2021 Tacoma Defiance season

The 2021 Tacoma Defiance season is the club's seventh year of existence, formerly as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their seventh season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. This is the 4th season of the soccer team playing in Tacoma, Washington. Defiance is majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC.

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)

Current roster

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

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

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

Friendlies
–
(PDT)

USL regular season
Main article: 2021 USL Championship season

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2 1 1 0 4 2  +2 4 1 0 0 3 1  +2 0 1 0 1 1  0

Last updated: May 13, 2021.
Source: USL Championship

Results by matchday
Matchday12345
GroundAHHA
ResultDWWL
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  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
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
Main article: 2021 U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Seattle Sounders), Tacoma is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[2]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No. Pos Nat Player TotalRegular seasonPlayoffs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
30 GK  USA Stefan Cleveland 101000
32 FW  PUR Alec Díaz 100+1000
34 MF  USA Danny Robles 000000
35 DF  USA Alex Villanueva 101000
36 DF  USA Issa Rayyan 101000
38 MF  USA Azriel Gonzalez 101000
39 MF  USA Marlon Vargas 101000
72 DF  USA Eric Kinzner 100+1000
64 GK  USA Christian Herrera 000000
74 DF  USA Taylor Mueller 101000
76 MF  USA Reed Baker-Whiting 101000
77 MF  USA Sota Kitahara 000000
80 MF  USA Ray Serrano 100+1000
80 MF  USA Carlos Anguiano 000000
81 DF  USA Randy Mendoza 100+1000
92 DF  FRA Abdoulaye Cissoko 111100
97 FW  USA Juan Alvarez 101000
MF  USA Joe Hafferty 000000
MF  USA Obed Vargas 000000
FW  USA Samuel Adeniran 000000
  • Last updated: May 10, 2020
  • Source:

Top scorers
Rank Position Number Name Regular season Playoffs Total
  • Last updated: October 26, 2020
  • Source:

Top assists
Rank Position Number Name Regular Season Playoffs Total
  • Last updated: October 26, 2020
  • Source:

Disciplinary record
No. Pos Player Regular Season Playoffs Total
     
32FW Alec Díaz100000100
34MF Danny Robles100000100
36DF Issa Rayyan200000200
38MF Azriel Gonzalez100000100
45DF Alex Villanueva100000100
72DF Eric Kinzner300000300
73MF Obed Vargas200000200
74DF Taylor Mueller200000200
77MF Sota Kitahara100000100
80MF Ray Serrano100000100
81DF Randy Mendoza400000400
87MF Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez100000100
88MF Carlos Anguiano400000400
99MF Tom Brewitt100000100
Total25000002500
  • Last updated: July 11, 2021
  • Source:

Honors and awards



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


Transfers

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
No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
43 MF Sota Kitahara Sounders FC Academy December 15, 2020 [6]
64 GK Christian Herrera Oakland Roots SC December 15, 2020 [6]
66 MF Carlos Anguiano Portland Timbers 2 December 15, 2020 [6]
98 FW Samuel Adeniran Atlas Delmenhorst March 15, 2021 [7]
99 MF Tom Brewitt Morecambe FC March 15, 2021 [7]
81 DF Randy Mendoza Stumptown AC March 15, 2021 [7]
36 DF Issa Rayyan Philadelphia Union II March 15, 2021 [7]
82 DF Joe Hafferty Sounders FC Academy May 16, 2021 [8]

Out
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 [9]
97 MF Collin Fernandez Austin Bold FC Option declined December 15, 2020 [6]
98 MF Antonee Burke-Gilroy Altona Magic SC Option declined December 15, 2020 [6]
81 DF Danny Reynolds Southern States SC Option declined December 15, 2020 [6]
90 MF Chino Pérez Dundalk Option declined December 15, 2020 [6]
33 DF Sam Rogers OKC Energy FC Out of contract December 15, 2020 [6]
21 MF Reed Baker-Whiting Seattle Sounders FC Homegrown player signing May 11, 2021 [10]
92 GK Abdoulaye Cissoko Seattle Sounders FC Homegrown player signing May 21, 2021 [11]
38 MF Azriel Gonzalez FC Edmonton On loan until the end of season August 11, 2021 [12]

References
  1. "Tacoma Defiance Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. Staff, USLChampionship.com (May 11, 2021). "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 3". USL Championship. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. Staff, USLChampionship.com (May 18, 2021). "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 4". USL Championship. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. Staff, USLChampionship.com (June 29, 2021). "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 10". USL Championship. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. "TACOMA DEFIANCE ADDS THREE PLAYERS, EXERCISES PLAYER OPTIONS ON THREE MORE". 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. "TACOMA DEFIANCE SIGNS FOUR PLAYERS AHEAD OF 2021 CAMPAIGN". 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. Oshan, Jeremiah. "Defiance sign draft pick Joe Hafferty". Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  9. @nickhinds_11 (5 October 2020). "Just posted a photo @ Seattle, Washington instagram.com/p/CF-aCuDlTTC/" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. "Sounders FC signs midfielder Reed Baker-Whiting". 11 May 2021.
  11. "Sounders FC signs defender Abdoulaye Cissoko". 21 May 2021.
  12. "TACOMA DEFIANCE MIDFIELDER AZRIEL GONZALEZ LOANED TO FC EDMONTON". 11 August 2021.
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