2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season

The 2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season is the 3rd season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[1]

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2018 season
Head coachGerson Echeverry
United Soccer LeagueConference: 13th
Overall: 25th
Highest home attendance7,846
(May 12 vs. San Antonio FC)
Lowest home attendance3,058
(September 5 vs. Real Monarchs)
Average home league attendance4,650
Biggest win3 goals:
RGVFC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (September 22)
Biggest defeat4 goals:
Reno 1868 FC 4–0 RGVFC (September 26)

Club

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

No. Pos. Player Nation
0 GK Nico Corti  Belgium
1 GK Matt Sanchez  Puerto Rico
2 DF Kai Greene  United States
3 MF Luis Gil ([A])  United States
4 DF Robert Castellanos  United States
5 DF Manny Padilla  United States
6 MF Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)  Jamaica
7 MF Matías Zaldívar  Argentina
8 MF Nicolás Perea  Colombia
10 MF Pablo Aguilar  Guatemala
11 FW Jesús Enríquez  United States
13 MF David Cabrera  Colombia
14 MF Todd Wharton  United States
15 MF Bryce Marion  United States
18 FW Zach Wright  United States
19 FW Mac Steeves ([A])  United States
20 DF Conor Donovan ([A])  United States
21 DF A. J. DeLaGarza ([A])  United States
22 FW Jordan Jones  United States
23 FW Aldo Quintanilla  Mexico
24 DF Derek Luke  United States
26 GK Michael Nelson ([A])  United States
27 DF Adam Lundqvist ([A])  Sweden
28 FW Wilmer Cabrera Jr.  Colombia
30 DF Omar Ontiveros  United States
31 DF Sheldon Sullivan  United States
32 DF Kyle Adams  New Zealand
33 DF Jared Watts ([A])  United States
34 GK Tyler Deric ([A])  United States
36 MF Andrew Wenger ([A])  United States
53 MF Eric Bird ([A])  United States
58 FW Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)  Panama
90 MF Monday Etim  Nigeria
— MF Brandon Morales  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.
    2.
  2. ^
    Houston Dynamo academy player.
    3.

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
Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings
Pos Team 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 16 1 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 31 2 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' (og)		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 5,903
Referee: Marco Vega
April 7 3 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 14 4 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 18 5 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 25 6 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 2 7 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 9 8 Fresno FC 2–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Fresno, California
7:30 P.M. Fewo  14'
Donovan 30' (og)
Fiddes  43'
Del Campo  60'
Cooper 61'
Argueta  87'		 Report Enríquez 52'
Quintanilla 73'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
May 12 9 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 19 10 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 23 11 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 4 12 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 9 13 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 16 14 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 23 15 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 30 16 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 7 17 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 14 18 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 22 19 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 28 20 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 4 21 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 11 22 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 18 23 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 22 24 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 25 25 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 29 26 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 5 27 Phoenix Rising FC 1–0 Rio Grande Valley 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 5 28 Rio Grande Valley 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 15 29 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 22 30 Rio Grande Valley FC 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 26 31 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 29 32 Rio Grande Valley FC 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 6 33 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 13 34 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
  1. "About the Club". Retrieved August 5, 2018.


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