2014 Arizona United SC season

Arizona United SC
2014 season
Owner	Kyle Eng
Manager	Michael Dellorusso
Stadium	Peoria Sports Complex
USL Pro	9th Place
USL Pro Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	Long Tan (5); Jonathan Top (5)
Highest home attendance	All: 4,018; (June 19 v. LA Galaxy; USOC 4th round); League: 3,588; (August 22 v. Oklahoma City)
Lowest home attendance	1,482; (June 14 v. Rochester)
Average home league attendance	2,395
Home colors	Away colors
	2015 →

The 2014 Arizona United SC season was the club's first season of existence, playing in the USL Professional Division.

USL Pro

All times from this point on Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00)

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
28	10	5	13	32	47	−15	33^†	6	2	6	18	21	−3	4	3	7	14	26	−12

Source: Match reports

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	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 9, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League results

April 12, 2014 1	Arizona United SC	0 - 4	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Woodberry 37' 43'	Report	Perry 46' Greig 51' Miller 65' Evans 61' Djeziri 71'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Israel Fernandez

April 19, 2014 2	Arizona United SC	2 - 1	Sacramento Republic FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Top 16' 85' Ruthven 27' Swartzendruber 37'	Report	López 27' Daly 45' 45' Mirković 90'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 3,014 Referee: Lucian Radoslovescu

April 25, 2014 3	Arizona United SC	1 - 1	LA Galaxy II	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Dillon 31' DelPiccolo 68'	Report	Mendiola 35' Auras 38' Sorto 46' Diallo 89'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,818 Referee: Charles Farr

May 3, 2014 4	Arizona United SC	2 - 1	Charlotte Eagles	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Dacres 42' Baladez 64'	Report	Herrera 76'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

May 9, 2014 5	Richmond Kickers	4 - 0	Arizona United SC	Richmond, Virginia
4:00pm	Spitz 26' Davis 50' Delicâte 62' François 84' Ruthven 88' (o.g.)	Report	Baladez 26' Dillon 52'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,188 Referee: Mark Gorak

May 10, 2014 6	Harrisburg City Islanders	0 - 1	Arizona United SC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Ekra 32' Zizzi 63'	Report	Swartzendruber 19' (pen.) Kassel 69'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

May 17, 2014 7	Arizona United SC	0 - 1	Orlando City	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Dillon 42'	Report	Gallego 8' (o.g.) Redding 42' Rusin 48' Lopez 79' Álvarez 83'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,044 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

May 24, 2014 8	Arizona United SC	0 - 4	Chivas USA Reserves	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Ruthven 71' Dillon 90'	Report	Tyrpak 14' Finley 15', 41', 74' (pen.) Fondy 30' Hernandez 67'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Patrick O'Brian

May 31, 2014 9	Orange County Blues FC	2 - 0	Arizona United SC	Irvine, California
7:00pm	Sofia 9' Russell 15' 89' Momeni 39' Cortez 46' Suggs 58' Cardenas 81' Okai 84' Roknipour 90+'	Report	Antúnez 37' Baladez 90' Toby 90+' Kassel 90+'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 538 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

June 7, 2014 10	Sacramento Republic FC	1 - 1	Arizona United SC	Sacramento, California
7:30pm	Fochive 43' Delbridge 56' Bartlomé 90+' 90+'	Report	Saint Cyr 45' Woodberry 67' Wallace 76'	Stadium: Hughes Stadium Attendance: 20,231 Referee: Matthew Buckman

June 11, 2014 11	Arizona United SC	1 - 2	Dayton Dutch Lions	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm	Wallace 18' DelPiccolo 53' Dillon 66' Ruthven 68'	Report	Schoenfeld 5', 36' Garner 53' Williams 89'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Jared Kennedy

June 14, 2014 12	Arizona United SC	1 - 0	Rochester Rhinos	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Top 75' (pen.) Newton 90' Baladez 90'	Report	Houapeu 57' Hoffer 70' Slogic 75'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Alex Del Angel

June 21, 2014 13	Arizona United SC	1 - 1	LA Galaxy II	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Morrison 51' Antúnez 74' Woodberry 88'	Report	Bowen 17'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Jon Freemon

June 26, 2014 14	Sacramento Republic FC	1 - 0	Arizona United SC	Sacramento, California
7:30pm	Klimenta 13' Powell 35' Bartlomé 74' Alvarez 79'	Report	Saint Cyr 32' 58'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Katja Koroleva

June 28, 2014 15	Arizona United SC	2 - 3	Orange County Blues FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:00pm	Woodberry 13' Okafor 19' Dacres 36' DelPiccolo 90'	Report	Santana 33' Russell 41' (pen.) Sofia 51' Suggs 66' Hoxie 90+'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Ramy Touchan

July 4, 2014 16	LA Galaxy II	4 - 2	Arizona United SC	Carson, California
4:00pm	Jamieson 16' Rugg 18', 45' Antúnez 41' (o.g.) Sorto 58'	Report	Okafor 19' (pen.) Kassel 90+'	Stadium: StubHub Center, Field #3 Attendance: 415 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 12, 2014 17	Orange County Blues FC	1 - 2	Arizona United SC	Irvine, California
7:00pm	Barron 35' Roknipour 55' Cardenas 77' Gautrat 81'	Report	Woodberry 30' Stisser 37' Okafor 74'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 586 Referee: Jared Kennedy

July 17, 2014 18	Oklahoma City Energy FC	1 - 1	Arizona United SC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5:00pm	Djeziri 44' Evans 81' Thomas 90+' (pen.)	Report	DelPiccolo 44' Tan 45+' Dillon 90' Top 90+'	Stadium: Pribil Stadium Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Leland Grant

July 19, 2014 19	Arizona United SC	3 - 0	Orange County Blues FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm	Kassel 22' Tan 27' 35' Top 82' Saint Cyr 89' Dacres 90+'	Report		Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,238 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

July 25, 2014 20	Wilmington Hammerheads	0 - 0	Arizona United SC	Wilmington, North Carolina
4:30pm	Parratt 53' Campbell 61' Cole 90+'	Report	Antúnez 86'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 3,240 Referee: Dustin Thorne

July 26, 2014 21	Charleston Battery	2 - 0	Arizona United SC	Charleston, South Carolina
4:30pm	Kelly 25', 33' Falvey 74' Chang 87'	Report	Woodberry 54' Garza 74' Tan 74' Stisser 89'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,464 Referee: Chris Spivey

August 2, 2014 22	Arizona United SC	1 - 2	Sacramento Republic FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm	Tan 32' DelPiccolo 42' Top 64' 90' Morrison 65' Robinson 85'	Report	Koval 53' Braun 78' Guzman 82'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,888 Referee: Daniel Radford

August 9, 2014 23	LA Galaxy II	3 - 2	Arizona United SC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Rugg 9' Jamieson 10' Auras 37' Villarreal 42'	Report	Kassel 47' DelPiccolo 60' Tan 72' Morrison 77'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 535 Referee: Christopher Calderon

August 14, 2014 24	Oklahoma City Energy FC	1 - 2	Arizona United SC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5:00pm	Thomas 41' Djeziri 77'	Report	Top 4' Robinson 33' Stisser 34' Garza 74' (pen.) 79' DelPiccolo 85' Newton 87'	Stadium: Pribil Stadium Attendance: 3,438 Referee: Jody Pinkerton

August 16, 2014 25	Arizona United SC	3 - 1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm	Okafor 56' Top 61' Stisser 78'	Report	Pridham 87'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 3,408 Referee: Juan Colazo

August 22, 2014 26	Arizona United SC	1 - 0	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm	Morrison 76' Dillon 88' Dacres 90+'	Report	Howard 21' 45' Hedrick 74' Morad 90'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 3,588 Referee: Ramy Touchan

August 25, 2014 27	Seattle Sounders Reserves	5 - 1	Arizona United SC	Tukwila, Washington
7:00pm	Neagle 28' Okoli 32', 38' Bowen 65' Cooper 90'	Report	Woodberry 75' 77' Ruthven 81'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Referee: Josh Wilkens

September 6, 2014 28	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1 - 2	Arizona United SC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Čabrilo 6' Earls 25' Kerr 45' Vincent 90'	Report	Tan 12', 75' 75' Top 26'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Charles Murphy

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	28	9	11	8	35	33	+2	38	Playoffs
8	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	28	10	7	11	45	46	−1	37	Playoffs
9	Arizona United SC	28	10	5	13	32	47	−15	33^[a]
10	Oklahoma City Energy FC	28	9	5	14	32	37	−5	32
11	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	9	5	14	35	49	−14	32

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs
Notes:

↑ Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.^[1]^[2]

U.S. Open Cup

May 13, 2014 Second Round	Portland Timbers U23s	2 - 3	Arizona United SC	Portland, Oregon
7:00pm PDT	Fisher 11' 44' Ribas 28' Rose 45' Alashe 51'	Report Report	Dacres 26' 84' Woodberry 88' Antúnez 75' 90+' Okafor 90+'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 833 Referee: Andrew Marihart

May 28, 2014 Third Round	Arizona United SC	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm MST	Kassel 58' Okafor 84' Saint Cyr 86' Woodberry 105' Baladez 112' Dillon 114'	Report Report	Hedrick 27' Shiffman 34' Thomas 47' Miller 55' Greig 90+' Doue 105'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Daniel Radford

June 18, 2014 Fourth round	Arizona United SC	1 - 2	LA Galaxy	Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm MST	Kassel 36' Okafor 74'	Report Report	Rogers 20' Zardes 51', 53' Gargan 84'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 4,018 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Friendlies

October 18, 2014	Arizona United SC	1 - 0	LA Galaxy II	Colorado Springs, Colorado
6:00pm	Garza 10'	Report Report		Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

Statistics

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#	Pos.	Name	GP	GS	Min.	Goals	Assists
9	FW	Jonathan Top	24	17	1,466	5	2	5	0
29	FW	Long Tan	12	12	1,024	5	0	4	0
7	MF	Jon Okafor	28	12	1,342	4	1	0	0
13	FW	Kadeem Dacres	24	11	974	3	1	0	1
6	MF	Paolo DelPiccolo	27	26	2,187	2	3	5	0
8	MF	Matt Kassel	26	23	1,919	2	3	2	1
23	DF	Scott Morrison	24	21	1,923	2	1	2	0
22	DF	London Woodberry	24	19	1,831	2	0	5	1
17	FW	Brad Stisser	17	10	931	2	1	2	0
3	FW	Brandon Swartzendruber	10	8	596	2	1	0	0
18	MF	Bradlee Baladez	15	12	865	1	1	2	1
16	MF	Sam Garza	9	2	361	1	1	2	0
25	MF	Rodney Wallace	2	1	130	1	0	1	0
12	MF	Joey Dillon	25	21	1,925	0	0	6	0
2	DF	Tyler Ruthven	21	18	1,571	0	0	3	1
5	DF	Daniel Antunez	19	18	1,476	0	0	3	0
10	FW	Schillo Tshuma	19	16	1,217	0	1	0	0
27	DF	Jalen Robinson	15	10	996	0	0	2	0
14	MF	Widner Saint-Cyr	12	11	950	0	0	2	1
20	DF	Joseph Toby	11	5	591	0	1	0	1
26	DF	Bryan Gallego	6	6	507	0	1	0	0
15	FW	Benji Lopez	9	3	371	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Devon Grousis	5	2	164	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Charles Renken	4	0	65	0	0	0	0
30	MF	George Malki	4	0	43	0	0	0	0
19	MF	José Ramos	1	0	32	0	0	0	0

Goalkeepers

#	Name	GP	GS	Min.	SV	GA	GAA	SO
1	Evan Newton	28	28	2,475	111	47	1.709	4	2	0
24	Jacole Turner	1	0	45	2	0	0.000	0	0	0

Transfers

Loan in

Start date	Position	No.	Player	From club
April 8, 2014	Forward	9	Jonathan Top	FC Dallas^[5]
April 24, 2014	Defender	16	Bryan Gallego	Portland Timbers
May 8, 2014	Forward	10	Schillo Tshuma	Portland Timbers
May 9, 2014	Defender	27	Jalen Robinson	D.C. United
May 30, 2014	Forward	15	Benji Lopez	Real Salt Lake
June 6, 2014	Forward	25	Rodney Wallace	Portland Timbers

Loan out

None

References

↑ "Arizona United SC deducted two league points". Arizona United SC. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
↑ "Arizona United SC Deducted 2 Points". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "2014 Arizona United Stats". Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
↑ "Arizona United SC's signed players: announced and unannounced". Odeen Domingo. ODFCnews.com. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
↑ "FC Dallas loans Jonathan Top to USL PRO side Arizona United". FC Dallas. April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

[table_hth_AZU0.4747769220149-3] Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.^[1]^[2]

[1] "Arizona United SC deducted two league points". Arizona United SC. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[2] "Arizona United SC Deducted 2 Points". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[4] "2014 Arizona United Stats". Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

[Signings-5] "Arizona United SC's signed players: announced and unannounced". Odeen Domingo. ODFCnews.com. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

[JonathanTopLoan-6] "FC Dallas loans Jonathan Top to USL PRO side Arizona United". FC Dallas. April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

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