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MATCH INFORMATION REGULAR SEASON MATCH 2019 REGULAR SEASON DATE OPPONENT TIME / RESULT Kickoff: Saturday, Sept. 21, 7:00 PM CT Sat, Mar. 9 Tampa Bay Rowdies L 0-1 Location: AutoZone Park, Memphis, Tennessee Sat, Mar. 16 Loudoun United FC T 1-1 Forecast: Sunny, 85°F Sun, Mar. 24 @ Bethlehem Steel FC W 1-0 Broadcast: CW30 Memphis/ESPN+ Fri, Mar. 29 @ New York Red Bulls II L 2-3 Referee: Dejan Susak Sat, April 6 @ North Carolina FC T 1-1 Assistants: Walter Heatherly, Kevin Lock Wed, April 10 Atlanta United 2 L 0-1 Fourth Official: Steve Eordogh Sat, April 13 @ Nashville SC L 0-2 Sat, April 27 Charleston Battery L 0-1 Tue, April 30 @ Louisville City FC L 1-2 Sat, May 4 Birmingham Legion FC T 2-2 Fri, May 10 @ Hartford Athletic W 2-1 Wed, May 22 @ Swope Park Rangers T 2-2 Sat, June 8 Indy Eleven L 0-3 Sat, June 15 @ Ottawa Fury FC T 0-0 Memphis 901 FC Saint Louis FC Sat, June 29 @ Charlotte Independence L 0-1 Sat, July 6 Hartford Athletic W 4-1 7-13-7 (28 PTS, 13th in East) 11-9-8 (41 PTS, 9th in East) Wed, July 17 Nashville SC L 0-2 Form: W, W, W, L, L GD: -13 Form: W, W, W, W, W GD: 4 Sat, July 20 New York Red Bulls II T 2-2 Home: 3-6-3 Away: 3-8-3 Sat, July 27 Ottawa Fury FC W 2-0 Sat, Aug. 3 @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-4 Coach: Tim Mulqueen Coach: Anthony Pulis Tue, Aug. 6 @ Saint Louis FC T 0-0 Goals: Brandon Allen (7) Goals: K. Greig/S. Fink (7) Sat, Aug. 10 North Carolina FC L, 1-2 Assists: M. Epps/C. Lindley (4) Assists: Lewis Hilton (5) Sat, Aug. 17 @ Birmingham Legion FC L, 0-1 Saves: Jeff Caldwell (68) Saves: Jake Fenlason (34) Sat, Aug. 24 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies L, 0-5 Wed, Aug. 28 @ Atlanta United 2 W 2-1 Sat, Sept. 7 Swope Park Rangers W 4-2 UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION Fri, Sept. 13 @ Loudoun United FC W 2-1 Raul Gonzalez III - torn ACL (season) Sat, Sept. 21 Saint Louis FC 7:00 PM Triston Hodge - torn ACL (season) Tue, Sept. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 7:00 PM Dan Metzger - yellow card accumulation Sat, Sept. 28 Bethlehem Steel FC 7:00 PM Abdi Mohamed - foot (day-to-day) Sat, Oct. 5 @ Indy Eleven 6:00 PM Sat, Oct. 12 Charlotte Independence 7:00 PM Michael Schroeder Wed, Oct. 16 @ Charleston Battery 6:30 PM Director of Media and Public Relations Sat, Oct. 19 Louisville City FC 7:00 PM [email protected] All Times Central @Memphis901FC 1 09.21.19 // #MEMvSTL NEWS & NOTES MATCH PREVIEW Bethlehem Steel FC next Saturday night at Since that May 4 game against Birmingham 7:00. Legion FC, Memphis has added playmakers Two of the hottest teams in the USL Brandon Allen, Marcus Epps, and Lagos Championship square off Saturday night at COMEBACK KIDS Kunga, among others, who have already AutoZone Park at 7:00, as Memphis 901 FC After starting the season 0-11-2 when combined for 10 goals, six assists, and 45 brings its three-match winning streak into shots on target. a showdown with Saint Louis FC, winners conceding first in a match, 901 FC has of five-straight contests. come back to win after allowing the first CHANCE TO GAIN GROUND goal in each of its last three matches. 901 FC and Saint Louis FC are the only two With three points on Saturday, coupled with teams in the Eastern Conference who have The club was also 0-9-2 on the season favorable results ahead of it in the table, won each of their last three matches, and when trailing at halftime before erasing Memphis 901 FC could jump another spot the pair is two of only five in the entire USL halftime deficits to beat Atlanta United 2 in the standings. Championship with wins in its last three and Loudoun United FC. Currently sitting in 13th place with 28 outings (Phoenix Rising FC, Sacramento AWESOME ALLEN Republic FC, Orange County SC). points, the team ahead of Memphis, In Memphis' six recent matches in which Bethlehem Steel FC, has 30. The line for a 901 FC has come from behind to win it has scored a total of 13 goals, Brandon playoff spot currently stands at 36 points. each of its last three matches, winning at Allen has accounted for six of them. This Loudoun United FC, 2-1, against Swope After Saturday's match against Saint includes two-goal performances on July 20 Louis, Memphis has upcoming matches Park Rangers, 4-2, and at Atlanta United and Sept. 7. 2, 2-1. The three-match winning streak against 5th-place Pittsburgh, 12th-place has vaulted Memphis from 17th place in THROUGH THE RINGER Bethlehem, 2nd-place Indy, 15th-place the Eastern Conference before the Atlanta Charlotte, 11th-place Charleston, and 7th- match on Aug. 28 to 13th place before this Including Saturday, nine of Memphis' last place Louisville to finish the regular season. Saint Louis match. 12 matches have been against teams in the playoff picture at the time of the KEY ADDITIONS In its most recent game last Friday night match. (STL, 9th; TBR, 3rd; BHM, 10th; NC, After building its inaugural season roster, at Loudoun, 901 FC allowed a goal in the 5th; STL, 10th; PIT, 6th; OTT, 8th; NY, 2nd; Memphis 901 FC has not been content. Since 5th minute, and the match remained 1-0 in NSH, 3rd). 901 FC just concluded a stretch then, the club has added key contributors favor of Loudoun until almost 20 minutes of three-straight matches against non- Cam Lindley (April 12), Jochen Graf (April into the second half. 901 FC got on the playoff teams. 25), Lagos Kunga (May 13), Brandon Allen scoreboard in the 63rd minute thanks to an OFFENSIVE COMPARISON (June 26), Marcus Epps (Aug. 2), Pierre Da own-goal, with Ewan Grandison and Elliot Silva (Aug. 5), and Liam Doyle (Aug. 5) as Collier putting pressure on the Loudoun Memphis has scored eight goals in its last the season has progressed. defense leading to the score. three matches after scoring a total of five in the eight matches prior. By itself, that group has accounted for over Memphis took the lead in the 81st minute one-fifth of Memphis' minutes played in as Lagos Kunga, on as a substitute in the The club's recent stretch of play includes matches since Lindley was the first to join 68th minute, played a ball beautifully in 10 multi-goal performances where the the team. front of the net to Brandon Allen, who put squad is 8-0-2. Memphis had just two home his seventh goal of the season. multi-goal showings in its first 10 matches FANS LINING UP Memphis and Saint Louis played earlier this and did not win either outing. The Memphis 901 FC fanbase had made season in St. Louis and drew, 0-0. That match MAY BRINGS MOVEMENT quite an impression in its inaugural was a makeup of a June 1 postponement. season. In 12 USL Championship In 18 matches since the beginning of May, competitions at home this season Memphis After Saturday, 901 FC remains at AutoZone 901 FC has gotten a point in 11 of them is averaging 6,921 fans per match, which Park for two matches next week, hosting after having points in three of its first nine ranks seventh in the league and is second Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Tuesday night matches of the season. among expansion teams. at 7:00 in a make-up match and then 2 09.21.19 // #MEMvSTL 2019 CLUB ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. DOB HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION 1 Jeff Caldwell GK 6-3 200 2/20/96 Todd, North Carolina 2 Morgan Hackworth M 5-11 160 1/2/97 Bradenton, Florida 3 Abdi Mohamed D 5-11 151 10/25/96 Westerville, Ohio 5 Triston Hodge D 6-0 170 10/9/94 Arima, Trinidad 6 Dan Metzger M 5-10 154 8/6/93 Holmdel Township, New Jersey 7 Raul Gonzalez III M 5-9 165 9/23/94 Ocean Springs, Mississippi 8 Marc Burch D 6-1 180 5/7/84 Cincinnati, Ohio 9 Luca Uccello F 5-6 152 6/17/97 Toronto, Canada LOO-kah ooh-CHELL-oh 10 Adam Najem M 5-8 150 1/19/95 Clifton, New Jersey NAH-gem 11 Lagos Kunga F 5-9 155 10/20/98 Luanda, Angola LAW-gohs KOON-guh 13 Oliver White F 5-11 185 9/17/94 Boston, Massachusetts 14 Rashawn Dally F 6-2 200 1/14/97 Bloomfield, Connecticut DAH-lee 15 Jacob Hauser-Ramsey D 6-3 195 8/4/95 Seattle, Washington 17 Ewan Grandison M 5-11 176 11/28/91 May Pen, Jamaica YOU-win 18 Elliot Collier F 6-4 180 2/22/95 Hamilton, New Zealand 19 Louis Bennett II D 5-7 148 5/19/95 Shorewood, Wisconsin LOO-ee 21 Duane Muckette F 5-10 170 7/1/95 Port of Spain, Trinidad 22 Wes Charpie D 6-0 174 11/4/92 Tarpon Springs, Florida SHAR-pee 23 Leston Paul M 5-9 154 3/11/90 Mayaro, Trinidad 24 Scott Levene GK 6-1 176 8/31/95 Stamford, Connecticut luh-VEENE 25 Jim Barkei GK 6-3 190 12/21/95 Downers Grove, Illinois BARK-eye 26 Josh Morton D 6-2 165 4/3/96 Wyandotte, Michigan 27 Cam Lindley M 5-9 165 7/18/97 Carmel, Indiana 28 Jochen Graf F 5-11 165 11/15/89 Double Oak, Texas YOCK-en GRAPH 29 Brandon Allen F 6-0 190 10/8/93 Old Bridge, N.J.