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of the modern NASL, this was the 9th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the United Soccer League, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and participated in the

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Club

Coaching staff

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Other information

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Squad information

First team squad

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, , FW , , - , 17 , Kyle Murphy , , FW , , - , 28 , Alex Bruce , , FW , , - , 99 , Éver Guzmán , , FW , , -

Player movement

In

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, align=center, Undisclosed , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , , UC Davis Aggies , align=center, Undisclosed , align=center, , align=center, , -

Out

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Loan in

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Loan out

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Pre-season

The pre-season match against FC Dallas was announced by FCD on January 18, 2018. Remaining pre-season matches were announced on January 30, 2018, by SAFC.

Competitions

Overall

Position in the Western Conference

Overview

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, - ! Total

United Soccer League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Position in the Western Conference

Matches

The first three matches of 2018 were announced on January 12, 2018. The remaining schedule was released on January 19, 2018. Home team is listed first, left to right. Kickoff times are in CDT ( UTC−05) unless shown otherwise

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Exhibition

On June 7, 2017, it was announced that San Antonio would play an exhibition match against

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Statistics

Appearances

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, 26 (5), , 3, , 2 (1), , 1, , 28 (6), , 4, , 11, , 0, 1 , - , 6 , DF , align=left,

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, 20 (2), , 1, , 0, , 0, , 20 (2), , 1, , 7, , 0, 0 , - , 10 , FW , align=left,

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Top scorers

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, 3, , 1, , 4 , - , rowspan="3", 5 , DF , 2 , align=left,

, 2, , 1, , 3 , - , MF , 16 , align=left, Rafael Castillo , 2, , 1, , 3 , - , FW , 28 , align=left, Alex Bruce , 3, , 0, , 3 , - , rowspan="2", 8 , MF , 10 , align=left,

, 2, , 0, , 2 , - , MF , 21 , align=left, Maxi Rodriguez , 1, , 1, , 2 , - , rowspan="8", 10 , DF , 4 , align=left,

, 1, , 0, , 1 , - , MF , 8 , align=left,

, 1, , 0, , 1 , - , FW , 17 , align=left, Kyle Murphy , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , FW , 18 , align=left, Ethan Bryant , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , MF , 19 , align=left, Kris Tyrpak , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , MF , 22 , align=left, Charlie Ward , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , MF , 23 , align=left,

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Clean sheets

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Summary

{, class="wikitable" , - , Games played , , 37 (34 United Soccer League (3

) , - , Games won , , 15 (14 United Soccer League) (1

) , - , Games drawn , , 9 (8 United Soccer League) (1

) , - , Games lost , , 13 (12 United Soccer League) (1

) , - , Goals scored , , 50 (45 United Soccer League) (5

) , - , Goals conceded , , 50 (48 United Soccer League) (2

) , - , Goal difference , , +0 (-3 United Soccer League) (+3

) , - , Clean sheets , , 6 (5 United Soccer League) (1

) , - , Yellow cards , , 82 (78 United Soccer League) (4

) , - , Red cards , , 3 (3 United Soccer League) (0

) , - , Most appearances , , Greg Cochrane

(35 appearances) , - , Top scorer , , Éver Guzmán (11 goals) , - , Winning Percentage , , Overall: 15/37 (40.54%)

Awards

Player

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, rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 7 , align=center, , - , rowspan=2 align=center, 24 , rowspan=2 , Diego Restrepo , align=center, USL Save of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 8 , align=center, , - , rowspan=2 align=center, USL Team of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 9 , align=center, , - , align=center, 91 ,

, rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 12 , align=center, , - , align=center, 28 , Alex Bruce , align=center, USL Goal of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 17 , align=center, , - , align=center, 22 , Charlie Ward , rowspan=3 align=center, USL Team of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 19 , align=center, , - , align=center, 4 ,

, rowspan=2 align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, 22 , Charlie Ward , align=center, , - , align=center, 28 , Alex Bruce , align=center, USL Goal of the Month , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , July , align=center, , - , rowspan=2 align=center, 2 , rowspan=2 ,

, align=center, USL Team of the Week , rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" , Week 21 , align=center, , - , align=center, USL Goal of the Week , align=center, , - , align=center, 7 , Lance Laing , rowspan=3 align=center, USL Team of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 25 , align=center, , - , align=center, 4 ,

, rowspan=2 align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, 7 , Lance Laing , align=center, , - , align=center, 0 , Matt Cardone , align=center, USL Save of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 27 , align=center, , - , align=center, 18 , Ethan Bryant , align=center, USL Team of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 29 , align=center, , - , align=center, 0 , Matt Cardone , align=center, USL Save of the Month , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , September , align=center, , - , align=center, 7 , Lance Laing , align=center, USL Team of the Week , rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" , Week 30 , align=center, , - , colspan="6" align=center font-size:95%, End of Season Awards , - , align=center, 2 ,

, rowspan=2 align=center, 2018 USL All-League Second Team , rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" , November , align=center,

References

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