2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season
The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.
2019 season | |||
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Ownership Group | Keystone S&E | ||
Head Coach | Brendan Burke | ||
Stadium | Talen Energy Stadium | ||
USLC | Eastern Conf.: 16th | ||
USL Playoffs | Did Not Qualify | ||
Top goalscorer | Kacper Przybylko (3) | ||
Highest home attendance | 1,537 (Apr. 20 vs. Indy Eleven) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 219 (May 25 vs. Louisville City) | ||
Average home league attendance | 503 | ||
Biggest win | 3–0 (June 28 at Hartford) 5–2 (Sept. 18 vs Loudoun) | ||
Biggest defeat | 1–6 (Sept. 21 at Tampa) 0–5 (Sept. 28 at Memphis) | ||
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Current roster
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of March 17, 2019.
- ^ Signed to first team contract with Philadelphia Union.
- ^ Philadelphia Union Academy player.
Transfers
In
Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous Club | Fee/Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 8, 2019 | 38 | MF | Signed[1] | ||
January 23, 2019 | 44 | DF | Signed[2] | ||
February 25, 2019 | 40 | MF | Signed[3] | ||
March 8, 2019 | 41 | FW | Signed[4] | ||
April 5, 2019 | 63 | FW | Signed[5] |
Out
Date | Player | Number | Position | New Club | Fee/Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 19, 2018 | 36 | MF | Option declined[6] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 37 | FW | End of contract[6][7] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 38 | FW | End of contract[6][8] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 39 | MF | End of contract[6][9] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 41 | MF | Option declined[6] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 42 | FW | Option declined[6][10] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 44 | DF | Option declined[6] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 48 | DF | Option declined[6][11] | ||
November 19, 2018 | 49 | MF | Option declined[6][12] |
Loan In
Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous Club | Fee/Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 4, 2019 | 36 | FW | Season loan[13] | ||
January 25, 2019 | 43 | DF | Season loan[14] | ||
February 27, 2019 | 42 | MF | Season loan[15] | ||
February 28, 2019 | 47 | DF | Season loan[16] | ||
March 1, 2019 | 42 | DF | Season loan[17] |
Competitions
Preseason
February 2, 2019 Preseason | D.C. United | 1–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Clearwater, FL |
16:00 EST | Kadono |
Report | Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex |
February 6, 2019 Preseason | Chargers Soccer Club | 2–3 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Clearwater, FL |
16:00 EST | Report | Blacklock Temple Trialist Soumah |
Stadium: Countryside Sports Plex |
February 10, 2019 Preseason | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–0 | FC Motown | Wayne, PA |
9:00 EST | Díaz Harriel Zandi |
Report | Stadium: YSC Sports |
February 13, 2019 Preseason | West Chester United | 1–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | West Chester, PA |
19:30 EST | Gonzalez |
Report | Stadium: Kildare's Turf |
February 16, 2019 Preseason | Villanova Wildcats | 1–2 | Bethlehem Steel FC | |
Faris Chambers |
Report | |||
Note: Closed-door scrimmage |
February 20, 2019 Preseason | Loudoun United FC | 2–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Leesburg, VA |
Report | Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex | |||
Note: Closed-door scrimmage |
February 22, 2019 Preseason | Richmond Kickers | 3–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Leesburg, VA |
14:00 EST | Jackson Mwape Bolduc |
Report | Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex |
February 24, 2019 Preseason | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 1–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Pittsburgh, PA |
14:00 EST | Volesky |
Report | Stadium: Highmark Stadium |
March 3, 2019 Preseason | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–1 | New York Red Bulls II | |
Ngalina Faris Saed Diaz |
Report |
USL Championship
Results summary
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Atlanta United 2 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 77 | −32 | 35 |
15 | Memphis 901 FC | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 34 |
16 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 78 | −29 | 31 |
17 | Hartford Athletic | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 80 | −31 | 29 |
18 | Swope Park Rangers | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 26 |
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
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
All times in Eastern time.
10 March 1 | Birmingham Legion FC | 0–2 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Birmingham, Alabama |
7:00 PM | Lopez Hollinger-Janzen Avila |
Report | Przybyłko Zandi Díaz |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Field Attendance: 5,807 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
16 March 2 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 0–1 | North Carolina FC | Chester, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM | Report | Lomis Guillén |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 737 Referee: Lorant Varga |
24 March 3 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 0–1 | Memphis 901 FC | Chester, Pennsylvania |
6:00 PM | Fontana |
Report | Dally Grandison |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 433 Referee: Luis Arroyo |
30 March 4 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 2–2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Chester, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM | Moumbagna Willis Ngalinga Chambers |
Report | Kerr Greenspan Dover |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 480 Referee: Jose Lara |
6 April 5 | Swope Park Rangers | 3–4 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
4:00 PM | Vanacore-Decker Mbekeli Riley Segbers |
Report | Rayyan Moumbagna Fontana Real Ofeimu Segbers Santos |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 486 Referee: Mike Lavergne |
13 April 6 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–1 | Charleston Battery | Chester, Pennsylvania |
7:30 PM | Ofeimu Przybyłko Fabinho Turner |
Report | Kelly-Rosales Anunga |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Yusri Rudolf |
16 April 7 | Charlotte Independence | 2–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Matthews, North Carolina |
6:00 PM | Gutman Herrera |
Report | Turner Willis Real Ofeimu |
Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
20 April 8 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 0–3 | Indy Eleven | Chester, Pennsylvania |
4:00 PM EDT | Ofeimu Moumbagna |
Report | Hackshaw Kelly Pasher |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Jon Freemon |
3 May 9 | Loudoun United FC | 3–3 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Washington, District of Columbia |
6:30 PM | Murphy Verfurth Sinclair |
Report | Ngalina Moumbagna |
Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 824 Referee: Mark Allatin |
12 May 10 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 1–1 | Atlanta United 2 | Chester, Pennsylvania |
6:00 PM | Chambers Topey Cortés |
Report | Wyke Asiedu Hernández Vint |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 222 Referee: Lorant Varga |
19 May 11 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 0–3 | Ottawa Fury FC | Chester, Pennsylvania |
18:00 EST (UTC–5) | Fabinho |
Report | François Fall Samb |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 436 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
25 May 12 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 2–2 | Louisville City FC | Chester, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Mbaizo Moumbagna Willis Topey Ofeimu |
Report | Spencer Craig Matsoso Mkosana Rasmussen Thiam |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 219 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
31 May 13 | New York Red Bulls II | 4–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Montclair, New Jersey |
7:00 PM EDT | Zajec Jørgenson Scarlett Cortés |
Report | Chambers Topey |
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 869 Referee: Elton García |
9 June 14 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 1–4 | Nashville SC | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
6:00 PM EDT | Chambers Cortés |
Report | Bourgeois Tribbett LaGrassa Mensah Kimura Lancaster |
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium Attendance: 417 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
Note: Match moved from Talen Energy Stadium. |
15 June 15 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–1 | Saint Louis FC | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
8:00 PM EDT | Chambers Moumbagna Cortés Fontana |
Report | Kamdem Hilton Umar Greig Calvert Dacres |
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium Attendance: 222 Referee: Luis Guardia |
22 June 16 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chester, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Chambers Turner Borgelin Fontana |
Report | Tejada Guenzatti |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 505 Referee: David Barrie |
28 June 17 | Hartford Athletic | 0–3 | Bethlehem Steel FC | East Hartford, Connecticut |
7:30 PM EDT | Lyngø |
Report | Moumbagna Rayyan Harriel Borgelin Cortes |
Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 5,012 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
4 July 18 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 1–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Rovira Forbes Adewole Greenspan |
Report | Real Willis Chambers |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Referee: Malik Badawi |
10 July 19 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 3–4 | New York Red Bulls II | Chester, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Moumbagna Willis Real Fontana Rayyan Turner |
Report | Barlow Koffi Stroud |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 256 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
20 July 20 | Louisville City FC | 0–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:00 PM EDT | Craig |
Report | Cortes Real |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,965 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
27 July 21 | Saint Louis FC | 3–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Fenton, Missouri |
8:30 PM | Umar Greig Hilton Dacres |
Report | Willis McKenzie |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Matthew Thompson |
1 August 22 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 0–3 | Hartford Athletic | Chester, Pennsylvania |
5:00 PM | Mbaizo Ofeimu Zandi Turner |
Report | Due Curinga Bedoya Dixon Wojcik |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 325 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
10 August 23 | Nashville SC | 0–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Nashville, Tennessee |
8:00 PM EDT | Report | Chambers |
Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 7,762 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
25 August 24 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 2–3 | Birmingham Legion FC | Chester, Pennsylvania |
5:00 PM CDT | Zandi Santos Real Turner Ngalina Mbaizo Moumbagna |
Report | Kasim Lopez Herivaux Avila JJ Williams Cromwell |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 357 Referee: Elijio Arreguin |
1 September 25 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 2–0 | Swope Park Rangers | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
6:00 PM | Ngalina Topey Zandi |
Report | Hernandez Allach Clarke |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 329 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
7 September 26 | North Carolina FC | 3–3 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Cary, North Carolina |
19:00 EDT | da Luz Brotherton Kristo Wapiwo |
Report | Scintu Chambers Borgelin |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,457 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
14 September 27 | Indy Eleven | 2–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
7:00 PM EDT | Ilić Ouimette Kelly King |
Report | Scintu Zandi Ofeimu Freese |
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 12,103 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
18 September 28 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 5–2 | Loudoun United FC | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
7:30 PM | Chambers Zandi Rayyan Ngalina Picazo |
Report | Wild Murphy Alvarez |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 298 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez |
21 September 29 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 6–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
7:30 EST (UTC−5) | Ofeimu Guenzatti Poku Morad Tinari Mkosana Taku |
Report | Cortés Willis Faris |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,513 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
28 September 30 | Memphis 901 FC | 5–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Memphis, Tennessee |
7:00 PM | Collier Epps Allen Doyle Muckette |
Report | Turner Picazo Ofeimu |
Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 6,078 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal |
6 October 31 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 1–2 | Charlotte Independence | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
7:30 PM | Moumbagna Chambers Picazo Kingue |
Report | Maund Roberts A. Martínez Mansally |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 351 Referee: Matthew Franz |
9 October 32 | Atlanta United 2 | 5–2 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Kennesaw, Georgia |
7:30 PM | Decas Campbell Ambrose Castanheira Okonkwo Adams Bello Kanakimana Fernando |
Report | Ofeimu Moumbagna Miscic Morton Turner |
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,702 Referee: Malik Badawi |
12 October 33 | Ottawa Fury FC | 1–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
2:00 PM | Haworth Ward |
Report | Kingue Moumbagna Zandi |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Myriam Marcotte |
19 October 34 | Charleston Battery | 5–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
2:00 PM | Bosua Kelly-Rosales Higashi Guerra Paterson Mueller |
Report | Chambers Harriel Cortés Moumbagna |
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
U.S. Open Cup
Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[18]
Statistics
- As of 20 April 2019[19]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | USLC | USLC Playoffs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Defenders: | |||||||||
4 | DF | Mark McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Olivier Mbaizo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | DF | Matthew Real | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
42 | DF | Jamoi Topey* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
43 | DF | Steve Kingue* | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
44 | DF | Ben Ofeimu | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
47 | DF | Walter Cortes* | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
60 | DF | Nathan Harriel‡ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Midfielders: | |||||||||
21 | MF | Anthony Fontana | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | MF | Selmir Miscic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
38 | MF | Zach Zandi | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
39 | MF | Chavany Willis* | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | MF | Issa Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
45 | MF | James Chambers | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
46 | MF | Michee Ngalina | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
51 | MF | Cole Turner‡ | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
55 | MF | Jack De Vries‡ | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
63 | MF | Shanyder Borgelin | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Forwards: | |||||||||
17 | FW | Sergio Santos | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Kacper Przybylko | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | FW | Faris Pemi Moumbagna | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | FW | Saed Díaz* | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
41 | FW | Yomi Scintu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
57 | FW | Anges Bohui‡ | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem.
- Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy for individual matches with Bethlehem.
- Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.
Goalkeepers
As of 20 April 2019.[19]
Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matt Freese | 3 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 4 | 1.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | Carlos Miguel Coronel | 4 | 4 | 1-2-1 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
64 | Tomas Romero‡ | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 3-3-1 | 10 | 1.42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Honors
Team of the Week
- Week 1 Team of the Week: M Zach Zandi[20]
- Week 2 Team of the Week Bench: G Carlos Miguel Coronel[21]
- Week 5 Team of the Week: D Ben Ofeimu[22]
- Week 6 Team of the Week: F Kacper Przybylko[23]
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gollark: Pressure, if you will.
gollark: I'd assume that force per area is the relevant thing here and not force.
References
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Midfielder Zach Zandi". Philadelphia Union. January 8, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Signs Defender Ben Ofeimu". Philadelphia Union. January 23, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Signs Midfielder Issa Rayyan". Philadelphia Union. February 25, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Forward Yomi Samuele Scintu". Philadelphia Union. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC signs forward Shanyder Borgelin". Philadelphia Union. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC announce roster moves with 2019 in mind". Philadelphia Union. November 19, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- Neil Davidson (29 November 2018). "Ledgerwood, Bekker highlight first wave of Canadian Premier League signings". Prince George Citizen. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- "NEW MEXICO UNITED SIGNS FORWARD SANTI MOAR". NewMexicoUTD.com. New Mexico United. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Republic FC sign midfielder Drew Skundrich". Sacramento Republic FC. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- Kiley Diesner (7 March 2019). "Reno 1868 FC Signs Five Ahead of Season Opener". Reno 1868 FC. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Republic FC sign defender Matt Mahoney". Sacramento Republic FC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- Evan Peters (7 March 2019). "Battery Bolster Back Line Ahead of 2019 Season". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Forward Saed Diaz". Philadelphia Union. January 4, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Steve Kingue". Philadelphia Union. January 25, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Midfielder Chavany Willis". Philadelphia Union. February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Walter Cortes". Philadelphia Union. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Jamoi Topey". Philadelphia Union. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- "2019 USL Season Stats". soccerway.com.
- "Colorado Springs' Malcolm Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- "Reno's Brown Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. March 19, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- "Galaxy II's Koreniuk Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- "New Mexico's Moar Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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