2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season

The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.

Bethlehem Steel FC
2019 season
Ownership GroupKeystone S&E
Head coachBrendan Burke
StadiumTalen Energy Stadium
USLCEastern Conf.: 16th
USL PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
Top goalscorerKacper Przybylko (3)
Highest home attendance1,537
(Apr. 20 vs. Indy Eleven)
Lowest home attendance219
(May 25 vs. Louisville City)
Average home league attendance503
Biggest win3–0
(June 28 at Hartford)
5–2
(Sept. 18 vs Loudoun)
Biggest defeat1–6
(Sept. 21 at Tampa)
0–5
(Sept. 28 at Memphis)

Current roster

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 17, 2019.

No. Pos. Player Nation
15 DF Olivier Mbaizo ([A])  Cameroon
20 FW Michee Ngalina ([A])  DR Congo
21 MF Anthony Fontana ([A])  United States
32 DF Matthew Real ([A])  United States
35 FW Faris  Cameroon
36 FW Saed Díaz (on loan from Tauro)  Panama
37 MF Selmir Miscic  United States
38 MF Zach Zandi  United States
39 MF Chavany Willis (on loan from Portmore United)  Jamaica
40 MF Issa Rayyan  United States
41 FW Yomi Scintu  Germany
42 DF Jamoi Topey (on loan from Cavalier)  Jamaica
43 DF Steve Kingue (on loan from Nfuko Academy)  Cameroon
44 DF Ben Ofeimu  United States
45 MF James Chambers  Ireland
47 DF Walter Cortés (on loan from Saprissa)  Costa Rica
49 GK Todd Morton  United States
51 MF Cole Turner  United States
53 GK Ben Martino  United States
54 GK Lukas Burns ([B])  United States
55 MF Jack de Vries  United States
56 MF Luis Flores ([B])  United States
57 FW Patrick Bohui ([B])  United States
59 MF Axel Picazo ([B])  United States
60 DF Nathan Harriel ([B])  United States
61 MF Dante Huckaby ([B])  United States
63 FW Shanyder Borgelin  Haiti
64 GK Tomas Romero ([B])  El Salvador
65 GK Brady McSwain ([B])  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with Philadelphia Union.
  2. ^

Transfers

In

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Fee/Notes
January 8, 2019 Zach Zandi38MF Villanova UniversitySigned[1]
January 23, 2019 Ben Ofeimu44DF Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[2]
February 25, 2019 Issa Rayyan40MF Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[3]
March 8, 2019 Yomi Scintu41FW VfB EichstattSigned[4]
April 5, 2019 Shanyder Borgelin63FW Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[5]

Out

Date Player Number Position New Club Fee/Notes
November 19, 2018 Omar Holness36MF Darlington F.C.Option declined[6]
November 19, 2018 Chris Nanco37FW Forge FCEnd of contract[6][7]
November 19, 2018 Santi Moar38FW New Mexico UnitedEnd of contract[6][8]
November 19, 2018 Drew Skundrich39MF Sacramento Republic FCEnd of contract[6][9]
November 19, 2018 Mike Catalano41MFOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018 Aidan Apodaca42FW Reno 1868 FCOption declined[6][10]
November 19, 2018 Brandon Aubrey44DFOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018 Matt Mahoney48DF Sacramento Republic FCOption declined[6][11]
November 19, 2018 A. J. Paterson49MF Charleston BatteryOption declined[6][12]

Loan in

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Fee/Notes
January 4, 2019 Saed Díaz36FW Tauro FCSeason loan[13]
January 25, 2019 Steve Kingue43DF Nfuko Academy SportsSeason loan[14]
February 27, 2019 Chavany Willis42MF Portmore UnitedSeason loan[15]
February 28, 2019 Walter Cortes47DF Deportivo SaprissaSeason loan[16]
March 1, 2019 Jamoi Topey42DF Cavalier SCSeason loan[17]

Competitions

Preseason

February 2, 2019 Preseason D.C. United 1–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Clearwater, FL
16:00 EST Kadono 57' Report Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
February 6, 2019 Preseason Chargers Soccer Club 2–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Clearwater, FL
16:00 EST 4'
70'
Report Blacklock 33', 40'
Temple  60'
Trialist  74'
Soumah 90'
Stadium: Countryside Sports Plex
February 10, 2019 Preseason Bethlehem Steel FC 3–0 FC Motown Wayne, PA
9:00 EST Díaz 22'
Harriel 42'
Zandi 43'
Report Stadium: YSC Sports
February 13, 2019 Preseason West Chester United 1–0 Bethlehem Steel FC West Chester, PA
19:30 EST Gonzalez 59' (pen.) Report Stadium: Kildare's Turf
February 16, 2019 Preseason Villanova Wildcats 1–2 Bethlehem Steel FC
Faris 4'
Chambers 18'
Report 22'
Note: Closed-door scrimmage
February 20, 2019 Preseason Loudoun United FC 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Leesburg, VA
Report Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex
Note: Closed-door scrimmage
February 22, 2019 Preseason Richmond Kickers 3–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Leesburg, VA
14:00 EST Jackson 31'
Mwape 58'
Bolduc 90+1' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex

USL Championship

Results summary


Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Atlanta United 2 34 9 8 17 45 77 32 35
15 Memphis 901 FC 34 9 7 18 37 52 15 34
16 Bethlehem Steel FC 34 8 7 19 49 78 29 31
17 Hartford Athletic 34 8 5 21 49 80 31 29
18 Swope Park Rangers 34 6 8 20 46 80 34 26
Source: USL Championship 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

All times in Eastern Time.

10 March 1 Birmingham Legion FC 0–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Birmingham, Alabama
7:00 PM Lopez  42'
Hollinger-Janzen  73'
Avila  90+5'
Report Przybyłko 53'
Zandi 68'
Díaz  76'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Field
Attendance: 5,807
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
16 March 2 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 North Carolina FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Report Lomis 51'
Guillén  63'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 737
Referee: Lorant Varga
24 March 3 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Memphis 901 FC Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Fontana  28' Report Dally 58'
Grandison  78'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 433
Referee: Luis Arroyo
6 April 5 Swope Park Rangers 3–4 Bethlehem Steel FC Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 PM Vanacore-Decker 19'
Mbekeli 44', 57'
Riley  49'
Segbers  70'
Report Rayyan  24'
Moumbagna 27'
Fontana  64'
Real  68'  90+1'
Ofeimu 73'
Segbers 76' (o.g.)
Santos 90+3'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 486
Referee: Mike Lavergne
13 April 6 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–1 Charleston Battery Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Ofeimu  31'
Przybyłko 44', 70'
Fabinho 67'  81'
Turner  90+1'
Report Kelly-Rosales  42'
Anunga 69'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
16 April 7 Charlotte Independence 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Matthews, North Carolina
6:00 PM Gutman 29',  66'
Herrera 72'
Report Turner  57'
Willis 80'
Real  84'
Ofeimu  85'
Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
20 April 8 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Indy Eleven Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM EDT Ofeimu  53'
Moumbagna  80'
Report Hackshaw 26'
Kelly 28'
Pasher 73'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,537
Referee: Jon Freemon
3 May 9 Loudoun United FC 3–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Washington, District of Columbia
6:30 PM Murphy 37', 49'
Verfurth  59'
Sinclair 90+3'
Report Ngalina 31', 32'
Moumbagna 60' (pen.)
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 824
Referee: Mark Allatin
12 May 10 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–1 Atlanta United 2 Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Chambers  20'
Topey 64'
Cortés  83'
Report Wyke 11',  90'
Asiedu  59'
Hernández  72'
Vint  81'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Lorant Varga
19 May 11 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Ottawa Fury FC Chester, Pennsylvania
18:00 EST (UTC–5) Fabinho  14' Report François 32'
Fall 57'
Samb 82'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 436
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
25 May 12 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–2 Louisville City FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Mbaizo  31'
Moumbagna  37'
Willis 51' (pen.), 57'
Topey  87'
Ofeimu  89'  90+2'
Report Spencer 26'
Craig  30'
Matsoso  37'
Mkosana 46'
Rasmussen  56'
Thiam  87'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 219
Referee: Kevin Broadley
9 June 14 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–4 Nashville SC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM EDT Chambers 24',  49'
Cortés  42'
Report Bourgeois  23'
Tribbett 27'
LaGrassa  41'
Mensah 63',  80'
Kimura 70'
Lancaster 83'
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 417
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Note: Match moved from Talen Energy Stadium.
15 June 15 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–1 Saint Louis FC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8:00 PM EDT Chambers 19',  26'
Moumbagna 25',  27'
Cortés 37'
Fontana  56'
Report Kamdem  18'
Hilton  58'
Umar  63'  81'
Greig  74'
Calvert  74'
Dacres 85'
Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Luis Guardia
28 June 17 Hartford Athletic 0–3 Bethlehem Steel FC East Hartford, Connecticut
7:30 PM EDT Lyngø  90+4' Report Moumbagna 17',  52'
Rayyan 37'
Harriel  55'
Borgelin  90'
Cortes 90+1'
Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
10 July 19 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–4 New York Red Bulls II Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Moumbagna 23'
Willis  43'
Real  45'
Fontana  45+2'
Rayyan 46', 58'
Turner  90'
Report Barlow 15', 82'
Koffi  61'
Stroud 76', 88'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 256
Referee: Eric Tattersall
20 July 20 Louisville City FC 0–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT Craig  45' Report Cortes 26',  85'
Real  90+3'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 8,965
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
27 July 21 Saint Louis FC 3–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Fenton, Missouri
8:30 PM Umar  29'
Greig 41'
Hilton 48'
Dacres 49'
Report Willis  56'
McKenzie  78'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Matthew Thompson
1 August 22 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Hartford Athletic Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM Mbaizo  31'
Ofeimu  38'  76'
Zandi  63'
Turner  67'
Report Due  23'
Curinga  24'
Bedoya 28'
Dixon 50'
Wojcik 84'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 325
Referee: Danielle Chesky
10 August 23 Nashville SC 0–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT Report Chambers  90+4' Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,762
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
25 August 24 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–3 Birmingham Legion FC Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM CDT Zandi  42'
Santos  42'
Real  53'
Turner  56'
Ngalina 69'
Mbaizo 74' (pen.)
Moumbagna  77'
Report Kasim 20'
Lopez  36', 76'
Herivaux  42'
Avila  54'
JJ Williams 67'
Cromwell  73'  83'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 357
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
1 September 25 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–0 Swope Park Rangers Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Ngalina  33', 36'
Topey  39'  84'
Zandi 75'
Report Hernandez  14'
Allach  34'
Clarke  82'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 329
Referee: Eric Tattersall
7 September 26 North Carolina FC 3–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT da Luz 9'
Brotherton  16'
Kristo 20', 47',  48'
Wapiwo  85'
Report Scintu 45'
Chambers 60'
Borgelin 84'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,457
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
14 September 27 Indy Eleven 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT Ilić 57'
Ouimette  66'
Kelly 80',  88'
King  89'
Report Scintu  27'
Zandi  73'
Ofeimu 75',  90+2'
Freese  80'
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Kevin Broadley
18 September 28 Bethlehem Steel FC 5–2 Loudoun United FC Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Chambers 35',  84'
Zandi 47'
Rayyan 49'
Ngalina  58', 80'
Picazo 90+1' (pen.)
Report Wild 2'
Murphy 45'
Alvarez  90'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 298
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
21 September 29 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–1 Bethlehem Steel FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 EST (UTC−5) Ofeimu 20' (o.g.)
Guenzatti 24'
Poku 40'
Morad  42'
Tinari 45+2'
Mkosana 71',  74'
Taku 90+2'
Report Cortés  54'
Willis  65'
Faris 69' (pen.)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,513
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
28 September 30 Memphis 901 FC 5–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM Collier 7'
Epps 15'
Allen 29', 36'
Doyle 50'
Muckette  83'
Report Turner  47'
Picazo  76'
Ofeimu  89'
Stadium: Autozone Park
Attendance: 6,078
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
6 October 31 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–2 Charlotte Independence Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Moumbagna 14'
Chambers  31'
Picazo  69'
Kingue  82'
Report Maund 6'
Roberts  12', 67'
A. Martínez  31'
Mansally  72'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 351
Referee: Matthew Franz
9 October 32 Atlanta United 2 5–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Decas  13'
Campbell  29', 38'
Ambrose 43'
Castanheira  47'
Okonkwo 57'
Adams  58'
Bello 61' (pen.)
Kanakimana 87' (pen.)
Fernando  90+2'
Report Ofeimu  36'
Moumbagna 48' (pen.)
Miscic 77'
Morton  87'
Turner  89'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,702
Referee: Malik Badawi
12 October 33 Ottawa Fury FC 1–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00 PM Haworth 40'
Ward  90+7'
Report Kingue  43'
Moumbagna 71'
Zandi  78'
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
19 October 34 Charleston Battery 5–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston, South Carolina
2:00 PM Bosua 23', 67'
Kelly-Rosales  27'
Higashi  71'
Guerra 74' (pen.)
Paterson 81', 84'
Mueller  90+1'
Report Chambers  21'
Harriel  39'
Cortés  58'
Moumbagna 78'
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[18]

Statistics

As of 19 August 2020[19]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSLCUSLC Playoffs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defenders:
4 DF  USA Mark McKenzie 606000
15 DF  CMR Olivier Mbaizo 919100
32 DF  USA Matthew Real 18018000
33 DF  BRA Fabinho 212100
42 DF  JAM Jamoi Topey* 919100
43 DF  CMR Steve Kingue* 1409+5000
44 DF  USA Ben Ofeimu 27226+1200
47 DF  CRC Walter Cortes* 27323+4300
60 DF  USA Nathan Harriel 23020+3000
61 DF  USA Dante Huckaby 300+3000
68 DF  USA Michael Pellegrino 101000
Midfielders:
8 MF  USA Derrick Jones 303000
21 MF  USA Anthony Fontana 14014000
37 MF  USA Selmir Miscic 512+3100
38 MF  USA Zach Zandi 30327+3300
39 MF  JAM Chavany Willis* 27324+3300
40 MF  USA Issa Rayyan 26425+1400
45 MF  EIR James Chambers 32527+5500
46 MF  COD Michee Ngalina 22622600
51 MF  USA Cole Turner 25022+3000
55 MF  USA Jack de Vries 302+1000
56 MF  USA Luis Flores 401+3000
59 MF  USA Axel Picazo 1917+12100
63 MF  HAI Shanyder Borgelin 2417+17100
Forwards:
17 FW  BRA Sergio Santos 211+1100
23 FW  POL Kacper Przybylko 232300
35 FW  CMR Faris Pemi Moumbagna 251121+41100
36 FW  PAN Saed Díaz* 903+6000
41 FW  ITA Yomi Scintu 1015+5100
57 FW  USA Anges Bohui 802+6000
Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem.
Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy for individual matches with Bethlehem.
Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.

Goalkeepers

As of 20 April 2019.[19]

Players included in matchday squads
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO
1Matt Freese332-1-041.33100
31Carlos Miguel Coronel441-2-161.50000
64Tomas Romero000-0-000.00000
Total3-3-1101.42100

Honors

Team of the Week

References

  1. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Midfielder Zach Zandi". Philadelphia Union. January 8, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  2. "Bethlehem Steel FC Signs Defender Ben Ofeimu". Philadelphia Union. January 23, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  3. "Bethlehem Steel FC Signs Midfielder Issa Rayyan". Philadelphia Union. February 25, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  4. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Forward Yomi Samuele Scintu". Philadelphia Union. March 8, 2019. Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. "Bethlehem Steel FC signs forward Shanyder Borgelin". Philadelphia Union. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  6. "Bethlehem Steel FC announce roster moves with 2019 in mind". Philadelphia Union. November 19, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  7. Neil Davidson (29 November 2018). "Ledgerwood, Bekker highlight first wave of Canadian Premier League signings". Prince George Citizen. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. "NEW MEXICO UNITED SIGNS FORWARD SANTI MOAR". NewMexicoUTD.com. New Mexico United. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  9. "Republic FC sign midfielder Drew Skundrich". Sacramento Republic FC. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. Kiley Diesner (7 March 2019). "Reno 1868 FC Signs Five Ahead of Season Opener". Reno 1868 FC. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. "Republic FC sign defender Matt Mahoney". Sacramento Republic FC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  12. Evan Peters (7 March 2019). "Battery Bolster Back Line Ahead of 2019 Season". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Forward Saed Diaz". Philadelphia Union. January 4, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  14. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Steve Kingue". Philadelphia Union. January 25, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  15. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Midfielder Chavany Willis". Philadelphia Union. February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  16. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Walter Cortes". Philadelphia Union. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  17. "Bethlehem Steel FC Acquires Defender Jamoi Topey". Philadelphia Union. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  18. "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  19. "2019 USL Season Stats". soccerway.com.
  20. "Colorado Springs' Malcolm Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  21. "Reno's Brown Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. March 19, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  22. "Galaxy II's Koreniuk Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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