2018 Sacramento Republic FC season

The 2018 Sacramento Republic FC season is the club's fifth season of existence. The club is playing in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Sacramento Republic FC is competing in the Western Conference of the USL.[2]

Sacramento Republic FC
2018 season
OwnerKevin M. Nagle[1]
Head CoachSimon Elliott
StadiumPapa Murphy's Park

Background

Club

Roster

As of April 9, 2018.[3]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Josh Cohen  United States
2 Defender Shannon Gomez  Trinidad and Tobago
3 Defender Josh Turnley  United States
4 Defender Mitchell Taintor  United States
5 Defender Justin Schmidt  United States
7 Midfielder Hayden Partain  United States
8 Forward Wilson Kneeshaw  England
9 Forward Christian Eissele  United States
10 Midfielder Keven Alemán  Canada
11 Midfielder Luis Espino  Mexico
12 Defender Carlos Rodriguez  Mexico
14 Defender Cole Seiler  United States
16 Midfielder Adam Moffat  Scotland
18 Goalkeeper Rafael Díaz  Dominican Republic
20 Midfielder Villyan Bijev  Bulgaria
21 Defender Emrah Klimenta  Montenegro
22 Defender Jeremy Hall  Puerto Rico
23 Midfielder Jure Matjašič  Slovenia
24 Midfielder Jaime Villarreal  United States
26 Defender Elliott Hord  United States
30 Goalkeeper Thomas Olsen  United States
31 Forward Cameron Iwasa  United States
32 Midfielder Roberto Hategan  United States
40 Forward Quincy Butler  United States

Staff

As of February 1, 2018.

Position Name
General Manager Todd Dunivant
Director of Football Graham Smith
Head Coach Simon Elliott
Head Assistant Coach Benjamin Ziemer
Assistant Coach Antonio Sutton
Assistant Coach/Goalkeepers Simon Sheppard
Strength & Conditioning Coach Luke Rayfield
Head Athletic Trainer John Duncan
Team Chiropractor Jesse Saenz

Competitions

Preseason
February 10, 2018 Sacramento Republic FC2–1Sacramento GoldSacramento, California
19:00 PST Villarreal  10'
Bijev  15'
Alemán  86'		 Report Alkebulan  26',  57'
Padilla  37'
Wright  63'		 Stadium: American River College Soccer Stadium
February 15, 2018 Sacramento Republic FC1–3Seattle Sounders FCSacramento, California
19:30 PST Eissele  47'
Nana-Sinkam  84'		 Report Morris  2',  79'
Wingo  27'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
February 22, 2018 San Jose Earthquakes–Sacramento Republic FCSan Jose, California
13:00 PST Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match result not publicized.
February 25, 2018 Sacramento Republic FC0–1Los Angeles FCSacramento, California
14:00 PST Partain  47' Report Moutinho  60'
Czornomaz  70'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,035
March 4, 2018 Sacramento Republic FC1–1Fresno FCTurlock, California
19:00 PST Taintor  19'
Iwasa  36'		 Report Barrera  19'
Kamdem  59'
Caffa  65'		 Stadium: Warrior Stadium
March 10, 2018 FC Cincinnati1–2Sacramento Republic FCCincinnati, Ohio
12:00 PST Lasso  20'
Ledesma  61'
Keinan  84'		 Report Seiler  25'
Iwasa  34'
Bijev  72'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium

USL
Main article: 2018 USL season

Results summary


Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orange County SC 34 20 6 8 70 40 +30 66 Conference Playoffs
2 Sacramento Republic 34 19 8 7 47 32 +15 65
3 Phoenix Rising FC 34 19 6 9 63 38 +25 63
4 Real Monarchs 34 19 3 12 55 47 +8 60
5 Reno 1868 FC 34 16 11 7 56 38 +18 59
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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Kickoff times are in PDT (UTC-07) unless shown otherwise

March 17 1Sacramento Republic FC2–1San Antonio FCSacramento, California
7:30 P.N. Alemán  45+2',  77'
Eissele  48'
Hall  76'		 Report Restrepo  5'
Guzmán  38'
Lopez  68',  82'
Pecka  72'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
March 24 2Orange County SC0–1Sacramento Republic FCIrvine, California
7:00 P.M. Hashimoto  18'
Segbers  50'
Sorto  58'
Seaton  76'
Crognale  81'		 Report Iwasa  66'
Bijev  90+3'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,236
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
March 31 3Rio 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 4Sacramento Republic FC1–0Seattle Sounders FC 2Sacramento, California
19:30 P.M. Taintor  20'
Partain  70'
Moffat  71' (pen.)		 Report Ele  32'  44'
Ulysse  63'
Narbón  70'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Michael Radchuk
Note: Ele's second yellow was rescinded by the USL Disciplinary Committee.
April 14 5Las Vegas Lights FC1–1Sacramento Republic FCLas Vegas, Nevada
8:00 pm PDT Huiqui  2' Report Eissele  57' Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 8,167
Referee: Kevin Stott
April 18 6Sacramento Republic FC2–1Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCSacramento, California
7:30 P.M. Iwasa  64'
Bijev  73'
Moffat  79'
Hall  79'		 Report Malcolm  28'
Burt  55'
Poaty  69'
Schweitzer  76'
Suggs  79'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: L. Guardia
April 28 7Sacramento Republic FC1–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCSacramento, California
7:30 P.M. Seiler  45+2'
Gomez  45+6'
Vazquez  89'		 Report Rivas  2'
Jusino  31'
Mirković  58'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Victor Rivas
May 2 8Portland Timbers 22–0Sacramento Republic FCPortland, Oregon
19:00 (PST) Asprilla  16'
Zambrano  21'
Jadama  38'
Williams  90'		 Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 1,937
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 6 9Seattle Sounders FC 21–2Sacramento Republic FCTacoma, Washington
13:30 (PDT) Ulysse  31'
Chenkam  61'
Meredith  82' (o.g.)		 Boxscore Taintor  41' Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2.652
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 12 10Sacramento Republic FC2–3Reno 1868 FCSacramento, California
Matjašič  2'
Iwasa  12'		 Report Marie  57'
Brown  59'
Thiaw  62'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Elton García
May 19 11Phoenix Rising FC1–3Sacramento Republic FCScottsdale, Arizona
7:30 P.M. Wakasa  45+2'
da Fonte  59'
Cortez  62'
Drogba  90+2'		 Report
Report		 Iwasa  8'
Bijev  21'  39'
Rodriguez  32'
Gomez  41'
Matjašič  64'
Kneeshaw  88'
Taintor  90+2'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,503
Referee: J.J. Bilinski
May 29 12Real Monarchs1–0Sacramento Republic FCSandy, Utah
19:00 Portillo  33'
Hoffman  68'		 Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Daniel Radford
June 2 13Sacramento Republic FC1–0Orange County SCSacramento, California
8:00 P.M. Hall  58' (pen.)
Turnley  80'
Moffat  81'		 Report Hashimoto  10'
Amico  26',  90+3' 
Kontor  32'
Juel-Nielsen  90+1'
Ramos-Godoy  90+2'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 9 14Sacramento Republic FC0–0Phoenix Rising FCSacramento, California
8:00 P.M. Villarreal  53'
Taintor  85'		 Report Dia  13'
Awako  54'
Lambert  83'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Victor Rivas
June 13 15Fresno FC0–1Sacramento Republic FCFresno, California
7:00 P.M. Johnson  85' Report Vazquez  37' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,136
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
June 16 16San Antonio FC1–0Sacramento Republic FCSan Antonio, Texas
5:30 P.M. Elizondo  43' Report Gomez  28'
Bijev  43'
Hall  60'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,613
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Note: 75th USL league match
June 23 17Sacramento Republic FC2–2Saint Louis FCSacramento, California
10:00 PM CDT Iwasa  28',  47'
Vazquez  41'
Hall  84'		 Report Greig  50'
Dikwa  74'
Fall  90'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 10,570
Referee: Elton García
June 30 18Fresno FC2–0Sacramento Republic FCFresno, California
7:00 P.M. Caffa  38'
Caffa  44'
Daly  45+2'
Ribeiro  87'
Ellis-Hayden  90'
Argueta  90+1'
Tayou  90+2',  90+3'		 Report Gomez  31'
Hall  87'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,571
Referee: Ramy Touchan
July 7 19Sacramento Republic FC0–0Real MonarchsSacramento, California
10:00 PM CDT Moffat  50' Report Velásquez  66'
Moberg  73'
Gallagher  78'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Mark Allatin
July 10 20Swope Park Rangers1–3Sacramento Republic FCKansas City, Kansas
5:30 P.M. Barry  70' Report Iwasa  45', 54'
Eissele  67'  88'
Klimenta  73'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 941
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
July 14 21Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC0–1Sacramento Republic FCColorado Springs, Colorado
5:00 P.M. Colvey  58'
Uzo  88'		 Report Bijev  35'  37'
Seiler  85'
Klimenta  90+7'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,808
Referee: Joe Wykowski
July 21 22Sacramento Republic FC1–1OKC Energy FCSacramento, California
8:00 P.M. Iwasa  23'
Turnley  43'		 Report Harris  30'
A. Dixon  55'
Ibeagha  65'
Volesky  78'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Turan Ozdemir
August 4 23Sacramento Republic FC1–0Fresno FCSacramento, California
8:00 P.M. Villareal  44'
Bijev  76'		 Report Baldisimo  32'
Cooper  38'
Ribeiro  82'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 10,632
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
August 11 24Sacramento Republic FC2–1Rio Grande Valley FC TorosSacramento, California
8:00 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 15 25Saint Louis FC2–1Sacramento RepublicFenton, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT Hertzog  5'
Greig  7'
Kavita  62'
Reynolds  69'
Culbertson  90+2'		 Report Villarreal  67'
Taintor  90+1'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,127
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
August 18 26Sacramento Republic FC1–4LA Galaxy IISacramento, California
8:00 PM Requejo  56' (og)
Iwasa  75'
Alemán  75'		 Report Aguilar  7'
Zubak  20' (pen)
Engola  25'
López  41',  80'
Requejo  77'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
August 25 27Reno 1868 FC1–2Sacramento Republic FCReno, Nevada
7:30 PM Carroll  30'
Casiple  75' (pen)		 Report Taintor  5'
Iwasa  47'
Kneeshaw  60'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 7,103
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 8 28Sacramento Republic FC3–0Seattle Sounders FC 2Sacramento, California
19:30 (PDT) Iwasa  20'
Eissele  58',  64' (pen)
Klimenta  76'		 Preview Report Alfaro  30',  63' 
Olsen  90+2'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Referee: Thomas Snyder
September 19 29Tulsa Roughnecks FC1–4Sacramento Republic FCTulsa, Oklahoma
Vukovic  62' (pen) Report Hord  20'
Partain  54',  80'
Iwasa  68'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
September 23 30OKC Energy0–0Sacramento RepublicOklahoma City, Oklahoma
4:00 P.M. Harris  9'
Ross  84'		 Report Gomez  39'
Matjašič  78'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6,084
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
September 29 31Sacramento Republic FC1–0Portland Timbers 2Sacramento, California
19:30 (PST) Iwasa  6' (Hord)
Seiler  90+5'		 Report Smith  58'  74' 
Zambrano  83'
Diz Pe  90+7'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Michael Radchuk
October 3 32Sacramento Republic FC3–1Swope Park RangersSacramento, California
7:30 P.M. Bijev  17'
Iwasa  57'
Hall  60'
Matjašič  76'		 Report Blackwood  31' Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Referee: Daniel Radford
October 6 33LA Galaxy II1–2Sacramento Republic FCCarson, California
19:30 F. López  24',  71'
Vera  45+1'		 Report Alemán  13', 21'
Turnley  51'
Seiler  62'  74'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,241
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 13 34Sacramento Republic FC1–0Las Vegas Lights FCSacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT Matjašič  30'
Taintor  45+1'
Iwasa  55'
Gomez  65'
Hord  69'		 Report Torres  45+2'
Mendoza  54'
Ochoa  70'
Garcia  87'
Herrera-Perla  90+3'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Postseason
October 20 QuarterfinalSacramento Republic FC1–2Swope Park RangersSacramento, California
7:30 P.M. Bijev  16'
Matjašič  38'
Hord  68'		 Report Kuzain  27'
Barry  31'
Akhmatov  58'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Joseph Dickerso

U.S. Open Cup
May 16 2nd RoundSacramento Republic FC3–1San Francisco City FCSacramento, California
5:00 P.M. Alemán  24'
Bijev  61'
Moffat  68'		 SAC Report Lombardi  31' Stadium: Hornet Field
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
May 23 3rd RoundReno 1868 FC0–1Sacramento Republic FCReno, Nevada
7:30 P.M. RNO Report Alemán  69' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Referee: Vince Apple-Chiarella
June 6 4th RoundSacramento Republic FC2–1 (a.e.t.)Seattle Sounders FCSacramento, California
8:00 P.M. Iwasa  60'
Bijev  84'
Hall  85'
Matjašič  115'		 Report Chenkam  11'
Roldan  62'
Ele  81'
Shipp  90+1'
Olsen  110'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 5,619
Referee: Joseph Dickerson (California)
June 20 Round of 16Los Angeles FC3–2Sacramento Republic FCLos Angeles, California
7:30 P.M. Feilhaber  58' (Atuesta)
Rossi  67' (Nguyen)
Blessing  89' (Rossi, Atuesta)		 Report Rodriguez  18'
Hord  35'
Gomez  45+2'
Bijev  60' (Villarreal)
Matjasic  66'		 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Nima Saghafi

Friendlies

Transfers

In

Out

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References
  1. "Front Office & Coaching Staff". Sacramento Republic FC. Sacramento Republic FC. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. "Teams". USL Soccer. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. "2018 Roster". Sacramento Republic FC. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
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