2020 OKC Energy FC season

OKC Energy
2020 season
Owner	Prodigal LLC
Head coach	John Pascarella
United Soccer League	Western Conf.: 17th; Group D: 5th
USL Championship Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Jaime Chavez (2); All: Jaime Chavez (2)
Highest home attendance	4,067; (March 7 vs. Colorado)
Lowest home attendance	1,423 ; (July 22 vs Rio Grande)
Average home league attendance	Overall: 1,920; Pre-Covid: 4,067; Post-Covid: 1,562
Biggest win	ATX 1–3 OKC (July 17)
Biggest defeat	SA 4–0 OKC (August 19)
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The 2020 OKC Energy FC season was the club's seventh season of existence, and their seventh consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Energy FC will also take part in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covers the period from October 19, 2019 to the beginning of the 2021 USLC season. The 2020 season was the first for OKC under new head coach John Pascarella, who had previously been the assistant coach at Minnesota United FC. Pascarella became just the third head coach in club history; Steve Cooke had been in charge for the previous two seasons.

Roster

As of match played December 12, 2019^[1]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Cody Laurendi	GK	(1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36)	2016	Austin Aztex	105	0
2	C.J. Cochran	GK	(1991-09-17) September 17, 1991 (age 33)	2020	Fresno FC	31	0
35	Kyle Ihn	GK	(1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 29)	2020	Lansing Ignite	0	0
Defenders
3	Kyle Hyland	DF	(1991-03-01) March 1, 1991 (age 33)	2016	Indy Eleven	117	7
4	Christian Ibeagha	DF	(1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 29)	2020	North Carolina FC	69	3
5	Joe Amico	DF	(1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 34)	2018	Orange County SC	11	0
13	Nicolas Taravel	DF	(1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 30)	2019	Grenoble	18	0
15	Atiba Harris	DF	(1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39)	2018	Murciélagos	56	4
22	Zachary Ellis-Hayden	DF	(1992-03-01) March 1, 1992 (age 32)	2020	Fresno FC	15	0
Midfielders
6	Brad Dunwell	MF	(1996-12-31) December 31, 1996 (age 27)	2020	Rio Grande Valley FC	13	0
7	Rafael Garcia	MF	(1988-12-19) December 19, 1988 (age 36)	2019	Las Vegas Lights	42	6
8	José Hernández	MF	(1996-04-12) April 12, 1996 (age 28)	2020	LA Galaxy II	15	1
9	Jaime Chavez	FW	(1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 37)	2020	Fresno FC	16	3
10	Arun Basuljevic	MF	(1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 29)	2020	Fresno FC	13	0
11	Frank López	FW	(1995-02-25) February 25, 1995 (age 29)	2020	San Antonio FC	6	1
14	Kodai Iida	FW	(1994-12-06) December 6, 1994 (age 30)	2020	HFX Wanderers FC	7	0
17	Cordell Cato	FW	(1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 32)	2019	Charlotte Independence	42	5
18	Tucker Stephenson	FW	(1996-10-23) October 23, 1996 (age 28)	2020	Swope Park Rangers	11	1
19	Charlie Ward	MF	(1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29)	2020	Ottawa Fury	10	0
25	Ray Saari	MF	(1995-04-18) April 18, 1995 (age 29)	2020	Kansas City Comets	3	0
26	Jonathan Brown	FW	(1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34)	2019	Abahani Limited Dhaka	71	4
91	Owayne Gordon	FW	(1991-10-08) October 8, 1991 (age 33)	2019	San Antonio FC	42	6

Non-competitive

Preseason

January 25 Friendly	OKC Energy	6–1	Mid-American Christian Evangels	Oklahoma City, OK
1:00 PMCST	Chavez 3' (Ellis-Hayden) López 5' (Cato), 1st period' Trialist #1 2nd period' Trialist #2 3rd period' Trialist #3 3rd period' (pen.)	Report	2nd period'	Stadium: Taft Stadium
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.

January 29 Friendly	FC Dallas	2–3	OKC Energy	Frisco, TX
4:00 PM CST	Mosquera 1st half' Ondrášek 1st half' 2nd half' (o.g.)	Report	Iida 2nd half' Chavez 2nd half'	Stadium: AdvoCare Field 4 at Toyota Soccer Center

February 1 Friendly	San Antonio FC	5–1	OKC Energy	Frisco, TX
1:00 PM CST	Di Renzo 7' Partain 17' (pen.) Gallegos 2nd half' Trialist 2nd half' Trialist 2nd half' (pen.)	Report	Gordon 2nd half'	Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center

February 8 Friendly	OKC Energy	2–2	Central Arkansas Bears	Oklahoma City, OK
1:00 PM CST	Chavez Basuljevic	Report		Stadium: Taft Stadium
Note: Additional 15 minutes added after full-time.

February 15 Friendly	Sporting Kansas City II	1–1	OKC Energy	Wichita, KS
2:00 PM CST	Rad 85' (pen.)	Report	Chavez 4'	Stadium: Stryker Soccer Complex

February 23 Friendly	New Mexico United	2–1	OKC Energy	Tucson, AZ
2:00 PM CST	Moreno 35' Sergi 75'	Report	Chavez 40'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 26 Friendly	El Paso Locomotive FC	3–0	OKC Energy	Tucson, AZ
2:00 PM CST	Lomis 20' Bosetti 2nd half' Salgado 3rd period'	Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Note: 120-minute scrimmage.

February 29 Friendly	Grand Canyon Antelopes	0–4	OKC Energy	Phoenix, AZ
2:00 PM CST				Stadium: GCU Stadium

Competitions

USL

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	San Antonio FC	16	10	3	3	30	14	+16	33	2.06	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	FC Tulsa	15	6	7	2	21	16	+5	25	1.67	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
3	Austin Bold FC	16	5	7	4	30	27	+3	22	1.38
4	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	14	2	3	9	17	28	−11	9	0.64
5	OKC Energy FC	16	1	7	8	12	29	−17	10	0.63

Source: USL

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
10	1	3	6	6	18	−12	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	1	0	3	3	8	−5

Source: USLC standings

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A
Result	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L

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

Match results

March 7 1	OKC Energy	1–2	Colorado Springs	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CST	Ward 53' Harris 58' Chavez 62'	Report	Volesky 16' Lewis 33' Stephenson 78' (o.g.) Diz Pe 90+5'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Eric Tattersall

July 13 2	OKC Energy	1–1	FC Tulsa	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Chavez 40' Hyland 51' Basuljevic 53' Harris 88'	Report	da Costa 45+5'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,626 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

July 17 3	Austin Bold FC	1–3	OKC Energy	Austin,TX
8:00 PM CDT	Ciss 12' Guadarrama 33' Gladiator 58' Okugo 68'	Report	Harris 11' Hernández 18', 90+4' Brown 29' Cato 38' Chavez 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 18 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

July 22 4	OKC Energy	1–1	Rio Grande Valley FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	López 62', 88' Ellis-Hayden 63' Hernández 90+10'	Report	Beckford 11' Kibato 20' Coronado 90+7' Taiberson 90+8'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Michael Cap

August 1 5	OKC Energy	0–3	New Mexico United	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Ibeagha 86' Chavez 87'	Report	Moreno 31' Wehan 45+3' Mizell 82' Ahlinvi 90+4'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

August 8 6	OKC Energy	0–3	San Antonio FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Hernández 12' Hyland 21' López 42' Taravel 69'	Report	Di Renzo 29' Parano 31' Montgomery 70' Bailone 73', 77'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

August 15 7	OKC Energy	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Ellis-Hayden 14'	Report		Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 19 8	San Antonio FC	4–0	OKC Energy	San Antonio, TX
8:00 PM CDT	Solignac 3' PC 14' (pen.), 25' Taintor 42', 45+4' Gorskie 66' Di Renzo 67'	Report	Brown 28' Hernández 41'	Stadium: Toyota Field Referee: Héctor Hernández

August 22 9	Sporting Kansas City II	3–0	OKC Energy	Kansas City, KS
7:00 PM CDT	Harris 5', 22', 54' Barbir 19', 66' Mompremier 42' Rešetar 87'	Report	Brown 60'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Jon Freemon

August 30 10	OKC Energy	1–1	Austin Bold FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Taravel 28' García 31' 51' Harris 38' Chavez 41', 57'	Report	Forbes 14' Kléber 31' Ortíz 90' Saramutin 90+3'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,540 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

September 5 11	Colorado Springs	0–0	OKC Energy	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM CDT	Argueta 89'	Report	Hernández 34' Taravel 90+2' Ellis-Hayden 90+9'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 12 12	FC Tulsa	1–1	OKC Energy	Tulsa,OK
7:00 PM CDT	Marlon 55' Suárez 73' Moloto 81'	Report	Chavez 35' Hernández 71' 77' Gordon 90' Ibeagha 90+5'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,932 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

September 19 13	San Antonio FC	2–0	OKC Energy	San Antonio, TX
8:00 PM CDT	Perruzza 45', 52' Bailone 89'	Report	Dunwell 63' Chávez 67' Stephenson 85' Taravel 88'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Gerald Flores

September 27 14	OKC Energy	0–0	Austin Bold FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Ibeagha 43' García 44' Hernández 67' Ellis-Hayden 90+8'	Report	Guadarrama 44'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Brandon Gardner

September 30 15	FC Tulsa	3–2	OKC Energy	Tulsa,OK
7:00 PM CDT	Marlon 15' Chapman-Page 35' Uzo 79', 88' Altamirano 86'	Report	Cato 12' Taravel 45+2' Chávez 45+4' Stephenson 57' Amico 70' Ellis-Hayden 84'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Matthew Thompson

October 3 16	Rio Grande Valley FC	4–2	OKC Energy	Edinburg,TX
8:00 PM CDT	Edwards 6' Azócar 39' Amico 43' (o.g.) Obregón 67'	Report	Cato 12' Brown 83'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 956 Referee: Melvin Rivas

U.S. Open Cup

April 7–9 Second round	Denton Diablos FC (NPSL) or NTX Rayados (LQ)	v	OKC Energy FC (USLC)	Denton, Texas or TBD
				Stadium: University of North Texas Soccer Stadium or TBD
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Cody Laurendi	4	0	0	0	4	0
2	GK	C.J. Cochran	13	0	0	0	13	0
3	DF	Kyle Hyland	8	0	0	0	8	0
4	DF	Christian Ibeagha	14	0	0	0	14	0
5	DF	Joe Amico	11	0	0	0	11	0
6	MF	Brad Dunwell	13	0	0	0	13	0
7	MF	Rafael Garcia	14	0	0	0	14	0
8	MF	José Hernández	15	1	0	0	15	1
9	FW	Jaime Chavez	16	3	0	0	16	3
10	MF	Arun Basuljevic	13	0	0	0	13	0
11	FW	Frank López	6	1	0	0	6	1
12	DF	Ramón Martín del Campo	4	0	0	0	4	0
13	DF	Nicolas Taravel	15	0	0	0	15	0
14	FW	Kodai Iida	7	0	0	0	7	0
15	DF	Atiba Harris	8	1	0	0	8	1
17	FW	Cordell Cato	12	0	0	0	12	0
18	FW	Tucker Stephenson	11	1	0	0	11	1
19	MF	Charlie Ward	10	0	0	0	10	0
22	DF	Zachary Ellis-Hayden	15	0	0	0	15	0
25	MF	Ray Saari	3	0	0	0	3	0
26	FW	Jonathan Brown	15	1	0	0	15	1
35	GK	Kyle Ihn	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	Mike da Fonte	2	0	0	0	2	0
91	FW	Owayne Gordon	8	0	0	0	8	0

Source: Energy FC stats

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
3	DF	Kyle Hyland	2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Christian Ibeagha	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	Joe Amico	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Brad Dunwell	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	Rafael Garcia	2	1	0	0	2	1
8	MF	José Hernández	7	1	0	0	7	1
9	FW	Jaime Chavez	6	0	0	0	6	0
10	MF	Arun Basuljevic	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	Frank López	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	Nicolas Taravel	5	0	0	0	5	0
15	DF	Atiba Harris	3	0	0	0	3	0
17	FW	Cordell Cato	1	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	Tucker Stephenson	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Charlie Ward	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	Zachary Ellis-Hayden	4	0	0	0	4	0
26	FW	Jonathan Brown	2	0	0	0	2	0

Source: Energy FC stats

Clean sheets

No.	Name	USL	U.S. Open Cup	Total	Games Played
No.	Name	1	Cody Laurendi	0	0	0	1
2	C.J. Cochran	1	0	1	8
35	Kyle Ihn	0	0	0	0

Source: Energy FC stats

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Date	Source
MF	Arun Basuljevic	Fresno FC	Dec 17, 2019	^[3]
DF	Zachary Ellis-Hayden	Fresno FC	Dec 17, 2019	^[4]
MF	Kodai Iida	HFX Wanderers	Dec 18, 2019	^[5]
FW	Jaime Chavez	Fresno FC	Dec 19, 2019	^[6]
MF	José Hernández	LA Galaxy II	Dec 19, 2019	^[7]
GK	C. J. Cochran	Fresno FC	Dec 20, 2019	^[8]
DF	Joe Amico	Orange County SC	Jan 7, 2020	^[9]
MF	Brad Dunwell	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Jan 10, 2020	^[10]
GK	Kyle Ihn	Lansing Ignite	Jan 10, 2020	^[11]
FW	Frank Lopez	San Antonio FC	Jan 13, 2020	^[12]
MF	Charlie Ward	Ottawa Fury FC	Jan 14, 2020	^[13]
FW	Tucker Stephenson	Sporting Kansas City II	Jan 14, 2020	^[14]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
GK	Bryan Byars		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
DF	Max Gunderson		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
DF	Christian Ibeagha		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
DF	Alvin Jones	Real Salt Lake	OKC receives an undisclosed fee.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]^[16]
DF	Amir Šašivarević		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
DF	Mekeil Williams		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
MF	Josh García		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
MF	Kal Okot		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
MF	Callum Ross		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
MF	Je-Vaughn Watson		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
FW	Deshorn Brown		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]
FW	Christian Eissele		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[15]

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