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IN THIS ISSUE 3 Match Day Preview 4 Stadium Map 9-10 Conference Standings 12-14 Reno Helps USL Top 2 Million 16-23 Reno 1868 FC Roster 24-25 Technical Staff Reno’s Record Crowd Helps USL Surpass 2 Million in Attendance (12) 2 MATCHDAY PREVIEW RENO 1868 FC HOSTS SOUTHERN NEVADA TEAM IN THE SILVER STATE CUP TUESDAY RENO, Nev. -- After a tough loss against rival Sacramento Republic FC Saturday, Reno 1868 FC looks to bounce back against in-state rival Las Vegas Lights FC in the second Silver State Cup presented by Toro Law & Toro Taxes on Tuesday. Kickoff for Tuesday’s contest is slated for 7:15 p.m. at Greater Nevada Field. Reno is looking to get back to its winning ways after a tough 2-1 defeat in front of a record crowd of 7,103 fans Saturday. Despite the loss, Reno did not drop in the USL’s Western Conference standings staying at sixth. Reno (10-6-8) is tied with Saint Louis FC following Saint Louis’ win Saturday with 38 points. Forward Brian Brown continues to lead the team with 11 goals on the season and came excruciatingly close to notching his 12th Saturday night against Sacramento. Brown is just four goals away from becoming Reno’s all-time leading scorer (18, Dane Kelly). Las Vegas Lights FC is coming off a thrilling 2-2 draw against Fresno FC Saturday at home. The first-year club remains in the bottom half of the Western Conference standings in 14th place. Midfielder Raul Mendiola leads the club with six goals this year, notching a goal over the weekend. The last time these two met back on March 24 at Cashman Field, Reno left Sin City with a 1-1 comeback draw. Henderson native and Reno forward Danny Musovski helped Reno pull even with the Lights after going down early. Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski’s fingertip save on the last play of the match helped Reno escape with a point in the first meeting between the two clubs. Both teams enter Tuesday’s contest with one point each in the Silver State Cup standings following the first meeting. Tuesday will be the second of three meetings in 2018 between the in-state rivals with Las Vegas coming back to Greater Nevada Field on Sept. 22. Tuesday night’s contest is free to all college students who present a valid student ID at the gate. Tickets for Tuesday’s match and future Reno 1868 FC matches can be purchased at Reno1868FC.com/tickets. What: Reno 1868 FC v. Las Vegas Lights FC Where: Greater Nevada Field Tailgate: 4 p.m. (behind the HOME sign) Gates Open: 6:15 p.m. Kickoff: 7:15 p.m. Free Admission: All College Students (with valid student ID) 3 Tickets: Reno1868FC.com/Tickets STADIUM MAP FRONT OFFICE Eric Edelstein Doug Raftery President Sr. Director of Corporate Partner- ships Andy Smith General Manager Regan Hahesy Corporate Partnerships Samantha Hicks Services Manager Chief Revenue Officer Max Simpson Aldo Amato Corporate Partnerships Coordinator Digital Media & PR Manager Robert Ritchie Vince Ruffino Ticket Sales Manager Marketing Manager Zoe Harmon Mckenna Bush Account Specialist - Member Creative Manager Services Stefan Bray Account Executive GREATER NEVADA FIELD 250 EVANS AVE RENO, NEVADA 89501 RENO1868FC.COM ¡Vamos Azules! You Make Our Hometown Renown Official Insurance Plan and Healthcare Partners WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS 7 8 9 RENO HELPS USL PASS 2 MILLION ATTENDANCE by NICHOLAS MURRAY (USL) 10 RENO HELPS USL PASS 2 MILLION ATTENDANCE TAMPA, Fla. – The United Soccer League reached another attendance landmark for the 2018 season on Saturday night, as the league surpassed two million in total attendance for the season. The campaign has been one the biggest season in the organization’s modern era, as it continues to set a record pace for lower division attendance in North American soccer. The league welcomed 98,511 fans over the course of Week 24 of the regular season and has now officially welcomed 2,074,401 fans throughout the first three-quarters of its regular-sea- son schedule this year, with Saturday night’s final game between Las Vegas Lights FC and Fresno FC at Cashman Field the 420th game of the 561-game regular season schedule. The league overall continues to raise the bar in both cumulative and average attendance across the board. The USL reached the two million attendance mark a season ago on Oct. 8, while this season it will reach that mark only days after it did the 1.5 million mark a season ago (Aug. 23). With the USL’s independent clubs averaging more than 6,100 fans per game and the league overall averaging almost 5,000 fans per game for the first time in its modern era, the league remains on course to approach three million in total attendance for the first time in its history with two months of the season remaining. “The sustained success our clubs have seen this year in the stands is a testament to the experience and hard work put in both by the leadership of clubs across the league, and by the outstanding staff at the league office that have helped build the USL into the league it is to- day,” said USL President Jake Edwards. “The response we’ve seen in new and historic USL markets from fans to the rising level of competition and organization throughout the league has 11 RENO HELPS USL PASS 2 MILLION ATTENDANCE been tremendous, and we are very excited to enter the final two months of the regular season with the race for the USL Cup Playoffs set to go down the wire.” Saturday’s landmark arrives the week after FC Cincinnati made USL history for a third consecutive year, becoming the first club in the league’s history to pass 350,000 in total attendance on Aug. 18, as 27,142 fans were on hand at Nippert Stadium to see the top-three Eastern Conference clash between the hosts and perennial playoff contenders the Charleston Battery. This weekend’s action saw strong crowds on hand across the country, with Reno 1868 FC welcoming a club-record crowd of 7,301 to Greater Nevada Field for its rivalry clash with Sacramento Republic FC, a sellout crowd of 8,856 fans on hand to see the key Eastern Conference playoff race contest between Nash- ville SC and Bethlehem Steel FC at First Tennessee Park and the highest-attended game of the season for the Richmond Kickers, as 5,869 were on hand to see the side host defending USL Cup holder Louisville City FC at City Stadium. Elsewhere on Saturday night, Phoenix Rising FC continued its strong year at the turnstile, as it welcomed more than 11,000 fans to its two contests across the week, while San Antonio FC welcomed almost 7,000 fans to its clash with the Swope Park Rangers on Saturday night, and both the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Las Vegas Lights FC had almost 6,000 fans on hand for their respective contests. 12 THE MOST REFRESHING FINISH ©2018 COORS BREWING CO., GOLDEN, CO TEAM #1 RUSSELL KLABOUGH (GK) Klabough, 27, spent a majority of last season on Reno’s practice squad, but started in a 6-1 win over Portland Timbers 2. He was Reno’s starting goal- keeper in two U.S. Open Cup Matches. He posted a 67 percent save percentage, the second-highest on the team and was 1-0 during the regular sea- son. HEIGHT: 6’5’’ WEIGHT: 215 LBS DOB: 5/11/90 #3 CONNOR JOHNSON (D) Defender Connor Johnson was the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 before joining the PDL’s Golden State Force. John- son Earned All-First Team West Coast Conference honors his senior year assisting in six shutouts in conference play. HEIGHT: 6’0’’ WEIGHT: 180 LBS DOB: 12/20/94 #4 JORDAN MURRELL (D) Murrell, 24, a returning defender for Reno 1868 FC scored three goals in his 28 appearances. The Canadian player recorded 78 clearances, 16 blocks and 45 interceptions in the 2017 season. HEIGHT: 5’11’’ WEIGHT: 185 LBS DOB: 5/2/93 14 TEAM #5 ZACH CARROLL (D) Carrol, 23, the 6-foot-3 defender most recently played for Orlando City B where he recorded 86 clearances,11 blocks, and 40 interceptions this past season. He added two goals in his 20 starts. In 2016, Carrol earned Second Team All-USL honor with NY Red Bulls II, where he helped the club win the 2016 USL Cup. HEIGHT: 6’4’’ WEIGHT: 185 LBS DOB: 3/16/94 #6 thomas janjigian Janjigian made his professional debut with Reno last season against Orange County SC. During the season, Janjigian was called up to play with Re- no’s Major League Soccer affiliate, the San Jose Earthquakes in their U.S. Open Cup victory over the San Francisco Deltas. Janjigian also played in the Earthquakes’ friendly against Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. HEIGHT: 6’2’’ WEIGHT: 190 LBS DOB: 11/10/94 15 TEAM #8 guy abend(M) Abend, a native of Israel, has spent the last three seasons playing central midfielder for Louisville City FC, where he helped claim the 2017 USL Cup. Abend was a regular starter during the club’s championship season. He made 23 starts in his 27 appearances in the 2017 season, recording 30 clearances, 2 blocks and 39 interceptions. HEIGHT: 6’0’’ WEIGHT: 163 LBS DOB: 11/8/90 #9 Mark Anthony Gonzalez (F) Gonzalez, 23, has played the past two season with Swope Park, where he scored 17 goals with 10 of those coming from outside of the box.