña  67'		 Report Ramírez  17'  42'
Wagner  23'
Bayona  39'
Campos  70'
Pitchkolan  79'
Sattler  84'
Denissen  84'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,551
Referee: Javier Santos
June 23, 2012 Match 12Tampa Bay Rowdies3–2San Antonio Scorpions FCSt. Petersburg, Florida
18:30 CST Yoshitake  39', 90'
Mulholland  88'		 Report Greenfield  31'
Bayona  52'
Pitchkolan  59'
Harmse  71'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,559
Referee: Christina Ibañez
June 30, 2012 Match 13San Antonio Scorpions FC3–0Atlanta SilverbacksSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Cochrane  15'
Bayona  25'
Campos  63', 81'		 Report Lancaster  72'
Robertson  81'
Illyés  88'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 11,912
Referee: Jasen Anno
July 4, 2012 Match 14San Antonio Scorpions FC1–0FC EdmontonSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Wagner  33'
Bayona  66'		 Report Vorbe  19'
Saiko  60'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 9,115
Referee: Matthew Foerster
July 11, 2012 Match 15Puerto Rico Islanders1–0San Antonio Scorpions FCBayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 CST Addlery  24'
vanSchaik  66'		 Report Ramírez  41'
Harmse  69'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
July 14, 2012 Match 16Fort Lauderdale Strikers2–2San Antonio Scorpions FCFort Lauderdale, Florida
18:30 CST Lorenz  17'
Herron  28', 90'
Motagalvan  53'  71'
King  61'
Restrepo  69'		 Report Greenfield  26'
Campos  58', 90+2'
Cochrane  61'  62'
Pitchkolan  90'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 5,223
July 21, 2012 Match 17San Antonio Scorpions FC1–0Fort Lauderdale StrikersSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Janicki  9'
Harmse  28'  70'
Campos  48'  57'		 Report Herron  34'
Shanosky  45'
Motagalvan  70'
Stewart  87'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 10,584
July 28, 2012 Match 18San Antonio Scorpions FC8–0Carolina Railhawks FCSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Janicki  5', 59'
Campos  15', 54' (pen.), 72', 81'
Bayona  61'
Wagner  65'		 Summary King  32'
Agbossoumonde  54'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,186
August 5, 2012 Match 19San Antonio Scorpions FC1–2Puerto Rico IslandersSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Harmse  57'
Campos  70'
Pitchkolan  75'
Ramírez  84'		 Summary Addlery  31', 50'
vanSchaik  59'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 10,183
August 8, 2012 Match 20FC Edmonton1–1San Antonio Scorpions FCEdmonton, Alberta
20:05 CST Pinto  45+1'
Rago  88'		 Greenfield  23'
Knight  43'
Soto  65'  65'
Pitchkolan  73'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,542
August 11, 2012 Match 21Minnesota Stars FC0–1San Antonio Scorpions FCBlaine, Minnesota
19:30 CST Kallman  88'
Nuñez  90+1'		 Summary Wagner  26'
Denissen  71' (pen.)
Campos  77'
Knight  90+1'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,221
August 19, 2012 Match 22San Antonio Scorpions FC4–0Tampa Bay RowdiesSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Ramírez  8'
Campos  17', 29'
Sattler  56'
Bayona  90+2'		 Summary Sanfilippo  45'
Washington  49'
Mulholland  52'
Ambersley  56'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,024
August 25, 2012 Match 23Fort Lauderdale Strikers2–1San Antonio Scorpions FCFort Lauderdale, Florida
18:30 CST Anderson  26'
Ramos  52'
Thompson  59' (pen.)
Gordon  81'		 Summary Ramírez  45+1'
Janicki  63'
Saavedra  83'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,268
September 1, 2012 Match 24Minnesota Stars FC1–1San Antonio Scorpions FCBlaine, Minnesota
19:30 CST Walker  33'
Takada  45'
Kallman  63'		 Summary Pitchkolan  15'
Janicki  60'
Denissen  69'  73'
Harmse  79'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,705
September 8, 2012 Match 25Carolina Railhawks FC0–1San Antonio Scorpions FCCary, North Carolina
18:30 CST Shipalane  90' Summary Harmse  35'
Cunningham  84'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,807
Note: 25th regular season NASL match
September 16, 2012 Match 26San Antonio Scorpions FC1–2Carolina Railhawks FCSan Antonio, Texas
18:00 CST Greenfield  41'
Campos  64'  64'		 Summary Agbossoumonde  42'
Shipalane  69'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,701
September 19, 2012 Match 27Atlanta Silverbacks3–1San Antonio Scorpions FCAtlanta
18:30 CST Hunt  3'
Blanco  31'
Wagner  40' (o.g.)
Paulini  45'
Ferreira-Mendes  75'		 Summary Harmse  30'
Soto  68'  77'
Wagner  83'
Pitchkolan  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,357
September 23, 2012 Match 28San Antonio Scorpions FC1–1Minnesota Stars FCSan Antonio, Texas
18:00 CST Campos  9'
Denisson  11'
Pitchkolan  52'
Cochrane  78'
Janicki  83'		 Summary Venegas  47'
Rodríguez  58'
Friedland  69'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,996

NASL Playoffs
Main article: 2012 North American Soccer League season § Playoffs
October 6, 2012 (2012-10-06) SF – 1st LegMinnesota Stars0–0San Antonio ScorpionsBlaine, Minnesota
7:30 pm CDT Bracalello  21' Report
Report		 Harmse  86' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,006
Referee: Marcos Deoliveira
October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) SF – 2nd LegSan Antonio Scorpions1–2Minnesota StarsSan Antonio, Texas
6:15 pm CDT Ramirez  17'
Campos  25'  27'
Harmse  54'
Soto  89'		 Report
Report		 Altman  28'
Hlavaty  67'
Wagner  76' (o.g.)
Bracalello  83'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2012 U.S. Open Cup
May 22, 2012 Second RoundSan Antonio Scorpions 2–0 Laredo HeatSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Kling  24'
Ramirez  25'
Greenfield  25'
Denissen  34'
Campos  67'
Harmse  74'		 Report Leal  41'
Lopez  44'
Villavicencio  47'
Nava  70'
Nava  77' 		 Stadium: Blossom Athletic Center
Attendance: 3,601
Referee: Luis Guardia
May 29, 2012 Third RoundSan Antonio Scorpions 1–0 Houston DynamoSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Denissen  51' (pen.) Report Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,164
June 5, 2012 Fourth RoundSan Antonio Scorpions 1–2 (a.e.t.) Charlotte EaglesSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 CST Campos  38'  75'
Pitchkolan  71'		 Report Grousis  28'
Salles  116' (pen.)		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 5,112

Club Information

Roster

As of May 11, 2012[1]

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
00 Craig Hill GK (1987-12-27) December 27, 1987 River Plate Puerto Rico
1 Daryl Sattler GK (1980-09-05) September 5, 1980 FC Tampa Bay
25 Patrick Hannigan GK (1982-10-23) October 23, 1982 Rochester Lancers (indoor)
Defenders
2 Wes Knight DF/MF (1986-09-06) September 6, 1986 Unattached
3 Dominic Papa DF (1987-10-10) October 10, 1987 FC Tucson
5 Karsten Smith DF (1988-06-14) June 14, 1988 Unattached
12 Greg Janicki DF (1984-07-09) July 9, 1984 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
13 Fabian Kling DF (1987-07-24) July 24, 1987 Fort Lewis Skyhawks
16 Aaron Pitchkolan DF/MF (1983-03-14) March 14, 1983 Puerto Rico Islanders
19 Ryan Cochrane CB (1983-08-08) August 8, 1983 New England Revolution
22 Jonathan Greenfield DF (1982-02-18) February 18, 1982 Unattached
Midfielders
4 Matt Gold MF (1988-06-14) June 14, 1988 Unattached
6 Kevin Harmse DF/MF (1984-07-04) July 4, 1984 Unattached
7 Luiz Tiago MF (1988-03-07) March 7, 1988 Unattatched
8 Jeff Jennings MF (1987-11-06) November 6, 1987 Mount Merrion FC
17 Blake Wagner DF/MF (1988-01-29) January 29, 1988 Real Salt Lake
18 Josue Soto MF (1989-01-03) January 3, 1989 Houston Dynamo (on loan)
20 Amaury Nunes MF/FW (1983-01-26) January 26, 1983 Citizen
21 Walter Ramírez DF/MF (1983-11-07) November 7, 1983 C.D. Vida
23 Javier Saavedra MF (1974-03-13) March 13, 1974 Tigres UANL
Forwards
9 Pablo Campos FW (1983-01-29) January 29, 1983 Carolina RailHawks
10 Hans Denissen FW (1984-03-09) March 9, 1984 Willem II
11 Esteban Bayona FW (1983-11-25) November 25, 1983 Laredo Heat
14 Euan Purcell FW (1985-08-14) August 14, 1985 Unattached

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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