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MATCH INFORMATION REGULAR SEASON MATCH 2019 REGULAR SEASON DATE OPPONENT TIME / RESULT Kickoff: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 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, 81°F Sun, Mar. 24 @ Bethlehem Steel FC W 1-0 Broadcast: ESPN+ Fri, Mar. 29 @ New York Red Bulls II L 2-3 Referee: Brad Jensen Sat, April 6 @ North Carolina FC T 1-1 Assistants: Ryan Starr, Austin Holt Wed, April 10 Atlanta United 2 L 0-1 Fourth Official: Lauryn Hill 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 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Sat, June 29 @ Charlotte Independence L 0-1 Sat, July 6 Hartford Athletic W 4-1 8-13-7 (31 PTS, 12th in East) 14-4-10 (52 PTS, 5th in East) Wed, July 17 Nashville SC L 0-2 Form: W, W, W, W, L GD: -12 Form: D, W, D, W, W GD: 21 Sat, July 20 New York Red Bulls II T 2-2 Home: 4-6-3 Away: 5-4-4 Sat, July 27 Ottawa Fury FC W 2-0 Sat, Aug. 3 @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 0-4 Coach: Tim Mulqueen Coach: Bob Lilley Tue, Aug. 6 @ Saint Louis FC T 0-0 Goals: Brandon Allen (6) Goals: Neco Brett (10) Sat, Aug. 10 North Carolina FC L, 1-2 Assists: Cam Lindley (5) Assists: Kenardo Forbes (8) Sat, Aug. 17 @ Birmingham Legion FC L, 0-1 Saves: Jeff Caldwell (72) Saves: Kyle Morton (39) 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 7:00 PM 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 09.24.19 // #MEMvPIT NEWS & NOTES MATCH PREVIEW match winning streak. CHANCE TO GAIN GROUND Winners of four-straight matches, Memphis The club was also 0-9-2 on the season With three points on Tuesday, Memphis 901 901 FC continues its home stretch Tuesday when trailing at halftime before erasing FC could get three points closer to a playoff night at 7:00 against fifth-place Pittsburgh halftime deficits to beat Atlanta United 2 spot in its inaugural season. Riverhounds SC. and Loudoun United FC. Currently sitting in 12th place with 31 After ending Saint Louis FC's five-match AWESOME ALLEN points, the team ahead of Memphis, winning streak Saturday night, Memphis Charleston Battery, has 38. The line for a boasts the longest winning streak in the In Memphis' seven recent matches in which playoff spot currently stands at 39 points. Eastern Conference and is one of two teams it has scored a total of 14 goals, Brandon in the entire USL Championship that has Allen has accounted for six of them. This After Tuesday's match against Pittsburgh, won four or more matches in a row, along includes two-goal performances on July 20 Memphis has upcoming matches against with Orange County SC. and Sept. 7. 13th-place Bethlehem, 2nd-place Indy, 15th-place Charlotte, 11th-place On Saturday, Marcus Epps found the back THROUGH THE RINGER Charleston, and 6th-place Louisville to of the net off a corner kick by Cam Lindley in Including Tuesday, 10 of Memphis' last 13 finish the regular season. the 54th minute to account for the match’s matches have been against teams in the KEY ADDITIONS only scoring. The goal came as a result of playoff picture at the time of the match. a halftime adjustment on set pieces and (PIT, 5th; STL, 9th; TBR, 3rd; BHM, 10th; After building its inaugural season roster, was set up perfectly letting Epps put it NC, 5th; STL, 10th; PIT, 6th; OTT, 8th; NY, Memphis 901 FC has not been content. Since home across the front of the net. 901 FC 2nd; NSH, 3rd). 901 FC recently concluded then, the club has added key contributors goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell and the Memphis a stretch of three-straight matches against Cam Lindley (April 12), Jochen Graf (April defense weathered multiple Saint Louis non-playoff teams. 25), Lagos Kunga (May 13), Brandon Allen threats down the stretch and finished off (June 26), Marcus Epps (Aug. 2), Pierre Da the club’s first clean sheet since an Aug. 6 OFFENSIVE COMPARISON Silva (Aug. 5), and Liam Doyle (Aug. 5) as match at Saint Louis FC. Memphis has scored nine goals in its last the season has progressed. As a result of its four-match winning streak, four matches after scoring a total of five in By itself, that group has accounted for 901 FC has moved from 17th place before the eight matches prior. approximately 25 percent of Memphis' the Atlanta United 2 match on Aug. 28 to The club's recent stretch of play includes minutes played in matches since Lindley 12th place and eight points away from the was the first to join the team. final playoff spot in the conference. 10 multi-goal performances where the squad is 8-0-2. Memphis had just two FANS LINING UP Tuesday's match is a makeup of a match multi-goal showings in its first 10 matches on May 18 that was postponed after the and did not win either outing. The Memphis 901 FC fanbase had made first half of play due to inclement weather quite an impression in its inaugural in Memphis. 901 FC and Pittsburgh played MAY BRINGS MOVEMENT season. In 13 USL Championship earlier this season on Aug. 3 in Pittsburgh, In 19 matches since the beginning of May, competitions at home this season Memphis which was a 4-0 win for the home side. 901 FC has gotten a point in 12 of them is averaging 6,904 fans per match, which after having points in three of its first nine ranks seventh in the league and is second After Tuesday, 901 FC remains at AutoZone among expansion teams. Park to face Bethlehem Steel FC Saturday matches of the season. night at 7:00. Since that May 4 game against Birmingham COMEBACK KIDS Legion FC, Memphis has added playmakers Brandon Allen, Marcus Epps, and Lagos After starting the season 0-11-2 when Kunga, among others, who have combined conceding first in a match, 901 FC has for eight goals, three assists, and 25 shots come back to win after allowing the first on target. goal in three of the matches on its four- 2 09.24.19 // #MEMvPIT 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.