2020 Tormenta FC season

The 2020 Tormenta FC season is the club's fifth season of existence, and their second season as a professional club. It is their second season playing in the third tier of American soccer and their second season playing in USL League One (USL1). This article covers the period from October 20, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL1 Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL1 Playoff Final, scheduled for October 22–25, 2020.[1]

Tormenta FC
2020 season
OwnerVan Tassell Group
Head coachJohn Miglarese
StadiumEagle Field at Erk Russell Park
USL League One8th
USL1 PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
U.S. Open CupCancelled
Average home league attendance400
Biggest winTRM 4–0 NE (October 21)
Biggest defeatMAD 4–0 TRM (August 14)

Club

Roster
As of April 19, 2020[2][3]
No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Pablo Jara  Chile
2 DF Rhys Williams  United States
3 DF Stefan Mueller  United States
4 DF Lars Eckenrode  United States
5 DF Joshua Phelps  Australia
6 MF Ricardo Gómez  United States
7 MF Luca Mayr-Fälten  Austria
8 MF Nil Vinyals  Spain
9 FW Mikie Rowe  Ireland
10 MF Marco Micaletto  Italy
11 FW Daniel Jackson  United States
12 MF Abuchi Obinwa  United States
15 DF Jordan Skelton  England
16 FW Devyn Jambga  United States
18 DF Michael O'Sullivan  England
19 FW Pato Botello Faz  Mexico
21 MF Jad Arslan  United States
22 MF Lucas Coutinho  Brazil
27 MF Tristan DeLoach ([A])  United States
28 MF Grant Hampton ([A])  United States
30 GK Stephen O'Hearn ([A])  United States
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract
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Competitions

Exhibitions
February 12 Preseason 1 Charlotte Independence 2–4 Tormenta FC Columbia, South Carolina
5:00 PM EDT (pen.)


 Report Vinyals (Mayr-Fälten)
Micaletto (pen.)		 Stadium: SCUFC Monticello Road Soccer Center
February 23 Preseason 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–3 Tormenta FC St. Petersburg, Florida
2:00 PM EDT Mkosana 57' (pen.)
Lachowecki 60'		 Report Mayr-Fälten 1'
Micaletto 28'
Coutinho 33'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
February 28 Preseason 3 Tormenta FC v Charleston Battery Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Stadium: Eagle Field

USL League One
Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
6 FC Tucson 16 6 6 4 21 19 +2 22
7 Forward Madison FC 16 5 5 6 20 14 +6 21
8 Tormenta FC 16 5 7 4 19 22 −3 19
9 New England Revolution II[lower-alpha 1] 16 5 8 3 19 26 −7 18
10 Fort Lauderdale CF[lower-alpha 1] 16 4 9 3 19 28 −9 15
Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Match results
July 25 1 Tormenta FC 2–2 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Micaletto 7',  26'
Mayr-Fälten  16'
Rowe  71'
Jackson 90+1'		 Report Hurst  28', 52', 61'
Ruiz  42'
Pineda  82'
Ualefi  83'
Hernandez  90+3'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 28 2 Tormenta FC 0–0 Richmond Kickers Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Mueller  7'
Skelton  66'
Micaletto  76'		 Report Falck  13'
Mwape  90+1'		 Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kyle Johnston
August 1 3 Tormenta FC 2–0 Orlando City B Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Skelton  6'
Obinwa  45+1'
Vinyals 56', 70'		 Report Tablante  41'
Rivera  44'		 Stadium: Erk Russell Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Joshua Belk
August 5 4 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Donnelly 90+1' Report Skelton  32'
Gómez  74'
Williams  90+4'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
August 8 5 Tormenta FC 1–2 Fort Lauderdale CF Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Micaletto  35'
Skelton  57'
Rowe 90+3',  90+3'		 Report Hardin  27'
Castanheira  27'
Azcona 41'
Lopez-Espin 76'
Raggio  90+5'
Cuartas  90+6'		 Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 14 6 Forward Madison FC 4–0 Tormenta FC Madison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT Vang 8',  60'
Smart 23'
Wojcik 58'
Paulo Jr. 69'		 Report Obinwa  86' Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Referee: Calin Radosav
August 22 7 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 1–2 Tormenta FC East Ridge, Tennessee
1:00 PM EDT Hurst 26'
Folla  39'
Ramos  84'		 Report Vinyals  17'
Micaletto  36', 79' (pen.)
Phelps  41'
Mayr-Fälten 82'
DeLoach  90+1'
Jara  90+6'		 Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 770
Referee: Richonne Clark
August 28 8 Orlando City B 1–1 Tormenta FC Kissimmee, Florida
7:00 PM EDT O'Callaghan  27'
Aguilera 63' (pen.)
Tablante  87'		 Report Aviza 29' (o.g.)
Phelps  49'  61'
Obinwa  85'		 Stadium: Osceola County Stadium
Referee: Johan Fredrik Roenning
September 4 9 Tormenta FC 1–2 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Gómez  26'
Mayr-Fälten  73'
Williams  75'
Arslan 78'		 Report McLean 13'
Morrell 36'
Donnelly  90+4'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
September 11 10 Tormenta FC 2–2 Union Omaha Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Mayr-Fälten 11'
Nuhu 22' (o.g.)
Arslan  63'
Micaletto  74'		 Report Sousa  62', 81'
N'For 70'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 19 11 Fort Lauderdale CF 1–2 Tormenta FC Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT Azcona 5'
Makoun  24'
Fray  40'
Guediri  60'
Sosa  90+7'		 Report Thorn 19'
Mayr-Fälten 62'
Skelton  83'  90+4'		 Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
October 3 12 Union Omaha 3–0 Tormenta FC Papillion, Nebraska
8:00 PM EDT Conway 38'
Viader 78'
Scearce 83'		 Report Mueller  53' Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Ruska
October 7 13 Tormenta FC 0–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Skelton  19'
Williams  68'
Rowe  90+4'		 Report Ramos-Godoy 34'
Biek  67'
Logue  90+4'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Joshua Belk
October 17 14 Richmond Kickers 0–1 Tormenta FC Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT Report Phelps  45+1'
Micaletto 45+4',  88'  90+2'
Coutinho  90+1'
Eckenrode  90+3'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 875
Referee: Matthew Franz
October 21 15 Tormenta FC 4–0 New England Revolution II Statesboro, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Vinyals 18'
Phelps 29'
Arslan 34'
DeLoach  80'
Jambga 81'		 Report Bell  36' Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kyle Johnston
October 24 16 North Texas SC 2–1 Tormenta FC Arlington, Texas
9:30 PM EDT Do. Hernandez 47'
Burgess  90+5'
Munjoma 90+6',  90+8'		 Report Vinyals 45+3'
Micaletto  90'		 Stadium: Globe Life Park
Attendance: 898
Referee: Matthew Corrigan

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

As a USL League One club, Tormenta will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[4]

April 8 2nd Round Charleston Battery P–P Tormenta FC Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]

References
  1. "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. "2020 USL League One Roster". tormentafc.com.
  3. "South Georgia Tormenta FC Roster | uslleagueone.com". Uslleagueone.com.
  4. "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  5. "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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