2018 Swope Park Rangers season explained

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)
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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.

Previous season

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.

Roster

No.NameNationPositionDate of Birth (age)Signed inPrevious 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

Competitions

USL Regular season

See main article: 2018 USL season.

Postseason

See main article: 2018 USL Playoffs.

Player statistics

Top scorers

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1FW Hadji Barry17219
2FW Kharlton Belmar10010
3FW Tyler Blackwood718
4MF Wan Kuzain314
5FW Wilson Harris303
MF Felipe Hernandez303
7MF Rodrigo Saravia202
DF Colton Storm202
9DF Amer Didic101
FW Diego Rubio101
FW Ethan Vanacore-Decker101
MF Matheus Silva101
DF Seth Sinovic101
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rangers to play USL home matches at Children's Mercy Park for remainder of 2018 season.
  2. Web site: Swope Park Rangers to play 2018 home matches at Shawnee Mission South District Stadium | Sporting Kansas City . Sportingkc.com . 2018-04-04 . 2018-04-15.
  3. Web site: Roman Knox.
  4. Web site: Massimo McGuire.
  5. Web site: Swope Park Rangers Player Stats . October 16, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181017002145/https://www.uslsoccer.com/swope-park-rangers-player-stats . October 17, 2018 . dead .