2024 Austin FC season

Austin FC
2024 season
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Head coach	Josh Wolff
Stadium	Q2 Stadium
Average home league attendance	0
Home colors	Away colors

The 2024 Austin FC season will be the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. They playin the league's Western Conference.

Background

Austin FC started playing in the MLS Western Conference in 2021, finishing in 12th place with a record of 9W-4D-21L.^[1] 2022 brought many new experiences to Austin FC. They lost their first ever U.S. Open Cup match against San Antonio FC in extra time,^[2] won their first trophy, the Copa Tejas, and qualified for their first-ever MLS Cup Playoffs in just their second season as a franchise.^[3] Austin FC advanced to the Western Conference Finals but lost to LAFC.^[4] Austin FC fell almost all the way to the bottom of the 2023 standings, with the team finishing in 27th place in Major League Soccer. The new sporting director Rodolfo Borrell was quoted as saying "The team overachieved last year, the team underachieved this year", but showed his support for coach Josh Wolff as the team looks to rebuild for the 2024 season.^[5]

Summary

Pre-season

Austin FC ended the 2023 season with multiple players at the end of their contract. The front office made their first move by signing Ethan Finlay to a new one-year contract with an option for a second year at the end of October.^[6] In addition to working on their roster Austin FC started making plans for their 2024 pre-season, announcing they would participate in the AEG sponsored Coachella Valley Invitational taking place February 4-17, 2024.^[7] In mid-November 2023, Austin FC announced their initial roster changes for the 2024 season. Alexander Ring met his performance metrics and his contract was extended automatically through the 2024 season. Both Daniel Perreira's and Damian Las's options were exercised for 2024. Charlie Asensio, Will Bruin, Sofiane Djeffal, Kipp Keller, Adam Lundqvist, Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez, Rodney Redes, Memo Rodriguez, and Maximiliano Urruti options were all declined. Brandan Craig will return to the Philadelphia Union at the end of his loan.^[8] Austin started the month of December, by announcing they had exercised Hector Jiménez option for the 2024 season.^[9]

Management team

Position	Name
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Sporting Director	Rodolfo Borrell^[10]
Head coach	Josh Wolff
Assistant coach	Davy Arnaud
Assistant coach	Rodrigo Rios
Assistant coach	Terry Boss^[11]
Assistant coach	Preston Burpo
Chief Scout	Manuel Junco

Roster

As of November 17, 2023.^[12]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Stuver	GK	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991	2020	New York City FC	0	0
12	Damian Las (HG)	GK	(2002-04-11) April 11, 2002	2022	Fulham F.C.	0	0
20	Matt Bersano	GK	(1992-09-10) September 10, 1992	2023	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0
Defenders
2	Matt Hedges	CB	(1990-04-01) April 1, 1990	2023	Toronto FC	0	0
15	Leo Väisänen	CB	(1997-07-23) July 23, 1997	2023	IF Elfsborg	0	0
16	Hector Jiménez	RB	(1988-11-03) November 3, 1988	2020	Columbus Crew SC	0	0
17	Jon Gallagher	LB/RB	(1996-02-23) February 23, 1996	2020	Atlanta United	0	0
18	Julio Cascante	CB	(1993-10-03) October 3, 1993	2020	Portland Timbers	0	0
23	Žan Kolmanič (U22) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	LB	(2000-03-03) March 3, 2000	2021	Maribor	0	0
24	Nick Lima	RB	(1994-11-17) November 17, 1994	2020	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0
Midfielders
5	Jhojan Valencia	MF	(1996-07-27) July 27, 1996	2022	Deportivo Cali	0	0
6	Daniel Pereira (GA)	MF	(2000-07-14) July 14, 2000	2021	Virginia Tech Hokies	0	0
7	Emiliano Rigoni (DP)	RW	(1993-02-04) February 4, 1993	2022	São Paulo FC	0	0
8	Alexander Ring (DP)	MF	(1991-04-09) April 9, 1991	2020	New York City FC	0	0
10	Sebastián Driussi (DP) (captain)	MF	(1996-02-09) February 9, 1996	2021	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0	0
13	Ethan Finlay	RW	(1990-08-06) August 6, 1990	2021	Minnesota United FC	0	0
19	CJ Fodrey (GA)	MF	(2004-02-10) February 10, 2004	2023	San Diego State	0	0
31	Valentin Noël	MF	(1999-04-27) April 27, 1999	2023	Austin FC II	0	0
33	Owen Wolff (HG)	MF	(2004-12-30) December 30, 2004	2020	Austin FC Academy	0	0
Forward
9	Gyasi Zardes	FW	(1991-09-02) September 2, 1991	2023	Colorado Rapids	0	0

↑ https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-launches-u22-initiative-to-support-further-investment-in-young-players

Transfers

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	Type	Fee	Ref.
November 17, 2023	DF	26	Charlie Asensio	Declined contract option	N/A	^[8]
	FW	29	Will Bruin	Declined contract option	N/A
	MF	22	Sofiane Djeffal	Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	4	Kipp Keller	Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	21	Adam Lundqvist	Declined contract option	N/A
	FW	28	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	Declined contract option	N/A
	FW	11	Rodney Redes	Declined contract option	N/A
	MF	30	Memo Rodríguez	Declined contract option	N/A
	FW	37	Maximiliano Urruti	Declined contract option	N/A
	DF	27	Brandan Craig	Loan expiration	N/A

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
2	FW	Moussa Djitté	Bandırmaspor	July 3, 2023	June 30, 2024	^[13]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
October 31, 2023	MF	13	Ethan Finlay	2024 + 1yr option	^[6]

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

February 7 Coachella Valley Invitational	Austin FC	v	Chicago Fire FC	Indio, California
3:00 pm CST				Stadium: Empire Polo Ground

February 11 Coachella Valley Invitational	Austin FC	v	LA Galaxy	Indio, California
12:00 pm CST				Stadium: Empire Polo Ground

February 14 Coachella Valley Invitational	Austin FC	v	New York Red Bulls	Indio, California
3:00 pm CST				Stadium: Empire Polo Ground

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup		U.S. Open Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Brad Stuver	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Matt Hedges	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	COL	Jhojan Valencia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	VEN	Daniel Pereira	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ARG	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	FIN	Alexander Ring	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ARG	Sebastián Driussi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	USA	Damian Las	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	USA	Ethan Finlay	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	FIN	Leo Väisänen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	USA	Hector Jiménez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	IRL	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	CRC	Julio Cascante	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	USA	CJ Fodrey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	GK	USA	Matt Bersano	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	SVN	Žan Kolmanič	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	USA	Nick Lima	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	FRA	Valentin Noël	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	USA	David Rodríguez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	USA	Owen Wolff	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Last updated: November 17, 2023
Source: https://www.austinfc.com/stats/

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			National Cup			Other			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Brad Stuver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Matt Hedges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Jhojan Valencia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Daniel Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Alexander Ring	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Sebastián Driussi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	Damian Las	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Ethan Finlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Leo Väisänen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CB	Hector Jiménez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CB	Julio Cascante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	CJ Fodrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Matt Bersano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	LB	Žan Kolmanič	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	RB	Nick Lima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Valentin Noël	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	David Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Owen Wolff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: November 17, 2023
Source: https://www.austinfc.com/stats/

References

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↑ Gates, Billy (October 30, 2022). "Austin FC falls 3-0 to LAFC in MLS Western Conference finals". KXAN-TV. Austin, TX. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
↑ Vertuno, Jim (October 10, 2023). "Coach Josh Wolff still part of Austin FC future as club tries to rebound after disappointing season". Associated Press. New York, NY. Retrieved November 17, 2023. The team overachieved last year, the team underachieved this year
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[1] "Conference Standings". MLSSoccer.com. MLS. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[2] "San Antonio FC vs. Austin FC". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

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