2020 Greenville Triumph SC season
- Joe Erwin
- William M. Webster
The 2020 Greenville Triumph SC season was the second season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Greenville Triumph SC also participated in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Greenville Triumph SC play their home games at Legacy Early College Field, located in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
Club
Roster
As of March 3, 2020.[1]
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
---|---|---|---|
3 | DF | Tyler Polak | ![]() |
5 | MF | Max Hemmings | ![]() |
6 | MF | Paul Clowes | ![]() |
7 | FW | Alex Morrell | ![]() |
8 | MF | Aaron Walker | ![]() |
9 | FW | Jake Keegan | ![]() |
10 | MF | Carlos Gómez | ![]() |
11 | DF | Evan Lee | ![]() |
15 | DF | Brandon Fricke | ![]() |
16 | MF | Colin Stripling | ![]() |
17 | FW | JJ Donnelly | ![]() |
18 | MF | Omar Mohamed | ![]() |
22 | GK | Dallas Jaye | ![]() |
26 | DF | Abdi Mohamed | ![]() |
30 | GK | Paul Christensen | ![]() |
— | FW | Lachlan McLean | ![]() |
— | DF | Cesar Murillo | ![]() |
— | MF | Noah Pilato | ![]() |
— | DF | Trevor Swartz | ![]() |
Coaching Staff
- As of December 24, 2019[update][2]
Name | Position |
---|---|
![]() | Head coach |
![]() | Assistant coach |
![]() | Assistant coach |
Front Office Staff
Name | Position |
---|---|
![]() | Majority owner and chairman |
![]() | President |
![]() | Vice chairman |
Competitions
Exhibitions
February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15) Preseason 1 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–0 | Charleston Battery | Greenville, South Carolina |
2:00 PM EST |
| Report | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field |
February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) Preseason 2 | Charleston Battery | Cancelled | Greenville Triumph SC | Charleston, South Carolina |
2:00 PM EST | Report | Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex |
February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Preseason 3 | Greenville Triumph SC | 0–2 | Charlotte Independence | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EST | Report | Stadium: Alumni Stadium |
February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2–1 | North Carolina FC | Cary, North Carolina |
3:00 PM EST | Report | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field #3 |
USL League One
Standings
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greenville Triumph SC | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 35 | 2.19 | Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup |
2 | Union Omaha | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 29 | 1.81 | Final |
3 | North Texas SC[a] | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 27 | 1.69 | |
4 | Richmond Kickers | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 1.63 | |
5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 22 | 1.47 |
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:
- ^ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: USL League One[3]
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match Results
July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18) 1 | Fort Lauderdale CF | 0–2 | Greenville Triumph SC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
7:00 PM EDT | Cardenas ![]() | Report | Lee ![]() Morrell ![]() Keegan ![]() Walker ![]() Stripling ![]() | Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Natalie Simon |
July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 2 | Greenville Triumph SC | 3–2 | Richmond Kickers | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Thomsen ![]() Antley ![]() Morrell ![]() Pilato ![]() Keegan ![]() Fricke ![]() | Report | Bolduc ![]() Terzahgi ![]() Boateng ![]() | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Kevin Broadley |
July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) 3 | Forward Madison FC | 0–0 | Greenville Triumph SC | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin |
7:00 PM CDT | Report | Pilato ![]() | Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Calin Radosav |
August 5, 2020 (2020-08-05) 4 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–0 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Donnelly ![]() | Report | Skelton ![]() Gómez ![]() Williams ![]() | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 5 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–0 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Fricke ![]() Hawkins ![]() Morrell ![]() McLean ![]() Donnelly ![]() | Report | Uzo ![]() | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 883 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22) 6 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale CF | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Pilato ![]() Lee ![]() Jaye ![]() Walker ![]() | Report | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 993 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26) 7 | New England Revolution II | 1–0 | Greenville Triumph SC | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
7:00 PM EDT | Shimazaki ![]() Quinones ![]() Maciel ![]() Mendonca ![]() Sinclair ![]() | Report | Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 8 | Richmond Kickers | 2–1 | Greenville Triumph SC | Richmond, Virginia |
7:00 PM EDT | Terzaghi ![]() Bolduc ![]() Kraft ![]() Antley ![]() ![]() | Report | Fricke ![]() Clowes ![]() Walker ![]() | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Matthew Franz |
September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04) 9 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 1–2 | Greenville Triumph SC | Statesboro, Georgia |
7:00 PM EDT | Gómez ![]() Mayr-Fälten ![]() Williams ![]() Arslan ![]() | Report | McLean ![]() Morrell ![]() Donnelly ![]() | Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13) 10 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2–0 | Forward Madison FC | Greenville, South Carolina |
3:00 PM EDT | McLean ![]() Mohamed ![]() Lee ![]() Keegan ![]() | Report | Ovalle ![]() | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 601 Referee: Joshua Escobar |
September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 0–1 | Greenville Triumph SC | East Ridge, Tennessee |
1:00 PM EDT | Mangels ![]() Ramos ![]() Soto ![]() Hernández ![]() | Report | Murillo ![]() McLean ![]() Pilato ![]() Stripling ![]() | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Amin Hadzic |
September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) 12 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–0 | North Texas SC | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Polak ![]() Donnelly ![]() Keegan ![]() | Report | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 903 Referee: William Steffen |
October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) 13 | Greenville Triumph SC | 2–0 | Orlando City B | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | McLean ![]() Morrell ![]() | Report | Rodas ![]() | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 14 | FC Tucson | 2–2 | Greenville Triumph SC | Tucson, Arizona |
7:00 PM EDT | Ramos-Godoy ![]() ![]() Calvo ![]() Coan ![]() Virgen ![]() Merancio ![]() | Report | McLean ![]() ![]() Polak ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola |
October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) 15 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–2 | Union Omaha | Greenville, South Carolina |
3:00 PM EDT | Pilato ![]() Walker ![]() Stripling ![]() | Report | Molina ![]() Sousa ![]() Scearce ![]() Viader ![]() Conway ![]() | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 1,513 Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16 | Orlando City B | 1–4 | Greenville Triumph SC | Orlando, Florida |
7:00 PM EDT | Rodas ![]() Amer ![]() Gluvačević ![]() Ndje ![]() | Report | Morrell ![]() ![]() Walker ![]() McLean ![]() Powell ![]() Booth ![]() | Stadium: Exploria Stadium Referee: Gabriele Giusti |
Playoff Final
October 30, 2020 | Greenville Triumph SC | cancelled | Union Omaha | Greenville, South Carolina |
8:00pm (EDT) | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field |
Note: Game was cancelled the day before because several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).[5]
U.S. Open Cup
As a USL League One club, Greenville will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[6] On January 29, 2020 the Second Round schedule was announced.[7]
![South Carolina](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg.png)
![New Mexico](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png)
April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) Second Round | Greenville Triumph SC ![]() | cancelled | ![]() | Greenville, South Carolina |
7:30 PM EDT | Stadium: Legacy Early College Field | |||
Note: US Open Cup canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8] |
References
- ^ "2020 Roster". greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
- ^ "Greenville Triumph SC Schedule". USL League One.
- ^ "USL League One Final Cancelled, Greenville Named 2020 Title-Winners". USLLeagueOne.com Staff. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Open Cup Second Round Pairings and Host Scenarios". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "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.