2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season

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Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2018 season
Head coach Gerson Echeverry
United Soccer League Conference: 13th
Overall: 25th
Highest home attendance7,846
(May 12 vs. San Antonio FC)
Lowest home attendance3,058
(September 5 vs. Real Monarchs)
Average home league attendance4,650
Biggest win3 goals:
RGVFC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (September 22)
Biggest defeat4 goals:
Reno 1868 FC 4–0 RGVFC (September 26)
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The 2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 3rd season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in the United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. [1]

Contents

Club

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.Squad correct as of March 16, 2018.

No.Pos.Player Nation
0 GK Nico Corti Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
1 GK Matt Sanchez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
2 DF Kai Greene Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 MF Luis Gil ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Robert Castellanos Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 DF Manny Padilla Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 MF Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
7 MF Matías Zaldívar Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
8 MF Nicolás Perea Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
10 MF Pablo Aguilar Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
11 FW Jesús Enríquez Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 MF David Cabrera Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
14 MF Todd Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States
15 MF Bryce Marion Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 FW Zach Wright Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 FW Mac Steeves ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
20 DF Conor Donovan ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 DF A. J. DeLaGarza ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 FW Jordan Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States
23 FW Aldo Quintanilla Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
24 DF Derek Luke Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26 GK Michael Nelson ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
27 DF Adam Lundqvist ( [A] )Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
28 FW Wilmer Cabrera Jr. Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
30 DF Omar Ontiveros Flag of the United States.svg  United States
31 DF Sheldon Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
32 DF Kyle Adams Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
33 DF Jared Watts ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
34 GK Tyler Deric ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
36 MF Andrew Wenger ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
53 MF Eric Bird ( [A] )Flag of the United States.svg  United States
58 FW Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
90 MF Monday Etim Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
— MF Brandon Morales Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.
  2. ^
    Houston Dynamo academy player.

Competitions

Preseason

February 3 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–9 Houston Dynamo Edinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
February 22 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Houston Baptist University Edinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
February 24 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–5 Motagua FC Edinburg, Texas
Stadium: H-E-B Park
March 2 San Antonio FC 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CST King Yellow card.svg 24'
Lopez Yellow card.svg 34'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Field

United Soccer League

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
11 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 34116173639−339
12 Fresno FC 34912134438+639
13 Rio Grande Valley Toros 34814123642−638
14 LA Galaxy II 34107176067−737
15 Las Vegas Lights FC 3487195074−2431
Source: 2018 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

Match results

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

March 161 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 Saint Louis FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Donovan Yellow card.svg 52'
Aguilar Yellow card.svg 66', Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report Hilton Yellow card.svg 26'
Fall Yellow card.svg 56'
Walls Soccerball shade.svg82'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,910
Referee: Christopher Scruggs
March 312 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–2 Sacramento Republic FC Edinburg, Texas
5:30 P.M. Ontiveros Yellow card.svg 43'
Wharton Soccerball shade.svg51' (pen)
James Yellow card.svg 74', Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report Bijev Soccerball shade.svg30'
Iwasa Yellow card.svg 35', Soccerball shade.svg80'
Donovan Soccerball shade.svg90+2' (og)		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,903
Referee: Marco Vega
April 73 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. Suggs Soccerball shade.svg63'
Burt Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.)
Kim Yellow card.svg 90+3'		 Report Quintailla Soccerball shade.svg80'
Ontiveros Yellow card.svg 83'		Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: L. Szpala
April 144 Seattle Sounders FC 2 3–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Tacoma, Washington
7:00 P.M. Chenkam Soccerball shade.svg1', 66'
Rogers Yellow card.svg 50'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report Luke Yellow card.svg 9'
Zaldívar Soccerball shade.svg22'
Wharton Yellow card.svg 32'
Delgado Soccerball shade.svg45'+1'		Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,798
Referee: Levi Rippy
April 185 Portland Timbers 2 3–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Portland, Oregon
9:00 P.M. Ebobisse Soccerball shade.svg56'
Barmby Soccerball shade.svg61' (PK)
Langsdorf Soccerball shade.svg68' (Lowe)
Barmby Yellow card.svg 76'
Batista Yellow card.svg 90+2' Red card.svg		 Report Ontiveros Soccerball shade.svg30' (Donovan)
Padilla Yellow card.svg 33'
Etim Yellow card.svg 45+2'
Wharton Soccerball shade.svg81' (PK)
Zaldívar Yellow card.svg 90+4' Red card.svg		Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
April 256 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–0 Orange County SC Edinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M. Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg36'
Ontiveros Yellow card.svg 40'
Aguilar Yellow card.svg 47'
Quintanilla Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Amico Yellow card.svg 82'
Segbers Yellow card.svg 88'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,145
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 27 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Reno 1868 FC Edinburg, Texas
Ontiveros Yellow card.svg 24' Report Mfeka Yellow card.svg 61'Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,483
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
May 98 Fresno FC 2–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Fresno, California
7:30 P.M. Fewo Yellow card.svg 14'
Donovan Soccerball shade.svg30' (og)
Fiddes Yellow card.svg 43'
Del Campo Yellow card.svg 60'
Cooper Soccerball shade.svg61'
Argueta Yellow card.svg 87'		 Report Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg52'
Quintanilla Soccerball shade.svg73'		Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
May 129 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 San Antonio FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Zaldívar Yellow card.svg 62'
Wharton Yellow card.svg 78'		 Report Felix Yellow card.svg 37'
Castillo Yellow card.svg 59'
Guadarrama Yellow card.svg 60'
Escalante Yellow card.svg 82'
King Yellow card.svg 89'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 7,846
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 1910 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Report Rebellón Yellow card.svg 18'
Hernandez Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
May 2311 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 LA Galaxy II Edinburg, Texas
7:00 P.M> Quintanilla Soccerball shade.svg14'
Zaldívar Yellow card.svg 65'
Enríquez Yellow card.svg 69'
Wharton Yellow card.svg 72'
Montaño Yellow card.svg 90+1'		 Report Büscher Yellow card.svg 5'
Requejo Yellow card.svg 21'
F. López Soccerball shade.svg87'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,794
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 412 Real Monarchs 2–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Ledezma Soccerball shade.svg25'
Moberg Yellow card.svg 45'
Kacher Yellow card.svg 48', Soccerball shade.svg70'		 Report Enríquez Yellow card.svg 31'
James Yellow card.svg 49'
Sullivan Yellow card.svg 79'		Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,654
June 913 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–1 Portland Timbers 2 Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Report Phillips Soccerball shade.svg14'
Lewis Yellow card.svg 53'
Loría Yellow card.svg 78'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,995
Referee: Baltazar Peral Hana
June 1614 OKC Energy FC 3–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:30 P.M. Beckie Yellow card.svg 10'
Siaj Soccerball shade.svg21'
Ross Soccerball shade.svg53'
González Soccerball shade.svg90+7'		 Report Ontiveros Yellow card.svg 5', Soccerball shade.svg15'
Delgado Yellow card.svg 69'		Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,903
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
June 2315 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 0–0 Phoenix Rising FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Padilla Yellow card.svg 34' Report Musa Yellow card.svg 47'Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,649
Referee: Ramy Touchan
June 3016 Saint Louis FC 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Fenton, Missouri
7:30 P.M. Fink Yellow card.svg 40'
Reynolds Yellow card.svg 47'
Culbertson Yellow card.svg 73'
Hilton Yellow card.svg 90+4'		 Report Greene Yellow card.svg 45'
Padilla Yellow card.svg 85'		Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,284
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 717 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg75'
Sullivan Yellow card.svg 83'		 Report Ferreira Yellow card.svg 74'
Gee Soccerball shade.svg77'
Pirez Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,098
Referee: Elton García
July 1418 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–0 Las Vegas Lights FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Greene Yellow card.svg 35'
Donovan Soccerball shade.svg45'
Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Pérez Yellow card.svg 14'
Salgado Yellow card.svg 35'
Jaime Yellow card.svg 38'
Alatorre Yellow card.svg 90+4'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,078
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 2219 Swope Park Rangers 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 P.M. Report Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 933
Referee: Ramy Touchan
July 2820 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Greene Yellow card.svg 46'
Perea Yellow card.svg 52'
Aguilar Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,896
Referee: Arturo Ibarra
August 421 Las Vegas Lights FC 1–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Las Vegas, Nevada
10:00 P.M. Huiqui Yellow card.svg 41', Soccerball shade.svg82'
Ochoa Yellow card.svg 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 6,752
Referee: Michael Zapata
August 1122 Sacramento Republic FC 2–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Sacramento, California
10:00 P.M. Iwasa Soccerball shade.svg61'
Alemán Yellow card.svg 64'
Hall Soccerball shade.svg68'
Matjašič Yellow card.svg 78'
Bijev Yellow card.svg 80'		 Report Small Soccerball shade.svg1'
Wharton Yellow card.svg 83'		Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 10,937
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
August 1823 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–4 OKC Energy FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Zaldívar Soccerball shade.svg45+5'
Greene Yellow card.svg 62'
Wharton Soccerball shade.svg79' (pen.)		 Report Volesky Soccerball shade.svg34,55'
Dixon Soccerball shade.svg36'
Jahn Soccerball shade.svg67'
Barril Yellow card.svg 69'
Beckie Yellow card.svg 85'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,177
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
August 2224 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Carson, California
19:30 Engola Yellow card.svg 18'
Aguilar Yellow card.svg 28'
Dhillon Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report Sullivan Yellow card.svg 38'
Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg51'		Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 478
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 2525 Orange County SC 0–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Irvine, California
9:00 PM Hooiveld Yellow card.svg 57' Report Zaldívar Soccerball shade.svg30'
Small Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Wharton Yellow card.svg 90'		Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,958
Referee: Elton Garcia
August 2926 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–3 San Antonio FC Edinburg, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg3' Report Presley Soccerball shade.svg49'
Laing Soccerball shade.svg62'
Guzmán Soccerball shade.svg81'
Lopez Yellow card.svg 90'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
September 527 Phoenix Rising FC 1–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Scottsdale, Arizona
9:30 P.M. Asante Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Greene Yellow card.svg 12'Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 5,307
Referee: Jon Freemon
September 528 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–1 Real Monarchs Edinburg, Texas
8:30 P.M. Padilla Yellow card.svg 45'
Quintailla Soccerball shade.svg71'
Wharton Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report Plewa Soccerball shade.svg26'
Portillo Yellow card.svg 76'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,058
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 1529 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. Robinson Soccerball shade.svg8'
També Yellow card.svg 35'		 Report Perea Soccerball shade.svg71'Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Adam Zarrin
September 2230 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Wharton Soccerball shade.svg5'
Bird Soccerball shade.svg41'
Perea Soccerball shade.svg76'		 Report Gonzalez Yellow card.svg 32'Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 2631 Reno 1868 FC 4–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Reno, Nevada
9:00 PM Casiple Soccerball shade.svg12'
Wehan Soccerball shade.svg22'
Brown Soccerball shade.svg80'
Thiaw Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report James Yellow card.svg 4'
Padilla Yellow card.svg 23'		Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,095
Referee: Timothy Ford
September 2932 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2–1 Fresno FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 P.M. Enríquez Soccerball shade.svg9'
Small Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report Cazarez Soccerball shade.svg14'
Strong Yellow card.svg 26'
Johnson Yellow card.svg 43'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
October 633 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M. Rivas Soccerball shade.svg60'
Vukovic Yellow card.svg 85'		 Report Perea Soccerball shade.svg51'
Small Soccerball shade.svg53'		Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 2,766
Referee: Danielle Chesky
October 1334 San Antonio FC 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros San Antonio, Texas
7:30 P.M. Guzmán Soccerball shade.svg24', Yellow card.svg 90+4'
King Yellow card.svg 68'		 Report Sullivan Yellow card.svg 12'
Aguilar Yellow card.svg 20'
Enríquez Yellow card.svg 43'
Small Soccerball shade.svg51', Yellow card.svg 58'
Wharton Yellow card.svg 90+4'		Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

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References

  1. ↑ "About the Club" . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
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