2025 Austin FC season

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The 2025 season will be Austin FC's fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. They play in the league's Western Conference.

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Austin FC
2025 season
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ChairmanAnthony Precourt
Head coachNico Estévez
StadiumQ2 Stadium
MLS4th
Copa Tejas2nd
Copa Tejas Shield2nd
Top goalscorerLeague: 5 players at 1 goal
All: 5 players at 1 goal
Highest home attendance20,738
Average home league attendance20,738
Biggest win4 matches by one goal
Biggest defeat2 matches by one goal
 2024
2026 
All statistics correct as of 02:49, April 6, 2025 (UTC).
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Background

Austin FC started playing in the MLS Western Conference in 2021, finishing in 12th place with a record of 9W-4D-21L.[1] 2022 brought many new experiences to Austin FC. They lost their first ever U.S. Open Cup match against San Antonio FC in extra time,[2] won their first trophy, the Copa Tejas, and qualified for their first-ever MLS Cup Playoffs in just their second season as a franchise.[3] Austin FC advanced to the Western Conference Finals but lost to LAFC.[4] Austin FC fell almost all the way to the bottom of the 2023 standings, with the team finishing in 27th place in Major League Soccer. The new sporting director Rodolfo Borrell was quoted as saying "The team overachieved last year, the team underachieved this year", but showed his support for coach Josh Wolff as the team looks to rebuild for the 2024 season.[5] At the end of the 2024 season, and after back-back seasons without reaching the MLS playoffs, Austin FC release their first ever coach Josh Wolff, having an interim coach for the final game of the season.[6]

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Pre-season

Austin FC started their 2025 roster build the week after their final game of the 2024 season. On October 21, 2024, Austin announced they had extended Jáder Obrian's contract through 2026 with a 1-year club option, after being one of the top goal scorers for the 2024 season.[7] The next day, Austin FC announced the contract extension of Owen Wolff, the teams first homegrown player, signing him through 2027 with a 1-year club option.[8] With their third announcement in three days, Austin FC announced the extension of Brendan Hines-Ike through the 2025 season with a 1-year club option.[9] Austin FC continued agreeing to contract extensions for the fourth straight day, announcing Diego Rubio had been signed through the 2025 season with a 1-year club option.[10] Closing out a week of updates, Austin FC announced the hiring of Nico Estévez as the new coach, with plans for him to join the team after the November 2024 FIFA window.[11] On November 5, 2024, Austin FC announced their roster decision headed into the 2025 season. Austin exercised their club option on Daniel Pereira and Jimmy Farkarlun while they did not exercise the option for Matt Hedges, Jhojan Valencia, Alexander Ring, Ethan Finlay, and Matt Bersano. With Hector Jiménez out of contract the team continues to negotiate for his service during the 2025 season.[12] After exercising their option on Pereira, Austin FC announced they had signed him to a new contract through the 2025 season with an option for 2026. After recently obtaining his Green Card, Pereira will hold a senior spot on the roster, but no longer an international slot.[13] On December 9, 2024, Austin FC announced they had used their season buyout on Gyasi Zardes, opening up a senior slot and removing his salary from the 2025 budget.[14] On December 17, 2024, Austin FC announced they would participate in the Coachella Valley Invitational for the second year in a row. This event will take place in February 2025 and Austin will face LA Galaxy, Sporting Kansas City, and Charlotte FC.[15] The 2025 MLS SuperDraft was held on December 20, 2024. Austin traded its first round pick and $75,000 GAM to Colorado Rapids for a 2025 International slot. In the second round they selected defender Riley Thomas from North Carolina and in the third round they selected forward Patrick Gryczewski from Rhode Island.[16] On the last day of 2024, Austin FC announced they had signed Ilie for the 2025 season with an option for the 2026 season.[17] On January 6, 2025, Austin announced they had acquired Brandon Vázquez from C.F. Monterrey for a team-record transfer fee. Vázquez signed a contract through 2028 with a one year option and will hold a designated player and senior team slot on the roster. In order to move to the top of MLS's waiver order, Austin also had to trade $50,000 of 2025 GAM and $50,000 of 2026 GAM to San Jose Earthquakes.[18] On January 13, 2025 Austin signed Nicolás Dubersarsky from Instituto. Dubersarsky is signed as part of the MLS U-22 initiative.[19] On January 17, 2025, Austin FC announced an agreement had been reached to transfer agreement with River Plate for Sebastián Driussi. Austin FC received $10 million and a 8.25% sell on fee for Driussi upon his transfer to River Plate.[20] On January 21, 2025, Austin FC announced the signing of free agent Besard Šabović to a contract through 2027 with a one-year option.[21] On January 23, 2025, Austin FC announced they had extended Žan Kolmanič's contract through the 2026 season, with an additional one year option.[22] On January 24, 2025, Austin FC announced they had signed Albanian forward Myrto Uzuni for a club record $12 million. Uzuni will hold a designated player, senior team, and international roster slot for Austin FC.[23] On January 31, Austin announced they had loaned Damian Las to Louisville City FC for the 2024 season.[24] and Guilherme Biro signed a contract extension keeping with the team through the 2027 season, with a one-year option.[25] To close out the preseason, Austin announced they had extended Damian Las's contract through the 2027 season, with a one year option.[26]

February/March

Austin started the season with a 1–0 win against Sporting Kansas City on a 76th minute goal from Osman Bukari.[27] In their first road game of the year, Austin travelled to Portland, falling 1–0 on an 89th minute Timbers' goal.[28] After outshooting their opponents 21–6 in the third game of the season, Austin FC lost their first home match 0–1 to the Colorado Rapids.[29] Traveling to Los Angeles for the first time of the season, Austin FC pulled out a hard fought 1–0 win against Los Angeles FC.[30] Facing San Diego FC for the first time in club history, Austin FC held off the expansion team on a strong match by Owen Wolff. Goals being scored by Brandon Vázquez and Jon Gallagher.[31] Traveling to St. Louis, Austin FC earned their third win in a row, beating St. Louis City SC 1–0 on the back of Myrto Uzuni first goal of the season.[32]

Management team

More information Position, Name ...
Position Name
Chairman United States Anthony Precourt
Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell[33]
Head coach Spain Nico Estévez[11]
Assistant coach United States Davy Arnaud
Assistant coach Spain Alberto González[34]
Goalkeeping Coach Spain Francisco Galán[34]
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Roster

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As of April 5, 2025.[35]

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No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1Brad StuverUnited StatesGK (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33)2020United States New York City FC70
30Stefan ClevelandUnited StatesGK (1994-05-25) May 25, 1994 (age 30)2024United States Seattle Sounders FC00
Defenders
3Mikkel DeslerDenmarkDF (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 30)2024France Toulouse FC30
4Brendan Hines-IkeUnited StatesDF (1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 (age 30)2024United States D.C. United70
5Oleksandr SvatokUkraineCB (1994-09-27) September 27, 1994 (age 30)2024Ukraine SC Dnipro-150
17Jon GallagherRepublic of IrelandLB/RB (1996-02-23) February 23, 1996 (age 29)2020United States Atlanta United FC71
18Julio CascanteCosta RicaCB (1993-10-03) October 3, 1993 (age 31)2020United States Portland Timbers40
23Žan KolmaničSloveniaLB (2000-03-03) March 3, 2000 (age 25)2021Slovenia Maribor40
29Guilherme BiroBrazilLB (2000-05-02) May 2, 2000 (age 24)2024Brazil Mirassol71
Midfielders
6Ilie SánchezSpainMF (1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 34)2025United States Los Angeles FC60
8Daniel Pereira (GA)VenezuelaMF (2000-07-14) July 14, 2000 (age 24)2021United States Virginia Tech Hokies70
14Besard ŠabovićSwedenMF (1998-01-05) January 5, 1998 (age 27)2025Sweden Djurgårdens70
20Nicolás Dubersarsky (U22) [a]ArgentinaMF (2004-12-21) December 21, 2004 (age 20)2025Argentina Instituto40
32Micah Burton (HG)United StatesMF (2006-03-26) March 26, 2006 (age 19)2024United States Austin FC II00
33Owen Wolff (HG)United StatesMF (2004-12-30) December 30, 2004 (age 20)2020United States Austin FC Academy70
Forward
7Jáder ObrianColombiaFW (1995-05-18) May 18, 1995 (age 29)2024United States FC Dallas70
9Brandon VázquezUnited StatesFW (1998-10-14) October 14, 1998 (age 26)2025Mexico C.F. Monterrey71
10Myrto UzuniAlbaniaFW (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995 (age 29)2025Spain Granada51
11Osman Bukari (DP)GhanaFW (1998-12-13) December 13, 1998 (age 26)2024Serbia Red Star Belgrade71
19CJ Fodrey (GA)United StatesFW (2004-02-10) February 10, 2004 (age 21)2023United States San Diego State30
21Diego RubioChileFW (1993-05-15) May 15, 1993 (age 31)2024United States Colorado Rapids50
26Jimmy FarkarlunLiberiaFW (2001-07-14) July 14, 2001 (age 23)2024United States Austin FC II00
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Transfers

In

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Date Position No. Name From Fee Ref.
December 31, 2024MF6Spain Ilie SánchezUnited States Los Angeles FCFree Agent[17]
January 6, 2025FW9United States Brandon VázquezMexico C.F. Monterrey$10 million[36]
January 24, 2025FW10Albania Myrto UzuniSpain Granada$12 million[23]
January 13, 2025MF20Argentina Nicolás DubersarskyArgentina Instituto$2.1 million[19]
January 21, 2025MF14Sweden Besard ŠabovićSweden Djurgårdensfree agent[21]
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Loan in

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No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
DF United States Riley Thomas United States Austin FC II March 14, 2025
March 22, 2025
March 29, 2025
March 17, 2025
March 25, 2025
April 1, 2025
[37][38][39]
DF United States Antonio Gomez United States Austin FC II March 22, 2025 March 25, 2025 [38]
DF Netherlands Nico Van Rijn United States Austin FC II March 22, 2025 March 25, 2025 [38]
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Out

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Date Position No. Name To Type Fee Ref.
November 5, 2024 DF 2 United States Matt Hedges United States Des Moines Menace Declined contract option N/A [12]
MF 5 Colombia Jhojan Valencia Chile Universidad Católica Declined contract option N/A [12][40]
MF 8 Finland Alexander Ring Finland HJK Helsinki Declined contract option N/A [12][41]
MF 13 United States Ethan Finlay Declined contract option N/A [12]
GK 20 United States Matt Bersano Declined contract option N/A [12]
DF 16 United States Hector Jiménez Retired Out of Contract N/A [12][42]
December 9, 2024 FW 9 United States Gyasi Zardes Contract buyout $1,000,000 buyout fee [14]
January 17, 2025 MF 10 Argentina Sebastián Driussi Argentina River Plate Transfer $10 mil + 8.25% sell on fee [20]
March 25, 2025 DF 15 Finland Leo Väisänen Sweden BK Häcken Transfer $450,000 [43]
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Loan out

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No. Pos. Player Loaned to Start End Source
12GKUnited States Damian LasUnited States Louisville City FCJanuary 31December 31[24]
32MFUnited States Micah BurtonUnited States Austin FC IIMarch 7December 31[44]
26FWLiberia Jimmy FarkarlunUnited States Austin FC IIMarch 7December 31[44]
19FWUnited States CJ FodreyUnited States Austin FC IIMarch 7December 31[44]
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MLS Re-Entry Draft picks

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2024 Austin FC Re-Entry Picks
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionTeamNotesRef.
1 12 PASS
2 12 (42) PASS
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MLS SuperDraft picks

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2025 Austin FC SuperDraft Picks
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotesRef.
1 12 N/A Acquired 2025 International roster slot in trade with Chicago Fire for 12th pick and $75,000 in 2026 GAM [16]
2 12 (42) United States Riley Thomas DF North Carolina Signed with Austin FC II on February 13 [16][45]
3 12 (72) United States Patrick Gryczewski FW Rhode Island Signed with Austin FC II on February 13
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New contracts

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Date Pos. No. Player Contract until Ref.
October 21, 2024 FW 11 Colombia Jáder Obrian 2026 + 1yr option [7]
October 22, 2024 MF 33 United States Owen Wolff 2027 + 1yr option [8]
October 23, 2024 DF 4 United States Brendan Hines-Ike 2025 + 1yr option [9]
October 24, 2024 FW 14 Chile Diego Rubio 2025 + 1yr option [10]
November 8, 2024 MF 6 Venezuela Daniel Pereira 2025 + 1yr option [13]
January 23, 2025 DF 23 Slovenia Žan Kolmanič 2026 + 1yr option [22]
January 31, 2025 DF 29 Brazil Guilherme Biro 2027 + 1yr option [25]
February 21, 2025 GK 12 United States Damian Las 2027 + 1yr option [26]
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Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Win Draw Loss
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Date Opponent Venue Location Result[a] Scorers Attendance Notes
January 21 New England Revolution IMG Academy Bradenton Bradenton, Florida 0–1 - N/A Played as two 35 minute halves
January 24 Charleston Battery Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex Clearwater, Florida 3–0 Vázquez PK
Vázquez
Gallagher
N/A
February 1 Louisville City FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 3–1 Hines-Ike 15'
Rubio 45'
Pereira 86'
N/A
February 5 LA Galaxy Coachella Valley Invitational Indio, California 1–1 Bukari 77' N/A
February 8 St. Louis City SC Coachella Valley Invitational Indio, California 1–1 Obrian 46' N/A
February 12 Charlotte FC Coachella Valley Invitational Indio, California 0–1 - N/A
February 15 Nashville SC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 2–1 Bukari 12' 69' N/A
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Competitive fixtures

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
MLS regular season February 22, 2025 October 18, 2025 Matchday 1 TBD 7 4 1 2 5 2 +3 057.14
U.S. Open Cup TBD TBD Third Round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 7 4 1 2 5 2 +3 057.14
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Last updated: April 5, 2025
Source: Soccerway

Major League Soccer Regular Season

Standings

Western Conference

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MLS Western Conference table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 San Diego FC 7 4 1 2 13 6 +7 14 Qualification for round one
3 Minnesota United FC 7 4 1 2 11 7 +4 14
4 Austin FC 7 4 2 1 5 3 +2 13
5 Portland Timbers 7 3 2 2 9 8 +1 11
6 FC Dallas 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 11
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Updated to match(es) played on April 6, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall
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Overall MLS standings table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
6 Philadelphia Union 7 4 2 1 13 8 +5 13
7 Charlotte FC 7 4 2 1 12 7 +5 13
8 Austin FC 7 4 2 1 5 3 +2 13
9 FC Cincinnati 7 4 2 1 9 9 0 13
10 Orlando City SC 7 3 2 2 15 12 +3 11
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Updated to match(es) played on April 6, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Matches

Win Draw Loss TBD
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Matchday Date Opponent Venue Location Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee Position
1 February 22 Sporting Kansas City Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 1–0 Bukari 76' 20,738 Chris Penso 10th
2 March 1 Portland Timbers Providence Park Portland, Oregon 0–1 20,032 Ismir Pekmic 13th
3 March 8 Colorado Rapids Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 0–1 20,738 Marcos DeOliveira 22nd
4 March 15 Los Angeles FC BMO Stadium Los Angeles, California 1–0 Biro 12' 22,111 Rubiel Vazquez 20th
5 March 23 San Diego FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 2–1 Vázquez 10',
Gallagher 19'
20,738 Filip Dujic 8th
6 March 30 St. Louis City SC Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri 1–0 Uzuni '33 22,423 Sergii Boiko 5th
7 April 5 Portland Timbers Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas 0–0 20,738 Drew Fischer 7th
8 April 12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place Vancouver, British Columbia
9 April 19 LA Galaxy Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
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Copa Tejas
April 26 Houston Dynamo FC Shell Energy Stadium Houston, Texas
11 May 3 Minnesota United FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
12 May 10 FC Cincinnati TQL Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio
13 May 14 Atlanta United FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
14 May 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
15 May 24 Minnesota United FC Allianz Field Saint Paul, Minnesota
16 May 28 Real Salt Lake Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
17 May 31 San Diego FC Snapdragon Stadium San Diego, California
18 June 7 Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado
19 June 14 New York Red Bulls Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
20 June 28 Seattle Sounders FC Lumen Field Seattle, Washington
21 July 5 Los Angeles FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
22 July 12 New England Revolution Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
23 July 16 LA Galaxy Dignity Health Sports Park Carson, California
24 July 26 D.C. United Audi Field Washington, D.C.
25
Copa Tejas
August 9 Houston Dynamo FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
26
Copa Tejas
August 16 FC Dallas Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
27 August 23 CF Montréal Stade Saputo Montreal, Quebec
28 August 30 San Jose Earthquakes Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
29 September 7 Sporting Kansas City Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas
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Copa Tejas
September 13 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas
31 September 20 Seattle Sounders FC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
32 September 27 Real Salt Lake America First Field Sandy, Utah
33 October 4 St. Louis City SC Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
34 October 18 San Jose Earthquakes PayPal Park San Jose, California
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U.S. Open Cup

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Matchday Date Opponent Venue Location Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee Position
Round of 32 TBD Q2 Stadium Austin, Texas
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  1. Austin FC's score written first

Leagues Cup

Austin FC did not qualify for the 2025 Leagues Cup as they were not one of the top 9 teams in the Western Conference for the 2024 season.[46]

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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

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No. Pos Nat Player TotalMLSUSOC
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK United States USA Brad Stuver 707+000+00
3 DF Denmark DEN Mikkel Desler 303+000+00
4 DF United States USA Brendan Hines-Ike 707+000+00
5 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Svatok 504+100+00
6 MF Spain ESP Ilie Sánchez 605+100+00
7 FW Colombia COL Jáder Obrian 702+500+00
8 MF Venezuela VEN Daniel Pereira 706+100+00
9 FW United States USA Brandon Vázquez 717+010+00
10 FW Albania ALB Myrto Uzuni 514+110+00
11 MF Ghana GHA Osman Bukari 716+110+00
14 MF Sweden SWE Besard Šabović 704+300+00
17 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Jon Gallagher 714+310+00
18 DF Costa Rica CRC Julio Cascante 402+200+00
19 MF United States USA CJ Fodrey 300+300+00
20 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Dubersarsky 400+400+00
21 FW Chile CHI Diego Rubio 501+400+00
23 DF Slovenia SVN Žan Kolmanič 401+300+00
26 FW Liberia LBR Jimmy Farkarlun 000+000+00
29 DF Brazil BRA Guilherme Biro 717+010+00
30 GK United States USA Stefan Cleveland 000+000+00
32 MF United States USA Micah Burton 000+000+00
33 MF United States USA Owen Wolff 707+000+00
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Top scorers

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Rank Position Number Name MLS USOC Total
1 FW 9 United States Brandon Vázquez 1 0 1
FW 10 Albania Myrto Uzuni 1 0
FW 11 Ghana Osman Bukari 1 0
FW 17 Republic of Ireland Jon Gallagher 1 0
DF 29 Brazil Guilherme Biro 1 0
Total 5 0 5
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    Top assists

    More information Rank, Position ...
    Rank Position Number Name MLS USOC Total
    1 MF 33 United States Owen Wolff 3 0 3
    2 FW 10 Albania Myrto Uzuni 1 0 1
    FW 21 United States Diego Rubio 1 0
    Total 5 0 5
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      Clean sheets

      More information Rank, Number ...
      Rank Number Name MLS USOC Total
      1 1 United States Brad Stuver 4 0 4
      Total 4 0 4
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      Disciplinary record

      More information No., Pos. ...
      No. Pos. Player MLS USOC Total
      Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
      1 GK United States Brad Stuver 100000100
      3 DF Denmark Mikkel Desler 100000100
      4 DF United States Brendan Hines-Ike 000000000
      5 DF Ukraine Oleksandr Svatok 100000100
      6 MF Spain Ilie Sánchez 200000200
      7 FW Colombia Jáder Obrian 200000200
      8 MF Venezuela Daniel Pereira 300000300
      9 FW United States Brandon Vázquez 300000300
      10 FW Albania Myrto Uzuni 100000100
      11 MF Ghana Osman Bukari 000000000
      14 MF Sweden Besard Šabović 300000300
      17 DF Republic of Ireland Jon Gallagher 200000200
      18 CB Costa Rica Julio Cascante 000000000
      19 MF United States CJ Fodrey 000000000
      20 MF Argentina Nicolás Dubersarsky 000000000
      21 FW Chile Diego Rubio 000000000
      23 LB Slovenia Žan Kolmanič 000000000
      26 WG Liberia Jimmy Farkarlun 000000000
      29 DF Brazil Guilherme Biro 000000000
      30 GK United States Stefan Cleveland 000000000
      32 MF United States Micah Burton 000000000
      33 MF United States Owen Wolff 100000100
      Total20000002000
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      Awards and honors

      MLS Team of the Matchday

      More information Matchday, Player ...
      Matchday Player Opponent Position Ref
      4 Republic of Ireland Jon Gallagher Los Angeles FC DF [47]
      5 United States Owen Wolff San Diego FC MF [48]
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