2020 Greenville Triumph SC season

Greenville Triumph SC

2020 season
Owner	Joe Erwin William M. Webster
Head Coach	John Harkes
Stadium	Legacy Early College Field
USL League One	1st
USL League One Championship	Champions
U.S. Open Cup	Second Round
Highest home attendance	1,513 (Oct. 18 vs. OMA)
Lowest home attendance	601 (Sept. 13 vs. MAD)
Average home league attendance	984
Biggest win	ORL 1–4 GVL (Oct. 24)

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^[update][2]

Name	Position
John Harkes	Head coach
Alex Blackburn	Assistant coach
Rick Wright	Assistant coach

Front Office Staff

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

Competitions

Exhibitions

Greenville Triumph SC v Charleston Battery

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

Charleston Battery v Greenville Triumph SC

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

Greenville Triumph SC v Charlotte Independence

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

Greenville Triumph SC v North Carolina FC

February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) Preseason 4	Greenville Triumph SC	2–1	North Carolina FC	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 PM EST	Morrell Pilato	Report	Albadawi	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field #3

USL League One

Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result
Position

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

Match Results

Fort Lauderdale CF v Greenville Triumph SC

July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18) 1	Fort Lauderdale CF	0–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	Cardenas  55'	Report	Lee  39' Morrell 45+4' Keegan 47' Walker  66' Stripling  90+1'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Natalie Simon

Greenville Triumph SC v Richmond Kickers

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  57' Pilato  64' Keegan 69' Fricke  76'	Report	Bolduc 35' Terzahgi 74' Boateng  90+1'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Kevin Broadley

Forward Madison FC v Greenville Triumph SC

July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) 3	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT		Report	Pilato  90+5'	Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Calin Radosav

Greenville Triumph SC v South Georgia Tormenta FC

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  32' Gómez  74' Williams  90+4'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Referee: Izlen Peksenar

Greenville Triumph SC v Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15) 5	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Fricke  43' Hawkins  45' Morrell  52' McLean 71' Donnelly  76'	Report	Uzo  90+3'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 883 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Greenville Triumph SC v Fort Lauderdale CF

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  82' Jaye  90+1' Walker  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 993 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

New England Revolution II v Greenville Triumph SC

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  61' Maciel  87' Mendonca  90+2' Sinclair  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

Richmond Kickers v Greenville Triumph SC

August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 8	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT	Terzaghi 15' Bolduc  36' Kraft 45+2' Antley  64'  74'	Report	Fricke 29' Clowes  46' Walker  80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Matthew Franz

South Georgia Tormenta FC v Greenville Triumph SC

September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04) 9	South Georgia Tormenta FC	1–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Gómez  26' Mayr-Fälten  73' Williams  75' Arslan 78'	Report	McLean 13' Morrell 36' Donnelly  90+4'	Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Izlen Peksenar

Greenville Triumph SC v Forward Madison FC

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  35' Lee  45+2' Keegan 81'	Report	Ovalle  29'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 601 Referee: Joshua Escobar

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC v Greenville Triumph SC

September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 11	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	0–1	Greenville Triumph SC	East Ridge, Tennessee
1:00 PM EDT	Mangels  21' Ramos  26' Soto  51' Hernández  70'	Report	Murillo  36' McLean  45' Pilato 84' Stripling  90'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Amin Hadzic

Greenville Triumph SC v North Texas SC

September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) 12	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	North Texas SC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Polak  16' Donnelly  56' Keegan 86'	Report		Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 903 Referee: William Steffen

Greenville Triumph SC v Orlando City B

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  74'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Izlen Peksenar

FC Tucson v Greenville Triumph SC

October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) 14	FC Tucson	2–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM EDT	Ramos-Godoy  12', 47' Calvo  14' Coan 45' Virgen  56' Merancio  71'	Report	McLean 14', 90+1' Polak  73'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Alan Martinez-Loyola

Greenville Triumph SC v Union Omaha

October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) 15	Greenville Triumph SC	1–2	Union Omaha	Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT	Pilato 36' Walker  38' Stripling  90+4'	Report	Molina 19' Sousa  22' Scearce  43' Viader  60' Conway 66'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 1,513 Referee: Izlen Peksenar

Orlando City B v Greenville Triumph SC

October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16	Orlando City B	1–4	Greenville Triumph SC	Orlando, Florida
7:00 PM EDT	Rodas  41' Amer  64' Gluvačević 73' Ndje  90'	Report	Morrell 11', 26' Walker  45+3' McLean 58' Powell  80' Booth 90+1'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Referee: Gabriele Giusti

Playoff Final

Greenville Triumph SC v Union Omaha

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]

Greenville Triumph SC v New Mexico United

April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) Second Round	Greenville Triumph SC	cancelled	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. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
2. "Club Leadership". Greenville Triumph SC. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
3. "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One. Archived from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
4. "Greenville Triumph SC Schedule". USL League One. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
5. "USL League One Final Cancelled, Greenville Named 2020 Title-Winners". USLLeagueOne.com Staff. October 29, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 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. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
7. "2020 U.S. Open Cup Second Round Pairings and Host Scenarios". www.ussoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. 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. Archived from the original on March 15, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.