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2018 Swope Park Rangers season

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.

Swope Park Rangers
2018 season
ManagerPeter Vermes
Head coachPaulo Nagamura
StadiumChildren's Mercy Park[1]/Shawnee Mission District Stadium[2]
USL7th, Western Conference
USL PlayoffsSemifinal
Top goalscorerHadji Barry (19)
Highest home attendance1,134 (March 24th vs. Seattle - W 4-2)
Lowest home attendance458 (August 29th vs Tulsa - W 2-1)
Average home league attendance881 (Total: 14,978)
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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

As of October 9, 2018[3][4]
No.NameNationPositionDate of Birth (age)Signed inPrevious Club
Goalkeepers
70Darrin MacLeod GK (1994-03-04) March 4, 1994 (age 30)2017 TFC Academy
79Christian Herrera GK (1997-04-20) April 20, 1997 (age 27)2018 Real Monarchs
Defenders
72Justin Bilyeu DF (1994-02-03) February 3, 1994 (age 30)2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
88Matt Lewis([A]) DF (1996-08-01) August 1, 1996 (age 27)2018 Fordham University
Defenders/Midfielders
33Bryam Rebellón DF/MF (1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 32)2018 Jacksonville Armada
44Parker Maher DF/MF (1993-07-12) July 12, 1993 (age 30)2017 Saint Louis FC
58Dakota Barnathan DF/MF (1994-11-09) November 9, 1994 (age 29)2017 Portland Timbers U23s
97Matheus Silva DF/MF (1996-12-08) December 8, 1996 (age 27)2018 San Jose Earthquakes
Midfielders
40Thierry Catherine MF (1997-08-02) August 2, 1997 (age 26)2018 Golden Lion FC
48Kaveh Rad([B]) MF (2001-06-13) June 13, 2001 (age 23)2016 North Carolina FC Academy
49Will Little MF (1998-04-09) April 9, 1998 (age 26)2014 FC Alliance
66Jahon Rad([B]) MF (2001-06-13) June 13, 2001 (age 23)2016 North Carolina FC Academy
67Ryan Fessler([B]) MF (2001-03-08) March 8, 2001 (age 23)2016 Sporting Academy
71Chase Minter MF (1992-08-19) August 19, 1992 (age 31)2018 Real Monarchs
77Camilo Benitez MF (1999-08-16) August 16, 1999 (age 24)2014 Sporting Academy
80Sean Karani([B]) MF (2000-12-14) December 14, 2000 (age 23)2015 Sporting Academy
85Felipe Hernandez MF (1998-06-08) June 8, 1998 (age 26)2014 Sporting Academy
86Roman Knox([B]) MF (1999-11-25) November 25, 1999 (age 24)2011[5] Sporting Academy
93Rodrigo Saravia MF (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 (age 31)2018 FC Miami City
95Rassambek Akhmatov MF (1996-05-31) May 31, 1996 (age 28)2018 North Carolina FC Academy
98Sebastian Cruz([B]) MF (2000-07-31) July 31, 2000 (age 23)2018 Sporting Academy
99Massimo McGuire([B]) MF (2000-08-30) August 30, 2000 (age 23)2012[6] Sporting Academy
Forwards
36Tyler Blackwood FW (1991-07-24) July 24, 1991 (age 32)2018 Sacramento Republic FC
45Jose Barragan FW (2000-05-13) May 13, 2000 (age 24)2018 C.F. Pachuca
91Ethan Vanacore-Decker FW (1994-10-06) October 6, 1994 (age 29)2018 North County United
92Hadji Barry FW (1992-12-08) December 8, 1992 (age 31)2018 Orlando City SC
96Wilson Harris([B]) FW (1999-11-28) November 28, 1999 (age 24)2017 Sporting Academy

Competitions

Preseason

February 10, 2018 Swope Park Rangers 2–0 Rockhurst Hawks Kansas City, Missouri
15:30 (CDT)Barry 12', 38'ReportStadium: Swope Soccer Village
Note: Two 30-minute halves.
February 17, 2018 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Kansas City, Missouri
14:00 (CDT)Silva 39'
Saravia  50'
Barry 61' (pen.)		ReportTrialist  30'
Rivas 62' (pen.)
Trialist 87'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
February 24, 2018 Swope Park Rangers 1–1 Creighton Bluejays Kansas City, Missouri
15:30 (CDT)Barnathan 39'Report 57'
 64'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
February 28, 2018 Indy Eleven 2–0 Swope Park Rangers Westfield, Indiana
14:00 (CDT)Starikov 5' (pen.), 44'
Ferreira  89'		ReportCruz  57'Stadium: Grand Park
March 3, 2018 Indiana Hoosiers 2–2 Swope Park Rangers Westfield, Indiana
20:00 (CDT) 4'
80'		Blackwood 51', 75'Stadium: Grand Park
March 10, 2018 Swope Park Rangers 6–1 UMKC Kangaroos Kansas City, Missouri
14:00 (CDT)Little 14', 92'
Busio 44'
Benitez 47'
Barry 50', 106'
Silva  71'		ReportPlayer X  22'
Didic 31' (o.g.)
Player Y  110'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Note: Two 45 minutes periods and one 30 minute period.

USL Regular season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
5Reno 1868 FC34161175638+1859Conference Playoffs
6Portland Timbers 234174135849+955
7Swope Park Rangers34158115253−153
8Saint Louis FC34141194438+653
9San Antonio FC34148124548−350
Source: 2018 USL 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

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

March 17, 2018 USL 1 Reno 1868 FC 3–4 Swope Park Rangers Reno, Nevada
18:00 (CDT)Wehan 23'
Brown 60'
Lewis 89' (o.g.)		ReportRubio 51'
Belmar 57', 90+2'
Kuzain  64'
Smith  74'
Barry 83'		Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 3,224
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
March 24, 2018 USL 2 Swope Park Rangers 4–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Overland Park, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Kuzain  17'
Belmar 21', 61'
Saravia 35'
Storm 52'
Benitez  64'		PreviewEstrada 19', 56'
Bwana  33'
Roldan  64'		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Jon Freemon
March 31, 2018 USL 3 Las Vegas Lights FC 2–1 Swope Park Rangers Las Vegas, Nevada
22:00 (CDT)Ochoa  32'
Huiqui  36'
Alvarez 53'
Storm 71' (o.g.)
Garduño  81'
Ferriño  90+5'		PreviewSaravia 18'  76'Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 7,888
Referee: Robi Hullner
April 4, 2018 USL 4 Swope Park Rangers 1–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Blackwood 7'
Barry  58'		ReportMalcolm  68'Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 737
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
April 7, 2018 USL 5 San Antonio FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers San Antonio, Texas
19:30 (CDT)King  32'
Pecka 33'		ReportBelmar 29'
Didic  32'
Barry  32'
Storm  34'
Hernandez  85'
Silva  88'		Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,612
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
April 14, 2018 USL - Swope Park Rangers v OKC Energy FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)ReportStadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Note: Game has been moved to September 2nd.
April 21, 2018 USL 6 Phoenix Rising FC 2–2 Swope Park Rangers Tempe, Arizona
20:00 (CDT)Lambert  8'
Dubose  45'
Musa  52'
Forbes 66'
Asante 90'		ReportHernandez  25'
Didic  28'
Belmar 70', 88'  89'
Kuzain  77'		Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Victor Rivas
April 28, 2018 USL 7 Swope Park Rangers 1–1 Saint Louis FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Barry 3'
Maher  26'
Kuzain  68'
Saravia  86'		ReportHilton  42'
Calistri  76'
Reynolds  82'
Barden  85'
Greig 88'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 900
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
May 5, 2018 USL 8 OKC Energy FC 0–1 Swope Park Rangers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
19:00 (CDT)Dixon  13'
Ibeagha  70'
Angulo  79'
Van Oekel  86'		ReportDidic  82'
Barry 86'
Belmar  90+2'		Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: José Lara
May 9, 2018 USL 9 Real Monarchs SLC 4–1 Swope Park Rangers Herriman, Utah
20:00 (CDT)Mare  15' 55'
Ryden 24', 44'
Evans (o.g.)		ReportBelmar 8'Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
May 19, 2018 USL 10 Rio Grande Valley FC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT)ReportRebellón  18'
Hernandez  86'		Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
May 26, 2018 USL 11 Swope Park Rangers 1–0 Phoenix Rising FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Barry 4'
Didic  49'
Zendejas  78'		ReportDia  30'
Johnson  57'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 916
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
June 2, 2018 USL 12 Saint Louis FC 2–0 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT)Hertzog 26' (pen.)
Hilton  43'
Barden  64'
Calistri 77'		ReportRebellón  42'   69'
Silva  45+2'		Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Michael Radchuk
June 9, 2018 USL 13 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0–1 Swope Park Rangers Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 (CDT)ReportBarry 40'Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 4,086
Referee: Miguel Urbina-Barrios
June 13, 2018 USL 14 Swope Park Rangers 3–2 Real Monarchs SLC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Storm 22'
Minter  29'
Silva  44' 57'
Blackwood 79'		ReportHoffman 19' (pen.), 83'
Ruíz  45'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 985
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 17, 2018 USL 15 Fresno FC 4–1 Swope Park Rangers Fresno, California
20:00 (CDT)Chaney 4'
Barrera 23'
Ellis-Hayden  27'
Johnson 32'
Argueta  76'
Bustamante 82'
Tayou  87'		ReportSmith  34'
Harris 86'		Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,370
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 24, 2018 USL 16 Swope Park Rangers 3–2 Las Vegas Lights FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 (CDT)Sinovic 12'
Belmar 56'
Kuzain 67'
Barry  83'		ReportKobayashi 21'
Mendoza  46'
Jaime  60'
Alatorre  83'
Mendiola  83'
Ochoa 87'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 923
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 5, 2018 USL 17 Seattle Sounders FC 2 0–2 Swope Park Rangers Tacoma, Washington
21:00 (CDT)Saari  64'ReportHernandez 10'
Silva  21' 
Storm  33'
Lewis  53'
Barry 65' (pen.)
Dick  90+1'		Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
July 10, 2018 USL 18 Swope Park Rangers 1–3 Sacramento Republic FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Barry 70'ReportIwasa 45', 54'
Eissele  67' 88'
Klienta  73'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 941
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Note: game was rescheduled from July 27th.[7]
July 14, 2018 USL 19 Portland Timbers 2 2–1 Swope Park Rangers Portland, Oregon
21:00 (CDT)Langsdorf 23'
Loría 45+2'
Williamson  60'		ReportHarris 59'
Silva  66'		Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 1,034
Referee: Robi Hullner
July 18, 2018 USL 20 Swope Park Rangers 0–4 Orange County SC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Hernandez  58'ReportSeaton 13'
Enevoldsen 71'
Ramos-Godoy 79'
Quinn 82' (pen.)		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Luis Guardia
July 22, 2018 USL 21 Swope Park Rangers 0–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 (CDT)ReportStadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 933
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 1, 2018 USL 22 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Carson, California
21:30 (CDT)López 60'
Vera  64'
Hilliard-Arce  77'		ReportBarry 51',  73'   86'
Smith  54'
Rebellón  81'		Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium
Attendance: 801
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 4, 2018 USL 23 Orange County SC 2–1 Swope Park Rangers Irvine, California
21:00 (CDT)Jones 16', 43'ReportHernandez 19'
Minter  25'
Smith  57'		Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,204
Referee: Samantha Martinez
August 11, 2018 USL 24 Swope Park Rangers 0–2 Portland Timbers 2 Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Smith  55'ReportEbobisse 7'
Barmby 55' (pen)		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 964
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
August 19, 2018 USL 25 Swope Park Rangers 3–3 Reno 1868 FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 (CDT)Blackwood 7', 29'
Kuzain  20'
Belmar  89'
Barry 90+3'		ReportBrown 12', 64'
Van Ewijk 82'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 462
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 25, 2018 USL 26 San Antonio FC 1–2 Swope Park Rangers San Antonio, Texas
19:30 (CDT)King  24', 54'ReportBarry 6'
Didic 25'
Storm  65'
Rebellón  79'		Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,896
Referee: Timothy Ford
August 29, 2018 USL 27 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Kuzain 27'
Maher  32'
Barry  45+1', 79'
Lindsey  60'
Smith  75'
Vanacore-Decker  90'		ReportGamble 15'
Vukovic  52'
Morton  65'
Tavares  70'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 458
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 2, 2018 USL 28 Swope Park Rangers 1–0 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 (CDT)Barry 26'ReportBarril  61'
R. Dixon  84'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 993
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
Note: Game was moved from April 14th.
September 9, 2018 USL 29 Swope Park Rangers 1–0 Fresno FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 (CDT)Barry 14',  66'
Bilyeu  29'		ReportReynish  35'
Cooper  53'
Ellis-Hayden  60'
Caffa  90+1'
Daly  90+3'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 961
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 15, 2018 USL 30 Swope Park Rangers 3–4 Saint Louis FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Barry 22'
Rebellón  45+3'
Belmar  48'
Blackwood 84'
Vanacore-Decker 90+4'		ReportCox 37',  41'
Walls 45+5'
Calistri 59',  80'
Greig 82'
Martz  88'
Culbertson  90+3'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
September 19, 2018 USL 31 Swope Park Rangers 2–0 San Antonio FC Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT)Barry 51'
Bilyeu  63'
Blackwood 75'		ReportHedrick  27'
Lopez  49'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 573
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 22, 2018 USL 32 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa, Oklahoma
19:00 (CDT)Rivas 68'
Morton  86'		ReportBarry 44'
Silva  67'
Minter  90+2'		Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,422
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 3, 2018 USL 33 Sacramento Republic FC 3–1 Swope Park Rangers Sacramento, California
21:30 (CDT)Bijev 17'
Iwasa 57'
Hall  60'
Matjašič 76'		ReportBlackwood 31'Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 9.757
Referee: Daniel Radford
October 14, 2018 USL 34 Swope Park Rangers 5–1 LA Galaxy II Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 (CDT)Storm  9'
Kuzain 28'
Belmar 34'
Barry 65' (pen.)
Hernandez 76'
Harris 84'		ReportHilliard-Arce  27'
Hernandez 85'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,074
Referee: Kevin Broadley

Postseason

October 20 Quarterfinal Sacramento Republic FC 1–2 Swope Park Rangers Sacramento, California
9:30 P.M.Bijev 16'
Matjašič  38'
Hord  68'		ReportKuzain 27'
Barry 31'
Akhmatov  58'		Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Joseph Dickerso
October 26 Semifinal Phoenix Rising FC 4–2 Swope Park Rangers Tempe, Arizona
8:30 P.M.Johnson 22'
Drogba  29' 90+4'
Cortez 36'
Lambert 48'		ReportBlackwood 26'
Barry 33'
Akhmatov  49'		Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 7,707
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Player statistics

Top scorers

RankPositionNameUSL SeasonUSL PlayoffsTotal
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

Source:[8]

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