The 2019 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's fourth year of play and their first season in the Eastern Conference of the newly renamed USL Championship, the top tier of United Soccer League. The second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. The Rangers continued to play at Children's Mercy Park after complications with Shawnee Mission District Stadium in Overland Park, Kansas.
Previous season The 2018 Swope Park Rangers season finished the year with a record of 15-8-11 and 7th in the Western Conference qualifying for the 2018 USL Playoffs.
In the first round, Swope Park defeated #2 seed Sacramento Republic 2–1. In the conference semi-finals, the Rangers lost to #3 Phoenix Rising 4–2.
Roster
No.PositionNationPlayer
Player movement
In
DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRefJanuary 4, 2019 Ayyoub AllachMF Lierse S.K.SigningJanuary 4, 2019 Jerome Ngom MbekeliMF Apejes FC de MfouSigningJanuary 31, 2019 AlexsanderMF Club Athletico ParanaenseOn Loan to Swope ParkFebruary 6, 2019 Mark SegbersDF New England RevolutionSigningFebruary 12, 2019 Killian ColombieFW Albion Hurricanes FC RoyalsSigningMarch 6, 2019 William Opoku MensahFW Karela United FCSigningMarch 7, 2019 Brooks ThompsonGK Sporting KC AcademySigningMarch 8, 2019 Mo AbualnadiDF Sporting KC AcademySigningMarch 8, 2019 Jake DavisMF Sporting KC AcademySigningMarch 8, 2019 Sean KaraniFW Sporting KC AcademySigningApril 4, 2019 Max TrejoGK Sporting KC AcademySigningApril 4, 2019 Dylan HooperDF Sporting KC AcademySigningApril 4, 2019 Kaveh RadDF Sporting KC AcademySigningApril 4, 2019 Tucker LepleyMF Sporting KC AcademySigningApril 5, 2019 John PulskampGK LA Galaxy AcademySigningJuly 23, 2019 Tucker StephensonFW Kaw Valley FCSigningJuly 29, 2019 Zé PedroFW S.C. CovilhãSigningJuly 30, 2019 Rennico ClarkeDF Harbour View F.C.Signing
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubNotesRefNovember 30, 2018 Christian HerreraGK Orlando City BOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Darrin MacLeodGK North Carolina FCOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Dakota BarnathanDF Ottawa FuryOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Thierry CatherineDF Golden Lion FCOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Matt LewisDF New York CosmosOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Parker MaherDFTBDOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Bryam RebellónDF El Paso Locomotive FCOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Chase MinterMFTBDOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Matheus SilvaMF Orlando City BOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Jose BarraganFWTBDOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Tyler BlackwoodFW Sacramento Republic FCOption Declined, Out of ContractNovember 30, 2018 Hadji BarryFW Ironi Kiryat ShmonaOut of ContractApril 24, 2019 Justin BilyeuDFRetired
Competitions
Preseason
USL Championship
Standings
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
U.S. Open Cup
Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Sporting Kansas City), SPR was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.
Player statistics
Squad appearances and goals
Last updated on 26 August 2019.
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Goalkeepers
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Defenders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Midfielders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
Top scorers NumberPositionNameTotal85MFFelipe Hernandez 80 896FW Wilson Harris 40 411MFKelyn Rowe 3 0 391FW Ethan Vanacore-Decker 3 0 339DFJerome Ngom Mbekeli 2 0 243DF Mark Segbers 1 0 192DF Alexsander Andrade 1 0 144DF Camden Riley 1 0 195MF Rassambek Akhmatov 1 0 170FW Zé Pedro 1 0 124MF Gedion Zelalem 1 0 123FW Tyler Freeman 1 0 122DF Rodney Wallace 1 0 13DF Abdul Rwatubyaye 1 0 1
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