2019 Memphis 901 FC season

Memphis 901 FC
2019 season
Head coach	Tim Mulqueen
Stadium	AutoZone Park; Memphis, Tennessee
USL	Conference: 15th
USL Playoffs	Did Not Qualify
2019 U.S. Open Cup	2nd Round
Highest home attendance	League/All: 8,062; (March 9 vs. Tampa)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,142; (Sept. 24 vs. Pittsburgh); All: 1,819; (May 29 vs. Hartford, USOC )
Average home league attendance	6,623
Biggest win	5–0 (Sept. 28 vs. Bethlehem Steel)
Biggest defeat	0–5 (August 24 at Tampa)
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The 2019 Memphis 901 FC season was the inaugural season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[1]

Club

Current roster

As of August 2, 2019^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Jeff Caldwell (on loan from New York City FC)	United States
2	MF	Morgan Hackworth	United States
3	DF	Abdi Mohamed (on loan from New York City FC)	Kenya
4	MF	Damani Holness	England
5	DF	Tristan Hodge (on loan from W Connection)	Trinidad and Tobago
6	MF	Dan Metzger	United States
7	MF	Raul Gonzalez	United States
8	DF	Marc Burch	United States
9	FW	Luca Uccello	Canada
10	MF	Adam Najem	Afghanistan
11	FW	Lagos Kunga (on loan from Atlanta United)	United States
13	FW	Oliver White (on loan to Forward Madison)	United States
15	DF	Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	United States
17	MF	Ewan Grandison	Jamaica
18	FW	Elliot Collier (on loan from Chicago Fire)	New Zealand
19	DF	Louis Bennett II (on loan to Forward Madison)	United States
20	DF	Todd Pratzner	United States
21	FW	Duane Muckette	Trinidad and Tobago
22	DF	Wesley Charpie	United States
23	MF	Leston Paul	Trinidad and Tobago
24	GK	Scott Levene	United States
25	GK	Jim Barkei	United States
26	DF	Josh Morton	United States
27	MF	Cam Lindley (on loan from Orlando City)	United States
28	FW	Jochen Graf	United States
29	FW	Brandon Allen	United States
30	MF	Marcus Epps (on loan from New York Red Bulls)	United States
31	FW	Pierre da Silva	United States
32	DF	Liam Doyle	England

Competitions

Preseason

9 February	Memphis Tigers	0–2	Memphis 901 FC	Memphis, TN
		Report	Gonzalez Sandoval	Stadium: Billy J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex

16 February	Christian Brothers Buccaneers	1–4	Memphis 901 FC	Memphis, TN
12:00 PM		Report	Cordovés Sandoval Hackworth Justin Dhillon	Stadium: Signaigo Field

20 February	Louisville City FC	4–2	Memphis 901 FC	Nashville, TN
2:00 PM	Spencer 20' (pen.), 33' Mkosana 67' Matsoso 88'	Report	Najem 32' 65'	Stadium: Vanderbilt University

24 February	Saint Louis FC	3–0	Memphis 901 FC	Fenton, MO
1:00 PM	Dacres 23', 79' Greig 27'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium

1 March	Memphis 901 FC	5–1	Memphis Tigers	Memphis, TN
6:00 PM	Cordovés 33' 39' Najem 54' 61' 66'	Report	37'	Stadium: AutoZone Park

USL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Charlotte Independence	34	9	11	14	42	53	−11	38
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

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

The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.^[3]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in Central time

9 March 1	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Memphis, TN
6:00 PM	Metzger 58' Sandoval 87' Najem 90+1'	Report	Guenzatti 4' (pen.) Richards 11'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Mike Lavergne

16 March 2	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Loudoun United FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Collier 76', 78'	Report	Pilato 25' Yow 30' Murphy 87'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Matt Franz

24 March 3	Bethlehem Steel FC	0–1	Memphis 901 FC	Bethlehem, PA
5:00 PM	Fontana 28'	Report	Dally 58' Grandison 78'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 433 Referee: Luis Arroyo

29 March 4	New York Red Bulls II	3–2	Memphis 901 FC	Montclair, NJ
6:00 PM	Stroud 18' Rito 38' Barlow 45+1' Etienne 56' Scarlett 59'	Report	Najem 11', 45+4' Burch 61' Dally 73' Hodge 90+6'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 704 Referee: Matthew Thompson

6 April 5	North Carolina FC	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Cary, NC
6:00 PM	da Luz 62' Lomis 78' Taylor 85'	Report	Burch 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

10 April 6	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	Atlanta United 2	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Hackworth 44' Caldwell 70'	Report	Barajas 45' Vint 64' Benítez 66' Castanheira 70'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,041 Referee: Alan Kelly

13 April 7	Nashville SC	2–0	Memphis 901 FC	Nashville, TN
7:00 PM	LaGrassa 78' Mensah 81'	Report	Burch 85' Charpie 89' Collier 90'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 6,781 Referee: Carlos Pielago

27 April 8	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	Charleston Battery	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Lindley 24'	Preview	Candela 26' Marini 90+3'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,871 Referee: Dejan Susak

30 April 9	Louisville City FC	2–1	Memphis 901 FC	Louisville, KY
6:30 PM	Craig 5' Rasmussen 33' Mkosana 61', 84'	Report	Thiam 71' (o.g.) Burch 84'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

4 May 10	Memphis 901 FC	2–2	Birmingham Legion FC	Memphis, TN
3:00 PM	Metzger 27' Lindley 34', 40' Dally 60' Muckette 86' Burch 90+3'	Report	Avila 31' Culbertson 59' Johnson 84' Hoffman 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Eric Tattersall

10 May 11	Hartford Athletic	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	Hartford, CT
6:00 PM	Lee 31'	Report	Muckette 24' Metzger 29' Charpie 36' Collier 70'	Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 5,045 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

18 May 12	Memphis 901 FC	Abandoned	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park
Note: Match abandoned at halftime due to inclement weather with the score 0-1 (Volesky 26')

22 May 13	Swope Park Rangers	2–2	Memphis 901 FC	Kansas City, KS
7:00 PM	Riley 34' (pen.) Hernandez 59' Segbers 68' Vanacore-Decker 82'	Report	Metzger 3' Najem 52' Hodge 73' Morton 90'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 311 Referee: Jon Freemon

1 June 14	Saint Louis FC	Postponed	Memphis 901 FC	Fenton, MO
1:00 PM		Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Match postponed due to severe weather.^[4]

8 June 15	Memphis 901 FC	0–3	Indy Eleven	Memphis, TN
8:30 PM	Charpie 51' Burch 90+3'	Report	Enevoldsen 31' Kim 52' Pasher 58'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Malik Badawi

15 June 16	Ottawa Fury FC	0–0	Memphis 901 FC	Ottawa, ON
6:00 PM	Attakora 64'	Report	Charpie 33'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,108 Referee: Serge Topalian

29 June 17	Charlotte Independence	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	Matthews, NC
6:00 PM	A.Martinez 67' Herrera 74'	Report	Charpie 70'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1,623 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

6 July 18	Memphis 901 FC	4–1	Hartford Athletic	Memphis, TN
8:30 PM	Collier 6', 11', 75' Metzger 50' Burch 57' Morton 67' Kunga 80'	Report	Downs 8' de Wit 20' Jørgenson 30', 90' Swartz 53' Dixon 57'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 6,726 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

13 July 19	Charleston Battery	Postponed	Memphis 901 FC	Charleston, SC
7:30 PM		Report		Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather ^[5]

17 July 20	Memphis 901 FC	0–2	Nashville SC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM	Morton 62' Grandison 64' Lindley 89'	Report	Ockford 42', 60' Ríos 49' Doyle 87' Belmar 89'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,828 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

20 July 21	Memphis 901 FC	2–2	New York Red Bulls II	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM	Allen 48', 81', 87' Lindley 69' Kunga 69'	Report	Koffi 7' Scarlett 10', 89' Bezecourt 44'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,226 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

27 July 22	Memphis 901 FC	2–0	Ottawa Fury FC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM	Meilleur-Giguère 59' (o.g.) Najem 62' Paul 90+6'	Report	Oliveira 80' Haworth 90+4' Fall 90+6'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 6,614 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

3 August 23	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	4–0	Memphis 901 FC	Pittsburgh, PA
6:00 PM	Adewole 27' Mertz 45+2' Dover 64' Dos Santos 69' Volesky 90+1'	Report	Paul 51' Metzger 76'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Referee: Thomas Snyder

6 August 14	Saint Louis FC	0–0	Memphis 901 FC	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM	Kamdem 70'	Report	Lindley 27' Charpie 75' Burch 78' Mohamed 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,179 Referee: Jon Freemon
Note: Replay of June 1 match postponed due to severe weather.^[6]

10 August 24	Memphis 901 FC	1–2	North Carolina FC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM	Allen 20' Burch 79' da Silva 81'	Report	Fortune 28' Ewolo 45+1' Comsia 56' Albadawi 88'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,006 Referee: Lorant Varga

17 August 25	Birmingham Legion FC	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, AL
7:00 PM	Holland 37' Ward 40' Avila 68' Johnson 90', 90+5'	Report	Metzger 5'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Field Attendance: 5,219 Referee: Matthew Franz

24 August 26	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5–0	Memphis 901 FC	St. Petersburg, FL
6:30 PM	Poku 11', 62' Fernandes 28', 81' Tinari 45+5' Johnson 87'	Report	daSilva 36' Charpie 47'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Kevin Broadley

28 August 27	Atlanta United 2	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	Kennesaw, GA
6:30 PM	Metcalf 37' (pen.) Tubbs 71' Vazquez 81'	Report	Lindley 55' Najem 79', 83'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,231 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

2 September 19	Charleston Battery	Postponed	Memphis 901 FC	Charleston, SC
5:00 PM		Report		Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Reschedule of match postponed due to inclement weather on 13 July ^[7] Postponed further due to evacuation order associated with Hurricane Dorian.^[8]

7 September 28	Memphis 901 FC	4–2	Swope Park Rangers	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Charpie 34' da Silva 38' Morton 40' Metzger 53' Allen 67', 77' Burch 70'	Report	Harris 35' (pen.) Segbers 43' Zé Pedro 50' Allach 86'	Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 6,036 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

13 September 29	Loudoun United FC	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	Leesburg, VA
6:30 PM	Murphy 5' Martinez 34' 58' Yow 54' Lubahn 71'	Report	da Silva 52' Metzger 54' Hawkins 63' (o.g.) Allen 81'	Stadium: Loudoun United Stadium Attendance: 1,209 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

21 September 30	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Epps 43', 54' Paul 60' Allen 75' Morton 84'	Report	Cicerone 40' Fernandez 85'	Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 6,701 Referee: Dejan Susak

24 September 12	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM		Report	Greenspan 15' Mertz 56' Kerr 90'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,142 Referee: Brad Jensen
Note: Replay of abandoned 18 May match

28 September 31	Memphis 901 FC	5–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Memphis, TN
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

5 October 32	Indy Eleven	3–0	Memphis 901 FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM	Novoa 13' Ouimette 22' Pasher 77'	Report	Doyle 82'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 13,134 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

12 October 33	Memphis 901 FC	1–2	Charlotte Independence	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Grandison 59' Allen 73' (pen.), 75' Doyle 79' da Silva 88' 90+6' Burch 90+4'	Report	Herrera 39' Jackson 62', 77' Roberts 75' Miller 75'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 5,780 Referee: John Griggs

16 October 19	Charleston Battery	2–0	Memphis 901 FC	Charleston, SC
7:00 PM	Mueller 30' Lewis 55', 63' Kelly-Rosales 90+1'	Report	Burch 48' Metzger 68' Collier 81' Mohamed 86'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,206 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

19 October 34	Memphis 901 FC	1–2	Louisville City FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM	Epps 9'	Report	Williams 37', 87' Rasmussen 42' Hoppenot 78'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 6,845 Referee: Lorant Varga

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Memphis 901 FC entered the tournament in the Second Round, played May 14–15, 2019^[9]

15 May Second Round	Memphis 901 FC	3–1	New York Red Bulls U-23	Memphis, TN
7:00 pm CDT	Lindley 8' Morton 26', 73' Grandison 31' Bennett II 90+4'	Report	Marin 5' Sharifi 49' Uche 90+4'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,057 Referee: Carlos Pielago

29 May Third Round	Memphis 901 FC	4–0	Hartford Athletic	Memphis, TN
7:00 pm CDT	Burch 6' (pen.) Graf 21', 59' Lindley 45' Hackworth 83'	Report	Curinga 19' de Wit 39' 61'	Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,819 Referee: Leland Grant

12 June Fourth Round	Memphis 901 FC	1–3	Orlando City SC	Memphis, TN
7:30 pm CDT	Collier 50' Burch 60'	Report	Kljestan 38' (pen.), 55' Jansson 71'	Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex Attendance: 3,088 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

References

^ "Memphis 901 FC Reveals Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "Roster". Memphis 901 FC. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
^ "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ USL staff (1 June 2019). "Gameday Report: June 1, Week 13". Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ https://www.memphis901fc.com/news_article/show/1034694
^ USL staff (13 June 2019). "Away Match At Saint Louis FC Rescheduled". Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ https://www.memphis901fc.com/news_article/show/1034694
^ https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1045893
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[1] "Memphis 901 FC Reveals Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[2] "Roster". Memphis 901 FC. Retrieved February 5, 2019.

[3] "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[4] USL staff (1 June 2019). "Gameday Report: June 1, Week 13". Retrieved 6 June 2019.

[5] ttps://www.memphis901fc.com/news_article/show/1034694

[6] USL staff (13 June 2019). "Away Match At Saint Louis FC Rescheduled". Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[7] ttps://www.memphis901fc.com/news_article/show/1034694

[8] ttps://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1045893

[9] "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

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