2020 Forward Madison FC season

The 2020 Forward Madison FC season was the second season in the soccer team's history, where they compete in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Forward Madison FC play their home games in 2020 at Hart Park, located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States.

Forward Madison FC

2020 season
Owner	Big Top Events
Head coach	Daryl Shore
Stadium	Hart Park
USL League One	7th
USL1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	Michael Vang (4)
Highest home attendance	540 (August 14 vs. South Georgia Tormenta FC, August 23 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendance	409 (October 3 vs. FC Tucson)
Average home league attendance	504
Biggest win	4 goals: MAD 4–0 TRM (August 14) NE 0–4 MAD (September 4)
Biggest defeat	2 goals: GVL 2–0 MAD (September 13)
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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Club

Roster

As of September 2, 2020 (2020-09-02).^[1]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since
1	GK		Philipp Marceta	(1993-01-05) January 5, 1993 (age 32)	2020
3	MF		Eric Leonard	(1995-10-05) October 5, 1995 (age 29)	2018
4	DF		Gustavo Fernandes	(1998-02-19) February 19, 1998 (age 27)	2020
5	MF		Adolfo Ovalle	(1997-04-28) April 28, 1997 (age 28)	2020
6	MF		Brandon Eaton	(1994-10-31) October 31, 1994 (age 30)	2019
7	FW		Don Smart	(1987-12-02) December 2, 1987 (age 37)	2018
8	MF		Michael Vang	(2000-05-13) May 13, 2000 (age 25)	2020
9	FW		Wojciech Wojcik	(1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 33)	2020
10	MF		J. C. Banks	(1989-08-24) August 24, 1989 (age 35)	2018
11	FW		Paulo Jr.	(1989-01-23) January 23, 1989 (age 36)	2018
13	DF		Connor Tobin (captain)	(1987-02-11) February 11, 1987 (age 38)	2019
14	FW		Jamael Cox	(1992-04-27) April 27, 1992 (age 33)	2019
15	DF		Jalen Crisler	(1994-08-29) August 29, 1994 (age 30)	2020
17	DF		Eli Lockaby	(1995-12-18) December 18, 1995 (age 29)	2020
19	MF		Vital Nizigiyimana	(1997-01-01) January 1, 1997 (age 28)	2019
21	MF		Louis Bennett II	(1995-05-19) May 19, 1995 (age 30)	2019
23	DF		Carl Schneider	(1992-11-19) November 19, 1992 (age 32)	2019
27	DF		Christian Díaz	(1991-04-07) April 7, 1991 (age 34)	2019
31	FW		Noah Fuson	(1999-12-31) December 31, 1999 (age 25)	2020
33	GK		Brandon Barnes	(1994-11-16) November 16, 1994 (age 30)	2019
34	GK		Chris Brady	(2004-03-03) March 3, 2004 (age 21)	2020
38	FW		Alex Monis	(2003-03-20) March 20, 2003 (age 22)	2020
39	MF		Allan Rodríguez	(2004-05-27) May 27, 2004 (age 21)	2020
44	DF		Josiah Trimmingham	(1996-12-14) December 14, 1996 (age 28)	2020
77	FW		Jiro Barriga Toyama	(1995-04-28) April 28, 1995 (age 30)	2019

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Daryl Shore	Head coach and technical director
Neil Hlavaty	Assistant coach
Jim Launder	Assistant coach

Front Office Staff

Name	Position
Conor Caloia	Chief operating officer
Vern Stenman	President

Transfers

Transfers In

Date from	Position	Player	Last team	Type	Ref.
December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)	FW	Jamael Cox	FC Tucson	Free transfer	[2]
January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)	FW	Wojciech Wojcik	Hartford Athletic	Free transfer	[3]
January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16)	MF	Michael Vang	S.U. 1º de Dezembro	Free transfer	[4]
January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)	DF	Jalen Crisler	Detroit City FC	Free transfer	[5]
January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)	GK	Brandon Barnes	Charlotte Independence	End of loan	[6]
February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04)	DF	Eli Lockaby	Richmond Kickers	Free transfer	[7]
February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)	MF	Louis Bennett II	Memphis 901 FC	Free transfer	[8]
February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)	DF	Josiah Trimmingham	FC Miami City	Free transfer	[9]
March 12, 2020 (2020-03-12)	DF	Gustavo Fernandes	Ocean City Nor'easters	Free transfer	[10]
March 23, 2020 (2020-03-23)	GK	Philipp Marceta	SV Heimstetten	Free transfer	[11]
July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24)	GK	Chris Brady	Chicago Fire FC	Loan	[12]
July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24)	FW	Alex Monis	Chicago Fire FC	Loan	[12]
July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24)	MF	Allan Rodríguez	Chicago Fire FC	Loan	[12]
August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17)	MF	Noah Fuson	i2i Soccer Academy	Free transfer	[13]
September 2, 2020 (2020-09-02)	MF	Adolfo Ovalle	Toronto FC II	Loan	[14]

Transfers Out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Type	Ref.
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	DF	Zaire Bartley		Released
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	MF	Louis Bennett II	Memphis 901 FC	End of loan
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	DF	Carter Manley	Minnesota United FC	End of loan
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	DF	Wyatt Omsberg	Minnesota United FC	End of loan
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	DF	Shaun Russell		Released
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	GK	Dayne St. Clair	Minnesota United FC	End of loan
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	MF	Danny Tenorio		Released
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	FW	Oliver White	Memphis 901 FC	End of loan
January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)	GK	Brian Sylvestre	Miami FC	Paid transfer ($20,000)	[15][16]
January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)	MF	Ally Hamis Ng'anzi	Loudoun United FC	Free transfer	[17]
January 25, 2020 (2020-01-25)	MF	Josiel Núñez	C.D. Universitario	End of loan	[18]
February 3, 2020 (2020-02-03)	FW	Brian Bement	Chattanooga FC	Free transfer	[19]
March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24)	GK	Ryan Coulter	Rio Grande Valley FC	Free transfer	[20]

Kits

• Shirt sponsor: Dairyland Insurance
• Sleeve sponsor: Just Coffee Cooperative
• Shirt manufacturer: Hummel

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Competitions

Exhibitions

Birmingham Legion FC v Forward Madison FC

February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) Preseason 1	Birmingham Legion FC	3–0	Forward Madison FC	Hoover, Alabama
1:00 PM CST	Bergmann 27' Servania 40' Hoffman 50'	Report		Stadium: Hoover Metropolitan Complex Attendance: 0
Note: 70 minute closed door scrimmage

Memphis 901 FC v Forward Madison FC

February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Preseason 2	Memphis 901 FC	3–1	Forward Madison FC	Birmingham, Alabama
4:00 PM CST	Allen 53' Metzger 69', 84'	Report	Banks 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Preston Goldfarb Field

Louisville City FC v Forward Madison FC

February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25) Preseason 3	Louisville City FC	4–0	Forward Madison FC	Louisville, Kentucky
3:00 PM EST	Lancaster 9', 11' DelPiccolo 20' Thiam 22'	1st Half Report Final Report		Stadium: Thurman-Hutchins Park

Saint Louis FC v Forward Madison FC

February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 4	Saint Louis FC	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Fenton, Missouri
3:00 PM CST	Cicerone 81' (pen.), 90'	FMFC Report STLFC Report	Paulo Jr. 6'	Stadium: West Community Stadium

Forward Madison FC v Wisconsin–Parkside Rangers

March 14, 2020 (2020-03-14) Preseason 5	Forward Madison FC	Cancelled	Wisconsin–Parkside Rangers	Madison, Wisconsin
11:00 AM CDT				Stadium: Madison Area Technical College
Note: Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Marquette Golden Eagles v Forward Madison FC

March 21, 2020 (2020-03-21) Preseason 6	Marquette Golden Eagles	Cancelled	Forward Madison FC	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Marquette Dome
Note: Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Forward Madison FC v Wisconsin Badgers

April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15) Midseason 1	Forward Madison FC	Cancelled	Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Note: Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Forward Madison FC v FC Augsburg

May 23, 2020 (2020-05-23) Midseason 2	Forward Madison FC	Cancelled	FC Augsburg	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Note: Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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	Qualification
1	Greenville Triumph SC	16	11	3	2	24	11	+13	35	2.19	Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2	Union Omaha	16	8	3	5	20	15	+5	29	1.81	Final
3	North Texas SC[a]	16	7	3	6	27	19	+8	27	1.69
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
9	New England Revolution II[a]	16	5	8	3	19	26	−7	18	1.13
10	Fort Lauderdale CF[a]	16	4	9	3	19	28	−9	15	0.94
11	Orlando City B[a]	15	1	11	3	10	29	−19	6	0.40

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
Notes:

1. Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

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	5	6	5	20	14	+6	21	4	3	1	10	3	+7	1	3	4	10	11	−1

Source: USL League One^[21]

Results by round

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

Source: USL League One^[22]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

North Texas SC v Forward Madison FC

July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 1	North Texas SC	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Redzic 11' (Batista) Damus 59' (Che) Alisson  63'	Report	Wojcik 30' (Paulo Jr.) Bennett  78'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 652 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

Forward Madison FC v Greenville Triumph SC

July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) 2	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT		Report	Pilato  90+5'	Stadium: Hart Park Attendance: 535 Referee: Calin Radosav

Richmond Kickers v Forward Madison FC

August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08) 3	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Richmond, Virginia
6:30 PM EDT	Terzaghi 9' (Antley)	Report	Trimmingham  16' Wojcik  73'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 822 Referee: Matthew Franz

Forward Madison FC v South Georgia Tormenta FC

August 14, 2020 (2020-08-14) 4	Forward Madison FC	4–0	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Vang 8' (Paulo Jr.),  60' Smart 23' (Banks) Wojcik 58' (Smart) Paulo Jr. 69' (Smart)	Report	Obinwa  86'	Stadium: Hart Park Attendance: 540 Referee: Calin Radosav

Union Omaha v Forward Madison FC

August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19) 5	Union Omaha	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT	Contreras 28' (pen.) N'For  45+3'	Report	Leonard 8' (Vang) Trimmingham  31'  83'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Karen Abt

Forward Madison FC v Orlando City B

August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23) 6	Forward Madison FC	3–1	Orlando City B	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
4:00 PM CDT	Leonard  6' Lockaby 19' (Vang) Monticelli 55' (o.g.) Eaton 85' (Smart)	Report	Aguilera  22' Lamb 37' (Halliday) Rodas  90+2' Ozeri  90+4'	Stadium: Hart Park Attendance: 540 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

New England Revolution II v Forward Madison FC

September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04) 7	New England Revolution II	0–4	Forward Madison FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Vang 39' Verfurth 61' (o.g.) Ovalle 88' (Paulo Jr.) Wojcik 90+1'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Kenneth Rojas

Greenville Triumph SC v Forward Madison FC

September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13) 8	Greenville Triumph SC	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT	McLean 25' (Mohamed) Mohamed  35' Lee  45+2' Keegan 81' (Walker)	Report	Ovalle  29'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 601 Referee: Joshua Escobar

FC Tucson v Forward Madison FC

September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23) 9	FC Tucson	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:30 PM MST	Elivelton 3' (Silva) Coan 55' (Liadi) Liadi  74'	Report	Paulo Jr. 40' (Trimmingham) Leonard  68' Trimmingham  90+3'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

Forward Madison FC v Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) 10	Forward Madison FC	1–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
1:00 PM CDT	Ovalle  23' Vang 50' Smart  63' Toyama  64' Fernandes  90+1' Cox  90+6'	Report	Hurst  39' Ramos  66' R. Pineda  85'	Stadium: Hart Park Attendance: 497 Referee: Rebeca Pagan

Forward Madison FC v FC Tucson

October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) 11	Forward Madison FC	0–0	FC Tucson	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Wojcik  9' Toyama  65'	Report	Alarcón  26' Liadi  35' Virgen  45+3' Dennis  66' Pena  87'	Stadium: Hart Park Attendance: 409 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Forward Madison FC v Union Omaha

October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) 12	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Union Omaha	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
4:00 PM CDT	Ovalle  2' Leonard  71' Lockaby  90+5'	Report	Knutson  5' Boyce  31'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Calin Radosav

Fort Lauderdale CF v Forward Madison FC

October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) 13	Fort Lauderdale CF	2–2	Forward Madison FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4:00 PM EDT	Nodarse  18' Sosa  32', 38' Rosales  56' Reyes 67' (Azcona) Zuluaga  86' Azcona  90+2'	Report	Paulo Jr. 73' Díaz 85' Tobin  90+5'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Referee: Johan Fredrik Roenning

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC v Forward Madison FC

October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17) 14	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–1	Forward Madison FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
5:00 PM EDT	Hurst 8' (pen.),  90+2' Soto  19' Ruiz  73'	Report	Vang 69' (Paulo Jr.) Ovalle  70'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

Forward Madison FC v North Texas SC

October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21) 15	Forward Madison FC	0–1	North Texas SC	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Ovalle  41'	Report	A. Rodríguez  30', 90+9' (pen.) Burgess  74' Alisson  90'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi
Note: Postponed from its original date of August 30, 2020 (2020-08-30) due to the shooting of Jacob Blake[23]

Forward Madison FC v New England Revolution II

October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16	Forward Madison FC	2–1	New England Revolution II	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Toyama  63', 83' (Trimmingham) Fuson 81' (Bennett) Banks  89'	Report	Rennicks 30' (Rivera) Spaulding  57' Souza  90+5'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Alex Hofstetter

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U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

As a USL League One club, Forward Madison was to enter the competition in the Second Round, which was to be played April 7–9.^[25] The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[26]

Forward Madison FC v Chicago FC United / Minneapolis City SC

April 8, 2019 (2019-04-08) Second round	Forward Madison FC	Cancelled	Chicago FC United / Minneapolis City SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Note: Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[26]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	USL1 Season
				Apps	Starts	Goals
1	GK		Philipp Marceta	8	8	0
3	MF		Eric Leonard	16	13	1
4	DF		Gustavo Fernandes	11	5	0
5	MF		Adolfo Ovalle	9	8	1
6	MF		Brandon Eaton	5	1	1
7	FW		Don Smart	16	14	1
8	MF		Michael Vang	13	11	4
9	FW		Wojciech Wojcik	16	14	3
10	MF		J. C. Banks	15	13	0
11	FW		Paulo Jr.	16	15	3
13	DF		Connor Tobin	14	14	0
14	FW		Jamael Cox	14	2	0
15	DF		Jalen Crisler	2	1	0
17	DF		Eli Lockaby	15	4	1
19	MF		Vital Nizigiyimana	0	0	0
21	MF		Louis Bennett II	7	1	0
23	DF		Carl Schneider	1	0	0
27	DF		Christian Díaz	15	13	1
31	FW		Noah Fuson	12	2	1
33	GK		Brandon Barnes	0	0	0
34	GK		Chris Brady	8	8	0
38	FW		Alex Monis	6	1	0
39	MF		Allan Rodríguez	2	1	0
44	DF		Josiah Trimmingham	13	13	0
77	FW		Jiro Barriga Toyama	16	14	1

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season
1	MF	Michael Vang	4
2	FW	Paulo Jr.	3
	FW	Wojciech Wojcik	3
4	DF	Jiro Barriga Toyama	1
	DF	Christian Díaz	1
	MF	Brandon Eaton	1
	FW	Noah Fuson	1
	MF	Eric Leonard	1
	DF	Eli Lockaby	1
	MF	Adolfo Ovalle	1
	FW	Don Smart	1
Own goal			2
Total			20

Assist scorers

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season
1	FW	Paulo Jr.	4
2	FW	Don Smart	3
3	DF	Josiah Trimmingham	2
	MF	Michael Vang
5	MF	J. C. Banks	1
	MF	Louis Bennett II
Total			13

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	USL1 Season
1	Chris Brady	3
	Philipp Marceta	3
Total		6

Disciplinary record

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season
1	MF	Adolfo Ovalle	5	0	0
2	DF	Josiah Trimmingham	3	1	0
3	FW	Jiro Barriga Toyama	3	0	0
	MF	Eric Leonard	3	0	0
5	DF	Connor Tobin	0	0	1
	FW	Wojciech Wojcik	2	0	0
7	MF	J. C. Banks	1	0	0
	MF	Louis Bennett II	1	0	0
	FW	Jamael Cox	1	0	0
	DF	Gustavo Fernandes	1	0	0
	DF	Eli Lockaby	1	0	0
	FW	Don Smart	1	0	0
	MF	Michael Vang	1	0	0
Total			23	1	1