The 2018 season is

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's third season of competitive soccer in the

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and second season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC compete in the league's Eastern Conference.

Current roster

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Competitions

Preseason

USL regular season

The

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will be contested by 33 teams, 16 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 34 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams from each conference advance to the 2018 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.

Standings (Eastern Conference)

Results

All times in

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Results summary

USL Playoffs

Statistics

, - , colspan="10", ''Defenders:'' , - , - , colspan="10", ''Midfielders:'' , - , - , colspan="10", ''Forwards:'' , - :Players with names ''in italics'' were on loan from

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for individual matches with Bethlehem. :Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from

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for individual matches with Bethlehem. :Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.

Goalkeepers

''As of February 9, 2019.''

Honors

Team of the Week

* Week 1 Team of the Week: F Brandon Allen * Week 5 Team of the Week ''Bench'': M Derrick Jones * Week 8 Team of the Week: M Santi Moar * Week 10 Team of the Week: M Fabian Herbers, ''Bench'' M

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* Week 12 Team of the Week: M Santi Moar * Week 13 Team of the Week: D

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* Week 14 Team of the Week: M Derrick Jones * Week 15 Team of the Week: M

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* Week 16 Team of the Week: M

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* Week 17 Team of the Week ''Bench'': M Fabian Herbers * Week 20 Team of the Week: M Brenden Aaronson * Week 21 Team of the Week: D Olivier Mbaizo * Week 22 Team of the Week: G

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* Week 24 Team of the Week: D Matthew Mahoney, M Santi Moar

USL Coach of the Month

August:

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References

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Philadelphia Union II seasons