2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship Sports tournament
The 2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship was the 103rd installment of the U.S. Open Polo Championship and was held at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida from March 27 to April 21, 2019.[ 1] [ 2]
A total of 16 teams entered the tournament and a total of 31 matches were played.
The winning team, Pilot , consisted of Curtis Pilot, Matias Gonzalez, Facundo Pieres , and Gonzalo Pieres Jr.
Qualifying - Group stage
Groups were created via a draw held on the evening of March 20, 2019, at the IPC Pavilion in Wellington, Florida [ 3]
Group One
Team
Won
Lost
Aspen
3
0
Cessna
2
1
Santa Clara
1
2
SD Farms
0
3
Group Two
Team
Won
Lost
Iconica
3
0
Equuleus
2
1
Coca-Cola
1
2
La Indiana
0
3
Group Three
Team
Won
Lost
Las Monjitas
3
0
Daily Racing Form
2
1
Park Place
1
2
Old Hickory Bourbon
0
3
Group Four
Team
Won
Lost
Pilot
3
0
Tonkawa
2
1
Postage Stamp Farm
1
2
Stable Door
0
3
Final stage
Quarterfinal brackets were determined by group winners who drew from the pool of second place teams from outside their own group.[ 4]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Iconica
9
Cessna
8
Iconica
6
Pilot
13
Pilot
14
Daily Racing Form
10
Pilot
12
Las Monjitas
7
Las Monjitas
8
Equuleus
4
Las Monjitas
14
Tonkawa
12
Aspen
11
Tonkawa
12
Team Rosters
Team
Position 1 (Hcap)
Position 2 (Hcap)
Position 3 (Hcap)
Position 4 (Hcap)
Team Hcap
Substitute A (Hcap)
Substitute B (Hcap)
Aspen Tomas Schwenke (2)
Polito Pieres (10)
Lucas James (7)
Stewart Armstrong (3)
22
Cessna Chip Campbell (2)
Felipe Marquez (6)
Ezequiel M. Ferrario (7)
Felipe Viana (6)
21
Eduardo Novillo Astrada (8)
Coca-Cola Gillian Johnston (2)Julian de Lusarreta (8)
Nacho Novillo Astrada (8)
Steve Krueger (4)
22
Daily Racing Form Jared Zenni (6)
Agustin Obregon (6)
Santiago Cernadas (6)
Geronimo Obregon (4)
22
Equuleus Joe DiMenna (0)Iñaki Laprida (7)
Cristian "Magoo" Laprida (8)
Mariano Gonzalez (7)
22
Milo Dorignac (0)
Iconica Maureen Brennan (1)
Mariono "Peke" Gonzalez Jr (5)
Sebastian Merlos (9)
Matias Magrini (7)
22
La Indiana Michael Bickford (2)Facundo Obregon (6)
Jeff Hall (7)
Tomas Garcia del Rio (7)
22
Bautista Ortiz de Urbina (6)
Las Monjitas Camilo Bautista (0)
Francisco Elizalde (8)
Matt Coppola (4)
Hilario Ulloa (10)
22
Old Hickory Bourbon Will Johnston (2)
Jason Crowder (6)
Miguel Novillo Astrada (9)
Stevie Orthwein (4)
21
Sugar Erskine (6)
Park Place Andrey Borodin (0)Juan Britos (8)
Nico Pieres (9)
Lucas Díaz Alberdi (5)
22
Pilot Matias Gonzalez (3)
Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (9)
Facundo Pieres (10)Curtis Pilot (0)
22
Postage Stamp Farm Annabelle Gundlach (0)
Lerín Zubiaurre (8)
Mariano Aguerre (8)Joaquin Panelo (6)
22
Joaquin Pittaluga (8)
Leon Schwenke (0)
Santa Clara Nico Escobar (3)
Nino Obregon (6)
Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino (8)
Luis Escobar (5)
22
Benjamin Avendaño (3)
SD Farms Sayyu Dantata (2)
Cesar "Peco" Polledo (6)
Juan "Tito" Ruiz Guiñazu (8)
Jesus "Pelon" Escapite (6)
22
Timmy Dutta (2)
Stable Door Henry Porter (3)
Santino Magrini (4)
Victorino Ruiz Jorba (6)
Santiago Toccalino (8)
21
Tonkawa Jeff Hildebrand (0)Agustin "Tincho" Merlos (8)
Guillermo "Sapo" Caset (10)
Sterling Giannico (4)
22
Malia Bryan (0)
Team statistics
Team
Matches Played
Matches Won
Winning Avg
Matches Lost
Goals Scored
Avg Goals Per Game
Goals Against
Avg Goals Against Per Game
Avg +/- Per Game
Aspen 4
3
0.75
1
50
12.5
42
10.5
2.00
Cessna 4
2
0.50
2
35
8.75
40
10
-1.25
Coca-Cola 3
1
0.33
2
29
9.67
36
12
-2.33
Daily Racing Form 4
2
0.50
2
41
10.25
44
11
-0.75
Equuleus 4
2
0.50
2
34
8.5
35
8.75
-0.25
Iconica 5
4
0.80
1
43
8.6
41
8.2
0.40
La Indiana 3
0
0.00
3
27
9
31
10.33
-1.33
Las Monjitas 6
5
0.00
1
62
10.33
55
9.17
1.16
Old Hickory Bourbon 3
0
0.00
3
30
10
32
10.67
-0.67
Park Place 3
1
0.33
2
34
11.33
36
12
-0.67
Pilot 6
6
1.00
0
75
12.5
45
7.5
5.00
Postage Stamp Farm 3
1
0.33
2
27
9
28
9.33
-0.33
Santa Clara 3
1
0.33
2
34
11.33
29
9.67
1.66
SD Farms 3
0
0.00
3
24
8
34
11.33
-3.33
Stable Door 3
0
0.00
3
23
7.67
45
15
-7.33
Tonkawa 5
3
0.60
2
61
12.2
53
10.6
1.60
Individual Scorers
Player
Team
Position
Games Played
Goals
Goals/Game
Facundo Pieres Pilot
3
6
35
5.83
Francisco Elizalde Las Monjitas
2
6
32
5.33
Guillermo "Sapo" Caset Tonkawa
3
5
35
6.20
Pablo "Polito" Pieres Aspen
2
4
25
6.25
Gonzalo Pieres Jr. Pilot
2
6
25
4.17
Mariano Gonzalez Jr. Iconica
2
5
24
4.80
Nicolas Pieres Park Place
3
3
20
6.67
Hilario Ulloa Las Monjitas
4
6
20
3.33
Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino Santa Clara
3
3
19
6.33
Mariano Gonzalez Equuleus
4
4
17
4.25
Agustin "Tincho" Merlos Tonkawa
2
5
14
2.80
Sebastian Merlos Iconica
3
5
13
2.60
Felipe Viana Cessna
4
4
13
3.25
Santiago Toccalino Stable Door
4
3
12
4.00
Valerio "Lerin" Zubiaurre Postage Stamp Farm
2
3
12
4.00
Jared Zenni Daily Racing Form
1
4
11
2.75
Ignacio Novillo Astrada Coca Cola
3
3
11
3.67
Matias Gonzalez Pilot
1
6
11
1.83
Agustin Obregon Daily Racing Form
2
4
10
2.50
Felipe Marquez Cessna
2
4
10
2.50
Stewart Armstrong Aspen
4
4
10
2.50
Geronimo Obregon Daily Racing Form
4
4
9
2.25
Julian De Lusarreta Coca Cola
2
3
9
3.00
Cristian "Magoo" Laprida Equuleus
3
4
9
2.25
Juan Britos Park Place
2
3
9
3.00
Ezequiel M. Ferrario [ note 1] Cessna
3
3
9
3.00
Miguel Novillo Astrada Old Hickory Bourbon
3
3
9
3.00
Jeff Hall La Indiana
3
3
9
3.00
Notes:
^ Substituted by another player in one game. Player's team played 4 games, but this player participated in 3.
Game Scores
Game 1 March 27, 2019 3:00pm Field: IPC Field 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Coca Cola
1
1
3
3
2
2
12
La Indiana
3
2
1
0
0
4
10
Bautista O. de Urbina replaced Facundo Obregon
Goals Coca Cola : I. Novillo Astrada 6, J. Lusarreta 4, G. Johnston 2Goals La Indiana : J. Hall 3, T. Garcia Del Rio 3, B.O. de Urbina 3, M. Bickford 1
Ignacio Novillo Astrada
Game 2 March 28, 2019 10:00 am Field: Isla Carroll West
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Postage Stamp Farm
1
0
1
2
2
2
8
Tonkawa
1
4
1
2
1
1
10
J. Pittaluga replaced M. Aguerre; L Schwenke replaced A. Gundlach
Goals Postage : V. Zubiaurre 4, L. Schwenke 2, J. Panelo 1, J. Pittaluga 1Goals Tonkawa : G. Caset 7, J. Hildebrand 2, A. Merlos 1
Game 3 March 28, 2019 4:00pm Field: IPC Field 4
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
SD Farms
2
0
0
0
2
2
6
Santa Clara
1
4
2
2
2
2
13
Benjamin Avendano replaced Nicolas Escobar
Goals SD Farms : J. Escapite 3, J.R. Guiñazu 3Goals Santa Clara : I. Toccalino 6, L. Escobar 3, M. Obregon 2, B. Avendaño 2
Juan Ruiz Guiñazu
Game 4 March 29, 2019 10:00 am Field: IPC Field 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Iconica
0
3
1
3
0
1
8
Equuleus
1
2
0
1
0
1
5
Milo Dorignac replaced Joe DiMenna
Goals Iconica : Mariano Gonzalez Jr. 7, Sebastian Merlos 1Goals Equuleus : Cristian Laprida 2, Mariano Gonzalez 2, Ignacio Laprida 1
Game 5 March 29, 2019 4:00pm Field: Isla Carroll East
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Old Hickory Bourbon
2
2
1
3
1
2
11
Park Place
2
3
0
3
3
2
13
Sugar Erskine replaced Jason Crowder
Goals Old Hick Bourb : M. N. Astrada 3, S. Orthwein 3, S Erskine 3, W. Johnston 2Goals Park Place : N. Pieres 8, J. Britos 4, L. Diaz Alberdi 1
Miguel Novilla Astrada
Game 6 March 30, 2019 10:00 am Field: IPC Field 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Stable Door
0
1
0
2
0
3
6
Pilot
4
1
2
3
4
1
15
Goals Stable Door : Santiago Toccalino 5, Santino Magrini 1Goals Pilot : Gonzalo Pieres 6, Facundo Pieres 5, Matias Gonzalez 4
Game 7 March 31, 2019 10:00am Field: Isla Carroll West
1
2
3
4
5
6
OT
T
Las Monjitas
0
2
2
1
0
3
1
9
Daily Racing Form
1
1
1
0
2
3
0
8
Goals Las Monjitas : Francisco Elizalde 7, Matt Coppola 2Goals Daily Racing Form : Jared Zenni 4, Agustin Obregon 2
Agustin Obregon
Game 8 March 31, 2019 3:00pm Field: IPC Field 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Cessna
3
1
0
2
2
0
8
Aspen
1
2
5
1
2
3
14
Eduardo N. Astrada replaced Ezequiel Martinez Ferrario
Goals Cessna : Felipe Viana 5, Felipe Marquez 2, Chip Campbell 1Goals Aspen : Polito Pieres 8, Stewart Armstrong 5
Felipe Viana
Game 9 April 2, 2019 10:00am Field: Isla Carroll East
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Coca Cola
2
2
2
1
1
0
8
Iconica
1
2
1
2
1
5
12
Goals Coca Cola : J. De Lusarreta 3, Steve Krueger 3, I. Novillo Astrada 2Goals Iconica : Mariano Gonzalo Jr 9, Matias Magrini 2, Sebastian Merlos 1
Mariano Gonzalo Jr.
Game 10 April 3, 2019 10:00am Field: Isla Carroll West
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Tonkawa
2
0
3
2
1
2
10
Pilot
3
1
2
2
1
2
11
Malia Bryan replaced Jeff Hildebrand
Goals Tonkawa : Guillermo Caset 4, Agustin Merlos 4, M. Bryan 1, S. Giannico 1Goals Pilot : Facundo Pieres 6, Gonzalo Pieres 4, Matias Gonzales 1
Guillermo Caset
Game 11 April 3, 2019 4:00pm Field: IPC 4
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
Postage Stamp Farm
3
3
2
2
1
2
13
Stable Door
2
1
0
3
0
2
8
Leon Schwenke replaced Annabelle Gundlach
Goals Postage Stamp : V. Zubiaurre 7, M. Aguerre 4, J. Panelo , L. Schwenke 1Goals Stable Door : Santiago Toccalino 4, Victor Ruiz Jorba 3
Santino Magrini
Game 12 April 4, 2019 10:00am Field: IPC 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
SD Farms
1
2
2
0
2
1
8
Cessna
1
1
2
1
3
1
9
Goals SD Farms : J. Escapite 3, Juan R. Guinazu 2, Timmy Dutta 2, C. Polledo 1Goals Cessna : F. Marquez 4, F. Viana 3, Ezequiel Ferrario 1, Chip Campbell 1
Felipe Marquez
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