2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season

The 2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season is the 3rd season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[1]

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2018 season
Head CoachGerson Echeverry
United Soccer LeagueConference: 13th
Overall: 25th
Highest home attendance7,846
(May 12 vs. San Antonio FC)
Lowest home attendance3,058
(September 5 vs. Real Monarchs)
Average home league attendance4,650
Biggest win3 goals:
RGVFC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (September 22)
Biggest defeat4 goals:
Reno 1868 FC 4–0 RGVFC (September 26)

Club

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of March 16, 2018.

No. Position Player Nation
0 Goalkeeper Nico Corti  Belgium
1 Goalkeeper Matt Sanchez  Puerto Rico
2 Defender Kai Greene  United States
3 Midfielder Luis Gil ([A])  United States
4 Defender Robert Castellanos  United States
5 Defender Manny Padilla  United States
6 Midfielder Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)  Jamaica
7 Midfielder Matías Zaldívar  Argentina
8 Midfielder Nicolás Perea  Colombia
10 Midfielder Pablo Aguilar  Guatemala
11 Forward Jesús Enríquez  United States
13 Midfielder David Cabrera  Colombia
14 Midfielder Todd Wharton  United States
15 Midfielder Bryce Marion  United States
18 Forward Zach Wright  United States
19 Forward Mac Steeves ([A])  United States
20 Defender Conor Donovan ([A])  United States
21 Defender A. J. DeLaGarza ([A])  United States
22 Forward Jordan Jones  United States
23 Forward Aldo Quintanilla  Mexico
24 Defender Derek Luke  United States
26 Goalkeeper Michael Nelson ([A])  United States
27 Defender Adam Lundqvist ([A])  Sweden
28 Forward Wilmer Cabrera Jr.  Colombia
30 Defender Omar Ontiveros  United States
31 Defender Sheldon Sullivan  United States
32 Defender Kyle Adams  New Zealand
33 Defender Jared Watts ([A])  United States
34 Goalkeeper Tyler Deric ([A])  United States
36 Midfielder Andrew Wenger ([A])  United States
53 Midfielder Eric Bird ([A])  United States
58 Forward Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)  Panama
90 Midfielder Monday Etim  Nigeria
— Midfielder Brandon Morales  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.
    2.
  2. ^
    Houston Dynamo academy player.
    3.

Competitions

Preseason
February 3 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1–9Houston DynamoEdinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
February 22 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros0–0Houston Baptist UniversityEdinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
February 24 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros2–5Motagua FCEdinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
March 2 San Antonio FC0–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosSan Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CST King  24'
Lopez  34'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Field

United Soccer League
Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 34 11 6 17 36 39 −3 39
12 Fresno FC 34 9 12 13 44 38 +6 39
13 Rio Grande Valley Toros 34 8 14 12 36 42 −6 38
14 LA Galaxy II 34 10 7 17 60 67 −7 37
15 Las Vegas Lights FC 34 8 7 19 50 74 −24 31
Source: 2018 USL 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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

March 16 1Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1–1Saint Louis FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Donovan  52'
Aguilar  66',  77'		 Report Hilton  26'
Fall  56'
Walls  82'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,910
Referee: Christopher Scruggs
March 31 2Rio Grande Valley FC Toros2–2Sacramento Republic FCEdinburg, Texas
5:30 P.M. Ontiveros  43'
Wharton  51' (pen)
James  74',  79'		 Report Bijev  30'
Iwasa  35',  80'
Donovan  90+2' (og)		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,903
Referee: Marco Vega
April 7 3Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC2–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosColorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. Suggs  63'
Burt  70' (pen.)
Kim  90+3'		 Report Quintailla  80'
Ontiveros  83'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: L. Szpala
April 14 4Seattle Sounders FC 23–2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosTacoma, Washington
7:00 P.M. Chenkam  1', 66'
Rogers  50'
Gonzalez  82'		 Report Luke  9'
Zaldívar  22'
Wharton  32'
Delgado  45'+1'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,798
Referee: Levi Rippy
April 18 5Portland Timbers 23–2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosPortland, Oregon
9:00 P.M. Ebobisse  56'
Barmby  61' (PK)
Langsdorf  68' (Lowe)
Barmby  76'
Batista  90+2' 		 Report Ontiveros  30' (Donovan)
Padilla  33'
Etim  45+2'
Wharton  81' (PK)
Zaldívar  90+4' 		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
April 25 6Rio Grande Valley FC Toros2–0Orange County SCEdinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M. Rodríguez  36'
Ontiveros  40'
Aguilar  47'
Quintanilla  89'		 Report Amico  82'
Segbers  88'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,145
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 2 7Rio Grande Valley FC Toros0–0Reno 1868 FCEdinburg, Texas
Ontiveros  24' Report Mfeka  61' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,483
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
May 9 8Fresno FC2–2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosFresno, California
7:30 P.M. Fewo  14'
Donovan  30' (og)
Fiddes  43'
Del Campo  60'
Cooper  61'
Argueta  87'		 Report Enríquez  52'
Quintanilla  73'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
May 12 9Rio Grande Valley FC Toros0–0San Antonio FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Zaldívar  62'
Wharton  78'		 Report Felix  37'
Castillo  59'
Guadarrama  60'
Escalante  82'
King  89'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 7,846
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 19 10Rio Grande Valley FC Toros0–0Swope Park RangersEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Report Rebellón  18'
Hernandez  86'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
May 23 11Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1–1LA Galaxy IIEdinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M> Quintanilla  14'
Zaldívar  65'
Enríquez  69'
Wharton  72'
Montaño  90+1'		 Report Büscher  5'
Requejo  21'
F. López  87'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,794
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 4 12Real Monarchs2–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosHerriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Ledezma  25'
Moberg  45'
Kacher  48',  70'		 Report Enríquez  31'
James  49'
Sullivan  79'		 Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,654
June 9 13Rio Grande Valley FC Toros0–1Portland Timbers 2Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Report Phillips  14'
Lewis  53'
Loría  78'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,995
Referee: Baltazar Peral Hana
June 16 14OKC Energy FC3–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosOklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:30 P.M. Beckie  10'
Siaj  21'
Ross  53'
González  90+7'		 Report Ontiveros  5',  15'
Delgado  69'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,903
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
June 23 15Rio Grande Valley FC Toros0–0Phoenix Rising FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Padilla  34' Report Musa  47' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,649
Referee: Ramy Touchan
June 30 16Saint Louis FC0–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosFenton, Missouri
7:30 P.M. Fink  40'
Reynolds  47'
Culbertson  73'
Hilton  90+4'		 Report Greene  45'
Padilla  85'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,284
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 7 17Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Enríquez  75'
Sullivan  83'		 Report Ferreira  74'
Gee  77'
Pirez  86'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,098
Referee: Elton García
July 14 18Rio Grande Valley FC Toros2–0Las Vegas Lights FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Greene  35'
Donovan  45'
Enríquez  90'		 Report Pérez  14'
Salgado  35'
Jaime  38'
Alatorre  90+4'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,078
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 22 19Swope Park Rangers0–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosKansas City, Kansas
4:00 P.M. Report Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 933
Referee: Ramy Touchan
July 28 20Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1–0Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Greene  46'
Perea  52'
Aguilar  83'		 Report Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,896
Referee: Arturo Ibarra
August 4 21Las Vegas Lights FC1–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosLas Vegas, Nevada
10:00 P.M. Huiqui  41',  82'
Ochoa  90+2'		 Report Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 6,752
Referee: Michael Zapata
August 11 22Sacramento Republic FC2–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosSacramento, California
10:00 P.M. Iwasa  61'
Alemán  64'
Hall  68'
Matjašič  78'
Bijev  80'		 Report Small  1'
Wharton  83'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 10,937
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
August 18 23Rio Grande Valley FC Toros2–4OKC Energy FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Zaldívar  45+5'
Greene  62'
Wharton  79' (pen.)		 Report Volesky  34,55'
Dixon  36'
Jahn  67'
Barril  69'
Beckie  85'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,177
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
August 22 24LA Galaxy II1–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosCarson, California
19:30 Engola  18'
Aguilar  28'
Dhillon  77'		 Report Sullivan  38'
Enríquez  51'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 478
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 25 25Orange County SC0–2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosIrvine, California
9:00 PM Hooiveld  57' Report Zaldívar  30'
Small  45+2'
Wharton  90'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,958
Referee: Elton Garcia
August 29 26Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1–3San Antonio FCEdinburg, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT Enríquez  3' Report Presley  49'
Laing  62'
Guzmán  81'
Lopez  90'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
September 5 27Phoenix Rising FC1–0Rio Grande Valley TorosScottsdale, Arizona
9:30 P.M. Asante  61' Report Greene  12' Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,307
Referee: Jon Freemon
September 5 28Rio Grande Valley Toros2–1Real MonarchsEdinburg, Texas
8:30 P.M. Padilla  45'
Quintailla  71'
Wharton  77'		 Report Plewa  26'
Portillo  76'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,058
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 15 29Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC1–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosColorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. Robinson  8'
També  35'		 Report Perea  71' Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Adam Zarrin
September 22 30Rio Grande Valley FC3–0Seattle Sounders FC 2Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Wharton  5'
Bird  41'
Perea  76'		 Report Gonzalez  32' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 26 31Reno 1868 FC4–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosReno, Nevada
9:00 PM Casiple  12'
Wehan  22'
Brown  80'
Thiaw  89'		 Report James  4'
Padilla  23'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,095
Referee: Timothy Ford
September 29 32Rio Grande Valley FC2–1Fresno FCEdinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Enríquez  9'
Small  84'		 Report Cazarez  14'
Strong  26'
Johnson  43'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
October 6 33Tulsa Roughnecks FC1–2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosTulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M. Rivas  60'
Vukovic  85'		 Report Perea  51'
Small  53'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 2,766
Referee: Danielle Chesky
October 13 34San Antonio FC1–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosSan Antonio, Texas
7:30 P.M. Guzmán  24',  90+4'
King  68'		 Report Sullivan  12'
Aguilar  20'
Enríquez  43'
Small  51',  58'
Wharton  90+4'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

References
  1. "About the Club". Retrieved August 5, 2018.


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