2023 Memphis 901 FC season

Memphis 901 FC
2023 season
Head coach	Stephen Glass
Stadium	AutoZone Park; Memphis, Tennessee
USLC	Conference: 4th ; Overall: 9th
USLC Playoffs	Eastern Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
Highest home attendance	4,001; (Mar 11 vs. Loudoun)
Lowest home attendance	2,264; (Sep 6 vs Tampa)
Average home league attendance	3,447
Biggest win	MEM 5–1 MIA (Jun 3); MEM 4–0 TUL (Jun 21); MEM 4–0 ELP (Oct 7)
Biggest defeat	PHX 6–0 MEM (Jul 1)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Memphis 901 FC season was the fifth season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.

New head coach Stephen Glass had a rough start to the season with back to back 1-3 home losses. Memphis 901 FC found their rhythm though and went undefeated in the months of April, May, and June with a record of 8-0-4 (W-L-D). They hit a slump in July with 2 draws and 4 losses while being scored against 18 times. They finished the season with 52 from a record of 14–10–10.^[1] Their 52pts landed them in 4th place in the east and a home playoff match.^[2]

The playoffs began on October 21 as Memphis hosted Louisville City. 901 FC went up quick with a 32 second goal by Bruno Lapa - 2nd fastest in League history at the time. Louisville found the equilizer later that half as the game slowed down and went into overtime and then to penalties. Louisville went first, with both teams exchanging goals until the fifth Memphis player was unable to hit the back of the net. Memphis 901 FC ultimately came up short and their 2023 season came to a close. ^[3]

Players and staff

Final roster

As of October 20, 2023^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Drew Romig	United States
3	DF	Carson Vom Steeg	United States
4	MF	Emerson Hyndman	United States
5	MF	Samuel Careaga (on loan from Lanús)	Argentina
6	MF	Aaron Molloy	Republic of Ireland
7	MF	Bruno Lapa	Brazil
8	DF	Lucas Turci	Brazil
9	MF	Luiz Fernando	Brazil
10	FW	Rodrigo da Costa	Brazil
11	MF	Laurent Kissiedou	Ivory Coast
14	DF	Akeem O'Connor-Ward	United States
15	FW	Calvin Harrison (^[A])	United States
16	DF	Graham Smith	United States
18	MF	Jeremy Kelly	United States
19	DF	Rece Buckmaster	United States
20	FW	Nighte Pickering	United States
23	MF	Leston Paul	Trinidad and Tobago
24	FW	Rashawn Dally	Jamaica
26	GK	Aren Seeger	United States
27	DF	Jelani Peters	Trinidad and Tobago
32	GK	Richard Sánchez	Mexico
14	DF	Aiden McFadden (on loan from Atlanta)	United States
15	DF	Logan Haddad (^[A])	United States
77	FW	Dylan Borczak	United States

^

Signed to a USL academy contract

Staff

As of October 20, 2023^[5]

Technical staff
Sporting director	Tim Howard
Assistant sporting director	Caleb Patterson-Sewell
Head coach	Stephen Glass
Assistant coach	Mark Spalding
Assistant coach	Caleb Patterson-Sewell

Competitions

USL Championship

Eastern Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (S)	34	19	5	10	50	29	+21	67	Playoffs
2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	34	19	9	6	60	39	+21	63
3	Charleston Battery	34	17	9	8	47	43	+4	59
4	Memphis 901 FC	34	14	10	10	59	53	+6	52
5	Louisville City FC	34	14	12	8	41	44	−3	50
6	Indy Eleven	34	13	11	10	46	38	+8	49
7	Birmingham Legion FC	34	14	16	4	44	53	−9	46
8	Detroit City FC	34	11	15	8	30	39	−9	41
9	Miami FC	34	11	15	8	43	44	−1	41
10	FC Tulsa	34	10	15	9	43	55	−12	39
11	Loudoun United FC	34	7	23	4	36	61	−25	25
12	Hartford Athletic	34	4	24	6	40	79	−39	18

Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots
(S) Players' Shield winner

Match results

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in Central time

Mar 11 01	Memphis 901 FC	1–3	Loudoun United FC	Memphis, TN
4:00PM CDT	Kissiedou 37', 63' Ward 41' Fernando 47' Smith 71'	Report	Williamson 8', 27' Ryan 11', 90+4' Armenakas 49' Houssou 63'	Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 4,001 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Mar 18 02	Memphis 901 FC	1–3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Memphis, TN
4:00PM CDT	Lapa 7', 38' Ward 49' Smith 65' Turci 69'	Report	Dikwa 5', 39' (pen.), 71' Biasi 64' Ybarra 80'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,587 Referee: Serhiy Boyko

Mar 25 03	Oakland Roots SC	PP	Memphis 901 FC	Oakland, CA
9:00PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Laney College Football Stadium

Apr 01 04	Miami FC	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Miami, Florida
6:00 PM CDT	Sorto 7' Craig 13', 40' Telfer 57' Zendejas 74' Akinyode 90+3'	Report	Goodrum 39' Valot 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 1,175 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Apr 15 05	Memphis 901 FC	2–2	Las Vegas Lights FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT	Kelly 39' Fernando 52' Goodrum 90+1'	Report	Stauffer 15' Bushue 26' Jiménez 33' Ledesma 78'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,734 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

Apr 22 06	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	0-3	Memphis 901 FC	Edinburg, TX
7:00 PM CDT	Benítez 14' Kinzner 45+2'	Report	Lapa 29' Ward 55' Smith 64' Smith 74' Pickering 87'	Stadium: HEB Park Attendance: 6,162 Referee: Gerald Flores

Apr 29 07	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Louisville City	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT	Fernando 52'	Report	Totsch 9'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,644 Referee: Matt Thompson

May 06 08	Hartford Athletic	0-2	Memphis 901 FC	Hartford,CT
6:00 PM CDT	Cedeño 19' McGlynn 45+2'	Report	Kissiedou 32' Dally 83'	Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

May 13 09	Memphis 901 FC	2-1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT	Fernando 10,89' Lapa Smith 45+4' Kelly 53'	Report	R. Williams 29' D. Williams 32' Henríquez 36' Seagrist 57' Chapman 86'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Benjamin Meyer

May 19 10	FC Tulsa	1-2	Memphis 901 FC	Tulsa, OK
8:00P.M. CDT	Ferri 36' Tetteh 38' Gavin 55' Epps 72' Suárez 83' Bourgeois 85'	Report	Pickering 54' Molloy 65' Goodrum 78' Dally 90+2' Hamid 90+3'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,577 Referee: Alejo Calume

Jun 03 11	Memphis 901 FC	5–1	Miami FC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM CDT	Kelly 1' Molloy 22' (pen.) Lapa 34' (pen.) Buckmaster 39' Pickering 48', 76' Peters 65' 79' O'Connor-Ward 89'	Report	Akinyode 5' 49', 41' Chapman-Page 20' Pulis 23'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,672 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Jun 07 12	Birmingham Legion FC	PP	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, AL
7:00PM CDT				Stadium: Protective Stadium

Jun 10 13	Louisville City FC	1–3	Memphis 901 FC	Louisville, KY
8:00 PM	Damm 17' Thellufsen 25' Gibson 55' Harris 71'	Report	Pickering 45+2' Ward 60' Damm 69' (o.g.) Glass 73' da Costa 74'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,706 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Jun 17 14	Memphis 901 FC	0–0	Detroit City FC	Memphis, TN
8:30 PM CDT	Turci 54' Kelly 64'	Report	Fisher 33' Rodriguez 45' Simonsen 49'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Referee: Joshua Encarnación

Jun 21 15	Memphis 901 FC	4-0	FC Tulsa	Memphis, TN
7:00P.M. CDT	da Costa 20' Dally 25' Hyndman 48' Peters 68' Turci 76' Smith 85'	Report	Ruxi 6' Bird 24' Ferri 52' Armour 70'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Melvin Rivas

Jun 24 16	Memphis 901 FC	3–2	Charleston Battery	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,688 Referee: Gerald Flores

Jul 01 17	Phoenix Rising FC	6-0	Memphis 901 FC	Phoenix, AZ
9:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Brandon Stevis

Jul 07 18	Memphis 901 FC	0–4	San Antonio FC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

Jul 12 03	Oakland Roots SC	1-1	Memphis 901 FC	Hayward, CA
8:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 2,098 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

Jul 15 19	Sacramento Republic FC	1-1	Memphis 901 FC	Sacramento,CA
9:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Heart Health Park Attendance: 9,311 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Jul 22 20	Memphis 901 FC	3–4	Orange County SC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,971 Referee: John Griggs

Jul 29 21	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	4-2	Memphis 901 FC	Pittsburgh, PA
6:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 5,466 Referee: Elton García

Aug 02 22	Loudoun United	0-0	Memphis 901 FC	Leesburg, VA
10:00AM CDT	Rocha 56' Zanne 67' Koanda 70'	Report	Buckmaster 29' Molloy 42'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 2,416 Referee: Thomas Snyder

Aug 05 23	Indy Eleven	1-2	Memphis 901 FC	Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 9,194 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Aug 12 24	San Diego Loyal SC	0-1	Memphis 901 FC	San Diego, CA
8:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 4,524 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

Aug 23 25	Memphis 901 FC	0–0	Indy Eleven	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,567 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Aug 26 26	Charleston Battery	1-0	Memphis 901 FC	Mt. Pleasant,SC
6:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Patriots Point Attendance: 4,004 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

Sep 02 27	Detroit City FC	1-1	Memphis 901 FC	Hamtramck, MI
6:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Keyworth Stadium Attendance: 6,266 Referee: Thomas Snyder

Sep 06 28	Memphis 901 FC	3-2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,264 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Sep 09 29	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	Monterey Bay FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,238 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

Sep 16 30	Memphis 901 FC	4–2	Hartford Athletic	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Luis Arroyo

Sep 20 12	Birmingham Legion FC	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, AL
7:00 PM CDT	Kasim 48' Crognale 55' Agudelo 90'	Report	McFadden 52' Peters 71'	Stadium: Protective Stadium Referee: Matthew Corrigan

Sep 23 31	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2-4	Memphis 901 FC	St. Petersburg, FL
6:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,862 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

Sep 30 32	Memphis 901 FC	1–2	Birmingham Legion FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT	Molloy 13' Ward 28' Rodrigo 40' (pen.)	Report	Nwegbo 46' Brett 51' Martínez 57' Agudelo 90+8'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Referee: Alejo Calume

Oct 07 33	Memphis 901 FC	4–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Memphis, TN
7:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,537 Referee: Calin Radosav

Oct 13 34	New Mexico United	4-1	Memphis 901 FC	Albuquerque, NM
8:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 11,385 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

USL Playoffs

Oct 21 Quarter-finals	Memphis 901 FC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Louisville City FC	Memphis, Tennessee
6:30 PM CDT	Lapa 1' Paul 24' Ward 62' Kissiedou 73' Careaga 118'	Report	Lancaster 18' Semmle 24' Perez 90+5' McCabe 117'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,587 Referee: Elton García
	Penalties
	Hyndman Molloy Smith Careaga McFadden		Totsch Harris Mares McCabe Jimenez

US Open Cup

Memphis 901 FC entered the 2022 US Open Cup in the 2nd round with the rest of the USLC teams.^[6]

Apr 4 USOC Rnd 2	One Knoxville SC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Memphis 901 FC	Knoxville, TN
7:00PM CDT	Andreassen 9' Ross 52' Ilic 57' Kelly-Rosales 76' Waldeck 90'	Report	Kelly 13' Borczak 38' Goodrum 45+2' Smith 74' Peters 120+1' Kelly 120+4'	Stadium: Regal Stadium Attendance: 1,812 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Apr 26 USOC Rnd 3	Atlanta United FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Memphis 901 FC	Kennesaw, GA
7:30PM CDT	Wolff 3' 59' Abram 28' Araújo 45+2' Fortune 71'	Report	Kelly 23' Goodrum 90+6' Pickering 100' Hamid 120+2'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov

May 10 USOC Rnd 4	Birmingham Legion FC	3-0	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, AL
8:00PM CDT	Agudelo 20' Martínez 39' Pasher 64' Kavita 80'	Report	Ward 14' Vom Steeg 90+1'	Stadium: Protective Stadium Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

Stats

Regular Season
No.	Player Name	Pos.	Apps	Sta.	M	G	A
6	Aaron Molloy	MF	33	33	2917	2	8	10	0	0
37	Aiden McFadden	DF	12	12	1069	1	3	3	0	0
14	Akeem Ward	DF	34	33	2951	3	2	8	0	0
26	Aren Seeger	GK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Bill Hamid	GK	10	10	900	0	0	1	0	0
7	Bruno Lapa	MF	28	19	1491	4	4	3	0	2
15	Calvin Harrison	FW	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	Carson Vom Steeg	DF	19	15	1317	1	0	2	0	0
1	Drew Romig	GK	22	22	1980	0	0	0	0	0
77	Dylan Borczak	FW	25	6	586	0	1	0	0	0
4	Emerson Hyndman	MF	14	7	688	3	0	2	0	0
28	Farid Chouyouti	FW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Graham Smith	DF	29	28	2557	1	1	11	1	0
27	Jelani Peters	DF	18	15	1357	1	0	4	1	0
18	Jeremy Kelly	FW	33	33	2830	3	1	2	1	0
11	Laurent Kissiedou	MF	27	21	1723	6	4	1	0	1
23	Leston Paul	MF	16	11	1020	0	1	2	0	0
8	Lucas Turci	DF	27	16	1613	2	1	3	0	0
9	Luiz Fernando Nascimento	FW	27	24	2056	8	4	1	0	0
35	Nick Dyer	DF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Nighte Pickering	FW	30	9	979	4	3	3	0	0
10	Phillip Goodrum	FW	9	8	715	0	0	3	0	0
24	Rashawn Dally	FW	29	6	785	3	2	1	0	0
19	Rece Buckmaster	DF	20	20	1776	1	1	4	0	0
32	Richard Sánchez	GK	2	2	180	0	0	0	0	0
10	Rodrigo da Costa	MF	25	23	1943	12	3	-	0	0
5	Samuel Careaga	MF	6	1	218	2	1	-	0	0
55	Sebastián Velásquez	MF	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ 901 Soccer Podcast (January 3, 2024). "901 Soccer Podcast: 2023 Season in Review" (video). youtube.com. Bluff City Media.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "USL Championship Playoff Bracket: Memphis secures home game in first-round against Louisville". Bluff City Media. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
^ "Memphis 901 FC elimininated in penalty shootout to Louisville City". Bluff City Media. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
^ "2023 Team Roster". USL Championship. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ "Technical Staff". memphis901fc.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ "Record-Setting 103 Teams Confirmed For 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

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Signed to a USL academy contract

[1] 901 Soccer Podcast (January 3, 2024). "901 Soccer Podcast: 2023 Season in Review" (video). youtube.com. Bluff City Media.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "USL Championship Playoff Bracket: Memphis secures home game in first-round against Louisville". Bluff City Media. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

[3] "Memphis 901 FC elimininated in penalty shootout to Louisville City". Bluff City Media. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

[4] "2023 Team Roster". USL Championship. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[5] "Technical Staff". memphis901fc.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[6] "Record-Setting 103 Teams Confirmed For 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

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