2017 Sacramento Republic FC season

The 2017 Sacramento Republic FC season was the club's fourth season of existence. The club is playing in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Sacramento Republic FC competed in the Western Conference of the USL.

Sacramento Republic FC

2017 season
Owner	Warren Smith
Head coach and technical director	Paul Buckle
Stadium	Papa Murphy's Park
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Sammy Ochoa (8) All: Trevin Caesar (9)
Highest home attendance	11,569
Lowest home attendance	League: 11,569 All: 2,307 (5/31 v. RNO, USOC)
Average home league attendance	League: 11,569 All: 10,356
Biggest win	SAC 4–0 OC (4/1) SAC 6–2 RGV (6/21) SAC 4–0 ANA (5/17, USOC)
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Club

Roster

As of August 31, 2017.^[1]

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Dominik Jakubek
2	DF	EIR	Peter McGlynn
4	DF	MEX	Carlos Rodriguez
5	DF	USA	Chris Christian
6	MF	USA	Agustin Cazarez
8	FW	ENG	Wilson Kneeshaw
9	FW	ENG	Harry Williams
10	MF	USA	Danny Barrera (Captain)
11	FW	LBR	Gabe Gissie
12	GK	USA	Evan Newton
13	FW	USA	Sammy Ochoa
14	FW	SLE	Lamin Suma
15	DF	USA	James Kiffe
16	MF	SCO	Adam Moffat
17	FW	ENG	Tyler Blackwood
18	MF	USA	Roberto Hategan
19	FW	TRI	Trevin Caesar
20	FW	BUL	Villyan Bijev (on loan from Portland Timbers 2)
21	FW	USA	Christian Chaney
22	DF	PUR	Jeremy Hall
23	DF	MNE	Emrah Klimenta
26	DF	USA	Elliott Hord
27	FW	USA	Matt Wiesenfarth
32	MF	USA	Hayden Partain
40	FW	USA	Quincy Butler

Technical Staff

As of July 20, 2017.

Position	Name
Director of Football	Graham Smith
Head coach and Technical Director	Paul Buckle
Assistant head coach	Adam Charles Smith
Assistant coach	Antonio Sutton
Goalkeeping coach	Simon Sheppard
Video analyst	Chris Malenab
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Luke Rayfield
Athletic Trainer	John Duncan

Competitions

Preseason

Sacramento Republic FC v New York Red Bulls

February 10, 2017	Sacramento Republic FC	Canceled	New York Red Bulls	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST		Report		Stadium: Bonney Field
Note: Canceled due to pitch conditions at Bonney Field and record rainfall.

Fresno Fuego v Sacramento Republic FC

February 18, 2017 Highway 99 Derby	Fresno Fuego	3–6	Sacramento Republic FC	Turlock, California
19:00 PST			Montano Gisse	Stadium: Warrior Stadium Attendance: Closed door
Note: Due to pitch conditions at Chukchansi Park, match was moved to Warrior Stadium at Stanislaus State.

Sacramento Republic FC v Sacramento Gold

February 22, 2017	Sacramento Republic FC	5–0	Sacramento Gold	Sacramento, California
19:00 PST	Gissie 2' Trickett-Smith 5' Chaney 57' Ochoa 63' (pen.) Carvalho 81' (o.g.)	Match Recap [2]		Stadium: American River College Soccer Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes v Sacramento Republic FC

February 25, 2017	San Jose Earthquakes	4–1	Sacramento Republic FC	San Jose, California
14:00 PST	Salinas 15' Bernárdez  28' Godoy  53' Dawkins 66' Hyka 79' Hoesen 90'	Match Recap [3]	Ochoa 54' (pen.) Williams  67'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium

Sacramento State Hornets v Sacramento Republic FC

March 1, 2017	Sacramento State Hornets	0–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Sacramento, California
PST		Match Recap [4]		Stadium: John Smith Field

Sacramento Republic FC v FC Cincinnati

March 4, 2017	Sacramento Republic FC	2–2	FC Cincinnati	Sacramento, California
17:30 PST	Kiffe 65' Kneeshaw 82'	Match Recap [5]	Quinn 21' (pen.) Delbridge 90'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 8,906

Reno 1868 FC v Sacramento Republic FC

March 11, 2017	Reno 1868 FC	3–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
16:00 PST	Pridham 41' Kelly 67' Pridham 88'	Match Recap [6]	Caesar 17' Blackwood 20' Ochoa 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,554

San Francisco Deltas v Sacramento Republic FC

March 18, 2017	San Francisco Deltas	0–0	Sacramento Republic FC	San Francisco, California
19:00 PST		Match Recap [7]		Stadium: Kezar Stadium

Sacramento Republic FC v San Jose Earthquakes

March 22, 2017	Sacramento Republic FC	Canceled	San Jose Earthquakes	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST				Stadium: Bonney Field

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Phoenix Rising FC	32	17	7	8	50	37	+13	58	Conference Playoffs
6	OKC Energy FC	32	14	7	11	46	41	+5	49
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	32	14	4	14	46	49	−3	46
8	Sacramento Republic	32	13	7	12	45	43	+2	46
9	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	32	12	8	12	55	51	+4	44
10	Orange County SC	32	11	10	11	43	47	−4	43
11	Rio Grande Valley Toros	32	9	8	15	37	50	−13	35

Source: 2017 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

USL

Seattle Sounders FC 2 v Sacramento Republic FC

March 26, 2017 1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Tukwila, Washington
14:00 PST	Nana-Sinkam 5' Narbón 39'	Match Recap [8]	Ochoa  63' 65' Barrera 71' Klimenta 85'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 1,115

Sacramento Republic FC v Orange County SC

April 1, 2017 2	Sacramento Republic FC	4–0	Orange County SC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Ochoa 23' 59' Kneeshaw 68' Moffat  74' Williams 90+'	Match Recap [9]	Ocegueda  32'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Tulsa Roughnecks FC v Sacramento Republic FC

April 8, 2017 3	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Ugarte  42' Alaya  63' Caffa  77' Calistri 80'	Match Recap [10]	Klimenta  14' Kneeshaw 48' Blackwood 67'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,759

Oklahoma City Energy FC v Sacramento Republic FC

April 11, 2017 4	Oklahoma City Energy FC	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	Gonzalez 30' Wojick  62'	Match Recap [11]	Christian  45'  82'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,032

Swope Park Rangers v Sacramento Republic FC

April 15, 2017 5	Swope Park Rangers	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Kansas City, Kansas
	Oliveria  52' Didic  57' Gonzalez 70'	Match Recap [12]		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 1,002

Sacramento Republic FC v Portland Timbers 2

April 22, 2017 6	Sacramento Republic FC	0–2	Portland Timbers 2	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Barrera  62'	Match Recap [13]	Clarke  4' Williams  28' Bijev 40' (pen.) Arboleda 68' Lewis  71'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 v Sacramento Republic FC

April 29, 2017 7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2	0–0	Sacramento Republic FC	University Endowment Lands, British Columbia, Canada
	de Wit  88'	Match Recap [14]	James  4' Williams  90'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 407 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

San Antonio FC v Sacramento Republic FC

May 6, 2017 8	San Antonio FC	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	San Antonio, Texas
	Castillo 64' (pen.)	Match Recap [15]		Stadium: Toyota Stadium

Real Monarchs SLC v Sacramento Republic FC

May 13, 2017 9	Real Monarchs SLC	2–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Sandy, Utah
	Moberg  26' Haber 38'  72' Velasquez 58' Adams  72' Sparrow  90+'	Match Recap [16]	Ceasar  29' Kiffe  90+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: Timothy Ford

Sacramento Republic FC v Tulsa Roughnecks FC

May 20, 2017 10	Sacramento Republic FC	3–2	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Barrera 29' Ochoa 31' Klimenta  45+' Jakubek  67' Christian 74' Caesar  77'	Match Recap [17]	Calistri 7' Ugarte  42' Caffa 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Marco Vega

Seattle Sounders FC 2 v Sacramento Republic FC

May 28, 2017 11	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Tukwila, Washington
	Mathers  30' Nana-Sinkam 78' Olsen 86'	Match Recap [18]	James  45' Hall  49' Caesar 59' Christian  77' Blackwood 90+3'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 995 Referee: Malik Badawi

Sacramento Republic FC v Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

June 3, 2017 12	Sacramento Republic FC	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Sacramento, California
		Match Recap [19]		Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Reno 1868 FC v Sacramento Republic FC

June 10, 2017 13	Reno 1868 FC	2–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
		Match Recap [20]	Hoppenot 39' Kelly 73'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,060

Sacramento Republic FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

June 17, 2017 14	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2	Sacramento, California
	Ochoa 12' Cazarez 74'	Match Recap [21]	Campbell 5'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

June 21, 2017 15	Sacramento Republic FC	6–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Sacramento, California
	Kneeshaw 19' Blackwood 27' Caesar 42', 57', 72' Trickett-Smith 87'	Match Recap [22]	Casner 64' Murphy 90'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

LA Galaxy II v Sacramento Republic FC

June 25, 2017 16	LA Galaxy II	2–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
	Dhillon 54' Vera 70'	Match Recap [23]	Hall 11' (pen.) Kneeshaw 14' Caesar 18'	Stadium: StubHub Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 2,195

Sacramento Republic FC v San Antonio FC

July 1, 2017 17	Sacramento Republic FC	1–1	San Antonio FC	Sacramento, California
	Klimenta 19'	Match Recap [24]	Ajeakwa 31'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Seattle Sounders FC 2

July 23, 2017 18	Sacramento Republic FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Sacramento, California
	Caesar 16' Blackwood 60'	Match Recap [25]		Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

August 5, 2017 19	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2	Sacramento, California
	Hall 82' (pen.)			Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Portland Timbers 2 v Sacramento Republic FC

August 12, 2017 20	Portland Timbers 2	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Portland, Oregon
	Kneeshaw 14'			Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,976

Sacramento Republic FC v Reno 1868 FC

August 19, 2017 21	Sacramento Republic FC	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
	Partain 15'		Kelly 17' Wehan 22'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Swope Park Rangers KC

August 23, 2017 22	Sacramento Republic FC	2–2	Swope Park Rangers KC	Sacramento, California
	Kneeshaw 36' Blackwood 88'		Saad 4' Belmar 68'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Phoenix Rising FC v Sacramento Republic FC

August 26, 2017 23	Phoenix Rising FC	3–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Phoenix, Arizona
	Cortez 10' Wakasa  38' Johnson 48',  90' Ramage 52'	[26]	Partian  37' Caesar 50'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 5,693

Sacramento Republic FC v Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

September 2, 2017 24	Sacramento Republic FC	2–2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Cazarez 37' Wiesenfarth 45+2'	[27]	Vercollone 38' Eboussi 91'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros v Sacramento Republic FC

September 9, 2017 25	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Edinburg, Texas
	Wharton  33' Murphy 69'	[28]	Partain  40' Bijev 72' Rodriguez 90'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 6,083

Sacramento Republic FC v LA Galaxy II

September 16, 2017 26	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	LA Galaxy II	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Espino 26' Bijev 61'	[29]	Zubak 1' Covarrubias  45' Hernandez  50' Mendez  89'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Oklahoma City Energy FC

September 23, 2017 27	Sacramento Republic FC	1–3	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Klimenta 59'	[30]	Angulo 1' Brown 9' Gonzalez 83'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Real Monarchs SLC

September 27, 2017 28	Sacramento Republic FC	0–2	Real Monarchs SLC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Ochoa  50'	[31]	Putna  3' Mare 47' Hoffman 49'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Sacramento Republic FC v Phoenix Rising FC

September 30, 2017 29	Sacramento Republic FC	2–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	McGlynn  45' Klimenta 49' Cazarez 54' Kiffe  60' Hall  76'	[32]	Hamilton  34' Watson  48'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

Orange County SC v Sacramento Republic FC

October 4, 2017 30	Orange County SC	3–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Orange County, California
	Pacheco 27' Stevanovic 80' van Ewijk 90'	[33]	Ochoa 43' Kiffe  86'	Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 1,879

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC v Sacramento Republic FC

October 7, 2017 30	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
	Frater 36' Argueta  40'	[34]	Hall  33' McGlynn  54' Christian  69' Ochoa  79'	Stadium: Switchback Stadium Attendance: 3,860

Reno 1868 FC v Sacramento Republic FC

October 14, 2017 31	Reno 1868 FC	2–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
	Wehan 41' Hoppenot 51' Bersano  65' LaGrassa  82'	[35]	Ochoa 16',  48', 67' Christian  53'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,144

U.S. Open Cup

Sacramento Republic FC v Anahuac

May 17, 2017 Second round	Sacramento Republic FC	4–0	Anahuac	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Williams 12' 15' Kneeshaw 66' Trickett-Smith 85'	Match Recap [36]		Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 5,308

Sacramento Republic FC v Reno 1868 FC

May 31, 2017 Third round	Sacramento Republic FC	2–0	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM	Willams 41' Caesar 58'	Match Recap [37]		Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 2,307

Sacramento Republic FC v Real Salt Lake

June 14, 2017 Fourth round	Sacramento Republic FC	4–1	Real Salt Lake	Sacramento, California
8:05 PM	Caesar 29' Cazarez 43' Hall 45' (pen.) Barrera 71'	Match Recap [38]	Velazco 35'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569

LA Galaxy v Sacramento Republic FC

June 28, 2017 Fifth round	LA Galaxy	2-0	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
7:30 PM	Lassiter 47' Jamieson IV 49'	Match Recap [39]		Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 2,195

Friendlies

Sacramento Republic FC v CF Pachuca

July 15, 2017	Sacramento Republic FC	0-3	CF Pachuca	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST			Guzmán 21' Cano 40' Sagal 59'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 11,569

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
20	DF	Enrique Montano	Louisville City FC		November 9, 2016	[40]
2	DF	Peter McGlynn	Longford Town FC		November 19, 2016	[41]
17	FW	Tyler Blackwood	Arizona United SC		November 29, 2016	[42]
11	FW	Gabe Gissie	Bethlehem Steel FC		December 3, 2016	[43]
14	FW	Lamin Suma	Philadelphia Fury		December 5, 2016	[44]
16	MF	Adam Moffat	New York Cosmos		January 3, 2017	[45]
22	DF	Jeremy Hall	Tampa Bay Rowdies		January 3, 2017	[46]
19	FW	Trevin Caesar	Orange County Blues		January 4, 2017	[47]
13	FW	Sammy Ochoa	Tulsa Roughnecks		February 24, 2017	[48]
3	DF	Julius James	Central FC		March 17, 2017	[49]
18	MF	Roberto Hategan	Sacramento Republic FC Academy		June 30, 2017	[50]
32	MF	Hayden Partain	Des Moines Menace		August 5, 2017	[51]
27	FW	Matt Wiesenfarth	Burlingame Dragons FC		August 11, 2017	[52]
40	FW	Quincey Butler	Sacramento Republic FC Academy		August 18, 2017	[53]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
10	FW	Carlton Cole	Persib Bandung		October 19, 2016	[54]
22	MF	Chase Minter	Real Monarchs		November 17, 2016	[55]
17	MF	Octavio Guzman	Saint Louis FC		November 22, 2016	[56]
16	DF	Matt LaGrassa	Reno 1868 FC		December 20, 2016	[57]
24	MF	JJ Koval		Retirement	December 21, 2016	[58]
19	FW	Mackenzie Pridham	Reno 1868 FC		December 21, 2016	[59]
2	DF	Derek Foran	Bray Wanderers FC		January 3, 2017	[60]
14	FW	Cameron Iwasa	Sporting Kansas City		January 10, 2017	[61]
7	FW	Joaquin Rivas	Tulsa Roughnecks		February 28, 2017	[62]
3	DF	Mike da Fonte	Colorado Rapids		March 14, 2017	[63]
11	MF	Max Alvarez	Saint Louis FC		March 31, 2017	[64]
20	DF	Enrique Montano		Released by mutual consent	August 11, 2017	[65]
3	DF	Julius James		Released by mutual consent	August 16, 2017	[66]
7	MF	Daniel Trickett-Smith		Released by mutual consent	August 18, 2017	[67]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
24	MF	Harrison Heath	Atlanta United FC	Recalled from loan on July 31, 2017	June 30, 2017	[68]