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MATCH INFORMATION REGULAR SEASON MATCH 2019 REGULAR SEASON DATE OPPONENT TIME / RESULT Kickoff: Saturday, Sept. 28, 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, 88°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: Alejandro Mariscal Sat, April 6 @ North Carolina FC T 1-1 Assistants: Trent van Haitsma, Kyle Johnston Wed, April 10 Atlanta United 2 L 0-1 Fourth Official: Ronald Ware 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 Bethlehem Steel FC Sat, June 29 @ Charlotte Independence L 0-1 Sat, July 6 Hartford Athletic W 4-1 8-14-7 (31 PTS, 12th in East) 8-15-6 (30 PTS, 13th in East) Wed, July 17 Nashville SC L 0-2 Form: L, W, W, W, W GD: -13 Form: L, W, L, D, W GD: -16 Sat, July 20 New York Red Bulls II T 2-2 Home: 4-7-3 Away: 4-7-3 Sat, July 27 Ottawa Fury FC W 2-0 Sat, Aug. 3 @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-4 Coach: Tim Mulqueen Coach: Brendan Burke Tue, Aug. 6 @ Saint Louis FC T 0-0 Goals: Brandon Allen (6) Goals: Faris Pemi Moumbagna (7) Sat, Aug. 10 North Carolina FC L, 1-2 Assists: Cam Lindley (5) Assists: Zachary Zandi (6) Sat, Aug. 17 @ Birmingham Legion FC L, 0-1 Saves: Jeff Caldwell (73) Saves: Tomas Romero (38) 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 W 1-0 Triston Hodge - torn ACL (season) Tue, Sept. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-1 Abdi Mohamed - foot (day-to-day) Sat, Sept. 28 Bethlehem Steel FC 7:00 PM 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 09.28.19 // #MEMvBTH NEWS & NOTES MATCH PREVIEW Oct. 12 against Charlotte Independence. After starting the season 0-11-2 when Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. conceding first in a match, 901 FC came Memphis 901 FC looks to bounce back from back to win after allowing the first goal a loss earlier in the week with a Saturday CHANCE TO GAIN GROUND in three of the matches on its four-match night contest at AutoZone Park against winning streak. Bethlehem Steel FC. Kickoff is scheduled With three points on Saturday, Memphis for 7:00 p.m. 901 FC could get three points closer to a The club was also 0-9-2 on the season playoff spot in its inaugural season. when trailing at halftime before erasing 901 FC's four-match winning streak ended Currently sitting in 12th place with 31 halftime deficits to beat Atlanta United 2 Tuesday night with a 1-0 defeat to fifth- and Loudoun United FC. place Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, which points, the team ahead of Memphis, solidified a playoff berth for the away side. Charleston Battery, has 38. The line for a MAY BRINGS MOVEMENT At the time, it was the longest winning playoff spot currently stands at 39 points, streak in the USL Championship Eastern and Memphis and Charleston still have to In 20 matches since the beginning of May, Conference. play this season on Oct. 16 in Charleston. 901 FC has gotten a point in 12 of them after having points in three of its first nine Pittsburgh scored off a corner kick in After Saturday's match against Bethlehem, matches of the season. the 15th minute, which proved to be Memphis has upcoming matches against the difference in the match. The try was 2nd-place Indy, 16th-place Charlotte, Since that May 4 game against Birmingham Pittsburgh’s only corner kick of the night 11th-place Charleston, and 6th-place Legion FC, Memphis has added playmakers and the shot was one of only five it had Louisville to finish the regular season. Brandon Allen, Marcus Epps, and Lagos Kunga, among others, who have combined in the match, as the Memphis defense THROUGH THE RINGER held tight for the remainder of the match. for eight goals, three assists, and 25 shots Pierre Da Silva led 901 FC with five shots Including Tuesday, 10 of Memphis' last 13 on target. in Tuesday's match, two of which were matches were against teams in the playoff KEY ADDITIONS blocked, and Marc Burch and Dan Metzger picture at the time of the match. (PIT, 5th; each had two key passes. STL, 9th; TBR, 3rd; BHM, 10th; NC, 5th; STL, After building its inaugural season roster, 10th; PIT, 6th; OTT, 8th; NY, 2nd; NSH, 3rd). Memphis 901 FC has not been content. Since Memphis and Bethlehem Steel played 901 FC went 2-6-2 in those 10 matches. then, the club has added key contributors earlier this season on March 24 in Cam Lindley (April 12), Jochen Graf (April Pennsylvania, with 901 FC earning its first OFFENSIVE COMPARISON 25), Lagos Kunga (May 13), Brandon Allen win in club history with a 1-0 triumph. (June 26), Marcus Epps (Aug. 2), Pierre Da Rashawn Dally scored his first goal as Memphis has scored nine goals in its last five matches after scoring a total of five in Silva (Aug. 5), and Liam Doyle (Aug. 5) as a professional soccer player in the 58th the season has progressed. minute, and Memphis goalkeeper Jeff the eight matches prior. Caldwell recorded his first clean sheet as The club's recent stretch of play includes By itself, that group has accounted for a pro with the shutout. 10 multi-goal performances where the approximately 25 percent of Memphis' squad is 8-0-2. Memphis had just two minutes played in matches since Lindley Saturday's match is key for playoff was the first to join the team. positioning, as 901 FC is in 12th place in multi-goal showings in its first 10 matches the conference, eight points out of playoff and did not win either outing. FANS LINING UP positioning, and Bethlehem is one spot AWESOME ALLEN and one point behind Memphis. Including The Memphis 901 FC fanbase had made Saturday, Memphis has five matches In Memphis' seven recent matches in which quite an impression in its inaugural season. remaining in the regular season. it has scored a total of 14 goals, Brandon In 14 USL Championship competitions at Allen has accounted for six of them. This home this season Memphis is averaging After Saturday's match finishes a stretch includes two-goal performances on July 20 6,706 fans per match, which ranks eighth of three contests in eight days, 901 FC and Sept. 7. in the league and is third among expansion hits the road to face Indy Eleven on Oct. teams. 5. Memphis' next home match is Saturday, COMEBACK KIDS 2 09.28.19 // #MEMvBTH 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.