2020 FC Tucson season

The 2020 FC Tucson season was the ninth season in the soccer team's history and their second in USL League One, a league in the third division of American soccer. FC Tucson, as a child club of Phoenix Rising FC of USL Championship, are barred from participating in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup.^[1] FC Tucson play their home games at Kino North Stadium, located in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

FC Tucson

2020 season
Owner	Phoenix Rising FC
Manager	John Galas
Stadium	Kino North Stadium
USL1 2020 season	6th
USL1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Shak Adams Josh Coan (4)
Biggest win	4–1 (Aug. 18 at Orlando City B)
Biggest defeat	0–2 (Sept. 12 vs. North Texas SC)
Home colors Away colors
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Club

Roster

As of September 6, 2020^[2]

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	MEX	Carlos Merancio
2	MF	USA	Darryl Longdon
3	DF	ARG	Jonathan Caparelli
4	DF	USA	Jordan Hill
5	MF	CRC	Esteban Calvo
6	DF	BRA	Elivelton Oliveira de Lima (on loan from FC Cascavel)
7	MF	ESP	Roberto Alarcón
9	FW	USA	Azaad Liadi
10	FW	ENG	Charlie Dennis
11	MF	USA	Josh Coan
13	GK	USA	Rafael Guerrero
14	MF	ESP	Manuel Ferriol
16	DF	GER	Samuel Biek
17	MF	USA	Gio Magaña-Rivera
19	FW	USA	Giovanni Godoy
20	DF	NIR	Niall Logue
21	DF	USA	Charlie Booth
23	MF	USA	Erik Virgen
26	DF	USA	A. J. Valenzuela
33	DF	USA	Tommy Silva
44	MF	SKN	Raheem Somersall
50	FW	TRI	Darius Lewis
77	FW	USA	Shak Adams
95	MF	JAM	Ramone Howell
99	GK	JAM	Amal Knight (on loan from San Diego Loyal)

1. ^
   USL Academy Contract.

Coaching staff

Name	Position
John Galas	Head coach
Jon Pearlman	Assistant coach
Alex Rangel	Goalkeeper coach

Front Office Staff

Name	Position
Amanda Powers	President
Jon Pearlman	Director of Soccer Operations

Competitions

Exhibitions

FC Tucson v New Mexico United

February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28) Preseason 1	FC Tucson	2–0	New Mexico United	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST	Trialist 70' Adams 80'	Report		Stadium: Kino North Stadium

FC Tucson v OKC Energy FC

February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 2	FC Tucson	0–4	OKC Energy FC	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST		Report Goals: 1 2 3 4	Chavez 11' Saari 29' Lopez 49' Basuljevic 50'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL League One

Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
4	Richmond Kickers	16	8	6	2	22	22	0	26	1.63
5	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	15	6	5	4	21	17	+4	22	1.47
6	FC Tucson	16	6	6	4	21	19	+2	22	1.38
7	Forward Madison FC	16	5	5	6	20	14	+6	21	1.31
8	Tormenta FC	16	5	7	4	19	22	−3	19	1.19

Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	4	6	21	19	+2	22	3	2	3	11	11	0	3	2	3	10	8	+2

Source: USL League One^[3]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W
Position	3	6	8	10	4	8	8	9	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	5

Source: USL League One^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

Fort Lauderdale CF v FC Tucson

July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 1	Fort Lauderdale CF	1–2	FC Tucson	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT	Lopez-Espin 8' Saavedra  25'  27' Fray  38'  45+2'	Report Report	Biek  37' Liadi 87' Valenzuela 90'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC v FC Tucson

August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01) 2	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–0	FC Tucson	East Ridge, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT	Soto  5' Folla  15' Doyle  38' Zacarías  41' Hurst 53' Mangels  68' Pineda  84'	Report Report	Liadi  22' Magaña-Rivera  42' Somersall  59' Biek  61' Coan 69' Alarcón  89'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 721 Referee: Kyle Johnston

FC Tucson v Union Omaha

August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08) 3	FC Tucson	1–2	Union Omaha	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Alarcón  49' Calvo  63' Ramos-Godoy  76' Virgen 90+3'	Report Report	Conway  23' Hauswirth 48',  78' Vanacore-Decker 58' Boyce  77' Mare  90+5'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Isaiah Vlad

Richmond Kickers v FC Tucson

August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 4	Richmond Kickers	2–1	FC Tucson	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT	Magalhães 8' Kraft  24' Bolduc  35' Terzaghi 42'	Report Report	Silva  41' Logue  63' Adams 81' Dennis  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 634 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Orlando City B v FC Tucson

August 18, 2020 (2020-08-18) 5	Orlando City B	1–4	FC Tucson	Kissimmee, Florida
4:00 PM MST	Rodas 18' (pen.),  90+1' Kennedy  29'	Report Report	Liadi 6', 26' Alarcón 21' Adams 41' Valenzuela  46'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alyssa Nichols

Union Omaha v FC Tucson

August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 6	Union Omaha	2–1	FC Tucson	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM EDT	Boyce 16' David  28' Viader  55' Sousa  73' Molina 78'	Report	Adams 33'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Calin Radosav

FC Tucson v Richmond Kickers

September 5, 2020 (2020-09-05) 7	FC Tucson	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Alarcón 10' (pen.) Adams 15'	Report	Terzaghi 40' (pen.) Falck 90+3'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

FC Tucson v North Texas SC

September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12) 8	FC Tucson	0–2	North Texas SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Alarcón  3' Ramos-Godoy  59' Liadi  70' Lewis  83' Ferriol  84'	Report	Damus 61' (pen.) Smith 69'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Laura Rodriguez

FC Tucson v New England Revolution II

September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16) 9	FC Tucson	1–0	New England Revolution II	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Elivelton 8' Liadi  90+1' Alarcón  90+4'	Report Report	Maciel  29'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Isaiah Vlad

North Texas SC v FC Tucson

September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 10	North Texas SC	1–1	FC Tucson	Arlington, Texas
7:30 PM EDT	Cerrillo  21' Hernandez 71' Bruce  90+5'	Report Report	Dennis  21' Elivelton 45+5'	Stadium: Globe Life Park in Arlington Attendance: 926 Referee: Gloria Resendiz

FC Tucson v Forward Madison FC

September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23) 11	FC Tucson	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Elivelton 3' Coan 55' Liadi  74'	Report Report	Paulo Jr. 40' Leonard  68' Trimmingham  90+3'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

FC Tucson v Fort Lauderdale CF

September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) 12	FC Tucson	1–2	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Elivelton  49' Ramos-Godoy 55' (pen.) Logue  82'	Report Report	Nodarse  9' Sosa  84', 90+4' Kiesewetter 87'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Samantha Martinez

Forward Madison FC v FC Tucson

October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) 13	Forward Madison FC	0–0	FC Tucson	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
4:00 PM MDT	Wojcik  9' Toyama  65'	Report Report	Alarcón  26' Liadi  35' Virgen  45+3' Dennis  66' Biek  71' Pena  87'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Tormenta FC v FC Tucson

October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) 14	Tormenta FC	0–1	FC Tucson	Statesboro, Georgia
4:00 PM MDT	Skelton  19' Williams  68' Rowe  90+4'	Report Report	Ramos-Godoy 34' Biek  67' Logue  90+4'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Joshua Belk

FC Tucson v Greenville Triumph SC

October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 15	FC Tucson	2–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Ramos-Godoy  12', 47' Calvo  14' Coan 45' Virgen  56' Merancio  71'	Report Report	McLean 14', 90+1' Polak  73'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

FC Tucson v Orlando City B

October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17) 16	FC Tucson	2–0	Orlando City B	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MDT	Coan 45+3', 90' Pena  83'	Report Report	Williams  57' Rosales  88'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Kevin Sánchez

Statistics

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#	Pos.	Name	GP	GS	Min.	Goals	Assists
77	FW	Shak Adams	12	9	809	4	2	0	0
11	MF	Josh Coan	11	6	561	4	0	0	0
6	DF	Elivelton	16	14	1104	3	2	1	0
9	FW	Azaad Liadi	15	11	979	3	3	5	0
19	FW	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy	15	11	952	3	0	2	0
7	MF	Roberto Alarcón	16	15	1330	2	2	5	0
23	MF	Erik Virgen	12	10	907	1	0	3	0
26	DF	A. J. Valenzuela	3	1	100	1	0	1	0
20	DF	Niall Logue	16	16	1440	0	0	4	0
10	FW	Charlie Dennis	15	14	1176	0	5	3	0
5	MF	Esteban Calvo	13	12	1080	0	0	2	0
16	DF	Samuel Biek	12	12	1062	0	0	4	0
1	GK	Carlos Merancio	9	9	810	0	1	1	0
33	DF	Tommy Silva	9	8	721	0	1	1	0
44	MF	Raheem Somersall	9	8	628	0	0	1	0
27	MF	Jordan Pena	5	5	450	0	0	2	0
95	MF	Ramone Howell	14	2	294	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Charlie Booth	9	3	282	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Manuel Ferriol	9	1	208	0	1	1	0
17	MF	Gio Magaña-Rivera	2	1	99	0	0	1	0
2	MF	Darryl Longdon	6	0	92	0	0	0	0
50	MF	Darius Lewis	5	0	52	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Jordan Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Goalkeepers

#	Name	GP	GS	Min.	SV	GA	GAA	SO
99	Amal Knight	7	7	630	26	6	0.857	2	0	0
1	Carlos Merancio	9	9	810	25	13	1.444	2	1	0

Notes

1. The remainder of the competition, is played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.