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 coachChris Little
StadiumCheney Stadium
Highest home attendanceLeague:
Lowest home attendanceLeague:
Average home league attendanceLeague:

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of December 15, 2020.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
32 Forward Alec Díaz  Puerto Rico
34 Midfielder Danny Robles  United States
38 Midfielder Azriel Gonzalez  United States
39 Midfielder Marlon Vargas  United States
42 Defender Alex Villanueva  United States
43 Midfielder Sota Kitahara  United States
49 Midfielder Reed Baker-Whiting  United States
52 Defender Eric Kinzner  United States
64 Goalkeeper Christian Herrera  United States
66 Midfielder Carlos Anguiano  United States
74 Defender Taylor Mueller  United States
80 Midfielder Ray Serrano  United States
92 Defender Abdoulaye Cissoko  France
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with Sounders FC.
  2. ^
    Sounders FC Academy player.


Competitions

Preseason
–
(PDT)

Friendlies
–
(PDT)

USL regular season
Main article: 2021 USL Championship season

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
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0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: October 22, 2020.
Source: USL Championship

Results by matchday
Matchday1
Ground
Result
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

2021 USL 1 –
(PST)

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
32 FW Alec Díaz 000000
34 MF Danny Robles 000000
38 MF Azriel Gonzalez 000000
39 MF Marlon Vargas 000000
42 DF Alex Villanueva 000000
43 MF Sota Kitahara 000000
49 MF Reed Baker-Whiting 000000
52 DF Eric Kinzner 000000
64 GK Christian Herrera 000000
80 MF Carlos Anguiano 000000
74 DF Taylor Mueller 000000
80 MF Ray Serrano 000000
92 DF Abdoulaye Cissoko 000000
  • Last updated: December 15, 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
     
Total000000000
  • Last updated: October 26, 2020
  • Source:

Honors and awards




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 [3]
64 GK Christian Herrera Oakland Roots SC December 15, 2020 [3]
66 MF Carlos Anguiano Portland Timbers 2 December 15, 2020 [3]

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 Option declined October 5, 2020 [4]
97 MF Collin Fernandez Option declined December 15, 2020 [3]
98 MF Antonee Burke-Gilroy Option declined December 15, 2020 [3]
81 DF Danny Reynolds Option declined December 15, 2020 [3]
90 MF Chino Pérez Option declined December 15, 2020 [3]
33 DF Sam Rogers Out of contract December 15, 2020 [3]

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. "TACOMA DEFIANCE ADDS THREE PLAYERS, EXERCISES PLAYER OPTIONS ON THREE MORE". 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. @nickhinds_11 (5 October 2020). "Just posted a photo @ Seattle, Washington instagram.com/p/CF-aCuDlTTC/" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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