2020 OKC Energy FC season explained

Club:	OKC Energy
Season:	2020
League:	United Soccer League
League Result:	Western Conf. 17th Group D: 5th
Owner:	Prodigal LLC
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	John Pascarella
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2 Result:	Cancelled
Cup3:	Black Gold Derby
League Topscorer:	Jaime Chavez (2)
Season Topscorer:	Jaime Chavez (2)
Highest Attendance:	4,067 (March 7 vs. Colorado)
Lowest Attendance:	1,423 (July 22 vs Rio Grande)
Average Attendance:	Overall: Pre-Covid: Post-Covid:
Largest Win:	ATX 1–3 OKC
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Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2021

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

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1				15 August 1988	2016		105	0
2	C.J. Cochran			17 September 1991	2020		31	0
35				20 December 1994	2020		0	0
Defenders
3				1 March 1991	2016		117	7
4				17 April 1995	2020		69	3
5				10 January 1990	2018		11	0
13				13 October 1994	2019		18	0
15				9 January 1985	2018		56	4
22				1 March 1992	2020	Fresno FC	15	0
Midfielders
6	Brad Dunwell			31 December 1996	2020		13	0
7				19 December 1988	2019		42	6
8				12 April 1996	2020		15	1
9				17 July 1987	2020		16	3
10	Arun Basuljevic			17 December 1995	2020		13	0
11	Frank López			25 February 1995	2020		6	1
14	Kodai Iida			6 December 1994	2020		7	0
17				15 July 1992	2019		42	5
18	Tucker Stephenson			23 October 1996	2020		11	1
19				19 February 1995	2020		10	0
25				18 April 1995	2020		3	0
26				17 April 1990	2019		71	4
91				8 October 1991	2019		42	6

Non-competitive

Preseason

Competitions

USL

See main article: article and 2020 USL Championship season.

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: article and 2020 U.S. Open Cup.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	USL	U.S. Open Cup	Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Cody Laurendi	4	0	0	0	4	0
2	GK		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		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

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	USL	U.S. Open Cup	Total
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		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

Clean sheets

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

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Arun Basuljevic	Fresno FC		Dec 17, 2019	^[1]
DF	Zachary Ellis-Hayden	Fresno FC		Dec 17, 2019	^[2]
MF	Kodai Iida	HFX Wanderers		Dec 18, 2019	^[3]
FW	Jaime Chavez	Fresno FC		Dec 19, 2019	^[4]
MF	José Hernández	LA Galaxy II		Dec 19, 2019	^[5]
GK	C. J. Cochran	Fresno FC		Dec 20, 2019	^[6]
DF	Joe Amico			Jan 7, 2020	^[7]
MF	Brad Dunwell	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros		Jan 10, 2020	^[8]
GK	Kyle Ihn	Lansing Ignite		Jan 10, 2020	^[9]
FW				Jan 13, 2020	^[10]
MF	Charlie Ward	Ottawa Fury FC		Jan 14, 2020	^[11]
FW	Tucker Stephenson	Sporting Kansas City II		Jan 14, 2020	^[12]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
GK	Bryan Byars		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019	^[13]
DF	Max Gunderson		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
DF	Christian Ibeagha		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
DF	Alvin Jones	Real Salt Lake	OKC receives an undisclosed fee.	Dec 5, 2019	^[14]
DF	Amir Šašivarević		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
DF	Mekeil Williams		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
MF	Josh García		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
MF	Kal Okot		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
MF	Callum Ross		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
MF	Je-Vaughn Watson		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
FW			Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019
FW	Christian Eissele		Contract expired.	Dec 5, 2019

See also

• OKC Energy FC
• 2020 in American soccer
• 2020 USL Championship season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS DYNAMIC PLAYMAKER ARUN BASULJEVIC. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019 . December 17, 2019.
2. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS DEFENDER ZACHARY ELLIS-HAYDEN. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019 . December 18, 2019.
3. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS JAPANESE MIDFIELDER KODAI IIDA. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019 . December 18, 2019.
4. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS VETERAN FORWARD JAIME CHAVEZ. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019 . December 19, 2019.
5. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS MIDFIELDER JOSE HERNANDEZ. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019 . December 19, 2019.
6. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC WELCOMES BACK GOALKEEPER CJ COCHRAN. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019 . December 20, 2019.
7. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC ADDS VERSATILE DEFENDER JOE AMICO. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. January 7, 2020. January 7, 2020.
8. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS 2019 MLS SUPERDRAFT PICK, MIDFIELDER BRAD DUNWELL. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. January 18, 2020. January 10, 2020.
9. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. GREENS GRAB GOALKEEPER KYLE IHN. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. January 18, 2020. January 10, 2020.
10. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC INKS PROLIFIC STRIKER FRANK LOPEZ. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. January 18, 2020. January 13, 2020.
11. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC SIGNS ENGLISH PASSING MAESTRO CHARLIE WARD. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. January 18, 2020. January 14, 2020.
12. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. GREENS SIGN FORWARD TUCKER STEPHENSON. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. January 18, 2020. January 14, 2020.
13. Web site: Vaughn. Tyler. ENERGY FC CONFIRMS RETURN OF EIGHT PLAYERS FOR 2020. EnergyFC.com. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2018. December 5, 2018.
14. Web site: Tyler Vaughn. ENERGY FC TRANSFERS ALVIN JONES TO MLS CLUB REAL SALT LAKE. Energy FC. OKC Energy FC. December 21, 2019. December 9, 2019.