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San Antonio FC is a professional soccer club based in San Antonio, Texas. It competes in the USL Championship, the second-highest level of the United States soccer league system, as a member of the Western Conference.

San Antonio FC

Full name	San Antonio Fútbol Club
Short name	SAFC
Founded	January 7, 2016; 6 years ago (2016-01-07)
Stadium	Toyota Field
Capacity	8,296
Owner	Spurs Sports & Entertainment
Chairman	Peter J. Holt
Head coach	Alen Marcina
League	USL Championship
2021	2nd, Mountain Division Playoffs: Conference Final
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors
Current season

History

San Antonio FC was awarded the thirty-first USL franchise on January 7, 2016. The establishment of the club, along with the concurrent purchase of Toyota Field by the City of San Antonio and Bexar County, was part of a plan by local officials to obtain an expansion franchise in Major League Soccer.[1] As a result, the San Antonio Scorpions franchise of the North American Soccer League was shut down. The first head coach in club history was former Elon University men's soccer coach and Orlando City SC Pro Academy Director, Darren Powell.[2] Carlos Alvarez was the club's first player signing on February 2, 2016.[3]

After failing to make the playoffs in its inaugural season, San Antonio FC finished the 2017 USL regular season with a 17–11–4 (W-D-L) record, finishing second in the USL Western Conference standings and earning their first playoff berth in club history. SAFC advanced to the Western Conference semifinals before being eliminated.[4] San Antonio failed to make the playoffs in consecutive years in 2018 and 2019 by a combined 4 points in the conference table.

San Antonio FC parted ways with head coach Darren Powell on October 30, 2019 after four seasons with the club. He accumulated an overall competition win-draw-loss record of 59–39–44. He led the club to its only playoff appearance in 2017, but failed to make the playoffs in the other three seasons under his management.[5] His assistant coach, Alen Marcina, was named to replace Powell on December 9, 2019 in preparation for the 2020 USL Championship season. He led the former San Antonio Scorpions to their only NASL championship in the 2014 season.[6] On October 20, 2021, Marcina led the club to their second consecutive post-season berth – the first back-to-back playoff appearance in club history.[7] San Antonio would advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in club history, losing to eventual league champions Orange County SC in penalty kicks.[8]

Stadium

• Toyota Field (2016–present), capacity 8,296[9]

San Antonio plays its home matches at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas. Toyota Field is an 8,296-seat soccer-specific, natural grass stadium designed to be expandable to over 18,000 seats. Originally built for the former San Antonio Scorpions, the stadium was sold by its owner, Gordon Hartman, to the City of San Antonio and Bexar County in November 2015. San Antonio FC set a Toyota Field attendance record of 8,466 for its inaugural home match against the Swope Park Rangers on April 9, 2016.[10]

Crest and colors

San Antonio's club colors are black and silver, showing strength and unity with the other SS&E franchises. Red is an accent color that is from the same red in the Texas state flag signifying the pride the club has in Texas.[11]

The shape of San Antonio FC's badge was derived from a variety of traditional national and international club crests. The heart of the badge contains two prominent elements: the five diagonal stripes, which were inspired by the armed forces’ service stripes, are a salute to San Antonio’s rich military history and their upward movement signifies the club's goal to play at the highest level; and the rowel of the Spur symbolizes the direct link between San Antonio FC and its parent company, Spurs Sports & Entertainment. Binding all of the interior elements is a single "S”—a subtle nod to the hometown heritage and how it unites the community.[11]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref.
2016–2021	Nike	Toyota	[12]
2022–	Puma		[13]

Culture

Affiliation

San Antonio was designated as the USL affiliate of New York City FC for the 2017 season.[14] As of 2019, there is no reported affiliation between San Antonio FC and New York City FC.

Supporters

• The Crocketteers are the largest organized independent soccer supporters group based in San Antonio. The group was founded in March 2009 by Michael Macias.[15]
• Mission City Firm is an independent football organization whose mission is to give 100% of their support to San Antonio FC. They are a very diverse group of individuals and "welcome any and all persons who share the same passion for the game and for what professional football here in San Antonio will do for our community."[16]

Rivalries

Copa Tejas

San Antonio FC shares in-state rivalries with two current USL Championship sides in Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC, Rio Grande Valley FC and formerly Austin Bold FC. Begun in the 2019 USL Championship season, all three teams participate in the Copa Tejas[17] – a head-to-head competition during the USL regular season schedule. The team with the most points at the end of the season wins the trophy. San Antonio won its first Copa Tejas in 2022, going 3-1-0 against their opponents.

South Texas Derby

Since 2016, the annual rivalry with Rio Grande Valley FC, who served as a hybrid affiliate of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer from 2016 until 2020,[18] is one of the most hotly contested matches in lower division US soccer. The two teams are located about 237 miles apart from each other in South Texas. Due to this proximity, the matches tend to draw well and often feature aggressive play for bragging rights.

Ownership

The club is owned by Spurs Sports & Entertainment.[19]

Players and staff

Current roster

As of September 16, 2022[20]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
0	GK	Grant Makela	United States
1	GK	Jordan Farr	United States
2	DF	Carter Manley	United States
3	DF	Mitchell Taintor	United States
4	DF	Fabien Garcia	France
5	MF	Jordy Delem	Martinique
6	MF	PC	Brazil
7	DF	Saad Abdul-Salaam	United States
8	MF	Deshane Beckford	Jamaica
9	FW	Santiago Patiño	Colombia
10	MF	David Loera	United States
11	FW	Justin Dhillon	United States
14	FW	Samuel Adeniran (on loan from Seattle Sounders)	United States
17	DF	Jordan Ayimbila (on loan from Accra Lions)	Ghana
18	FW	Elliot Collier	New Zealand
19	MF	Cristian Parano (on loan from F.C. Paços de Ferreira)	Argentina
20	FW	Ignacio Bailone	Argentina
21	MF	Leo Torres	United States
22	DF	Shannon Gomez	Trinidad and Tobago
25	MF	Mohammed Abu	Ghana
27	FW	Jack Lynn (on loan from Orlando City)	United States
31	DF	Connor Maloney	United States
32	MF	Ates Diouf	Senegal
33	DF	Jasser Khmiri	Tunisia
50	GK	Jude Bosshardt ([A])	United States
52	DF	Kibukila Mbula ([A])	United States
53	FW	Kai Louviere ([A])	United States
54	MF	Henrik Sakshaug ([A])	United States
55	FW	Eduardo Fernandez ([A])	United States
56	DF	Giovanni Padilla ([A])	United States
57	MF	Matthew Matsuzaki ([A])	United States
80	MF	Nicky Hernandez (on loan from FC Dallas)	United States

For recent transfers, see 2022 San Antonio FC season.

Team management

Executive
Chairman	Peter J. Holt
CEO	R. C. Buford
Managing Director	Tim Holt
Staff
Head Coach	Alen Marcina
Assistant Coach	Dario Pot
SAFC Pro Academy Director & Director of Goalkeeping	Juan Lamadrid
Equipment Manager	Rashad Moore
High Performance Coordinator	Sean Arters
Head Athletic Trainer	Jesse Lowrance
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Alex Saldana

Year-by-year

As of November 6, 2022

Year	USL Championship										U.S. Open Cup	Top scorer(s)		Average attendance
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	West Conf.	Overall	Playoffs		Player	Goals	Reg.	Playoffs
2016	30	10	8	12	36	36	38	10th	17th	Did not qualify	Fourth Round	Rafael Castillo Franck Tayou	5	6,170	N/A
2017	32	17	11	4	45	24	62	2nd	3rd	Conference Semifinals	Third Round	Billy Forbes	10	7,153	7,026
2018	34	14	8	12	45	48	50	9th	15th	Did not qualify	Fourth Round	Éver Guzmán	11	6,939	N/A
2019	34	12	9	13	62	57	45	11th	20th	Did not qualify	Third Round	Jack Barmby Éver Guzmán	9	6,765	N/A
2020	16	10	3	3	30	14	33	3rd	6th	Conference Quarterfinals	Cancelled	Luis Solignac	8	2,448[lower-alpha 1]	2,175[lower-alpha 1]
2021	32	14	10	8	50	38	52	4th	10th	Conference Final	Cancelled	Nathan	13	4,832[lower-alpha 1]	7,485
2022	34	24	5	5	54	26	77	1st	1st	USL Championship Final	Round of 32	Samuel Adeniran	11	6,007	8,227

Honors

USL Championship

• USL Cup

• USL Regular Season
  • Champions (1): 2022
• USL Western Conference
  • Champions (Regular season) (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (Regular season) (1): 2017
  • Champions (Playoffs) (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (Playoffs) (1): 2021

Other

• Copa Tejas (Shield)
  • Champions (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2021
• Copa Tejas (Division 2)
  • Champions (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

Notes

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] San Antonio FC

Der San Antonio Fútbol Club ist ein US-amerikanisches Fußball-Franchise der United Soccer League aus San Antonio, Texas.

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- [en] San Antonio FC

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[es] San Antonio Football Club

El San Antonio Football Club es un club de fútbol estadounidense con sede en San Antonio, Texas. Fue fundado el 7 de enero de 2016 y milita en la USL Championship.

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