The 2015 Oklahoma City Energy FC season was the club's second season in existence, and their second season playing in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid.

OKC Energy FC
2015 season
ChairmanBob Funk, Jr.
ManagerJimmy Nielsen
StadiumTaft Stadium
USL PlayoffsConference Finals vs LA Galaxy II
U.S. Open CupFourth Round vs FC Dallas
Top goalscorerLeague: Danni König (19)
All: Danni König (20)
Highest home attendance6,797
Seattle 2 (April 18)
Lowest home attendance3,133
Portland 2 (June 5)
Average home league attendance4,465
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Background edit

This is the first season where Oklahoma City Energy FC plays its full season at Taft Stadium.

Review edit

Roster edit

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Evan Newton   United States
2 DF Jacob VanCompernolle   United States
3 MF Peabo Doue   United States
4 DF Cyprian Hedrick   Cameroon
5 DF Gareth Evans   Wales
6 MF Dan Delgado   United States
7 MF Sebastian Dalgaard   Denmark
8 MF Michael Thomas   United States
9 FW Danni König   Denmark
10 MF Chuy Sanchez   Mexico
11 FW Casey Townsend   United States
12 MF Daniel Gonzalez   United States
14 MF Mikey Lopez (on loan from Sporting Kansas City)   United States
15 MF Reed McKenna   United States
16 GK Bryan Byars   United States
17 MF Peter Toth   Hungary
19 DF Michael Harris   United States
20 MF Christian Duke   United States
21 DF Kalen Ryden   United States
22 FW Kyle Greig   United States
24 GK Ray Clark   United States
25 MF Michael Byskov   Denmark
26 DF Coady Andrews   United States

Competitions edit

IMG Suncoast Pro Classic edit

February 18, 2015 1 Toronto FC 0–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Bradenton, Florida
6:30 PM CST Morgan   67' Report Greig   52'
Evans   52'
Stadium: IMG Academy

Preseason edit

USL edit

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 12 7 5 39 28  +11 43 10 2 1 23 8  +15 2 5 4 16 20  −4

Source: Match reports

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ResultDWWLDLDWWWWWLLLDDDDWWWWWLLDW
Updated to match(es) played on February 2, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
March 28, 2015 1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Galbraith-Knapp   56'
Ballew   71'
Bardsley   90'
Report König   41'
Thomas   45+'
Hedrick   85'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 8,335
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 4, 2015 2 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–2 Oklahoma City Energy FC Colorado Springs, Colorado
2:00 PM CDT Harada   23'
Burt   48'   57'
Badr   58'
Seth   68'
Report Lopez   12'
König   35,90+'
Evans   58'
Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Attendance: 2,990
Referee: Adam Finney
April 18, 2015 3 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Sanchez   38'
König   86'
Report Jones   33'
Sanyang   45+'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6,797
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
April 25, 2015 4 Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–2 St. Louis FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Sanchez   13'
Hedrick   81'
Report Hardware   32'
Ambersley   42'
Bushue   60'
Lynch   81'
Ranken   90'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,383
Referee: William Tomlinson
May 1, 2015 5 Austin Aztex 1–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Austin, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Yates   20,25'
Roushandel   65'
Report König   16'
Dalgaard   81'
Greig   87'
Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2,696
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
May 15, 2015 6 Seattle Sounders FC 2 3–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Tukwila, Washington
9:30 PM CDT Lim   5'
Mansaray   36'
Craven   56,80'
Anderson   79'
Report Townsend   35'
Dalgaard   49'
König   83'
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
May 17, 2015 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2–2 Oklahoma City Energy FC Vancouver, British Columbia
4:00 PM CDT Andrews   13' (o.g.)
Piraux   18'
Serban   60'
Report Greig   9'
Byskov   25'
Thomas   87'
McKenna   90+'
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,217
Referee: Michelle Pye
May 23, 2015 8 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–1 Sacramento Republic FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Dalgaard   20'
König   35'
Doue   66'   80'
Dalgaard   60'
Report López   9'
Iwasa   44'
Foran   45'
Vuković   45'
Gabeljic   62'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,717
Referee: Nima Saghafi
May 31, 2015 9 Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–0 Austin Aztex Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Greig   72' Report Rozeboom   22'
Golden   65'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,291
Referee: Mike Arrington
June 5, 2015 10 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–0 Portland Timbers 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Gonzalez   38'
Greig   42'
Greig   56,78'
Report Rose   28'
Thoma   73'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: Rasende Mendoza
June 9, 2015 11 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Sanchez   55'
König   64' (pen.), 68'
Lopez   70'
Evans   88'
Report Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,330
Referee: David Mon
June 13, 2015 12 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–0 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT König   27'
Evans   49'
Report Galbraith-Knapp   31'
Ochoa   41'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,777
Referee: Greg Dopka
June 20, 2015 13 Sacramento Republic FC 2–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Sacramento, California
10:00 PM CDT Andrews   39' (o.g.)
Mirkovic   45+'
Vukovic   73'
Gissie   80'
Report König   19'
Greig   22'
Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 11,442
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
June 27, 2015 14 Louisville City FC 6–2 Oklahoma City Energy FC Louisville, Kentucky
6:30 PM CDT Rasmussen   26,60' (pen.)
Fondy   39,57,87'
Quinn   50'
Fondy   52'
Dacres   67'
Report Dalgaard   17'
König   51' (pen.)
VanCompernolle   62'
König   62'
Dalgaard   82'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,646
Referee: Tony Crush
July 1, 2015 15 Orange County Blues FC 1–0 Oklahoma City Energy FC Irvine, California
9:30 PM CDT Ramírez   33'
Payeras   67'
Turner   79'
Report Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 684
Referee: Michael Zapata
July 5, 2015 16 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Carson, California
7:00 PM CDT Auras   12'
Villarreal   90'
Bailey   90+'
Report König   7' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 507
Referee: Michael Radchuk
July 11, 2015 17 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2−2 Orange County Blues FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT König   38,62' Report Santana   20'
Slager   52'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,835
Referee: Trent Payne
July 18, 2015 18 Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Byskov   24'
König   60' (pen.)
Thomas   69'
Duke   90+'
Report Bond   13'
Price   46'
Ballew   50'
Ochoa   66'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,541
Referee: Jeremy Kieso
July 25, 2015 19 St. Louis FC 0–0 Oklahoma City Energy FC Fenton, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT Bushue   50'
Renken   77'
Ambersley   83'
Report Evans   41' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,304
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 31, 2015 20 Oklahoma City Energy FC 3–0 Arizona United SC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Evans   45+'
König   55' (pen.), 80'
Gonzalez   90+'
Evans   90+'
Report Tan   35'
Okafor   43'
Johnson   82'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
August 4, 2015 21 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–0 LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Toth   19'
Dalgaard   35'
Townsend   59'
Report McBean   48'
Lassiter   72'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,337
Referee: Jon Freemon
August 8, 2015 22 Portland Timbers 2 3–4 Oklahoma City Energy FC Portland, Oregon
9:00 PM CDT Fochive   45+,46'
Fochive   75'
Seaton   79'
Jeanderson   81'
Report König   19,31,34'
Greig   29'
Dalgaard   57'
Evans   83'
Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
August 15, 2015 23 Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–0 Real Monarchs Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Greig   74' Report McGovern   58'
Arnone   68'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,872
Referee: Estaban Rosano
August 29, 2015 24 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–0 Austin Aztex Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Dalgaard   39'
Evans   57'
König   73'
König   88'
Report Timbo   73' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6,089
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

USL Playoffs edit

Conference semifinal edit

Sunday October 10, 2015 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 pm CDT Sanchez   45+'
Thomas   90'
Doue   98'   99'
Report
Report
Vercollone   6'
Burt   14'
Argueta   39'
Armstrong   90+'
King   105'
Gonzalez   105+'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6,370
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Penalties
König  
Evans  
Thomas  
Ryden  
  Vercollone
  Maybin
  Robinson
  Hoffman
  Gonzalez

Conference Finals edit

October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–2 LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 pm CDT Evans   31'
Andrews   66'
Report Lassiter   7'
Auras   23'
Maganto   89'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 7,654
Referee: Jaime Herrera

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orange County Blues 28 14 5 9 38 34 +4 47 Conference semi-finals
2 Oklahoma City Energy 28 13 8 7 44 36 +8 47
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 28 14 4 10 53 35 +18 46 First round
4 Sacramento Republic 28 13 7 8 43 31 +12 46
5 LA Galaxy II 28 14 3 11 39 31 +8 45
6 Seattle Sounders 2 28 13 3 12 45 42 +3 42
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 28 11 6 11 49 46 +3 39
8 Portland Timbers 2 28 11 2 15 38 45 −7 35
9 Austin Aztex 28 10 3 15 32 41 −9 33
10 Arizona United 28 10 2 16 31 55 −24 32
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 28 8 6 14 39 53 −14 30
12 Real Monarchs 28 7 8 13 32 42 −10 29
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

U.S. Open Cup edit

Oklahoma City Energy FC entered the U.S. Open Cup in the second round.

June 16, 2015 Fourth Round FC Dallas 4–1 Oklahoma City Energy FC Ft Worth, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Texeira   21,51'
Lyod   31'
Barrios   34,36'
Report König   82' Stadium: Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

Transfers In edit

Loans in edit

Start date End date Position No. Player From club
24 March 2014 MF 14   Mikey Lopez   Sporting Kansas City[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Sporting KC loans Lopez to OKC Energy FC". Oklahoma City Energy FC (Press release). March 24, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.