6 National Team call ups RENO 1868 FC 4 All-League selections 3 Straight playoff appearances 2020 MATCH NOTES 2 Silver State Cups 2020 SCHEDULE MARCH Fri. 6 @ Tacoma Defiance .........................7:00 p.m. Sat. 14 OKC Energy FC ........................6:15 p.m. V Sat. 21 @ Austin Bold FC .............................5:30 p.m. Wed. 25 @ Sacramento Republic FC ..........7:30 p.m. Sat. 28 Portland Timbers 2.................6:15 p.m. TACOMA DEFIANCE RENO 1868 FC APRIL Sat. 4 Las Vegas Lights FC ................6:15 p.m. (0-0-0) 0pts (0-0-0) 0pts Wed. 15 @ LA Galaxy II ....................................7:30 p.m. Sat. 25 @ San Antonio FC ............................5:30 p.m. Game #1: Friday, March 6 | 7:00 p.m. PT | Cheney Stadium | Tacoma, Wash. MAY Referee - Ismir Pekmic, Assistant Referees - Christian Clerc & Seth Martin, Fourth Official - Liam Leonard Sat. 2 El Paso Locomotive FC ...........6:45 p.m. Tue. 5 @ Co. Switchbacks FC ....................6:00 p.m. Sat. 16 @ Orange County SC ......................7:00 p.m. MATCH INFORMATION VS TACOMA (MARCH 6) Sat. 23 FC Tulsa ...................................7:15 p.m. Live Video Stream ........................................................................................................................ ESPN+ Fri. 29 @ Phoenix Rising FC .......................7:30 p.m. Series Record.....................................................................................................................................3-0-3 JUNE Last Reno win ........................................................................................Sept. 10, 2019 (5-0 @ Reno) Sat. 6 Rio Grande Valley FC ..............7:15 p.m. Last Tacoma win ................................................................................................................................. N/A Sat. 13 @ Real Monarch SLC .......................8:00 p.m. Sat. 20 New Mexico United .................... 7:15 p.m. Tacoma home record (2019) .......................................................................................................7-7-3 Sat. 27 @ San Diego Loyal SC .........................7:00 p.m. Reno road record (2019) ............................................................................................................ 10-5-2 JULY Fri. 3 LA Galaxy II................................7:15 p.m. WAYS TO ADDRESS THE CLUB: Reno, 1868, Reno 1868, 1868 FC, Reno 1868 FC Sun. 12 @ Portland Timbers 2 .....................5:00 p.m. Wed. 15 San Antonio FC .......................7:15 p.m. DO NOT REFERENCE: The 1868’s, The 1868 FC, The Reno 1868, The 1868 FC Sat. 18 Co. Switchbacks FC .................7:15 p.m. AUGUST Sat. 1 Real Monarchs SLC .................7:15 p.m. western conference standings 2019 Sat. 8 @ FC Tulsa...........................................5:00 p.m. Sat. 15 Orange County SC ...................7:15 p.m. Sat. 22 @ OKC Energy FC ................................5:00 p.m. Sat. 29 Austin Bold FC ..........................6:45 p.m. 2019 usl honors Player of the month SEPTEMBER Sat. 5 Tacoma Defiance ....................6:45 p.m. Corey Hertzog - July Sat. 12 @ Rio Grande Valley FC ...................5:30 p.m. Wed. 16 @ El Paso Locomotive FC ................5:00 p.m. Sat. 19 San Diego Loyal......................6:15 p.m. player of the Week Sat. 26 @ Las Vegas Lights ..............................7:30 p.m. Brian Brown - Week 2 Danny Musovski - Week 28 JT Marcinkowski - Week 31 OCTOBER Sat. 3 Phoenix Rising FC ..................5:45 p.m. Team of the Week Sat. 10 Sacramento Republic FC........5:45 p.m. Brian Brown - Week 2 & 13 Duke Lacroix - Week 7, 13, 21 & 33 Sat. 17 @ New Mexico United ...................7:00 p.m. Corey Hertzog - Week 9, 10, 21 &33 Seth Casiple - Week 11 & 17 Sam Gleadle - Week 15 & 18 JT Marcinkowski - Week 17 & 31 Home games in bold Zach Carroll - Week 18 Raul Mendiola - Week 20 Lindo Mfeka - Week 21 Thomas Janjigian - Week 22 1868 FC COMMUNICATIONS Danny Musovski - Week 28 Brent Richards - Week 28 Kevin Partida - Week 32 PR/Comms Manager Kevin Bass E-mail [email protected] second team all league Office 775-334-7070 Corey Hertzog Cell 831-595-5111 Twitter @Reno1868FC Instagram @Reno1868FC Facebook /Reno1868FC #AllForOurCity | #VamosAzules QUICK FACTS quick shots chasing history: Heading into the 2020 season, ABOUT RENO 1868 FC Corey Hertzog sits fourth all-time in career USL goals with 62. Location .................................................Reno, Nev. Just ahead of Hertzog with 63 is Birmingham Legion’s Chandler Reno/Sparks Population .......................425,417 Hoffman. With 72 is recently-retired Jorge Herrera, and leading Colors ........................................... Blue and Yellow the USL Championship is Charlotte’s Dane Kelly with 77. Stadium .............. Greater Nevada Field (9,013) Hertzog has a healthy lead on fifth-place George Davis, who President ..........................................Eric Edelstein owns 56 and currently plays for Louisville City FC. Of the top General Manager ..........................Doug Raftery five all-time goal scorers in USL history, Hertzog is the only one Front Office Phone ......................775-334-7001 to have scored more than 10 goals last season. Ticket Office Phone .....................775-334-7000 Website ....................................Reno1868FC.com league history: In 2019, Reno tied FC Cincinnati for the COACHING STAFF most regular-season wins in a club’s first three seasons with Head Coach ..........................................Ian Russell 51. Reno and Cincinnati are the only clubs to win 50 matches Alma Mater .................Univ. of Washington ‘97 through three seasons, and Reno did so with a +75 goal Record at Reno .................52-27-25 (Third year) differential to Cincinnati’s +50. Reno is also one of just six teams Playoff Record ............. 1-3 (Two appearances) to make the playoffs in each of their first three seasons. Only Assistant Coach .....................................Casey Tate FCC, Reno, Louisville City, Swope Park Rangers, New York Red Assistant Coach ............................... Chris Malenab Bulls II and Sacramento Republic FC accomplished the feat. TEAM HISTORY he’s back! Forward Corey Hertzog returns to Reno for year First season ......................................................2017 two with the club after a record-breaking year one for the 2017 Record..................................................17-7-8 veteran. Hertzog finished the year with 19 goals, breaking Dane 2018 Record............................................... 16-7-11 Kelly’s club record of 18 set in 2017. The total broke Hertzog’s 2019 Record............................................... 18-10-6 previous career high of 14, set in 2017. The attacker’s six assists All-Time Home Record .........................26-14-12 also represented a career best. All-Time Road Record ...........................26-13-13 INJURY/SUSPENSION REPORT four year men: Reno’s 2020 squad includes two players from the club’s inaugural 2017 season, defenders Brent Richards and Thomas Janjigian. Richards owns club records in N/A starts (87) and caps (89). Janjigian is 10th all-time in starts with 40. Through the club’s first four seasons, the boys in blue have played 104 games (including playoffs) and Richards has missed just five. Additionally, Richards 13 assists are tied for fourth all- time, and tops among active 1868 FC players. friendly foe: Reno’s played Tacoma Defiance six times, including twice as Seattle Sounders 2, and never lost. Reno owns a 3-0-3 record against the club, including last CLUB STREAKS (ALL-TIME) September’s 5-0 drubbing in Reno. Defender Brent Richards tied a USL Championship record with three assists in that game. Longest winning ......................................6 (8/5/17 - 9/9/17) Despite the success, Reno has never won at Tacoma/Seattle, Current winning ....................................................................N/A drawing both games. Longest unbeaten ........................... 16 (4/21/18 - 7/11/18) Current unbeaten .................................................................N/A kicking things off: In Reno’s first three seasons, the Longest losing ....................................4 (8/10/19 - 9/10/19) club has never won a season opener, going 0-2-1. This is the Current losing ................................. 1 (10/26/19 - PRESENT) first time in club history that Reno has opened the season on Longest winless .................................6 (10/14/17 - 4/21/18) the road. In road openers, Reno owns a 0-1-2 record. Current winless ............................... 1 (10/26/19 - PRESENT) 2019 RENO 1868 FC 1868 scorers statistics (Team record in parentheses) Corey Hertzog BY THE NUMBERS 2019 ............................................................19 (9-5-1) Total ............................................................ 19 (9-5-1) 19 - Goals from forward Corey Hertzog in 2019, breaking a club record set by Dane Kelly in Sam Gleadle 2017 as well as a career high by Hertzog. 2019 ..............................................................5 (2-1-1) #2 - Reno’s USL Western Conference finish in Total ...............................................................5 (2-1-1) 2019, the best in club history. - Points by Reno in the 2019 season, setting Aidan Apodaca 60 2019 ..............................................................5 (4-1-0) another club record. Total ...............................................................5 (4-1-0) 10 - 2019 road wins on the season