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MATCH INFORMATION REGULAR SEASON MATCH 2019 REGULAR SEASON DATE OPPONENT TIME / RESULT Kickoff: Saturday, Oct. 19, 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, 65°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: Lorant Varga Sat, April 6 @ North Carolina FC T 1-1 Assistants: Tom Felice, Justin Howard Wed, April 10 Atlanta United 2 L 0-1 Fourth Official: Rebecca Luther 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 Louisville City FC Sat, June 29 @ Charlotte Independence L 0-1 Sat, July 6 Hartford Athletic W 4-1 9-17-7 (34 PTS, 15th in East) 16-8-9 (57 PTS, 6th in East) Wed, July 17 Nashville SC L 0-2 Form: L, L, L, W, L GD: -14 Form: W, L, W, D, W GD: 16 Sat, July 20 New York Red Bulls II T 2-2 Home: 5-8-3 Away: 6-5-5 Sat, July 27 Ottawa Fury FC W 2-0 Sat, Aug. 3 @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-4 Coach: Tim Mulqueen Coach: John Hackworth Tue, Aug. 6 @ Saint Louis FC T 0-0 Goals: Brandon Allen (9) Goals: Magnus Rasmussen (13) Sat, Aug. 10 North Carolina FC L, 1-2 Assists: Cam Lindley (7) Assists: Oscar Jimenez (7) Sat, Aug. 17 @ Birmingham Legion FC L, 0-1 Saves: Jeff Caldwell (80) Saves: Chris Hubbard (64) 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 Liam Doyle - family reasons Sat, Sept. 21 Saint Louis FC W 1-0 Raul Gonzalez III - torn ACL (season) Tue, Sept. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-1 Triston Hodge - torn ACL (season) Sat, Sept. 28 Bethlehem Steel FC W 5-0 Josh Morton - calf (day-to-day) Sat, Oct. 5 @ Indy Eleven L 0-3 Sat, Oct. 12 Charlotte Independence L 1-2 Wed, Oct. 16 @ Charleston Battery L 0-2 Michael Schroeder Sat, Oct. 19 Louisville City FC 7:00 PM Director of Media and Public Relations All Times Central [email protected] @Memphis901FC 1 10.19.19 // #MEMvLOU NEWS & NOTES MATCH PREVIEW This turned the tide of the season and back to win after allowing the first goal put Memphis within striking distance of in three of the matches on its four-match Memphis 901 FC closes its inaugural advancing to postseason play in its first winning streak in late August and early season Saturday night against two-time year. September. defending USL Cup champion Louisville City FC. Kickoff at AutoZone Park is THROUGH THE RINGER The club was also 0-9-2 on the season scheduled for 7:00 p.m. when trailing at halftime before erasing Including Saturday, 12 of Memphis' last 17 halftime deficits to beat Atlanta United 2 901 FC was eliminated from the playoff matches have been against teams in the and Loudoun United FC. race with a loss at Charleston Battery playoff picture at the time of the match. Wednesday night, but Memphis stayed (LOU, 6th; IND, 5th; PIT, 5th; STL, 9th; TBR, This comeback mentality helped 901 FC rise alive in the quest for a playoff berth in 3rd; BHM, 10th; NC, 5th; STL, 10th; PIT, 6th; from 17th place in the Eastern Conference its inaugural season until the final week OTT, 8th; NY, 2nd; NSH, 3rd). into the playoff hunt entering the final week of the regular season. Key victories and of the regular season. results helped 901 FC rise from second-to- OFFENSIVE COMPARISON KEY ADDITIONS last place in the conference at the end of Memphis has scored 15 goals in its last August and keep its playoff hopes alive. nine matches after scoring a total of five in After building its inaugural season roster, Memphis and Louisville played earlier the eight matches prior. Memphis 901 FC has not been content. Since then, the club has added key contributors this season in Louisville, which was a 2-1 The club's stretch of play lately includes 11 victory for the home club. Memphis' score Cam Lindley (April 12), Jochen Graf (April multi-goal performances where the squad 25), Lagos Kunga (May 13), Brandon Allen came via an own-goal in the 71st minute. is 9-0-2. Memphis had just two multi-goal 901 FC starting goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell (June 26), Marcus Epps (Aug. 2), Pierre Da showings in its first 10 matches of the Silva (Aug. 5), and Liam Doyle (Aug. 5) as was on the matchday squad but did not season and did not win either outing. play. the season has progressed. AWESOME ALLEN 901 FC midfielder Morgan Hackworth is the By itself, that group has accounted for son of Louisville City FC head coach John In Memphis' nine recent matches in which approximately 25 percent of Memphis' Hackworth. The elder Hackworth took the it has scored a total of 20 goals, Brandon minutes played in matches since Lindley helm of Louisville City in 2018 and guided Allen has accounted for nine of them. This was the first to join the team. them to a title. includes two-goal performances on July 20, FANS LINING UP Sept. 7, and Sept. 28. After Saturday's match, 901 FC turns its The Memphis 901 FC fanbase had made attention to the 2020 season. Entering the MAY BRINGS MOVEMENT quite an impression in its inaugural season. last match of the regular season, Memphis In 16 USL Championship competitions at has had eight players make at least 20 In 24 matches since the beginning of May, 901 FC has gotten a point in 13 of them home this season Memphis is averaging starts, and Marc Burch (30), Jeff Caldwell 6,610 fans per match, which ranks 10th in (28), Wes Charpie (27), and Dan Metzger after having points in three of its first nine matches of the season. the league and is third among expansion (25) have all made at least 25 starts. teams. MAKING IT INTERESTING Since that May 4 game against Birmingham Legion FC, Memphis has added playmakers Despite being in second-to-last place in the Brandon Allen, Marcus Epps, and Lagos conference entering the match at Atlanta Kunga, among others, who have combined United 2 on Aug. 28, 901 FC remained alive for 12 goals, three assists, and 36 shots in the playoff hunt until the final week of its on target. inaugural season. COMEBACK KIDS 901 FC was in 17th place in the Eastern Conference before winning four-straight After starting the season 0-11-2 when matches and five-of-six entering October. conceding first in a match, 901 FC came 2 10.19.19 // #MEMvLOU 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. 30 Marcus Epps M 6-0 160 1/16/95 Jackson, Miss. 31 Pierre Da Silva M 5-9 145 7/28/98 Port Chester, N.Y.