2022 Rio Grande Valley FC season

The 2022 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season was the 7th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. This article covers the period from November 29, 2021, the day after the 2021 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2022 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled to be completed before November 14, 2021.

U.S. Open Cup
With the end of their affiliation agreement with the Houston Dynamo, Rio Grande Valley FC is eligible to compete in the U.S. Open Cup for the first time in club history in 2022.

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

Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75|USL Championship !width=75|USL Playoffs !width=75|U.S. Open Cup !width=75|Total !colspan="4"|Total ! 52 ! 0 ! 2 ! 54
 * 1
 * MF
 * 7
 * align="left"|🇳🇴 Jonas Fjeldberg
 * 9
 * 0
 * 0
 * 9
 * 2
 * MF
 * 29
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Pinzón
 * 8
 * 0
 * 0
 * 8
 * 3
 * FW
 * 9
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Frank López
 * 6
 * 0
 * 1
 * 7
 * 4
 * MF
 * 8
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Emilio Ycaza
 * 5
 * 0
 * 0
 * 5
 * rowspan=2|5
 * DF
 * 21
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Robert Coronado
 * 4
 * 0
 * 0
 * 4
 * MF
 * 17
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Ricky Ruiz
 * 4
 * 0
 * 0
 * 4
 * rowspan=2|7
 * MF
 * 4
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Erik Pimentel
 * 3
 * 0
 * 0
 * 3
 * MF
 * 22
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Juan Torres
 * 3
 * 0
 * 0
 * 3
 * rowspan="4"|8
 * DF
 * 3
 * align="left"|🇬🇭 Wahab Ackwei
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * FW
 * 18
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Dylan Borczak
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * MF
 * 23
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Frank Nodarse
 * 1
 * 0
 * 1
 * 2
 * DF
 * 31
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Akeem Ward
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * rowspan="6"|11
 * MF
 * 5
 * align="left"|🇨🇴 Juan Cabezas
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * FW
 * 13
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Duilio Herrera
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * DF
 * 15
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Jesús Vázquez
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * FW
 * 16
 * align="left"|🇨🇴 Frank Gaviria
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * FW
 * 19
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Adolfo Hernández
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * FW
 * 22
 * align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ollie Wright
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * 0
 * 1
 * FW
 * 19
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Adolfo Hernández
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * FW
 * 22
 * align="left"|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ollie Wright
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * 0
 * 1

Top assists
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75|USL Championship !width=75|USL Playoffs !width=75|U.S. Open Cup !width=75|Total !colspan="4"|Total ! 42 ! 0 ! 2 ! 44
 * rowspan=2|1
 * MF
 * 10
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 José Torres
 * 9
 * 0
 * 0
 * 9
 * MF
 * 17
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Ricky Ruiz
 * 8
 * 0
 * 1
 * 9
 * 2
 * MF
 * 6
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Isidro Martinez
 * 6
 * 0
 * 1
 * 7
 * rowspan=2|4
 * MF
 * 8
 * align="left"|🇬🇭 Wahab Ackwei
 * 5
 * 0
 * 0
 * 5
 * MF
 * 3
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Emilio Ycaza
 * 5
 * 0
 * 0
 * 5
 * 6
 * MF
 * 29
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Pinzón
 * 3
 * 0
 * 0
 * 3
 * 7
 * FW
 * 9
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Frank López
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * rowspan="5"|8
 * FW
 * 19
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Adolfo Hernández
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * DF
 * 20
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Jonathan Ricketts
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * DF
 * 21
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Robert Coronado
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * MF
 * 22
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Juan Torres
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * DF
 * 24
 * align="left"|🇲🇪 Luka Malešević
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * DF
 * 24
 * align="left"|🇲🇪 Luka Malešević
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * 1

Disciplinary record
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off:
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|No.
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|Pos.
 * rowspan="2" !width=120|Player
 * colspan="3"|USL Championship
 * colspan="3"|USL Playoffs
 * colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup
 * colspan="3"|Total
 * colspan="3"|Total
 * 1
 * GK
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Tyler Deric
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0
 * 2
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Daniel Luis
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0
 * 3
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇬🇭 Wahab Ackwei
 * 4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0
 * 4
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Erik Pimentel
 * 8||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||1
 * 5
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇨🇴 Juan Cabezas
 * 7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0||0
 * 6
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Isidro Martinez
 * 4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0
 * 7
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇳🇴 Jonas Fjeldberg
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * 8
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Emilio Ycaza
 * 6||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||1
 * 9
 * FW
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Frank López
 * 7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0||0
 * 10
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 José Torres
 * 2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||1
 * 14
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Stefan Mueller
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0
 * 15
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Jesús Vázquez
 * 4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0
 * 17
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Ricky Ruiz
 * 5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0||0
 * 18
 * FW
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Dylan Borczak
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * 19
 * FW
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Adolfo Hernández
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0
 * 20
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Jonathan Ricketts
 * 6||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||7||0||0
 * 21
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Robert Coronado
 * 2||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||1||0
 * 22
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Juan Torres
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0
 * 23
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Frank Nodarse
 * 4||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||4||0||0
 * 24
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇲🇪 Luka Malešević
 * 6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0
 * 25
 * GK
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Javier Garcia
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * 29
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Pinzón
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * 31
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Akeem Ward
 * 8||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||0
 * colspan="3"|Total||82||1||3||0||0||0||2||0||0||84||1||3
 * align="left"|🇨🇺 Frank Nodarse
 * 4||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||4||0||0
 * 24
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇲🇪 Luka Malešević
 * 6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0
 * 25
 * GK
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Javier Garcia
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * 29
 * MF
 * align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Pinzón
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * 31
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Akeem Ward
 * 8||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||0
 * colspan="3"|Total||82||1||3||0||0||0||2||0||0||84||1||3
 * DF
 * align="left"|🇺🇸 Akeem Ward
 * 8||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||0
 * colspan="3"|Total||82||1||3||0||0||0||2||0||0||84||1||3
 * colspan="3"|Total||82||1||3||0||0||0||2||0||0||84||1||3