2021 Austin Bold FC season

The 2021 Austin Bold FC season was the club's third season of existence and their third in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer.

Austin Bold FC
2021 season
Head coachMarcelo Serrano
StadiumBold Stadium
Austin, Texas
USL ChampionshipConference: TBD
Highest home attendance1,577
(7/31 v. SA)
Lowest home attendance531
(8/17 v. RGV)
Average home league attendance940
Biggest winATX 2–0 SLC (5/26)
Biggest defeatATX 0–3 SA (7/31)
ELP 3–0 ATX (8/7)
COL 4–1 ATX (8/28)
ELP 3–0 ATX (10/20)
← 2020
2022 →

Roster edit

As of May 15, 2021[1]
No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Elliot Panicco (on loan from Nashville SC)   United States
3 MF Collin Fernandez   Peru
4 DF Jermaine Taylor   Jamaica
5 FW Nathaniel Adamolekun   Jamaica
6 MF Omar Ciss   Senegal
7 FW Ates Diouf   Senegal
8 MF Xavier Báez   Mexico
9 FW Sean Okoli   United States
10 MF Emilio Ycaza   United States
11 FW Aldo Quintanilla   Mexico
12 MF Gilbert Fuentes (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)   United States
13 FW Roberto Avila   United States
14 FW Jason Johnson   Jamaica
15 MF Amobi Okugo   United States
18 DF Fabien Garcia   France
19 GK Arshia Babazadeh   Iran
20 DF Josué Soto   United States
22 DF Jorge Troncoso   Chile
23 GK Hugo Fauroux   France
24 DF Casey Walls (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)   United States
27 MF Juan Pablo Torres (on loan from New York City)   United States
29 FW Stefano Pinho   Brazil
31 DF Nick Hinds (on loan from Nashville SC)   United States
34 DF Gustavo Rissi (on loan from Cruzeiro)   Brazil
88 DF Kofi Sarkodie   United States
91 FW Omar Gordon   Jamaica
  1. ^
    Austin Bold Academy Contract

Competitions edit

Exhibitions edit

March 20 Preseason 1 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin Bold Houston, TX
12:00 PM CDT Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
March 24 Preseason 2 FC Dallas 3–0 Austin Bold Frisco, TX
1:00 PM CDT Unknown   (o.g.)
Jara   75'
Vargas   81'
Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
March 27 Preseason 3 Round Rock SC 1–6 Austin Bold
March 31 Preseason 4 Houston Dynamo Cancelled Austin Bold Houston, TX
Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Note: Match was cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests in the Austin Bold camp.[2]
April 9 Preseason 5 Austin Bold 1–1 RGV Toros Austin, TX
3:00 PM CDT Report Stadium: Bold Stadium
April 14 Preseason 6 OKC Energy 0–1 Austin Bold Oklahoma City, OK
11:00 AM CDT Report Stadium: Taft Stadium
April 17 Preseason 7 FC Tulsa 1–1 Austin Bold Tulsa, OK
2:00 PM CDT Garcia   68' Report Báez   37' Stadium: Oneok Field
April 23 Preseason 8 Austin Bold 3–0 Houston FC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium
April 30 Preseason 9 Austin Bold v Houston FC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium
April 30 Preseason 10 Austin Bold v Round Rock SC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium
May 8 Preseason 11 Austin Bold v Lonestar SC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium

USL Championship edit

Standings — Central Division edit

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 32 13 8 11 61 48 +13 50 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
4 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 32 13 11 8 49 42 +7 47
5 New Mexico United 32 12 10 10 44 40 +4 46
6 Austin Bold FC 32 10 10 12 32 42 −10 42
7 Real Monarchs 32 5 20 7 28 56 −28 22
Source: USL

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
32 10 12 10 32 42  −10 42 6 7 3 18 16  +2 4 5 7 14 26  −12

Source: USLC Standings

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
StadiumAAHHHAAAAHAAHHAHHAHHHAHHAHAHAAAH
ResultLDWWLWDWLLDWDWDLWLDDDLWWWDLDLLDD
Source: Schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results edit

The team's schedule was announced on March 30 featuring 32 matches, 16 at home and 16 away.[3]

May 15 1 New Mexico United 3–1 Austin Bold Albuquerque, NM
8:30 PM CDT Rivas   18'
Yearwood   56'
Brown   61'
Moreno   66'   84'
Azira   90'
Bruce   90+2'
Report Fauroux   28'
Hinds   46'
Rissi   73'
Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 8,647
Referee: Michael Radchuk
May 21 2 Real Monarchs 1–1 Austin Bold Herriman, UT
8:00 PM CDT Bancé   23'
Ramírez   41'
Flores   53'
Report MacMath   60' (o.g.)
Diouf   78'
Okoli   84'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
May 26 3 Austin Bold 2–0 Real Monarchs Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Okoli   40' (pen.)   46'
Ciss   87'
Troncoso   90+4'
Report Adams   39'
Orozco   45+3'
Martinez   89'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Melvin Rivas
May 30 4 Austin Bold P–P Tacoma Defiance Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Stadium: Bold Stadium
Referee: Luis Guardia
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather.[4]
June 3 5 Austin Bold 0–1 El Paso Locomotive Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Ycaza   9'
Garcia   29'
Hinds   57'
Báez   71'
Okoli   87'
Report Yuma   39'
Rebellón   51'
Luna   56'
Zendejas   81'
Solignac   90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 791
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 6 6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–1 Austin Bold Pittsburgh, PA
5:00 PM CDT Wiedt   48' Report Fernandez   1'
Okugo   75'
Johnson   87'
Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Elton Garcia
June 12 7 New Mexico United 0–0 Austin Bold Albuquerque, NM
8:30 PM CDT Report Gordon   17'
Diouf   52'
Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 9,288
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
June 16 8 RGV Toros 1–2 Austin Bold Edinburg, TX
7:00 PM CDT Diz   13'
Cerritos   21'
Kuzain   58'
Cabezas   75'
Pimentel   82'
Report Okoli   55'   90'
Garcia   90+6'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 19 9 Birmingham Legion P–P Austin Bold Birmingham, AL
6:30 PM CDT Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather.[5]
June 22 10 Austin Bold 2–3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Garcia   3'
Okoli   30' (pen.)
Soto   80'
Report Barry   16' (pen.)   56'
Batista   27'
Mayaka   38'
Ngalina   64'
Toure   90'   90+3'
Hodge   90+6'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
June 26 11 Oakland Roots SC 0–0 Austin Bold FC Livermore, CA
7:30 PM CDT Klimenta   25'
Ward   29'
Mbumba   41'
Enríquez   63'
Report Ycaza   8'
Okoli   64'
Stadium: Las Positas College Turf Field
Referee: Joseph Salinas
July 3 12 San Antonio FC 0–1 Austin Bold FC San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT Doyle   15'
Lindley   41'
Patiño   71'
Deplagne   79'
Report Diouf   2',   33'
Gordon   45'
Báez   52'
Okoli   60'
Panicco   77'
Soto   83'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,243
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 7 13 Austin Bold 1–1 RGV Toros Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Hinds   16'
Sarkodie   45+1',   48'
Adamolekun   88'
Report Kuzain   45+2'
Cabezas   45+3'
Pimentel   52'
Azócar   62'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 686
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
July 18 14 Austin Bold 1–0 Real Monarchs Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Torres   12',   62'
Ciss   90+3'
Report Moberg   53'
Iloski   57'
Briggs   90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 954
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 24 15 RGV Toros 1–1 Austin Bold Edinburg, TX
8:00 PM CDT Cabezas   8',   56'
López   67'
Deric   85'
Report Torres   35'   50'
Báez   79',   85'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Brad Jensen
July 31 16 Austin Bold 0–3 San Antonio FC Austin, TX
8:00 p.m. CDT Gordon   12'
Ycaza   20'
Okoli   23'
Garcia   29'
Taylor   37'
Hinds   40'
Panicco   67'
Report Cuello   30' (pen.)
Gallegos   34',   74'
Abu   45+4'
Deplagne   59'
Fogaça   69' (pen.)
Maloney   90+5'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 4 17 Austin Bold 2–1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Torres   12'
Fernandez   81'
Diouf   86'
Report Yapi   31'
Torres   48'
Barry   74'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 547
Referee: Gerald Flores
August 7 18 El Paso Locomotive 3–0 Austin Bold El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Fox   59'
Mares   72'
Carrijó   90+3'
Report Garcia   86' Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Michael Radchuk
August 14 19 Austin Bold FC 0–0 Miami FC Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Fernandez   32'
Troncoso   45+2'
Walls   90+1'
Report Sparrow   69'
Akinyode   74'
Chapman-Page   84'
Sylvestre   89'
François   90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
August 17 20 Austin Bold 1–1 RGV Toros Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Báez   26' (pen.)
Diouf   40'
Avila   44'
Report Diz   8'
Manley   24'
Amoh   38'
Riley   55'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 531
Referee: Tori Penso
August 23 21 Austin Bold 1–1 New Mexico United Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Avila   55' Report Tinari   17'
Wehan   37'
Schmidt   90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 608
Referee: Brandon Stevis
August 28 22 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 4–1 Austin Bold Colorado Springs, CO
8:00 PM CDT Barry   22' (pen.)
Hodge   38'
Amang   40'
Zandi   45+2'
Ngalina   90+1'
Torres   90+3'
Report Báez   15'
Soto   22'
Sarkodie   62'
Okugo   82'
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 8,023
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 7 23 Austin Bold 2–1 San Antonio FC Del Valle, TX
8:00 PM CDT Garcia   36',   45'
Fernandez   40'
Báez   72'
Avila   83'
Soto   88'
Report Sjöberg   32'
Dhillon   42'
PC   56'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 10 24 Austin Bold 1–0 New Mexico United Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Gordon   26'
Garcia   54'
Avila   58'
Ciss   71'
Báez   78' (pen.)
Sarkodie   90+3'
Report Guzmán   71'
Azira   77'
Yearwood   90+1'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 926
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 18 25 FC Tulsa 0–1 Austin Bold Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT Report Garcia   11'
Rissi   14'
Diouf   78'
Ciss   90+3'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,588
Referee: Gerald Flores
September 22 26 Austin Bold 2–2 El Paso Locomotive Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Stéfano   31'
Taylor   34'
Okugo   56'
Ciss   90+1'
Guadarrama   90+4'
Report Ryan   57'
King   66'
Luna   70'
Gómez   83'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Natalie Simon
September 25 27 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 3–1 Austin Bold Colorado Springs, CO
8:00 PM CDT Beckford   8'
Mayaka   19'
Barry   41'
Lewis   83'
Zandi   90+3'
Hodge   90+4'
Report Báez   17'
Soto   21'
Okugo   26'
Ciss   29'
Guadarrama   90+2'
Diouf   90+4'
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 6,355
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
October 6 4 Austin Bold 1–0 Tacoma Defiance Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Gordon   62'
Okugo   78'
Report Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,144
Referee: Luis Guardia
October 10 28 Austin Bold 1–1 OKC Energy FC 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 13 9 Birmingham Legion 3–1 Austin Bold Birmingham, AL
7:00 PM CDT Taylor   15' (o.g.)
Brett   75'
Lapa   82'
Kavita   90+3'
Report Adaptation   23',   61'
Báez   26'
Rissi   88'
Guadarrama   90+3'
Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: John Griggs
Note: Re-schedule of postponed June 19th match.
October 16 29 Real Monarchs 4–3 Austin Bold Herriman, UT
2:00 PM CDT Torres   27',   35'
Davis   51',   82'   84'
Delgado   86'
Iloski   89'
Report Sarkodie   13'
Walls   27'
Fuentes   53'
Fernandez   68',   74'
Okugo   71',   85'
Troncoso   88'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 968
Referee: William Hoffman
October 20 30 El Paso Locomotive 3–0 Austin Bold El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Gómez   23',   34'
Solignac   48'
Luna   90'
Report Rissi   36'
Diouf   77'
Soto   90+2'
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,007
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 23 31 San Antonio FC 0–0 Austin Bold FC San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT Ford   30'
Maloney   65'
Khmiri   86'
Report Guadarrama   30'
Panicco   89'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,516
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
October 30 32 Austin Bold 1–1 Charlotte Independence Austin, TX
7:00 PM CDT Avila   63' Report Roberts   23'
Parra   77'
Obertan   79'
Areman   90+5'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 751
Referee: Brandon Stevis

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos. Name USL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Elliot Panicco 18 0 18 0
3 MF   Collin Fernandez 19 2 19 2
4 DF   Jermaine Taylor 7 0 7 0
5 FW   Nathaniel Adamolekun 2 0 2 0
6 MF   Omar Ciss 13 0 13 0
7 MF   Ates Diouf 18 1 18 1
8 MF   Xavier Báez 19 3 19 3
9 FW   Sean Okoli 13 3 13 3
10 MF   Emilio Ycaza 17 0 17 0
11 FW   Aldo Quintanilla 3 0 3 0
12 MF   Gilbert Fuentes 1 0 1 0
13 FW   Roberto Avila 5 1 5 1
14 FW   Jason Johnson 8 0 8 0
15 MF   Amobi Okugo 14 0 14 0
18 DF   Fabien Garcia 19 2 19 2
20 DF   Josué Soto 7 0 7 0
22 DF   Jorge Troncoso 14 1 14 1
23 GK   Hugo Fauroux 2 0 2 0
24 DF   Casey Walls 8 0 8 0
27 MF   Juan Pablo Torres 17 2 17 2
29 FW   Stefano Pinho 19 0 19 0
31 DF   Nick Hinds 19 1 19 1
34 DF   Gustavo Rissi 15 0 15 0
88 DF   Kofi Sarkodie 13 1 13 1
91 FW   Omar Gordon 18 0 18 0

Source: Stats

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Name USL Total
       
6 MF   Omar Ciss 1 0 1 0
7 MF   Ates Diouf 2 0 2 0
8 MF   Xavier Báez 1 0 1 0
9 FW   Sean Okoli 4 0 4 0
10 MF   Emilio Ycaza 1 0 1 0
14 FW   Jason Johnson 1 0 1 0
15 MF   Amobi Okugo 1 0 1 0
18 DF   Fabien Garcia 1 0 1 0
23 GK   Hugo Fauroux 1 0 1 0
31 DF   Nick Hinds 1 0 1 0
34 DF   Gustavo Rissi 1 0 1 0
91 FW   Omar Gordon 1 0 1 0

Source: Stats

Clean sheets edit

No. Name USL Total Games Played
1   Elliot Panicco 3 3 6
23   Hugo Fauroux 0 0 1

Source: Stats

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Austin Bold FC Roster". Austin Bold FC. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Austin Bold FC and Houston Dynamo FC Preseason Match Canceled". Austin Bold FC. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Austin Bold FC Reveals Full 2021 USL Championship Season". austinboldfc.com. March 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Austin vs. Tacoma Contest Postponed Due to Inclement Weather". uslchampionship.com. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Legion FC Match vs. Austin Bold Abandoned". uslchampionship.com. June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021.