2021 Austin FC season explained

Club:	Austin FC
Season:	2021
League:	MLS
League Result:	12th Western Conference, 24th MLS
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Anthony Precourt
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Josh Wolff
Stadium:	Q2 Stadium
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Canceled
Cup3:	Copa Tejas Division I
Cup3 Result:	3rd Place
Cup4:	Copa Tejas Shield
Cup4 Result:	7th Place
League Topscorer:	Diego Fagundez, Cecilio Dominguez
Average Attendance:	20,738
Largest Win:	ATX 4–1 POR (7/1)
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Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 Austin FC season was the club's inaugural season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. This was also the first season a top-tier sports franchise is playing in the Greater Austin region.^[1]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season began on April 17, 2021, about a month and a half later than normal, and concluded on November 7, 2021. Outside of MLS, Austin FC would have competed in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, but that competition was postponed indefinitely in April^[2] before being canceled in July.^[3]

Austin FC won their first match in Commerce City, CO against the Colorado Rapids 3-1, where midfielder Diego Fagundez scored the club's first ever goal.^[4] They played their first game in Austin in front of 20,738 fans, a 0-0 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes. They won their first home game against the Portland Timbers 4-1, a match which Austin FC winger Jon Gallagher scored the first ever MLS goal at Q2 Stadium.^[5]

Austin FC struggled in their inaugural campaign despite selling out all their home games.^[6] They finished 12th in the Western Conference with 9 wins, 4 draws, and 21 losses. Alexander Ring served as captain, and both Cecilio Dominguez and Diego Fagundez led the club with 7 goals.

Season

8 Games on the Road - April / May / June

Due to Q2 Stadium not being finished, Austin FC played their first 8 matches in club history all on the road.^[7] They lost their first match 2-0 against LAFC, but rallied to win their next 2 matches against the Colorado Rapids^[4] and Minnesota United FC 3-1 and 1-0 respectively.^[8] Midfielder Diego Fagundez scored the club's first goal in the 59th minute in Colorado, a match where Cecilio Dominguez notched the first brace in club history.^[4] Austin FC struggled after the win in Minnesota, scoring only 2 goals (both on road games in Kansas City) and gained 4 points - all draws - over their next 8 matches. They had scoring droughts of 389 minutes between May 9 and June 12, and 364 minutes between June 12 and July 1.

First games in Austin - June / July

Austin played their first home match on June 19, a 0-0 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes in front of a sellout crowd of 20,738.^[9] After a quick 2-0 loss in Minnesota, the club was home for their next 6 matches. Jon Gallagher scored the first ever goal in Q2 Stadium in Austin's first home win, a 4-1 drubbing of the eventual Western Conference champion Portland Timbers.^[10] After losing 3 consecutive home games, they won their first ever Copa Tejas competition, a 3-2 win against the Dynamo where Tomás Pochettino scored his first MLS brace.^[11]

Austin FC also played their first ever international friendly, a 3-1 loss in Austin against Liga MX side Tigres UANL on July 13.^[12]

Reinforcements and Further Struggles - August / September

Through the club's first 16 games, Austin only scored 13 goals. To kickstart their offense, they paid $1.65 million to sign Moussa Djitte from Grenoble^[13] and $7 million to sign Argentinian forward Sebastian Driussi from Zenit Saint Petersburg of the Russian Premier League.^[14] Driussi made his debut August 7 and scored his first goal in a 3-1 win against Portland on August 21.^[15] Despite nearly doubling their offensive output scoring 12 goals over a 7 game stretch, Austin had 1 win and 8 losses over 9 competitions from August 7 to September 18 following Driussi's debut.

End of the Inaugural Season - October

While only having 19 points through 25 matches, Austin FC was still technically in the playoff race come October. On September 26, homegrown player McKinze Gaines became the first Austinite to score a goal for the club in a 2-0 upset win against the LA Galaxy.^[16] Even though they won 4 of their last 5 home matches, their lone loss against Minnesota eliminated them from postseason play on October 16.^[17] Despite the loss, Austin FC still had 2 more Copa Tejas matches. They defeated the Dynamo 2-1 on October 24 and could have secured the Cup with a win in Frisco against FC Dallas. However, they lost the contest 2-1, conceding the Cup winning goal to Franco Jara in the 80th minute.^[18] Austin won their last home game of the season against Sporting Kansas City where Sebastian Driussi scored 30 seconds into the match, the fastest goal in the club's short history.^[19] Austin FC ended their inaugural season on November 7, a 3-0 loss to the Timbers in Portland.^[20]

Diego Fagundez tied for the team lead in both goals with Cecilio Dominguez (7) and assists with Sebastian Driussi (5). He was selected as the team's offensive player of the year, while GK Brad Stuver was selected as the team's defensive player of the year, respectively. Stuver led the MLS with 134 saves in 2021.

Management team

Position	Name
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Sporting director	Claudio Reyna
Head coach	Josh Wolff
Assistant coach	Davy Arnaud

Roster

.^[21]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
28				30 July 1999	2020		0	0
31				7 October 1993	2020		1	0
34				16 April 1998	2021		0	0
41				16 April 1991	2020		33	0
Defenders
3				13 September 1998	2020		25	0
4				13 December 1999	2021		9	0
5				11 February 1987	2021		20	0
16				3 November 1988	2020		25	1
18				3 October 1993	2020		31	2
19	Freddy Kleemann			1 January 1999	2021		3	0
21				3 March 2000	2021		30	0
22				4 September 1991	2020		2	0
24				17 November 1994	2020		28	0
Midfielders
2				19 February 1999	2021		10	0
6				10 May 2001	2021		18	0
7	Tomás Pochettino (DP)			1 February 1996	2021		31	2
8	Alexander Ring (captain)			9 April 1991	2020		31	4
10	Cecilio Domínguez (DP)			11 August 1994	2020		34	7
12				23 June 1993	2020		0	0
14				14 February 1995	2021		33	7
15	Daniel Pereira (GA)			14 July 2000	2021		25	0
20				10 July 1996	2020		22	1
33	Owen Wolff (HG)			30 December 2004	2020		2	0
Forward
9				15 January 1991	2020		5	0
11				22 February 2000	2020		25	0
13				17 April 1990	2021		0	0
17				23 February 1996	2020		27	3
23				30 December 1994	2021		16	0
25	Sebastián Driussi (DP)			9 February 1996	2021		17	5
27				2 March 1998	2021		9	1
99	Moussa Djitté (U22)			4 October 1999	2021		13	1

Transfers

In

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
July 6, 2020		11			$2,750,000	^[22]
August 24, 2020		10			$2,500,000
December 13, 2020	DF	18	Julio Cascante	Portland Timbers	$250,000 GAM	^[23]
December 13, 2020	DF	17	Jon Gallagher	Atlanta United FC	$225,000 GAM
December 13, 2020	DF	24	Nick Lima	San Jose Earthquakes	$250,000 GAM
December 13, 2020	MF	12	Ulises Segura	D.C. United	$150,000 GAM
December 13, 2020	DF	22	Ben Sweat	Inter Miami CF	$100,000 GAM
December 15, 2020		9				^[24]
December 15, 2020		20			Drafted
December 15, 2020		28			Drafted
December 15, 2020		—			Drafted
December 15, 2020		—			Drafted
December 17, 2020		8			$1,250,000 GAM	^[25]
December 21, 2020		16		Columbus Crew	Free	^[26]
December 22, 2020		3			Undisclosed	^[27]
December 23, 2020		31			Free	^[28]
December 28, 2020		41			Free	^[29]
January 5, 2021		14			Free	^[30]
January 6, 2021		5			Free	^[31]
January 21, 2021		15				^[32]
January 22, 2021		23			Free	^[33]
February 4, 2021		13			Free	^[34]
February 9, 2021		19			Drafted	^[35]
February 11, 2021		7			$2,500,000	^[36]
April 16, 2021		34			Free	^[37]
		4			Drafted
June 30, 2021		99			$1,650,000	^[38]
July 29, 2021		25			$7,000,000	^[39]
September 9, 2021		33			Homegrown	^[40]

Loan In

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
21				March 3, 2021	December 31, 2021	^[41]
6				March 3, 2021	December 31, 2021	^[42]
2				April 26, 2021	December 31, 2021	^[43]

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
December 15, 2020	—	—	Kamal Miller	Montreal Impact	$225,000 GAM	^[44]
December 22, 2020	–	–	Joe Corona	Houston Dynamo FC		^[45]
November 10, 2021	DF	5	Matt Besler		Retired	^[46]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
—				July 6, 2020	December 31, 2020	^[47]
—				September 1, 2020	December 31, 2020	^[48]
—	DF	Freddy Kleemann	Birmingham Legion	May 14, 2021	May 30, 2021	^[49] ^[50]
—	GK	Brady Scott	Memphis 901 FC	May 14, 2021	End of season

MLS SuperDraft picks

See main article: 2021 MLS SuperDraft.

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	1	Daniel Pereira	MF	Virginia Tech
1	11	Freddy Kleemann	DF	Washington	Received pick from CF Montréal
1	21	Aedan Stanley	DF	Duke	Received pick from FC Dallas via Colorado Rapids Signed with Sporting Kansas City II
2	28	Daniel Steedman	FW	Virginia	Signed with North Carolina FC
3	55	Noah Lawrence	GK	Ohio State

Non-competitive fixtures

Midseason

Competitive fixtures

Major League Soccer regular season

See main article: 2021 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Overall

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2021 U.S. Open Cup. The first three games of the 2021 MLS season were originally going to serve as the qualification for MLS teams to the 2021 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. After these games were played, U.S. Soccer canceled the 2021 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup due to COVID-19.^[51]

Qualification

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Top scorers

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1	MF	14		7	0	7
	FW	10	Cecilio Domínguez	7	0	7
3	FW	25	Sebastián Driussi	5	0	5
4	MF	8	Alexander Ring	4	0	4
5	FW	17	Jon Gallagher	3	0	3
6	MF	7	Tomás Pochettino	2	0	2
	DF	18	Julio Cascante	2	0	2
8	DF	16	Hector Jiménez	1	0	1
	FW	18	Moussa Djitté	1	0	1
	FW	18	McKinze Gaines	1	0	1
	FW	20	Jared Stroud	1	0	1
Total				34	0	34 Top assists width=30 Rank width=30 Position width=30 Number width=175 Name width=75 width=75 width=75 width=75 Total 1 FW 25 Sebastian Driussi 5 0 0 5 MF 14 Diego Fagundez 5 0 0 5 3 MF 10 Cecilio Domínguez 4 0 0 4 DF 11 Žan Kolmanič 4 0 0 4 MF 20 Jared Stroud 4 0 0 4 6 DF 24 Nick Lima 3 0 0 3 7 DF 18 Julio Cascante 2 0 0 2 MF 16 Hector Jimenez 2 0 0 2 MF 7 Tomás Pochettino 2 0 0 2 MF 8 Alexander Ring 2 0 0 2 11 MF 6 Sebastian Berhalter 1 0 0 2 FW 17 Jon Gallagher 1 0 0 1 FW 9 Danny Hoesen 1 0 0 1 MF 15 Daniel Pereira 1 0 0 1 FW 11 Rodney Redes 1 0 0 1 Total 37 0 0 37 Disciplinary record Player MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Total width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; 15 MF Daniel Pereira 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 MF Alexander Ring 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 8 MF Diego Fagundez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 DF Jhohan Romaña 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 20 MF Jared Stroud 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 DF Julio Cascante 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 21 DF Žan Kolmanič 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24 DF Nick Lima 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 MF Cecilio Dominguez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 MF Tomás Pochettino 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 MF Sebastian Berhalter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 DF Matt Besler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 FW Sebastián Driussi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 MF Hector Jiménez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 41 GK Brad Stuver 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 FW McKinze Gaines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 DF Freddy Kleemann 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 DF Aedan Stanley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 DF Jon Gallagher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 58 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 1 3 Clean sheets width=30 Rank width=30 Number width=175 Name width=75 width=75 width=75 width=75 Total 1 41 Brad Stuver 5 0 0 5

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Open Cup Committee Determines 2021 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Will Not Be Held This Spring. ussoccer.com. April 16, 2021. November 7, 2023.
3. Web site: SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT EDITION OF LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP IN 2022. ussoccer.com. July 20, 2021. November 7, 2023.
4. Web site: Austin FC make history with "momentous" first MLS win . West . Phil . April 24, 2021 . www.MLSSoccer.com . Major League Soccer . November 7, 2023.
5. News: Craven . Mike . July 1, 2021 . At the whistle: Austin FC makes history with first goal, win at Q2 Stadium . Austin American-Statesman. November 7, 2023.
6. Web site: Austin FC’s Inaugural Season Was ‘Absolutely A Success’ Despite On-Field Struggles . LoRé . Michael . November 30, 2021 . www.Forbes.com . Forbes . November 7, 2023.
7. News: Craven . Mike . June 18, 2021 . Austin FC ready to come home for first time in club history . Austin American-Statesman. November 7, 2023.
8. News: Craven . Michael . May 1, 2021 . Live blog: Austin FC score first, defeat Minnesota United 1-0 . Austin American-Statesman . November 7, 2023.
9. Web site: Austin FC Play Inaugural Home Match In Front Of A Sold-Out Crowd . 21 June 2021 . www.soccerbible.com . Soccer Bible . 5 July 2022.
10. News: Craven . Mike . July 1, 2021 . At the whistle: Austin FC makes history with first goal, win at Q2 Stadium . . May 11, 2023.
11. News: Livengood . Paul . August 4, 2021 . HIGHLIGHTS: Austin FC wins 1st Copa Tejas match against Houston Dynamo FC, 3-2 . . Austin, TX . November 3, 2023.
12. News: Craven . Mike . July 13, 2021 . Tigres UANL take 3-1 win over Austin FC in international friendly . Austin American-Statesman . November 7, 2023.
13. News: Craven . Mike . June 30, 2021 . Austin FC signs center forward Moussa Djitté to add goal-scoring threat . Austin American-Statesman . November 7, 2023.
14. Web site: Austin FC signs Argentine midfielder Sebastian Driussi. espn.com.
15. Web site: Timbers fall flat in Austin, 3-1 . August 21, 2021 . www.Columbian.com . November 7, 2023.
16. News: . September 26, 2021 . Djitte, Gaines get 1st goals, Austin FC beats LA Galaxy 2-0 . . New York, NY . November 7, 2023.
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27. Web site: December 22, 2020 . Austin FC Acquires Colombian Defender Jhohan Romaña via Transfer from Club Guaraní . December 22, 2020 . Austin FC . December 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201222152533/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2020/12/22/austin-fc-acquires-colombian-defender-jhohan-roma-transfer-club-guaran . live .
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30. Web site: January 5, 2021 . Longtime Revs midfielder signs with Austin FC in free agency . January 5, 2021 . January 5, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210105162833/https://sports.yahoo.com/longtime-revs-midfielder-signs-austin-152536664.html . live .
31. Web site: Austin FC Acquires Sporting Kansas City Captain Matt Besler via Free Agency | Austin FC . April 18, 2021 . January 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210106150034/https://www.austinfc.com//post/2021/01/06/austin-fc-acquires-sporting-kansas-city-captain-matt-besler-free-agency . live .
32. Web site: Liljenwall . Ari . January 21, 2021 . Austin FC select Virginia Tech midfielder Daniel Pereira at No. 1 in 2021 MLS SuperDraft . January 22, 2021 . MLSSoccer.com . . January 21, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121195416/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2021/01/21/austin-fc-select-virginia-tech-midfielder-daniel-pereira-no-1-pick-2021-mls . live .
33. Web site: Austin FC Acquires Free Agent Forward Kekuta Manneh | Austin FC . April 18, 2021 . April 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419151954/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/01/22/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-forward-kekuta-mennah . live .
34. News: February 4, 2021 . Austin FC Acquires Free Agent and Two-Time Israeli Premier League Champion Aaron Schoenfeld . Austin FC . February 4, 2021 . February 4, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210204161014/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/02/04/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-and-two-time-israeli-premier-league-champion-aaron . live .
35. Web site: February 9, 2021 . Austin FC Signs 2021 MLS SuperDraft Presented by Adidas First Round Pick Freddy Kleemann . Austin FC . February 9, 2021 . February 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210209171029/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/02/09/austin-fc-signs-2021-mls-superdraft-presented-adidas-first-round-pick-freddy . live .
36. Web site: February 11, 2021 . Austin FC Signs Argentine Attacking Midfielder Tomás Pochettino to Designated Player Contract . Austin FC . February 11, 2021 . February 11, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210211141305/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/02/11/austin-fc-signs-argentine-attacking-midfielder-tom-s-pochettino-designated-player . dead .
37. Web site: April 16, 2021 . Austin FC Signs Defender Aedan Stanley and Goalkeeper William Pulisic . Austin FC . April 16, 2021 . April 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416195037/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/04/16/austin-fc-signs-defender-aedan-stanley-and-goalkeeper-william-pulisic . dead .
38. Web site: June 30, 2021 . Austin FC sign Senegal youth international forward Moussa Djitte . MLSSoccer.com . November 20, 2021 . November 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211120205501/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/austin-fc-sign-senegal-youth-international-forward-moussa-djitte . live .
39. Web site: July 29, 2021 . Austin FC signs Argentine midfielder Sebastian Driussi . ESPN . October 31, 2021 . October 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211031145121/https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4441215/austin-fc-signs-argentine-midfielder-sebastian-driussi . live .
40. Web site: September 9, 2021 . Austin FC Sign Midfielder Owen Wolff as First Homegrown Player in Club History . AustinFC.com . October 31, 2021 . October 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211031145121/https://www.austinfc.com/news/austin-fc-sign-midfielder-owen-wolff-as-first-homegrown-player-in-club-history . live .
41. Web site: March 3, 2021 . Austin FC Acquires 21-Year-Old Slovenian Defender Žan Kolmanič . Austin FC . March 3, 2021 . March 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210303163222/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/03/03/austin-fc-acquires-21-year-old-slovenian-defender-kolmani . dead .
42. Web site: March 3, 2021 . Austin FC Acquires 19-Year-Old Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter on Loan Ahead of 2021 MLS Season . Austin FC . March 3, 2021 . March 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210303213640/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/03/03/austin-fc-acquires-19-year-old-midfielder-sebastian-berhalter-loan-ahead-2021-mls . live .
43. Web site: April 26, 2021 . Austin FC Acquires Midfielder Emanuel Perez on Loan for the 2021 MLS Season . Austin FC . April 26, 2021 . November 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130202523/https://www.austinfc.com/news/austin-fc-announce-roster-decisions-ahead-of-2022-season . live .
44. Web site: December 15, 2020 . Impact get Canadian D Miller from Austin . live . December 16, 2020 . . December 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201216014306/https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-impact-acquire-canadian-d-kamal-miller-from-austin-fc-1.1564672 .
45. Web site: Richardson . Dustyn . December 22, 2020 . Dynamo select Joe Corona in MLS Re-Entry Draft . December 22, 2020 . Dynamo Theory . SB Nation . December 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201222192115/https://www.dynamotheory.com/2020/12/22/22195692/dynamo-select-joe-corona-in-mls-re-entry-draft-houston-austin-fc . live .
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