| 2020 season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Marcelo Serrano |
| Stadium | Bold Stadium Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| USL | Conference: 11th Group : 3rd |
| USL Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify |
| 2020 U.S. Open Cup | Cancelled |
| Copa Tejas | Not held [1] |
| Average home league attendance | 2,496 |
| Biggest win | ATX 4–0 SKC (Sept. 22) |
| Biggest defeat | ATX 1–3 OKC (July 17) ATX 2–4 SA (Aug. 1) RGV 2–0 ATX (Sept. 30) |
The 2020 Austin Bold FC season was the second season for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. [2] This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020. [3]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | Edson Braafheid |  Netherlands |
| 4 | DF | Jermaine Taylor |  Jamaica |
| 8 | MF | Xavier Báez |  Mexico |
| 9 | FW | Kléber |  Brazil |
| 13 | FW | Beto Avila |  United States |
| 15 | DF | Amobi Okugo | United States |
| 17 | DF | Sean McFarlane | Jamaica |
| 19 | FW | Kris Tyrpak | United States |
| 24 | GK | Diego Restrepo | United States |
| 33 | MF | Sonny Guadarrama | United States |
| 99 | FW | André Lima | Brazil |
| — | FW | Billy Forbes |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
| February 9Preseason 1 | FC Dallas | 1–0 | Austin Bold FC | Frisco, TX |
| 10:00 AM CST | Ondrášek  4' | Report Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium | |
| Note: Played in three 30-minute periods. | ||||
| February 15Preseason 2 | Austin Bold FC | 2–2 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Austin, TX |
| 6:00PM CST | Trialist #1 Trialist #2 | Report Report | McLaughlin Trialist | Stadium: Bold Stadium |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio FC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Tulsa | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 25 | 1.67 | |
| 3 | Austin Bold FC | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 22 | 1.38 | |
| 4 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | OKC Energy FC | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | 0.63 |
On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule. [5]
| March 71 | Austin Bold FC | 1–0 | New Mexico United | Austin, Texas |
| 7:30 PM CST | Twumasi  37'Lima 52' (pen.)Troncoso 77'Báez 85' | Report | Najem 77' | Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,496 Referee: Malik Badawi |
| July 172 | Austin Bold FC | 1–3 | OKC Energy FC | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Ciss 12' Guadarrama 33'Kléber 58'Troncoso 62'Okugo 68' | Report | Harris 11' Hernández 18', 90+4'Brown 29'Cato 38'Chávez 64' (pen.) | Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 18 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez |
| August 15 | Austin Bold FC | 2–4 | San Antonio FC | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Forbes 36' Ciss 42'Yaro 52' (o.g.)Taylor 72'Báez 87'Okugo 90+1' | Report | Solignac 23', 84' Smith 27'Montgomery 68'Parano 74'PC 90+5' | Stadium: Bold Stadium Referee: Melvin Rivas |
| August 86 | Austin Bold FC | 4–1 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Jome 27', 67' Diouf 38'Restrepo 59'Twumasi 80'Forbes 90+3' | Report | Coronado 2'  24'Kibato 3'Murphy 29'Taiberson 90' | Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Referee: Luis Guardia |
| August 157 | San Antonio FC | 1–1 | Austin Bold FC | San Antonio, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | PC 42' Taintor 45+1'Gallegos 90+2' | Report | Báez 39' Diouf 76'McFarlane 77'F. Garcia 78' | Stadium: Toyota Field Referee: Elton Garcia |
| August 198 | FC Tulsa | 2–2 | Austin Bold FC | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Marlon 16' Moloto 26'Suárez 65'Ayagwa 69' | Report | Taylor 44' F. Garcia 45+2', 61'Báez 49'McFarlane 83', 89'Jome 88' | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,255 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| August 229 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 2–3 | Austin Bold FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Kibato 22' Obregón 58'Jimenez 78', 90+5' | Report | Forbes 16' Diouf 21', 53'Troncoso 38'F. Garcia 65' | Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Gerald Flores |
| August 264 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 4–4 | Austin Bold FC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Volesky 48', 64' Lewis 59'Lebese 84'Kurimoto 86' | Report | Forbes 2', 45' Kléber 3', 89'Báez 38'Twumasi 75'Okugo 86' | Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
| August 3010 | OKC Energy | 1–1 | Austin Bold FC | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Taravel 28' R. García 31' 51'Harris 38'Chavez 41', 57' | Report | Forbes 14' Kléber 31'Ortíz 90'Saramutin 90+3' | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,540 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez |
| September 511 | Austin Bold FC | 1–1 | FC Tulsa | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Avila 74' | Report | Suárez 30' | Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Referee: Elton García |
| September 83 | Austin Bold FC | 2–2 | FC Tulsa | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Guadarrama 45+5' (pen.) F. Garcia 52'Forbes 73' | Report | Suárez 17', 37' Bourgeois 45+5'K. Garcia 67' | Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Referee: Melvin Rivas |
| September 1212 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | P–P | Austin Bold FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Stadium: H-E-B Park | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization. [6] | ||||
| September 1613 | San Antonio FC | 3–2 | Austin Bold FC | San Antonio, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Solignac 1', 61' Parano 56'Gallegos 72' | Report | F. Garcia 37' Avila 50'McFarlane 61'Forbes 68'Guadarrama 76' | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 835 Referee: Elton García |
| September 2214 | Austin Bold FC | 4–0 | Sporting Kansas City II | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Báez 10', 57' Taylor 13'Watson 29'Twumasi 37'Rad 61' (o.g.)Diouf 73', 85'Quintanilla 90+3' | Report | Serna 45+4' Davis 67'Mompremier 89' | Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,244 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
| September 2715 | OKC Energy | 0–0 | Austin Bold FC | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Ibeagha 43' García 44'Hernández 67'Ellis-Hayden 90+8' | Report | Guadarrama  44' | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Brandon Gardner |
| September 3012 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 2–0 | Austin Bold FC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Hoffmann 36' Edwards 41'Garza 90+6'Obregón 90+8' (pen.) | Report | Watson 40' Taylor 45+4'Diouf 72' | Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 716 Referee: Gerald Flores |
| Note: Re-schedule of postponed September 12 match. [7] | ||||
| October 416 | Austin Bold FC | 2–1 | San Antonio FC | Austin, Texas |
| 5:00 PM CDT | Forbes 42' Báez 73'Twumasi 77'Taylor 90+1' | Report | Perruzza 30' | Stadium: Bold Stadium Referee: Elton García |
As a USL Championship club, Austin will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9. [8]
| April 8 2nd round | Austin Bold FC  or Atlantic City FC  | P–P |  Newtown Pride FC or Austin Bold FC | Austin, TX or Glassboro, NJ |
| 6:00 PM CST or 7:30 PM CST | Stadium: Bold Stadium or Rowan University Soccer Stadium | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9] | ||||
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