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2021 Tacoma Defiance season

The 2021 Tacoma Defiance season was the seventh season of the Tacoma Defiance, an American soccer team that played in the USL Championship, the second tier of soccer in the country. It was the fourth season since the club was renamed from Seattle Sounders FC 2 and relocated to Tacoma, Washington. Defiance is majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer team, and serves as their reserve and development squad.

Tacoma Defiance
2021 season
Head coachWade Webber
StadiumCheney Stadium
Highest home attendanceLeague: 1,993
(9/22 v. SAC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 811
(10/13 v. LV)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,105
Biggest winOC 0–3 TAC (8/18)
TAC 4–1 OC (10/9)
Biggest defeatPHX 3–0 TAC (6/12)
← 2020
2022 →

Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 11, 2021.[1]

No. Pos. Player Nation


18 GK Spencer Richey ([A])   United States
26 GK Andrew Thomas ([A])   United States
31 GK Christian Herrera   United States
32 FW Alec Díaz   Puerto Rico
34 MF Danny Robles   United States
35 DF Alex Villanueva   United States
36 DF Issa Rayyan   United States
39 MF Marlon Vargas   United States
41 DF Cody Baker ([B])   United States
43 MF Sota Kitahara   United States
45 MF Ethan Dobbelaere ([A])   United States
49 MF Reed Baker-Whiting ([A])   United States
72 DF Eric Kinzner   United States
73 MF Obed Vargas   United States
74 DF Taylor Mueller   United States
75 MF Danny Leyva ([A])   United States
80 MF Ray Serrano   United States
81 DF Randy Mendoza   United States
82 DF Joe Hafferty   United States
87 FW Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez ([A])   United States
88 MF Carlos Anguiano   United States
92 DF Abdoulaye Cissoko ([A])   France
94 DF Jimmy Medranda ([A])   Colombia
97 MF Juan Alvarez   United States
98 FW Samuel Adeniran   United States
99 MF Tom Brewitt   United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with Sounders FC.
  2. ^
    Sounders FC Academy player.

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 28, 2021.

No. Pos. Player Nation
38 MF Azriel Gonzalez (On loan to FC Edmonton)   United States

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

March 25, 2021 Closed-door scrimmage Seattle Sounders FC – Tacoma Defiance Tukwilla, WA
Stadium: Starfire Sports

Friendlies edit

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(PDT)

USL regular season edit

Main article: 2021 USL Championship season

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 9 13 37 41  −4 39 8 4 4 24 16  +8 2 5 9 13 25  −12

Last updated: October 30, 2021.
Source: USL Championship, Soccerway

Results by matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
StadiumAHHAAAAHHAAAHHHHAAAHHAAHHAHHAHHA
ResultDWWLLLLDWLDDWDDWWWLWLLLLLLWLDDWD
Source: USL Championship
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

May 9, 2021 USL 1 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Tacoma Defiance Carson, California
(PDT) Gonzalez   13'
Vazquez   48'
Hernandez   78'
Lambe   80'		 Report Mueller   35'
O. Vargas   37'
Rayyan   63'
Anguiano   77'
Cissoko   90+6' (pen.)		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
May 13, 2021 USL 2 Tacoma Defiance 3–1 San Diego Loyal SC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 PM (PDT) Villanueva   22'
Kinzner   36'
Anguiano   44'
Kitahara   66'
Díaz   73'
Mendoza   75'
Serrano   89'
Robles   90'+3'		 Report Metcalf   51'
Vancaeyezeele   61'
Martin   90+2'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Chris Ruska
May 16, 2021 USL 3 Tacoma Defiance 1–0 Orange County SC Tacoma, Washington
(PDT) Ocampo-Chavez   21',   63'
Mendoza   75'		 Report Kiernan   56'
Kuningas   63'
Wehan   68'
McCabe   83'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 5, 2021 USL 5 Las Vegas Lights FC 2–0 Tacoma Defiance Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 pm (PDT) Jennings   19'
Duke   56',   74'		 Report Kinzner   49' Stadium: Cashman Field
Referee: Joseph Salinas
June 12, 2021 USL 6 Phoenix Rising FC 3–0 Tacoma Defiance Chandler, Arizona
7:30 pm (PDT) Asante   40',   55'
Calistri   48'
Schmitt   80'
Kelly   89'		 Report Stadium: Wild Horse Pass
Attendance: 7,316
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 16, 2021 USL 7 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 4–2 Tacoma Defiance Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:30 pm (PDT) Ngalina   32',   89'
Beckford   36'
Barry   80'
Anderson   82'		 Report M. Vargas   11'
Brewitt   66'
Díaz   85'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 5,164
Referee: John Griggs
June 23, 2021 USL 8 Tacoma Defiance 1–1 Real Monarchs Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Kinzner   45+1'
O. Vargas   49'
Anguiano   64'
Mueller   72'
Mendoza   83'
Adeniran   90+1'		 Report Johnson   8'
Powder   18'
Conteh   34'
Iloski   54'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 857
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
June 27, 2021 USL 9 Tacoma Defiance 2–0 LA Galaxy II Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT) Serrano   52',   60' Report Harvey   41' Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 924
Referee: Luis Guardia
July 3, 2021 USL 10 Las Vegas Lights FC 1–0 Tacoma Defiance Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 pm (PDT) Musovski   5'
Uche   48'
Traore   82'		 Report Rayyan   67'
Anguiano   77'
Mendoza   88'		 Stadium: Cashman Field
Referee: Gerald Flores
July 6, 2021 USL 11 Orange County SC 0–0 Tacoma Defiance Irvine, California
7:00 pm (PDT) Smith   52'
Markkanen   65'
Wehan   87'
Cavillo   90+1'		 Report Anguiano   41'
Díaz   88'
Gonzalez   90+3'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,454
Referee: Chris Ruska
July 11, 2021 USL 12 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Tacoma Defiance Carson, California
17:00 Drack   44'
Mendoza   55' (o.g.)		 Report Ocampo-Chavez   16'
Robles   78'		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Referee: Mark Allatin
July 29, 2021 USL 13 Tacoma Defiance 2–1 San Diego Loyal SC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Brewitt   45'
Gonzalez   50'
Anguiano   65'
Kinzner   88'		 Report Adams   20'
Moshobane   55'
Stoneman   59'
Hackworth   88'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 970
Referee: Elton Garcia
August 1, 2021 USL 14 Tacoma Defiance 0–0 New Mexico United Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT) Mendoza   7' Report Moreno   5'
Yearwood   41'
Beigl   68'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 5, 2021 USL 15 Tacoma Defiance 1–1 Sacramento Republic FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Villanueva   59'
Mendoza   82'
Anguiano   90+2'		 Report Kiesewetter   18'
Alashe   65'
Pennanen   90+1'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
August 8, 2021 USL 16 Tacoma Defiance 3–1 Oakland Roots SC Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT) Adeniran   25',   45+1' (pen.)
Alvarez   45+4'
Mendoza   77'		 Report Hernández   45'
Enríquez   50'
Fall   55'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,007
Referee: Adorae Monroy
August 14, 2021 USL 17 San Diego Loyal SC 1–2 Tacoma Defiance San Diego, California
17:00 Hertzog   21',   31'
Martin   25'		 Report Ragen   27'
Mueller   35'
Brewitt   36'
Herrera   41'
Villanueva   65'
Serrano   67'
Anguiano   71'		 Stadium: Torero Stadium
Attendance: 3,310
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
August 18, 2021 USL 18 Orange County SC 0–3 Tacoma Defiance Irvine, California
7:00 pm (PDT) Powers   43'
Alston   51'
Mines   82'		 Report Herrera   12'
Ragen   17'
Anguiano   24'
Adeniran   44'
M. Vargas   90'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,111
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 28, 2021 USL 19 Oakland Roots SC 3–1 Tacoma Defiance Livermore, California
7:30 PM PDT (UTC-07) Greene   5',   13'
Fall   54'
Mbumba   57'
Bokila   82',   90'		 Report Ragen   18'
Brewitt   45+3'
Mueller   72'
Anguiano   84'		 Stadium: Las Positas College
Attendance: 4,118
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
September 2, 2021 USL 20 Tacoma Defiance 2–1 Las Vegas Lights FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Brewitt   36',   66'
Adeniran   86'
Anguiano   89'		 Report Iloski   62' Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 844
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
September 5, 2021 USL 21 Tacoma Defiance 1–3 Phoenix Rising FC Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT) Adeniran   35',   83'
Atencio   37'   59'
Herrera   89'		 Report Mattocks   4',   32'
King   35'
Musa   42'
Lambert   80'
Schmitt   80'
Moar   90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
September 15, 2021 USL 22 Oakland Roots SC 3–1 Tacoma Defiance Livermore, California
8:00 PM PDT (UTC-07) Mfeka   10',   53'
Fall   40',   51'
Takahashi   77'
Hernández   87'		 Report Serrano   32'
Brewitt   49'
Villanueva   70'		 Stadium: Las Positas College
Referee: Corbyn May
September 19, 2021 USL 23 San Diego Loyal SC 1–0 Tacoma Defiance San Diego, California
17:00 Yaro   31' Report Adeniran   82' Stadium: Torero Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Brandon Stevis
September 22, 2021 USL 24 Tacoma Defiance 0–1 Sacramento Republic FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Serrano   2'
Ragen   37'
M. Vargas   65'
Brewitt   90'		 Report Weah   45'
Fernandes   58'
Casey   69'
Formella   78'
Kibunguchy   90+1'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,993
Referee: Mark Allatin
September 25, 2021 USL 25 Tacoma Defiance 1–2 Phoenix Rising FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Serrano   43'
Adeniran   80'		 Report Bakero   78'
Moar   90',   90+3'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 1,370
Referee: Brad Jensen
October 2, 2021 USL 26 Sacramento Republic FC 3–1 Tacoma Defiance Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT (UTC-07) Iwasa   8'
Formella   43'
Fernandes   59',   77'
Cuello   66'		 Report Robles   30'
Villanueva   72'
Adeniran   79'		 Stadium: Heart Health Park
Attendance: 9,168
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
October 6, 2021 USL 4 Austin Bold FC 1–0 Tacoma Defiance Austin, Texas
6:00 PM (PDT) Gordon   62'
Okugo   78'		 Report Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,144
Referee: Luis Guardia
Note: Rescheduled from May 30, 2021, following an earlier postponement due to inclement weather.[2]
October 9, 2021 USL 27 Tacoma Defiance 4–1 Orange County SC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 PM (PDT) Kinzner   4'
Adeniran   46',   52',   90+3'
Díaz   90'		 Report Calvillo   41'
Mines   60'
Powers   77'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 942
Referee: John Matto
October 13, 2021 USL 28 Tacoma Defiance 0–1 Las Vegas Lights FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT) Report El-mesmari   46'
Molina   81'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 811
Referee: Matthew Thompson
October 17, 2021 USL 29 Sacramento Republic FC 0–0 Tacoma Defiance Sacramento, California
2:00 PM PDT (UTC-07) Foster   15'
Iwasa   72'
Fernandes   89'		 Report Mendoza   42' Stadium: Heart Health Park
Attendance: 9,983
Referee: Brandon Stevis
October 20, 2021 USL 30 Tacoma Defiance 0–0 Oakland Roots SC Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT) Report Amarikwa   41'
Ornstil   90'
Mbumba  90+2'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 833
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 24, 2021 USL 31 Tacoma Defiance 3–2 LA Galaxy II Tacoma, Washington
1:30 PM Serrano   10',   74'
Mueller   45+2'
Adeniran   54',   70'
Brewitt   89'		 Report Hernandez   17'
Judd   63',   73'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,475
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
October 30, 2021 USL 32 Phoenix Rising FC 1–1 Tacoma Defiance Chandler, Arizona
7:30 PM Rodríguez   70'
Schmitt   88'
Lambert   89'		 Report Adeniran   30',   80'
Vargas   38'
Brewitt   71'
Mueller   90+3'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex at Wild Horse Pass
Attendance: 7,436
Referee: Luis Arroyo

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2021 U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Seattle Sounders FC), Tacoma is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[3]

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

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

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular season Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
30 GK   USA Stefan Cleveland 1 0 1 0 0 0
32 FW   PUR Alec Díaz 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
34 MF   USA Danny Robles 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   USA Alex Villanueva 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 DF   USA Issa Rayyan 1 0 1 0 0 0
38 MF   USA Azriel Gonzalez 1 0 1 0 0 0
39 MF   USA Marlon Vargas 1 0 1 0 0 0
72 DF   USA Eric Kinzner 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
64 GK   USA Christian Herrera 0 0 0 0 0 0
74 DF   USA Taylor Mueller 1 0 1 0 0 0
76 MF   USA Reed Baker-Whiting 1 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF   USA Sota Kitahara 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 MF   USA Ray Serrano 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
80 MF   USA Carlos Anguiano 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 DF   USA Randy Mendoza 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
92 DF   FRA Abdoulaye Cissoko 1 1 1 1 0 0
97 FW   USA Juan Alvarez 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF   USA Joe Hafferty 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   USA Obed Vargas 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   USA Samuel Adeniran 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last updated: May 10, 2020
  • Source: [1]

Top scorers edit

Rank Position Number Name Regular season Playoffs Total
  • Last updated: October 26, 2020
  • Source: [2]

Top assists edit

Rank Position Number Name Regular Season Playoffs Total
  • Last updated: October 26, 2020
  • Source: [3]

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos Player Regular Season Playoffs Total
                       
32 FW   Alec Díaz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 MF   Danny Robles 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 DF   Issa Rayyan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
38 MF   Azriel Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 DF   Alex Villanueva 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
72 DF   Eric Kinzner 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
73 MF   Obed Vargas 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
74 DF   Taylor Mueller 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
77 MF   Sota Kitahara 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
80 MF   Ray Serrano 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
81 DF   Randy Mendoza 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
87 MF   Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
88 MF   Carlos Anguiano 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
99 MF   Tom Brewitt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0
  • Last updated: July 11, 2021
  • Source: [4]

Honors and awards edit

Team of the Week edit

Week Player Opponent Position Ref
3   Abdoulaye Cissoko LA Galaxy II DF [4]
4   Issa Rayyan San Diego Loyal SC DF [5]
10   Ray Serrano LA Galaxy II MF [6]


Transfers edit

For transfers in, dates listed are when Tacoma Defiance officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Defiance officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Tacoma Defiance roster.

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
43 MF   Sota Kitahara   Sounders FC Academy December 15, 2020 [7]
64 GK   Christian Herrera   Oakland Roots SC December 15, 2020 [7]
66 MF   Carlos Anguiano   Portland Timbers 2 December 15, 2020 [7]
98 FW   Samuel Adeniran   Atlas Delmenhorst March 15, 2021 [8]
99 MF   Tom Brewitt   Morecambe FC March 15, 2021 [8]
81 DF   Randy Mendoza   Stumptown AC March 15, 2021 [8]
36 DF   Issa Rayyan   Philadelphia Union II March 15, 2021 [8]
82 DF   Joe Hafferty   Sounders FC Academy May 16, 2021 [9]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
87 FW   Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez   Seattle Sounders FC Returned via season ending loan October 4, 2020
45 MF   Ethan Dobbelaere   Seattle Sounders FC Returned via season ending loan October 4, 2020
65 GK   Eric Klenofsky   Toronto FC II Returned via season ending loan October 4, 2020
31 DF   Nick Hinds   Nashville SC Option declined October 5, 2020 [10]
97 MF   Collin Fernandez   Austin Bold FC Option declined December 15, 2020 [7]
98 MF   Antonee Burke-Gilroy   Altona Magic SC Option declined December 15, 2020 [7]
81 DF   Danny Reynolds   Southern States SC Option declined December 15, 2020 [7]
90 MF   Chino Pérez   Dundalk Option declined December 15, 2020 [7]
33 DF   Sam Rogers   OKC Energy FC Out of contract December 15, 2020 [7]
21 MF   Reed Baker-Whiting   Seattle Sounders FC Homegrown player signing May 11, 2021 [11]
92 GK   Abdoulaye Cissoko   Seattle Sounders FC Homegrown player signing May 21, 2021 [12]
38 MF   Azriel Gonzalez   FC Edmonton On loan until the end of season August 11, 2021 [13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tacoma Defiance Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tacoma Defiance's match at Austin Bold FC rescheduled for October 6 at 6:00 p.m. PT" (Press release). Seattle Sounders FC. June 3, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Staff, USLChampionship.com (May 11, 2021). "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 3". USL Championship. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Staff, USLChampionship.com (May 18, 2021). "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 4". USL Championship. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Staff, USLChampionship.com (June 29, 2021). "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 10". USL Championship. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "TACOMA DEFIANCE ADDS THREE PLAYERS, EXERCISES PLAYER OPTIONS ON THREE MORE". December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d "TACOMA DEFIANCE SIGNS FOUR PLAYERS AHEAD OF 2021 CAMPAIGN". March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Oshan, Jeremiah. "Defiance sign draft pick Joe Hafferty". Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  10. ^ @nickhinds_11 (October 5, 2020). "Just posted a photo @ Seattle, Washington https://instagram.com/p/CF-aCuDlTTC/" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Sounders FC signs midfielder Reed Baker-Whiting". May 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Sounders FC signs defender Abdoulaye Cissoko". May 21, 2021.
  13. ^ "TACOMA DEFIANCE MIDFIELDER AZRIEL GONZALEZ LOANED TO FC EDMONTON". August 11, 2021.
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