2020 Tacoma Defiance season

Tacoma Defiance
2020 season
Head Coach	Chris Little
Stadium	Cheney Stadium
Highest home attendance	League:
Lowest home attendance	League:
Average home league attendance	League: 2,178
Biggest win	4–0; (August 3 at Portland)
Biggest defeat	1–3; (March 6 vs. Reno); (August 15 at Sacramento)
Home colors	Away colors

The 2020 Tacoma Defiance season is the club's sixth year of existence, formerly as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their sixth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. This is the 3rd season of the soccer team playing in Tacoma, Washington. Defiance is majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC.

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of August 12, 2020.[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Trey Muse (^[A])	United States
16	Defender	Alex Roldan (^[A])	United States
31	Defender	Nick Hinds	United States
32	Forward	Alec Díaz	Puerto Rico
33	Defender	Sam Rogers	United States
34	Forward	Danny Robles	United States
37	Forward	Shandon Hopeau (^[A])	United States
38	Midfielder	Azriel Gonzalez	United States
39	Midfielder	Marlon Vargas	United States
40	Midfielder	Chris Hegardt (^[B])	United States
43	Midfielder	Sota Kitahara (^[B])	United States
49	Midfielder	Reed Baker-Whiting	United States
52	Defender	Eric Kinzner	United States
61	Goalkeeper	Jamie Lowell (^[B])	United States
64	Goalkeeper	Christian Herrera (on loan from Oakland Roots SC)	United States
74	Defender	Taylor Mueller	United States
75	Midfielder	Danny Leyva (^[A])	United States
80	Midfielder	Ray Serrano	United States
81	Defender	Danny Reynolds	England
84	Midfielder	Josh Atencio (^[A])	United States
87	Forward	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (^[A] on loan from Seattle Sounders FC)	United States
90	Midfielder	Chino Pérez	United States
92	Defender	Abdoulaye Cissoko	France
97	Midfielder	Collin Fernandez	United States
98	Midfielder	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	England
99	Forward	Justin Dhillon (^[A])	United States

^
Signed to first team contract with Sounders FC.
^
Sounders FC Academy player.

Competitions

Preseason

February 6, 2020	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4–0	Tacoma Defiance
(PDT)
Note: closed door 114 min match

February 12, 2020	LA Galaxy II	–	Tacoma Defiance	Carson, California
(PDT)				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

Friendlies

		–
(PDT)

USL Regular Season

Standings — Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Reno 1868 FC	7	5	0	2	15	7	+8	15	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC	8	4	3	1	10	6	+4	15	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
3	Tacoma Defiance	7	2	1	4	14	13	+1	7
4	Portland Timbers 2	6	0	0	6	4	23	−19	0

Updated to match(es) played on August 15, 2020. 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
7	3	1	3	14	13	+1	10	1	0	2	5	5	0	2	1	1	9	8	+1

Last updated: August 15, 2020.
Source: USL Championship

Results by matchday

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

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

March 6, 2020 USL 1	Tacoma Defiance	1–3	Reno 1868 FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PST)	Hegardt 26' Daley 38' Atencio 86'	Report	Skahan 56' François 74' Fuentes 87'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,178 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

March 11, 2020 USL 2	Tacoma Defiance	1–2	San Diego Loyal SC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)	Mueller 38' Dhillon 56'	Report	Atuahene 31', 85', 89' Stoneman 57' Kempin 90+2'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Luis Guardia
Note: Played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

July 13, 2020 USL 3	Sacramento Republic FC	3–3	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
7:00 p.m. (PDT)	Formella 8' (pen.), 37' Hillard-Arce 23' Villareal 84' Skundrich 90+1'	Report	Díaz 1' Daley 57' Serrano 81'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Referee: Elijio Arreguin

July 18, 2020 USL 4	Tacoma Defiance	3–0	Portland Timbers 2	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)	Díaz 14' Kitahara 21' Burke-Gilroy 52' Robles 58' Reynolds 60' Pérez 64' Baker-Whiting 80'	Report	Ornstil 45' Velásquez 60' Krolicki 60' Clapier 74'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Referee: Adorae Monroy

August 3, 2020 USL 5	Portland Timbers 2	0–4	Tacoma Defiance	Portland, Oregon
6:00 p.m. (PDT)	Dúran 30' Anguiano 45' Calixtro 73'	Report	Díaz 23', 47' Mueller 40', 53' Daley 70' Pérez 72' Ocampo-Chavez 90'	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Isaiah Vlad

August 8, 2020 USL 6	Reno 1868 FC	2–1	Tacoma Defiance	Reno, Nevada
7:30 p.m. (PDT)	Kikanovic 20' Hertzog 32' (pen.), 32' Rivas 48' Ycaza 90'+3'	Report	Robles 24' Herrera 31' Cissoko 40'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Referee: Nicholas Marin

August 15, 2020 USL 7	Sacramento Republic FC	3–1	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
8:00 p.m. (PDT)	Formella 14', 41' Iwasa 33' Belmar 54' McCrary 84'	Report	Hinds 42' Rogers 50'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Referee: Ricardo Fierro

August 19, 2020 USL 8	Las Vegas Lights FC	v	Tacoma Defiance	Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Cashman Field
Note: This match was originally schedule for 8/12 but was moved due to COVID cases on the Lights squad

August 29, 2020 USL 9	Portland Timbers 2	v	Tacoma Defiance	Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Providence Park

September 4, 2020 USL 10	Real Monarchs SLC	v	Tacoma Defiance	Sandy, Utah
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

September 12, 2020 USL 11	Portland Timbers 2	v	Tacoma Defiance	Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Providence Park

September 16, 2020 USL 12	Reno 1868 FC	v	Tacoma Defiance	Reno, Nevada
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Note: Due to positive COVID-19 tests in the Reno squad this match was moved from October 3rd.

September 19, 2020 USL 13	Sacramento Republic FC	v	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park

September 27, 2020 USL 14	Tacoma Defiance	v	Portland Timbers 2	Tacoma, Washington
1:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Cheney Stadium

September 30, 2020 USL 15	Tacoma Defiance	v	Sacramento Republic FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Cheney Stadium

October 3, 2020 USL 16	Tacoma Defiance	v	Reno 1868 FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Note: Originally schedule as a match in Tacoma on 7/23 that match was postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests in the Reno squad and then move/switch with the away match with Reno.

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.[3]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Trey Muse	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF		Alex Roldan	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF		Nick Hinds	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
32	FW		Alec Díaz	5	4	5	4	0	0
33	DF		Sam Rogers	6	1	6	1	0	0
34	MF		Danny Robles	6	2	6	2	0	0
37	FW		Shandon Hopeau	2	0	2	0	0	0
38	MF		Azriel Gonzalez	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
39	MF		Marlon Vargas	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
40	MF		Chris Hegardt	3	1	1+2	1	0	0
43	MF		Sota Kitahara	5	0	5	0	0	0
49	MF		Reed Baker-Whiting	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
64	GK		Christian Herrera	5	0	5	0	0	0
74	DF		Taylor Mueller	7	1	7	1	0	0
75	MF		Danny Leyva	1	0	1	0	0	0
80	MF		Ray Serrano	5	1	0+5	1	0	0
81	DF		Danny Reynolds	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
84	MF		Josh Atencio	2	0	2	0	0	0
87	MF		Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
89	MF		Jesse Daley	4	1	4	1	0	0
90	MF		Jesús Pérez	7	2	1+6	2	0	0
92	DF		Abdoulaye Cissoko	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
97	MF		Collin Fernandez	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
98	DF		Antonee Burke-Gilroy	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
99	FW		Justin Dhillon	1	1	1	1	0	0

Last updated: August 15, 2020
Source:

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Regular season	Total
1	FW	32	Alec Díaz	4	4
2	FW	32	Danny Robles	2	2
2	MF	90	Chino Pérez	2	2
3	DF	33	Sam Rogers	1	1
	MF	40	Chris Hegardt	1	1
	MF	74	Taylor Mueller	1	1
	MF	80	Ray Serrano	1	1
	MF	89	Jesse Daley	1	1
	FW	99	Justin Dhillon	1	1

Last updated: August 15, 2020
Source:

Top assists

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Regular Season	Total
1	FW	34	Danny Robles	2	2
	DF	81	Danny Reynolds	2	2
	MF	98	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	2	2
2	FW	32	Alec Díaz	1	1
	FW	37	Shandon Hopeau	1	1
	MF	39	Marlon Vargas	1	1
	MF	90	Chino Pérez	1	1
	MF	98	Azriel Gonzalez	1	1

Last updated: August 15, 2020
Source:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Player
No.	Pos	Player	Regular Season			Playoffs			Total
31	DF	Nick Hinds	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
43	MF	Sota Kitahara	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
49	MF	Reed Baker-Whiting	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
64	GK	Christian Herrera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
74	DF	Taylor Mueller	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
81	DF	Danny Reynolds	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
84	MF	Josh Atencio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
87	FW	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
89	DF	Jesse Daley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
92	DF	Abdoulaye Cissoko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
98	MF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0

Last updated: August 15, 2020
Source:

Honors and awards

Team of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Ref
4	FW	Alec Díaz	[4]
4	Bench	Danny Robles	[4]
7	FW	Alec Díaz	[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
74	DF	Taylor Mueller	Charleston Battery	Free transfer	December 12, 2019	[6]
97	MF	Collin Fernandez	Saint Louis FC	Free transfer	January 14, 2020	[7]
51	DF	Danny Reynolds	UNC Wilmington	Seattle Sounders FC MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#35)	February 7, 2020	[8]
90	MF	Jesús Pérez	UIC	New York City FC MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#22)	February 19, 2020	[9]
52	DF	Eric Kinzer	Sounders FC Academy		July 13, 2020	[10]
64	GK	Christian Herrera	Oakland Roots SC	On loan through until September 12	July 13, 2020	[10]
49	MF	Reed Baker-Whiting	Sounders FC Academy		July 23, 2020	[11]
87	FW	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	Seattle Sounders FC	loan	August 3, 2020	[12]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
71	DF	Aleks Berkolds	Reno 1868 FC	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[13]
88	DF	Matt Nance		Option declined	November 21, 2019	[13]
96	DF	Ever Rubio	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[13]
90	MF	Herbert Robinson García	Deportivo CAFESSA Jalisco	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[13]
73	DF	Modou Ndow	MFK Vyškov	End of loan	November 21, 2019	[13]
36	DF	Denso Ulysse	Inter Miami CF	Free transfer	November 21, 2019	[13]
78	MF	Ben Numbi	MFK Vyškov	End of loan	November 21, 2019	[13]
84	MF	Josh Atencio	Seattle Sounders FC	Signed Homegrown contract	June 15, 2020	[14]
37	FW	Shandon Hopeau	Seattle Sounders FC	Signed Homegrown contract	June 30, 2020	[15]
89	MF	Jesse Daley		Requested release	August 12, 2020	[16]

References

"Tacoma Defiance Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
"Tacoma Defiance Statement on Governor Inslee Announcement" (Press release). March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
"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.
"Birmingham's Lapa Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
"USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 7". USLChampionship.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
"Tacoma Defiance signs defender Taylor Mueller". Seattle Sounders FC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
"Tacoma Defiance Signs Midfielder Collin Fernandez". Tacoma Defiance. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
"Tacoma Defiance signs defender Danny Reynolds". Sounders FC Communications. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
"Tacoma Defiance Signs Midfielder Jesús Pérez". 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
"Tacoma Defiance signs defender Eric Kinzer". 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
"Tacoma Defiance signs midfielder Reed Baker-Whiting". 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
"MATCH PREVIEW: TACOMA DEFIANCE AT PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 – AUGUST 3, 2020". Retrieved August 3, 2020.
"Tacoma Defiance Signs Four to New Contracts". Retrieved November 21, 2019.
"Sounders FC signs midfielders Atencio and Dobbelaere as Homegrown Players". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
"Sounders FC signs midfielder Shandon Hopeau as Homegrown Player". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
"TACOMA DEFIANCE RELEASES MIDFIELDER JESSE DALEY". Retrieved August 12, 2020.

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[cnote_A] 
Signed to first team contract with Sounders FC.

[cnote_B] 
Sounders FC Academy player.

[TACRoster-1] "Tacoma Defiance Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[COVID_19-2] "Tacoma Defiance Statement on Governor Inslee Announcement" (Press release). March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[USSF-3] "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.

[4] "Birmingham's Lapa Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

[5] "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 7". USLChampionship.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

[6] "Tacoma Defiance signs defender Taylor Mueller". Seattle Sounders FC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[7] "Tacoma Defiance Signs Midfielder Collin Fernandez". Tacoma Defiance. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[8] "Tacoma Defiance signs defender Danny Reynolds". Sounders FC Communications. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[9] "Tacoma Defiance Signs Midfielder Jesús Pérez". 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[July_Signs-10] "Tacoma Defiance signs defender Eric Kinzer". 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[11] "Tacoma Defiance signs midfielder Reed Baker-Whiting". 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[12] "MATCH PREVIEW: TACOMA DEFIANCE AT PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 – AUGUST 3, 2020". Retrieved August 3, 2020.

[Options-13] "Tacoma Defiance Signs Four to New Contracts". Retrieved November 21, 2019.

[14] "Sounders FC signs midfielders Atencio and Dobbelaere as Homegrown Players". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

[15] "Sounders FC signs midfielder Shandon Hopeau as Homegrown Player". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[16] "TACOMA DEFIANCE RELEASES MIDFIELDER JESSE DALEY". Retrieved August 12, 2020.

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2020 USL Championship season
Playoffs
Eastern	Atlanta United 2 Birmingham Legion Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United Louisville City Memphis 901 Miami FC New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Philadelphia Union II Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Saint Louis FC Sporting Kansas City II Tampa Bay Rowdies
Western	Austin Bold Colorado Springs Switchbacks El Paso Locomotive LA Galaxy II Las Vegas Lights New Mexico United OKC Energy Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic San Antonio FC San Diego Loyal SC Tacoma Defiance FC Tulsa