OKC Energy
2020 season
OwnerProdigal LLC
Head coachJohn Pascarella
United Soccer LeagueWestern Conf.: 17th
Group D: 5th
USL Championship PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague: Jaime Chavez (2)
All: Jaime Chavez (2)
Highest home attendance4,067
(March 7 vs. Colorado)
Lowest home attendance1,423
(July 22 vs Rio Grande)
Average home league attendanceOverall: 1,920
Pre-Covid: 4,067
Post-Covid: 1,562
Biggest winATX 1–3 OKC (July 17)
Biggest defeatSA 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 Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Cody Laurendi Puerto Rico GK (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 35) 2016 United States Austin Aztex 105 0
2 C.J. Cochran United States GK (1991-09-17) September 17, 1991 (age 32) 2020 United States Fresno FC 31 0
35 Kyle Ihn United States GK (1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 29) 2020 United States Lansing Ignite 0 0
Defenders
3 Kyle Hyland United States DF (1991-03-01) March 1, 1991 (age 32) 2016 United States Indy Eleven 117 7
4 Christian Ibeagha United States DF (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 28) 2020 United States North Carolina FC 69 3
5 Joe Amico United States DF (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 34) 2018 United States Orange County SC 11 0
13 Nicolas Taravel France DF (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 29) 2019 France Grenoble 18 0
15 Atiba Harris Saint Kitts and Nevis DF (1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39) 2018 Mexico Murciélagos 56 4
22 Zachary Ellis-Hayden Canada DF (1992-03-01) March 1, 1992 (age 31) 2020 United States Fresno FC 15 0
Midfielders
6 Brad Dunwell United States MF (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996 (age 27) 2020 United States Rio Grande Valley FC 13 0
7 Rafael Garcia United States MF (1988-12-19) December 19, 1988 (age 35) 2019 United States Las Vegas Lights 42 6
8 José Hernández Mexico MF (1996-04-12) April 12, 1996 (age 27) 2020 United States LA Galaxy II 15 1
9 Jaime Chavez United States FW (1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 36) 2020 United States Fresno FC 16 3
10 Arun Basuljevic United States MF (1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 28) 2020 United States Fresno FC 13 0
11 Frank López Cuba FW (1995-02-25) February 25, 1995 (age 28) 2020 United States San Antonio FC 6 1
14 Kodai Iida Japan FW (1994-12-06) December 6, 1994 (age 29) 2020 Canada HFX Wanderers FC 7 0
17 Cordell Cato Trinidad and Tobago FW (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 31) 2019 United States Charlotte Independence 42 5
18 Tucker Stephenson United States FW (1996-10-23) October 23, 1996 (age 27) 2020 United States Swope Park Rangers 11 1
19 Charlie Ward England MF (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 28) 2020 Canada Ottawa Fury 10 0
25 Ray Saari United States MF (1995-04-18) April 18, 1995 (age 28) 2020 United States Kansas City Comets 3 0
26 Jonathan Brown Wales FW (1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 33) 2019 Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 71 4
91 Owayne Gordon Jamaica FW (1991-10-08) October 8, 1991 (age 32) 2019 United States 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

Main article: 2020 USL Championship season

Standings

Pos Team
 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
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

Round12345678910111213141516
StadiumHHAHHHHAAHAAAHAA
ResultLDWDLLDLLDDDLDLL
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 Yellow card 53'
Harris 58'
Chavez Yellow card 62'		 Report Volesky 16'
Lewis Yellow card 33'
Stephenson 78' (o.g.)
Diz Pe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 51'
Basuljevic Yellow card 53'
Harris Yellow card 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 Yellow card 12'
Guadarrama 33'
Gladiator Yellow card 58'
OkugoYellow card 68'		 Report Harris Yellow card 11'
Hernández Yellow card 18', 90+4'
Brown 29'
Cato Yellow card 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 Yellow card 62', 88'
Ellis-Hayden Yellow card 63'
Hernández Yellow card 90+10'		 Report Beckford 11'
Kibato Yellow card 20'
Coronado Yellow card 90+7'
TaibersonYellow card 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 Yellow card 86'
Chavez Yellow card 87'		 Report Moreno 31'
Wehan 45+3'
Mizell Yellow card 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 Yellow card 12'
Hyland Yellow card 21'
López Yellow card 42'
Taravel Yellow card 69'		 Report Di Renzo Yellow card 29'
Parano 31'
Montgomery 70'
Bailone Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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.), Yellow card 25'
Taintor 42', Yellow card 45+4'
Gorskie Yellow card 66'
Di Renzo 67'		 Report Brown Yellow card 28'
Hernández Yellow card 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', Yellow card 54'
Barbir Yellow card 19', 66'
Mompremier Yellow card 42'
Rešetar Yellow card 87'		 Report Brown Yellow card 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 Yellow card 28'
García Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 51'
Harris Yellow card 38'
Chavez 41', Yellow card 57'		 Report Forbes 14'
Kléber Yellow card 31'
Ortíz Yellow card 90'
Saramutin Yellow card 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 Yellow card 89' Report Hernández Yellow card 34'
Taravel Yellow card 90+2'
Ellis-Hayden Red card 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 Yellow card 55'
Suárez 73'
Moloto Yellow card 81'		 Report Chavez Yellow card 35'
Hernández Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 77'
Gordon 90'
Ibeagha Yellow card 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 Yellow card 89'		 Report Dunwell Yellow card 63'
Chávez Yellow card 67'
Stephenson Yellow card 85'
Taravel Yellow card 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 Yellow card 43'
García Yellow card 44'
Hernández Yellow card 67'
Ellis-Hayden Yellow card 90+8'		 Report Guadarrama soccer ball with red X 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 Yellow card 35'
Uzo 79', 88'
Altamirano Yellow card 86'		 Report Cato 12'
Taravel Yellow card 45+2'
Chávez Yellow card 45+4'
Stephenson 57'
Amico Yellow card 70'
Ellis-Hayden Yellow card 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

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup
April 7–9 Second round Denton Diablos FC (NPSL) Texas
or NTX Rayados (LQ) Texas 		v Oklahoma 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Puerto Rico Cody Laurendi 4 0 0 0 4 0
2 GK United States C.J. Cochran 13 0 0 0 13 0
3 DF United States Kyle Hyland 8 0 0 0 8 0
4 DF United States Christian Ibeagha 14 0 0 0 14 0
5 DF United States Joe Amico 11 0 0 0 11 0
6 MF United States Brad Dunwell 13 0 0 0 13 0
7 MF United States Rafael Garcia 14 0 0 0 14 0
8 MF Mexico José Hernández 15 1 0 0 15 1
9 FW United States Jaime Chavez 16 3 0 0 16 3
10 MF United States Arun Basuljevic 13 0 0 0 13 0
11 FW Cuba Frank López 6 1 0 0 6 1
12 DF Mexico Ramón Martín del Campo 4 0 0 0 4 0
13 DF France Nicolas Taravel 15 0 0 0 15 0
14 FW Japan Kodai Iida 7 0 0 0 7 0
15 DF Saint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris 8 1 0 0 8 1
17 FW Trinidad and Tobago Cordell Cato 12 0 0 0 12 0
18 FW United States Tucker Stephenson 11 1 0 0 11 1
19 MF England Charlie Ward 10 0 0 0 10 0
22 DF Canada Zachary Ellis-Hayden 15 0 0 0 15 0
25 MF United States Ray Saari 3 0 0 0 3 0
26 FW Wales Jonathan Brown 15 1 0 0 15 1
35 GK United States Kyle Ihn 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF United States Mike da Fonte 2 0 0 0 2 0
91 FW Jamaica Owayne Gordon 8 0 0 0 8 0

Source: Energy FC stats

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name USL U.S. Open Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 DF United States Kyle Hyland 2 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF United States Christian Ibeagha 3 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF United States Joe Amico 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF United States Brad Dunwell 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF United States Rafael Garcia 2 1 0 0 2 1
8 MF Mexico José Hernández 7 1 0 0 7 1
9 FW United States Jaime Chavez 6 0 0 0 6 0
10 MF United States Arun Basuljevic 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW Cuba Frank López 2 0 0 0 2 0
13 DF France Nicolas Taravel 5 0 0 0 5 0
15 DF Saint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris 3 0 0 0 3 0
17 FW Trinidad and Tobago Cordell Cato 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW United States Tucker Stephenson 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF England Charlie Ward 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Canada Zachary Ellis-Hayden 4 0 0 0 4 0
26 FW Wales Jonathan Brown 2 0 0 0 2 0

Source: Energy FC stats

Clean sheets

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

Source: Energy FC stats

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

See also

References

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  2. ^ "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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  4. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (December 18, 2019). "ENERGY FC SIGNS DEFENDER ZACHARY ELLIS-HAYDEN". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (December 18, 2019). "ENERGY FC SIGNS JAPANESE MIDFIELDER KODAI IIDA". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (December 19, 2019). "ENERGY FC SIGNS VETERAN FORWARD JAIME CHAVEZ". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  7. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (December 19, 2019). "ENERGY FC SIGNS MIDFIELDER JOSE HERNANDEZ". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  8. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (December 20, 2019). "ENERGY FC WELCOMES BACK GOALKEEPER CJ COCHRAN". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (January 7, 2020). "ENERGY FC ADDS VERSATILE DEFENDER JOE AMICO". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  10. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (January 10, 2020). "ENERGY FC SIGNS 2019 MLS SUPERDRAFT PICK, MIDFIELDER BRAD DUNWELL". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  11. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (January 10, 2020). "GREENS GRAB GOALKEEPER KYLE IHN". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (January 13, 2020). "ENERGY FC INKS PROLIFIC STRIKER FRANK LOPEZ". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  13. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (January 14, 2020). "ENERGY FC SIGNS ENGLISH PASSING MAESTRO CHARLIE WARD". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  14. ^ Vaughn, Tyler (January 14, 2020). "GREENS SIGN FORWARD TUCKER STEPHENSON". EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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