2017 Swope Park Rangers season

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Swope Park Rangers
2017 season
General managerKurt Austin
Head coach Nikola Popovic
Stadium Swope Soccer Village
USL Conference: 4th
USL Playoffs Championship final
Top goalscorer Kharlton Belmar (15)
Highest home attendance3,012 (11/4 vs. OKC)
Lowest home attendance572 (3/29 vs. POR)
Average home league attendance1,015
Biggest win SPR 4–0 RGV (7/18)
Biggest defeat SPR 1–4 RNO (7/30)
OKC 4–1 SPR (10/8)
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The 2017 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's 2nd year of play, along with their second season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. For the 2nd straight year the Swope Park Rangers finished fourth in the Western Conference and were runners-up in the USL Championship; they lost 1-0 to Louisville City FC in the final.

Contents

USL Regular season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
2 San Antonio FC 32171144524+2162 Conference Playoffs
3 Reno 1868 FC 3217877539+3659
4 Swope Park Rangers 3217785537+1858
5 Phoenix Rising FC 3217785037+1358
6 OKC Energy FC 32147114641+549
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

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

March 25, 2017 USL 1 Swope Park Rangers 3–1 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar Soccerball shade.svg42'
Felipe Hernandez Yellow card.svg 47+'
Latif Blessing Soccerball shade.svg62'
Dániel Sallói Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report Codi Laurendi Yellow card.svg 15'
Coady Andrews Soccerball shade.svg24'
Philip Rasussen Yellow card.svg 47'
Jose Barril Yellow card.svg 90+1' Yellow-red card.svg 90+4'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Jon Freemon
May 26, 2017 USL 8 Swope Park Rangers 0–1 San Antonio FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Billy Forbes Yellow card.svg 61'
Mark O'Ojong Soccerball shade.svg53'Yellow card.svg 79'
Kris Tyrpak Yellow card.svg 90+3'		 Report James Musa Yellow card.svg 24'Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 921
Referee: Jose Lara
June 3, 2017 USL 9 San Antonio FC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers San Antonio, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Greg Cochrane Yellow card.svg 82' Report Liam Doyle Yellow card.svg 26'
James Musa Yellow card.svg 70'		Stadium: Toyota Field
Referee: Henrik Karlsson
June 18, 2017 USL 11 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Phoenix Rising FC Kansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Liam Doyle Yellow card.svg 9'
Kevin Oliveira Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.)
Nansel Selbol Soccerball shade.svg62' (pen.)
Christian Duke Yellow card.svg 72'		 Report J. J. Greer Yellow card.svg 25'
Didier Drogba Soccerball shade.svg57', 89' (pen.)Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Katja Koroleva
August 5, 2017 USL 20 Saint Louis FC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ivan Mirkovic Yellow card.svg 27'
Matthew Sheldon Yellow card.svg 57'
Konrad Plewa Yellow card.svg 90+4'		 Report Amer Didic Yellow card.svg 56'
Darrin MacLeod Yellow card.svg 63'		Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 9, 2017 USL 25 Swope Park Rangers 2–0 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Lebo Moloto Soccerball shade.svg19' (pen.), 49'Yellow card.svg 73'
Colton Storm Yellow card.svg 63'
Kharlton Belmar Yellow card.svg 90+1'		 Report Michael Daly Yellow card.svg 26'Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,073
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
September 30, 2017 USL 30 Rio Grande Valley FC 2–2 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Joseph Holland Soccerball shade.svg7'
Kyle Murphy Soccerball shade.svg64'Yellow card.svg 12'		 Report own goal Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.)
Christian Duke Yellow card.svg 87'
Kharlton Belmar Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Mark Allatin

USL Playoffs

October 22, 2017Conference Quarter Swope Park Rangers 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Phoenix Rising FC Kansas City, Missouri
15:00 CDT Didic Soccerball shade.svg109' Report Drogba Soccerball shade.svg99'Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 912
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Penalties
Selbol Soccerball shad check.svg
Duke Soccerball shad check.svg
Belmar Soccerball shad check.svg
Moloto Soccerball shad check.svg		Soccerball shade cross.svg Lambert
Soccerball shad check.svg Dia
Soccerball shad check.svg Awako
Soccerball shade cross.svg Mala
Note: Match was postponed due to lightning and heavy rain after the first half, [1] Second half was played the following day.
October 28, 2017Conference Semi Swope Park Rangers 1–0 Sacramento Republic FC Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 pm CDT Maher Yellow card.svg 39'
Belmar Soccerball shade.svg46'		 Report Kiffe Yellow card.svg 41'
Ochoa Yellow card.svg 67'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Note: Match was moved to Papa Murphy's Park due to challenges at Children's Mercy Victory Field. [2] Then it was switched again to Children's Mercy Park. [3]
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)Final Louisville City FC 1–0 Swope Park Rangers Louisville, Kentucky
9:00 PM EST Lancaster Soccerball shade.svg88'
Kaye Yellow card.svg 90+3'
McCabe Red card.svg 90+8'		 Report
Report 		Musa Yellow card.svg 17'
Didic Yellow card.svg 24'		Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 14,456
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Niall McCabe was sent off from the bench

References

  1. ↑ "Lightning, Heavy Rain Postpones Swope Park, Phoenix". United Soccer League (USL). October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Who Will Host Sacramento Republic, Swope Park Rangers Playoff Game?". sacramento.cbslocal.com. CBS13. October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Children's Mercy Park to Host Rangers, Republic FC". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League (USL). October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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