The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.
Roster
Transfers
In DatePlayerNumberPositionPrevious clubFee/notesJanuary 8, 2019 Zach Zandi 38 MF Villanova Wildcats SignedJanuary 23, 2019 Ben Ofeimu 44 DF Philadelphia Union Academy SignedFebruary 25, 2019 Issa Rayyan 40 MF Philadelphia Union Academy SignedMarch 8, 2019 Yomi Scintu 41 FW VfB Eichstatt SignedApril 5, 2019 Shanyder Borgelin 63 FW Philadelphia Union Academy Signed
Out DatePlayerNumberPositionNew clubFee/notesNovember 19, 2018 Omar Holness 36 MF Darlington Option declinedNovember 19, 2018 Chris Nanco 37 FW Forge FC End of contractNovember 19, 2018 Santi Moar 38 FW New Mexico United End of contractNovember 19, 2018 Drew Skundrich 39 MF Sacramento Republic FC End of contractNovember 19, 2018 Mike Catalano 41 MF Option declinedNovember 19, 2018 Aidan Apodaca 42 FW Reno 1868 FC Option declinedNovember 19, 2018 Brandon Aubrey 44 DF Option declinedNovember 19, 2018 Matt Mahoney 48 DF Sacramento Republic FC Option declinedNovember 19, 2018 A. J. Paterson 49 MF Charleston Battery Option declined
Loan in DatePlayerNumberPositionPrevious clubFee/notesJanuary 4, 2019 Saed Díaz 36 FW Tauro FC Season loanJanuary 25, 2019 Steve Kingue 43 DF Nfuko Academy Sports Season loanFebruary 27, 2019 Chavany Willis 42 MF Portmore United Season loanFebruary 28, 2019 Walter Cortes 47 DF Deportivo Saprissa Season loanMarch 1, 2019 Jamoi Topey 42 DF Cavalier Season loan
Competitions
Preseason
USL Championship
Results summary
Standings
Match results All times in Eastern Time.
U.S. Open Cup
Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.
Statistics
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Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem. Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy 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 April 20, 2019. + Players included in matchday squadsNat.No.PlayerAppsStartsRecordGAGAASO 1 Matt Freese 3 3 2-1-0 4 1.33 1 0 0 31 Carlos Miguel Coronel 4 4 1-2-1 6 1.50 0 0 0 64 Tomas Romero‡ 0 0 0-0-0 0 0.00 0 0 0Total3-3-1 10 1.42 1 0 0
Honors
Team of the Week Week 1 Team of the Week: M Zach Zandi Week 2 Team of the Week Bench: G Carlos Miguel Coronel Week 5 Team of the Week: D Ben Ofeimu Week 6 Team of the Week: F Kacper Przybylko
References