2012 FC Tucson season

FC Tucson
	2012 season
Managing Partners	Greg Foster; Chris Keeney; Jonathan Pearlman; Rick Schantz
Manager	Rick Schantz
Stadium	North Field #5; Kino Sports Complex; (850 seats)
USL PDL	2nd, Southwest
PDL Playoffs	Western Conference Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Donny Toia (5)
Highest home attendance	827 vs VCF; (June 30)
Lowest home attendance	574 vs BYU; (July 6)
Average home league attendance	705
Home colors	Away colors
← 2011	2013 →

The 2012 FC Tucson season was the club's second season of existence and their first competing in the USL Premier Development League, the fourth division of both the Canadian and American soccer pyramids. After finishing second in the Southwest Division with a league record of 9 wins, 3 losses, and 4 draws, the club was named PDL Rookie Franchise of the Year.^[1]^[2] Defender Conor Spence was named to the All-Western Conference Team.^[3]^[4]

Club

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brendan Roslund
2	MF	Reid Schmitt
3	DF	Conor Spence
7	MF	Nick Marshall
8	MF	Carlos Montes
9	FW	Donny Toia
10	FW	Aaron Long
11	FW	Max Alvarez
12	DF	Michael Kraus
13	FW	Wes Culver

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Eli Galbraith-Knapp
15	DF	Dominic Papa
16	MF	Kevin King
17	DF	Kareem Smith
18	GK	Michael D'Arrigo
19	MF	Phillipe Garre
21	MF	James Cohn
22	FW	Danny Kirkland
23	DF	Travis Campbell
24	DF	Matt Linenberger

Management

Greg Foster - Managing Partner
Rick Schantz - Managing Partner & Head Coach
Jonathan Pearlman - Managing Partner & Technical Director
Chris Keeney - Managing Partner & CBO
Kate Norton - Assistant General Manager and Director of Operations
Brian Murray - Team Administrator
Henry Brauner - Assistant Coach
Jeff Rogers - Assistant Coach

Competitions

PDL Western Conference

Southwest Division standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ventura County Fusion	16	12	2	2	42	13	+29	38
2	FC Tucson	16	9	4	3	21	16	+5	31
3	Fresno Fuego	16	8	3	5	28	24	+4	27
4	Los Angeles Misioneros	16	5	7	4	29	23	+6	22
5	Ogden Outlaws	16	6	3	7	21	27	−6	21
6	BYU Cougars	16	6	2	8	27	25	+2	20
7	Orange County Blue Star	16	5	5	6	30	26	+4	20
8	Southern California Seahorses	16	3	3	10	21	36	−15	12
9	Pali Blues	16	2	3	11	16	45	−29	9

Schedule

All times MST (UTC-07:00)

May 5, 2012 1	Fresno Fuego	2 – 1	FC Tucson	Fresno, California
7:00pm	Gonzalez 57' Blanco 84' 84'	Report Report	Toia 61' Kaus 84'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 4,361 Referee: Michael Zapata

May 12, 2012 2	Pali Blues	0 – 1	FC Tucson	Los Angeles, California
7:00pm	Fregoso 38' Tabor 49'	Report Report	King 8' 47' Long 31' Sanchez 83'	Stadium: Palisades Charter High School Referee: Reed Christy

May 19, 2012 3	FC Tucson	1 – 0	Southern California Seahorses	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Toia 44' Iwasaki 81' Papa 84'	Report Report	Bautista 33'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 812 Referee: Paul Nothman

May 26, 2012 4	FC Tucson	1 – 0	Pali Blues	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	King 80' Garre 81' Smith 90'	Report Report	Saul 27' Nicholson 33' Moll 53' Shelton 62'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 634 Referee: Ramy Touchan

June 2, 2012 5	FC Tucson	1 – 0	Fresno Fuego	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Papa 34' King 80'	Report Report	Spurgeon 7' Santiago 77' 78'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 686 Referee: Charles Farr

June 5, 2012 6	BYU Cougars	0 – 1	FC Tucson	Provo, Utah
6:00pm	Leyton 27' Burton 48' Lossee 71'	Report Report	King 32' Kraus 57' 82'	Stadium: BYU-The Stadium at South Field Attendance: 207

June 7, 2012 7	Ogden Outlaws	0 – 3	FC Tucson	Washington Terrace, Utah
7:30pm	Hickman 31' Christiensen 34' Garcia 44' Burnham 56' Martinez 80'	Report Report	Garre 11' Toia 40' Marshall 44' Campbell 44' Alvarez 78' Galbraith-Knapp 80'	Stadium: Bonneville High School Attendance: 109 Referee: Jeff Young

June 14, 2012 8	FC Tucson	1 – 1	Los Angeles Misioneros	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Toia 50' Spence 64' 84' Campbell 71'	Report Report	Mendoza 3' 40'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 586 Referee: Ramy Touchan

June 16, 2012 9	Ventura County Fusion	1 – 1	FC Tucson	Ventura, California
7:00pm	Lopez 28' 50' Chongo 56' Sangha 84' Mirkovic 90'	Report Report	Marshall 25' Galbrath-Knapp 30' Toia 61'	Stadium: Ventura College Attendance: 871 Referee: Manuel Torres

June 18, 2012 10	Los Angeles Misioneros	1 – 1	FC Tucson	Los Angeles, California
7:30pm	Samaniago 52' 62' (pen.) Mendoza 75' De Alba 87'	Report Report	Long 8' (pen.) Toia 56' Smith 78'	Stadium: Carver Middle School Attendance: 100 Referee: Magic Berenji

June 23, 2012 11	FC Tucson	2 – 1	Orange County Blue Star	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Galbraith-Knapp 84' Garre 87' Toia 90+'	Report Report	Sofia 21' Sanatana 37' Cardenas 90'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 812 Referee: Mike Ambrose

June 30, 2012 12	FC Tucson	0 – 2	Ventura County Fusion	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Toia 89'	Report Report	López 19' Daly 34' Mirkovic 57' Tsonis 77' 89'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 827 Referee: Mark DeClouet

July 6, 2012 13	FC Tucson	3 – 0	BYU Cougars	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Schmitt 8' Cohn 35' 44' Spence 37' Velaso 40' Montes 46' 49'		Junca 49' Baure 53'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 574 Referee: Charles Farr

July 8, 2012 14	FC Tucson	0 – 0	Ogden Outlaws	Tucson, Arizona
7:00pm	Velasco 49' Galbraith-Knapp 64' Spence 77' Toia 81'	Report Report	Christensen 47' Hickman 64' Williamson 88'	Stadium: North Field #5 Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 711 Referee: Mark Deloulet

July 11, 2012 15	Southern California Seahorses	2 – 4	FC Tucson	La Mirada, California
7:00pm	Chew 9' Bautista 14' Chrzan 84'	Report Report	Hukari 2' 31' Schmitt 6' 83' Toia 33' 58' Velasco 50'	Stadium: Biola University Attendance: 250 Referee: Goyham Vardanyan

July 13, 2012 16	Orange County Blue Star	6 – 0	FC Tucson	Irvine, California
7:30pm	Cardenas 10' 13' 22' Craven 17' 37' Wise 56' Ponce 71' 90'	Report Report	Linenbberger 50' Long 54' Culver 89'	Stadium: Concordia University Attendance: 130 Referee: Saul Gonzalez

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
16	9	4	3	21	16	+5	31	5	2	1	9	4	+5	4	2	2	12	12	0

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L

Last updated: July 9, 2013.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

PDL Playoffs

July 21, 2012 Western Conference Semi-Final	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	2 – 1	FC Tucson	Ventura, California
7:30pm	Monge 24' Jones 55' Morris 64' Quinn 65'	Report Report	Toia 47' McQuown 88'	Stadium: Ventura College Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Robert Sarfaraz

Friendlies

January 28, 2012 — FC Tucson 1–2 New England Revolution ^[5]
February 1, 2012 — FC Tucson 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes ^[6]
February 14, 2012— FC Tucson 1–5 Sporting Kansas City ^[7]
March 10, 2012 — FC Tucson 1–1 FC Edmonton ^[8]
March 15, 2012 — FC Tucson 5–0 Arizona Western College ^[9]
April 20, 2012 — FC Tucson 2–1 Grand Canyon University ^[10]
May 23, 2012 — FC Tucson 4–2 Phoenix Monsoon ^[11]
July 3, 2012 — FC Tucson 0–1 Municipio de Juarez ^[12]

References

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↑ New England Revolution 2-1 FC Tucson
↑ San Jose 1-1 FC Tucson
↑ Sporting KC tops FC Tucson 5-1 in Arizona finale
↑ FC Tucson 1-1 FC Edmonton
↑ FC Tucson 5-0 Arizona Western College
↑ FC Tucson wins 2-1 in Chippy Affair
↑ FC Tucson Downs Monsoon, 4-2
↑ FC Tucson can’t top Municipio de Juarez

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[5] New England Revolution 2-1 FC Tucson

[6] San Jose 1-1 FC Tucson

[7] Sporting KC tops FC Tucson 5-1 in Arizona finale

[8] FC Tucson 1-1 FC Edmonton

[9] FC Tucson 5-0 Arizona Western College

[10] FC Tucson wins 2-1 in Chippy Affair

[11] FC Tucson Downs Monsoon, 4-2

[12] FC Tucson can’t top Municipio de Juarez

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	9	4	3	21	16	+5	31	5	2	1	9	4	+5	4	2	2	12	12	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	9	4	3	21	16	+5	31	5	2	1	9	4	+5	4	2	2	12	12	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	9	4	3	21	16	+5	31	5	2	1	9	4	+5	4	2	2	12	12	0