Greenville Triumph SC
2020 season
Owner
  • Joe Erwin
  • William M. Webster
Head CoachJohn Harkes
StadiumLegacy Early College Field
USL League One1st
USL League One ChampionshipChampions
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Highest home attendance1,513 (Oct. 18 vs. OMA)
Lowest home attendance601 (Sept. 13 vs. MAD)
Average home league attendance984
Biggest winORL 1–4 GVL (Oct. 24)
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The 2020 Greenville Triumph SC season was the second season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Greenville Triumph SC also participated in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Greenville Triumph SC play their home games at Legacy Early College Field, located in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

Club

Roster

As of March 3, 2020.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
3 DF Tyler Polak  United States
5 MF Max Hemmings  England
6 MF Paul Clowes  England
7 FW Alex Morrell  United States
8 MF Aaron Walker  United States
9 FW Jake Keegan  United States
10 MF Carlos Gómez  Spain
11 DF Evan Lee  United States
15 DF Brandon Fricke  United States
16 MF Colin Stripling  United States
17 FW JJ Donnelly  England
18 MF Omar Mohamed  Somalia
22 GK Dallas Jaye  Guam
26 DF Abdi Mohamed  Somalia
30 GK Paul Christensen  United States
— FW Lachlan McLean  Australia
— DF Cesar Murillo  United States
— MF Noah Pilato  United States
— DF Trevor Swartz  United States

Coaching Staff

As of December 24, 2019[2]
Name Position
United States John Harkes Head coach
United States Alex Blackburn Assistant coach
Bermuda Rick Wright Assistant coach

Front Office Staff

Name Position
United States Joe Erwin Majority owner and chairman
United States Chris Lewis President
United States Doug Erwin Vice chairman

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15) Preseason 1 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Charleston Battery Greenville, South Carolina
2:00 PM EST
  • Walker 16' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) Preseason 2 Charleston Battery Cancelled Greenville Triumph SC Charleston, South Carolina
2:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Preseason 3 Greenville Triumph SC 0–2 Charlotte Independence Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Alumni Stadium
February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 4 Greenville Triumph SC 2–1 North Carolina FC Cary, North Carolina
3:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field #3

USL League One

Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 16 11 3 2 24 11 +13 35 2.19 Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2 Union Omaha 16 8 3 5 20 15 +5 29 1.81 Final
3 North Texas SC[a] 16 7 3 6 27 19 +8 27 1.69
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26 1.63
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22 1.47
Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ^ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: USL League One[3]

Results by round

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Result
Position
Source: USL League One[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match Results

July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18) 1 Fort Lauderdale CF 0–2 Greenville Triumph SC Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Cardenas Yellow card 55' Report Lee Yellow card 39'
Morrell 45+4'
Keegan 47'
Walker Yellow card 66'
Stripling Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium
Attendance: 0 (closed door)
Referee: Natalie Simon
July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 2 Greenville Triumph SC 3–2 Richmond Kickers Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Thomsen 21' (o.g.)
Antley 46' (o.g.)
Morrell Yellow card 57'
Pilato Yellow card 64'
Keegan 69'
Fricke Red card 76'		 Report Bolduc 35'
Terzahgi 74'
Boateng Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 0 (closed door)
Referee: Kevin Broadley
July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) 3 Forward Madison FC 0–0 Greenville Triumph SC Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT Report Pilato Yellow card 90+5' Stadium: Hart Park
Referee: Calin Radosav
August 5, 2020 (2020-08-05) 4 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 South Georgia Tormenta FC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Donnelly 90+1' Report Skelton Yellow card 32'
Gómez Yellow card 74'
Williams Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 5 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Fricke Yellow card 43'
Hawkins Yellow card 45'
Morrell Yellow card 52'
McLean 71'
Donnelly Yellow card 76'		 Report Uzo Yellow card 90+3' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 883
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22) 6 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 Fort Lauderdale CF Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Pilato 67'
Lee Yellow card 82'
Jaye Yellow card 90+1'
Walker Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 993
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26) 7 New England Revolution II 1–0 Greenville Triumph SC Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 PM EDT Shimazaki 57'
Quinones Yellow card 61'
Maciel Yellow card 87'
Mendonca Yellow card 90+2'
Sinclair Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 8 Richmond Kickers 2–1 Greenville Triumph SC Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Terzaghi 15'
Bolduc Yellow card 36'
Kraft 45+2'
Antley Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 74'		 Report Fricke 29'
Clowes Yellow card 46'
Walker Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 875
Referee: Matthew Franz
September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04) 9 South Georgia Tormenta FC 1–2 Greenville Triumph SC Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Gómez Yellow card 26'
Mayr-Fälten Yellow card 73'
Williams Yellow card 75'
Arslan 78'		 Report McLean 13'
Morrell 36'
Donnelly Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13) 10 Greenville Triumph SC 2–0 Forward Madison FC Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT McLean 25'
Mohamed Yellow card 35'
Lee Yellow card 45+2'
Keegan 81'		 Report Ovalle Yellow card 29' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 601
Referee: Joshua Escobar
September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 11 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 0–1 Greenville Triumph SC East Ridge, Tennessee
1:00 PM EDT Mangels Yellow card 21'
Ramos Yellow card 26'
Soto Yellow card 51'
Hernández Yellow card 70'		 Report Murillo Yellow card 36'
McLean Yellow card 45'
Pilato 84'
Stripling Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Referee: Amin Hadzic
September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) 12 Greenville Triumph SC 1–0 North Texas SC Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Polak Yellow card 16'
Donnelly Yellow card 56'
Keegan 86'		 Report Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 903
Referee: William Steffen
October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) 13 Greenville Triumph SC 2–0 Orlando City B Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT McLean 65'
Morrell 69'		 Report Rodas Yellow card 74' Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,010
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 14 FC Tucson 2–2 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM EDT Ramos-Godoy Yellow card 12', 47'
Calvo Yellow card 14'
Coan 45'
Virgen Yellow card 56'
Merancio Yellow card 71'		 Report McLean 14', 90+1'
Polak Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola
October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) 15 Greenville Triumph SC 1–2 Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT Pilato 36'
Walker Yellow card 38'
Stripling Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Molina 19'
Sousa Yellow card 22'
Scearce Yellow card 43'
Viader Yellow card 60'
Conway 66'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16 Orlando City B 1–4 Greenville Triumph SC Orlando, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Rodas Yellow card 41'
Amer Yellow card 64'
Gluvačević 73'
Ndje Yellow card 90'		 Report Morrell 11', 26'
Walker Yellow card 45+3'
McLean 58'
Powell Yellow card 80'
Booth 90+1'		 Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Referee: Gabriele Giusti

Playoff Final

October 30, 2020 Greenville Triumph SC cancelled Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
8:00pm (EDT) Stadium: Legacy Early College Field

Note: Game was cancelled the day before because several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).[5]

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

As a USL League One club, Greenville will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[6] On January 29, 2020 the Second Round schedule was announced.[7]

April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) Second Round Greenville Triumph SC South Carolina cancelled New Mexico New Mexico United Greenville, South Carolina
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Note: US Open Cup canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]

References

  1. ^ "2020 Roster". greenvilletriumph.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  4. ^ "Greenville Triumph SC Schedule". USL League One.
  5. ^ "USL League One Final Cancelled, Greenville Named 2020 Title-Winners". USLLeagueOne.com Staff. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 U.S. Open Cup Second Round Pairings and Host Scenarios". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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