2019 Austin Bold FC season

Austin Bold FC
2019 season
Stadium	Bold Stadium; Austin, Texas
USL	Conference: 8th
USL Cup Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
2019 U.S. Open Cup	4th Round
Copa Tejas	Champion
Highest home attendance	League/All: 5,803; (March 30 vs. San Antonio)
Lowest home attendance	League/All: 1,201; (September 11 vs. Sacramento)
Average home league attendance	2,395
Biggest win	5–0; (June 29 vs. Colorado Springs)
Biggest defeat	0–6; (July 19 at Phoenix)
	2020 →

The 2019 Austin Bold FC season was the inaugural season for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[1]

Club

As of 19 April 2019^{[citation needed]}

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Juan David Ramírez (on loan from Atlético Nacional)	Colombia
2	DF	Jorge Troncoso	Chile
3	DF	Edson Braafheid	Netherlands
4	DF	Jermaine Taylor	Jamaica
6	MF	Calum Mallace	Scotland
7	MF	Julian Gaines	United States
8	MF	Xavier Báez	Mexico
9	FW	Kléber	Brazil
11	FW	Isaac Promise	Nigeria
12	DF	Demar Phillips	Jamaica
14	MF	Faris Abdi	Saudi Arabia
15	DF	Amobi Okugo	United States
17	DF	Sean McFarlane	Jamaica
18	DF	Fabien Garcia	France
19	FW	Kris Tyrpak	United States
20	DF	Josué Soto (on loan from Querétaro)	United States
21	MF	Thomas de Villardi	France
22	FW	Clayton Adams	United States
23	GK	Ryan Thompson	Jamaica
24	GK	Diego Restrepo	United States
27	MF	Valeri Saramutin	Russia
28	DF	London Woodberry	United States
33	MF	Sonny Guadarrama	United States
99	FW	André Lima	Brazil

Competitions

Preseason

February 13	Austin Bold FC	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Texas
	8'	Report	Greig 15'	Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each

February 16	UTRGV Vaqueros	Texas
		Report		Attendance: Closed-door

February 17	Austin Bold FC	2–0	Round Rock SC	Texas
		Report		Attendance: Closed-door

February 23	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	3–1	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 PM CST	Small 3' Trialist 51' Garza 109' (pen.)	Report	19' 49'	Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Match played with two periods of 45 minutes and one period of 35 minutes

February 27	Austin Bold FC	2–1	North Texas SC	Round Rock, Texas
CST	Woodberry 71' Promise 75'	ATX Report NTSC Report	Pepi 15' Radilla 80'	Stadium: Round Rock Multipurpose Complex

USL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	El Paso Locomotive FC	34	13	11	10	42	36	+6	50	Conference Quarterfinals
7	Sacramento Republic	34	14	6	14	50	43	+7	48	Play-In Round
8	Austin Bold FC	34	13	9	12	53	52	+1	48
9	LA Galaxy II	34	12	12	10	59	62	−3	48
10	New Mexico United	34	11	13	10	59	57	+2	46

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.^[2]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixtureJuly 3

Unless otherwise noted, all times in CDT

March 9 1	Las Vegas Lights FC	0–0	Austin Bold FC	Las Vegas, Nevada
9:30 pm PDT	Parra 45+1' Thomas 87'	Report	Guadarrama 25' Lima 90+2'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Timothy Ford

March 16 2	Reno 1868 FC	2–1	Austin Bold FC	Reno, Nevada
4:00 PM	Brown 46', 78'	Report	Kléber 14', 35' Taylor 45+4' Saramutin 47'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 2,919 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

March 30 3	Austin Bold FC	1–0	San Antonio FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Kléber 77'	Report	Hernandez 54'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

April 6 4	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Sacramento, California
9:30 PM	Keinan 44' Saari 64' Taylor 85' (o.g.)	Report	Kléber 12' Troncoso 30'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Calin Radosav

April 17 5	Austin Bold FC	1–0	Phoenix Rising FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Mallace 40' Guadarrama 52'	Report	Pérez 11' Flemmings 65' Spencer 71' Asante 74'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Jon Freemon

April 21 6	Austin Bold FC	0–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Austin, Texas
4:00 PM	Okugo 62'	Report	N'Toko 44' Kiffe 79'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1.839 Referee: Michael Radchuk

April 26 7	Austin Bold FC	3–2	Real Monarchs	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	McFarlane 4' Lima 11', 42', 45+5' Promise 16' Saramutin 45'	Report	Blake 3' Schmitt 19' Moberg 45+6' Martínez 54'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

May 4 8	LA Galaxy II	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Carson, California
9:00 PM	Harvey 30' DePuy 38' Taylor 56' (o.g.) Vom Steeg 90+2'	Report	Guadarrama 36' Báez 65' McFarlane 82'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 589 Referee: Joseph Salinas

Austin Bold FC v OKC Energy FC

May 10 9	Austin Bold FC	2–1	OKC Energy FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Kléber 76', 80' (pen. )	Report	Brown 28' Williams 30'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,804 Referee: Elton Garcia

May 18 10	Orange County SC	2–2	Austin Bold FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM	Leonardo 37' Jones 43' Quinn 52' Seaton 90+3'	Report	Lima 38', 43' Troncoso 39'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,240 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 22 11	Fresno FC	1–0	Austin Bold FC	Fresno, California
9:30 PM	Cochran 55' Lawal 84', 85'	Report	Lima 54' McFarlane 54'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Malik Badawi

May 25 12	Austin Bold FC	1–3	New Mexico United	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Promise 55' Garcia 72' Okugo 84'	Report	Williams 90+3'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,907 Referee: Matthew Franz

June 1 13	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	2–3	Austin Bold FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 P.M.	Hedrick 5' Altamirano 17' Silva 48'	Report	Guadarrama 60' Tyrpak 61', 69', 90+2' Okugo 66'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,187 Referee: Luis Guardia

Austin Bold FC v Portland Timbers 2

June 8 14	Austin Bold FC	2–2	Portland Timbers 2	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Lima 19', 68' Báez 19' Tyrpak 33' Saramutin 43'	Report	Ornstil 8' Williamson 43' Langsdorf 51' Wharton 81' Jadama 90+1' Anguiano 90+4'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,815 Referee: Mark Allatin

June 15 15	Austin Bold FC	1–1	Tacoma Defiance	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Kléber 61' Báez 90'	Report	Gonzalez 88'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Matthew Thompson

June 22 16	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0–1	Austin Bold FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM	Castellanos 22' Adams 83'	Report	Kléber 55' Tyrpak 88' Okugo 90+4' Restrepo 90+6'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

June 29 17	Austin Bold FC	5–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Kléber 21' Atuahene 28' Báez 50' Burt 56' (o.g. )	Report	Rwatubyaye 54' Robinson 75'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,413 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

July 3 18	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM	Okugo 8' (o.g.) Bryant 41' Forbes 50' Gallegos 64' Ackon 67' Parano 70' Greene 90+2'	Report	Báez 45' Guadarrama 76'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,514 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

July 13 19	Austin Bold FC	3–2	Orange County SC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Lima 10' McFarlane 21', 22' Soto 55' Báez 73' Tyrpak 90+2'	Report	Alvarado 27' Seaton 67' Forrester 76' Cervantes 89'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: Malik Badawi

July 19 20	Phoenix Rising FC	6–0	Austin Bold FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30 PM	Asante 17', 58' Musa 54' Jahn 66' Bakero 76' Farrell 80' Calistri 84'	Report	Okugo 28' Saramutin 41' Woodberry 51' Braafheid 73'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,387 Referee: Dejan Susak

July 27 21	Austin Bold FC	1–0	Fresno FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Promise 43' Soto 48'	Report	Basuljevic 37' Chaney 85'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Greg Dopka

August 3 22	New Mexico United	2–2	Austin Bold FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
8:30 PM	Williams 38' Frater 48'	Report	Okugo 11', 31', 67' McFarlane 70' Promise 72' Faris 85' Phillips 90+3'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Michael Radchuk

August 10 23	LA Galaxy II	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Tyrpak 25' Phillips 45+1' 76' Taylor 81'	Report	Acheampong 11' Hilliard-Arce 34' Harvey 46' Williams 59' (pen.) Ontiveros 70' Koreniuk 90+6'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

August 17 24	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Austin, Texas
8:00 PM	Kléber 25' (pen.), 30', 41' (pen.) Guadarrama 83' (pen. )	Report	Ajeakwa 9' Hedrick 24' Altamirano 43' (pen.) Stajduhar 83' Reyes 90+1'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,971 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

August 24 25	OKC Energy FC	4–2	Austin Bold FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
8:00 PM	Ross 11' Watson 19' Lima 24' (o.g.) R. García 27' Eissele 31' D. Brown 42'	Report	Guadarrama 22' Okugo 26' Tyrpak 77' Faris 88'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

September 1 26	Austin Bold FC	3–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Twumasi 33' Taylor 55' Lima 60' Promise 72', 87'	Report	Corti 44' Enríquez 57' Fuenmayor 77' Coronado 85'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Kevin Broadley

September 7 27	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1–1	Austin Bold FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM	Romero 41'	Report	Rissi 26', 70' Restrepo 45+2' Tyrpak 59' Twumasi 65' Phillips 90'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,850 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 11 28	Austin Bold FC	1–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Kléber 33' Okugo 65'	Report	Enevoldsen 23', 90+6' Skundrich 26' Formella 31' Shuttleworth 75' Bijev 87'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 15 29	Austin Bold FC	1–2	Reno 1868 FC	Austin, Texas
6:00 PM	Kléber 41' Phillips 79'	Report	Hertzog 20' (pen.) Musovski 43' Galindo 52' Mfeka 89'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,645 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

September 22 30	Austin Bold FC	4–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	Austin, Texas
6:00 PM	Kléber 21', 31', 90+1' Lima 51' Báez 61'	Report	Sousa 23', 28' Sandoval 45+1'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Luis Guardia

September 29 31	Portland Timbers 2	1–2	Austin Bold FC	Portland, Oregon
3:00 PM	Hanson 25' Diz 27' Smith 65'	Report	Tyrpak 64' Lima 82', 84' Báez 90+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,357 Referee: Eric Tattersall

October 5 32	Real Monarchs	P–P	Austin Bold FC	Herriman, Utah
2:00 PM				Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Note: Match rescheduled due to the death of Isaac Promise.^[3]

October 10 33	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–1	Austin Bold FC	El Paso, Texas
8:00 PM	Monsalvez 42' Velásquez 76' (pen.)	Report	Kléber 53' Lima 77', 81' Taylor 82' Soto 90+3'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

October 16 32	Real Monarchs	2–2	Austin Bold FC	Herriman, Utah
8:00 PM	Vazquez 5' Coffee 55' Ryden 90+3'	Report	Kléber 86'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,503 Referee: Greg Dopka
Note: Match rescheduled from October 5.^[4]

October 19 34	Tacoma Defiance	3–1	Austin Bold FC	Tacoma, Washington
9:00 PM	Gonzalez 21' Vargas 77' Daley 79' Hegardt 88' Rogers 89'	Report	de Villardi 61' Tyrpak 82'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Malik Badawi

USL Cup Playoffs

October 23 Play-In Round	LA Galaxy II	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Twumasi 9', 76' Lima 32' Soto 49' McFarlane 54' Braafheid 60'	Report	Harvey 35' Hernández 76' Kamara 77'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,656 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr

October 26 Conference Quarterfinals	Phoenix Rising FC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Austin Bold FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30 PM	Lambert 70' Jahn 86'	Report	Soto 14' McFarlane 35' Guadarrama 68' de Villardi 95'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
	Penalties
	Flemmings Bakero Calistri Lambert Spencer Farrell Johnson Dia Cochran		Tyrpak de Villardi McFarlane Soto Braafheid Okugo Atuahene Twumasi Taylor

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Austin Bold FC will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14–15, 2019^[5]

May 14 Tulsa Roughnecks	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM	Báez 29' Guadarrama 34' Lima 74'	Report	Blackwell 33' Makinde 69'	Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Luis Guardia

May 29

CDT

Kléber

10',

84'
Guadarrama

39'
Lima

43',

62'
Taylor

57'
Saramutin

71'

Report

Castillo

37'
Laing

41'
Restrepo

44'
Gallegos

60'
Barmby

90+3',

90+4'

Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 2,555
Referee: Marco Vega

Attendance: 4,765
Referee: Elton Garcia

References

^ "Austin Bold FC Announces Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "Austin Bold FC Announces Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "Austin Bold FC, Real Monarchs SLC Contest Postponed". Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^ "Austin Bold FC, Real Monarchs SLC Contest Postponed". Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[1] "Austin Bold FC Announces Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[2] "Austin Bold FC Announces Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[3] "Austin Bold FC, Real Monarchs SLC Contest Postponed". Retrieved October 7, 2019.

[4] "Austin Bold FC, Real Monarchs SLC Contest Postponed". Retrieved October 7, 2019.

[5] "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.

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v t e 2019 USL Championship season
Playoffs
Eastern	Atlanta United 2 Bethlehem Steel Birmingham Legion Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United Louisville City Memphis 901 Nashville SC New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Ottawa Fury Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Saint Louis FC Swope Park Rangers Tampa Bay Rowdies
Western	Austin Bold Colorado Springs Switchbacks El Paso Locomotive Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights New Mexico United OKC Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic San Antonio FC Tacoma Defiance Tulsa Roughnecks