2018 Fresno FC season

The 2018 Fresno FC season is the club's first season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Fresno FC
2018 season
OwnerRay Beshoff
General managerFrank Yallop
Head CoachAdam Smith
USLWestern Conference: 12th
USL PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
Top goalscorerJohnson
Juan Caffa (9)
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 7,750
(Mar. 17 vs. Las Vegas)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 3,056
(Sep. 16 vs. Orange Co.)
All: 1,671
(May 16 vs. Orange Co.)
Average home league attendance4,831

Current squad
As of June 15, 2018[1]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Mark Pais  United States
2 Defender Zach Ellis-Hayden  Canada
3 Defender Bradley Kamdem  France
4 Defender Ramón Martín del Campo  Mexico
5 Defender Michael Daly  United States
6 Midfielder Rony Argueta  United States
7 Midfielder Milton Blanco  United States
8 Midfielder Agustin Cazarez  United States
9 Midfielder Pedro Ribeiro  Brazil
10 Midfielder Juan Pablo Caffa  Argentina
11 Forward Jemal Johnson  United States
12 Midfielder Don Smart  Jamaica
13 Defender Beto Navarro  United States
14 Forward Myer Bevan (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)  New Zealand
15 Midfielder Danny Barrera  United States
16 Midfielder Matthew Baldisimo  Canada
17 Midfielder Noah Verhoeven  Canada
18 Defender Alex Cooper  Scotland
19 Forward Terran Campbell  Canada
21 Forward Christian Chaney  United States
23 Forward Renato Bustamante  Peru
24 Defender Sam Strong  United States
25 Forward Franck Tayou  Cameroon
28 Goalkeeper Sam Howard  United States
29 Defender Cory Brown  New Zealand
30 Goalkeeper Kyle Reynish  United States

Transfers

In
No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source

Out
No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source

Friendlies

Preseason
February 15, 2018 LA Galaxy3–1Fresno FCSanta Barbara, California
7:30PM PDT Lletget  26'
Pontius  50'
Hilliard-Arce  77'		 Report Bustamante  19' Stadium: Harder Stadium
February 24, 2018 Fresno FC2–0Fresno Pacific SunbirdsFresno, California
3:00PM PDT Ribeiro  21'
Bustamante  36'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
February 28, 2018 Fresno FC2–1San Jose City College Jaguars
12:00PM PDT Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match results not publicized.
March 4, 2018 Sacramento Republic FC1–1Fresno FCTurlock, California
7:00 PDT Taintor  19'
Iwasa  36'		 Report Barrera  19'
Kamdem  59'
Caffa  65'		 Stadium: Warrior Stadium
March 10, 2018 Fresno FC3–2Real MonarchsDavis, California
3:00 PDT Johnson  40'
Bustamante  77'
Campbell  89'		 Report Heard
Hoffman  53'		 Stadium: Aggie Soccer Field
Attendance: Closed-door

Postseason
November 14, 2018 Fresno FC 1–1 Club LeónFresno, California
7:00PM PDT Lawal  2'
Santos  74'		 Report Rodríguez  26'
Mejía  34'
Boselli  42'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 7,104

Source:[2]

Competitions

USL
Main article: 2018 USL season

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 OKC Energy FC 34 12 7 15 43 46 −3 43
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
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

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 17 1Fresno FC2–3Las Vegas Lights FCFresno, CA
Johnson  73',  90'
Bustamante  90'		 FRE Report
USL Report		 Thomas  2'
Ochoa  33'
Mendoza  57'
Huiqui  63',  74'
Garduño  65'
Portugal  78'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 7,750
Referee: Ramy Touchan
March 24 2Fresno FC1–1LA Galaxy IIFresno, CA
19:00 Cooper  75' FRE Report
USL Report		 Appiah  3'
Dhillon  24'
Engola  51'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
March 28 3Seattle Sounders FC 20–1Fresno FCTacoma, WA
19:00 (PDT) Saari  30'
Ulysse  90+2'		 FRE Report
USL Report		 Johnson  82'
Ribeiro  83'
Ellis-Hayden  85'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Referee: Daniel Radford
March 31 4Fresno FC2–1OKC Energy FCFresno, CA
7:00 PM PDT Caffa  15'
Argueta  78',  79'		 FRE Report
USL Report		 Siaj  21'
R. Dixon  38'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 5,123
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
April 7 5Saint Louis FC1–1Fresno FCFenton, MO
7:30 PM (CST) Hertzog  45+2' (pen) FRE Report
USL Report		  45+1' Navarro
 47' Caffa
 89' Barrera
 90+5' Pedro Ribeiro		 Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,683
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 18 6Fresno FC2–2Tulsa Roughnecks FCFresno, CA
7:00 PM Ribeiro  27'
Argueta  77',  81'
Del Campo  81'
Reynish  90+2'
Rodolfo  90+4'		 Report Gee  55'
Muñoz  81'
Mirković  87'
Bakero  90+5'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,718
Referee: David Barrie
April 22 7Fresno FC0–0San Antonio FCFresno, CA
6:00 P.M. Johnson  61'
Cooper  78'
Caffa  90'		 Report King  76'
Tyrpak  88'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,850
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
April 28 8Phoenix Rising FC1–1Fresno FCScottsdale, AZ
7:00pm Dia  26'
Mala  54'
Riggi  82'  90'		 Report Daly  27'
Ribeiro  45+3'
Johnson  47'
Barrera  78'
Verhoeven  88'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,829
Referee: Greg Dopka
May 5 9San Antonio FC2–1Fresno FCSan Antonio, TX
5:30 P.M. Bruce  20'
Pecka  41'
Reynish  67' (o.g.)
Felix  74'
Gordon  83'		 Report Ribeiro  39'
Johnson  63'
Cooper  64'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,342
Referee: Michael Radchuk
May 9 10Fresno FC2–2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosFresno, CA
7:30 PM CDT 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 11Real Monarchs1–0Fresno FCHerriman, UT
1:00 P.M. Chang  8' Report Barrera  31'
Cazarez  79'		 Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
May 26 12Orange County SC3–0Fresno FCIrvine, CA
7:00 PM Enevoldsen  10',  45+1'
Duke  50'
Seaton  66'
Ramos-Godoy  90+3'		 Report Fiddes  42'
Ribeiro  48'
Daly  57'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Brandon Stevis
June 2 13Fresno FC4–0Seattle Sounders FC 2Fresno, CA
7:00 P.M. Caffa  27' (pen.)
Kamdem  45'+3'
Chaney  52',  55'
Johnson  54', 84'		 Report Hinds  12'
Daley  56'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 5,382
Referee: Elton García
June 9 14Reno 1868 FC1–1Fresno FCReno, NV
Brown  46' Report Cuevas  34' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 4,724
Referee: Marco Vega
June 13 15Fresno FC0–1Sacramento Republic FCFresno, CA
7:00 P.M. Johnson  85' Report Vazquez  37' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,136
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
June 17 16Fresno FC4–1Swope Park RangersFresno, CA
6:00 P.M. Chaney  4'
Barrera  23'
Ellis-Hayden  27'
Johnson  32'
Argueta  76'
Bustamante  82'
Tayou  87'		 Report Smith  34'
Harris  86'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,370
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 23 17Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC1–0Fresno FCColorado Springs, CO
6:00 P.M. Eboussi  50'
Malcolm  86'		 Report Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oscar Arias Ochoa
June 26 18Real Monarchs1–0Fresno FCHerriman, UT
6:00 P.M. Brody  8'
Blake  87'		 Report Brown  30'
Johnson  65'  69'		 Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,812
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
June 30 19Fresno FC2–0Sacramento Republic FCFresno, CA
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 8 20Portland Timbers 22–4Fresno FCPortland, OR
7:00 PM Langsdorf  36' (pen)
Tuiloma  64'
Loría  79'		 Report Chaney  21' (Caffa)
Caffa  24' (pen)  65'
Argueta  51'
Verhoeven  66'
Ellis-Hayden  88'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 1,121
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
July 14 21Fresno FC4–0Phoenix Rising FCFresno, CA
7:00 PM Chaney  25'
Ellis-Hayden  29'  84'
Del Campo  54'
Ribeiro  64'
Caffa  67'
Johnson  73'
Cuevas  88'		 Report Mala  34'
Lambert  43'
Awako  52'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,914
Referee: Michael Radchuk
July 25 22OKC Energy0–0Fresno FCOklahoma City, OK
5:30 PM Report Kamdem  36' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,838
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
July 28 23Tulsa Roughnecks FC1–1Fresno FCTulsa, OK
7:00 PM Mirković  37'
Díaz  90',  90'
Gamble  90+4'		 Report Ellis-Hayden  14'
Daly  48'
Servania  63' (og)
Cuevas  83'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,194
Referee: José Lara
August 4 24Sacramento Republic FC1–0Fresno FCSacramento, CA
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 9 25LA Galaxy II2–1Fresno FCCarson, CA
19:30 López  50', 72',  86'
Vera  53'
Zubak  90+1'		 Report Del Campo  64'
Chaney  90+2',  90+6'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 706
Referee: Daniel Radford
August 18 26Fresno FC1–0Saint Louis FCFresno, CA
7:00 PM Ellis-Hayden  20',  33'
Cooper  45'		 Report Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,951
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 25 27Las Vegas Lights FC2–2Fresno FCLas Vegas, NV
8:00 PM Alvarez  45'
Mendiola  64'
Garcia  86'		 Report Caffa  4'
del Campo  68'
Bustamante  90+4'		 Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 5,779
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 1 28Fresno FC1–1Reno 1868 FCFresno, CA
7:00 PM Ribeiro  60'
Caffa  67',  75'
Barrera  69'		 Report Brown  12' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,579
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
September 9 29Swope Park Rangers1–0Fresno FCKansas City, KS
2:00 P.M. Barry  14',  66'
Bilyeu  29'		 Report Reynish  35'
Cooper  53'
Ellis-Hayden  60'
Caffa  90+1'
Daly  90+3'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 961
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 16 30Fresno FC0–1Orange County SCFresno, CA
7:00 PM PDT Report Powder  44',  84'
Duke  49'
Enevoldsen  80'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Michael Radchuk
September 22 31Fresno FC2–2Portland Timbers 2Fresno, California
19:00 (PST) Brown  38'
Baldisimo  54'
Ribeiro  60'
Ellis-Hayden  70'
Chaney  90+5' (Smart)  90+5'		 Report Barmby  8' (pen)  84'
Loría  11' (pen)
Zambrano  62'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 6,103
Referee: Luis Guardia
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 5 33Fresno FC3–0Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCFresno, California
7:00 P.M. Chaney  23'
Cooper  47'
Johnson  57',  71'		 Report Eboussi  25' Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,682
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
October 13 34Fresno FC0–1Real MonarchsFresno, California
7:00 P.M. Caffa  77'
Del Campo  82'		 Report Adams  37'
Okumu  86'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 6,248
Referee: Michael Radchuk

U.S. Open Cup
May 16 Second RoundFresno FC2–0Orange County FCClovis, CA
7:00 P.M. Campbell  95'
Bustamante  118'		 FRE Report
Report		 Stadium: Lamonica Stadium
Attendance: 1,671
Referee: Turan Ozdemir
May 23 Third RoundSporting Arizona FC1–2 (a.e.t.)Fresno FCMesa, AZ
6:30 P.M. Flood  66' FRE Report
Report		 Barrera  75'
Bustamante  99'		 Stadium: John D. Riggs Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Anthony Bersano
June 6 Fourth RoundLos Angeles FC2–0Fresno FCLos Angeles, CA
19:00 P.M. Rossi  53'
Blessing  56'		 Report Caffa  63'
Cazarez  80'		 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Mark Allatin

Statistics

See also

References
  1. "2018 Roster". Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. http://www.fresnofc.com/news_article/show/887425?referrer_id=3067476
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