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Republic Roster: January Signings (Updated)

Sacramento Republic GM Todd Dunivant and Head Coach Mark Briggs continue to make roster moves this week with the pre-season games quickly approaching.

Just after New Year the team signed defender Tomas Hilliard-Arce, the 2nd overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft (by the LA Galaxy). He made 5 appearances for the MLS team in 2018 and played for Galaxy II in the USL during 2019.

Two 17-year old members of the Republic’s Academy program were signed to professional contracts, defender Hayden Stargis from Turlock CA and midfielder Mario Penagos from Elk Grove CA. They have been with the club since 2015.

January 21st the Republic announced the signing of experienced goalkeeper Adam Grinwis. The Michigan native previously played for Orlando City with a loan spell with Real Monarchs during 2018.

The team announced on January 23rd that forward Stefano Bonomo was retiring from professional soccer after a five year pro career.

With the opening of training camp January 27th at Consumnes River College the team invited Republic Academy goalkeeper Diego Ramos and midfielder Julian Chavez to attend. Also participating were midfielder Ashkanov Apollon, forwards Khalid Balogun and Daawdy Seay.

Here’s what the roster now looks like as the team builds not just for its seventh USL season but also looks towards MLS in 2022:

No. Position Player
99Goalkeeper Adam Grinwis (USA)
18Goalkeeper Rafael Díaz (DOM)
2 Defender Shannon Gomez (TTO)
3 Defender Hayden Stargis (USA)
5 Defender Matt Mahoney (USA)
4DefenderTomas Hilliard-Arce (USA)
15Defender Juan Barahona (SLV)
21Defender Dekel Keinan (ISR)
30Defender Jordan McCrary (USA)
8MidfielderRodrigo Lopez (USA)
10 Midfielder Dariusz Formella (POL)
11 Midfielder Sam Werner (USA)
12Midfielder Drew Skundrich (USA)
20Midfielder Villyan Bijev (BGR)
23Midfielder Mario Penagos (USA)
24Midfielder Jaime Villarreal (USA)
28Midfielder Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu (USA)
9Forward Kharlton Benmar (USA)
29 Forward Stefano Bonomo (USA)
31 Forward Cameron Iwasa (USA) [CAPTAIN]

BOLD = Signed for 2020 season