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2017 Swope Park Rangers season

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Swope Park Rangers
2017 season
General managerKurt Austin
Head coachNikola Popovic
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
USLConference: 4th
USL PlayoffsChampionship final
Top goalscorerKharlton Belmar (15)
Highest home attendance3,012 (11/4 vs. OKC)
Lowest home attendance572 (3/29 vs. POR)
Average home league attendance1,015
Biggest winSPR 4–0 RGV (7/18)
Biggest defeatSPR 1–4 RNO (7/30)
OKC 4–1 SPR (10/8)
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The 2017 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's 2nd year of play, along with their second season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. For the 2nd straight year the Swope Park Rangers finished fourth in the Western Conference and were runners-up in the USL Championship; they lost 1-0 to Louisville City FC in the final.

USL Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 San Antonio FC 32 17 11 4 45 24 +21 62 Conference Playoffs
3 Reno 1868 FC 32 17 8 7 75 39 +36 59
4 Swope Park Rangers 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 58
5 Phoenix Rising FC 32 17 7 8 50 37 +13 58
6 OKC Energy FC 32 14 7 11 46 41 +5 49
Source: 2017 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 25, 2017 USL 1 Swope Park Rangers 3–1 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar 42'
Felipe Hernandez Yellow card 47+'
Latif Blessing 62'
Dániel Sallói 71'
Report Codi Laurendi Yellow card 15'
Coady Andrews 24'
Philip Rasussen Yellow card 47'
Jose Barril Yellow card 90+1' Yellow-red card 90+4'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 18, 2017 USL 11 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Phoenix Rising FC Kansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Liam Doyle Yellow card 9'
Kevin Oliveira 26' (pen.)
Nansel Selbol 62' (pen.)
Christian Duke Yellow card 72'
Report J. J. Greer Yellow card 25'
Didier Drogba 57', 89' (pen.) Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Katja Koroleva
August 5, 2017 USL 20 Saint Louis FC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ivan Mirkovic Yellow card 27'
Matthew Sheldon Yellow card 57'
Konrad Plewa Yellow card 90+4'
Report Amer Didic Yellow card 56'
Darrin MacLeod Yellow card 63'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 9, 2017 USL 25 Swope Park Rangers 2–0 OKC Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Lebo Moloto 19' (pen.), 49' Yellow card 73'
Colton Storm Yellow card 63'
Kharlton Belmar Yellow card 90+1'
Report Michael Daly Yellow card 26' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,073
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
September 30, 2017 USL 30 Rio Grande Valley FC 2–2 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Joseph Holland 7'
Kyle Murphy 64' Yellow card 12'
Report own goal 75' (og)
Christian Duke Yellow card 87'
Kharlton Belmar 90+1'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Mark Allatin

USL Playoffs

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October 22, 2017 Conference Quarter Swope Park Rangers 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Phoenix Rising FCKansas City, Missouri
15:00 CDT Didic 109' Report Drogba 99' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 912
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Penalties
Selbol soccer ball with check mark
Duke soccer ball with check mark
Belmar soccer ball with check mark
Moloto soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Lambert
soccer ball with check mark Dia
soccer ball with check mark Awako
soccer ball with red X Mala
Note: Match was postponed due to lightning and heavy rain after the first half,[1] Second half was played the following day.
October 28, 2017 Conference Semi Swope Park Rangers 1–0Sacramento Republic FCKansas City, Kansas
4:00 pm CDT Maher Yellow card 39'
Belmar 46'
Report Kiffe Yellow card 41'
Ochoa Yellow card 67'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Note: Match was moved to Papa Murphy's Park due to challenges at Children's Mercy Victory Field.[2] Then it was switched again to Children's Mercy Park.[3]
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13) Final Louisville City FC 1–0Swope Park RangersLouisville, Kentucky
9:00 PM EST Lancaster 88'
Kaye Yellow card 90+3'
McCabe Red card 90+8'
Report
Report
Musa Yellow card 17'
Didic Yellow card 24'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 14,456
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Niall McCabe was sent off from the bench

References

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  1. ^ "Lightning, Heavy Rain Postpones Swope Park, Phoenix". United Soccer League (USL). October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Who Will Host Sacramento Republic, Swope Park Rangers Playoff Game?". sacramento.cbslocal.com. CBS13. October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Children's Mercy Park to Host Rangers, Republic FC". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League (USL). October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.