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3 Match Day Prevew4 Stadium Map

7-8 Matchday Roster9-10 Conference Standings

12-14 Danny Musovski Named Player of the Week

16-23 Reno 1868 FC Roster24-25 Technical Staff

27 USL TV Agreement Update

Danny Musovski Brace Leads to Player of the Week Honor (page 12)

MATCHDAY PREVIEW

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RENO, Nev. – Reno 1868 FC is looking to keep momentum rolling after the club’s first win of the 2018 season this Saturday when it hosts OKC Energy FC at Greater Nevada Field.

Kickoff for the Western Conference showdown is set for 6:45 p.m.

Both clubs, who met in the 2017 USL Cup Playoff times enter Saturday’s match after relatively cold starts to the season.

For Reno, the club notched its first win of the 2018 season last Saturday after a thrilling 2-1 come-back over Portland Timbers 2.

Reno’s leading scorer Danny Musovski scored both goals in the win as Reno hopes for another mid-season turnaround, similar to 2017’s inaugural season.

Energy FC started off 2018 with a win but have lost five-straight matches as the club has dealt with a rash of injuries. OKC’s leading scorer from 2017, Jose Angulo, is expected to return to the lineup after a brief injury spell.

Saturday’s match is a rematch of the 2017 USL Cup Playoff match that OKC took 1-0 to knock Reno out of the Western Conference quarterfinals. OKC leads the all-time series 2-1 (series tied 1-1 in the regular season).

Saturday will also be a special night for Reno 1868 FC as the club partners with Our Center for the club’s first Pride Night. Commemorative scarves will be on sale at the team shop with proceeds going back to Our Center.

The first 1,868 fans Saturday will also receive a free regulation-sized soccer ball courtesy of Renown Health and Hometown Health. Tickets for Saturday’s match can be purchased at Reno1868FC.com/tickets.

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MATCHDAY ROSTERS

GK: Goalkeeper D: Defender M: Midfielder F : Forward

7 GK: Goalkeeper D: Defender M: Midfielder F : Forward

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# NAME POS HT WT Country

Lindo Mfeka M 5-5 155 South Africa10

Sam Gleadle M 5-10 155 USA17

Jerry van Ewijk M 5-8 160 Netherlands22

Antoine Hoppenot F 5-8 170 USA29Christo Michaelson M 5-10 155 USA30

Seth Casiple M 5-9 165 USA84

Mark Gonzalez F 6-0 177 Canada9

Mo Thiaw F 6-2 178 USA28

Connor Johnson D 6-0 180 USA3

Kevin Partida M 5-8 145 USA19

Guy Abend M 6-0 181 Israel8Dembakwi Yomba D 5-9 160 USA7

Christian Thierjung F 5-11 165 USA20

Brenton Gri�ths D 6-2 175 Jamaica23

Zach Carroll D 6’3 185 USA5Jordan Murrell D 5-11 185 Canada4

Danny Musovski F 6-0 160 USA12Duke Lacroix M 5-9 155 USA11

Russ Klabough GK 6-5 215 USA1

Brian Brown F 5-11 165 Jamaica99

Matt Bersano GK 6-1 185 USA32

Brent Richards D 5-10 167 USA16

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# NAME POS HT WT Country

ROSTERJames Ki�e D 5-11 180 USA2

Thomas Janjigian D 6-2 190 USA6

Chris Wehan M 5-9 140 USA14

JT Marcinkowski GK 6-1 185 USA18

Paul Marie D 5-8 142 France21

Eric Calvillo M 5-7 140 USA26

Luis Felipe M 6-1 185 USA96

Kyle Ihn G 6-2 205 USA35

oKC Energy FC

Bryan Byars GK 6-2 200 USA16

Justin Chavez M 5-10 185 USA13

Richard Dixon D 5-10 175 Jamaica2

Callum Ross D 6-2 180 England4Christian Ibeagha D 6-2 190 Nigeria5Philip Rasmussen M 6-0 185 Denmark7

Miguel Gonzalez F 5-8 150 Mexico10

Max Gunderson D 5-8 160 USA19Joseph Adjei D 6-2 210 Ghana20Juan Niño M 5-9 170 Colombia22Shawn McLaws D 5-10 165 USA23Coady Andrews D 6-2 225 USA26Matt VanOekel GK 6-4 220 USA30Jamie Siaj Romero F 6-2 195 Spain32Jordan Cano D 6-1 170 USA34Ema Twumasi F 5-8 170 Ghana52Francis Atuahene F 5-9 170 Ghana57

Juan Pablo Guzman M 5-9 152 USA8

Jose Barril M 6-0 180 Spain14

Alex Dixon M 5-8 170 USA11

Jose Angulo F 5-11 180 USA9

Johnathan Brown M 5-11 190 UK17

Kyle Hyland D 5-7 165 USA3

WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

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EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

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danny musovski USL Player of the week

DANNY MUSOVSKI HONORED

RENO, Nev. – After starting and capping off a thrilling comeback in Portland, Reno 1868 FC forward Danny Musovski has been named USL Player of the Week.

The Henderson, Nev. native scored twice in the final 15 minutes to help Reno notch a 2-1 comeback win over Timbers 2 Saturday night marking 1868 FC’s first win of the 2018 season.

Musovski is now Reno 1868 FC’s leading scorer with three goals on the season.

“It’s a great feeling to be named Player of the Week,” Musovski said. “I owe a lot of it to my team-mates, especially Antoine (Hoppenot) who gave me two tap-ins.”

Musovski received 65 percent of the poll conducted by a national panel of independent media representing every USL market. Swope Park Rangers Kharlton Belmar forward finished second with 20 percent, while Tulsa Roughnecks FC’s Jon Bakero finished third with 10 percent.

Joining Musovski onthe USL’s 18-man Team of the Week lineup is Hoppenot, who notched assists on both Musovski goals Saturday. Hoppenot is the leading set-up man for 1868 FC with three assists this year.

Reno 1868 FC returns to action Saturday at Greater Nevada Field when the club hosts OKC Energy FC at 6:45 p.m. The first 1,868 fans will receive a free soccer ball courtesy of Renown Health and Hometown Health. Tickets for that match can be purchased at Reno1868FC.com/tickets.

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DANNY MUSOVSKI HONORED

USL Team of the Week

GK – Diego Restrepo, San Antonio FC: Recorded a six-save shutout to earn SAFC a point on the road in a 0-0 draw against Fresno FC on Sunday night.

D – Sean Reynolds, Saint Louis FC: Reynolds recorded five clearances and four interceptions as Saint Louis held OKC Energy FC without a shot on goal in a 1-0 victory on the road.

D – Ken Tribbett, Penn FC: Tribbett capped a solid defensive performance – won 10 of 14 duels overall and made five interceptions – with a spectacular bicycle-kick goal that served as a late equalizer against the Charleston Battery.

D – Taylor Hunter, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC: Hunter recorded eight interceptions and won eight of 13 duels as the Switchbacks limited Seattle to one shot on goal in a 0-0 draw at Weidner Field.

M – Villyan Bijev, Sacramento Republic FC: Bijev scored the game-winning goal, recorded three key passes, won 10 of 14 duels and completed 35 of 41 passes in Republic FC’s 2-1 victory against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC.

M – Joe Cole, Tampa Bay Rowdies: Cole notched a goal and assist while putting in a solid all-around perfor-mance in midfield, completing 23 of 26 passes as the Rowdies defeated Real Monarchs SLC 2-0.

M – Thomas Vancaeyezeele, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC: Vancaeyezeele scored the Hounds’ second goal, but he was also stellar all over the field as he won 10 of 12 duels and recorded nine clearances, three interceptions and two tackles.

M – Solomon Asante, Phoenix Rising FC: Asante had a goal – a late equalizer – and an assist while also record-ing three key passes in Phoenix’s 2-2 draw with the Swope Park Rangers.

F – Kharlton Belmar, Swope Park Rangers: Belmar continued his stellar season with a pair of goals while also completing 36 of 42 passes in the Rangers’ 2-2 draw on the road against Phoenix Rising FC.

F – Jon Bakero, Tulsa Roughnecks FC: Bakero had a goal – a stoppage-time equalizer – and an assist as the Roughnecks earned a 2-2 draw with Fresno FC.

F – Danny Musovski, Reno 1868 FC: Musovski’s two goals in the final 15 minutes led 1868 FC to a comeback 2-1 victory against the Portland Timbers 2.

Bench: Calle Brown (SEA), Billy Forbes (PHX), Kenney Walker (CIN), Georgi Hristov (TBR), Antoine Hoppe-not (RNO), Kevin Oliveira (OTT), Foster Langsdorf (POR)

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TEAM

HEIGHT: 6’5’’ WEIGHT: 215 LBS

DOB: 5/11/90

#1 RUSSELL KLABOUGH (GK)

Klabough, 27, spent a majority of last season on Reno’s practice squad, but started in a 6-1 win over Portland Timbers 2. He was Reno’s starting goal-keeper in two U.S. Open Cup Matches. He posted a 67 percent save percentage, the second-highest on the team and was 1-0 during the regular sea-son.


DOB: 12/20/94

#3 CONNOR JOHNSON (D)


DOB: 5/2/93

#4 JORDAN MURRELL (D)

Defender Connor Johnson was the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 before joining the PDL’s Golden State Force. John-son Earned All-First Team West Coast Conference honors his senior year assisting in six shutouts in conference play.

Murrell, 24, a returning defender for Reno 1868 FC scored three goals in his 28 appearances.The Canadian player recorded 78 clearances, 16 blocks and 45 interceptions in the 2017 season.

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HEIGHT: 6’4’’ WEIGHT: 185 LBSDOB: 3/16/94

#5 ZACH CARROLL (D)


#6 thomas janjigian

Carrol, 23, the 6-foot-3 defender most recently played for Orlando City B where he recorded 86 clearances,11 blocks, and 40 interceptions this past season. He added two goals in his 20 starts. In 2016, Carrol earned Second Team All-USL honor with NY Red Bulls II, where he helped the club win the 2016 USL Cup.

Janjigian made his professional debut with Reno last season against Orange County SC. During the season, Janjigian was called up to play with Re-no’s Major League Soccer affiliate, the San Jose Earthquakes in their U.S. Open Cup victory over the San Francisco Deltas. Janjigian also played in the Earthquakes’ friendly against Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.


#7 boxi yomba (d)

Yomba, 20, joined the Atlético Madrid youth program in 2014. In the same year, he made his international debut for Atlético in the EUFA (Union of European Football) Youth League against Olympiacos. Yomba and his former Spanish club would later advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Prior to his stints with Atlético, Yomba played for the United States U-17, U-18, and U-20 teams. Yomba was scouted while traveling with the U-18 Men’s

National team to the Copa del Atlantico in Spain.

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TEAM


DOB: 11/8/90

#8 guy abend(M)

Abend, a native of Israel, has spent the last three seasons playing central midfielder for Louisville City FC, where he helped claim the 2017 USL Cup. Abend was a regular starter during the club’s championship season. He made 23 starts in his 27 appearances in the 2017 season, recording 30 clearances, 2 blocks and 39 interceptions.


DOB: 9/9/94

#9 Mark Anthony Gonzalez (F)


DOB: 3/30/94

#10 Lindo Mfeka (M)

Gonzalez, 23, has played the past two season with Swope Park, where he scored 17 goals with 10 of those coming from outside of the box. In 2016, he was named Swope’s Offensive Player of the Year, with 12 goals as a rookie. While his time at Swope, he was called up to the Canadian U-23 team for matches against Uzbekistan and Qatar.

AMfeka, 23, a returning midfielder for Reno 1868 FC helped score 75 goals this past season add-ing six goals through 2017. The South American native, added three assists while boasting an 86 percent pass success rate in his 22 starts. Mfeka helped Reno 1868 FC clinch a playoff spot and set a new USL record for most goals in a single season with his first career hat trick.

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#12 Danny Musovski (f)

Musovski, 22, was selected by San Jose with the 30th overall pick out of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was a four-year starter and two-time All-America selection for UNLV. During his senior season in 2017, he scored 15 goals and added six assists in 16 appearances, earning Third Team All-America and Western Athletic Confer-ence Offensive Player of the Year honors.


#13 Darwin Espinal (M)

Espinal, 22, is a dynamic, pacey midfielder who most recently played for the South Florida Surf, a club in the Premier Development League (PDL). The Honduran international is not new to the USL scene as he played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies during the 2015-16 season scoring four goals. He scored two goals in 2017 for Reno.


#16 Brent Richards (d)

Richards, 27, a returning defender for Reno 1868 FC scored two goals with three assists in the 2017 season. He recorded 79 clearances, 13 blocks and 67 interceptions in his 26 game appearances.

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#17 Sam Gleadle (M)

Gleadle most recently spent time with Albuquerque Sol FC after graduating from the University of New Mexico where he was teammates with 2017 USL Rookie of the Year, Chris Wehan. A four-year start-er, Gleadle scored three goals and notched two assists in his senior year with the Lobos.


#19 Kevin Partida (M)

A former star at Sparks High School, Partida helped lead the Railroaders to the state champi-onship game in 2012, a year in which he earned All-Region honors. Following a fruitful career at Sparks High School, Partida took his talents to UNLV. Partida started all 19 games as a fresh-man for UNLV and notched a game-winning assist against Houston Baptist.

Thierjung, 22, was a four-year standout at Cal, scoring 27 goals before he was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft. In July, he joined the Tulsa Roughnecks where he scored four goals with eight chanc-es created off of key passes. Thierjung posted a 79-percent pass success rate and recorded seven interceptions.


#20 Christian thierjung

TEAM

#22 Jerry van Ewijk

van Ewijk, 25, a Dutch winger spent last season at Orange Country SC, where he scored eight goals. van Ewijk spent a majority of his adult career with top level Dutch clubs, playing with AGOVV, De Graafschap and Go Ahead Eagles. While playing for De Graafschap, he scored 24 goals from 2012-2015. HE also spent time with the Dutch U-17 and U-19 national teams, making a totally of 13 ap-pearances for the orange and white.


Griffiths, 27, a returning defender for Reno 1868 FC scored two goals in his 22 start appearances. In his 2017 sea-son, the Jamaican player, recorded 100 clearances, 12 blocks and 43 intercep-tions.


#23 Brenton Griffiths (D)

Thiaw, 23, was the 35th overall pick out of the Uni-versity of Louisville. He scored 61 goals over four collegiate seasons at the University of Louisville and Cincinnati State, adding 20 assists. Thiaw was a two-time All-America selection and the 2015 Ju-nior College Player of the Year.


#20 Mo Thiaw (F)

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Hoppenot, 27, a returning midfielder/forward for Reno 1868 FC was named the team’s 2017 co-MVP. He was a main component to Reno’s offense that tailed a USL-record 75 goals in its inaugural season. Hopeenot scored 12 goals and notches six assists during 2017 to go along with 51 chances created.


DOB: 11/23/90

#29 Antoine Hoppenot (F)

Michaelson most recently played for Portland Tim-bers’ U-23 side in the PDL after a standout ca-reer at Gonzaga. The midfielder was an All-WCC Honorable Mention in 2016. Michaelson scored 10 goals and notched four assists in his four years with Gonzaga.

Casiple, 24, a returning midfielder for Reno 1868 FC scored four goals with three assists in the 2017 season. In his 28 appearances he recorded an 83 percent pass success rate.


DOB: 10/6/95

#30 christo michaelson (M)


DOB: 8/23/93

#84 seth casiple (M)


#99 Brian Brown (F)

Brown, 25, a returning forward for Reno 1868 FC scored three goals and notched five assists during his 23 appearances in the 2017 season.

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TECHNICAL STAFF

IAN RUSSELLHEAD COACH

Russell played for the University of Washington and later started his professional career with the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division in 1998 and 1999. Russell was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in 2000 and continued to play seven seasons in MLS. Six of those seasons came with the Earthquakes, where Russell helped the team win two MLS Cups in 2001 and 2003. In 2008, Russell returned to the Earthquakes as an assistant coach, a position he held for eight seasons. He helped lead the club to the postseason twice, while earning the Supporters’ Shield for best regular season record (19-6-9) in 2012. Russell was also instrumental in the Quakes’ international and collegiate scouting efforts, and briefly helped oversee the club’s youth development as the academy’s technical director. He served as the Earthquakes interim head coach for the final two games of the 2014 season and holds a U.S. Soccer Federation “A” coaching license.

CHRIS MALENABASSISTANT COACH

Malenab joins Reno 1868 FC after spending the past four years as an assistant coach and video analyst at Sacramento Republic FC. During the 2014 inaugural season of the Sacramento Republic FC, Malenab served as an assistant coach to Predrag Radosavljević (Preki) during the club’s championship campaign. From 2015 to 2017 Malenab served as video analyst for the Sacramento Republic FC under head coach Paul Buckle. Malenab started his coaching career coaching and serving as technical director at various youth clubs in the greater Sacramento area while coaching high school soccer. Along with his youth coaching experience, Malenab has served as an assis-tant coach at the college level, at Cosumnes River College (NJCAA), California State University Stanislaus (NCAA D-II) and San Joaquin Delta College (NJCAA).

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TECHNICAL STAFF

CASEY TATEASSISTANT COACH

Tate joined the Reno 1868 FC staff in 2017 and served as an Assistant Coach under Head Coach Ian Russell for the inaugural season. He came to Reno 1868 from the University of Nevada where he spent 8 seasons as the Assistant Coach for the Wolf Pack Soccer program, being promoted to Head Coach Interim for the 2016 season. Tate helped lead the Pack to two postseason appearances and in 2016 posted the program’s highest win total since its inaugural season in the Mountain West Conference. He has also been involved in the Reno/Tahoe youth soccer community for the past eight years and was the Director for several elite local clubs.

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USL TV AGREEMENT UPDATE

TAMPA, Fla. – The United Soccer League (USL) announced today the expansion of its broadcast agreement with ESPN for the 2018 and 2019 seasons that will bring more regular-season games to linear networks and make ESPN+ the league’s streaming subscription service in the United States.

“We are thrilled to expand our valued relationship with ESPN through the 2019 season,” said USL Chief Executive Officer Alec Papadakis. “Our collaboration has grown organically over the last few years, as we’ve worked closely to continually enhance our broadcasts. In addition, our investments into USL Productions and partnership with VISTA Worldlink – now in its second season and under the visionary guidance of industry veteran Michael Cohen – has built the league into a premier television sports property which delivers engaging, exciting and unique content for fans all season long. Our clubs and players will benefit from the significantly increased exposure across ESPN’s linear networks, ESPN3, and our presence on ESPN+ alongside Major League Soccer, the English Football League and UEFA Nations League, and other top international soccer leagues and tournaments.”

“We have worked in great collaboration with the USL to leverage numerous ESPN touch points to reach fans, and will con-tinue to do so through this latest agreement,” said Scott Guglielmino, Senior Vice President, ESPN Programming. “We look forward to our expanded relationship as we serve fans across our platforms in new and engaging ways.”Now in its third season, the USL’s agreement with ESPN will see six USL regular season games and the 2018 USL Cup aired on linear networks, a major increase from a season ago. The full 2018 Game of the Week schedule will be released in the coming weeks.

In addition to the USL Game of the Week on ESPN3, the league’s regular-season contests will be available in the United States through ESPN+ after its launch on April 12, where the league will reside alongside Major League Soccer, the English Football League and UEFA Nations League on the new direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt

Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer and International group in partnership with ESPN.

Prior to the launch of ESPN+ on April 12, all USL regular season contests will be available through the league’s YouTube channel.

Games will be produced by USL Productions, the league’s state-of-the-art broadcast production, broadcast and distribution facilities with VISTA Worldlink in south Florida. Now in its second season, USL Productions produces and distributes more than 500 league matches and more than 1,000 hours of original content to national partners and local affiliates. The USL

Match Center will also return for the 2018 season, with up-to-the-minute match statistics provided by industry leader Opta.

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