2022 FC Tucson season

2022 FC Tucson season was the twelfth season in the soccer team's history and their fourth in USL League One.

FC Tucson
2022 season
OwnerBenevolent Sports Tucson, LLC
Manager Jon Pearlman
StadiumKino North Stadium
USL1 2022 season10th Place
USL1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerLouis Perez
Donny Toia (5)
Highest home attendance1,785 (July 3 vs Greenville Triumph SC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 855
(September 20 vs North Carolina FC)
All: 528
(Cal. United Strikers, USOC)
Average home league attendance1,259
Biggest win3–0 (September 11 vs Union Omaha)
Biggest defeat0–4 (April 2 vs Richmond Kickers)

Players and staff

Roster
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
1Sean MurrayGK (1999-03-12) March 12, 19992022 Monmouth University
23Carlos MerancioGK (1998-09-14) September 14, 19982022 Hartford Athletic
30Emiliano AndrauxGK (2002-05-02) May 2, 20022020 FC Tucson Academy [A]
Defenders
2Donny ToiaDF / FW (1992-05-28) May 28, 19922022 Real Salt Lake
4Luca MastrantonioDF (1996-05-27) May 27, 19962021 UC Irvine
5Kaelon FoxDF (1995-05-31) May 31, 19952021 Þór Akureyri
12Tyler AllenDF (1998-10-12) October 12, 19982022 Forward Madison FC
16Jacob CrullDF (1997-10-03) October 3, 19972022 Union Omaha
17Tarn WeirDF (1999-04-10) April 10, 19992022 Oakland Roots SC
22Tyler MossDF (1998-12-27) December 27, 19982022 Sacramento State University
27Eric KinznerDF (2003-03-22) March 22, 20032022 Tacoma Defiance (loan)
49Diego RuizDF (2003-07-16) July 16, 20032022 FC Tucson Academy [A]
Midfielders
6Elijah WynderMF (2003-03-10) March 10, 20032022 Louisville City FC (loan)
7João DelgadoMF (1994-01-16) January 16, 19942021 Reading United AC
8Daniel BedoyaMF (1994-02-13) February 13, 19942022 New Amsterdam FC
11Kevin RodriguezMF (1996-09-25) September 25, 19962022 Rio Grande Valley FC
13Louis PerezMF (1997-06-11) June 11, 19972022 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
18Tevin ShawMF (1997-02-24) February 24, 19972022 Atlético Ottawa
21Mueng SundayMF (1994-03-01) March 1, 19942022 OKC Energy FC
25Charlie MachellMF (1994-10-25) October 25, 19942022 Al-Ittihad Club
31Brandon SanchezMF (2003-09-12) September 12, 20032021 FC Tucson Academy [A]
32Burke FahlingMF (1997-08-03) August 3, 19972022 Charleston Battery (loan)
38Jerod AllenMF (2004-08-17) August 17, 20042021 FC Tucson Academy [A]
Forwards
9Yuki ShibataFW (1998-01-15) January 15, 19982022 Stumptown AC
10Deri CorfeFW (1998-03-03) March 3, 19982021 New York Red Bulls II
14Fernando GarciaFW (1999-05-21) May 21, 19992022 Des Moines Menace
20Daniel BloyouFW (2000-04-18) April 18, 20002022 Penn State
29Franco PérezFW (1998-11-04) November 4, 19982022 Club Atlético Aldosivi (loan)
33Nick HanusFW (2003-02-25) February 25, 20032022 FC Tucson Academy [A]
91Gio CalixtroFW (2000-06-27) June 27, 20002021 Portland Timbers 2
  1. ^
    USL Academy contract.
    2.

[1]

Coaching staff
Name Position
Jon Pearlman Head coach
Mark Biagi Assistant coach
Sebastian Pineda Assistant coach & Academy Head Coach
Vito Higgins Goalkeeper coach

Front Office Staff
Name Position
Amanda Powers President
Jon Pearlman Technical Director
Kyle Cornell Director of Soccer Operations

[2][3]

Competitions

Friendlies

All times from this point on Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00)

February 26, 2022 (2022-02-26) Desert Showcase FC Tucson 0–1 Oakland Roots SC Tucson, Arizona
12:00 PM MST TUC Report
  • Dennis 20'
 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 925
Referee: Laura Chambers Waliski
March 5, 2022 (2022-03-05) Preseason Phoenix Rising FC 5–1 FC Tucson Chandler, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
PHX Report
Stadium: Wild Horse Pass Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage
March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12) Preseason FC Tucson 2–1 Grand Canyon University Tucson, Arizona
11:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage
March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27) Preseason FC Tucson 2–0 Pima Community College Tucson, Arizona
11:00 PM MST
TUC Report Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage

USL League One
Main article: 2022 USL League One season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
7 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 30 11 10 9 42 38 +4 42
8 Central Valley Fuego FC 30 11 12 7 37 40 −3 40
9 Forward Madison FC 30 7 11 12 34 44 −10 33
10 FC Tucson 30 8 14 8 34 44 −10 32
11 North Carolina FC 30 8 16 6 35 53 −18 30
Source: USL League One
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) drawing of lots.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 8 8 14 34 44  −10 32 4 4 7 15 18  −3 4 4 7 19 26  −7

Source: USL League One[4]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
StadiumAHAHHAAAHAAHHHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAH
ResultLDWLLLWLLDWLDDLLLWLDLWWDWWDLLD
Position1111810111191111111111111111111111111111111010101010101010
Source: USL League One[5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results
April 2, 2022 (2022-04-02) 1 Richmond Kickers 4–0 FC Tucson Richmond, Virginia
5:30 PM MST
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,054
Referee: Danielle Chesky
April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16) 2 FC Tucson 1–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
MAD Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,482
Referee: Corbyn May
April 23, 2022 (2022-04-23) 3 Chattanooga Red Wolves 2–3 FC Tucson East Ridge, Tennessee
4:30 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,654
Referee: Kyle Johnston
April 30, 2022 (2022-04-30) 4 FC Tucson 0–2 Tormenta FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
TRM Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Adam Zarrin
May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07) 5 FC Tucson 1–2 North Carolina FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 908
Referee: Killian Richardson
May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15) 6 Charlotte Independence 2–1 FC Tucson Charlotte, North Carolina
3:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CLT Report
Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
May 28, 2022 (2022-05-28) 7 Tormenta FC 0–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
4:30 PM MST
TUC Report
TRM Report
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 928
Referee: Laura Chambers Waliski
June 4, 2022 (2022-06-04) 8 Forward Madison FC 2–1 FC Tucson Madison, Wisconsin
3:00 PM MST
TUC Report
MAD Report
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Referee: Wes Caouette
June 11, 2022 (2022-06-11) 9 FC Tucson 1–2 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,355
Referee: Dejan Susak
June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18) 10 Central Valley Fuego FC 0–0 FC Tucson Fresno, California
7:30 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium
Referee: Joseph Salinas
June 25, 2022 (2022-06-25) 11 Chattanooga Red Wolves 1–2 FC Tucson East Ridge, Tennessee
4:30 PM MST
Report
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,213
Referee: DeShun Beard
June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29) 12 FC Tucson 0–1 Richmond Kickers Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,688
Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández
Note: Postponed on May 20 by Richmond due to COVID-19 concerns.[6][7]
July 3, 2022 (2022-07-03) 13 FC Tucson 1–1 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
GVL Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Killian Richardson
July 9, 2022 (2022-07-09) 14 FC Tucson 1–1 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
  • Toia  10'  60', 45'
  • Garcia  72'
 Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 983
Referee: Karen Callado
July 16, 2022 (2022-07-16) 15 Union Omaha 2–1 FC Tucson Papillion, Nebraska
5:00 PM MST
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 4,004
Referee: Laura Chambers
July 23, 2022 (2022-07-23) 16 FC Tucson 2–3 Charlotte Independence Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CLT Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Adorae Monroy
August 6, 2022 (2022-08-06) 17 Richmond Kickers 3–1 FC Tucson Richmond, Virginia
5:20 PM MST
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,170
Referee: John Matto
August 17, 2022 (2022-08-17) 18 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 1–2 FC Tucson Severance, Colorado
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCO Report
Stadium: Severance High School
Attendance: 301
Referee: Adam Rice
August 20, 2022 (2022-08-20) 19 FC Tucson 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
GVL Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,293
Referee: Dejan Susak
August 27, 2022 (2022-08-27) 20 North Carolina FC 1–1 FC Tucson Cary, North Carolina
4:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,756
Referee: Josiah Parke
August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31) 21 Central Valley Fuego FC 3–2 FC Tucson Fresno, California
7:30PM PDT
TUC Report
Soccerway Rpt
Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 826
Referee: Adrian Gonzalez
September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03) 22 FC Tucson 1–0 Charlotte Independence Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CLT Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,187
Referee: Corbyn May
September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) 23 FC Tucson 3–0 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
Note: No attendance due to weather delay.
September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16) 24 Tormenta FC 1–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
2:30 PM MST
TRM Report
TUC Report
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20) 25 FC Tucson 1–0 North Carolina FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 855
Referee: Shay Yinka-Kehinde
Note: Match postponed from July 30 due to travel and weather-related issues.[8]
September 24, 2022 (2022-09-24) 26 FC Tucson 2–1 Chattanooga Red Wolves Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
CHT Report
Soccerway Rpt
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,316
Referee: Brandon Stevis
October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01) 27 Greenville Triumph SC 2–2 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
 GVL Report
TUC Report
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Referee: Jervis Atagana
October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05) 28 FC Tucson 0–2 Central Valley Fuego FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: DeShun Beard
October 8, 2022 (2022-10-08) 29 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 2–1 FC Tucson Severance, Colorado
5:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCO Report
Stadium: Severance High School
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
October 15, 2022 (2022-10-15) 30 FC Tucson 1–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Kelsey Harms

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL League One, FC Tucson entered the tournament proper in the Second Round. This was their first appearance in the Open Cup since 2018.[9][10]

April 6, 2022 (2022-04-06) Second Round FC Tucson 3–2 Las Vegas Lights FC Tucson, Arizona
6:30pm MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Benjamin Davis
April 19, 2022 (2022-04-19) Third Round FC Tucson 1–2 California United Strikers FC Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm MST
TUC Report
ESPN Report
  • Kurtz  45+2'
  • Nuño 71'
  • Kawashima 90+2'
 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 528
Referee: Dejan Susak

Statistics

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# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists
13 MF Louis Perez 26 25 2067 5 7 7 1
2 DF Donny Toia 18 15 1347 5 1 2 1
14 FW Fernando Garcia 18 7 688 4 0 2 1
8 MF Daniel Bedoya 24 14 1281 3 1 4 0
4 DF Luca Mastrantonio 30 30 2700 2 0 6 0
16 DF Jacob Crull 30 28 2545 2 1 4 0
5 DF Kaelon Fox 26 24 2154 2 1 3 0
29 FW Franco Pérez 17 13 894 2 2 6 1
17 DF Tarn Weir 25 19 1760 1 1 3 0
12 DF Tyler Allen 24 18 1624 1 3 4 0
25 MF Charlie Machell 22 17 1445 1 1 5 0
11 FW Gio Calixtro 24 14 1309 1 1 2 0
22 DF Tyler Moss 15 10 967 1 0 1 1
10 FW Deri Corfe 9 6 576 1 0 1 0
7 MF João Delgado 10 5 443 1 0 2 0
32 MF Burke Fahling 27 20 1805 0 2 9 1
18 MF Tevin Shaw 18 11 966 0 0 5 1
27 DF Eric Kinzner 12 10 864 0 0 3 0
21 MF Mueng Sunday 17 6 542 0 0 3 1
9 FW Yuki Shibata 8 4 363 0 0 1 0
6 MF Elijah Wynder 12 2 265 0 1 0 0
20 FW Daniel Bloyou 4 1 99 0 0 0 0
11 MF Kevin Rodriguez 1 1 67 0 0 0 0
77 FW Josiah Romero 2 0 14 0 0 0 0
19 MF Christian Nydegger 1 0 6 0 0 0 0

Goalkeepers
# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO
23 Carlos Merancio 29 29 2610 84 42 1.448 5 0 0
1 Sean Murray 1 1 90 4 2 2.000 0 0 0

References
  1. "2022 FC Tucson Roster". fctucson.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  2. "FC Tucson Staff". fctucson.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  3. "FC Tucson Technical Staff". fctucson.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. "2022 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  5. "2022 FC Tucson Schedule". FC Tucson Communications.
  6. "520 Day Match With Richmond Postponed". FC Tucson. May 20, 2022.
  7. "520 Day Match Rescheduled For June 29". FC Tucson. May 24, 2022.
  8. "FC Tucson vs. North Carolina FC Postponed". USLLeagueOne.com. July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  9. "U.S. SOCCER RELEASES SECOND ROUND PAIRINGS AND HOST SCENARIOS FOR 2022 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP". February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  10. "U.S. Open Cup Returns to Tucson". fctucson.com. February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  11. "FC Tucson 2022 Player Stats". Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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