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MATCH INFORMATION REGULAR SEASON MATCH 2019 REGULAR SEASON DATE OPPONENT TIME / RESULT Kickoff: Saturday, Oct. 5, 6:00 PM CT Sat, Mar. 9 Tampa Bay Rowdies L 0-1 Location: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana Sat, Mar. 16 Loudoun United FC T 1-1 Forecast: Sunny, 71°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: Elijio Arreguin Sat, April 6 @ North Carolina FC T 1-1 Assistants: John Krill, Ethan Buege Wed, April 10 Atlanta United 2 L 0-1 Fourth Official: Michael Samour 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 Indy Eleven Memphis 901 FC Sat, June 29 @ Charlotte Independence L 0-1 Sat, July 6 Hartford Athletic W 4-1 17-9-5 (56 PTS, 5th in East) 9-14-7 (34 PTS, 12th in East) Wed, July 17 Nashville SC L 0-2 Form: L, L, L, L, W GD: 16 Form: W, L, W, W, W GD: -8 Sat, July 20 New York Red Bulls II T 2-2 Home: 11-0-4 Away: 4-7-4 Sat, July 27 Ottawa Fury FC W 2-0 Sat, Aug. 3 @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-4 Coach: Martin Rennie Coach: Tim Mulqueen Tue, Aug. 6 @ Saint Louis FC T 0-0 Goals: Tyler Pasher (10) Goals: Brandon Allen (8) Sat, Aug. 10 North Carolina FC L, 1-2 Assists: Kenney Walker (4) Assists: Cam Lindley (7) Sat, Aug. 17 @ Birmingham Legion FC L, 0-1 Saves: Evan Newton (81) Saves: Jeff Caldwell (73) Sat, Aug. 24 @ Tampa Bay Rowdies L, 0-5 Wed, Aug. 28 @ Atlanta United 2 W 2-1 UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION Sat, Sept. 7 Swope Park Rangers W 4-2 Fri, Sept. 13 @ Loudoun United FC W 2-1 Raul Gonzalez III - torn ACL (season) Sat, Sept. 21 Saint Louis FC W 1-0 Jochen Graf - illness (day-to-day) Tue, Sept. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-1 Jacob Hauser-Ramsey - illness (day-to-day) Triston Hodge - torn ACL (season) Sat, Sept. 28 Bethlehem Steel FC W 5-0 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 10.05.19 // #INDvMEM NEWS & NOTES MATCH PREVIEW Battery for a rescheduled match on Oct. COMEBACK KIDS 16 before finishing the regular season at With four matches remaining in the AutoZone Park against Louisville City FC on After starting the season 0-11-2 when regular season, Memphis 901 FC heads to Oct. 19. conceding first in a match, 901 FC came Indianapolis to face Indy Eleven Saturday back to win after allowing the first goal night at 6:00 (CT) with the playoff race CHANCE TO GAIN GROUND in three of the matches on its four-match heating up. winning streak. With three points on Saturday, Memphis 901 FC has won five of its last six matches 901 FC could get three points closer to a The club was also 0-9-2 on the season after a 5-0 drubbing of Bethlehem Steel FC playoff spot in its inaugural season. when trailing at halftime before erasing last Saturday, scoring three goals in the halftime deficits to beat Atlanta United 2 first 30 minutes of the match and never Currently sitting in 12th place with 34 and Loudoun United FC. looking back. Elliot Collier opened the points, the team ahead of Memphis, scoring, Marcus Epps found the back of the Charleston Battery, has 39. The line for a MAY BRINGS MOVEMENT playoff spot currently stands at 39 points, net, Brandon Allen scored twice, and Liam In 21 matches since the beginning of May, Doyle scored his first goal for Memphis to and Memphis and Charleston still have to play this season on Oct. 16 in Charleston. 901 FC has gotten a point in 13 of them complete the outing. after having points in three of its first nine The five goals against Bethlehem were a After Saturday's match against 5th-place matches of the season. season high for 901 FC, who has scored 14 Indy, Memphis has upcoming matches against 15th-place Charlotte, 11th-place Since that May 4 game against Birmingham goals in its last six matches. As a result Legion FC, Memphis has added playmakers of going 5-1-0 in those six matches, 901 Charleston, and 6th-place Louisville to finish the regular season. Brandon Allen, Marcus Epps, and Lagos FC has risen from 17th place in the USL Kunga, among others, who have combined Championship Eastern Conference to its THROUGH THE RINGER for 11 goals, three assists, and 30 shots current place of 12th, five points off the on target. playoff line with four matches to play. Including Saturday, 11 of Memphis' last 15 matches were against teams in the playoff KEY ADDITIONS Memphis and Indy played earlier this picture at the time of the match. (IND, 5th; season at AutoZone Park, which was a 3-0 PIT, 5th; STL, 9th; TBR, 3rd; BHM, 10th; NC, After building its inaugural season roster, win for the visitors on June 8. Since then, 5th; STL, 10th; PIT, 6th; OTT, 8th; NY, 2nd; Memphis 901 FC has not been content. Since however, 901 FC has a very different look, NSH, 3rd). then, the club has added key contributors as it has added Allen, Epps, Pierre Da Silva, Cam Lindley (April 12), Jochen Graf (April and Liam Doyle in the weeks that followed. OFFENSIVE COMPARISON 25), Lagos Kunga (May 13), Brandon Allen 901 FC has points in 10 of its 17 matches (June 26), Marcus Epps (Aug. 2), Pierre Da that followed the previous matchup with Memphis has scored 14 goals in its last six Silva (Aug. 5), and Liam Doyle (Aug. 5) as Indy Eleven. matches after scoring a total of five in the the season has progressed. eight matches prior. Saturday is a homecoming for 901 FC By itself, that group has accounted for midfielder Cam Lindley, who is from nearby The club's recent stretch of play includes approximately 25 percent of Memphis' Carmel, Ind. Lindley is in great form 11 multi-goal performances where the minutes played in matches since Lindley entering Saturday, as he has earned USL squad is 9-0-2. Memphis had just two was the first to join the team. Championship Team of the Week honors in multi-goal showings in its first 10 matches each of the last two weeks. He has three of the season and did not win either outing. FANS LINING UP assists in his last two matches and five in AWESOME ALLEN The Memphis 901 FC fanbase had made his previous four. quite an impression in its inaugural season. In Memphis' eight recent matches in which In 15 USL Championship competitions at After Saturday, Memphis returns to it has scored a total of 19 goals, Brandon AutoZone Park next Saturday, Oct. 12, to home this season Memphis is averaging Allen has accounted for eight of them. This 6,665 fans per match, which ranks ninth face Charlotte Independence. Kickoff is at includes two-goal performances on July 20, 7:00 p.m. 901 FC then heads to Charleston in the league and is third among expansion Sept. 7, and Sept. 28. teams. 2 10.05.19 // #INDvMEM 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.