RenO 1868 Fc MATCH DAY PROGRAM v Saturday, Sept. 23 6:45 PM / GREATER NEVADA FIELD UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE IN THIS ISSUE 3 Match Day Prevew 4 Staff 5 Matchday Roster 8-9 Conference Standings 10 Home Schedule 12-16 Tea m 17 Technical Staff 18 Eastern Conference 19 Western Conference 20 Season Memberships 23 Pub Partners 24 Team Shop 25 Fan Experience Packages 2 GAME PREVIEW PLAYOFF-BOUND RENO 1868 FC HOSTS PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 RENO, Nev. – Playoff-bound Reno 1868 FC aims to stay hot as the club takes on Portland Timbers 2 on Saturday. Reno 1868 FC is coming off a 3-0 win over OKC Energy FC on Wednes- day. The club clinched a playoff spot in its inaugural season following the win. Reno also set a new USL record for most goals in a single season Wednesday after Lindo Mfeka’s hat trick made it 63 goals this year. New York Red Bulls II owned the previous record with 61 goals. Forward Dane Kelly is available Saturday after serving a one-match suspension. Kelly leads the team and USL with 16 goals this season as Reno’s potent attack has yet to cool down. The last time these clubs met, the match ended in a 1-1 stalemate in Reno. Now, Reno will aim to get within striking distance of Western Conference leaders Real Monarchs SLC. Reno is just four points behind Real Monarchs SLC after regaining pos- session of second place on Wednesday. A Top 4 spot in the West would guarantee a home playoff series. Saturday is also Hispanic Heritage Night sponsored by KTVN has a scheduled kickoff at 6:45 p.m. The first 1,868 fans through the rotunda entrance will receive a free jersey tee that night. 3 FRONT OFFICE Eric Edelstein Max Margulies President Account Executive - Corporate Sponsorships Andy Smith General Manager Regan Hahesy Corporate Sponsorships Andrew Daugherty Services Coordinator Executive Vice President Robert Ritchie Account Executive Audrey Hill Director of Marketing John Wermeling Account Executive Doug Raftery Sr. Director of Corporate Partner- Zoe Harmon ships Account Executive Samantha Hicks Stefan Bray Vice President of Ticket Sales Account Executive Aldo Amato Digital Media & PR Manager Kait Inman Graphic Designer Winter Moreno Special Events & Community Relations Coordinator GREATER NEVADA FIELD 250 EVANS AVE RENO, NEVADA 89501 RENO1868FC.COM 4 MATCHDAY ROSTERS 6 7 GK: Goalkeeper D: Defender M: Midfielder F : Forward GK: Goalkeeper D: Defender M: Midfielder F : Forward WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS 8 10 TEAM Brian Brown / 99 / Forward Junior Burgos / 10 / Midfielder On June 21, 2014, he made his international debut in a 2-0 victory against the Dominican Republic. Three months later, Burgos was named to El Salvador’s UNCAF Cup roster. Prior to his international stints, Burgos was selected in the third round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC. Seth Casiple / 84 / Midfielder Brenton Griffiths / 23 / Defender Anibal Echeverria / 11 / Midfielder Echeverria played for the El Salvador indoor soccer team as part of their Indoor World Cup squad in 2015. With the team, he starred as an attacking midfielder and scored two goals in an 8-3 win against Kazakhstan. Echeverria played soccer for Feather River College in 2008. In one 12 year with the Golden Eagles, he helped the team advance TEAM Antoine Hoppenot / 29 / Midfielder Russell Klabough / 1 / Goalkeeper Klabough, 22, played as goalkeeper for Sockers FC in the Premier Development League last year. Klabough guided the team to the best season in club history with an 8-3-3 record, conceding just four goals while making 17 saves. Prior to his professional career, Klabough played collegiately at California State University, Stanislaus. Klabough led the Warriors to a 14-3-3 record, allowing 20 goals on 249 shots. Dane Kelly / 9 / Forward Matt LaGrassa / 20 / Midfielder LaGrassa, 23, played four years at California Polytechnic State University. During his time at Cal Poly, he also played for the Des Moines Menace and Ventura County Fusion of the PDL. LaGrassa later returned home after signing with Sacramento Republic FC and proved himself as an essential player in their midfield. Jordan Murrel / 4 / Defender Murrell, 23, progressed through the Canadian national team’s U-18, U-20 and U-23 programs, and holds significant experience in the Premier Development League and United Soccer League. While attending Syracuse University, Murrell played for the Ocean City Nor’easters and K-W United FC of the PDL. Murrell later played for the USL’s Real Monarchs and most recently the Pittsburgh 13 Riverhounds. TEAM Jimmy Ockford / 15 / Defender Mackenzie Pridham / 8 / Forward Jordan Roberts / 7 / Midfielder Roberts, 23, originally from Bishop Aukland, England, came to the United States to attend Quincy University, where he played four years. After graduating, he was signed by the USL’s Saint Louis FC, where he played during the 2014-2015 seasons. Roberts’ father, Alan Roberts, played for Middlesbrough from 1982-85 Brent Richards / 16 / Defender Richards, 26, was the first homegrown player to be signed by Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers in 2012. Prior to signing with the club, Richards played for the Portland Timbers U23s in the Premier Development League from 2009-11. Richards helped the Timbers U23s win the PDL championship in 2010 with a perfect 16-0 record. Darwin Espinal / 13 / Midfielder Espinal, 22, is a dynamic, pacey midfielder who most recently played for the South Florida Surf, a club in the Premier Development League (PDL). The Honduran international is not new to the USL scene as he played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies during the 2015-16 season scoring four goals. 14 TEAM Nick von Niederhäusern / 5 / Midfielder Von Niederhäusern, 27, most recently played for Swiss (Raiffeisen) Super League club, FC Vaduz from 2013- 16 which earned him a spot in one of the world’s most popular video games, FIFA 16. He made a total of 74 appearances with Vaduz, including nine Europa League qualifier matches and was part of Vaduz’s Liechtenstein Cup Championships in 2014, ‘15 and ‘16. Vaduz posted a plus-44 goal differential (46-2) during Von Niederhäusern’s three-year stint in the Liechtenstein Cup. Chris Wehan / 14 / Midfielder Wehan, 22, spent the summer of last year training with the San Jose Earthquakes before he was invited to do a trial with Reno 1868 FC last month. In Wehan’s junior year, he was named to the First Team All-Conference USA after leading the Lobos with 10 goals scored. In the same year, Wehan was named MVP and best offensive player of the Grange & Ashwell Memorial Invitational and earned a spot on the Academic All-Conference USA. As a senior, Wehan led the Lobos to victory in the 2016 Conference USA Men’s Soccer tournament and was declared the MVP. Dembokwi Yomba / 19 / Forward Yomba, 20, joined the Atlético Madrid youth program in 2014. In the same year, he made his international debut for Atlético in the EUFA (Union of European Football) Youth League against Olympiacos. Yomba and his former Spanish club would later advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Prior to his stints with Atlético, Yomba played for the United States U-17, U-18, and U-20 teams. Yomba was scouted while traveling with the U-18 Men’s National team to the Copa del Atlantico in Spain. Thomas Janjigian / 6 / Defender Janjigian played for the University of California, Irvine. As a Senior, Janjigian was named First Team All-Big West and led the team with three goals and 5 assists. In Janjigian’s Freshman year with the Anteaters, he started in 20 matches, helping his team win the Big West Championship. In the same year, Janjgian also made a NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. TEAM Lindo Mfeka / 17 / Midfielder Mfeka was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes on April 6 with the 28th overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Mfeka was a four-year starter at the University of South Florida, totaling 16 goals and 18 assists over 72 career collegiate games. He was named First Team All-American Athletic Conference from 2014-2016 and NSCAA Second Team All-East Region in 2016. Sean Bieker / 24 / Goalkeeper Klabough, 24, is a native of Reno who played four years varsity at Bishop Minouge High School. He played college soccer at Cal State Fulerton before signing his first proffesional contract with Reno 1868 FC. 16 TECHNICAL STAFF Ian Russell Head Coach Russell played for the University of Washington and later started his professional career with the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division in 1998 and 1999. Russell was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in 2000 and continued to play seven seasons in MLS. Six of those seasons came with the Earthquakes, where Russell helped the team win two MLS Cups in 2001 and 2003. In 2008, Russell returned to the Earthquakes as an assistant coach, a position he held for eight seasons. He helped lead the club to the postseason twice, while earning the Supporters’ Shield for best regular season record (19- 6-9) in 2012. Russell was also instrumental in the Quakes’ international and collegiate scouting efforts, and briefly helped oversee the club’s youth development as the academy’s technical director. He served as the Earthquakes interim head coach for the final two games of the 2014 season and holds a U.S. Soccer Federation “A” coaching license. Eric Bucchere Assistant Coach Bucchere, 34, has nine years of coaching experience on his résumé. He most recently held the head coach position for the men’s soccer team at Menlo College, posting an overall record of 43-23-9 across four seasons, including a Golden State Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championship in 2016.