2017 Swope Park Rangers season

The 2017 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's 2nd year of play, along with their second season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. For the 2nd straight year the Swope Park Rangers finished fourth in the Western Conference and were Runners Up in the USL Championship. This time losing 1-0 to Louisville City FC.

Swope Park Rangers
2017 season
General managerKurt Austin
Head coachNikola Popovic
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
USLConference: 4th
USL PlayoffsChampionship Final
Top goalscorerKharlton Belmar (15)
Highest home attendance3,012 (11/4 vs. OKC)
Lowest home attendance572 (3/29 vs. POR)
Average home league attendance1,015
Biggest winSPR 4–0 RGV (7/18)
Biggest defeatSPR 1–4 RNO (7/30)
OKC 4–1 SPR (10/8)

USL Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 San Antonio FC 32 17 11 4 45 24 +21 62 Conference Playoffs
3 Reno 1868 FC 32 17 8 7 75 39 +36 59
4 Swope Park Rangers 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 58
5 Phoenix Rising FC 32 17 7 8 50 37 +13 58
6 OKC Energy FC 32 14 7 11 46 41 +5 49
Source: 2017 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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 25, 2017 USL 1 Swope Park Rangers 3–1 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar 42'
Felipe Hernandez  47+'
Latif Blessing 62'
Dániel Sallói 71'
Report Codi Laurendi  15'
Coady Andrews 24'
Philip Rasussen  47'
Jose Barril  90+1'  90+4'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 23, 2017 USL 4 Phoenix Rising FC 4–3 Swope Park Rangers Phoenix, Arizona
19:00 (CDT) Alessando Riggi 22'
Luke Rooney 25'
Chris Cortez 27'
Peter Ramage 47'
Kody Wakasa
Shaun Wright-Phillips  90+5'
Report David Greczek  24'
Kevin Oliveira 79' (pen.), 90'
Christian Duke 90+3'
Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex
Attendance: 7,162
Referee: Luis Guardia
June 18, 2017 USL 11 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Phoenix Rising FC Kansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Liam Doyle  9'
Kevin Oliveira 26' (pen.)
Nansel Selbol 62' (pen.)
Christian Duke  72'
Report J. J. Greer  25'
Didier Drogba 57', 89' (pen.)  86'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Katja Koroleva
July 12, 2017 USL 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 0–1 Swope Park Rangers Langley, Canada
14:00 (CDT) Deklan Wynne  64'
Ben McKendry  73'
Report Kharlton Belmar 65'
Liam Doyle  84'
Stadium: McLeod Athletic Park
August 5, 2017 USL 20 Saint Louis FC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ivan Mirkovic  27'
Matthew Sheldon  57'
Konrad Plewa  90+4'
Report Amer Didic  56'
Darrin MacLeod  63'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 9, 2017 USL 25 Swope Park Rangers 2–0 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Lebo Moloto 19' (pen.), 49'  73'
Colton Storm  63'
Kharlton Belmar  90+1'
Report Michael Daly  26' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,073
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
September 30, 2017 USL 30 Rio Grande Valley FC 2–2 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Joseph Holland 7'
Kyle Murphy 64'  12'
Report own goal 75' (og)
Christian Duke  87'
Kharlton Belmar 90+1'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Mark Allatin

USL Playoffs

October 22, 2017 Conference Quarter Swope Park Rangers 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Phoenix Rising FCKansas City, Missouri
15:00 CDT Didic 109' Report Drogba 99' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 912
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Penalties
Selbol
Duke
Belmar
Moloto
Lambert
Dia
Awako
Mala
Note: Match was postponed due to lightning and heavy rain after the first half,[1] Second half was played the following day.
October 28, 2017 Conference Semi Swope Park Rangers 1–0Sacramento Republic FCKansas City, Kansas
4:00 pm CDT Maher  39'
Belmar 46'
Report Kiffe  41'
Ochoa  67'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Note: Match was moved to Papa Murphy's Park due to challenges at Children's Mercy Victory Field.[2] Then it was switched again to Children's Mercy Park.[3]
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13) Final Louisville City FC 1–0Swope Park RangersLouisville, Kentucky
9:00 PM EST Lancaster 88'
Kaye  90+3'
McCabe  90+8'
Report
Report
Musa  17'
Didic  24'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 14,456
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Niall McCabe was sent off from the bench

References

  1. "Lightning, Heavy Rain Postpones Swope Park, Phoenix". United Soccer League (USL). October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. "Who Will Host Sacramento Republic, Swope Park Rangers Playoff Game?". sacramento.cbslocal.com. CBS13. October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. "Children's Mercy Park to Host Rangers, Republic FC". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League (USL). October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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