2017 Reno 1868 FC season

Reno 1868 FC
2017 season
President	Herbert Simon
Head coach	Ian Russell
Stadium	Greater Nevada Field
USL	Conference: 12th; Overall: 23rd
USL Cup	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
Biggest win	RNO 9–0 LA (7/31)
Biggest defeat	SA 4–0 RNO (4/15)
Home colors	Away colors
	2018 →

Last updated August 19, 2025

The 2017 Reno 1868 FC season was the club's inaugural season of existence, and their first in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer.

Background

Ahead of the 2017 season, there had been three professional soccer clubs in Northern Nevada: Reno Rattlers, Northern Nevada Aces, and Nevada Wonders. The announcement of an expansion franchise to join the USL was announced in September 2015.^[1]

The club's named was decided with a contest known as "USL Reno 2017". Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted, followed by fans choosing from amongst the top six names: Reno FC, FC Reno, Reno Silver FC, Reno City FC, Reno United, or Reno 1868. The fans response refined the contest down to three finalists—Reno FC, Reno United, and Reno 1868—with the winner being Reno 1868, a nod to the founding year of the City of Reno.^[2]

On June 29, 2016, the club announced a two-year partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS. It was also stated that San Jose would have control over the technical side of the club.^[3] The team hired Earthquakes Assistant Coach Ian Russell as Head Coach on November 22, 2016.^[4]

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)^[[A]]	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Russ Klabough		GK	(1990-11-11)November 11, 1990 (aged 26)	Stanislaus State Warriors
12	Matt Bersano		GK	(1992-09-10)September 10, 1992 (aged 25)	San Jose Earthquakes ^[B]
Defenders
4	Jordan Murrell		LB	(1993-05-02)May 2, 1993 (aged 24)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
5	Nick von Niederhäusern		DF	(1989-09-28)September 28, 1989 (aged 28)	Vaduz
6	Thomas Janjigian		LB	(1994-11-10)November 10, 1994 (aged 22)	FC Golden State Force
15	Jimmy Ockford		CB	(1992-06-10)June 10, 1992 (aged 25)	Seattle Sounders FC
16	Brent Richards		RB	(1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 27)	Portland Timbers 2
18	Kip Colvey		RB	(1994-03-15)March 15, 1994 (aged 23)	San Jose Earthquakes ^[B]
23	Brenton Griffiths		CB	(1991-02-09)February 9, 1991 (aged 26)	Orange County SC
Midfielders
2	Jackson Yueill		CM	(1997-03-19)March 19, 1997 (aged 20)	San Jose Earthquakes ^[B]
7	Jordan Roberts		CM	(1993-01-02)January 2, 1993 (aged 24)	Saint Louis FC
10	Junior Burgos		AM	(1988-08-14)August 14, 1988 (aged 29)	Atlanta United FC
11	Anibal Echeverria		CM	(1987-09-05)September 5, 1987 (aged 30)	Turlock Express
14	Chris Wehan		LM	(1994-01-29)January 29, 1994 (aged 23)	New Mexico Lobos
17	Lindo Mfeka		CM	(1994-03-29)March 29, 1994 (aged 23)	San Jose Earthquakes ^[B]
20	Matt LaGrassa		LM	(1993-01-27)January 27, 1993 (aged 24)	Sacramento Republic FC
38	Matheus Silva		MF	(1996-12-08)December 8, 1996 (aged 20)	San Jose Earthquakes ^[B]
84	Seth Casiple		RM	(1993-08-23)August 23, 1993 (aged 24)	Portland Timbers 2
96	Luis Fernandes		CM	(1996-01-29)January 29, 1996 (aged 21)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Forwards
8	Mackenzie Pridham		LF	(1990-08-13)August 13, 1990 (aged 27)	Sacramento Republic
9	Dane Kelly		ST	(1991-02-09)February 9, 1991 (aged 26)	Swope Park Rangers
19	Dembakwi Yomba	/	CF	(1996-09-04)September 4, 1996 (aged 21)	Orlando City B
29	Antoine Hoppenot		RF	(1990-11-23)November 23, 1990 (aged 26)	FC Cincinnati

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Player's age during the 2017 season..

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On loan from MLS affiliate San Jose Earthquakes.

Non-competitive

Preseason

February 18	Reno 1868 FC	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Reno, Nevada
12:30 PST		Report	Thompson 40'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,289

March 11	Reno 1868 FC	3–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
16:00 PST	Pridham 42', 87' Kelly 66'	Report	Caesar 17', 19' Ochoa 27'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,554

Midseason friendlies

July 8	Reno 1868 FC	v	Atlas	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST				Stadium: Greater Nevada Field

Competitive

USL

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Monarchs (X)	32	20	7	5	59	31	+28	67	Conference Playoffs
2	San Antonio FC	32	17	11	4	45	24	+21	62
3	Reno 1868 FC	32	17	8	7	75	39	+36	59
4	Swope Park Rangers	32	17	7	8	55	37	+18	58
5	Phoenix Rising FC	32	17	7	8	50	37	+13	58

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
(X) Regular Season League Champion

Results

March 251	Reno 1868 FC	0–2	Orange County SC	Reno, Nevada
19:00 PST	Matheus Silva 29'	Report	Lacroix 31', 45+1' Pineda 81'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,691 Referee: Victor Rivas

April 12	Reno 1868 FC	1–1	Whitecaps FC 2	Reno, Nevada
19:00 PST	Griffiths 4' Casiple 88'	Report	Sanner 8' Flores 14' Wynne 90+3'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,430 Referee: Joe Dickerson

April 63	Real Monarchs	5–3	Reno 1868 FC	Sandy, Utah
18:00 PST	Minter 14' Velásquez 26' Hoffman 34' Orozco 41' Curinga 43' Moberg 54' Hernández 90+2'	Report	Pridham 39' Hoppenot 78' Kelly 84', 87'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 2,316 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

April 154	San Antonio FC	4–0	Reno 1868 FC	San Antonio, Texas
18:00 PST	Forbes 34' Elizondo 67', 79' Pecka 69' Castillo 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,403 Referee: Tyler Mitcham

April 225	Reno 1868 FC	2–2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Reno, Nevada
19:00 PST	Burgos 45' (pen.) Murrell 45+2'60'	Report	McFarlane 52' Burt 58' Malcolm 90+1'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,881 Referee: Malik Badawi

May 66	Phoenix Rising FC	0–4	Reno 1868 FC	Tempe, Arizona
19:00 PST		Report	Kelly 2', 6', 66' 66' Mfeka 74' Wehan 76'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,067 Referee: Joe Dickerson

May 207	Reno 1868 FC	6–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Kelly 28', 32' (pen.), 35' (pen.) Mfeka 44' Casiple 48' Ockford 80'90+2'	Report	Ele 30' 34'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,711 Referee: Chipalo Street

May 248	Reno 1868 FC	4–0	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Mfeka 24'62' Casiple 37' Ockford 43' Kelly 57' Hoppenot 67' 71' Fernandes 75'	Report	Mata 16' Corrales 55' Caffa 57'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,418 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

May 279	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–3	Reno 1868 FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
17:00 PST	Argueta 55' Burt 57', 88' Prugh 58'	Report	Hoppenot 37', 85' Kelly 42' 55' Murrell 61' Griffiths 69' LaGrassa 71'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 3,046 Referee: Ramy Touchan

June 710	Reno 1868 FC	3–2	Rio Grande Valley FC	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Kelly 22' Fernandes 66' Richards 77'	Report	Rodriguez 20' Sagel 70' Wharton 72' Bird 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,844 Referee: Victor Rivas

June 1011	Reno 1868 FC	2–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Hoppenot 38' Ockford 56' Kelly 73'	Report	James 14' Barrera 64'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,060 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

June 1912	Real Monarchs	2–1	Reno 1868 FC	Sandy, Utah
18:00 PST	Brody 22' Peay 45+3' Besler 90' Velásquez 90+6'	Report	Mfeka 18' Hoppenot 34' Ockford 80'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Robi Hullner

June 2413	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Reno 1868 FC	Portland, Oregon
19:00 PST		Report	Casiple 55' Fernandes 82'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Michael Radchuk

June 3014	Reno 1868 FC	0–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Brown 86'	Report	Wakasa 34' Drogba 90+4'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 7,092 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

July 315	Reno 1868 FC	9–0	LA Galaxy II	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Castellanos 3' (o.g.) Kelly 8' Murrell 11', 49' 61' Griffiths 22' Hoppenot 25' (pen.) LaGrassa 66' Wehan 76', 84' Brown 78' Espinal 88'	Report	Covarrubias 82'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,140 Referee: Victor Rivas

July 1516	Whitecaps FC 2	1–1	Reno 1868 FC	UEL, British Columbia
19:00 PST	Gardner 62' Bevan 83' de Vries 85'	Report	Brown 73' Murrell 81'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 1,788 Referee: Alian Ruch

July 2217	Reno 1868 FC	1–1	Portland Timbers 2	Reno, Nevada
19:00 PST	LaGrassa 42' Hoppenot 64' Fernandes 65' Casiple 71'	Report	McIntosh 52' Calixtro 83'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,027 Referee: Benjamin Oakley

July 3018	Swope Park Rangers	1–4	Reno 1868 FC	Kansas City, Missouri
00:00 PST	Hernandez 60' Duke 68'	Report	Hoppenot 1' Kelly 34'76' Fernandes 45' Bersano 45+2' Mfeka 64' Murrell 66' Casiple 90'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 989 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

August 219	OKC Energy FC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21:00 PST	Barril 29' Angulo 62'	Report	Alashe 29'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Luis Guardia

August 520	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	2–3	Reno 1868 FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
17:30 PDT	Caffa 52', 64' Corrales 58' Svantesson 67'	Report	Hoppenot 19', 84' Kelly 26' Fernandes 52' Wehan 84'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,798 Referee: D. Djurasevic

August 1221	Reno 1868 FC	2–0	San Antonio FC	Reno, Nevada
00:00 PST	Fernandes 25' Brown 70'	Report	Ibeagha 23' Newnam 59' Tyrpak 60' Rodriguez 67' Elizondo 79' O'Ojong 80' Forbes 83' Ajeakwa 90+1'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,847 Referee: Malik Badawi

August 1922	Sacramento Republic FC	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
20:00 PDT	Partain 15'	Report	Kelly 17' Wehan 22'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Chipalo Street

August 2623	Reno 1868 FC	1–0	Swope Park Rangers	Reno, Nevada
19:30 PST	Hoppenot 10' (pen.) Ockford 58' Griffiths 87' Fernandes 90+4'	Report	Zendejas 18' Didic 68' Ballo 86' Kuzain 90+2' Saad 90+4'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Referee: Robi Hullner

September 224	Orange County SC	1–3	Reno 1868 FC	Irvine, California
19:00 PDT	Sorto 11' Parra 35' Kobayashi 48' Abolaji 56' Etim 90+1'	Report	Ockford 13' Sorto 15' (o.g.) Murrell 37' Wehan 67'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

September 625	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Carson, California
19:30 PST	Mendiola 37' Smith 62' Turner 83'	Report	Richards 5' LaGrassa 26' Espinal 66' Ockford 90+1'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track Stadium Referee: Daniel Radford

September 926	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–1	Reno 1868 FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT	Mathers 1' Ele 24'	Report	Ockford 21' Brown 38' Pelosi 85'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Stadium Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Mike Hohnholz

September 1627	Rio Grande Valley FC	1–0	Reno 1868 FC	Edinburg, Texas
17:30 PST	Bilyeu 32' (pen.) García 90+7'	Report	Hoppenot 24' Bersano 31' Kelly 79'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 6,169 Referee: William Hale

September 2028	Reno 1868 FC	3–0	OKC Energy FC	Reno, Nevada
00:00 PST	Mfeka 18', 50', 62' Burgos 90'	Report	Brown 60' Guzmán 64'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,001 Referee: Timothy Ford

September 2329	Reno 1868 FC	6–1	Portland Timbers 2	Reno, Nevada
00:00 PST	Kelly 10', 13' Mfeka 32' Hoppenot 49', 59' Pridham 61'	Report	Hanson 24' Batista 59' Ornstil 73' Lowe 87'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,640 Referee: Benjamin Oakley

September 3030	Reno 1868 FC	0–3	Real Monarchs	Reno, Nevada
00:00 PST	Hoppenot 24' Murrell 64'	Report	Brody 43' Hoffman 47' Velásquez 70' Besler 77' Mare 86' Haber 89'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,598 Referee: Malik Badawi

October 731	Orange County SC	1–4	Reno 1868 FC	Irvine, California
00:00 PST	Kobayashi 57' Parra 71'	Report	Ockford 30' Fernandes 65' Wehan 81' (pen.) 89' Pridham 85' Mfeka 90+2'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

October 1432	Reno 1868 FC	2–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Reno, Nevada
00:00 PST	Wehan 41' Hoppenot 51' Bersano 65' LaGrassa 82'	Report	Ochoa 16', 48', 67' Christian 53'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 6,144 Referee: Jason Hutchinson

USL Playoffs

First round

October 21First Round	Reno 1868 FC	0–1	OKC Energy FC	Reno, Nevada
17:45 PST	Wehan 32'	Report	Wojcik 41', 90+1'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 4,342 Referee: Victor Rivas

U.S. Open Cup

May 17Second round	OSA FC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Reno 1868 FC	Tukwila, Washington
7:30 PM PDT	Gordley 14'	Report	Yomba 30'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Jeff Arthurholtz
	Penalties
	Blanchard Roldan Haddadi Wright		Casiple Richards Hoppenot Burgos

May 31Third round	Sacramento Republic FC	2–0	Reno 1868 FC	Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT	Williams 41' Caesar 59'			Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 2,307

Statistics

Awards

References

↑ "USL Announces 2017 Expansion Club in Reno". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
↑ "> "USL Reno 2017 Name the Team". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
↑ "Reno 1868 FC, San Jose Earthquakes agree to two-year affiliation". www.reno1868fc.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
↑ "1868 FC Unveils Russell as First Head Coach". uslsoccer.com. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

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[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Player's age during the 2017 season..

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On loan from MLS affiliate San Jose Earthquakes.

[1] "USL Announces 2017 Expansion Club in Reno". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.

[2] "> "USL Reno 2017 Name the Team". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.

[3] "Reno 1868 FC, San Jose Earthquakes agree to two-year affiliation". www.reno1868fc.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[4] "1868 FC Unveils Russell as First Head Coach". uslsoccer.com. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

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