2023 Forward Madison FC season

Forward Madison FC
2023 season
Owner	Big Top Events
Chief operating officer	Conor Caloia
Head coach	Matt Glaeser
Stadium	Breese Stevens Field
USL League One	6th of 12
USL1 Playoffs	Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Chaney (10); All: Christian Chaney (11)
Highest home attendance	5,000; (September 30 vs. LEX)
Lowest home attendance	1,802; (April 11 vs. CHI, USOC)
Average home league attendance	4,310
Biggest win	3 goals:; MAD 4–1 GVL (April 15),; MAD 3–0 NCA (June 10)
Biggest defeat	3 goals:; MAD 1–4 TRM (July 26),; NCO 4–1 MAD; (October 24, Playoffs)
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Forward Madison FC season was the fifth season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in USL League One of the third division of American soccer.

Club

Roster

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since	On loan from
2	DF	Robert Screen	(2000-05-25) May 25, 2000 (age 24)	2023
3	DF	Jason Ramos	(1998-10-09) October 9, 1998 (age 26)	2023	Minnesota United FC 2
4	DF	Mitch Osmond	(1994-03-11) March 11, 1994 (age 30)	2022
5	DF	Timmy Mehl	(1995-08-31) August 31, 1995 (age 29)	2023
6	MF	Ozzie Ramos	(1996-09-11) September 11, 1996 (age 28)	2023
7	MF	Isidro Martinez	(1997-03-15) March 15, 1997 (age 27)	2023
8	MF	Eric Conerty	(2000-01-21) January 21, 2000 (age 25)	2023
9	FW	Christian Chaney	(1994-09-08) September 8, 1994 (age 30)	2023
10	FW	Jayden Onen	(2001-02-17) February 17, 2001 (age 23)	2023
12	DF	Sam Brotherton	(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 28)	2023
14	FW	Mauro Cichero	(1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 29)	2023
16	DF	Jake Crull	(1997-10-03) October 3, 1997 (age 27)	2023
17	FW	Derek Gebhard	(1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 (age 29)	2021
18	FW	Francis Jno-Baptiste	(1999-11-08) November 8, 1999 (age 25)	2023
22	DF	Stephen Payne	(1997-06-16) June 16, 1997 (age 27)	2023
23	MF	Aiden Mesias	(1999-10-23) October 23, 1999 (age 25)	2023
24	FW	Nazeem Bartman	(1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 31)	2022
26	MF	Tino Vasquez^[A]	(2006-04-17) April 17, 2006 (age 18)	2023
28	MF	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	(1992-12-01) December 1, 1992 (age 32)	2022
33	MF	Julio Benitez	(2005-07-30) July 30, 2005 (age 19)	2023	Real Salt Lake
44	MF	Pierre da Silva	(1998-07-28) July 28, 1998 (age 26)	2023
55	GK	Bernd Schipmann	(1994-07-05) July 5, 1994 (age 30)	2023
56	GK	Martin Sanchez	(2000-07-04) July 4, 2000 (age 24)	2023

^ USL Academy Contract

Left team mid-season

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since	On loan from
19	MF		Wolfgang Prentice	(2000-04-25) April 25, 2000 (age 24)	2023	Oakland Roots SC
29	FW		Demitrius Kigeya	(2000-01-15) January 15, 2000 (age 25)	2023

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Matt Glaeser	Head coach and technical director
Neil Hlavaty	Assistant coach
Jim Launder	Assistant coach
John Pascarella	Assistant coach

Front office staff

Name	Position
Conor Caloia	Chief operating officer
Vern Stenman	President
Zane Heinselman	Vice President and General Manager
Keith Tiemeyer	Director of Soccer Operations & Development

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Player	Last team	Type	Ref.
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	DF	Jake Crull	FC Tucson	Free transfer	^[1]
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	DF	Stephen Payne	Richmond Kickers	Free transfer	^[2]
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	DF	Timmy Mehl	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Free transfer	^[3]
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	FW	Christian Chaney	Central Valley Fuego FC	Free transfer	^[4]
January 16, 2023 (2023-01-16)	DF	Sam Brotherton	Auckland City FC	Free transfer	^[5]
January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17)	MF	Jayden Onen	Sheffield Wednesday F.C.	Free transfer	^[6]
January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)	MF	Aiden Mesias	SSV Ulm 1846	Free transfer	^[7]
January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)	FW	Mauro Cichero	Charleston Battery	Free transfer	^[8]
February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01)	FW	Francis Jno-Baptiste	Brightlingsea Regent F.C.	Free transfer	^[9]
February 7, 2023 (2023-02-07)	MF	Eric Conerty	Western Michigan Broncos	Free transfer	^[10]
February 8, 2023 (2023-02-08)	GK	Bernd Schipmann	Ratchaburi F.C.	Free transfer	^[11]
February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	MF	Julio Benitez	Real Salt Lake	Loan	^[12]^[13]
March 15, 2023 (2023-03-15)	DF	Robert Screen	Kentucky Wildcats	Free transfer	^[14]
March 16, 2023 (2023-03-16)	GK	Martin Sanchez	Northern Illinois Huskies	Free transfer	^[15]
March 20, 2023 (2023-03-20)	MF	Isidro Martinez	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Free transfer	^[16]
March 22, 2023 (2023-03-22)	MF	Tino Vasquez	Chicago Fire Academy	Free transfer	^[17]
April 10, 2023 (2023-04-10)	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	Oakland Roots SC	Loan	^[18]^[19]
June 27, 2023 (2023-06-27)	FW	Demitrius Kigeya	Gonzaga Bulldogs	Free transfer	^[20]
August 8, 2023 (2023-08-08)	MF	Pierre da Silva	Miami FC	Free transfer	^[21]
September 7, 2023 (2023-09-07)	MF	Ozzie Ramos	Central Valley Fuego FC	Trade^[a]	^[22]
September 13, 2023 (2023-09-13)	DF	Jason Ramos	Minnesota United FC 2	Loan	^[23]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Type	Ref.
October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20)	GK	Raiko Arozarena	Tampa Bay Rowdies	End of loan	^[24]
October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27)	FW	Jeremiah Streng	SJK Seinäjoki	End of loan	^[25]
November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)	DF	Carl Schneider		Retired	^[26]
November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07)	MF	Alann Torres	Indy Eleven	End of loan
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	DF	Christian Dean		Contract ended
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	MF	Audi Jepson		Contract ended
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	DF	Alvin Jones		Contract ended
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	GK	Parker Smith		Contract ended
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	FW	Rojay Smith		Contract ended
December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	DF	Mélé Temguia		Contract ended
December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13)	DF	Eric Leonard	Chicago Fire FC II	Undisclosed transfer	^[27]^[28]
January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06)	DF	Mikey Maldonado	North Carolina FC	Free transfer	^[29]
January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)	MF	Matheus Cassini	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Free transfer	^[30]
January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)	MF	Christian Enriquez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Free transfer	^[31]
January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25)	GK	Phil Breno	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Free transfer	^[32]
January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)	MF	Justin Sukow	Richmond Kickers	Free transfer	^[33]
February 6, 2023 (2023-02-06)	DF	Cyrus Rad	Huntsville City FC	Free transfer	^[34]
March 15, 2023 (2023-03-15)	DF	Cesar Murillo	Lexington SC	Free transfer	^[35]
March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25)	FW	Abdou Mbacke Thiam	Maryland Bobcats FC	Free transfer	^[36]
April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02)	MF	Drew Conner		Retired	^[37]
June 15, 2023 (2023-06-15)	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	Oakland Roots SC	End of loan	^[38]
July 22, 2023 (2023-07-22)	FW	Demitrius Kigeya		Contract ended

Exhibitions

February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24) Preseason 1	Chicago Fire FC II	1–3	Forward Madison FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
10:00 AM CST	Monis 20'	Report	Cichero 9' Kigeya 58', 80' Trialist 75'	Stadium: Bridgeview Sports Dome
Note: Closed to the public.

March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03) Preseason 2	Indy Eleven	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Westfield, Indiana
12:00 PM EST	Blake 10' Lindley 33'	Report	Gebhard 35'	Stadium: Grand Park Sports Campus
Note: Closed to the public.

March 11, 2023 (2023-03-11) Preseason 3	Forward Madison FC	3–0	DePaul Blue Demons	Madison, Wisconsin
2:00 PM CST	Onen 3' (Conerty), 16' Gebhard 43' Chaney 56' Trialist 70'	Report	Amoo-Mensah 40' Anderson 57'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22) Midseason 1	Forward Madison FC	3–2	Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Chaney 4' (Martinez) Mehl 38' Brotherton 61' Vasquez 63' (Prentice) Jno-Baptiste 90' (Conerty)	Report	Osmond 27' (o.g.) C. Crockford 86'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

July 20, 2023 (2023-07-20) Midseason 2	Forward Madison FC	1–2	Atlante F.C.	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Kigeya 54' (Trialist)	Report	Sánchez 45' Bermúdez 45+1' Machado 80' (pen.) Martinez 90+4'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,388

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
USL League One	March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)	October 14, 2023 (2023-10-14)	Matchday 1	6th	32	11	10	11	38	40	−2	034.38
USL1 Playoffs	October 21, 2023 (2023-10-21)		Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
U.S. Open Cup	April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11)		Second round	Second round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					34	11	10	13	41	47	−6	032.35

Source: Competitions

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Charlotte Independence	32	13	9	10	50	42	+8	49	Qualification for the play-offs
5	Greenville Triumph SC	32	13	10	9	45	40	+5	48
6	Forward Madison FC	32	11	11	10	38	40	−2	43
7	Tormenta FC	32	12	14	6	55	56	−1	42
8	One Knoxville SC	32	9	12	11	36	39	−3	38

Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	11	10	11	38	40	−2	43	6	5	5	20	17	+3	5	5	6	18	23	−5

Source: USL League One^[39]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Stadium	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L
Position	4	9	2	4	8	4	4	3	4	7	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

Source: USL League One^[40]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26) 1	Union Omaha	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Omaha, Nebraska
2:00 PM CDT	Scearce 20' (Gil) Acoff 40' Palacios 63' Brewer 89'	Report	Chaney 55' (Gebhard) Wheeler-Omiunu 77' Osmond 82'	Stadium: Al F. Caniglia Field Attendance: 1,913 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) 2	Lexington SC	0–0	Forward Madison FC	Georgetown, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT	Machell 60' Balogun 68'	Report	Mesias 48' Osmond 65' Cichero 71'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,029 Referee: John Matto

April 15, 2023 (2023-04-15) 3	Forward Madison FC	4–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 12' Cichero 45' (Onen) Wu 50' (o.g.) Chaney 55' (Onen), 71' Onen 72'	Report	Pilato 48' (Gavilanes) Biggar 65' Walker 71' Lee 76'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,223 Referee: Rebeca Pagan

April 29, 2023 (2023-04-29) 4	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Charlotte Independence	Madison, Wisconsin
5:00 PM CDT	Payne 28' Chaney 81'	Report	Ibarra 65' Kelly 79' Dunwell 90+1'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,541 Referee: Kevin Fikar

May 3, 2023 (2023-05-03) 5	One Knoxville SC	0–0	Forward Madison FC	Knoxville, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT	O'Hearn 50' Kelly-Rosales 71' Claudio 85'	Report	Chaney 53' Gebhard 82'	Stadium: Regal Stadium Attendance: 1,555 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

May 13, 2023 (2023-05-13) 6	North Carolina FC	0–2	Forward Madison FC	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Navarro 47' Arriaga 60'	Report	Martinez 14' (Crull), 90+2' Onen 45+2' Osmond 68' (Martinez) Schipmann 90+7'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,610 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

May 18, 2023 (2023-05-18) 7	Forward Madison FC	0–2	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Cichero 45+1' Mehl 52'	Report	Amann 11', 75' (Hernández), 37' Kwakwa 17' Opara 47' Rendón 58'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,537 Referee: Olvin Oliva

May 27, 2023 (2023-05-27) 8	Union Omaha	1–2	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT	Brito 6' Brewer Jr. 21' Willis 78' Dos Santos 90+5'	Report	Cichero 10' Mesias 14' (Payne), 33' Bartman 39' Chaney 53' (Payne) Schipmann 56'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Gabriele Ciampi

June 3, 2023 (2023-06-03) 9	Forward Madison FC	1–2	Central Valley Fuego FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Chaney 42' (Cichero), 90+8' Mehl 53'	Report	Falck 59' Vasquez 74' (Lemus), 81' Cromwell 78' Cerritos 84' (pen.) Ramos 90'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,924 Referee: Kevin Fikar

June 7, 2023 (2023-06-07) 10	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	2–0	Forward Madison FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:30 PM EDT	Mensah 37' (Espinoza) Marsh 45' (Mensah), 74' Cardona 57'	Report	Brotherton 7' Mesias 81'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Fevzi Demirhan

June 10, 2023 (2023-06-10) 11	Forward Madison FC	3–0	North Carolina FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Payne 44' (Martinez) Prentice 64' (Jno-Baptiste) Crull 75' (Chaney) Cichero 81'	Report	Maldonado 28' Servania 77' Mentzingen 80' Blanco 89'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,567 Referee: Matt Geringer

June 17, 2023 (2023-06-17) 12	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Forward Madison FC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT	Gordon 77' Mecham 90+4'	Report	Onen 69' Payne 78' (Bartman)	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,902 Referee: Donovan Eubank

June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22) 13	Forward Madison FC	3–2	Lexington SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Bartman 18' (Onen) Crull 35' Chaney 43' Cichero 64'	Report	Green 34' Brown 38' (Machell), 60' (Balogun) Knight 64'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,572 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

June 28, 2023 (2023-06-28) 14	South Georgia Tormenta FC	0–1	Forward Madison FC	Statesboro, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Akoto 45+2' Kilwein 90+5'	Report	Bartman 24' (Payne) Onen 55'	Stadium: Optim Sports Medicine Field at Tormenta Stadium Attendance: 1,192 Referee: Jair Campos

July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) 15	Greenville Triumph SC	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Walker 35' (pen.)	Report	Payne 34' Brotherton 51' Mehl 90+2'	Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández

July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08) 16	Forward Madison FC	1–0	Central Valley Fuego FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 16' (Onen) Schipmann 71' Osmond 90+5'	Report	Forth 25' Carrera-García 42' Cromwell 78'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,716 Referee: Adam Brzozowiec

July 15, 2023 (2023-07-15) 17	North Carolina FC	2–2	Forward Madison FC	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Anderson 67' (McLaughlin), 90+3' Flick 81' Servania 90+10'	Report	Gebhard 11', 16' (Payne) Chaney 27' Bartman 37' Brotherton 54' Conerty 85'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 1,875 Referee: Michael O'Reilly

July 26, 2023 (2023-07-26) 18	Forward Madison FC	1–4	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Chaney 1' (Wheeler-Omiunu), 90+3' Mehl 39' Mesias 90+3'	Report	Cassini 8' (Kilwien) Otieno 44' Sterling 48' (Khoury), 55' (Khoury) Khoury 69' (Akoto)	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Olvin Oliva

July 29, 2023 (2023-07-29) 19	Forward Madison FC	1–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Payne 10' Chaney 11' (Martinez) Onen 39' Mesias 40'	Report	Castro 18' Franke 53' Walker 81'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Gabriele Ciampi

August 5, 2023 (2023-08-05) 20	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Forward Madison FC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT	Barnathan 87' (pen.)	Report	Bartman 35' Onen 74' (Gebhard) Crull 90+7'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández

August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) 21	Forward Madison FC	1–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Mehl 24' Cichero 39' Onen 68' Payne 90' (Onen), 90+1'	Report	Filipe 29' Rentería 45+3' Madrid 68' Hernández 84'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,125 Referee: John Rush

August 12, 2023 (2023-08-12) 22	Forward Madison FC	1–2	One Knoxville SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Payne 25' Bartman 32' (Onen) Chaney 38' Onen 65' Osmond 75'	Report	Skelton 3' Crisler 24' (Waldeck) Waldeck 29' Ross 37' (Keegan) Lewis 90+7' Fletcher 90+8'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,694 Referee: Servando Berna Rico

August 19, 2023 (2023-08-19) 23	South Georgia Tormenta FC	4–2	Forward Madison FC	Statesboro, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Osmond 18' (o.g.) Heckenberg 39' Sterling 49' (pen.), 55' (Akale) Akale 58' (Fonseca) Murphy 60' Nembhard 75'	Report	Chaney 12', 60' Onen 26' (Chaney) Payne 75'	Stadium: Optim Sports Medicine Field at Tormenta Stadium Attendance: 1,238 Referee: Joe Surgan

August 26, 2023 (2023-08-26) 24	Central Valley Fuego FC	4–4	Forward Madison FC	Fresno, California
7:30 PM PDT	Carrera-García 1' (Cromwell), 45+5' Lemus 14' Bijev 28' (Dabo) Dulysse 45' (Falck) Lawal 52' (pen.)	Report	Onen 5' (Bartman) Chaney 16' (pen.), 83' (da Silva) Gebhard 19' Osmond 45+2' Crull 51' 52' Conerty 55' da Silva 70'	Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: 892 Referee: Edgar García

September 2, 2023 (2023-09-02) 25	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	3–1	Forward Madison FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:30 PM EDT	Cardona 18', 45' (Marsh) Williams 24', 65' (Gómez) Marsh 34' Gómez 69' Lomis 78' (Marsh) Tejera 90+5'	Report	Gebhard 8' Conerty 38' Onen 69' Payne 90+5'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,287 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov

September 9, 2023 (2023-09-09) 26	Forward Madison FC	0–0	One Knoxville SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Chaney 57' 90+3' Cichero 90+6' Mesias 90+6'	Report	Johnson 37' Waldeck 44' 48' Crisler 59' Claudio 82'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,854 Referee: Matt Geringer

September 14, 2023 (2023-09-14) 27	Forward Madison FC	2–0	Richmond Kickers	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 3' (Bartman) Osmond 44' Mesias 46' (Gebhard) da Silva 49'	Report	Vinyals 12' Cole 18' Johnson 66' Morán 79' Aune 84'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,878 Referee: Olvin Oliva

September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20) 28	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	da Silva 77' Chaney 87'	Report	Dietrich 28' Cornwall 60' Nortey 90+4'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,681 Referee: Richonne Clark

September 23, 2023 (2023-09-23) 29	Charlotte Independence	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
5:00 PM EDT	Bennett 45+1' Ciss 62' (Mbuyu) Obertan 72' Kelly 85'	Report	Martinez 74' J. Ramos 81'	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,511 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov

September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) 30	Forward Madison FC	2–2	Lexington SC	Madison, Wisconsin
5:00 PM CDT	Martinez 55' Gebhard 65' Cichero 78'	Report	Diouf 74' Jackson 84'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández

October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07) 31	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Windsor, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT	Powder 49', 84' Robles 57' Amann 71' (pen.)	Report	Wheeler-Omiunu 39'	Stadium: TicketSmarter Stadium at Future Legends Complex Attendance: 2,392 Referee: Arnel Selman

October 14, 2023 (2023-10-14) 32	Forward Madison FC	0–1	Union Omaha	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Wheeler-Omiunu 44' Chaney 75' Brotherton 88' da Silva 90+1'	Report	Kunga 35' Scearce 41' Dos Santos 64' (Kunga) Gallardo 90+3' Nuhu 90+9'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Velimir Stefanovic

USL League One Playoffs

October 21, 2023 (2023-10-21) Quarterfinals	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	4–1	Forward Madison FC	Windsor, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT	Hernández 43' Amann 45', 87' (Robles), 90+5' (King) Rendón 45+4' Rogers 65'	Report	Martinez 38' Schipmann 45+1' Chaney 57' (Payne) Mehl 90+7'	Stadium: TicketSmarter Stadium at Future Legends Complex Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of USL League One, Forward Madison FC will enter the 2023 U.S. Open Cup in the second round, taking place between April 4–6, 2023.

April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11) Second round	Forward Madison FC	2–3	Chicago House AC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Chaney 18' Onen 19' (Cichero) Vasquez 48' (Onen) Cichero 70'	Report	Seymour 22' Mann 75' (Avalos) Smith 90+2', 103' (Mentasti)	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 1,802 Referee: Calin Radosav
Note: Game rescheduled from its original date of April 4th due to expected inclement weather.^[41]

Statistics

All statistics as of October 21, 2023 (2023-10-21).

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	USL1 Season			USL1 Playoffs			U.S. Open Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals
2	DF		Robert Screen	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	1	0
3	DF		Jason Ramos^[b]	5	1	0	0	0	0				5	1	0
4	DF		Mitch Osmond	29	29	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	31	30	1
5	DF		Timmy Mehl	23	23	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	25	25	0
6	MF		Ozzie Ramos^[b]	6	2	0	1	0	0				7	2	0
7	MF		Isidro Martinez	26	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	28	23	1
8	MF		Eric Conerty	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	3	0
9	FW		Christian Chaney	30	24	10	1	1	1	1	1	0	32	26	11
10	MF		Jayden Onen	26	22	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	27	23	4
12	DF		Sam Brotherton	15	13	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	17	15	0
14	FW		Mauro Cichero	27	14	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	29	16	2
16	DF		Jake Crull	32	32	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	34	34	2
17	FW		Derek Gebhard	32	28	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	34	28	6
18	FW		Francis Jno-Baptiste	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	4	0
22	DF		Stephen Payne	32	32	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	34	33	3
23	MF		Aiden Mesias	30	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	26	2
24	FW		Nazeem Bartman	30	26	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	31	27	5
26	MF		Tino Vasquez	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	1
28	MF		Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	27	15	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	29	17	0
33	MF		Julio Benitez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Pierre da Silva^[b]	12	3	1	1	0	0				13	3	1
55	GK		Bernd Schipmann	32	32	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	34	34	0
56	GK		Martin Sanchez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Forward Madison FC during the season
19	MF		Wolfgang Prentice^[c]	9	2	1							9	2	1
29	FW		Demitrius Kigeya^[b]	0	0	0							0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season	USL1 Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	Christian Chaney	10	1	0	11
2	FW	Derek Gebhard	6	0	0	6
3	FW	Nazeem Bartman	5	0	0	5
4	MF	Jayden Onen	3	0	1	4
5	DF	Stephen Payne	3	0	0	3
6	FW	Mauro Cichero	2	0	0	2
	DF	Jake Crull	2	0	0	2
	MF	Aiden Mesias	2	0	0	2
9	MF	Pierre da Silva	1	0	0	1
	MF	Isidro Martinez	1	0	0	1
	DF	Mitch Osmond	1	0	0	1
	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	1	0	0	1
	MF	Tino Vasquez	0	0	1	1
Own goal			1	0	0	1
Total			38	1	2	41

Assist scorers

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season	USL1 Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	MF	Jayden Onen	6	0	1	7
2	DF	Stephen Payne	4	1	0	5
3	FW	Nazeem Bartman	3	0	0	3
	FW	Derek Gebhard	3	0	0	3
	MF	Isidro Martinez	3	0	0	3
6	FW	Christian Chaney	2	0	0	2
6	FW	Mauro Cichero	1	0	1	2
8	DF	Jake Crull	1	0	0	1
	MF	Pierre da Silva	1	0	0	1
	FW	Francis Jno-Baptiste	1	0	0	1
	MF	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	1	0	0	1
Total			26	1	2	29

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	USL1 Season	USL1 Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	Bernd Schipmann	12	0	0	12
Total		12	0	0	12

Disciplinary record

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season			USL1 Playoffs			U.S. Open Cup			Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	FW	Christian Chaney	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0
2	FW	Mauro Cichero	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	2
3	MF	Jayden Onen	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
4	DF	Timmy Mehl	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
5	DF	Stephen Payne	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
6	MF	Aiden Mesias	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
6	DF	Mitch Osmond	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
8	DF	Sam Brotherton	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
9	MF	Isidro Martinez	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	GK	Bernd Schipmann	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	MF	Eric Conerty	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	Jake Crull	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
	MF	Pierre da Silva	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	FW	Derek Gebhard	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	MF	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	FW	Nazeem Bartman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	DF	Jason Ramos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			68	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	73	2	5

Honors and awards

USL League One Yearly Awards

All-League Team

Team	Position	Player	Ref.
Second	DF	Jake Crull	^[42]

USL League One Monthly Awards

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Ref.
June	Matt Glaeser	^[43]

USL League One Weekly Awards

Player of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Ref.
22	FW	Jayden Onen	^[44]
24	FW	Christian Chaney	^[45]

Goal of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Opponent	Ref.
2	FW	Christian Chaney	Union Omaha	^[46]
5	FW	Christian Chaney	Greenville Triumph SC	^[47]
9	MF	Isidro Martinez	North Carolina FC	^[48]
12	FW	Christian Chaney	Central Valley Fuego FC	^[49]
13	DF	Jake Crull	North Carolina FC	^[50]
15	FW	Nazeem Bartman	Lexington SC	^[51]
16	FW	Nazeem Bartman	South Georgia Tormenta FC	^[52]
24	FW	Jayden Onen	Central Valley Fuego FC	^[53]

Save of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref.
5	Bernd Schipmann	Greenville Triumph SC	^[54]
9	Bernd Schipmann	North Carolina FC	^[55]
10	Bernd Schipmann	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	^[56]
16	Bernd Schipmann	South Georgia Tormenta FC	^[57]
22	Bernd Schipmann	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	^[58]

Team of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Ref.
2	FW	Christian Chaney	^[59]
	MF	Derek Gebhard
	Bench	Jake Crull
4	DF	Jake Crull	^[60]
4	GK	Bernd Schipmann	^[60]
5	FW	Christian Chaney	^[61]
	DF	Jake Crull
	MF	Derek Gebhard
	GK	Bernd Schipmann
	Bench	Mauro Cichero
7	MF	Isidro Martinez	^[62]
	DF	Mitch Osmond
	Bench	Derek Gebhard
	Bench	Bernd Schipmann
8	DF	Jake Crull	^[63]
8	DF	Timmy Mehl	^[63]
9	MF	Derek Gebhard	^[64]
	MF	Isidro Martinez
	DF	Mitch Osmond
	Bench	Jake Crull
11	MF	Stephen Payne	^[65]
12	FW	Christian Chaney	^[66]
13	DF	Jake Crull	^[67]
	MF	Isidro Martinez
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