2021 FC Tulsa season

FC Tulsa
2021 season
Head coach	Michael Nsien
Stadium	ONEOK Field; Tulsa, Oklahoma
USL Championship	Division: 4th; Overall: 14th
USL Cup	Conference Quarterfinals
2021 U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Black Gold Derby	Champions
Highest home attendance	4,241; (7/17 vs. OKC)
Lowest home attendance	2,302; (8/25 vs. MEM)
Average home league attendance	3,438
Biggest win	TUL 4–0 ATL (10/20)
Biggest defeat	ATL 5–0 TUL (5/19)
City Kit colors	State Kit colors
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The 2021 FC Tulsa season was the franchise's 7th season in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States. It is their second season since the club's rebranding from Tulsa Roughnecks FC^[1] to FC Tulsa.^[2]

Club

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Apps ^[1]	Goals ^[2]
Goalkeepers
1	Sean Lewis	GK	(1992-04-17) April 17, 1992 (age 32)	Penn FC	35	0
12	Daniel Gagliardi	GK	(1997-01-21) January 21, 1997 (age 27)	Fort Lauderdale CF	0	0
31	Austin Wormell	GK	(1998-05-26) May 26, 1998 (age 26)	Rogers State University Hillcats	0	0
Defenders
2	Kevin Garcia	CB	(1990-08-21) August 21, 1990 (age 34)	Houston Dynamo FC	19	0
3	Piercen Fisher ^[A]	DF	(2004-06-03) June 3, 2004 (age 20)	Tulsa SC Academy	0	0
4	Modou Jadama	CB	(1994-03-17) March 17, 1994 (age 30)	Atlanta United 2	37	1
5	Leo Folla	CB	(1995-03-02) March 2, 1995 (age 29)	Chattanooga Red Wolves	0	0
13	Matt Sheldon	RB	(1992-08-23) August 23, 1992 (age 32)	Waterside Karori	39	1
18	Solomon Kwambe	RB	(1993-09-30) September 30, 1993 (age 31)	Lobi Stars F.C.	6	0
22	Bradley Bourgeois	CB	(1994-04-13) April 13, 1994 (age 30)	Nashville SC	51	0
26	Jorge Corrales	LB	(1991-05-20) May 20, 1991 (age 33)	CF Montréal	37	1
28	Jesus Hernandez ^[A]	DF	(2002-12-31) December 31, 2002 (age 21)	Tulsa Soccer Academy	0	0
Midfielders
16	Rodrigo da Costa	AM	(1993-12-20) December 20, 1993 (age 30)	Florida Soccer Soldiers	52	14
20	Ciaran Winters	MF	(2001-05-29) May 29, 2001 (age 23)	Sporting Kansas City Academy	3	0
21	Kembo Kibato^[†]	AM	(2000-09-16) September 16, 2000 (age 24)	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2	0
24	Tony Mota ^[A]	MF	(2002-09-27) September 27, 2002 (age 22)	Tulsa SC Academy	0	0
30	Lebo Moloto	CM	(1990-05-21) May 21, 1990 (age 34)	Nashville SC	16	1
33	Lucas Coutinho	AM	(1993-08-12) August 12, 1993 (age 31)	Tormenta FC	0	0
44	Eric Bird	CM	(1993-04-08) April 8, 1993 (age 31)	Houston Dynamo FC	16	2
99	Raphael Ayagwa	DM	(1998-02-13) February 13, 1998 (age 26)	Lobi Stars F.C.	19	0
Forwards
7	Stanley Oganbor	FW	(1998-07-10) July 10, 1998 (age 26)	Flight FC	0	0
9	Jerome Kiesewetter	CF	(1993-02-09) February 9, 1993 (age 31)	Inter Miami CF	3	0
10	Marlon	RW	(1995-04-29) April 29, 1995 (age 29)	Madureira Esporte Clube	27	8
11	Joaquín Rivas	RW	(1992-04-26) April 26, 1992 (age 32)	Saint Louis FC	69	22 ^[+]
17	Martin Martinez-Leyva ^[A]	FW	(2004-01-11) January 11, 2004 (age 20)	Tulsa SC Academy	0	0
72	Promise Akinpelu ^[A]	FW	(2001-07-03) July 3, 2001 (age 23)	NK Trnje	0	0
77	Michael Cunningham	FW	(1991-02-05) February 5, 1991 (age 33)	Rochester Lancers	0	0
92	Darío Suárez	LW	(1992-08-25) August 25, 1992 (age 32)	Miami FC	19	10

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Total Career Appearances for Club

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Club Record

Staff

James Cannon – President
Michael Nsien – Head Coach
Donovan Ricketts – First Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach
Nemanja Vuković – Assistant Coach
Cyprian Hedrick – Assistant Coach
Miguel Wickert – Strength and Conditioning Coach
Johnathon Millwee – Head Athletic Trainer

Competitions

Preseason

March 20 Scrimmage	Team Ricketts	1–1	Team Vuko	Tulsa, Oklahoma
10am CDT	Suárez 4' (pen.)	Report	Rivas 42'	Stadium: Titan Sports Complex Attendance: 0
Note: Intrasquad scrimmage

March 24 Preseason 1	Houston Dynamo FC	3–0	FC Tulsa	College Station, Texas
4pm CDT	Urruti 15' (Pasher) Pasher 34' Vera 57' (Urruti)	TUL Report HOU Report		Stadium: Ellis Field Attendance: 0

March 25 Preseason 2	North Texas SC	3–0	FC Tulsa	Frisco, Texas
3pm CDT	Trialist #1 50' Pickering 82' Trialist #2 86'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center Field #5 Attendance: 0

March 27 Preseason 3	North Texas SC	1–0	FC Tulsa	Frisco, Texas
11am CDT	Trialist #1 61'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center Field #5 Attendance: 0

April 2 Preseason 4	FC Tulsa	5–0	FC Wichita	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Moloto 3' Rivas 22' Kiesewetter 43' Kiesewetter 52' da Costa 54'	Report		Stadium: Titan Sports Complex Attendance: 0

April 17 Preseason 5	FC Tulsa	1–1	Austin Bold FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2pm CDT	Garcia 68'	Report	Báez 37'	Stadium: ONEOK Field

USL Championship

Standings — Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^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]

Match results

April 24 1	OKC Energy	1–3	FC Tulsa	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:30pm CDT	Donovan 76'	Report	Rivas 29', 36' Suarez 87'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,380 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 1 2	FC Tulsa	2–0	Sporting Kansas City II	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	da Costa 14' Suarez 25'	Report		Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,241 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

May 8 3	Indy Eleven	0–2	FC Tulsa	Indianapolis, Indiana
6pm CDT		Report	Rivas 62', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 19 4	Atlanta United 2	5–0	FC Tulsa	Kennesaw, Georgia
6:30 CDT	Allan 34' McFadden 36', 39' Wolff 45+2' Morales 78' Gannon 80'	Report	Corrales 34' 68' Jadama 76'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

June 2 5	Sporting Kansas City II	4–1	FC Tulsa	Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 PM CDT	Rad 41', 54' Duke 45+3' Barber 49' Harris 55' R. Smith 73'	Report	Coutinho 14' Marlon 23' Bird 71' Kiesewetter 85'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Matthew Thompson

June 6 6	Birmingham Legion	2–1	FC Tulsa	Birmingham, Alabama
4:00 PM CDT	Brett 30', 75' James 43'	Report	Folla 47' Suarez 83'	Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

June 16 7	FC Tulsa	4–3	Sporting Kansas City II	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00pm CDT	Kibato 18' da Costa 42' Marlon 45', 45+2' Suarez 62' (pen.) Rivas 72' Ayagwa 90+5'	Report	R. Smith 7' Džankić 34' Rešetar 45+3' Freeman 87', 90+4'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,690 Referee: Matthew Franz

June 19 8	FC Tulsa	2–3	Louisville City FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	da Costa 23' Marlon 55' Rivas 60'	Report	Lancaster 2', 10' (pen.) Gómez 7' McCabe 88'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,976 Referee: Brandon Stevis

June 25 9	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	1–2	FC Tulsa	Edinburg, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Diz Pe 4' Njie 90+2'	Report	da Costa 22', 60' Kibato 25' 78' Sheldon 57' Kiesewetter 89'	Stadium: HEB Park Attendance: 2,955 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 2 10	OKC Energy	0–0	FC Tulsa	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:30 PM CDT	Stephenson 90+2'	Report	Ayagwa 42' Winters 74'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,673 Referee: Matthew Thompson

July 10 11	FC Tulsa	3–2	Louisville City FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Marlon 6' Kibato 16' da Costa 40' Suarez 65' Moloto 81'	Report	Hoppenot 5' Greig 45+1' Lancaster 61' Watts 90+2'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

July 17 12	FC Tulsa	1–2	OKC Energy	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm 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 13	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	FC Tulsa	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT	Murphy 45+4' Carroll 64' Dally 90+5'	Report	Marlon 39'	Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 5,425 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

July 28 14	Atlanta United 2	2–1	FC Tulsa	Kennesaw, Georgia
TBD CDT	Fewo 14' Macky Diop 25' (pen.) Fortune 49' Matheus 90+3'	Report	Bourgeois 18' da Costa 42', 55'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 769 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

August 4 15	FC Tulsa	0–2	Indy Eleven	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT		Report	Moon 37' Arteaga 54' Wild 79' Hackshaw 81' Vassell 85'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

August 7 16	FC Tulsa	3–1	Birmingham Legion FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Jadama 71' Sheldon 25' Marlon 88', 89' Kibato 90+1' Ayagwa 80'	Report	Brett 45+1', 66' (pen.) Vancaeyezeele 77' Rufe 84'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,389 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

August 14 17	Louisville City FC	2–1	FC Tulsa	Louisville, Kentucky
TBD CDT	Lancaster 10', 66' McMahon 66' Gómez 85'	Report	Sheldon 72' Moloto 81' Bourgeois 90+1' Bird 90+3'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,675 Referee: Malik Badawi

August 22 18	Birmingham Legion FC	1–2	FC Tulsa	Birmingham, Alabama
4:00 PM CDT	Flemmings 68'	Report	Johnson 8' Suárez 56'	Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

August 25 19	FC Tulsa	2–1	Memphis 901 FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Jadama 8' Moloto 75' Marlon 80', 90+2'	Report	Dacres 16' Reynolds 39' Murphy 87'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Jervis Atagana

August 28 20	FC Tulsa	3–1	Atlanta United 2	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Sheldon 14', 70' Moloto 30', 34' Suárez 54' Jadama 64'	Report	Chol 17' Washington 50' Benítez 70' Macky Diop 73' Kamdem Fewo 75' McFadden 81'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

September 3 21	Louisville City FC	0–1	FC Tulsa	Louisville, Kentucky
TBD CDT	DelPiccolo 68' Ownby 82'	Report	Suárez 20' Marlon 47' Lewis 71' Da Costa 79' Fenwick 90+3'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,206 Referee: John Matto

September 8 22	FC Tulsa	2–1	Indy Eleven	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Marlon 9', 67' Corrales 51' Suárez 89' (pen.) Da Costa 90+6'	Report	Arteaga 34' Haworth 41' Farr 88'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,312 Referee: John Griggs

September 11 23	FC Tulsa	1–1	Birmingham Legion FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Da Costa 12' Suárez 29' (pen.) Coutinho 88'	Report	Kasim 53' Lopez 65' Williams 80'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,439 Referee: Natalie Simon

September 18 24	FC Tulsa	0–1	Austin Bold FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT		Report	Garcia 11' Rissi 14' Diouf 78' Ciss 90+3'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,588 Referee: Gerald Flores

September 24 25	Sporting Kansas City II	1–1	FC Tulsa	Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 PM CDT	Čuić 55' Pierre 65' Cisneros 87'	Report	Suárez 8' (pen.) Johnson 16' Flanagan 88' Da Costa 90+1' Jadama 90+5'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Kevin Fikar

October 2 26	FC Tulsa	0–3	Memphis 901 FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Rivas 2' Marlon 70'	Report	Bourgeois 17' (o.g.) Logue 33' Kissiedou 25', 35', 45+3'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

October 9 27	FC Tulsa	1–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Da Costa 45+1'	Report	Gómez 7' Solignac 14'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,156 Referee: Brandon Stevis

October 16 28	San Antonio FC	1–1	FC Tulsa	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 CDT	Maloney 25' Gallegos 56'	Report	Da Costa 27' Kibato 45+1' Marlon 59' Ayagwa 87' Milke 87'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 5,090 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

October 20 29	FC Tulsa	4–0	Atlanta United 2	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Da Costa 17' Johnson 21' Garcia 23' Marlon 34' Wormell 70' Coutinho 90+1'	Report	Washington 31' Cobb 83' McFadden 84'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,730 Referee: Mark Allatin

October 23 30	Indy Eleven	1–1	FC Tulsa	Indianapolis, Indiana
TBD CDT	Arteaga 43' Vassell 71' Adewole 77'	Report	Fenwick 32' Johnson 78'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,499 Referee: Melvin Rivas

October 27 31	Memphis 901 FC	3–2	FC Tulsa	Memphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM CDT	Fortune 24', 39' Segbers 33' Murphy 75', 85' Paul 88' Oduro 90+2'	Report	Marlon 8' (pen.) Logue 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Autozone Park Attendance: 3,443 Referee: Elton García

October 30 32	FC Tulsa	2–0	OKC Energy	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7pm CDT	Rivas 11' Jadama 68' Marlon 82'	Report	Chavez 71'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,053 Referee: Michael Radchuk

USL Championship Playoffs

November 6, 2021 Conference Quarterfinals	Tampa Bay Rowdies	6–2	FC Tulsa	Tampa Bay, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT		Report	Bird 63', 72' Rivas 67' Suárez 90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

References

^ Bailey, Eric (February 26, 2014). "Fans vote to resurrect Roughnecks name for new Tulsa pro soccer team". Tulsa World. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
^ "FC Tulsa Unveils New Name, Crest and Colors to Usher in New Era of Pro Soccer in Tulsa" (Press release). FC Tulsa. December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

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USL Academy player

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On Loan from Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

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Total Career Appearances for Club

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Total Career Goals for Club

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Club Record

[table_hth_ATL0.69254002985197-4] 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]

[tulw140226-1] Bailey, Eric (February 26, 2014). "Fans vote to resurrect Roughnecks name for new Tulsa pro soccer team". Tulsa World. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

[2] "FC Tulsa Unveils New Name, Crest and Colors to Usher in New Era of Pro Soccer in Tulsa" (Press release). FC Tulsa. December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 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.

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