| Club: | OKC Energy |
| Season: | 2018 |
| League: | United Soccer League |
| League Result: | Western Conference 10th |
| Owner: | Prodigal LLC |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Steve Cooke |
| Cup1: | USL Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Did not qualify |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round (knocked out by NTX Rayados) |
| Cup3: | Black Gold Derby |
| Cup3 Result: | Champions (5–1) |
| League Topscorer: | Alex Dixon (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Alex Dixon (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,757 (March 17 vs. Tulsa) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,574 (March 28 vs. Orange County) |
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| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 OKC Energy FC season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Energy FC also played in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covered the period from November 5, 2017, to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.
The 2018 season was the first for OKC under new head coach Steve Cooke, who had previously been the interim head coach of Colorado Rapids. Cooke became just the second head coach in club history; Jimmy Nielsen had been in charge for the previous four seasons.
Energy FC finished tenth place in the Western Conference, missing the playoffs for just the second time in club history and the first time since 2014. OKC took points from 16 of their last 21 matches, after losing 10 of their first 13 games, but still finished 10 points outside the final playoff spot. In the U.S. Open Cup, Energy FC was knocked out by amateur club NTX Rayados, who play in the North Texas Premier Soccer Association. It marked the first season in club history in which OKC did not win at least one game in the cup.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 August 1988 | 2016 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| 16 |  | 2 October 1991 | 2018 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | | 20 September 1986 | 2018 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 |  | 23 February 1990 | 2017 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | | 1 March 1991 | 2016 | 86 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | | 10 January 1990 | 2018 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 6 |  | 30 September 1990 | 2018 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 9 January 1985 | 2018 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | | 5 November 1989 | 2018 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | 9 March 1993 | 2018 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 September 1994 | 2018 | 31 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | 12 January 1989 | 2017 | 40 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | | 31 August 1988 | 2017 | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | | 7 February 1990 | 2017 | 71 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | | 23 March 1990 | 2018 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 14 |  | 25 April 1992 | 2017 | 68 | 4 | ||||
| 21 |  | 15 October 1990 | 2018 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | 22 April 1996 | 2018 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | | 13 February 1998 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 9 | | 5 January 1991 | 2018 | Columbus Crew SC (loan) | 10 | 3 | |||
| 10 |  | 1 October 1990 | 2017 | 48 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | | 15 September 1992 | 2018 | 23 | 9 | ||||
| 17 | 17 April 1990 | 2017 | 37 | 1 | |||||
| 20 | | 22 December 1990 | 2018 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 28 |  | 9 December 1996 | 2018 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 32 |  | 16 December 1995 | 2018 | 23 | 4 |
See main article: article and 2018 USL season.
In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season would span 34 games, the longest regular season the league had ever run.[1] The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Indy Eleven, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.
On January 12, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Energy FC opened their home slate with the season's first fixture of the Black Gold Derby against Tulsa Roughnecks, the second time in four years that Energy FC and Tulsa faced off in the season opener.[2] The teams had previously faced off to open the 2015 season.
The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 19. Energy FC played three times against both Colorado Springs Switchbacks and Tulsa. They faced every other Western Conference team twice.[3]
See main article: article and 2018 U.S. Open Cup.
| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Cody Laurendi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Richard Dixon | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Kyle Hyland | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | Callum Ross | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 5 | DF | Christian Ibeagha | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| 6 | DF | Drew Beckie | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Philip Rasmussen | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | |
| 8 | MF | Juan Guzman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Adam Jahn | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| 10 | FW | Miguel González | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| 11 | MF | Alex Dixon | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11 | |
| 12 | FW | Christian Volesky | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | |
| 13 | MF | Justin Chavez | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | José Barril | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| 15 | DF | Atiba Harris | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 16 | GK | Bryan Byars | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Jonathan Brown | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Max Gunderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Deshorn Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 21 | MF | Kalif Alhassan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Marco Bustos | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 23 | DF | Shawn McLaws | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | Ryley Kraft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | Monty Patterson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 30 | GK | Matt Van Oekel | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 32 | FW | Jaime Siaj | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
| Players who left the club during the season: | |||||||||
| 9 | FW |  José Angulo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Joseph Adjei | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Juan Niño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Coady Andrews | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 34 | DF | Jordan Cano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 52 | MF | Ema Twumasi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 57 | FW | Francis Atuahene | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | Richard Dixon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Kyle Hyland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | Callum Ross | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Christian Ibeagha | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Drew Beckie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Philip Rasmussen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Juan Guzman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Adam Jahn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Miguel González | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | MF | Alex Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Justin Chavez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | José Barril | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Atiba Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Kalif Alhassan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Marco Bustos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | GK | Matt Van Oekel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | FW | Jaime Siaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Players who left the club during the season: | |||||||||
| 9 | FW | José Angulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Joseph Adjei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 57 | FW | Francis Atuahene | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| No. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games Played | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Laurendi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 16 | Bryan Byars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 30 | Matt Van Oekel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Shawn McLaws | Harrisburg City Islanders | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | December 7, 2017 | [4] | |
| FW | José Angulo | Saint Louis FC | Completed permanent transfer. | December 28, 2017 | [5] | |
| MF | Callum Ross | Charlotte Independence | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 2, 2018 | [6] | |
| GK | Matt Van Oekel | Real Salt Lake | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 5, 2018 | [7] | |
| DF | Christian Ibeagha | North Carolina FC | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 15, 2018 | [8] | |
| GK | Bryan Byars | Tulsa Roughnecks | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 25, 2018 | [9] | |
| FW | Jaime Siaj | Charlotte Independence | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 6, 2018 | [10] | |
| DF | Joseph Adjei | Wa All Stars | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 15, 2018 | [11] | |
| MF | Justin Chavez | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 23, 2018 | [12] | |
| DF | Max Gunderson | OKC Energy U23 | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 28, 2018 | [13] | |
| MF | Juan Niño |  FK Lovćen | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | March 1, 2018 | [14] | |
| FW | Christian Volesky | Saint Louis FC | Saint Louis receives an international roster spot. | May 8, 2018 | [15] | |
| MF | Kalif Alhassan |  Dila Gori | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | May 24, 2018 | [16] | |
| DF | Drew Beckie | Jacksonville Armada | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | June 7, 2018 | [17] | |
| MF | Ryley Kraft | Orlando City B | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | June 9, 2018 | [18] | |
| DF | Atiba Harris | Murciélagos | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | June 27, 2018 | [19] | |
| FW | Monty Patterson | Wellington Phoenix | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | July 30, 2018 | [20] | |
| MF | Marco Bustos | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | August 15, 2018 | [21] | |
| FW | Deshorn Brown | Lorca | Signed through the 2019 season. | September 18, 2018 | [22] |
| Pos. | Player | Parent club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Francis Atuahene | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | March 2, 2018 | July 28, 2018 | [23] [24] | |
| MF | Ema Twumasi | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | March 2, 2018 | June 23, 2018 | [25] | |
| DF | Jordan Cano | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | March 16, 2018 | May 30, 2018 | [26] [27] | |
| July 7, 2018 | September 2, 2018 | [28] [29] | |||||
| FW | Adam Jahn | Columbus Crew SC | On a match-by-match basis. | July 24, 2018 | October 14, 2018 | [30] [31] |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Chad Bond | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 | |||
| GK | C. J. Cochran | Nashville SC | Contract expired. Signed for Nashville on December 7, 2017. | November 5, 2017 | [32] [33] | |
| FW | Andy Craven | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 | |||
| DF | Michael Daly | Fresno FC | Contract expired. Signed for Fresno on December 5, 2017. | November 5, 2017 | [34] | |
| DF | Sam Fink | Saint Louis FC | Contract expired. Signed for Saint Louis on December 13, 2017. | November 5, 2017 | [35] | |
| MF | Daniel Gonzalez | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 | |||
| DF | Michael Harris | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 | |||
| GK | Jacob Lissek | Penn FC | Contract expired. Signed for Penn on February 15, 2018. | November 5, 2017 | [36] | |
| MF | Luis Martinez | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 | |||
| DF | Anthony Wallace | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 | |||
| FW |  Wojciech Wojcik | New York Cosmos B | Contract expired. Signed for Cosmos B on March 20, 2018. | November 5, 2017 | [37] | |
| MF | Juan Niño | No longer listed on roster. | May 26, 2018 | [38] | ||
| FW | José Angulo | Departed through mutual consent. | June 17, 2018 | [39] | ||
| DF | Coady Andrews | Retired. | June 24, 2018 | [40] | ||
| DF | Joseph Adjei |  Malkiya Club | Departed through mutual consent. Signed for Malkiya on October 7, 2018. | July 20, 2018 | [41] [42] |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | White | White | White | Match 1 vs. Tulsa / 9–5–13 | |
| Away | Blue | Blue | Blue | Match 12 vs. Reno / 3–2–3 |