2019 Austin Bold FC season

The 2019 Austin Bold FC season was the inaugural season for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[1]

Austin Bold FC

2019 season
Stadium	Bold Stadium Austin, Texas
USL	Conference: 8th
USL Cup Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
2019 U.S. Open Cup	4th Round
Copa Tejas	Champion
Highest home attendance	League/All: 5,803 (March 30 vs. San Antonio)
Lowest home attendance	League/All: 1,201 (September 11 vs. Sacramento)
Average home league attendance	2,395
Biggest win	5–0 (June 29 vs. Colorado Springs)
Biggest defeat	0–6 (July 19 at Phoenix)
2020 →

Club

As of April 19, 2019^{[citation needed]}

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	COL	Juan David Ramírez (on loan from Atlético Nacional)
2	DF	CHI	Jorge Troncoso
3	DF	NED	Edson Braafheid
4	DF	JAM	Jermaine Taylor
6	MF	SCO	Calum Mallace
7	MF	USA	Julian Gaines
8	MF	MEX	Xavier Báez
9	FW	BRA	Kléber
11	FW	NGA	Isaac Promise
12	DF	JAM	Demar Phillips
14	MF	KSA	Faris Abdi
15	DF	USA	Amobi Okugo
17	DF	JAM	Sean McFarlane
18	DF	FRA	Fabien Garcia
19	FW	USA	Kris Tyrpak
20	DF	USA	Josué Soto (on loan from Querétaro)
21	MF	FRA	Thomas de Villardi
22	FW	USA	Clayton Adams
23	GK	JAM	Ryan Thompson
24	GK	USA	Diego Restrepo
27	MF	RUS	Valeri Saramutin
28	DF	USA	London Woodberry
33	MF	USA	Sonny Guadarrama
99	FW	BRA	André Lima

Competitions

Preseason

Austin Bold FC v Saint Louis FC

February 13	Austin Bold FC	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Texas
	8'	Report	Greig 15'	Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each

Austin Bold FC v UTRGV Vaqueros

February 16	Austin Bold FC	2–0	UTRGV Vaqueros	Texas
		Report		Attendance: Closed-door

Austin Bold FC v Round Rock SC

February 17	Austin Bold FC	2–0	Round Rock SC	Texas
		Report		Attendance: Closed-door

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros v Austin Bold FC

February 23	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	3–1	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 PM CST	Small 3' Trialist 51' Garza 109' (pen.)	Report	19'  49'	Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Match played with two periods of 45 minutes and one period of 35 minutes

Austin Bold FC v North Texas SC

February 27	Austin Bold FC	2–1	North Texas SC	Round Rock, Texas
CST	Woodberry 71' Promise 75'	ATX Report NTSC Report	Pepi 15' Radilla  80'	Stadium: Round Rock Multipurpose Complex

USL Championship

Main article: 2019 USL Championship season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	El Paso Locomotive FC	34	13	11	10	42	36	+6	50	Conference Quarterfinals
7	Sacramento Republic	34	14	6	14	50	43	+7	48	Play-In Round
8	Austin Bold FC	34	13	9	12	53	52	+1	48
9	LA Galaxy II	34	12	12	10	59	62	−3	48
10	New Mexico United	34	11	13	10	59	57	+2	46

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

Match results

The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.^[2]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixtureJuly 3

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

Las Vegas Lights FC v Austin Bold FC

March 9 1	Las Vegas Lights FC	0–0	Austin Bold FC	Las Vegas, Nevada
9:30 pm PDT	Parra  45+1' Thomas  87'	Report	Guadarrama  25' Lima  90+2'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Timothy Ford

Reno 1868 FC v Austin Bold FC

March 16 2	Reno 1868 FC	2–1	Austin Bold FC	Reno, Nevada
4:00 PM	Brown 46', 78'	Report	Kléber 14',  35' Taylor  45+4' Saramutin  47'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 2,919 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Austin Bold FC v San Antonio FC

March 30 3	Austin Bold FC	1–0	San Antonio FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	McFarlane  59' Kléber 77'	Report	Maguraushe  25' Hernandez  54'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Sacramento Republic FC v Austin Bold FC

April 6 4	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Sacramento, California
9:30 PM	Keinan  44' Saari  64' Taylor 85' (o.g.)	Report	Kléber  12' Troncoso  30'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Calin Radosav

Austin Bold FC v Phoenix Rising FC

April 17 5	Austin Bold FC	1–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Mallace  40' Guadarrama 52'	Report	Pérez  11' Flemmings  65' Spencer  71' Asante  74'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Jon Freemon

Austin Bold FC v El Paso Locomotive FC

April 21 6	Austin Bold FC	0–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Austin, Texas
4:00 PM	Okugo  62'	Report	N'Toko  44' Kiffe  79'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1.839 Referee: Michael Radchuk

Austin Bold FC v Real Monarchs

April 26 7	Austin Bold FC	3–2	Real Monarchs	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	McFarlane 4' Lima 11', 42',  45+5' Promise  16' Saramutin  45'	Report	Blake  3' Schmitt 19' Moberg  45+6' Martínez 54'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

LA Galaxy II v Austin Bold FC

May 4 8	LA Galaxy II	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Carson, California
9:00 PM	Harvey  30' DePuy  38' Taylor 56' (o.g.) Vom Steeg  90+2'	Report	Guadarrama  36' Báez  65' McFarlane  82'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 589 Referee: Joseph Salinas

Austin Bold FC v OKC Energy FC

May 10 9	Austin Bold FC	2–1	OKC Energy FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Guadarrama  11' Saramutin  56', 61' Kléber  76', 80' (pen.)	Report	Brown 28' Williams  30'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,804 Referee: Elton Garcia

Orange County SC v Austin Bold FC

May 18 10	Orange County SC	2–2	Austin Bold FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM	Leonardo  37' Jones 43' Quinn 52' Seaton  90+3'	Report	Lima  38', 43' Troncoso 39'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,240 Referee: Kevin Stott

Fresno FC v Austin Bold FC

May 22 11	Fresno FC	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Fresno, California
9:30 PM	Chaney  25' Cochran  55' Lawal 84',  85'	Report	Lima  54' McFarlane  54'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Malik Badawi

Austin Bold FC v New Mexico United

May 25 12	Austin Bold FC	1–3	New Mexico United	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Promise 55' Garcia  72' Okugo  84'	Report	Okugo 29' (o.g.) Tetteh  35' Moar  40', 62', 88' Williams  90+3'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,907 Referee: Matthew Franz

Tulsa Roughnecks FC v Austin Bold FC

June 1 13	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	2–3	Austin Bold FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M.	Hedrick  5' Altamirano 17' Silva 48'	Report	Guadarrama  60' Tyrpak 61', 69', 90+2' Okugo  66'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,187 Referee: Luis Guardia

Austin Bold FC v Portland Timbers 2

June 8 14	Austin Bold FC	2–2	Portland Timbers 2	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Lima 19',  68' Báez  19' Tyrpak 33' Saramutin  43'	Report	Ornstil  8' Williamson 43' Langsdorf  51' Wharton 81' Jadama  90+1' Anguiano  90+4'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,815 Referee: Mark Allatin

Austin Bold FC v Tacoma Defiance

June 15 15	Austin Bold FC	1–1	Tacoma Defiance	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Kléber 61' Báez  90'	Report	Dhillon 37' Daley  82' Gonzalez  88'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros v Austin Bold FC

June 22 16	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–1	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Castellanos  22' Adams  83'	Report	Saramutin  32' McFarlane  41' Lima 50' Kléber  55' Tyrpak  88' Okugo  90+4' Restrepo  90+6'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

Austin Bold FC v Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

June 29 17	Austin Bold FC	5–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Lima 13', 20' Kléber  21' Atuahene 28' Báez 50' Burt 56' (o.g.)	Report	Rwatubyaye  54' Robinson  75'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,413 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

San Antonio FC v Austin Bold FC

July 3 18	San Antonio FC	3–0	Austin Bold FC	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM	Okugo 8' (o.g.) Bryant  41' Forbes 50' Gallegos  64' Ackon  67' Parano 70' Greene  90+2'	Report	Báez  45' Guadarrama  76'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,514 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

Austin Bold FC v Orange County SC

July 13 19	Austin Bold FC	3–2	Orange County SC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Lima 10' McFarlane 21',  22' Soto  55' Báez  73' Tyrpak 90+2'	Report	Alvarado 27' Seaton 67' Forrester  76' Cervantes  89'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: Malik Badawi

Phoenix Rising FC v Austin Bold FC

July 19 20	Phoenix Rising FC	6–0	Austin Bold FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30 PM	Asante 17', 58' Musa 54' Jahn 66' Bakero 76' Farrell  80' Calistri 84'	Report	Okugo  28' Saramutin  41' Woodberry  51' Braafheid  73'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,387 Referee: Dejan Susak

Austin Bold FC v Fresno FC

July 27 21	Austin Bold FC	1–0	Fresno FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Promise 43' Soto  48'	Report	Basuljevic  37' Chaney  85'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Greg Dopka

New Mexico United v Austin Bold FC

August 3 22	New Mexico United	2–2	Austin Bold FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
8:30 PM	Bruce 5' Williams  38' Frater 48'	Report	Okugo  11', 31', 67' McFarlane  70' Promise  72' Faris  85' Phillips  90+3'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Michael Radchuk

Austin Bold FC v LA Galaxy II

August 10 23	Austin Bold FC	1–3	LA Galaxy II	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Tyrpak 25' Phillips  45+1'  76' Taylor  81'	Report	Acheampong  11' Hilliard-Arce  34' Harvey 46' Williams 59' (pen.) Ontiveros  70' Koreniuk 90+6'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Austin Bold FC v Tulsa Roughnecks FC

August 17 24	Austin Bold FC	5–1	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Austin, Texas
8:00 PM	Twumasi 2' Lima 10' Kléber 25' (pen.),  30', 41' (pen.) Guadarrama 83' (pen.)	Report	Ajeakwa  9' Hedrick  24' Altamirano 43' (pen.) Stajduhar  83' Reyes  90+1'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,971 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

OKC Energy FC v Austin Bold FC

August 24 25	OKC Energy FC	4–2	Austin Bold FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
8:00 PM	Ross  11' Watson  19' Lima 24' (o.g.) R. García 27' Eissele 31' D. Brown 42'	Report	Guadarrama  22' Okugo  26' Tyrpak 77' Faris 88'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

Austin Bold FC v Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

September 1 26	Austin Bold FC	3–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Twumasi 33' Taylor  55' Lima 60' Promise  72', 87'	Report	Corti  44' Enríquez  57' Fuenmayor  77' Coronado  85'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC v Austin Bold FC

September 7 27	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1–1	Austin Bold FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM	Romero 41'	Report	Rissi  26', 70' Restrepo  45+2' Tyrpak  59' Twumasi  65' Phillips  90'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,850 Referee: Calin Radosav

Austin Bold FC v Sacramento Republic FC

September 11 28	Austin Bold FC	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Guadarrama  21' Kléber 33' Okugo  65'	Report	Enevoldsen 23',  90+6' Skundrich  26' Formella 31' Shuttleworth  75' Bijev  87'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Jon Freemon

Austin Bold FC v Reno 1868 FC

September 15 29	Austin Bold FC	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Austin, Texas
6:00 PM	de Villardi  38' Kléber 41' Phillips  79'	Report	Hertzog 20' (pen.) Musovski 43' Galindo  52' Mfeka  89'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,645 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

Austin Bold FC v Las Vegas Lights FC

September 22 30	Austin Bold FC	4–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	Austin, Texas
6:00 PM	Kléber 21', 31', 90+1' Lima 51' Báez  61'	Report	Sousa 23',  28' Sandoval  45+1'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Luis Guardia

Portland Timbers 2 v Austin Bold FC

September 29 31	Portland Timbers 2	1–2	Austin Bold FC	Portland, Oregon
3:00 PM	Hanson 25' Diz  27' Smith  65'	Report	Tyrpak 64' Lima  82', 84' Báez  90+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,357 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Real Monarchs v Austin Bold FC

October 5 32	Real Monarchs	P–P	Austin Bold FC	Herriman, Utah
2:00 PM				Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Note: Match rescheduled due to the death of Isaac Promise.[3]

El Paso Locomotive FC v Austin Bold FC

October 10 33	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–1	Austin Bold FC	El Paso, Texas
8:00 PM	Monsalvez  42' Velásquez 76' (pen.)	Report	Mallace  35' Okugo  45+3' Kléber  53' Lima  77', 81' Taylor  82' Soto  90+3'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Real Monarchs v Austin Bold FC

October 16 32	Real Monarchs	2–2	Austin Bold FC	Herriman, Utah
8:00 PM	Vazquez 5' Coffee 55' Ryden  90+3'	Report	Twumasi 18' McFarlane  23' Rissi  44' Soto  52' Lima 57' Kléber  86'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,503 Referee: Greg Dopka
Note: Match rescheduled from October 5.[4]

Tacoma Defiance v Austin Bold FC

October 19 34	Tacoma Defiance	3–1	Austin Bold FC	Tacoma, Washington
9:00 PM	Gonzalez 21' Vargas 77' Daley 79' Hegardt  88' Rogers  89'	Report	de Villardi  61' Tyrpak 82'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Malik Badawi

USL Cup Playoffs

Austin Bold FC v LA Galaxy II

October 23 Play-In Round	Austin Bold FC	2–0	LA Galaxy II	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Twumasi 9',  76' Lima  32' Soto  49' McFarlane 54' Braafheid  60'	Report	Harvey  35' Hernández  76' Kamara  77'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,656 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr

Phoenix Rising FC v Austin Bold FC

October 26 Conference Quarterfinals	Phoenix Rising FC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Austin Bold FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30 PM	Lambert  70' Jahn  86'	Report	Soto  14' McFarlane  35' Guadarrama  68' de Villardi  95'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
	Penalties
	Flemmings Bakero Calistri Lambert Spencer Farrell Johnson Dia Cochran		Tyrpak de Villardi McFarlane Soto Braafheid Okugo Atuahene Twumasi Taylor

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Austin Bold FC will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14–15, 2019^[5]

Austin Bold FC v Tulsa Roughnecks

May 14 Second round	Austin Bold FC	2–0	Tulsa Roughnecks	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Báez  29' Guadarrama 34' Lima 74'	Report	Blackwell  33' Makinde  69'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Luis Guardia

Austin Bold FC v San Antonio FC

May 29 Third round	Austin Bold FC	4–2	San Antonio FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT	Kléber 10',  84' Guadarrama 39' Lima 43', 62' Taylor  57' Saramutin  71'	Report	Castillo  37' Laing  41' Restrepo 44' Gallegos  60' Barmby  90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,555 Referee: Marco Vega

Houston Dynamo v Austin Bold FC

June 11 Fourth round	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Austin Bold FC	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Martínez 14' Peña 31' Vera 40' Cabezas  65' Duvall  70' O. García  88'	Report	Guadarrama  42' Báez 48',  51' Saramutin  49' Promise 58' Taylor  86'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,765 Referee: Elton Garcia