2019 OKC Energy FC season

The 2019 OKC Energy FC season was the club's sixth season of existence, and their sixth consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Energy FC also took part in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covers the period from October 14, 2018, to the beginning of the 2020 USLC season.

OKC Energy
2019 season
OwnerProdigal LLC
Head coachSteve Cooke
United Soccer LeagueWestern Conference: 15th
USL PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFourth round
(knocked out by FC Dallas)
Top goalscorerLeague: Deshorn Brown (10)
All: Deshorn Brown (8)
Highest home attendance5,586
(July 17 vs. Reno)
Lowest home attendance3,096
(June 1 vs. LA Galaxy II)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 4,442
All: 4,006
Biggest winLeague/All: 3–1
(March 9 vs. El Paso)
(May 14 vs. NTX Rayados, USOC)
Biggest defeatLeague/All: 0–4
(June 12 vs. FC Dallas, USOC)
1–5
(September 28 vs. LA Galaxy II)
← 2018
2020 →

Roster

As of match played July 27, 2019[1]
No.NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of birth (age)Signed inPrevious clubAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1Cody Laurendi GK (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 35)2016 Austin Aztex960
16Bryan Byars GK (1991-10-02) October 2, 1991 (age 32)2018 Tulsa Roughnecks FC120
72Harrison Bouma GK (2000-12-22) December 22, 2000 (age 23)2019 Sporting KC Academy00
Defenders
2Chris Duvall DF (1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 32)2019 Houston Dynamo27
3Kyle Hyland DF (1991-03-01) March 1, 1991 (age 33)2016 Indy Eleven1097
5Christian Ibeagha DF (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 34)2018 North Carolina FC593
13Nicolas Taravel DF (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 29)2019 Grenoble30
15Atiba Harris DF (1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39)2018 Murciélagos452
19Max Gunderson DF (1989-11-05) November 5, 1989 (age 34)2018 OKC Energy U23140
25Amir Šašivarević DF (1994-10-08) October 8, 1994 (age 29)2019 Lane United FC51
55Mekeil Williams DF (1990-07-24) July 24, 1990 (age 33)2019 Richmond Kickers271
61Alvin Jones DF (1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 29)2019 W Connection201
Midfielders
4Callum Ross MF (1994-09-15) September 15, 1994 (age 29)2018 Charlotte Independence642
7Rafael Garcia MF (1988-12-19) December 19, 1988 (age 35)2019 Las Vegas Lights286
8Ian McGrath MF (1996-07-17) July 17, 1996 (age 27)2019 Philadelphia Fury10
9Deshorn Brown FW (1990-12-22) December 22, 1990 (age 33)2018 Lorca3415
11Christian Eissele FW (1992-06-23) June 23, 1992 (age 32)2019 Sacramento Republic297
12Kal Okot MF (1993-10-13) October 13, 1993 (age 30)2019 OKC Energy U2360
17Cordell Cato FW (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 31)2019 Charlotte Independence283
21Josh García MF (1993-07-28) July 28, 1993 (age 30)2019 OKC Energy U2331
23Je-Vaughn Watson FW (1983-10-22) October 22, 1983 (age 40)2019 Charlotte Independence151
26Jonathan Brown FW (1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34)2019 Abahani Limited Dhaka511
27Derek Gebhard FW (1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 (age 28)2019 El Paso Locomotive FC60
91Owayne Gordon FW (1991-10-08) October 8, 1991 (age 32)2019 San Antonio FC345

Non-competitive

Preseason

February 2 Friendly Tulsa Golden Hurricane 0–3 OKC Energy Tulsa, OK
2:00 PM CSTBrown 16'
Garcia ,
Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium
February 9 Friendly Saint Louis FC 0–0 OKC Energy Springfield, Missouri
2:00 PM CSTStadium: Allison South Stadium
February 13 Friendly OKC Energy 5–0 Texas United Norman, OK
2:00 PM CSTBustos 12', 32'
Eissele 24'
Trialist 73'
Brown 77'
Stadium: John Crain Field
February 16 Friendly OKC Energy 3–1 SMU Mustangs Norman, OK
2:00 PM CSTBustos 30'
Brown 33', 36'
Ponder 15'Stadium: John Crain Field
Note: 45-minute first half followed by two 30-minute periods
February 23 Friendly Phoenix Rising FC 0–2 OKC Energy Tucson, Arizona
4:00 PM CSTCochran  51'
Farrell  68'
Flemmings  75'
Musa  86'
ReportBrown 12'
Gordon 26'
 75'
Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Competitions

USL Championship

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
13Las Vegas Lights FC34118154656−1041
14Portland Timbers 234108166571−638
15OKC Energy FC34911144558−1338
16Tulsa Roughnecks34810164569−2434
17Tacoma Defiance3487194282−4031
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32911124453 −9385642020 04582433 −9

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAHAAHAHAHAHHHAAHHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWLDLLWDWLDWDDDDLWDLLWDLWWDLLDLLLL
Source: Energy FC schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

March 9 1 El Paso Locomotive 1–3 OKC Energy El Paso, TX
8:30 PM CSTGebhard 16'
Kiffe  49'
ReportBrown 1', 54'
Harris  43'
Cato 81'
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 8,324
Referee: Matthew Thompson
March 16 2 OKC Energy 2–1 Las Vegas Lights Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDTBrown 13'
Harris  49'
Ross  69'
Gordon 78'
ReportScaglia  26'
Torre 58'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,544
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
March 24 3 Sacramento Republic 4–1 OKC Energy Sacramento, CA
4:00 PM CDTIwasa 16', 21' (pen.), 27'
Werner 45+4'
Saari  47'
Skundrich  80'
Blackwood  90+2'
ReportR. Garcia 29',  69'Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 9,857
Referee: Mark Allatin
March 30 4 Reno 1868 3–3 OKC Energy Reno, NV
8:00 PM CDTBrown 26'
Casiple 51'
Seymore  54'
Gleadle 56'
Carroll  86'
Lacroix  86'
ReportR. Garcia  62'
Boesetti 72'
Eissele 90+2'
Gordon 90+4'
Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
April 6 5 OKC Energy 2–3 Portland Timbers 2 Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDTda Fonte 22'
Cato 25'
Williams  55'
Ross  87'
ReportDiz  5'
Hurtado 68'
Kobayashi 79'
Sierakowski 90+1'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,396
Referee: Elton Garcia
April 13 6 Rio Grande Valley FC 2–1 OKC Energy Edinburg, TX
7:30 PM CDTSalazar 54'
Enríquez 87',  88'
Foster  90+4'
ReportHarris  58', 90+2'Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,387
Referee: Arturo Ibarra
April 20 7 OKC Energy 1–0 Orange County SC Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDTJones 4'
Ross  79'
ReportArellano  75'Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,611
Referee: Mike Lavergne
April 27 8 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–1 OKC Energy Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDTSilva 4'
Roberts  31'
Addai  36'
Hedrick  84'
Ajeakwa  90'
ReportGordon 32'
R. Garcia  79'
Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Eric Tattersall
May 4 9 OKC Energy 2–1 Tacoma Defiance Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDTBrown 13', 70'
da Fonte  42'
ReportDaley  16'
Gonzalez 40'
Hinds  47'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,338
Referee: Matthew Thompson
May 10 10 Austin Bold 2–1 OKC Energy Austin, TX
7:30 PM CDTGuadarrama  11'
Saramutin  56', 61'
Kléber  76', 80' (pen.)
ReportBrown 28'
Williams  30'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,804
Referee: Elton Garcia
May 18 11 OKC Energy 1–1 Real Monarchs Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDTR.García  34'
Watson  36'
Cato 71'
ReportSchmitt 90+3'Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,031
Referee: Greg Dopka
May 25 12 OKC Energy 1–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDTGordon 15'
R.García  87'
ReportJome  37'Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,597
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
June 1 13 OKC Energy 0–0 LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTGordon  46'
Harris  53'
ReportOntiveros  57'
Vera  67'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
June 5 14 New Mexico United 1–1 OKC Energy Albuquerque, NM
8:00 PM CDTSandoval 43'
Frater  62'
ReportBosetti  49'
Brown 73'
Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 13,574
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 8 15 Fresno FC 1–1 OKC Energy Fresno, CA
9:30 PM CDTJohnson 8'ReportHarris  33'
Šašivarević  39'
Brown 79'
Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
June 15 16 OKC Energy 1–1 San Antonio FC Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTR.Garcia 55' (pen.)
da Fonte  85'
ReportBarmby 90+1'Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,415
Referee: Lorant Varga
June 22 17 OKC Energy 1–4 Phoenix Rising Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTGarcia 31' (pen.),  48'
da Fonte  58'
Harris  78'
ReportFarrell  9'   29'
Harris 15' (o.g.)
Asante 18', 79',  48'
Bakero 54'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,422
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
June 29 18 Las Vegas Lights 0–1 OKC Energy Las Vegas, NV
9:30 PM CDTGarcia-Lopez  14'
Robinson  35'
ReportJ. Brown  66'
Jones  69'
Bosetti  83'
D.Brown 89'
Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 9,418
Referee: Victor Rivas
July 6 19 OKC Energy 1–1 El Paso Locomotive Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTJ. Brown  27'
R. García 29' (pen.),  53'
Harris  42'
Ibeagha  76'
ReportBeckie  28'
Williams 62' (o.g.)
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,585
Referee: Thomas Snyder
July 17 20 OKC Energy 2–3 Reno 1868 Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTJ. Brown 2'
Gordon 23'
R. Garcia  54'
Watson  79'
ReportMfeka 66'
Apodaca 71'
Hertzog 77',  78'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,586
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 20 21 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 1–0 OKC Energy Colorado Springs, CO
7:00 PMCDTRwatubyaye  25'   83'
Jome 51'
Argueta  72'
Hundley  82'
ReportRoss  45+1'Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,727
Referee: Joseph Salinas
July 27 22 Tacoma Defiance 0–2 OKC Energy Tacoma, WA
9:00 PM CDTReportGordon  15'
Ross  53'
Hyland 77'
Harris 89'
Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,291
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
August 3 23 OKC Energy 1–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTEissele 17'
Watson  33'   63'
Eissele  74'
Reportda Costa 23'
Hedrick  33'
Rezende  38'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera Jr
August 10 24 OKC Energy 1–2 Fresno FC Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTHyland 23'
Eissele  60'
ReportChávez 27' ,  55'
Ellis-Hayden  56'
del Campo 79'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,853
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 16 25 Portland Timbers 2 2–4 OKC Energy Portland, OR
9:30 PM CDTCalixtro 4'
Sierakowski 28'
Ojeda  90+2'
ReportEissele 20', 56'
Williams 53'
Ibeagha 86'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 1,546
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
August 24 26 OKC Energy 4–2 Austin Bold Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 PM CDTRoss  11'
Watson  19'
Lima 24' (o.g.)
R. García 27'
Eissele 31'
D. Brown 42'
ReportGuadarrama  22'
Okugo  26'
Tyrpak 77'
Faris 88'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
August 30 27 Real Monarchs 2–2 OKC Energy Herriman, UT
9:00 PMCDTPlewa 45+1',  51'
Martínez 78'
ReportIbeagha  21'
R. Garcia 52'
Brown 80'
Jones  90'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 2,091
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 8 28 OKC Energy 1–3 New Mexico United Oklahoma City, OK
6:00 PM CDTWilliams  15'
Brown 57'
Harris  86'
R. Garcia  86'
ReportSandoval 11', 16' (pen.)
Tetteh  21'
Guzman  45'
Wehan 71'
Suggs  72'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,293
Referee: Mark Allatin
September 14 29 San Antonio FC 3–1 OKC Energy San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDTCastillo 12'
López 26'
Harris 48' (o.g.)
Pecka  81'
ReportWatson  35'
Ibeagha  44'
Brown 77' (pen.)
Gordon  78'
Harris  90'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 22 30 OKC Energy 0–0 Sacramento Republic Oklahoma City, OK
6:00 PM CDTWilliams  43'ReportSaari  89'Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,169
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
September 28 31 LA Galaxy II 5–1 OKC Energy Carson, CA
9:00 PM CDTKoreniuk 23'
Zubak 40', 73'
Williams 80'
Hernández 83'
ReportBrown 7'
Gordon  34'
Ross  56'
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Track & Field Stadium
Referee: Victor Rivas
October 5 32 Orange County SC 2–0 OKC Energy Irvine, CA
9:00 PM CDTForrester 53'
Leonardo  74'
Amico 75'
ReportHyland  25'   43'Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Michael Radchuk
October 13 33 OKC Energy 0–2 Rio Grande Valley FC Oklahoma City, OK
6:00 PM CDTReportDonovan 70'
Small 78' (pen.)
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
October 18 34 Phoenix Rising 3–1 OKC Energy Tempe, AZ
9:30 PM CDTJahn 21', 70'
Lubin  26'
Lambert 32'
ReportIbeagha  13'
Harris  50'
Ross  62'
Brown 73'
Hyland  82'
Williams  90'
Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Referee: Dejan Susak

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, OKC Energy will enter the tournament in the second round, to be played May 14, 2019[2]

v NTX Rayados
May 14 Second round OKC Energy FC 3–1 NTX Rayados Norman, Oklahoma
7:30 PM CDTSasivarevic 51'
Eissele 81' (pen.)
Watson 90+4' (pen.)
ReportOkeke 62'
Frías  90+3'
Stadium: John Crain Field
Attendance: 417
Referee: Michael Cap
v Tampa Bay Rowdies
May 28 Third round OKC Energy FC 4–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Norman, Oklahoma
7:30 PM CDTGordon 2'
Boesetti 27',  30'
Eissele 32'
Brown 60'
ReportAllen 20' (pen.), 47'
Najem 24'
Poku  34'
Stadium: John Crain Field
Attendance: 177
Referee: Elton Garcia
v OKC Energy FC
June 12 Fourth round FC Dallas 4–0 OKC Energy FC Dallas, Texas
7:00 PM CDTHedges 11'
Bressan  20'
Barrios 43'
Badji 52'
Ziegler 90' (pen.)
ReportBrown  46'
Ross  55'
Harris  74'
Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 1,296
Referee: Luis Guardia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.Pos.NameUSLU.S. Open CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Cody Laurendi32010330
2DF Chris Duvall600060
3DF Kyle Hyland21220232
4MF Callum Ross32020330
5DF Christian Ibeagha30130331
7MF Rafael Garcia28430314
8MF Ian McGrath100010
9FW Deshorn Brown3015213216
11FW Christian Eissele29432326
12MF Kal Okot402060
13DF Nicolas Taravel300030
15DF Atiba Harris33210342
16GK Bryan Byars202040
17FW Cordell Cato30310313
19DF Max Gunderson001010
21MF Josh García002020
23MF Je-Vaughn Watson16021181
25DF Amir Sasivarevic302151
26FW Jonathan Brown10100101
27FW Derek Gebhard500050
55DF Mekeil Williams28210292
61DF Alvin Jones21000210
91FW Owayne Gordon34531'376
Players who left the club during the season:
2DF Mike da Fonte12030151
6DF Drew Beckie101020
10FW Alexy Bosetti25230252
22MF Marco Bustos700070

Disciplinary record

No.Pos.NameUSLU.S. Open CupTotal
3DF Kyle Hyland110011
4MF Callum Ross801080
5DF Christian Ibeagha400040
7MF Rafael Garcia900090
9FW Deshorn Brown001010
11FW Christian Eissele200020
15DF Atiba Harris10010100
23MF Je-Vaughn Watson510051
25DF Amir Sasivarevic100010
26FW Jonathan Brown200020
27FW Derek Gebhard100010
55DF Mekeil Williams200020
61DF Alvin Jones200020
91FW Owayne Gordon200020
Players who left the club during the season:
2DF Mike da Fonte300030

Clean sheets

No.NameUSLU.S. Open CupTotalGames Played
1 Cody Laurendi60632
16 Bryan Byars0004
72 Harrison Bouma0000

Transfers

Out

Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource
FW Jonathan Brown Hartford AthleticContract expired.Oct 29, 2018[3]
MF Justin ChavezContract expired.Oct 29, 2018[3]
FW Alex Dixon Hartford AthleticContract expired. Signed for Hartford on Dec 18, 2018.Oct 29, 2018[3][4]
DF Richard Dixon Chattanooga Red WolvesOption declined. Signed for Chattanooga on Dec 5, 2018.Oct 29, 2018[3][5]
MF Miguel González Miami FCContract expired.Oct 29, 2018[3]
MF Juan Guzman New Mexico UnitedContract expired. Signed for New Mexico on Nov 6, 2018.Oct 29, 2018[3][6]
DF Shawn McLawsOption declined.Oct 29, 2018[3]
MF Monty Patterson Hønefoss BKOption declined.Oct 29, 2018[3]
MF Philip Rasmussen Hartford AthleticContract expired.Oct 29, 2018[3]
FW Christian Volesky Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCContract expired.Oct 29, 2018[3]
GK Matt Van Oekel Birmingham LegionOKC receives an undisclosed fee.Dec 12, 2018[7]

Kits

Home
Away
TypeShirtShortsSocksFirst appearance / Record
HomeWhiteWhiteWhiteMatch 1 @ El Paso / 9–9–11
AwayBlueBlueBlueMatch 13 vs LA Galaxy II / 0–2–1

See also

References