2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season

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Ownership GroupKeystone S&E
Head coachBrendan Burke
StadiumTalen Energy Stadium
USLCEastern Conf.: 16th
Bethlehem Steel FC
2019 season
Ownership GroupKeystone S&E
Head coachBrendan Burke
StadiumTalen Energy Stadium
USLCEastern Conf.: 16th
USL PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerKacper Przybylko (3)
Highest home attendance1,537
(Apr 20 vs. Indy Eleven)
Lowest home attendance219
(May 25 vs. Louisville City)
Average home league attendance503
Biggest win3–0
(June 28 at Hartford)
5–2
(Sep 18 vs Loudoun)
Biggest defeat1–6
(Sep 21 at Tampa)
0–5
(Sep 28 at Memphis)
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The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.

Transfers

In

Date Player Number Position Previous club Fee/notes
January 8, 2019United States Zach Zandi38MFUnited States Villanova WildcatsSigned[1]
January 23, 2019United States Ben Ofeimu44DFUnited States Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[2]
February 25, 2019United States Issa Rayyan40MFUnited States Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[3]
March 8, 2019Italy Yomi Scintu41FWGermany VfB EichstattSigned[4]
April 5, 2019United States Shanyder Borgelin63FWUnited States Philadelphia Union AcademySigned[5]

Out

Date Player Number Position New club Fee/notes
November 19, 2018Jamaica Omar Holness36MFEngland DarlingtonOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018Canada Chris Nanco37FWCanada Forge FCEnd of contract[6][7]
November 19, 2018Spain Santi Moar38FWUnited States New Mexico UnitedEnd of contract[6][8]
November 19, 2018United States Drew Skundrich39MFUnited States Sacramento Republic FCEnd of contract[6][9]
November 19, 2018United States Mike Catalano41MFN/aOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018United States Aidan Apodaca42FWUnited States Reno 1868 FCOption declined[6][10]
November 19, 2018United States Brandon Aubrey44DFN/aOption declined[6]
November 19, 2018United States Matt Mahoney48DFUnited States Sacramento Republic FCOption declined[6][11]
November 19, 2018Grenada A. J. Paterson49MFUnited States Charleston BatteryOption declined[6][12]

Loan in

Date Player Number Position Previous club Fee/notes
January 4, 2019Panama Saed Díaz36FWPanama Tauro FCSeason loan[13]
January 25, 2019Cameroon Steve Kingue43DFCameroon Nfuko Academy SportsSeason loan[14]
February 27, 2019Jamaica Chavany Willis42MFJamaica Portmore UnitedSeason loan[15]
February 28, 2019Costa Rica Walter Cortes47DFCosta Rica Deportivo SaprissaSeason loan[16]
March 1, 2019Jamaica Jamoi Topey42DFJamaica CavalierSeason loan[17]

Competitions

Preseason

February 2, 2019 Preseason D.C. United 1–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Clearwater, Florida
16:00 EST Kadono 57' Report Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
February 6, 2019 Preseason Chargers Soccer Club 2–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Clearwater, Florida
16:00 EST 4'
70'		 Report Blacklock 33', 40'
Temple Yellow card 60'
Trialist Yellow card 74'
Soumah 90'		 Stadium: Countryside Sports Plex
February 10, 2019 Preseason Bethlehem Steel FC 3–0 FC Motown Wayne, Pennsylvania
9:00 EST Díaz 22'
Harriel 42'
Zandi 43'		 Report Stadium: YSC Sports
February 16, 2019 Preseason Villanova Wildcats 1–2 Bethlehem Steel FC
Faris 4'
Chambers 18'		 Report 22'
Note: Closed-door scrimmage
February 20, 2019 Preseason Loudoun United FC 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Leesburg, Virginia
Report Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex
Note: Closed-door scrimmage
February 22, 2019 Preseason Richmond Kickers 3–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Leesburg, Virginia
14:00 EST Jackson 31'
Mwape 58'
Bolduc 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex

USL Championship

Results summary


Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Atlanta United 2 34 9 8 17 45 77 −32 35
15 Memphis 901 FC 34 9 7 18 37 52 −15 34
16 Bethlehem Steel FC 34 8 7 19 49 78 −29 31
17 Hartford Athletic 34 8 5 21 49 80 −31 29
18 Swope Park Rangers 34 6 8 20 46 80 −34 26
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Match results

All times in Eastern Time.

March 10 1 Birmingham Legion FC 0–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Birmingham, Alabama
7:00 PM Lopez Yellow card 42'
Hollinger-Janzen Yellow card 73'
Avila Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Przybyłko 53'
Zandi 68'
Díaz Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Field
Attendance: 5,807
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
March 16 2 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 North Carolina FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Report Lomis 51'
Guillén Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 737
Referee: Lorant Varga
March 24 3 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Memphis 901 FC Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Fontana Yellow card 28' Report Dally 58'
Grandison Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 433
Referee: Luis Arroyo
April 6 5 Swope Park Rangers 3–4 Bethlehem Steel FC Kansas City, Kansas
4:00 PM Vanacore-Decker 19'
Mbekeli 44', 57'
Riley Yellow card 49'
Segbers Yellow card 70'		 Report Rayyan Yellow card 24'
Moumbagna 27'
Fontana Yellow card 64'
Real Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Ofeimu 73'
Segbers 76' (o.g.)
Santos 90+3'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 486
Referee: Mike Lavergne
April 13 6 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–1 Charleston Battery Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Ofeimu Yellow card 31'
Przybyłko 44', 70'
Fabinho 67' Yellow card 81'
Turner Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Kelly-Rosales Yellow card 42'
Anunga 69'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
April 16 7 Charlotte Independence 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Matthews, North Carolina
6:00 PM Gutman 29', Yellow card 66'
Herrera 72'		 Report Turner Yellow card 57'
Willis 80'
Real Yellow card 84'
Ofeimu Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
April 20 8 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Indy Eleven Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM EDT Ofeimu Yellow card 53'
Moumbagna Yellow card 80'		 Report Hackshaw 26'
Kelly 28'
Pasher 73'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 1,537
Referee: Jon Freemon
May 3 9 Loudoun United FC 3–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Washington, District of Columbia
6:30 PM Murphy 37', 49'
Verfurth Yellow card 59'
Sinclair 90+3'		 Report Ngalina 31', 32'
Moumbagna 60' (pen.)		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 824
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 12 10 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–1 Atlanta United 2 Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Chambers Yellow card 20'
Topey 64'
Cortés Yellow card 83'		 Report Wyke 11', Yellow card 90'
Asiedu Yellow card 59'
Hernández Yellow card 72'
Vint Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Lorant Varga
May 19 11 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Ottawa Fury FC Chester, Pennsylvania
18:00 EST (UTC–5) Fabinho Yellow card 14' Report François 32'
Fall 57'
Samb 82'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 436
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
May 25 12 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–2 Louisville City FC Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Mbaizo Yellow card 31'
Moumbagna Red card 37'
Willis 51' (pen.), 57'
Topey Yellow card 87'
Ofeimu Yellow card 89' Yellow-red card 90+2'		 Report Spencer 26'
Craig Yellow card 30'
Matsoso Red card 37'
Mkosana 46'
Rasmussen Yellow card 56'
Thiam Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 219
Referee: Kevin Broadley
June 9 14 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–4 Nashville SC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM EDT Chambers 24', Yellow card 49'
Cortés Yellow card 42'		 Report Bourgeois Yellow card 23'
Tribbett 27'
LaGrassa Yellow card 41'
Mensah 63', Yellow card 80'
Kimura 70'
Lancaster 83'		 Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 417
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Note: Match moved from Talen Energy Stadium.
June 15 15 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–1 Saint Louis FC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8:00 PM EDT Chambers 19', Yellow card 26'
Moumbagna 25', Red card 27'
Cortés 37'
Fontana Yellow card 56'		 Report Kamdem Yellow card 18'
Hilton Yellow card 58'
Umar Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 81'
Greig Yellow card 74'
Calvert Yellow card 74'
Dacres 85'		 Stadium: McCarthy Stadium
Attendance: 222
Referee: Luis Guardia
June 28 17 Hartford Athletic 0–3 Bethlehem Steel FC East Hartford, Connecticut
7:30 PM EDT Lyngø Yellow card 90+4' Report Moumbagna 17', Yellow card 52'
Rayyan 37'
Harriel Yellow card 55'
Borgelin Yellow card 90'
Cortes 90+1'		 Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 10 19 Bethlehem Steel FC 3–4 New York Red Bulls II Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Moumbagna 23'
Willis Yellow card 43'
Real Yellow card 45'
Fontana Yellow card 45+2'
Rayyan 46', 58'
Turner Yellow card 90'		 Report Barlow 15', 82'
Koffi Yellow card 61'
Stroud 76', 88'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 256
Referee: Eric Tattersall
July 20 20 Louisville City FC 0–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT Craig Yellow card 45' Report Cortes 26', Yellow card 85'
Real Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 8,965
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
July 27 21 Saint Louis FC 3–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Fenton, Missouri
8:30 PM Umar Yellow card 29'
Greig 41'
Hilton 48'
Dacres 49'		 Report Willis Yellow card 56'
McKenzie Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Matthew Thompson
August 1 22 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–3 Hartford Athletic Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM Mbaizo Yellow card 31'
Ofeimu Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 76'
Zandi Yellow card 63'
Turner Yellow card 67'		 Report Due Yellow card 23'
Curinga Yellow card 24'
Bedoya 28'
Dixon 50'
Wojcik 84'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 325
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 10 23 Nashville SC 0–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT Report Chambers Yellow card 90+4' Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,762
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
August 25 24 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–3 Birmingham Legion FC Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM CDT Zandi Yellow card 42'
Santos Red card 42'
Real Yellow card 53'
Turner Yellow card 56'
Ngalina 69'
Mbaizo 74' (pen.)
Moumbagna Red card 77'		 Report Kasim 20'
Lopez Yellow card 36', 76'
Herivaux Red card 42'
Avila Yellow card 54'
JJ Williams 67'
Cromwell Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 83'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 357
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 1 25 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–0 Swope Park Rangers Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM Ngalina Yellow card 33', 36'
Topey Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 84'
Zandi 75'		 Report Hernandez Yellow card 14'
Allach Yellow card 34'
Clarke Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 329
Referee: Eric Tattersall
September 7 26 North Carolina FC 3–3 Bethlehem Steel FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT da Luz 9'
Brotherton Yellow card 16'
Kristo 20', 47', Yellow card 48'
Wapiwo Yellow card 85'		 Report Scintu 45'
Chambers 60'
Borgelin 84'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,457
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 14 27 Indy Eleven 2–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT Ilić 57'
Ouimette Yellow card 66'
Kelly 80', Yellow card 88'
King Yellow card 89'		 Report Scintu Yellow card 27'
Zandi Yellow card 73'
Ofeimu 75', Yellow card 90+2'
Freese Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 18 28 Bethlehem Steel FC 5–2 Loudoun United FC Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Chambers 35', Yellow card 84'
Zandi 47'
Rayyan 49'
Ngalina Yellow card 58', 80'
Picazo 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Wild 2'
Murphy 45'
Alvarez Red card 90'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 298
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
September 21 29 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–1 Bethlehem Steel FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 EST (UTC−5) Ofeimu 20' (o.g.)
Guenzatti 24'
Poku 40'
Morad Yellow card 42'
Tinari 45+2'
Mkosana 71', Yellow card 74'
Taku 90+2'		 Report Cortés Yellow card 54'
Willis Yellow card 65'
Faris 69' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,513
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
September 28 30 Memphis 901 FC 5–0 Bethlehem Steel FC Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM Collier 7'
Epps 15'
Allen 29', 36'
Doyle 50'
Muckette Yellow card 83'		 Report Turner Yellow card 47'
Picazo Yellow card 76'
Ofeimu Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Autozone Park
Attendance: 6,078
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
October 6 31 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–2 Charlotte Independence Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Moumbagna 14'
Chambers Yellow card 31'
Picazo Yellow card 69'
Kingue Yellow card 82'		 Report Maund 6'
Roberts Yellow card 12', 67'
A. Martínez Red card 31'
Mansally Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 351
Referee: Matthew Franz
October 9 32 Atlanta United 2 5–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM Decas Yellow card 13'
Campbell Yellow card 29', 38'
Ambrose 43'
Castanheira Yellow card 47'
Okonkwo 57'
Adams Yellow card 58'
Bello 61' (pen.)
Kanakimana 87' (pen.)
Fernando Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Ofeimu Yellow card 36'
Moumbagna 48' (pen.)
Miscic 77'
Morton Yellow card 87'
Turner Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,702
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 12 33 Ottawa Fury FC 1–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00 PM Haworth 40'
Ward Yellow card 90+7'		 Report Kingue Yellow card 43'
Moumbagna 71'
Zandi Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
October 19 34 Charleston Battery 5–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston, South Carolina
2:00 PM Bosua 23', 67'
Kelly-Rosales Yellow card 27'
Higashi Yellow card 71'
Guerra 74' (pen.)
Paterson 81', 84'
Mueller Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Chambers Yellow card 21'
Harriel Yellow card 39'
Cortés Yellow card 58'
Moumbagna 78'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[18]

Statistics

Honors

References

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