After a record-setting year including the club’s first USL Championship title in 2022, SAFC returns the bulk of key contributors as the 2023 season opens Saturday.
SAFC Cristian Parano shots on New Mexico United Kalen Ryden. San Antonio FC vs. New Mexico United in Western Conference Quarterfinal match on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Toyota Field.For San Antonio FC defender Mitchell Taintor, winning the club’s first championship was never the finish line.
“We climbed the mountain, but there are still higher peaks,” Taintor said. “That’s my motivation. It’s great that we won, but I want to win again, and again, and again. I think that’s why a lot of these guys are back.”In a league characterized by yearly turnover, San Antonio’s roster is unusually primed for a repeat run, returning last year’s top seven field players in minutes, including the reigning USL Championship Defensive Player of the Year in Taintor.
“It’s important, and it allows us to be cohesive, which is one of our guiding principles in our game model,” fourth-year coach Alen Marcina said. “The foundation is set and the structure is set, but we always look to grow and evolve.” “We’re not going to change anything that we do, in the sense that we treat every game like it’s our last game, every game like it’s a championship final, every half like it’s the last half that we play,” Marcina said. “That mentality has to stay, because it’s proven successful.”
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