2024 Memphis 901 FC season

Memphis 901 FC
2024 season
Owners	Peter Freund ; Craig Unger
Head coach	Stephen Glass
Stadium	AutoZone Park; Memphis, Tennessee
USLC	Western Conference: 3rd
USLC Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Bruno Lapa (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,688 (October 12, against Sacramento Republic FC)
Lowest home attendance	2,188 (June 12, against Rhode Island FC)
Average home league attendance	2,951
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Memphis 901 FC season was the sixth, and final season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States soccer system.

Following the season's end, the club would fold, citing a failure to secure funding for a soccer-specific stadium.^[1] Their USL Championship franchise rights were transferred to an unrelated club, Santa Barbara Sky FC, a club which was supposed to originally play in the USL League One.^[2]^[3]

Players and staff

Players

As of July 21, 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Tyler Deric
2	DF	TOG	Walid Yacoubou
3	DF	USA	Carson Vom Steeg
4	MF	USA	Emerson Hyndman
5	MF	ARG	Samuel Careaga
6	MF	AUS	Zach Duncan
7	FW	USA	Noe Meza
8	DF	BRA	Lucas Turci
9	MF	BRA	Luiz Fernando
10	MF	BRA	Bruno Lapa
11	FW	BRA	Marlon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	USA	Akeem Ward
15	FW	JAM	Neco Brett
18	MF	USA	Alvaro Quezada
19	DF	USA	Oscar Jimenez
20	FW	USA	Nighte Pickering
23	MF	TRI	Leston Paul
26	GK	USA	Aren Seeger
47	GK	USA	Taylor Bailey
77	FW	USA	Dylan Borczak
91	DF	FRA	Abdoulaye Cissoko

Technical staff

As of July 21, 2024^[5]

Technical staff
Sporting Director	Caleb Patterson-Sewell
Head Coach	Stephen Glass
Team Administrator/Equipment Manager	Thomas Campbell
Head of Sports Science	Leandro Spinola
Head Athletic Trainer	Langston Smith
Sports Performance and Wellness	Drew Graham

Competitions

USL Championship

Western Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Mexico United	34	18	11	5	46	44	+2	59	Playoffs
2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	34	15	12	7	48	40	+8	52
3	Memphis 901 FC	34	14	11	9	52	41	+11	51
4	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	13	10	11	49	46	+3	50
5	Sacramento Republic FC	34	13	11	10	46	34	+12	49

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

Match results

On December 18, 2023, the USL Championship released the regular season schedule for all 24 teams.^[6]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in Central time

March

March 9 1	Memphis 901 FC	2–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	Memphis, Tennessee
3:00 PM	Careaga 33' Pickering 44' Duncan 46' Ward 80'	Report	Noël 22' Azcona 40'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,290 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

March 16 2	Memphis 901 FC	1–2	Indy Eleven	Memphis, TN
3:00 PM	Jiminez 15' 45' Yacoubou 25' Cissoko 91' Deric 94' Ward 97' 97'	Report	Chapman-Page 8' Blake 26' Barbir 35' Martínez 42', 57' O'Brien 93'	Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 2,621 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

March 30 3	Sacramento Republic FC	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	Sacramento, California
9:00 PM	Fernandes 45'+2' López 52' Donovan 64' Ricketts 87'	Report	Duncan 13' Turci 16' Pickering 54' Vom Steeg 65' Yellow 72' Careaga 73' Meza 90'	Stadium: Heart Health Park Attendance: 9,488 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

April

April 6 4	Memphis 901 FC	0–2	Orange County SC	Memphis, Tennessee
3:00 PM	Lopes 43'	Report	Iloski 61' Amang 63' Djeffal 76' Partida 86' Fox 90'+4'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,316 Referee: Thomas Snyder

April 13 5	Loudoun United FC	2–1	Memphis 901 FC	Leesburg, Virginia
3:00 PM	Ryan 42' Skundrich 69' Williamson 90'+6' Leggett 90'+7'	Report	Careaga 14' Marlon 25' Duncan 44' Paul 75' Hyndman 90'+9'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 2,820 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

April 20 6	Memphis 901 FC	1–2	Monterey Bay FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM	Lara 1' (o.g.) Jimenez 36' Duncan 49' Quezada 72'	Report	Trager 68' (pen.) Lara 70'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,598 Referee: Muhammad Hassan

April 27 7	Birmingham Legion FC	0–3	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, Alabama
6:30 PM	Kavita 72' Hernandez-Foster 90'+4'	Report	Lapa 4', 54' Turci 17' Fernando 45'+3' Ward 81'	Stadium: Protective Stadium Attendance: 2,541 Referee: Alejo Calume

May

May 4 8	Memphis 901 FC	4–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Memphis, Tennessee
3:00 PM	Marlon 19', 50' Fernando 23' Borczak 64' Careaga 75' Pickering 81' Ward 90'+2'	Report	Lasso 11' Guillen 24' Arteaga 29' 45'+6' Niyongabire 54'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,384 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

May 8 -	Miami FC	P–P	Memphis 901 FC	Miami, Florida
6:00 PM		Report		Stadium: FIU Soccer Stadium
Note: Postponed to August 14 to accommodate U.S. Open Cup scheduling conflict

May 11 9	Monterey Bay FC	2–2	Memphis 901 FC	Seaside, California
9:00 PM	Fehr 35' Trager 90'	Report	Lapa 70' Cissoko 82' Lopes 88' 89'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 3,580 Referee: Kyle Johnston

May 17 10	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	El Paso, Texas
8:00 PM	Ward 24' (o.g.) Lyons 32' Stauffer 47' Rose 50' Dhillon 56' Alfaro 58' Hinds 72'	Report	Marlon 29' Turci 51' Deric 64' Cissoko 71' Lapa 90'+4'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,004 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

May 25 11	Memphis 901 FC	2–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Memphis, TN
7:30 PM	Marlon 7' Cissoko 13' Jimenez 30' 47' Quezada 90'+3'	Report	Biasi 61'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Velimir Stefanovic

June

June 1 12	San Antonio FC	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	San Antonio, Texas
8:00 PM	Haakenson 16' Agudelo 26' Bura 40' Hernández 56' Gomez 61' Lambert 90+6'	Report	Marlon 16' Careaga 71' Luiz Fernando 72' DePuy 81'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,094 Referee: Ricardo Montero

June 8 13	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 P.M.	Fernando 38' Turci 45'+2' Ward 53' Duncan 67'	Report	Ackwei 5' Tejada 34' Mahoney 66' Pierre 73' Santos 90'+4'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,090 Referee: Eric Tattersall

June 12 14	Memphis 901 FC	2–2	Rhode Island FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM	Lapa 44' Careaga 75' 90' Ward 90+2' Marlon 90+11' (pen.)	Report	McGlynn 18' 90+15' Doyle 32' Brito 67' Alves 75' Vegas 87' Holstad 90+5'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,188 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

June 15 15	Memphis 901 FC	2–1	New Mexico United	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 PM	Lapa 13' (pen.) Turci 34' Careaga 42' Paul 53' Yellow 62'	Report	Landry 14' Akale 41' Rivas 85' Hurst 87'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Elton García

June 22 16	Las Vegas Lights FC	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Las Vegas, Nevada
9:30 PM	Adams 54' Howell 74' Bennett 80' (pen.) Azcona 83' Bennett 90'	Report	Lapa 43' 90'+3' Hyndman 62' Paul 63' Fernando 69' Careaga 72'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Trevor Wiseman

June 28 17	Memphis 901 FC	5–1	Phoenix Rising FC	Memphis, Tennessee
6:30 PM	Duncan 11' Marlon 27' Vom Steeg 55' Hyndman 58' Pickering 81'	Report	Rito 32' Formella 65' Gallardo 73'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,775 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

July

July 6 18	Orange County SC	4–1	Memphis 901 FC	Irvine, California
9:00 PM	Jamison 5' Zubak 25' (pen.) 49' Lambe 43' Chattha 56' Miles 61' Sorto 79'	Report	Hyndman 59' Ward 66' Vom Steeg 77' Borczak 89' Pickering 90'+1' Yacoubou 90'3'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,725 Referee: John Griggs

July 13 19	Detroit City FC	0–1	Memphis 901 FC	Hamtramck, Michigan
6:00 PM	Murphy 62'	Report	Luiz Fernando 17' Cissoko 20' Borczak 45+2' Turci 67' Lapa 86' Marlon 90'	Stadium: Keyworth Stadium Attendance: 6,122 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

July 20 20	FC Tulsa	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:30 PM	Goodrum 41' Bourgeois 45'+2' Laszo 73' Ferri 90'+7'	Report	Pickering 38' Lopes 40' 88' Duncan 57' Cissoko 90'+5' Turci 90'+10' Hyndman 90'+12'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

July 27 21	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	San Antonio FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 PM	Careaga 31' Pickering 39' Duncan 43'	Report	Agudelo 37' Haakenson 45'+2' Taintor 68' Lambert 88'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

August

August 3 22	Memphis 901 FC	0–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 PM	Turci 57' Ward 61' Lopes 67' Fernando 90'+5'	Report	Stauffer 15' Moreno 73' Coronado 89'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Referee: Thomas Snyder

August 10 23	Charleston Battery	3–1	Memphis 901 FC	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
	Markanich 30' 41' Myers 55' Ycaza 64' Torres 72'	Report	Turci 26' 37' Careaga 50'	Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

August 14 24	Miami FC	1–5	Memphis 901 FC	Miami, Florida
	López 5' Pedro 74'	Report	Borczak 15' Armenakas 60' Cardona 81' (o.g.) Pickering 85' Careaga 90'+2' Quezada 90'+4'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 563 Referee: Jeremy Scheer
Note: Rescheduled match that was to be played on May 8

August 17 25	Memphis 901 FC	2–0	FC Tulsa	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 PM	Lapa 35' (pen.) Careaga 68'	Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,868 Referee: Eric Tattersall

August 24 26	Oakland Roots SC	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Hayward, California
9:00 PM	Nije 20' 61' Diaz 43' Chéry 45'+1' Margvelashvili 51' Rodriguez 90'+3' Riley 90'+5'	Report	Turci 8' Armenakas 32' Meza 62' Cissoko 65' Deric 90'+1'	Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

August 28 27	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–1	Memphis 901 FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
8:00 PM	Fjellberg 4', 6' Hanya 30' Real 71' Damus 75' (pen.)	Report	Lapa 13' Mahoney 31' (o.g.) Careaga 37' 40' Ward 40' Marlon 77' Paul 86'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 7,481 Referee: Trevor Wiseman

September

September 11 28	Memphis 901 FC	0–0	Hartford Athletic	Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM	Cissoko 64'	Report	Asiedu 72' 90'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,013 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

September 14 29	Memphis 901 FC	3–0	North Carolina FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM	Lopes 10', 22' Fernando 70' Cissoko 77'	Report	Malou 3' Martin 64' Anderson 71'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 2,610 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 28 30	Louisville City FC	4–2	Memphis 901 FC	Louisville, Kentucky
6:30 PM	Harris 25' Davila 40', 55' Wynder 45'+6' Adams 60' Gleadle 79'	Report	Lapa 14', 18' Fernando 53' Jimenez 80' Turci 81' Cissoko 90'+2'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 6,197 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

October

October 5 31	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Oakland Roots SC	Memphis, Tennessee
	Lapa 4' Hyndman 42' Quezada 63' Turci 67'	Report	Baca 32' Riley 36' Njie 45+4' Dwyer 90+5'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,195 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

October 12 32	Memphis 901 FC	0-0	Sacramento Republic FC	Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM	Cissoko 6' Duncan 11' Jimenez 24' Lapa 26' Marlon 68' Yacoubou 72'	Report	Neville 30' Viader 39'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,688 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

October 19 33	Phoenix Rising FC	0–1	Memphis 901 FC	Phoenix, Arizona
7:30 PM	Boye 10' Dennis 23' Johnson 40' Formella 55' Cuello 57'	Report	Duncan 35' Borczak 44' Lapa 75'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,620 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

October 19 34	New Mexico United	2-3	Memphis 901 FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00 PM	Hurst 20' Ryden 60' Vargas 90'+4'	Report	Bakero 2' Yacoubou 17' Careaga 25' Turci 63' Cissoko 90'+9'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 10,220 Referee: Eric Tattersall

USL Cup

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) Conference Quarterfinals	Memphis 901 FC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Orange County SC	Memphis, Tennessee
1:00 PM CDT	Ward 5' Paul 64' Turci 68' 79' Lapa 82'	Report	Lambe 52' Casiple 58' Nakkim 82' Norris 112' Powers 116'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Referee: Ricardo Fierro

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Memphis 901 FC entered the U.S. Open Cup in the Third Round.^[7] It was announced by the U.S. Soccer Federation on April 4, that Memphis would face off against Miami United FC of the UPSL, an amateur club, at home.^[8] After winning 2–0,^[9]^[10] they were matched up against FC Dallas of Major League Soccer on April 18,^[11]^[12] where they would ultimately fail to advance in the tournament, losing 1–0 away on May 7.^[13]^[14]

April 17 Third Round	Memphis 901 FC (USLC)	2–0	Miami United FC (USSL)	Memphis, Tennessee
6:30 PM	Pickering 31', 85' Hyndman 63'	Report	Callejas 56' Pajoy 59' Daza 60' Luzuriaga 62' Benito 86' Gutiérrez 90' Aguinaga 90'+3'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 724 Referee: Wes Caouette

May 7 Round of 32	FC Dallas	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	Frisco, Texas
19:30 CDT	Illarramendi 41' Delgado 43' Farrington 73' Farfan 81'	Report	Ward 59' Careaga 88'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,511 Referee: Eduardo Jeff

References

^ Bogert, Tom (2024-11-13). "USL Championship's Memphis 901 FC to transfer rights to Santa Barbara: Sources". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ Moore, Raven; Davis, Deja (2024-11-13). "901 FC leaving Memphis for Santa Barbara: USL". WREG.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ "Memphis 901 FC Transfers Rights to Santa Barbara". localmemphis.com. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ "Roster". USL Championship. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
^ "Technical Staff". Memphis 901 FC. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
^ Staff, USLChampionship com (2023-12-18). "USL Championship Unveils 2024 Regular Season Schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
^ "U.S. Soccer Sets Third Round Schedule for 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ "2024 US Open Cup Round 3 preview: First wave of USL championship teams join the tournament". thecup.us. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ "A Perfect 'Nighte': Memphis 901 FC down Miami United F.C. 2-0 in Round 3 of the U.S. Open Cup". localmemphis.com. 2024-04-17. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ Varlas, John (April 17, 2024). "901 FC advances in testy U.S. Cup match". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ Dallas • •, F. C. (2024-04-18). "FC Dallas, Memphis 901 FC face off in Hunt U.S. Cup". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ Dallas, F. C. "FC Dallas Hosts Memphis 901 FC in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32". FC Dallas. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ Thompson, Taylor (2024-04-17). "Nighte Pickering's brace sends Memphis 901 FC to the Round of 32 in the U.S. Open Cup | Bluff City Media". bluffcitymedia.co. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ Livengood, Paul (2024-05-08). "FC Dallas advances in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup after beating Memphis 901 FC". wfaa.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[1] Bogert, Tom (2024-11-13). "USL Championship's Memphis 901 FC to transfer rights to Santa Barbara: Sources". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[2] Moore, Raven; Davis, Deja (2024-11-13). "901 FC leaving Memphis for Santa Barbara: USL". WREG.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[3] "Memphis 901 FC Transfers Rights to Santa Barbara". localmemphis.com. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[4] "Roster". USL Championship. Retrieved July 21, 2024.

[5] "Technical Staff". Memphis 901 FC. Retrieved July 21, 2024.

[6] Staff, USLChampionship com (2023-12-18). "USL Championship Unveils 2024 Regular Season Schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved 2024-06-25.

[7] "U.S. Soccer Sets Third Round Schedule for 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[8] "2024 US Open Cup Round 3 preview: First wave of USL championship teams join the tournament". thecup.us. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[9] "A Perfect 'Nighte': Memphis 901 FC down Miami United F.C. 2-0 in Round 3 of the U.S. Open Cup". localmemphis.com. 2024-04-17. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[10] Varlas, John (April 17, 2024). "901 FC advances in testy U.S. Cup match". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[11] Dallas • •, F. C. (2024-04-18). "FC Dallas, Memphis 901 FC face off in Hunt U.S. Cup". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[12] Dallas, F. C. "FC Dallas Hosts Memphis 901 FC in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32". FC Dallas. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[13] Thompson, Taylor (2024-04-17). "Nighte Pickering's brace sends Memphis 901 FC to the Round of 32 in the U.S. Open Cup | Bluff City Media". bluffcitymedia.co. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

[14] Livengood, Paul (2024-05-08). "FC Dallas advances in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup after beating Memphis 901 FC". wfaa.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

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