| 2018 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Eric Pettis | ||
| Head coach | Raoul Voss | ||
| Stadium | FNB Field | ||
| USL | 13th | ||
| USL Playoffs | Did not qualifty | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Third round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Lucky Mkosana (11) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 4,507 (Jun. 9 vs. Toronto) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 852 (May 7 vs. Ottawa) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 2,147 | ||
The 2018 season was Penn FC's 15th season of competitive soccer, its second in the second division of American soccer, and its eighth and final season in the United Soccer League, now known as the USL Championship. [1] This was the first season the club operated under the "Penn FC" name, having re-branded from the Harrisburg City Islanders in November 2017. [2]
In October 2018, the club announced that it would not play in the USL's top flight beyond that season. Penn FC will suspend professional operations for the 2019 season and resume play in 2020 as a member of USL League One, a third-level league to be launched in 2019 by the USL parent organization. [3]
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| No. | Position | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Romuald Peiser | |
| 4 | DF | Ken Tribbett | |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | |
| 6 | DF | Kyle Venter | |
| 8 | MF | Dan Metzger | |
| 9 | FW | Aaron Dennis | |
| 11 | MF | Jorge Rivera | |
| 12 | DF | Pedro Galvão | |
| 13 | GK | Sean Lewis | |
| 15 | MF | Miguel Jaime | |
| 16 | DF | Jake Bond | |
| 17 | MF | Salvatore Barone | |
| 18 | GK | Jacob Lissek | |
| 19 | DF | Chris Hill | |
| 20 | MF | Mauro Eustáquio | |
| 21 | MF | Calvin Rezende | |
| 22 | MF | John Grosh | |
| 33 | FW | Fabio De Sousa | |
| 37 | DF | Harri Hawkins | |
| 76 | MF | Richard Menjivar | |
| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | |
| — | DF | Marco Franco | |
| — | MF | Saalih Muhammad |
| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 8, 2018 | | 11 | MF | | Undisclosed [4] |
| February 13, 2018 | | 8 | MF | | Undisclosed [5] |
| February 14, 2018 | | 21 | MF | | Undisclosed [6] |
| February 15, 2018 | | 18 | GK | | Undisclosed [7] |
| February 20, 2018 | | 9 | FW | | Undisclosed [8] |
| February 23, 2018 | | 12 | MF | | Undisclosed [9] |
| February 23, 2018 | | 20 | MF | | Undisclosed [9] |
| February 27, 2018 | | 6 | DF | | Undisclosed [10] |
| February 27, 2018 | | DF | | Undisclosed [10] | |
| February 28, 2018 | | 17 | MF | | Undisclosed [11] |
| February 28, 2018 | | 15 | MF | | Undisclosed [11] |
| February 28, 2018 | | 22 | DF | | Undisclosed [11] |
| March 2, 2018 | | 4 | DF | | Signed [12] |
| March 6, 2018 | | 1 | GK | | Signed [13] |
| March 9, 2018 | | 33 | FW | | Signed [14] |
| March 15, 2018 | | 99 | MF | | Signed [15] |
| March 19, 2018 | | 76 | MF | | Signed [16] |
| March 21, 2018 | | 77 | MF | | Signed [17] |
| March 29, 2018 | | 29 | FW | | Signed [18] |
| April 18, 2018 | | 24 | MF | | Season loan [19] |
| June 19, 2018 | | 31 | FW | | Signed [20] |
| July 24, 2018 | | 27 | MF | | Signed [21] |
| Date | Player | Number | Position | New club | Fee/notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2017 | | 1 | GK | Retired [22] [23] | |
| December 7, 2017 | | 23 | DF | | Undisclosed [23] [24] |
| January 4, 2018 | | 19 | MF | | Undisclosed [25] |
| January 16, 2018 | | 25 | FW | | Undisclosed [26] |
| | 10 | MF | | Undisclosed [23] [27] | |
| January 22, 2018 | | 30 | FW | | Undisclosed [28] |
| February 1, 2018 | | 33 | GK | | Undisclosed [29] |
| | 8 | MF | | Undisclosed [30] | |
| | 2 | DF | Released | ||
| | 4 | DF | Released | ||
| | 7 | FW | Released | ||
| | 9 | FW | Released | ||
| | 11 | FW | Released | ||
| | 12 | MF | Released | ||
| | 13 | FW | Released | ||
| | 14 | MF | Released | ||
| | 15 | MF | Released | ||
| | 17 | MF | Released | ||
| | 23 | DF | | Released [31] | |
| August 1, 2018 | | 60 | FW | | End loan [32] |
| February 16Preseason | Penn FC | 2–1 | Long Island University | Hummelstown, PA |
| 18:00 EDT | Galvão Dennis | Report | Stadium: Lower Dauphin Middle School |
| February 21Preseason | Bethlehem Steel FC | 5–2 | Penn FC | Wayne, PA |
| Jepson Apodaca Temple Aaronson | Report | Muhammad Dennis | Stadium: YSC Academy |
| February 24Preseason | Penn FC | 3–1 | Binghamton University | Hummelstown, PA |
| Barone Galvão Rezende | Stadium: Lower Dauphin Middle School |
| March 3Preseason | New York Red Bulls II | 2–1 | Penn FC | Whippany, NJ |
| Report | Rivera | Stadium: RBNY Training Facility |
| March 10Preseason | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 3–2 | Penn FC | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Kerr Dabo Holland Vancaeyezeele Parkes | Report | Rivera Metzger | Stadium: Highmark Stadium |
The 2018 USL season will be contested by 33 teams, 16 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 34 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams from each conference advance to the 2018 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Charlotte Independence | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 42 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Penn FC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 37 |
| 14 | Atlanta United 2 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 72 | −35 | 31 |
| 15 | Richmond Kickers | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 22 |
All times in Eastern Time. [33]
| March 241 | Charleston Battery | 1–0 | Penn FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 7:00 PM | Svantesson Guerra Anunga Okonkwo | PFC Report USL Report | Tiago | Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
| March 312 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 0–0 | Penn FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | François | PFC Report USL Report | Barone Peiser | Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Charles Murphy |
| April 83 | Atlanta United 2 | 1–1 | Penn FC | Lawrenceville, Georgia |
| 4:00 PM | Gallagher Shannon | Report | Tribbett Heinemann Menjivar | Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,861 Referee: Elton Garcia |
| April 214 | Penn FC | 1–1 | Charleston Battery | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:00 PM | Tiago Opoku Tribbett Bond Eustáquio | Report | Anunga Bolt Guerra | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,712 Referee: Guido Gonzalez |
| April 245 | Penn FC | 0–0 | Nashville SC | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM | Report | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Lorant Varga |
| April 286 | North Carolina FC | 3–0 | Penn FC | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:00 PM | da Luz Bekker Ríos Kandziora Miller | Report | Eustáquio Bond | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
| May 47 | Penn FC | 3–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Venter Heinemann Metzger Peiser | Report | Curinga | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,281 Referee: Javier Santos Escobar |
| May 78 | Penn FC | 0–1 | Ottawa Fury | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM | Calvano Franco | Report | Edward Falvey | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 852 Referee: Matthew Franz |
| May 99 | Toronto FC II | 0–1 | Penn FC | Toronto, Ontario |
| 11:00 AM | Johnson Hundal Daniels | Report | Rivera Rezende Miguel Jaime | Stadium: Monarch Park Stadium [34] Attendance: 4,100 |
| May 2610 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0–0 | Penn FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Parkes Brett | Report | Metzger | Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,110 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
| June 211 | Nashville SC | 3–1 | Penn FC | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 8:30 PM | Allen Moloto Winn | Report | Tribbett | Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 8,724 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
| June 912 | Penn FC | 3–2 | Toronto FC II | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Metzger Tribbett Menjivar Ortiz | Report | Akinola Hamilton Onkony Catalano | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 4,507 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
| June 1213 | Penn FC | 2–1 | Richmond Kickers | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Bond Osae Tiago Metzger | Report | Worra Umar Williams Cordovés | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
| June 1614 | Louisville City FC | 3–3 | Penn FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM | DelPiccolo Ilić | Report | Mkosana Osae Baffoe | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,978 Referee: JJ Bilinsk |
| June 2215 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–2 | Penn FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−4) | Taylor Schäfer Magalhães Hristov Cole | Report | Tribbett Mkosana Franco | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,369 Referee: Mark Allatin |
| Note: Match rescheduled from June 23 to avoid conflict with the St. Pete Pride Parade. [35] | ||||
| June 3016 | Indy Eleven | 1–1 | Penn FC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 7:00 PM | Watson Ouimette McInerney Rusin | Report | Mkosana Metzger | Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,222 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| July 617 | Penn FC | 3–2 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Opoku Mkosana Osae | Report | Marquez Herbers Chambers | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 3,103 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj |
| July 918 | Penn FC | 1–2 | Richmond Kickers | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Franco Mkosana Metzger | Report | Thomsen Worra Luiz Fernando | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,124 Referee: Nicked Fateh |
| July 1419 | Ottawa Fury | 2–1 | Penn FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2:00 PM | Oliveira Taylor Dos Santos Taylor | Report | Tribbett Tribbett | Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,315 Referee: David Barrie |
| July 2820 | Charlotte Independence | 1–1 | Penn FC | Matthews, North Carolina |
| 7:30 PM | Areman Herrera Zayed Duckett | Report | Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex Attendance: 2,159 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
| August 321 | New York Red Bulls II | 2–1 | Penn FC | Montclair, New Jersey |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Tinari Barlow | Match Center | Mkosana | Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 627 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
| August 1222 | FC Cincinnati | 1–0 | Penn FC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 6:00 EDT | Ledesma | CIN Report PENN Report | Baffoe Tribbett Mkosana | Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 24,249 Referee: Mark Allatin |
| August 1823 | Richmond Kickers | 3–2 | Penn FC | Richmond, Virginia |
| 7:00 EDT | Spangenberg Shriver Cordovés Lee Sekyere | Report | Mkosana Venter Ramírez Shaibu | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,376 Referee: Javier Santos Escobar |
| August 2524 | Ottawa Fury FC | 0–2 | Penn FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 8:00 PM | Attakora | Report | Bond Paulo Dennis | Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,270 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere |
| September 225 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 1–3 | Penn FC | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| 3:00 PM | Chambers Epps Mahoney Chiluya | Report | Mkosana Dennis Paulo | Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,643 Referee: Lorant Varga |
| September 826 | Penn FC | 1–2 | Atlanta United 2 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Tribbett Bond | Report | Sandoval Kendall-Moullin Carleton Bello Conway Kann | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
| September 1227 | Penn FC | 1–0 | Indy Eleven | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM EDT | Tiago Paulo Dennis | Report | McInerney Rusin | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
| September 1628 | Penn FC | 0–1 | North Carolina FC | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 19:00 EDT | Shaibu | Report | Ríos Ewolo | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
| September 1929 | Penn FC | 0–3 | Louisville City FC | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM | Venter | Report | McMahon DelPiccolo McCabe | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj Assistant referees: Tyler Wyrostek Katarzyna Wasiak Fourth official: Patrick Sudol |
| September 2230 | Penn FC | 1–2 | FC Cincinnati | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 EDT | Calvano Paulo Osae | CIN Report PENN Report | König Ledesma Bone | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 3,117 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
| September 2631 | Penn FC | 0–2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM EDT | Jaime Franco | Report | Banjo Roberts Lubahn | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,938 Referee: J.J. Bilinski |
| October 332 | Penn FC | 2–2 | Charlotte Independence | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM EDT | Venter Mkosana Calvano Baffoe | Report | Zayed Johnson Kiffe | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
| October 933 | Penn FC | 1–3 | New York Red Bulls II | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 6:30 PM EDT | Jaime Rezende De Sousa Bond | Report | Stroud Scarlett White Aguinaga | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,208 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
| October 1334 | Penn FC | 0–0 | Toronto FC II | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00 PM | Calvano De Sousa | Report | Perruzza Akinola | Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,909 Referee: Nickrod Fateh |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | −4 |
Last updated: November 16, 2018
Source: 2018 USL season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| May 16, 2018Second Round | | 1–3 | Penn FC | Madison, New Jersey |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Duka | Report | Jaime Baffoe Galvão | Stadium: Ranger Stadium |
| May 23, 2018Third Round | | 3–2 | Penn FC | Richmond, Virginia |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Fernando Cordoves | Report | Rivera | Stadium: City Stadium |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | USL | Playoffs | Open Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Defenders: | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Ken Tribbett | 21 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Kyle Venter | 26 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Pedro Galvão | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | DF | Jake Bond | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Chris Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF | Harri Hawkins | 23 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Marco Franco | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 80 | DF | Haruna Shaibu | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Midfielders: | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Jerry Ortiz | 9 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Dan Metzger | 23 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Jorge Rivera | 9 | 2 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | MF | Richard Menjívar | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Miguel Jaime | 24 | 3 | 15+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | MF | Salvatore Barone | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Mauro Eustáquio | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Calvin Rezende | 21 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | MF | Issac Osae | 17 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Prince Baffoe | 21 | 2 | 5+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 27 | MF | Walter Ramírez | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Forwards: | |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Aaron Dennis | 24 | 3 | 15+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | Tommy Heinemann | 14 | 4 | 10+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | FW | Paulo Junior | 18 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | Fabio De Sousa | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | 30 | 11 | 24+5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 99 | MF | Saalih Muhammad | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
Italics indicates player left team midway through season.
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 21 | Sean Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 33 | Brandon Miller | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0–0–0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 21 | Sean Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 33 | Brandon Miller | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0–0–0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||