| Club: | Swope Park Rangers |
| Season: | 2018 |
| League: | USL |
| Chrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Peter Vermes |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Paulo Nagamura |
| Stadium: | Children's Mercy Park[1] /Shawnee Mission District Stadium[2] |
| League Result: | 7th, Western Conference |
| Cup1: | USL Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Semifinal |
| Highest Attendance: | 1,134 (March 24th vs. Seattle - W 4-2) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 458 (August 29th vs Tulsa - W 2-1) |
| Average Attendance: | 881 (Total: 14,978) |
| League Topscorer: | Hadji Barry (19) |
| Leftarm1: | 0E213F |
| Body1: | 0E213F |
| Pattern B1: | _bluehoops3 |
| Rightarm1: | 0E213F |
| Shorts1: | 0E213F |
| Socks1: | 0E213F |
| Leftarm2: | FF7D40 |
| Body2: | FF7D40 |
| Rightarm2: | FF7D40 |
| Shorts2: | white |
| Socks2: | FF7D40 |
| Pattern So2: | _color_3_stripes_navy |
| American: | true |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's third year of play and their third season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. The Rangers moved from the Swope Soccer village to Shawnee Mission District Stadium in Overland Park, Kansas for the team's season opener, before playing the rest of the 2018 schedule at Children's Mercy Park.
The 2017 Swope Park Rangers season finished the year with a record of 17-7-8 and 4th in the Western Conference qualifying for the 2017 USL Playoffs.
In the first round, the Rangers defeated #5 seed Phoenix Rising on penalty kicks 4-2 after a draw in regulation (1-1). In the conference semi-finals, the Rangers would keep rolling with another win facing the #8 seed Sacramento Republic FC 1-0. The Rangers opponent in the conference Finals was the OKC Energy FC; they tied at the end of regulation and would win in penalty kicks 7-6. For the second year in a row, Swope Park Rangers made it to the USL Championship game; and for the second year in a row would lose the Cup, but to Louisville City FC 1-0.
| No. | Name | Nation | Position | Date of Birth (age) | Signed in | Previous Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 70 |  | 4 March 1994 | 2017 | TFC Academy | |||
| 79 |  | 20 April 1997 | 2018 |  Real Monarchs | |||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 72 | | 3 February 1994 | 2018 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | |||
| 88 | Matt Lewis | | 1 August 1996 | 2018 | Fordham University | ||
| Defenders/Midfielders | |||||||
| 33 |  | 22 January 1992 | 2018 | Jacksonville Armada | |||
| 44 | | 12 July 1993 | 2017 | Saint Louis FC | |||
| 58 | | 9 November 1994 | 2017 | Portland Timbers U23s | |||
| 97 |  | 8 December 1996 | 2018 | San Jose Earthquakes | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 40 |  | 2 August 1997 | 2018 | Golden Lion FC | |||
| 48 | Kaveh Rad | | 13 June 2001 | 2016 | North Carolina FC Academy | ||
| 49 | | 9 April 1998 | 2014 | FC Alliance | |||
| 66 | Jahon Rad | | 13 June 2001 | 2016 | North Carolina FC Academy | ||
| 67 | Ryan Fessler | | 8 March 2001 | 2016 | Sporting Academy | ||
| 71 | | 19 August 1992 | 2018 | Real Monarchs | |||
| 77 |  | 16 August 1999 | 2014 | Sporting Academy | |||
| 80 | Sean Karani | | 14 December 2000 | 2015 | Sporting Academy | ||
| 85 | | 8 June 1998 | 2014 | Sporting Academy | |||
| 86 | Roman Knox | | 25 November 1999 | 2011[3] | Sporting Academy | ||
| 93 | 22 February 1993 | 2018 | FC Miami City | ||||
| 95 |  | 31 May 1996 | 2018 | North Carolina FC Academy | |||
| 98 | Sebastian Cruz | | 31 July 2000 | 2018 | Sporting Academy | ||
| 99 | Massimo McGuire | | 30 August 2000 | 2012[4] | Sporting Academy | ||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 36 | 24 July 1991 | 2018 | Sacramento Republic FC | ||||
| 45 |  | 13 May 2000 | 2018 | C.F. Pachuca | |||
| 91 | | 6 October 1994 | 2018 | North County United | |||
| 92 | 8 December 1992 | 2018 | Orlando City SC | ||||
| 96 | Wilson Harris | | 28 November 1999 | 2017 | Sporting Academy |
See main article: 2018 USL season.
See main article: 2018 USL Playoffs.
| width=30 | Rank | width=30 | Position | width=175 | Name | width=75 | USL Season | width=75 | USL Playoffs | width=75 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | Hadji Barry | 17 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| 2 | FW | Kharlton Belmar | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 3 | FW | Tyler Blackwood | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 4 | MF | Wan Kuzain | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | FW | Wilson Harris | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| MF | Felipe Hernandez | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | MF | Rodrigo Saravia | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| DF | Colton Storm | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 9 | DF | Amer Didic | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| FW | Diego Rubio | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| FW | Ethan Vanacore-Decker | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| MF | Matheus Silva | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| DF | Seth Sinovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||