2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
2020 season
Head coach	Gerson Echeverry
USL Championship	Group D: 4th ; Conference: 16th
USL Playoffs	Did not qualify
Copa Tejas	Not held
Average home league attendance	1,324 (Overall); 2,300 (Pre-Covid); 836 (Post-Covid)
Biggest win	RGV 2–0 ATX (Sept. 30); RGV 4–2 OKC (Oct. 3)
Biggest defeat	RGV 1–5 LA (March 8)
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 5th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[2] This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.^[3]

Club[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 10, 2020.


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Nico Corti	Belgium
2	MF	Carlos Vivero	United States
3	DF	Robert Coronado	United States
4	DF	Robert Castellanos	United States
6	MF	David Cabrera	Colombia
7	MF	Camilo Monroy	Colombia
8	MF	Romilio Hernandez	El Salvador
10	MF	Victor Garza	United States
11	FW	Jesús Enríquez	Peru
12	MF	Brad Dunwell	United States
14	DF	Zach Jackson	United States
15	MF	Andres Arcila	Colombia
16	DF	Andrew Samuels	United States
18	MF	Sergio Mena	Colombia
19	MF	Nico Lemoine	United States
20	DF	Conor Donovan	United States
22	DF	Héctor Copete	Colombia
23	FW	Aldo Quintanilla	Mexico
27	MF	Kevin Rodriguez	United States
30	MF	Isidro Martinez	United States
32	DF	Kyle Adams	New Zealand
58	FW	Carlos Small (on loan from Árabe Unido)	Panama
99	GK	Ben Willis	United States

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Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

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Houston Dynamo academy player.

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Competitions[edit]

Exhibitions[edit]

February 2 Preseason 1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	v	Houston Baptist Huskies	Edinburg, Texas
1:00PM				Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Result not made public.

February 8 Preseason 2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–5	Houston Dynamo	Edinburg, Texas
7:00PM		Report	Martínez 23' (Lundqvist) Manotas 37' (Figueroa) Salazar 93', 111' McNamara 118' (pen.)	Stadium: H-E-B Park

February 15 Preseason 3	Austin Bold FC	2–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Austin, Texas
6:00PM	Trialist #1 Trialist #2	Report Report	McLaughlin Trialist	Stadium: Bold Stadium

February 22 Preseason 4	SMU Mustangs	2–4	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Houston, Texas
1:00PM	45'	Report	20' Beckford 25' Trialist 51' Trialist 88'	Stadium: Houston Sports Park

February 28 Preseason 5	San Antonio FC	v	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
1:00PM				Stadium: STAR Soccer Complex

USL Championship[edit]

Standings — Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	San Antonio FC	16	10	3	3	30	14	+16	33	2.06	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	FC Tulsa	15	6	7	2	21	16	+5	25	1.67	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
3	Austin Bold FC	16	5	7	4	30	27	+3	22	1.38
4	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	14	2	3	9	17	28	−11	9	0.64
5	OKC Energy FC	16	1	7	8	12	29	−17	10	0.63

Source: USL

Match results[edit]

On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.^[5]

March 8 1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–5	LA Galaxy II	Edinburg, Texas
6:30 PM	Prpa 19', 85'	Report	Koreniuk 13', 67' Dunbar 30' Williams 53' Cuevas 88'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Tori Penso

In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the remainder of RGVFC's schedule was announced on July 2.^[6]

July 11 2	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	El Paso, Texas
8:30 PM CDT	Beckie 30' Monsalvez 38' Mares 78', 83'	Report	Murphy 79' Castellanos 85' Legault 90+5'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Referee: Ismir Pekmic

July 19 3	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–1	San Antonio FC	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Legault 60' Beckford 78' Taiberson 90+4'	Report	Parano 3' Victor Giro 73' Taintor 90' Di Renzo 90+5'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Melvin Rivas

July 22 4	OKC Energy FC	1–1	Rio Grande Valley	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT	López 62', 88' Ellis-Hayden 63' Hernández 90+10'	Report	Beckford 11' Kibato 20' Coronado 90+7' Taiberson 90+8'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Michael Cap

July 25 5	San Antonio FC	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Victor Giro 36' Di Renzo 60'	Report	Rocha 9' Rodriguez 45+1'	Stadium: Toyota Field Referee: Elton Garcia

August 1 6	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–2	FC Tulsa	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Castellanos 71' Adams 73'	Report	Marlon 26' Bird 28' Martinez 74' (pen.) da Costa 90+1' Boakye 90+2'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Elton Garcia

August 8 7	Austin Bold FC	4–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Austin, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Jome 27', 67' Diouf 38' Restrepo 59' Twumasi 80' Forbes 90+3'	Report	Coronado 2' 24' Kibato 3' Murphy 29' Taiberson 90'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Referee: Luis Guardia

August 15 8	OKC Energy FC	0–0	Rio Grande Valley	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT	Ellis-Hayden 14'	Report		Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 22 9	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–3	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Kibato 22' Obregón 58' Jimenez 78', 90+5'	Report	Forbes 16' Diouf 21', 53' Troncoso 38' Garcia 65'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Gerald Flores

August 29 10	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–3	San Antonio FC	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Castellanos 35' McLaughlin 45+6' Martinez 65' Hoffmann 80' Coronado 90+5'	Report	Smith 3' Solignac 20' Taintor 30' PC 41' Herivaux 53' Yaro 68' Di Renzo 90+3' Bailone 90+5'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Referee: Malik Badawi

September 2 11	FC Tulsa	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT	Suárez 25', 68' Marlon 27' Bird 43' Moloto 75' Zguro 84'	Report	Prpa 28'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

September 5 12	San Antonio FC	3–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	San Antonio, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Solignac 1' Gorskie 17' Bailone 22' Parano 81'	Report	Edwards 10' Beckford 59' Murphy 83'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 813 Referee: Héctor Hernández

September 12 13	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	P–P	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT				Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization.^[7]

September 19 14	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	P–P	FC Tulsa	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT				Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization.^[8]

September 23 15	New Mexico United	P–P	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Albuquerque, New Mexico
TBA PM CDT				Stadium: Isotopes Park
Note: Match postponed due to a positive covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization.^[9]

September 30 13	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–0	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Hoffmann 36' Edwards 41' Garza 90+6' Obregón 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Watson 40' Taylor 45+4' Diouf 72'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 716 Referee: Gerald Flores
Note: Re-schedule of postponed September 12 match.^[8]

October 3 16	Rio Grande Valley FC	4–2	OKC Energy FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Edwards 6' Azócar 39' Amico 43' (o.g.) Obregón 67'	Report	Cato 12' Brown 83'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 956 Referee: Melvin Rivas

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

Due to their hybrid affiliation with the Dynamo, RGVFC is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.^[10]

Statistics[edit]

As of September 4, 2020 Source: us.soccerway.com^[11]

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL Championship Regular Season		Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	USA	Robert Castellanos	11	2	11+0	2	0	0
7	MF	USA	Isidro Martinez	11	0	10+1	0	0	0
16	FW	USA	Garrett McLaughlin	11	1	8+3	1	0	0
31	MF	JAM	Deshane Beckford	11	1	5+6	1	0	0
2	DF	USA	Carter Manley	10	0	10+0	0	0	0
3	DF	USA	Robert Coronado	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
22	MF	CAN	Kembo Kibato	10	1	7+3	1	0	0
40	FW	HON	Juan Carlos Obregón Jr.	10	1	5+5	1	0	0
12	GK	USA	Paul Blanchette	9	0	9+0	0	0	0
14	MF	USA	Luka Prpa	9	2	6+3	2	0	0
29	MF	USA	Christian Lucatero	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
6	MF	USA	James Murphy	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
9	FW	VIN	Kyle Edwards	8	1	2+6	1	0	0
11	MF	USA	Kevin Rodriguez	7	0	5+2	0	0	0
27	DF	USA	Jonathan Jimenez	7	1	1+6	1	0	0
32	DF	NZL	Kyle Adams	6	0	6+0	0	0	0
37	MF	BRA	Taiberson	6	1	4+2	1	0	0
28	DF	SWE	Erik McCue	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
8	MF	GER	Timo Mehlich	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
20	DF	CAN	Émile Legault	3	1	2+1	1	0	0
18	MF	USA	Ian Hoffmann	2	0	2+0	0	0	0
5	DF	USA	Diego Rocha	2	1	1+1	1	0	0
1	GK	EIR	Ryan Coulter	1	0	1+0	0	0	0
10	MF	USA	Victor Garza	1	0	1+0	0	0	0

References[edit]

^ "Copa Tejas". Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ "About the Club". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". January 9, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Roster". Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^ "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^ "RGV FC Reveals New USL Championship Schedule". rgvfc.com. July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ "RGV FC Postpone Saturday Night Matchup with Austin Bold". RGVFC.com. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Updated Schedule for Toros". RGVFC.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^ "Toros Postpone Matchup with New Mexico". RGVFC.com. September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
^ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ "Rio Grande Valley FC Toros". Retrieved September 4, 2020.

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Houston Dynamo.

[cnote_B_grp_1] 
Houston Dynamo academy player.

[1] "Copa Tejas". Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

[2] "About the Club". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[3] "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". January 9, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[4] "Roster". Retrieved January 10, 2020.

[5] "USL Championship Unveils 2020 Schedule". January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

[6] "RGV FC Reveals New USL Championship Schedule". rgvfc.com. July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

[7] "RGV FC Postpone Saturday Night Matchup with Austin Bold". RGVFC.com. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

[schedUpd-8] "Updated Schedule for Toros". RGVFC.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

[9] "Toros Postpone Matchup with New Mexico". RGVFC.com. September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

[USSF-10] "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[11] "Rio Grande Valley FC Toros". Retrieved September 4, 2020.

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