2012 San Antonio Scorpions FC season
2012 season | |||
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Owner | Gordon Hartman | ||
Manager | Tim Hankinson | ||
Stadium | Toyota Field | ||
NASL | 1st | ||
NASL Playoffs | Semi-final | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Pablo Campos (21) All: Pablo Campos (23) | ||
Highest home attendance | 13,151 (April 15 vs. Puerto Rico) | ||
Lowest home attendance | League: 7,007 (June 9 vs. Atlanta) All: 3,601 (May 22 vs. Laredo) | ||
Average home league attendance | League: 9,176 All: 8,366 | ||
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The 2012 San Antonio Scorpions FC season was the club's first season of existence, and first year playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid. Including the San Antonio Thunder soccer franchise of the original NASL, this was the 3rd season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The Scorpions played at Heroes Stadium in San Antonio.
Competitions
Preseason
March 14, 2012 International friendly | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 3–0 | Dorados de Sinaloa | Stockton, California |
7:30 PST | [1] | Stadium: Banner Island Ballpark |
North American Soccer League
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | San Antonio Scorpions (X) | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 47 | Playoff semifinals |
2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (C) | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 45 | |
3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 41 | Playoff quarterfinals |
4 | Carolina RailHawks | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 40 | |
5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 36 |
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (X) Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (X) Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion)
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 |
Last updated: September 23, 2012.
Source: Match reports
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on September 23, 2012. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match reports
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC−05) unless shown otherwise
Win Loss Draw
April 7, 2012 Match 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Atlanta |
18:30 CST | Moroney 38' Navia 89' |
Report | Campos 13' Soto 91' |
Stadium: Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Daniel Fitzerald |
April 15, 2012 Match 2 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 0–4 | Puerto Rico Islanders | San Antonio, Texas |
18:00 CST | Kling 7' | Report | Fana 7' Foley 20' Edwards 53' Addlery 56' Fana 73' DeRoux 85' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 13,151 Referee: Jasen Anno |
April 21, 2012 Match 3 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 2–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Pitchkolan 16' Harmse 22' Campos 41' Denissen 91' Knight 91' Tiago 91' |
Report | Shanosky 10' Herron 32' 51' Morales 53' Stahl 91' 91' Thompson 91' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 10,114 Referee: Matt Foerster |
April 28, 2012 Match 4 | Carolina RailHawks FC | 0–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Cary, North Carolina |
18:00 CST | Report | Kling 12' Harmse 82' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Andrew Chapin |
May 5, 2012 Match 5 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 2–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Kling 44' Denissen 53' (pen.) Cochrane 61' Pitchkolan 66' |
Report | Arango 53' Hill 90' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 9,536 Referee: Hayer Reyes |
May 12, 2012 Match 6 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–2 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
18:30 CST | Antoniuk 55' Scott 62' Hill 63' Clare 89' |
Report | Campos 53' Ramirez 77' Campos 90+4' |
Stadium: Al Lang Field Attendance: 3,166 Referee: Javier Santos |
May 19, 2012 Match 7 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 2–0 | FC Edmonton | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Greenfield 40' (pen.) Harmse 61' Cochrane 75' |
Report | Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 8,310 Referee: Leszek Stalmach |
May 27, 2012 Match 8 | FC Edmonton | 2–2 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Edmonton, Alberta |
15:05 CST | Pinto 37' Saiko 54' Craig 56' |
Report | Kling 56' Soto 62' Greenfield 68' Pitchkolan 70' Ramirez 80' Pitchkolan 83' Greenfield 89' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Sheena Dickson |
June 2, 2012 Match 9 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 0–0 | Minnesota Stars FC | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Report | Ibrahim 63' | Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 8,639 Referee: Jorge Luna |
June 9, 2012 Match 10 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Campos 27', 83' Ramírez 35' Harmse 45' Wagner 54' |
Report | O'Brien 45' | Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,007 Referee: Hayden Edwards |
June 16, 2012 Match 11 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 0–2 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
18:30 CST | Edward 45+1' 90' Faña 67' |
Report | Ramírez 17' 42' Wagner 23' Bayona 39' Campos 70' Pitchkolan 79' Sattler 84' Denissen 84' |
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,551 Referee: Javier Santos |
June 23, 2012 Match 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–2 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
18:30 CST | Yoshitake 39', 90' Mulholland 88' |
Report | Greenfield 31' Bayona 52' Pitchkolan 59' Harmse 71' |
Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,559 Referee: Christina Ibañez |
June 30, 2012 Match 13 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Cochrane 15' Bayona 25' Campos 63', 81' |
Report | Lancaster 72' Robertson 81' Illyés 88' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 11,912 Referee: Jasen Anno |
July 4, 2012 Match 14 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 1–0 | FC Edmonton | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Wagner 33' Bayona 66' |
Report | Vorbe 19' Saiko 60' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 9,115 Referee: Matthew Foerster |
July 11, 2012 Match 15 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–0 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
19:30 CST | Addlery 24' vanSchaik 66' |
Report | Ramírez 41' Harmse 69' |
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium |
July 14, 2012 Match 16 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–2 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
18:30 CST | Lorenz 17' Herron 28', 90' Motagalvan 53' 71' King 61' Restrepo 69' |
Report | Greenfield 26' Campos 58', 90+2' Cochrane 61' 62' Pitchkolan 90' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,223 |
July 21, 2012 Match 17 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Janicki 9' Harmse 28' 70' Campos 48' 57' |
Report | Herron 34' Shanosky 45' Motagalvan 70' Stewart 87' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 10,584 |
July 28, 2012 Match 18 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 8–0 | Carolina Railhawks FC | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Janicki 5', 59' Campos 15', 54' (pen.), 72', 81' Bayona 61' Wagner 65' |
Summary | King 32' Agbossoumonde 54' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,186 |
August 5, 2012 Match 19 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 1–2 | Puerto Rico Islanders | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Harmse 57' Campos 70' Pitchkolan 75' Ramírez 84' |
Summary | Addlery 31', 50' vanSchaik 59' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 10,183 |
August 8, 2012 Match 20 | FC Edmonton | 1–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Edmonton, Alberta |
20:05 CST | Pinto 45+1' Rago 88' |
Greenfield 23' Knight 43' Soto 65' 65' Pitchkolan 73' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,542 |
August 11, 2012 Match 21 | Minnesota Stars FC | 0–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Blaine, Minnesota |
19:30 CST | Kallman 88' Nuñez 90+1' |
Summary | Wagner 26' Denissen 71' (pen.) Campos 77' Knight 90+1' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,221 |
August 19, 2012 Match 22 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 4–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Ramírez 8' Campos 17', 29' Sattler 56' Bayona 90+2' |
Summary | Sanfilippo 45' Washington 49' Mulholland 52' Ambersley 56' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,024 |
August 25, 2012 Match 23 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
18:30 CST | Anderson 26' Ramos 52' Thompson 59' (pen.) Gordon 81' |
Summary | Ramírez 45+1' Janicki 63' Saavedra 83' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,268 |
September 1, 2012 Match 24 | Minnesota Stars FC | 1–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Blaine, Minnesota |
19:30 CST | Walker 33' Takada 45' Kallman 63' |
Summary | Pitchkolan 15' Janicki 60' Denissen 69' 73' Harmse 79' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,705 |
September 8, 2012 Match 25 | Carolina Railhawks FC | 0–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Cary, North Carolina |
18:30 CST | Shipalane 90' | Summary | Harmse 35' Cunningham 84' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,807 |
Note: 25th regular season NASL match |
September 16, 2012 Match 26 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 1–2 | Carolina Railhawks FC | San Antonio, Texas |
18:00 CST | Greenfield 41' Campos 64' 64' |
Summary | Agbossoumonde 42' Shipalane 69' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,701 |
September 19, 2012 Match 27 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–1 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Atlanta |
18:30 CST | Hunt 3' Blanco 31' Wagner 40' (o.g.) Paulini 45' Ferreira-Mendes 75' |
Summary | Harmse 30' Soto 68' 77' Wagner 83' Pitchkolan 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,357 |
September 23, 2012 Match 28 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | 1–1 | Minnesota Stars FC | San Antonio, Texas |
18:00 CST | Campos 9' Denisson 11' Pitchkolan 52' Cochrane 78' Janicki 83' |
Summary | Venegas 47' Rodríguez 58' Friedland 69' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,996 |
NASL Playoffs
October 6, 2012 SF – 1st Leg | Minnesota Stars | 0–0 | San Antonio Scorpions | Blaine, Minnesota |
7:30 pm CDT | Bracalello 21' | Report Report |
Harmse 86' | Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Marcos Deoliveira |
October 14, 2012 SF – 2nd Leg | San Antonio Scorpions | 1–2 | Minnesota Stars | San Antonio, Texas |
6:15 pm CDT | Ramirez 17' Campos 25' 27' Harmse 54' Soto 89' |
Report Report |
Altman 28' Hlavaty 67' Wagner 76' (o.g.) Bracalello 83' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 6,249 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald |
U.S. Open Cup
May 22, 2012 Second round | San Antonio Scorpions | 2–0 | Laredo Heat | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Kling 24' Ramirez 25' Greenfield 25' Denissen 34' Campos 67' Harmse 74' |
Report | Leal 41' Lopez 44' Villavicencio 47' Nava 70' Nava 77' |
Stadium: Blossom Athletic Center Attendance: 3,601 Referee: Luis Guardia |
May 29, 2012 Third round | San Antonio Scorpions | 1–0 | Houston Dynamo | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Denissen 51' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,164 |
June 5, 2012 Fourth round | San Antonio Scorpions | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Charlotte Eagles | San Antonio, Texas |
19:30 CST | Campos 38' 75' Pitchkolan 71' |
Report | Grousis 28' Salles 116' (pen.) |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 5,112 |
Club information
Roster
As of May 11, 2012[1]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
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Goalkeepers | |||||
00 | Craig Hill | GK | December 27, 1987 | River Plate Puerto Rico | |
1 | Daryl Sattler | GK | September 5, 1980 | FC Tampa Bay | |
25 | Patrick Hannigan | GK | October 23, 1982 | Rochester Lancers (indoor) | |
Defenders | |||||
2 | Wes Knight | DF/MF | September 6, 1986 | Unattached | |
3 | Dominic Papa | DF | October 10, 1987 | FC Tucson | |
5 | Karsten Smith | DF | June 14, 1988 | Unattached | |
12 | Greg Janicki | DF | July 9, 1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | |
13 | Fabian Kling | DF | July 24, 1987 | Fort Lewis Skyhawks | |
16 | Aaron Pitchkolan | DF/MF | March 14, 1983 | Puerto Rico Islanders | |
19 | Ryan Cochrane | CB | August 8, 1983 | New England Revolution | |
22 | Jonathan Greenfield | DF | February 18, 1982 | Unattached | |
Midfielders | |||||
4 | Matt Gold | MF | June 14, 1988 | Unattached | |
6 | Kevin Harmse | DF/MF | July 4, 1984 | Unattached | |
7 | Luiz Tiago | MF | March 7, 1988 | Unattatched | |
8 | Jeff Jennings | MF | November 6, 1987 | Mount Merrion FC | |
17 | Blake Wagner | DF/MF | January 29, 1988 | Real Salt Lake | |
18 | Josue Soto | MF | January 3, 1989 | Houston Dynamo (on loan) | |
20 | Amaury Nunes | MF/FW | January 26, 1983 | Citizen | |
21 | Walter Ramírez | DF/MF | November 7, 1983 | C.D. Vida | |
23 | Javier Saavedra | MF | March 13, 1974 | Tigres UANL | |
Forwards | |||||
9 | Pablo Campos | FW | January 29, 1983 | Carolina RailHawks | |
10 | Hans Denissen | FW | March 9, 1984 | Willem II | |
11 | Esteban Bayona | FW | November 25, 1983 | Laredo Heat | |
14 | Euan Purcell | FW | August 14, 1985 | Unattached |
References
- ^ "Roster". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2012.