2021 OKC Energy FC season

The 2021 OKC Energy FC season was the club's eighth and final season of existence, and their eight consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. The season covers the period from October 3, 2020, to the beginning of the 2022 USLC season. The 2021 season was the second for OKC coach John Pascarella. On June 4, 2021, following a winless start to the 2021 USL Championship season, Pascarella and the OKC Energy mutually agreed to part ways.[1]

OKC Energy
2021 season
OwnerProdigal LLC
Head CoachLeigh Veidman (Interim)
United Soccer LeagueEastern Conference: (current)
U.S. Open CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague: Villyan Bijev (12)
All: Villyan Bijev (12)
Highest home attendance3,677
(Sept. 29 vs. Indy Eleven)
Lowest home attendance1,579
(Sept. 12 vs. Louisville)
Average home league attendance2,265
Biggest winOKC 4–1 MEM (8/7)
Biggest defeatELP 4–0 OKC (10/24)
← 2020
2026 →

Roster

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As of match played July 2, 2021[2]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 C.J. Cochran   GK (1991-09-27) September 27, 1991 (age 33) 2020   Fresno FC 58 0
35 Kyle Ihn   GK (1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 29) 2020   Lansing Ignite 1 0
23 Sam Howard   GK (1992-12-23) December 23, 1992 (age 31) 2021   Union Omaha 0 0
Defenders
3 Rob Coronado   DF (1996-08-03) August 3, 1996 (age 28) 2021   Rio Grande Valley FC 12 0
4 Mitch Osmond   DF (1994-03-11) March 11, 1994 (age 30) 2021   Indy Eleven 32 1
15 Lamar Batista   DF (1998-03-07) March 7, 1998 (age 26) 2021   Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (loan) 15 1
19 Mueng Sunday   DF (1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 (age 30) 2021   Des Moines Menace 9 0
20 Conor Donovan   DF (1996-01-08) January 8, 1996 (age 28) 2021   North Carolina FC 32 2
22 Zachary Ellis-Hayden   DF (1992-03-01) March 1, 1992 (age 32) 2020   Fresno FC 37 1
28 Deklan Wynne   DF (1995-03-20) March 20, 1995 (age 29) 2021   Phoenix Rising FC (loan) 14 4
Midfielders
6 Brad Dunwell   MF (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996 (age 27) 2020   Rio Grande Valley FC 35 0
7 Seyi Adekoya   FW (1995-12-05) December 5, 1995 (age 28) 2021   Phoenix Rising FC (loan) 12 1
8 Hiroki Kurimoto   MF (1990-06-16) June 16, 1990 (age 34) 2021   Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 32 1
9 Jaime Chavez   FW (1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 37) 2020   Fresno FC 42 5
10 Arun Basuljevic   MF (1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 28) 2020   Fresno FC 41 1
11 Frank López   FW (1995-02-25) February 25, 1995 (age 29) 2020   San Antonio FC 20 3
12 Irakoze Donasiyano   MF (1998-02-03) February 3, 1998 (age 26) 2021   Nashville SC (loan) 14 0
13 Aidan Daniels   FW (1998-09-06) September 6, 1998 (age 26) 2021   Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 30 3
14 Charlie Ward   MF (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29) 2020   Ottawa Fury 33 0
17 Jonathan Brown   FW (1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34) 2019   Abahani Limited Dhaka 89 4
18 Tucker Stephenson   FW (1996-10-23) October 23, 1996 (age 28) 2020   Swope Park Rangers 42 3
21 Villyan Bijev   FW (1993-01-03) January 3, 1993 (age 31) 2021   Sacramento Republic FC 31 12
24 Kodai Iida   FW (1994-12-06) December 6, 1994 (age 29) 2020   HFX Wanderers FC 23 0

Non-competitive

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Preseason

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March 19, 2021 Friendly Austin FC 5–1 OKC Energy Austin, Texas
11AM CST Argudo   43'
Manneh   54'
Redes  
Hoesen  
  (o.g.)
Report López   20' Stadium: Lewis–Chen Family Field
Attendance: 0
March 20, 2021 Friendly FC Dallas 4–0 OKC Energy FC Frisco, Texas
2:00PM CDT (UTC-05) Vargas   9' (Acosta)
ElMedkhar   67' (Martinez)
Pepi   74', 84' (Roberts)
Report Stadium: Camry Field at Toyota Stadium
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods
April 10, 2021 Friendly OKC Energy FC 3–1 North Texas SC Oklahoma City, OK
2:00 PM CDT Frank Lopez   20'
Villyan Bijev   55'
Mitch Osmond   75'
Report Stadium: Taft Stadium
April 14, 2021 Friendly OKC Energy FC 0–1 Austin Bold FC Oklahoma City, OK
11:00 AM CDT Report Stadium: Taft Stadium
April 14, 2021 Friendly OKC Energy FC 3–1 USAO Oklahoma City, OK
11:00 AM CDT Tucker Stephenson  
Daniels  
Villyan Bijev  
Report Stadium: Taft Stadium

Competitions

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Louisville City FC 32 18 7 7 61 37 +24 61 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Birmingham Legion FC 32 18 8 6 51 31 +20 60
3 Memphis 901 FC 32 14 10 8 47 42 +5 50
4 FC Tulsa 32 14 13 5 49 48 +1 47
5 OKC Energy FC 32 8 11 13 30 38 −8 37
6 Indy Eleven 32 9 15 8 32 47 −15 35
7 Atlanta United 2 32 8 14 10 47 56 −9 34[a]
8 Sporting Kansas City II 32 4 20 8 33 64 −31 20[a]
Source: USL
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.[3]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 8 13 11 30 38  −8 37 4 8 4 15 13  +2 4 5 7 15 25  −10

Source: USLC standings

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
StadiumHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHHHAHAA
ResultLLDDLDDLWWWDLWDLWDLDWWLDDWDLDDLL
Source: Energy FC schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

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April 24 1 OKC Energy 1–3 FC Tulsa Oklahoma City,OK
7:30 PM CDT Conor Donovan   76' Report Joaquin Rivas   29',  36'
Jorge Corrales   42'
Bradley Bourgeois   57'
Raphael Ayagwa   64'
Matt Sheldon   75'
Darío Suárez   87'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
May 1 2 OKC Energy 0–1 Atlanta United 2 Oklahoma City,OK
7:30 PM CDT Report Phillip Goodrum   62'
Brendan Lambe   90'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Brandon Stevis
May 7 3 Sporting Kansas City II 1–1 OKC Energy Kansas City, KS
7:00 PM CDT Duke   41'
Rad   55'
Freeman   84'
Cisneros   90+1'
Report Sunday   14'
Basuljevic   58'
Lopez   70',   90+4'
Iida   79'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Jon Freemon
May 16 4 OKC Energy 2–2 Atlanta United 2 Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Bijev   36'
Osmond   65'
Daniels   86'
Donovan   90+1'
Ward   90+2'
Report Benítez   56'
McFadden   78'
Wolff   89'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,732
Referee: John Griggs
May 26 5 Birmingham Legion 1–0 OKC Energy Birmingham, Al
7:00 PM CDT Lapa   49'
Kleemann   51'
Report Brown   16' Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Matthew Thompson
May 29 6 OKC Energy 0–0 Memphis 901 Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Dunwell   76'
Brown   86'
Report Paul   8'
Dacres   72'   89'
Salazar   90+1'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,102
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
June 2 7 Indy Eleven 1–1 OKC Energy Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT Moon   42' Report Daniels   65'
López   69'
Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 3,999
Referee: Calin Radosav
June 12 8 OKC Energy 1–2 Birmingham Legion Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Bijev   50',   73' (pen.) Report Brett   3'
Asiedu   37'
James   66'
Oekel   73'
Williams   83'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,049
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 19 9 Memphis 901 0–1 OKC Energy Memphis,TN
7:30 PM CDT Oduro   8'
Fortune   60'
Report Bijev   18'
Ellis-Hayden   30'
Coronado   49'   90'
Basuljevic   64'
Ward   77'
Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 5,265
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
June 23 10 OKC Energy 1–0 Sporting Kansas City II Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Bijev   45+1,   45+1'
Ellis-Hayden   90+4'
Report Barbir   90' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,721
Referee: Greg Dopka
June 27 11 Atlanta United 2 1–2 OKC Energy Atlanta, GA
6:30 PM CDT Benítez   49'
Reilly   65'
Mertz   84'
Report Ellis-Hayden   40'
Stephenson   71'
Donovan   78'
Cochran   90+5'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 755
Referee: Jervis Atagana
July 2 12 OKC Energy 0–0 FC Tulsa Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Stephenson   90+2' Report Ayagwa   42'
Winters   74'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Matthew Thompson
July 14 13 Louisville City FC 3–1 OKC Energy Louisville, KY
6:30 PM CDT Charpie   14'
McMahon   19'
Lancaster   41'
Gomez   46'
Bone   55'
Charpie   62'
DelPiccolo   78'
Report Donovan   14'
Ward   57'
Bijev   61'
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 10,032
Referee: Thomas Snyder
July 17 14 FC Tulsa 1–2 OKC Energy Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT Corrales   14'
Suárez   25'
da Costa   63',   90+1'
Report Ward   39'
López   65'
Osmond   89'
Kurimoto   90+6'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 5,009
Referee: Brad Jensen
July 24 15 OKC Energy 0–0 Sporting Kansas City II Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Rogers   30' Report Duke   27' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,171
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 31 16 Louisville City FC 2–1 OKC Energy Louisville, KY
6:30 PM CDT Donovan   37' (o.g.)
Wynder   45'
Lancaster   76' (pen.)
Gómez   90+2'
Report Bijev   87' (pen.) Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 10,602
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 7 17 OKC Energy 4–1 Memphis 901 FC Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Daniels   40',   45'
Brown   54'
Osmond   69'
Bijev   73'
Dunwell   90+2'
Stephenson   90+4'
Report Logue   13'
Kissiedou   24'
Murphy   49'
Paul   61'
Morton   85'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 2,183
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 11 18 Atlanta United 2 2–2 OKC Energy Atlanta, GA
6:30 PM CDT Bauer   38'
Wiley   56'
Campbell   64'
Mertz   67'
Mejia   90+3'
Report Bijev   39' (pen.),   76'
Wynne   60'
Chávez   90+5'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Kyle Johnston
August 14 19 Indy Eleven 2–1 OKC Energy Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT Sissoko   10'
Law   26'
Artega   53',   90+3'
Wild   90+4'
Report Batista   36'
Adekoya   45'
Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 5,999
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
August 22 20 OKC Energy 0–0 Louisville City FC Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Ellis-Hayden   45+3' Report J. Wynder   53' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,993
Referee: Calin Radosav
August 29 21 OKC Energy 2–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Chavez   26'
Osmond   35'
Basuljevic   78'
Donovan   84'
Report Amoh   31' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,645
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
September 1 22 Memphis 901 FC 0–1 OKC Energy Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT Fortune   8'
Logue   70'
Report Batista   19'
Ellis-Hayden   24'
Bijev   47'
Cochran   90+1'
Stadium: AutoZone Park
Attendance: 3,816
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
September 4 23 Sporting Kansas City II 3–0 OKC Energy Kanas City, KS
4:00 PM CDT Cisneros   20',   58'
R. Smith   72'
Mushagalusa   79'
Davis   87'
Report Batista   56' Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Malik Badawi
September 12 24 OKC Energy 1–1 Louisville City FC Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Ellis-Hayden   25'
Batista   65'
Report DelPiccolo   45+5',   62'
Davis IV   63'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,579
Referee: Matthew Thompson
September 18 25 Birmingham Legion FC 1–1 OKC Energy Birmingham, AL
6:30 PM CDT Flemmings   47'
Lopez   55'
Report Kurimoto   35'
Bijev   39'
Batista   65'
Ellis-Hayden   81'
Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Matthew Franz
September 26 26 OKC Energy 2–0 Indy Eleven Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Chavez   30'
Daniels   74'
Kurimoto   90+2'
Report Seagrist   23'
Gutjahr   45+2'
Koffie   70'
Sissoko   90+4'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,960
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 29 27 OKC Energy 1–1 Indy Eleven Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Chavez   28'
Batista   64'
Cochran   82'
Adekoya   87'
Bijev   90+3'
Report Arteaga   12',   66',   82'
Edwards   90+3'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,677
Referee: John Matto
October 3 28 OKC Energy 0–1 San Antonio FC Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Kurimoto   31'
Batista   54'
Bijev   86'
Report Taintor   34'
Epps   66'
Gallegos   80'
Hopeau   90+4'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,828
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
October 10 29 Austin Bold FC 1–1 OKC Energy Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Walls   45+1'
Báez   90+2' (pen.)
Report Bijev   83' Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
October 17 30 OKC Energy 0–0 Birmingham Legion FC Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT Osmond   90+3'
Chavez   90+5'
Report A. Crognale   52'
Asiedu   88'
Lopez   90+2'
Kavita   90+4'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
October 24 31 El Paso Locomotive FC 4–0 OKC Energy El Paso, TX
7:00 PM CDT Gómez   40',   44'
King   42',   45+3',   45+4'
Bahner   57'
Report Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 8,011
Referee: Benjamin Meyer
October 30 32 FC Tulsa 2–0 OKC Energy Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT Rivas   11'
Jadama   68'
Marlon   82'
Report Chavez   71' Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Michael Radchuk

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos. Name USL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   C.J. Cochran 31 0 31 0
3 DF   Rob Coronado 12 0 12 0
4 DF   Mitch Osmond 32 32 32 1
6 MF   Brad Dunwell 22 0 22 0
7 FW   Seyi Adekoya 12 1 12 1
8 MF   Hiroki Kurimoto 32 1 32 1
9 FW   Jaime Chavez 26 1 26 1
10 MF   Arun Basuljevic 28 1 28 1
12 MF   Irakoze Donasiyano 14 0 14 0
13 FW   Aidan Daniels 30 3 30 3
14 MF   Charlie Ward 23 1 23 1
15 DF   Lamar Batista 15 1 15 1
17 FW   Jonathan Brown 23 0 23 0
18 FW   Tucker Stephenson 31 2 31 2
19 DF   Mueng Sunday 9 0 9 0
20 DF   Conor Donovan 32 2 32 2
21 FW   Villyan Bijev 31 12 31 12
22 DF   Zachary Ellis-Hayden 22 1 22 1
24 FW   Kodai Iida 16 0 16 0
28 DF   Deklan Wynne 14 0 14 0
35 GK   Kyle Ihn 1 0 1 0
Players who left the club during the season:
5 DF   Sam Rogers 12 0 12 0
7 MF   Groutchov Pierre 1 0 1 0
11 FW   Frank López 14 3 14 3

Source: Energy FC stats

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Name USL Total
       
1 GK   C.J. Cochran 3 0 3 0
3 DF   Rob Coronado 1 1 1 1
4 DF   Mitch Osmond 4 0 4 0
6 MF   Brad Dunwell 2 0 2 0
7 FW   Seyi Adekoya 1 0 1 0
8 MF   Hiroki Kurimoto 3 0 3 0
9 FW   Jaime Chavez 4 0 4 0
10 MF   Arun Basuljevic 2 0 2 0
11 FW   Frank López 0 1 0 1
13 FW   Aidan Daniels 2 0 2 0
14 MF   Charlie Ward 4 0 4 0
15 DF   Lamar Batista 6 0 6 0
17 FW   Jonathan Brown 3 0 3 0
18 FW   Tucker Stephenson 1 0 1 0
19 DF   Mueng Sunday 1 0 1 0
20 DF   Conor Donovan 3 0 3 0
21 FW   Villyan Bijev 3 0 3 0
22 DF   Zachary Ellis-Hayden 5 1 5 1
24 FW   Kodai Iida 1 0 1 0
28 DF   Deklan Wynne 1 0 1 0

Source: Energy FC stats

Clean sheets

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No. Name USL Total Games Played
1   C.J. Cochran 31 9 31
35   Kyle Ihn 1 0 1
23   Sam Howard 0 0 0

Source: Energy FC stats

Transfers

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Loan in

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Pos. Player Parent club Length/Notes Beginning End Source
DF   Deklan Wynne   Phoenix Rising FC On a match-by-match basis. Jul 1, 2021 [4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Energy FC and John Pascarella Part Ways". EnergyFC.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "OKC Energy roster". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Energy FC Signs New Zealand International Delan Wynne to Loan Deal". EnergyFC.com. Retrieved July 1, 2021.