2019 Greenville Triumph SC season

The 2019 season was Greenville Triumph SC's first of existence. They played in USL League One.

Greenville Triumph SC
2019 season
Head coachJohn Harkes
StadiumLegacy Early College Field
USL League One3rd
USL League One PlayoffsRunner-Up
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 4,014
(April 6 vs. Lansing Ignite)
(Sept. 27 vs. Orlando City B)
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All: 1,570
(May 4 vs. North Texas SC)
Average home league attendance2,509
Biggest win4–0
(July 26 at North Texas SC)
(Sept. 13 vs. FC Tucson)
Biggest defeat1–3
(July 20 vs. FC Tucson)

Background

The formation of a third tier USL League was announced in April 2017, and league officials began touring the country looking for candidate cities for new soccer clubs. USL vice president Steven Short visited Greenville in July 2017, and told local reporters at the time that Greenville was one of the league's top candidates.[1] In early 2018, USL began announcing teams that would play in their inaugural season. The formation of the Greenville Triumph SC was officially announced on March 13, 2018, with local entrepreneur Joe Erwin named as the principal owner. The Greenville team was the third team to join the league after Tormenta FC and FC Tucson, two clubs which already existed and played in USL League Two.[2][3]

Club

Roster

As of January 10, 2019.[4]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Miguel Uribe  Colombia
2 DF Dominic Boland  Scotland
3 DF Tyler Polak  United States
4 DF Kevin Politz  United States
5 MF Max Hemmings  England
6 MF Paul Clowes  England
7 MF Christopher Bermudez  United States
8 MF Aaron Walker  United States
9 FW Jake Keegan  United States
10 MF Carlos Gómez  Spain
11 MF Cameron Saul  England
12 DF Evan Lee  United States
13 DF Ryeong Choi  United States
14 DF Cole Seiler  United States
18 MF Omar Mohamed  Somalia
19 GK Armando Quezada  United States
21 MF Sami Guediri  United States
22 GK Dallas Jaye  Guam
31 FW Edmundo Robinson  United States
88 FW Travis Ward  United States

Team management
As of September 7, 2018[5]
Executive
Majority owner and chairman Joe Erwin
President Chris Lewis
Vice chairman Doug Erwin
Coaching staff
Head coach John Harkes
Assistant coach Alex Blackburn
Assistant coach Rick Wright

Non-competitive

Winter friendlies
February 21, 2019 New England Revolution 4–1 Greenville Triumph Bradenton, Florida
16:00 EST Report Stadium: IMG Academy

Competitive

USL League One
Main article: 2019 USL League One

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Texas SC (X, C) 28 17 5 6 53 31 +22 56 Playoffs
2 Lansing Ignite FC 28 12 10 6 49 37 +12 46
3 Greenville Triumph SC 28 12 7 9 32 22 +10 43
4 Forward Madison FC 28 12 7 9 33 26 +7 43
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 28 10 10 8 35 37 −2 40
Source: 2019 USL League One 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
(C) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAHHHAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAAAHHAHA
ResultLWWLDLDWLDDLWDWLWWWDDWLWWWLL
Position8756678566686857733432333333
Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports
March 29 1 South Georgia Tormenta FC 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Morrell 72' Report Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
Referee: Amin Hadzic
April 6 2 Greenville Triumph SC 2–1 Lansing Ignite FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Robinson  7'
Seiler  35'  77'
Politz 85'
Clowes  89'		 Report Perez  14'  58'
Lopez-Espin 27'
Stoneman  40'
Coiffic  32', 49'
Moshobane  59'  62'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
April 13 3 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Chattanooga Red Wolves Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Walker  61'
Keegan 74'
Bermudez  90'
Saul  90+4'		 Report Dixon  31'
Folla  36'
Beattie  47'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,016
Referee: John Matto
April 20 4 Greenville Triumph SC 0–1 Richmond Kickers Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Seiler  14'
Clowes  81'		 Report Gallardo 49'
Mwape  58'
Bolduc  78'
Hughes  90+2'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,168
Referee: David Erbacher
April 27 5 Forward Madison FC 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Madison, Wisconsin
7:30 PM Toyama  48'
Michaud  85'
Tobin  90+2'		 Report Bermudez  42'
Polak  63'
Boland  65'		 Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,462
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 4 6 Greenville Triumph SC 0–1 North Texas SC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Moahmed  67' Report Roberts 17'
Avilez  64'
Jatta  83'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: John Griggs
May 11 7 Lansing Ignite FC 1–1 Greenville Triumph SC Lansing, Michigan
7:00 PM EDT Lopez-Espin 76' Report Boland  36'
Polak  58'
Ward 68'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
May 18 8 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Richmond Kickers Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Hemmings  13'
Keegan 42'		 Report Shanosky  59'
Lockaby  81'
Boateng  90'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Tori Penso
May 25 9 Chattanooga Red Wolves 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Penida  64'
Falvey  90'
Zayed 90+4'
Folla  90+6'		 Report Clowes  81' Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,256
Referee: Michael Smith
June 1 10 Greenville Triumph SC 0–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Politz  39'
Boland  53'
Walker  60'		 Report Gómez  73'  86' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: José Lara
June 15 11 Greenville Triumph SC 1–1 Lansing Ignite FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Seiler 66' Report Moon 30'
Saint-Duc  90+3'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
June 22 12 Chattanooga Red Wolves 3–2 Greenville Triumph SC Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT Beattie 19', 38', 77'
Caparelli  59'		 Report Keegan 52', 62'
Boland  64'
Polak  73'
Bermudez  88'		 Stadium: David Stanton Field
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: John Griggs
June 28 13 Orlando City B 0–2 Greenville Triumph SC Orlando, Florida
7:30 P.M. EDT Sérginho  31'
Diouf  72'		 Report Polak  18'
Saul 41'
Mohamed  67'
Gómez 83'		 Stadium: Montverde Academy
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 6 14 North Texas SC 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Romero  28'
Escribano  59'		 Report Walker  39'
Gómez  86'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 720
Referee: Chris Ruska
July 13 15 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Orlando City B Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Mohamed  79'
Walker 88'
Bermudez  90'		 Report Herrera  83' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
July 20 16 Greenville Triumph SC 1–3 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Gómez 15' Report Jambga 20', 58'
Venter 52'
Hauswirth  68'
Batista  68'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Michael Smith
July 26 17 North Texas SC 0–4 Greenville Triumph SC Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM EDT Cerrillo  20'
Roberts  82'
A. Rodríguez  90+4'		 Report Politz  35'
Gómez  45+3'
Walker 62'
Keegan 64', 70'
Robinson  67', 88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 958
Referee: Joseph Salinas
August 3 18 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
6:00 PM EDT Keegan 29'
Walker  78'
Hemmings  81'
Guediri  84'		 Report Dennis  58'
Arslan  87'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,074
Referee: Wilmer Soriano
August 9 19 Toronto FC II 1–3 Greenville Triumph SC Toronto, Ontario
4:00 PM EDT T. Mohammed  60'
Akinola 64'
Ovalle  70'
Fillion  90+1'		 Report Boland 7'
Polak  23'
Keegan 31'
O. Moahmed 34'
Clowes  75'		 Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 153
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
August 17 20 Greenville Triumph SC 0–0 Forward Madison FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  18' Report White  17'
Smart  55'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,457
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
August 23 21 Toronto FC II 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Toronto, Ontario
3:00 PM EDT Akinola  59' Report Seiler  36'
Hemmings  83'		 Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Referee: Ben Hoskins
August 28 22 Forward Madison FC 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC Madison, Wisconsin
8:00 PM EDT Manley  22' Report Bermudez 42'
Clowes  59'
Keegan  84'		 Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 7 23 Richmond Kickers 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Troyer 45+1',  53' Report Polak  27'
Walker  45+5'
Robinson  72'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
September 13 24 Greenville Triumph SC 4–0 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
8:45 PM EDT Gómez 13', 21', 87'
Walker 26' (pen.)
Donnelly  84'		 Report Hanlin  25'
Terrón  82'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
September 20 25 Greenville Triumph SC 3–1 Toronto FC II Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes 18'
Saul 46'
Lee  48'
Gómez 84'		 Report Waja  12'
Mingo 48'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 2,575
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
September 24 26 FC Tucson 2–3 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
10:00 PM EDT Spencer  40'
Jones 50' (pen.)
Cox 89'		 Report Saul 3', 44'
Walker  57'
Bermudez 90+4',  90+5'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
September 27 27 Greenville Triumph SC 0–1 Orlando City B Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  37'
Saul  75'		 Report Hummel  45+3'
Bagrou 53',  79'
John  55'
Mbuyu  68'
Sérginho  90+3'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 5 28 Tormenta FC 3–1 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Arslan 26', 40'
Micaletto  33'
Rowe  75'
Antley 80'		 Report Gómez 18'
Walker  32'
Bermudez  69'
Ward  88'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park
Attendance: 1,908
Referee: Chris Ruska

USL League One Playoffs
Main article: 2019 USL League One Playoffs
October 12 Semifinals Lansing Ignite FC 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC Lansing, Michigan
7:00pm (EDT) Coiffic  70'
Cerda  74'
Cleveland  87'		 Report Clowes  37'
Mohamed  45+2'
Polak  46'
Bermudez 59'
Gómez  79'		 Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Matthew Thompson
October 19 Final North Texas SC 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Frisco, Texas
7:00pm (EDT) Jatta  7'
Rodríguez 60'
Damus  90+4'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,245
Referee: Jon Freemon

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup
May 8, 2019 First round Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
19:00 EDT
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Wilmer Soriano
May 15, 2019 Second round Greenville Triumph SC 1–2 Charleston Battery Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Clowes  19'
Hemmings 29'		 Report van Schaik  4'
Svantesson 79', 90+1'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College
Attendance: 1,738
Referee: David Erbacher

Transfers

In
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSL1U.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals

Source:

Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name USL1 U.S. Open Cup Total

References
  1. Keepfer, Scott (July 25, 2017). "Pro soccer league has eyes on Greenville". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  2. Morris, Lake (March 13, 2018). "Greenville's second soccer franchise is official". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. USL DIII Staff (March 13, 2018). "USL Division III Welcomes Greenville as Founding Member". usld3.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  4. "Club News". Greenville Triumph SC. greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  5. "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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