2021 OKC Energy FC season

OKC Energy
2021 season
Owner	Prodigal LLC
Head Coach	Leigh Veidman (Interim)
United Soccer League	Eastern Conference: (current)
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Villyan Bijev (12); All: Villyan Bijev (12)
Highest home attendance	3,677; (Sept. 29 vs. Indy Eleven)
Lowest home attendance	1,579; (Sept. 12 vs. Louisville)
Average home league attendance	2,265
Biggest win	OKC 4–1 MEM (8/7)
Biggest defeat	ELP 4–0 OKC (10/24)
	← 2020 2026 →

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]

Roster

As of match played July 2, 2021^[2]

No.	Name	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

Preseason

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 6, 2021 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	2–0	OKC Energy	Houston, Texas
12:00 PM CDT	Rodríguez 11' Bajamich 42'	Report		Stadium: Aveva Stadium

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

USL

Standings

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]

Results summary


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Stadium	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	L

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

Match results

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

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	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

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
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

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

Loan in

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]

References

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

[table_hth_ATL0.94424216167268-4] 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]

[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.

[5] "Energy FC Signs New Zealand International Delan Wynne to Loan Deal". EnergyFC.com. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

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Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso Locomotive FC Las Vegas Lights FC Memphis 901 FC Monterey Bay FC New Mexico United Oakland Roots SC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising FC Sacramento Republic FC San Antonio FC FC Tulsa
Future teams	Brooklyn FC (2025) Sporting Club Jacksonville (2025) Lexington SC (2025) Milwaukee Pro Soccer (2026) Ozark United FC (2026) Buffalo Pro Soccer (2026) USL Pro Iowa (TBD) USL New Orleans (TBD) USL Palm Beach (TBD) OKC Energy FC (on hiatus)
Former teams	Antigua Barracuda FC Atlanta United 2 Austin Aztex Charlotte Eagles Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Dayton Dutch Lions Fresno FC LA Galaxy II FC Montreal Nashville SC F.C. New York New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Orlando City SC Ottawa Fury FC Penn FC Philadelphia Union II Phoenix FC Portland Timbers 2 Puerto Rico United Real Monarchs Reno 1868 FC Richmond Kickers Rio Grande Valley FC Toros River Plate Puerto Rico Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC San Diego Loyal SC Sevilla FC Puerto Rico Sporting Kansas City II Tacoma Defiance Toronto FC II VSI Tampa Bay FC Whitecaps FC 2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC
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Miscellaneous	Foreign players USL Championship Final United Soccer League USL League One USL League Two

Roster

Non-competitive

Preseason

Competitions

USL

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Transfers

Loan in

See also

References