2022 San Antonio FC season

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San Antonio FC
2022 season
OwnerSpurs Sports & Entertainment
Head coachAlen Marcina
StadiumToyota Field
USLCWestern Conference: 4th
Overall: 7th
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Copa TejasTBD
Copa Tejas ShieldTBD
Top goalscorerLeague:
3 players (1 goal)
All: 3 players (1 goal)
Highest home attendance6,033 vs Detroit City FC
(12 March 2022)[1]
Lowest home attendance6,033 vs Detroit City FC
(12 March 2022)[2]
Average home league attendanceLeague: 6,033
Biggest win1–0
(12 March vs. Detroit City FC)
2–1
(19 March at LA Galaxy II)
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The 2022 San Antonio FC season is the club's seventh season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, it is the 13th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club plays in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and will participate in the U.S. Open Cup.

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head Coach Canada Alen Marcina
Assistant Coach Croatia Dario Pot
SAFC Pro Academy Director & Director of Goalkeeping Mexico Juan Lamadrid
Academy Coach United States Oscar Munoz
Academy Coach United States Tim Chestney
Academy Coach United States Ryan Roushandel
Academy Coach Colombia Camilo Botero Fonseca
Equipment Manager United States Rashad Moore
High Performance Coordinator United States Sean Arters
Head Athletic Trainer United States Jesse Lowrance
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Alex Saldana

Source: San Antonio FC

Other information[]

Owner United States Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Chairman United States Julianna Hawn Holt
Managing Director United States Tim Holt
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toyota Field (8,200 / 110x70 yards)
Training Ground S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex

Source: San Antonio FC

Squad information[]

First team squad[]

As of March 22, 2022.[3]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Jordan Farr United States GK (1994-10-05) 5 October 1994 (age 27)
23 Cristian Bonilla Colombia GK (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 28)
37 Matt Cardone United States GK (1993-06-18) 18 June 1993 (age 28)
50 Jude Bosshardt United States GK
Defenders
2 Carter Manley United States DF (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 25)
3 Mitchell Taintor United States DF (1994-09-11) 11 September 1994 (age 27)
4 Fabien Garcia France DF (1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 27)
15 Diedie Traore France DF (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 23)
17 Jordan Ayimbila Ghana DF (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 23)
22 Shannon Gomez Trinidad and Tobago DF (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 25)
31 Connor Maloney United States DF (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 26)
33 Jasser Khmiri Tunisia DF (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 24)
47 Roman Holt United States DF
Kibukila Mbula United States DF
Midfielders
6 PC Brazil MF (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 26)
8 Deshane Beckford Jamaica MF (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 23)
10 David Loera United States MF (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 23)
25 Mohammed Abu Ghana MF (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 30)
32 Ates Diouf Senegal MF (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 22)
54 Henrik Sakshaug United States MF
Forwards
7 Kekuta Manneh The Gambia FW (1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 27)
9 Santiago Patiño Colombia FW (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 25)
11 Justin Dhillon United States FW (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995 (age 26)
18 Elliot Collier New Zealand FW (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 27)
53 Kai Louviere United States FW

Player movement[]

In[]

Pos Player Previous Club Fee Date Source
MF United States Mitchell Taintor United States Sacramento Republic FC Undisclosed 4 January 2022 [4]
DF United States Carter Manley United States Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Undisclosed 5 January 2022 [5]
FW New Zealand Elliot Collier United States Chicago Fire FC Undisclosed 7 January 2022 [6]
MF United States David Loera United States Orlando City SC Undisclosed 11 January 2022 [7]
DF Trinidad and Tobago Shannon Gomez United States Sacramento Republic FC Undisclosed 13 January 2022 [8]
MF Senegal Ates Diouf United States Austin Bold FC Undisclosed 19 January 2022 [9]
GK United States Jordan Farr United States Indy Eleven Undisclosed 26 January 2022 [10]
GK Colombia Cristian Bonilla Colombia La Equidad Undisclosed 27 January 2022 [11]
MF Jamaica Deshane Beckford United States Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Undisclosed 4 February 2022 [12]
DF France Fabien Garcia United States Austin Bold FC Undisclosed 4 February 2022 [13]
FW The Gambia Kekuta Manneh United States Austin FC Undisclosed 7 February 2022 [14]
DF France Diedie Traore France SAS Épinal Undisclosed 24 February 2022 [15]
GK United States Jude Bosshardt United States SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed 8 March 2022 [16]
DF United States Roman Holt United States SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed 8 March 2022 [17]
DF United States Kibukila Mbula United States SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed 8 March 2022 [18]
FW United States Kai Louviere United States SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed 8 March 2022 [19]
MF United States Henrik Sakshaug United States SAFC Pro Academy Undisclosed 8 March 2022 [20]
DF Tunisia Jasser Khmiri Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Undisclosed 22 March 2022 [21]

Out[]

Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
MF United States Marcus Epps United States Phoenix Rising FC Undisclosed 8 December 2021 [22]
MF United States Cameron Lindley United States Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Undisclosed 11 December 2021 [23]
MF Argentina Emil Cuello United States Sacramento Republic FC Undisclosed 14 December 2021 [24]
MF United States Ethan Bryant United States Richmond Kickers Undisclosed 14 December 2021 [25]
MF United States Jose Gallegos Denmark SønderjyskE Fodbold Undisclosed 28 January 2022 [26]

Loan in[]

Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
DF Ghana Jordan Ayimbila Ghana Accra Lions FC 9 March 2022 End of season [27]

Loan out[]

Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
MF United States Leo Torres United States Real Monarchs 1 February 2022 End of season [28]

Pre-season[]

The pre-season match vs FC Dallas was announced on 6 January 2022 by FCD.[29] The remaining pre-season schedule was released on 21 January 2021 by SAFC.[30]

February 12, 2022 FC Dallas 6–0 San Antonio FC Frisco, Texas
1:00 PM CDT Obrian 4', 6'
Ferreira 17' (pen.), 29', 33'
Arriola 68'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: Closed-Door
February 20, 2022 San Antonio FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2 San Antonio, Texas
1:00 PM CDT Patiño 5', 46' (Loera) Report Úlfarsson 87' Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: Closed-Door
February 26, 2022 San Antonio FC 0–1 FC Tulsa San Antonio, Texas
1:00 PM CDT Report Čuić 63' Stadium: Toyota Field
March 5, 2022 San Antonio FC 0–7 El Paso Locomotive FC San Antonio, Texas
1:00 PM CDT Egiluz
Luna
unknown
François
Velásquez
Sonupe . 		Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: Closed-Door
Note: San Antonio FC fielded members of their Pro Academy team[31]

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Position in the Western Conference

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
USL Championship Western Conference — 4th 12 March 2022 15 October 2022
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Second Round Second Round 5 April 2022

Updated to match played 21 March 2022
Source: Competitions

Overview[]

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
USL Championship 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
U.S. Open Cup 0 0 0 0 !— !—
Total 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00

Updated to match played 21 March 2022
Source: Competitions

USL Championship[]

Further information: 2022 USL Championship season

Conference table[]

Western Conference
Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 San Diego Loyal SC 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Playoffs
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
4 San Antonio FC 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
5 Las Vegas Lights FC 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
6 Orange County SC 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Updated to match(es) played on March 23, 2022. Source: USL Championship Standings

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 2 0 0 3 1  +2 6 1 0 0 1 0  +1 1 0 0 2 1  +1

Last updated: 21 March 2022.
Source: [32]

Results by matchday[]

Position in the Western Conference

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAH
ResultWW
Position74
Updated to match(es) played on March 21, 2022. Source: [33]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The home opener vs Detroit City was announced on 6 January 2022.[34] Home team is listed first, left to right.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

March 12, 2022 1 San Antonio FC 1–0 Detroit City FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Abu Yellow card 23'
Manley Yellow card 26'
Garcia 68'
Dhillon Yellow card 84'		 Report Hoppenot Yellow card 10'
Dunwell Yellow card 45'
Bryant Yellow card 90+3'
Amoo-Mensah Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,033
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
March 19, 2022 2 LA Galaxy II 1–2 San Antonio FC Carson, California
6:00 p.m. CST González Yellow card 13' Yellow-red card 52'
Harvey 30'		 Report Loera 10'
Manley Yellow card 35'
Garcia Yellow card 39'
Taintor Yellow card 50', 53'
Collier Red card 55'		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: DeShun Beard
March 27, 2022 3 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros v San Antonio FC Edinburg, Texas
6:30 p.m. CST Stadium: H-E-B Park
April 2, 2022 4 San Antonio FC v Phoenix Rising FC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Stadium: Toyota Field

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup[]

Main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup
April 5, 2022 Second Round San Antonio FC Texas v Texas Denton Diablos FC / Texas D'Feeters Kicks Soccer Club San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: Toyota Field

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Discipline includes league, playoffs, and Open Cup play.

No. Pos. Name League U.S. Open Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK United States Jordan Farr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF United States Carter Manley 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF United States Mitchell Taintor 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
4 DF France Fabien Garcia 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
6 MF Brazil PC 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
7 FW The Gambia Kekuta Manneh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Jamaica Deshane Beckford 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Colombia Santiago Patiño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF United States David Loera 1 (1) 1 0 0 1 (1) 1 0 0
11 MF United States Justin Dhillon 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
15 DF France Diedie Traore 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
17 DF Ghana Jordan Ayimbila 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
18 FW New Zealand Elliot Collier 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
22 DF Trinidad and Tobago Shannon Gomez 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
23 GK Colombia Cristian Bonilla 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
25 MF Ghana Mohammed Abu 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
31 DF United States Connor Maloney 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
32 MF Senegal Ates Diouf 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
33 DF Tunisia Jasser Khmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 GK United States Matt Cardone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 DF United States Roman Holt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 GK United States Jude Bosshardt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 FW United States Kai Louviere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 MF United States Henrik Sakshaug 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF United States Kibukila Mbula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club

Last updated: 22 March 2022.
Source: San Antonio FC

Top scorers[]

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player League U.S. Open Cup Total
1 DF 3 United States Mitchell Taintor 1 0 1
DF 4 France Fabien Garcia 1 0 1
MF 10 United States David Loera 1 0 1
# Own goals 0 0 0
TOTALS 3 0 3

Last updated: 21 March 2022.
Source: San Antonio FC

Clean sheets[]

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player League U.S. Open Cup Total
1 23 Colombia Cristian Bonilla 1 0 1
TOTALS 1 0 1

Last updated: 21 March 2022.
Source: San Antonio FC

Summary[]

Games played 2 (2 USL Championship)
Games won 2 (2 USL Championship)
Games drawn 0 (0 USL Championship)
Games lost 0 (0 USL Championship)
Goals scored 3 (3 USL Championship)
Goals conceded 1 (1 USL Championship)
Goal difference +2 (+2 USL Championship)
Clean sheets 1 (1 USL Championship)
Yellow cards 6 (6 USL Championship)
Red cards 1 (1 USL Championship)
Most appearances 11 players
Top scorer 3 players (1 goal)
Winning Percentage Overall: 2/2 (100%)

Last updated: 21 March 2022.
Source: San Antonio FC

Awards[]

Player[]

No. Player Award Week/Month Source
3 United States Mitchell Taintor Championship Player of the Week Week 2 [35]

Notes[]

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