The 2026 San Antonio FC season is the club's eleventh season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the second incarnation of the North American Soccer League, it was the 17th season of professional soccer in the city of San Antonio. The club played in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and participated in the U.S. Open Cup, as well as the third edition of the USL Cup.
Club Coaching staff PositionStaff
Other information
Roster
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Previous club Since Date of Birth (Age) Goalkeepers 0 Joey Batrouni GK University of Virginia 2025 1 Richard Sánchez GK Memphis 901 2024 31 Daniel Namani GK Houston FC 2026 50 Victor Velazquez GK SAFC Pro Academy 2026 Defenders 3 Mitchell Taintor DF Sacramento Republic FC 2022 4 Nelson Blanco DF North Carolina FC 2024 5 Alexis Souahy DF FC Tulsa 2025 13 Akeem Ward DF Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2026 17 Danny Barbir DF Lexington SC 2026 21 Alex Crognale DF Birmingham Legion 2025 22 Emil Cuello DF Phoenix Rising FC 2026 23 Rece Buckmaster DF Hartford Athletic 2024 43 Tiago SuarezDF New England Revolution 2026 48 Angel Mercado DF SAFC Pro Academy 2026 Midfielders 6 Curt Calov MF Minnesota United FC 2 2026 7 Luke Haakenson MF Nashville SC 2024 8 Nicky Hernandez MF New Mexico United 2025 10 Jorge Hernández MF KV Mechelen 2023 14 Lucio Berron MF Creighton University 2025 15 Mikey Maldonado MF North Carolina FC 2026 55 Dmitrii Erofeev MF FC Dynamo-2 Moscow 2025 Forwards 9 Santiago Patiño FW Al-Merrikh SC 2025 11 Alex Greive FW Bohemians 2025 19 Cristian Parano FW Sacramento Republic FC 2026 24 EJ Johnson FW Oakland Roots SC 2026 32 Luis Andres Paredes FW Millonarios 2026 45 Leonides Urrutia FW SAFC Pro Academy 2026 70 Diogo Pacheco FW FC Tulsa 2025 77 Lilian Ricol FW Fort Wayne FC 2026 99 Christian Sorto FW El Paso Locomotive FC 2026
Player movement
In PlayerPrevious clubFeeDateSource North Carolina FC Free Transfer Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Free Transfer Sacramento Republic FC Free Transfer El Paso Locomotive FC Free Transfer Lexington SC Free Transfer Phoenix Rising FC Free Transfer SAFC Pro Academy Free Transfer SAFC Pro Academy Free Transfer SAFC Pro Academy Free Transfer SAFC Pro Academy Free Transfer Oakland Roots SC Free Transfer Fort Wayne FC Undisclosed Free Agent Undisclosed Free Agent Undisclosed
Out PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource Retired Indy Eleven Released from club Released from club Released from club Llaneros F.C. Released from club One Knoxville SC Released from club Tormenta FC Released from club New Mexico United Released from club FC Naples Released from club Huntsville City FC Free Transfer
Loan in PlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource New England RevolutionEnd of season Minnesota United FC 2End of season
Loan Out PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource Corpus Christi FC August 19, 2026 End of Season
Non-competitive results
Preseason The full preseason schedule was announced on January 21, 2026.
Friendlies
Competitions Overall Position in the Western Conference
Overview
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| USL Championship Playoffs
| U.S. Open Cup
| USL Cup
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USL Championship
Standings
Results summary
Match results On December 16, 2025, the USL Championship released the schedule for all 25 teams for both the regular season and the USL Cup.
All times are in Central Standard Time.
U.S. Open Cup
San Antonio entered in the First Round of the 2026 U.S. Open Cup, joining the competition at the same time as 16 other USL Championship teams. Their first-round game against the amateur team ASC New Stars was played on Wednesday, March 18 at Toyota Field. They were drawn at home against FC Tulsa for a Second Round game on April 1, where they ultimately bowed out of the tournament after a loss in added extra time.
USL Cup
San Antonio FC participated in the third edition of the USL Cup, the second edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One.
Standings
Group stage
Knockouts
Statistics
Appearances Discipline includes league, playoffs, and Open Cup play. No.Pos.NameLeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open CupUSL CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 0 GK Joey Batrouni24000103028041 1 GK Richard Sánchez300010307010 3 DF Mitchell Taintor230002050300714DF Nelson Blanco19000205026060 5 DF Alexis Souahy400011207110 6 MF Curt Calov18000214124230 7 MF Luke Haakenson12000104117100 8 MF Nicky Hernandez13100004017120 9 FW Santiago Patiño18000102121151 10 MF Jorge Hernandez25500204031512013DF Akeem Ward251001060321111 14 MF Lucio Berrón1500000401905 1 15 MF Mikey Maldonado25000205133190 17 DF Danny Barbir14100205021140 19 FW Cristian Parano22500203227740 21 DF Alex Crognale24300104029470 22 DF Emil Cuello22300205029360 23 DF Rece Buckmaster400010106000 32 FW Luis Andres Paredes20000000200043MF Tiago Suarez2000020312512155MF Dmitri Erofeev15400213020630 70 FW Diogo Pacheco11000004015020 77 FW Lilian Ricol500000106000 99 FW Christian Sorto21300225028530Player who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:24FW EJ Johnson6000212010120
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerLeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open CupUSL CupTotal1FW19 Cristian Parano500272MF55 Dmitiriy Erofeev501063MF10 Jorge Hernandez50005FW99 Christian Sorto30205DF21 Alex Crognale400046DF22 Emil Cuello300037MF6 Curt Calov001128DF13 Akeem Ward10001DF17 Danny Barbir1000DF43 Tiago Suarez0001DF5 Alexis Souahy0010FW24 EJ Johnson0010MF15 Mikey Maldonado0001MF7 Luke Haakenson0001FW9 Santiago Patiño0001MF8 Nicky Hernandez1000DF4 Kipp Keller 1000TOTALS2906742
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerLeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open CupUSL CupTotal10 Joseph Batrouni8001921 Richard Sánchez10135TOTALS901414
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