RENO 1868 FC 2019 MATCH NOTES SCHEDULE/RESULTS MARCH Sat. 9 Orange County SC ........................D, 2-2 Sat. 16 Austin Bold FC ............................. W, 2-1 V Sat. 23 @ Fresno FC ............................................. D, 1-1 Sat. 30 OKC Energy FC ..............................D, 3-3 RENO 1868 FC FRESNO FC APRIL Sat. 6 @ Real Monarchs SLC ............................ L, 3-1 Sat. 13 @ Colorado Switchbacks FC ..............W, 2-0 (13-8-5) 44pts (13-4-8) 47pts Sat. 20 New Mexico United ..................... W, 2-1 Sat. 27 @ El Paso Locomotive ........................... L, 1-0 Match 27: Saturday, September 7 | 6:45 p.m. PT | Greater Nevada Field | Reno, Nev. MAY Referee - Elijio Arreguin, Assistant Referees - Baboucarr Jallow & Seth Martin, Fourth Official - Nicholas Marin Wed. 4 Tulsa Roughnecks FC ...................D, 2-2 Sat. 11 @ Sacramento Republic FC ................W, 4-1 MATCH INFORMATION VS FRESNO (SEPTEMBER 7) Sat. 18 @ Tacoma Defiance ............................... D, 1-1 Live Video Stream .............................................. ESPN+ (Online) & Nevada Sports Net (Local) JUNE Series Record.........................................................................................................................Even, 0-0-3 Sat. 1 Las Vegas Lights .......................... W, 4-0 Last Reno win ...................................................................................................................................... N/A Sat. 8 @ San Antonio FC ................................... L, 3-2 Sat. 15 LA Galaxy II ..................................... W, 4-2 Last Fresno win ................................................................................................................................... N/A Tue. 18 Phoenix Rising FC ..............................L, 3-0 Wed. 26 @ Portland Timbers 2 .................................W, 2-1 Reno home record ..........................................................................................................................7-3-3 Sat. 29 Sacramento Republic FC .................. W, 2-0 Fresno road record ..........................................................................................................................5-3-4 JULY Wed. 3 Rio Grande Valley FC ........................ W, 4-0 Wed. 17 @ OKC Energy FC ...................................W, 3-2 Sat. 20 @ LA Galaxy II ..........................................W, 2-1 Wed. 24 @ Orange County SC ................................. L, 4-1 USL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS Sat. 27 Co. Switchbatcks FC ......................... W, 4-0 WESTERN CONFERENCE AUGUST Sat. 3 @ Rio Grande Valley FC ..............................W, 2-1 Team P Record Points GD Form Sat. 10 San Antonio FC ............................. L, 4-1 Fri. 16 @ Phoenix Rising FC .................................L, 4-2 1. Phoenix Rising FC 26 19-2-5 62 +46 WWWWW Sat. 31 Portland Timbers 2 ...........................L, 3-1 2. Fresno FC 25 13-4-8 47 +16 WWDWL SEPTEMBER Sat. 7 Fresno FC ............Greater Nevada Field 3. Reno 1868 FC 26 13-8-5 44 +10 WWLLL Tue. 10 Tacoma Defiance .. Greater Nevada Field Sun. 15 @ Austin Bold FC ....Austin Bold FC Stadium 4. Austin Bold FC 26 11-9-6 39 +1 DLWLW Fri. 20 @ New Mexico United .............. Isotopes Park Sat. 28 Real Monarchs SLC ... Greater Nevada Field 5. OKC Energy FC 27 9-8-10 37 +1 DLWWD 6. Real Monarchs SLC 24 10-8-6 36 +8 WWDLD OCTOBER 7. Orange County SC 26 9-8-9 36 +6 DLWWW Sat. 5 El Paso Locomotive ... Greater Nevada Field Sat. 12 @ Las Vegas Lights FC .........Cashman Field 8. LA Galaxy II 26 9-8-9 36 -6 WLWDW Sat. 19 @ Tulsa Roughnecks FC ............ ONEOK Field 9. Portland Timbers 2 26 9-9-8 35 +4 DWLLW Home games in bold All game times listed in PST 10. Sacramento Republic FC 25 10-11-4 34 +6 WDWLL 11. San Antonio FC 26 9-10-7 34 +5 LWDWL 12. New Mexico United 26 8-8-10 34 -1 DLDLL 1868 FC COMMUNICATIONS 13. El Paso Locomotive FC 24 8-8-8 32 0 DLLWL PR/Comms Manager Kevin Bass 14. Las Vegas Lights FC 25 8-10-7 31 -5 LDLWD E-mail [email protected] 15. Rio Grande Valley FC 26 7-12-7 28 -8 LDDWL Office 775-334-7070 Cell 831-595-5111 16. Tulsa Roughnecks FC 26 5-13-8 23 -22 DLLDW Twitter @Reno1868FC Instagram @Reno1868FC 17. Co. Sp. Switchbacks FC 27 6-17-4 22 -28 DDLLL Facebook /Reno1868FC 18. Tacoma Defiance 25 5-15-5 20 -33 LWLLW #COYBIB | #VamosAzules | #RNOvFRS BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS #6 - Forward Corey Hertzog’s USL rank in goals scored (13) #5 - Midfielder Raul Mendiola’s USL rank in assists (7) 54 - Goals on the season by Reno, third most in the USL. ABOUT RENO 1868 FC 68 - Scoring chances created by Seth Casiple, fifth in the Location .................................................Reno, Nev. entire USL. Reno/Sparks Population .......................425,417 139 - Crosses on the season by Casiple, ninth in the USL. Colors ........................................... Blue and Yellow +10 - Reno’s goal differential, third in the western Stadium .............. Greater Nevada Field (9,013) conference. Only three other western conference President ..........................................Eric Edelstein teams have a differential greater than 6. General Manager ..........................Doug Raftery 44 - Points on the season for Reno, third most in the Front Office Phone ......................775-334-7001 conference and tied for eighth in the entire USL. Ticket Office Phone .....................775-334-7000 16 - Matches this season in which Reno has outshot their Website ....................................Reno1868FC.com opponent. Reno is 7-4-5 in those matches, and 6-4-0 when they do not. 60 - Total shots on the season by Hertzog, tied for fifth COACHING STAFF most in the USL. Head Coach ..........................................Ian Russell Alma Mater .................Univ. of Washington ‘97 best in the west Record at Reno .................47-24-24 (Third year) Fresno FC holds just a three point advantage over Reno for Playoff Record ............. 1-2 (Two appearances) the second spot in the USL’s Western Conference. This will be Assistant Coach .....................................Casey Tate the last time these two teams meet this season, adding huge Assistant Coach ............................... Chris Malenab playoff implications to Saturday’s match. TEAM HISTORY home sweet home First season ......................................................2017 Reno is back in the friendly confines of Greater Nevada Field, where the boys in blue are 7-3-3, including four shutouts. 2017 Record..................................................17-7-8 Reno owns a +10 goal differential at home, including three 4-0 2018 Record............................................... 16-7-11 wins. Fresno enters Northern Nevada 5-3-4 on the road this All-Time Home Record .........................25-11-11 season. All-Time Road Record ...........................22-13-13 career year INJURY/SUSPENSION REPORT With eight matches to go, forward Corey Hertzog owns 13 goals. The total is just one short of tying his career high of 14, set in 2017 with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. That year, Hertzog earned All-League second team honors. This season, Hertzog was named July’s Player of the Month. dynamic duo JT Marcinkowski ranks 22nd in the USL in saves with 48, and Matt Bersano ranks 25th with 44. No other team has two keepers ranked in the top 25. The pairing has combined for five clean sheets on the season, including four of the last eight matches at Greater Nevada Field. chasing history With 8 matches left to go in Reno’s third season, the team CLUB STREAKS (ALL-TIME) owns 46 regular season wins. The total is tied for third all time in USL history for a club’s first three seasons. If 1868 can earn Longest winning ......................................6 (8/5/17 - 9/9/17) four wins in the final 8 matches, the team will become just Current winning ....................................................................N/A the second ever to win 50. Reno can also become just the Longest unbeaten ........................... 16 (4/21/18 - 7/11/18) sixth team ever to make the playoffs in each of their first three seasons. Current unbeaten .................................................................N/A *FC Cincinnati / 51 wins Longest losing .....................................3 (8/10/19 - Present) *Louisville City / 49 wins Current losing .......................................3 (8/10/19 - Present) Reno 1868 FC / 46 wins *Swope Park Rangers / 46 wins Longest winless .................................6 (10/14/17 - 4/21/18) *New York Red Bulls II / 46 wins Current winless .....................................3 (8/10/19 - Present) *Sacramento Republic / 44 wins 2019 RENO 1868 FC 1868 WHEN... RENO 1868 FC SET TO HOST SECOND-PLACE FRESNO FC BATTLE OF TOP THREE TEAMS IN THE WEST Playing at HOME 7-3-3 RENO, Nev. – Reno 1868 FC hosts Fresno FC this Saturday night in a clash between Playing on the ROAD 6-5-2 two of the top teams in the USL’s Western Conference. Reno (13-8-5) sits in third in the conference with 44 points while Fresno (13-4-8) sits in second with 47. The two sides Leading at halftime 7-1-1 met earlier this season, drawing 1-1 in Fresno. Trailing at halftime 3-6-2 “Right now we want the best possible opponents we can play,” said head coach Ian Tied at halftime 3-1-2 Russell. “We’re getting tested for the playoffs.” With the regular season winding down, Saturday’s matchup will be huge for playoff Reno scores first 8-1-3 positioning. The top four seeds in the conference are guaranteed at least one home match,