2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2018 season
Head coach	Gerson Echeverry
United Soccer League	Conference: 13th; Overall: 25th
Highest home attendance	7,846; (May 12 vs. San Antonio FC)
Lowest home attendance	3,058; (September 5 vs. Real Monarchs)
Average home league attendance	4,650
Biggest win	3 goals:; RGVFC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (September 22)
Biggest defeat	4 goals:; Reno 1868 FC 4–0 RGVFC (September 26)
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Last updated July 21, 2025

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]

Club

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	BEL	Nico Corti
1	GK	PUR	Matt Sanchez
2	DF	USA	Kai Greene
3	MF	USA	Luis Gil (^[A])
4	DF	USA	Robert Castellanos
5	DF	USA	Manny Padilla
6	MF	JAM	Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)
7	MF	ARG	Matías Zaldívar
8	MF	COL	Nicolás Perea
10	MF	GUA	Pablo Aguilar
11	FW	USA	Jesús Enríquez
13	MF	COL	David Cabrera
14	MF	USA	Todd Wharton
15	MF	USA	Bryce Marion
18	FW	USA	Zach Wright
19	FW	USA	Mac Steeves (^[A])
20	DF	USA	Conor Donovan (^[A])
21	DF	USA	A. J. DeLaGarza (^[A])
22	FW	USA	Jordan Jones
23	FW	MEX	Aldo Quintanilla
24	DF	USA	Derek Luke
26	GK	USA	Michael Nelson (^[A])
27	DF	SWE	Adam Lundqvist (^[A])
28	FW	COL	Wilmer Cabrera Jr.
30	DF	USA	Omar Ontiveros
31	DF	USA	Sheldon Sullivan
32	DF	NZL	Kyle Adams
33	DF	USA	Jared Watts (^[A])
34	GK	USA	Tyler Deric (^[A])
36	MF	USA	Andrew Wenger (^[A])
53	MF	USA	Eric Bird (^[A])
58	FW	PAN	Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)
90	MF	NGA	Monday Etim
—	MF	USA	Brandon Morales

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Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

^

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 24' Lopez 34'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Field

United Soccer League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	34	11	6	17	36	39	−3	39
12	Fresno FC	34	9	12	13	44	38	+6	39
13	Rio Grande Valley Toros	34	8	14	12	36	42	−6	38
14	LA Galaxy II	34	10	7	17	60	67	−7	37
15	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	8	7	19	50	74	−24	31

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 52' Aguilar 66', 77'	Report	Hilton 26' Fall 56' Walls 82'	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 43' Wharton 51' (pen.) James 74', 79'	Report	Bijev 30' Iwasa 35', 80' Donovan 90+2' (o.g.)	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 63' Burt 70' (pen.) Kim 90+3'	Report	Quintailla 80' Ontiveros 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 1', 66' Rogers 50' Gonzalez 82'	Report	Luke 9' Zaldívar 22' Wharton 32' Delgado 45'+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 56' Barmby 61' (PK) Langsdorf 68' (Lowe) Barmby 76' Batista 90+2'	Report	Ontiveros 30' (Donovan) Padilla 33' Etim 45+2' Wharton 81' (PK) Zaldívar 90+4'	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 36' Ontiveros 40' Aguilar 47' Quintanilla 89'	Report	Amico 82' Segbers 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 24'	Report	Mfeka 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 14' Donovan 30' (o.g.) Fiddes 43' Del Campo 60' Cooper 61' Argueta 87'	Report	Enríquez 52' Quintanilla 73'	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 62' Wharton 78'	Report	Felix 37' Castillo 59' Guadarrama 60' Escalante 82' King 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 18' Hernandez 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 14' Zaldívar 65' Enríquez 69' Wharton 72' Montaño 90+1'	Report	Büscher 5' Requejo 21' F. López 87'	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 25' Moberg 45' Kacher 48', 70'	Report	Enríquez 31' James 49' Sullivan 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 14' Lewis 53' Loría 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 10' Siaj 21' Ross 53' González 90+7'	Report	Ontiveros 5', 15' Delgado 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 34'	Report	Musa 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 40' Reynolds 47' Culbertson 73' Hilton 90+4'	Report	Greene 45' Padilla 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 75' Sullivan 83'	Report	Ferreira 74' Gee 77' Pirez 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 35' Donovan 45' Enríquez 90'	Report	Pérez 14' Salgado 35' Jaime 38' Alatorre 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 46' Perea 52' Aguilar 83'	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 41', 82' Ochoa 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 61' Alemán 64' Hall 68' Matjašič 78' Bijev 80'	Report	Small 1' Wharton 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 45+5' Greene 62' Wharton 79' (pen.)	Report	Volesky 34,55' Dixon 36' Jahn 67' Barril 69' Beckie 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 18' Aguilar 28' Dhillon 77'	Report	Sullivan 38' Enríquez 51'	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 57'	Report	Zaldívar 30' Small 45+2' Wharton 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 3'	Report	Presley 49' Laing 62' Guzmán 81' Lopez 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 61'	Report	Greene 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 45' Quintailla 71' Wharton 77'	Report	Plewa 26' Portillo 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 8' També 35'	Report	Perea 71'	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 5' Bird 41' Perea 76'	Report	Gonzalez 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 12' Wehan 22' Brown 80' Thiaw 89'	Report	James 4' Padilla 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 9' Small 84'	Report	Cazarez 14' Strong 26' Johnson 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 60' Vukovic 85'	Report	Perea 51' Small 53'	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 24', 90+4' King 68'	Report	Sullivan 12' Aguilar 20' Enríquez 43' Small 51', 58' Wharton 90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,018 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

References

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

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[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

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Houston Dynamo academy player.

[1] "About the Club" . Retrieved August 5, 2018.

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