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2019 FC MONMOUTH MATCH NOTES www.fcmonmouth.com Schedule & Results MATCH EIGHT June 22, 2019, 6:00pm Count Basie Park, Red Bank, NJ Date Opponent Time/Result May 2-1-0 FC Monmouth Tues 14 at Ocean City * L, 2-0 Record: 5-1-1 Sat 18 vs. NJ Copa FC W, 2-0 Head Coach: Brian Woods Wed 22 at NJ Copa FC L, 5-1 Wed 29 at Atlantic City W, 1-0 June 3-0-1 Sat 01 vs. Phl. Lone Star T, 1-1 FC Motown Sat 08 at Hershey FC W, 3-1 Record: 4-2-1 Wed 12 at Electric City W, 3-2 Head Coach: Šaćir Hot Sat 15 vs. Torch FC W, 3-1 Sat 22 vs. FC Motown 6:00pm Wed 26 vs. Atlantic City 7:00pm Sat 29 at West Chester 7:00pm Last Game’s Starters GK: #28 Trevor Zabilowicz Has won first three career starts (6/08, 6/12, 6/15) DEF: #8 Zach Pereira FC Monmouth all-time leader in minutes played (1,401) DEF: #22 Dylan McDonald Has played full 630 minutes over six games in 2019 *: denotes preseason friendly DEF: #4 Pablo Fonseca Scored 1st career goal at Hershey FC (6/08) DEF: #5 Andrew Venezia Has started last 5 games, five shots on season MID: #18 Bryant Knibbs Has scored goals in back-to-back games MID: #6 Nick LaBrocca Made 1st start of season vs. Torch FC (6/15) MID: #10 Anthony Rovito Scored 2nd goal of season vs. Torch FC (6/15) MID: #21 Sam DeCencio Scored 2nd goal of season vs. PLSFC (6/01) FWD: #11 Regsan Watkins 6 goals and 2 assists in 2019, leads team in shots w/25 FWD: #19 Brian Hawkins Registered assists in back-to-back games (6/08-6/12) Broadcast Information Communications Department Game Updates/Statistics Matt DeLuca: Sports Information [email protected] Evan McMurtrie: Content & Social Media Facebook: FC Monmouth [email protected] Twitter: @WeAreMonmouth MyCujoo.tv Joey DiCamillo: Digital Media Instagram: @WeAreMonmouth [email protected] PxP: Matt DeLuca Color: Joey DiCamillo Keystone Conference Schedule Game Preview Week Seven Wednesday, June 19 Hershey FC @ Electric City Coming off an eight-day stretch in which they won three-straight games, FC Monmouth 7:00pm PHL Lone Star @ Torch FC remains home for the middle game of a three-game homestand to take on in-state foe 7:00pm FC Motown. FC Monmouth enters Saturday’s clash with a record of 5-1-1 and 16 points, NJ Copa FC @ West Chester which is tied for tops in the Keystone Conference (West Chester United SC). 7:30pm Saturday, June 22 NJ Copa FC @ Atlantic City The matchup marks the first of three-straight against teams in the top four of the Key- 4:00pm stone Conference for FC Monmouth. FC Motown sports a record of 4-2-1, sitting fourth FC Motown @ FC Monmouth 6:00pm in the table with 13 points. Their season began with a 3-1 defeat to Philadelphia Lone Hershey FC @ Torch FC Star FC, but after that, they took points in their next five games, including four wins, 6:00pm before falling to Hershey FC in their most recent game. During those four wins, they Sunday, June 23 outscored opponents by nine goals. West Chester @ PHL Lone Star 6:00pm These two teams met twice last season. On May 19, 2018, FC Motown defeated FC Mon- Keystone Conference Results mouth 3-0, and then 4-1 on July 11, 2018 in the Keystone Conference Semifinals. Week Six/Seven Atlantic City 5, Electric City 1 At Count Basie Park, FC Monmouth holds a record of 6-0-2 all-time, which is the best FC Monmouth 3, Torch FC 1 home record for any team in the Keystone Conference since the beginning of the 2018 Hershey FC 1, FC Motown 0 Electric City 3, Hershey FC 1 season. After Saturday, FC Monmouth will remain home to face Atlantic City FC on June Torch FC 1, PHL Lone Star 0 26 in their final home game of the regular season. West Chester 8, NJ Copa FC 2 2019 Keystone Conference Standings Tonight’s Opponent: 1.) FC Monmouth (5-1-1, 16 pts, +4 GD) 2.) West Chester (5-2-1, 16 pts, +18 GD) 3.) Atlantic City (4-2-1, 13 pts, +13 GD) FC Motown 4.) FC Motown (4-2-1, 13 pts, +3 GD) 5.) PHL Lone Star (4-2-2, 14 pts, +1 GD) Founded in 2012, FC Motown has experiened success over multiple competitions in 6.) Electric City (2-5-1, 7 pts, -9 GD) recent years. 7.) Torch FC (2-5-0, 6 pts, -14 GD) 8.) Hershey FC (1-4-3, 6 pts, -8 GD) The 2018 season marked numerous milestones for the team, as it went 9-1-0 in 9.) NJ Copa FC (1-5-2, 5 pts, -11 GD) regular season play in the Keystone Conference, compiling 27 of a possible 30 points. They defeated FC Monmouth and West Chester United SC in the Keystone Conference 2018 Keystone Conference Standings Playoffs to advance to the Regional Playoffs, where they defeated FC Baltimore and 1.) FC Motown (9-1-0, 27 pts, +35 GD) New York Cosmos B. In the National Semifinals, they defeated FC Mulhouse Portland 2.) Jun. Lone Star (8-2-0, 24 pts, +14 GD) 2-1 on a goal by David Nigro in the 120th minute, sending them to their first-ever 3.) West Chester (7-3-0, 21 pts, +20 GD) National Final. Head Coach Brian Woods Belleville, NJ Trenton State 4.) FC Monmouth (6-3-1, 19 pts, +3 GD) Assistant Coach Nick LaBrocca Howell, NJ Rutgers University 5.) NJ Copa FC (5-4-1, 16 pts, +7 GD) In the 2018 NPSL National Final, FC Motown fell to Miami FC 2 3-1 in front of a sold- Assistant Coach Peter-John Falloon Saint Andrew, Jamaica Kean University 6.) Atlantic City (5-5-0, 15 pts, +6 GD) out crowd at Drew University in Madison, NJ. Assistant Coach John Killick Stockton-On-Tees, England Blakeston School 7.) Hershey FC (2-7-1, 7 pts, -16 GD) Assistant Coach Keith Woods Belleville, NJ Trenton State 8.) Electric City (1-8-1, 4 pts, -27 GD) FC Motown has also appeared in the U.S. Open Cup the past three years. 9.) Torch FC (0-10-0, 0 pts, -42 GD) 2019 FC Monmouth Roster Number Name Position Hometown College 1 Jake Leahy Goalkeeper Brick, NJ Syracuse University 2 Brandon Kolczynski Defense Rahway, NJ University of South Florida 3 Liam McGregor Defense Middletown, NJ Monmouth University 4 Pablo Fonseca Defense Sabanilla, Costa Rica Monmouth University 5 Andrew Venezia Defense Lincroft, NJ Lafayette College 6 Nick LaBrocca Midfield Monmouth Beach, NJ Rutgers University 7 Anes Mrkulic Forward Highlands, NJ Monmouth University 8 Zach Pereira Defense Rahway, NJ Monmouth Universiy 9 Asher Carlson Forward Princeton, NJ Lafayette College 10 Anthony Rovito Forward Piscataway, NJ University of Pennsylvania 11 Regsan Watkins Forward Melbourne, Australia NJIT/Bloomfield College 12 Matthew Horner Forward Bordentown, NJ Rider University 13 David Philbin Defense West Windsor, NJ University of Pennsylvania 14 Martin Ssessanga Forward Brick, NJ Lafayette College 15 Michael Tapp Defense Beachwood, NJ Georgian Court University 16 Dakota Dobrovich-Fago Midfield Wall, NJ Susquehanna University 17 Andrew Bahcheev Midfield Belmar, NJ N/A 18 Bryant Knibbs Midfield Tinton Falls, NJ Rutgers University 19 Brian Hawkins Forward Chesterfield, NJ Syracuse University 20 Dylan Fogerty Midfield Red Bank, NJ William Paterson University 21 Sam Decencio Midfield Haddonfield, NJ La Salle University 22 Dylan McDonald Defense Langhorne, PA Syracuse University 23 Paul Ramsey Midfield Brielle, NJ Saint Mary’s (CA) 28 Trevor Zabilowicz Goalkeeper Toms River, NJ California University of PA 29 Josh Koenig Goalkeeper Manalapan, NJ Ithaca College 99 Sebastian Rodriguez Forward Cartago, Costa Rica Monmouth University Coaching Staff Head Coach Brian Woods Belleville, NJ Trenton State Assistant Coach Nick LaBrocca Howell, NJ Rutgers University Assistant Coach Peter-John Falloon Saint Andrew, Jamaica Kean University Assistant Coach John Killick Stockton-On-Tees, England Blakeston School Assistant Coach Keith Woods Belleville, NJ Trenton State Things to Know Record for Shots (Again) FC Monmouth registered 29 shots in their 3-1 victory over Torch FC, which was 12 more than their previous record of 17, which they reached on three different occassions. They also had 13 shots in the first half, which broke the previous single half record of 12, which the team set days earlier at Electric City. They then broke that new record in the second half, where they had 16 shots. Red-Hot Consistency In each of the last three games, FC Monmouth has scored three goals, registered at least 16 shots, and held their opponents to four or less shots on target. They have outscored their opponents 9-4 during that stretch. Watkins Makes History Forward Regsan Watkins scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season in the first half of June 12’s 3-2 victory at Electric City, which tied and broke the FC Monmouth all-time goal scoring mark of four, which was set by Jordan Saling during the 2018 season. Watkins also became the second player in team history to score multiple goals in a single game, with the only other instance coming on June 23, 2018, when Ryan Hammer scored two at Torch FC. Electric First Half FC Monmouth registered 12 shots in the first half in their 3-2 victory at Electric City, which led to all three goals they had in the contest.