RENO 1868 FC 2019 MATCH NOTES SCHEDULE/RESULTS MARCH Sat. 9 Orange County SC ........................D, 2-2 Sat. 16 Austin Bold FC ............................. W, 2-1 V Sat. 23 @ Fresno FC ............................................. D, 1-1 Sat. 30 OKC Energy FC ..............................D, 3-3 RENO 1868 FC TACOMA DEFIANCE APRIL Sat. 6 @ Real Monarchs SLC ............................ L, 3-1 Sat. 13 @ Colorado Switchbacks FC ..............W, 2-0 (13-9-5) 44pts (5-16-5) 20pts Sat. 20 New Mexico United ..................... W, 2-1 Sat. 27 @ El Paso Locomotive ........................... L, 1-0 Match 28: Tuesday, September 10 | 6:45 p.m. PT | Greater Nevada Field | Reno, Nev. MAY Referee - Victor Rivas, Assistant Referees - Andrew Hanks & Conrado Garcia, Fourth Official - Jaime Padilla Wed. 4 Tulsa Roughnecks FC ...................D, 2-2 Sat. 11 @ Sacramento Republic FC ................W, 4-1 MATCH INFORMATION VS TACOMA (SEPTEMBER 10) Sat. 18 @ Tacoma Defiance ............................... D, 1-1 Live Video Stream .............................................. ESPN+ (Online) & Nevada Sports Net (Local) JUNE Series Record........................................................................................................................ Reno, 2-0-3 Sat. 1 Las Vegas Lights .......................... W, 4-0 Last Reno win ........................................................................................July 8, 2018 (2-1 @ Tacoma) Sat. 8 @ San Antonio FC ................................... L, 3-2 Sat. 15 LA Galaxy II ..................................... W, 4-2 Last Tacoma win ................................................................................................................................. N/A Tue. 18 Phoenix Rising FC ..............................L, 3-0 Wed. 26 @ Portland Timbers 2 .................................W, 2-1 Reno home record ..........................................................................................................................7-3-3 Sat. 29 Sacramento Republic FC .................. W, 2-0 Tacoma road record ........................................................................................................................0-9-3 JULY Wed. 3 Rio Grande Valley FC ........................ W, 4-0 Wed. 17 @ OKC Energy FC ...................................W, 3-2 Sat. 20 @ LA Galaxy II ..........................................W, 2-1 Wed. 24 @ Orange County SC ................................. L, 4-1 USL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS Sat. 27 Co. Switchbatcks FC ......................... W, 4-0 WESTERN CONFERENCE AUGUST Sat. 3 @ Rio Grande Valley FC ..............................W, 2-1 Team P Record Points GD Form Sat. 10 San Antonio FC ............................. L, 4-1 Fri. 16 @ Phoenix Rising FC .................................L, 4-2 1. Phoenix Rising FC 27 20-2-5 65 +47 WWWWW Sat. 31 Portland Timbers 2 ...........................L, 3-1 2. Fresno FC 26 14-4-8 50 +17 WDWLW SEPTEMBER Sat. 7 Fresno FC ...................................... L, 3-2 3. Reno 1868 FC 27 13-9-5 44 +9 WLLLL Tue. 10 Tacoma Defiance .. Greater Nevada Field Sun. 15 @ Austin Bold FC ....Austin Bold FC Stadium 4. Austin Bold FC 27 11-9-7 40 +1 LWLWD Fri. 20 @ New Mexico United .............. Isotopes Park Sat. 28 Real Monarchs SLC ... Greater Nevada Field 5. Orange County SC 27 10-8-9 39 +7 LWWWW 6. LA Galaxy II 27 10-8-9 39 -4 LWDWW OCTOBER 7. Sacramento Republic FC 26 11-11-4 37 +9 DWLLW Sat. 5 El Paso Locomotive ... Greater Nevada Field Sat. 12 @ Las Vegas Lights FC .........Cashman Field 8. Real Monarchs SLC 26 10-9-7 37 +6 DLDDL Sat. 19 @ Tulsa Roughnecks FC ............ ONEOK Field 9. New Mexico United 27 9-8-10 37 +1 LDLLW Home games in bold 10. OKC Energy FC 28 9-9-10 37 -1 LWWDL 11. El Paso Locomotive FC 26 9-8-9 36 +3 LWLDW 12. Portland Timbers 2 27 9-10-8 35 +3 WLLWL 1868 FC COMMUNICATIONS 13. San Antonio FC 27 9-11-7 34 +4 WDWLL PR/Comms Manager Kevin Bass 14. Las Vegas Lights FC 27 8-11-8 32 -8 LWDDL E-mail [email protected] 15. Rio Grande Valley FC 27 7-13-7 28 -9 DDWLL Office 775-334-7070 Cell 831-595-5111 16. Tulsa Roughnecks FC 28 6-13-9 27 -21 LDWDW Twitter @Reno1868FC Instagram @Reno1868FC 17. Co. Sp. Switchbacks FC 28 6-17-5 23 -28 DLLLD Facebook /Reno1868FC 18. Tacoma Defiance 26 5-16-5 20 -36 WLLWL #COYBIB | #VamosAzules | #RNOvTAC BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS #6 - Forward Corey Hertzog’s USL rank in goals scored (13) #5 - Midfielder Raul Mendiola’s USL rank in assists (7) 56 - Goals on the season by Reno, third most in the USL. ABOUT RENO 1868 FC 71 - Scoring chances created by Seth Casiple, fifth in the Location .................................................Reno, Nev. entire USL. Reno/Sparks Population .......................425,417 141 - Crosses on the season by Casiple, eighth in the USL. Colors ........................................... Blue and Yellow +9 - Reno’s goal differential, tied for third in the western Stadium .............. Greater Nevada Field (9,013) conference. Only three other western conference President ..........................................Eric Edelstein teams have a differential greater than seven. General Manager ..........................Doug Raftery 44 - Points on the season for Reno, third most in the Front Office Phone ......................775-334-7001 conference. Ticket Office Phone .....................775-334-7000 16 - Matches this season in which Reno has outshot their Website ....................................Reno1868FC.com opponent. Reno is 7-4-5 in those matches, and 6-5-0 when they do not. 60 - Total shots on the season by Hertzog, tied for fifth COACHING STAFF most in the USL. Head Coach ..........................................Ian Russell Alma Mater .................Univ. of Washington ‘97 discipline, discipline, discipline Record at Reno .................47-25-24 (Third year) Reno’s season total of 41 yellow cards and just one red card Playoff Record ............. 1-2 (Two appearances) are among the fewest in the league. Only Portland has no red Assistant Coach .....................................Casey Tate cards, and only eight (out of 36 USL teams) have fewer yellow Assistant Coach ............................... Chris Malenab cards. TEAM HISTORY new name, familiar foe First season ......................................................2017 Reno has never lost to Tacoma Defiance (previously Seattle Sounders 2), owning a 2-0-3 all-time record. The two clubs 2017 Record..................................................17-7-8 played to a 1-1 draw when they met earlier this year at 2018 Record............................................... 16-7-11 Tacoma, but Tacoma has yet to win a road match on the All-Time Home Record .........................25-12-11 season, going 0-9-3 thusfar. All-Time Road Record ...........................22-13-13 career year INJURY/SUSPENSION REPORT With seven matches to go, forward Corey Hertzog owns 13 goals. The total is just one short of tying his career high of 14, set in 2017 with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. That year, Hertzog earned All-League second team honors. This season, Hertzog was named July’s Player of the Month. dynamic duo Matt Bersano ranks 22nd in the USL with 50 saves, and JT Marcinkowski ranks 23rd with 48. No other team has two keepers ranked in the top 25. The pairing has combined for five clean sheets on the season, including four at Greater Nevada Field. chasing history With seven matches left to go in Reno’s third season, the team CLUB STREAKS (ALL-TIME) owns 46 regular season wins. The total is tied for third all time in USL history for a club’s first three seasons. If 1868 can earn Longest winning ......................................6 (8/5/17 - 9/9/17) four wins in the final seven matches, the team will become Current winning ....................................................................N/A just the second ever to win 50. Reno can also become just the Longest unbeaten ........................... 16 (4/21/18 - 7/11/18) sixth team ever to make the playoffs in each of their first three seasons. Current unbeaten .................................................................N/A *FC Cincinnati / 51 wins Longest losing .....................................4 (8/10/19 - Present) *Louisville City / 49 wins Current losing .......................................4 (8/10/19 - Present) Reno 1868 FC / 46 wins *Swope Park Rangers / 46 wins Longest winless .................................6 (10/14/17 - 4/21/18) *New York Red Bulls II / 46 wins Current winless .....................................4 (8/10/19 - Present) *Sacramento Republic / 44 wins 2019 RENO 1868 FC 1868 WHEN... MUSOVSKI’S TWO GOALS NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLETE COMBACK FRESNO CONVERTED PENALTY IN 94TH MINUTE TO WIN Playing at HOME 7-4-3 Playing on the ROAD 6-5-2 RENO, Nev. – Danny Musovski’s two goals in three minutes were not enough for Reno 1868 FC to complete the comeback against Fresno FC tonight, as Los Azules Leading at halftime 7-1-1 fell 3-2. Reno would tally two goals in the 89th and 92nd minutes to even the score Trailing at halftime 3-7-2 before a converted penalty kick in the 94th minute ended the comeback bid. Tied at halftime 3-1-2 “I thought we were slow in the first half,” said head coach Ian Russell. “We changed things up in the second half and guys responded. Unlucky not to get a point.” Reno scores first 8-1-3 Fresno would control the first half, with Jaime Chavez scoring in the 23rd minute and Juan Pablo Caffa converting a penalty in the 35th minute to make it 2-0 heading into Opponent scores first 5-8-2