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FC Tucson
2021 season
OwnerBenevolent Sports Tucson, LLC
Manager United States John Galas (2-4-3)
United States Jon Pearlman (9-6-4)
Stadium Kino North Stadium
USL1 PlayoffsSemifinals
Top goalscorer Charlie Dennis (9)
Highest home attendance1,793
(November 6 vs Richmond Kickers,
USL1 Playoff Quarterfinal)
Lowest home attendance654
(August 28 vs Greenville Triumph SC)
Average home league attendance1,050
One result missing
Biggest win4–0
August 22 vs. Ft. Lauderdale
Biggest defeat1–5
May 16 vs. Ft. Lauderdale
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The 2021 FC Tucson season was the eleventh season in the soccer team's history and their third in USL League One. On February 18, 2021, Phoenix Rising FC transferred ownership of FC Tucson to Benevolent Sports Tucson LLC, led by Rising co-owner Brett Johnson. [1] [2]

Players and staff

Roster

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Wallis Lapsley United States GK (1997-04-14) April 14, 1997 (age 27) 2021 United States New York Red Bulls II 0 0
12 Ryan Shellow United States GK (1997-10-10) October 10, 1997 (age 26) 2021 United States Cornell University 0 0
18 Jim Barkei United States GK (1995-12-21) December 21, 1995 (age 28) 2021 United States Memphis 901 FC 0 0
30 Emiliano Andraux United States GK (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 21) 2020 United States FC Tucson Academy [A] 0 0
Defenders
3 Alex Knox United States DF (1997-06-21) June 21, 1997 (age 26) 2021 United States UCLA 0 0
4 Luca Mastrantonio Italy DF (1996-05-27) May 27, 1996 (age 27) 2021 United States UC Irvine 0 0
5 Kaelon Fox United States DF (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995 (age 28) 2021 Iceland Þór Akureyri 0 0
15 Noah Franke United States DF (1995-03-25) March 25, 1995 (age 29) 2021 United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 0 0
19 Maxi Schenfeld Chile DF (1992-10-18) October 18, 1992 (age 31) 2021 United States FC Tulsa 0 0
23 Luke Lawrence United States DF (2001-08-22) August 22, 2001 (age 22) 2021 United States Barça Residency Academy 0 0
24 Dakota Barnathan United States DF (1994-11-09) November 9, 1994 (age 29) 2021 United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 0 0
58 Miles Lyons United States DF (2001-01-01) January 1, 2001 (age 23) 2021 United States Barça Residency Academy 0 0
Midfielders
8 Daniel Bedoya Colombia MF (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 30) 2021 United States New Amsterdam FC 0 0
10 Charlie Dennis England MF (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998 (age 26) 2020 United States Tormenta FC 15 0
11 Kevin Rodriguez United States MF (1996-09-25) September 25, 1996 (age 27) 2021 United States Rio Grande Valley FC 0 0
14 Gerard Lavergne Dominican Republic MF (1999-01-25) January 25, 1999 (age 25) 2021 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja 0 0
20 João Delgado Portugal MF (1994-01-16) January 16, 1994 (age 30) 2021 United States Reading United AC 0 0
21 Manuel Ferriol Spain MF (1998-08-13) August 13, 1998 (age 25) 2020 United States James Madison University 9 0
22 Nathan Hurtado United States MF (2003-09-07) September 7, 2003 (age 20) 2021 United States Barça Residency Academy 0 0
27 Jordan Pena United States MF (2000-05-21) May 21, 2000 (age 23) 2020 United States Real Monarchs 5 0
31 Brandon Sanchez United States MF (2003-09-12) September 12, 2003 (age 20) 2021 United States FC Tucson Academy [A] 1 0
38 Jerod Allen United States MF (2004-08-17) August 17, 2004 (age 19) 2021 0 0
42 Jared Odenbeck United States MF (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 (age 29) 2021 United States Stumptown Athletic 0 0
88 Mohamed Kone Burkina Faso MF/ DF (1993-12-12) December 12, 1993 (age 30) 2021 United States New Amsterdam FC 0 0
Forwards
7 Tobenna Uzo Nigeria FW (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 29) 2021 United States FC Arizona 0 0
9 Deri Corfe England FW (1998-03-03) March 3, 1998 (age 26) 2021 United States New York Red Bulls II 0 0
14 Alioune Diakhate Senegal FW (1994-04-10) April 10, 1994 (age 30) 2021 United States Indy Eleven 0 0
17 Shak Adams United States FW (1998-09-07) September 7, 1998 (age 25) 2021 United States Seattle Sounders FC U-23 31 4
37 Franco Pérez Argentina FW (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 (age 28) 2021 Argentina Estudiantes de Río Cuarto (loan) 0 0
91 Gio Calixtro United States FW (2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 23) 2021 United States Portland Timbers 2 0 0
  1. ^
    USL Academy contract.
    2.

[3]

Coaching staff

Name Position
United States Jon Pearlman Head coach
United States Mark Biagi Assistant coach
United States Vito Higgins Assistant coach & Academy Head Coach
United States Alex Rangel Goalkeeper coach

Front Office Staff

Name Position
United States Amanda Powers President
United States Jon Pearlman Director of Soccer Operations

[4] [5]

Competitions

Exhibitions

March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) Preseason 1 FC Tucson 1–2 Colorado Rapids Tucson, Arizona
1:00 PM MST
  • Adams 10'
 COL Report
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Note: 40 Minute Game
March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) Preseason 2 FC Tucson 2–1 LA Galaxy II Tucson, Arizona
3:00 PM MST
TUC Report Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Note: 40 Minute Game
April 7, 2021 (2021-04-07) Preseason 3 FC Tucson 0–5 El Paso Locomotive FC Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM MST ELP Report
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
April 13, 2021 (2021-04-13) Preseason 4 FC Tucson 3–1 FC Arizona Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST Stadium: Kino North Stadium
April 17, 2021 (2021-04-17) Preseason 5 New Mexico United 3–1 FC Tucson Albuquerque, New Mexico
11:00 AM MST
April 24, 2021 (2021-04-24) Preseason 6 Phoenix Rising FC 2–1 FC Tucson Chandler, Arizona
11:00 AM MST
PHX Report
Stadium: Wild Horse Pass Stadium

[6]

USL League One

Main article: 2021 USL League One season

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Greenville Triumph SC 28 12 9 7 36 29 +7 45 Qualification for the semi-finals
3 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 28 11 11 6 37 29 +8 44 Qualification for the play-offs
4 FC Tucson 28 11 7 10 44 42 +2 40
5 Richmond Kickers 28 11 7 10 35 36 −1 40
6 North Texas SC 28 10 10 8 40 32 +8 40
Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

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
28 11 7 10 44 42  +2 40 6 2 6 23 21  +2 5 5 4 21 21  0

Source: USL League One [7]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Stadium A H AA A H H A A H A H H A H H A H A A H A A H H H A H
ResultLDLWWDLDLWDWLLLLWWWDWDWLLWDW
Position121010997911111011101011111111114544356674
Source: USL League One [8]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

May 1, 2021 (2021-05-01) 1 Tormenta FC 3–1 FC Tucson Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT
TUC Report
TRM Report
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 635
Referee: Kyle Johnston
May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08) 2 FC Tucson 1–1 Forward Madison FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
MAD Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 680
Referee: Joseph Salinas
May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16) 3 Fort Lauderdale CF 5–1 FC Tucson Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4:30 MST
TUC Report
FTL Report
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Alejo Calume
May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26) 4 Toronto FC II 1–2 FC Tucson Casa Grande, Arizona
7:00 MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Grande Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samantha Martinez
May 29, 2021 (2021-05-29) 5 North Carolina FC 1–2 FC Tucson Cary, North Carolina
TBD
NCA Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05) 6 FC Tucson 1–1 Toronto FC II Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 747
Referee: Héctor Hernández
June 12, 2021 (2021-06-12) 7 FC Tucson 2–3 Chattanooga Red Wolves Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 995
Referee: Karen Callado
June 19, 2021 (2021-06-19) 8 North Texas SC 0–0 FC Tucson Arlington, Texas
5:30 PM CDT
TUC Report
NTX Report
Stadium: Globe Life Park in Arlington
Attendance: 726
Referee: Katja Koroleva
June 26, 2021 (2021-06-26) 9 Union Omaha 1–0 FC Tucson Omaha, Nebraska
5:00 PM CDT
Stadium: Werner Park
Referee: Matt Grarenger
July 3, 2021 (2021-07-03) 10 FC Tucson 2–1 Fort Lauderdale CF Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,545
Referee: William Hoffman
July 10, 2021 (2021-07-10) 11 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 2–2 FC Tucson East Ridge, Tennessee
4:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Referee: Jervis Atagana
July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17) 12 FC Tucson 4–2 New England Revolution II Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MDT
TUC Report
NEW Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 825
Referee: Adorae Monroy
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24) 13 FC Tucson 1–2 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 715
Referee: Gerald Flores
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31) 14 Richmond Kickers 1–0 FC Tucson Richmond, Virginia
6:30 PM EDT
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Sara Griggs
August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07) 15 FC Tucson 0–2 North Texas SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NTX Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 812
Referee: DeShun Beard
August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14) 16 FC Tucson 0–1 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 859
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21) 17 Fort Lauderdale CF 0–4 FC Tucson Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4:30 PM MST
TUC Report
FTL Report
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
August 28, 2021 (2021-08-28) 18 FC Tucson 2–1 Greenville Triumph SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
GVL Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 654
Referee: Jalen Gray
September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01) 19 New England Revolution II 1–2 FC Tucson Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 PM EDT
TUC Report
NEW Report
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Anya Voigt
September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04) 20 North Texas SC 1–1 FC Tucson Arlington, Texas
7:00 PM CDT
TUC Report
NTX Report
Stadium: Globe Life Park in Arlington
Attendance: 708
Referee: Corbyn May
September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) 21 FC Tucson 3–0 Fort Lauderdale CF Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
FTL Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Abdou Ndiaye
September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19) 22 Greenville Triumph SC 3–3 FC Tucson Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT
TUC Report
GVL Report
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Katherine McCormick
September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) 23 Union Omaha 0–1 FC Tucson Omaha, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Jervis Atagana
October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02) 24 FC Tucson 0–2 North Texas SC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NTX Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,076
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13) 25 FC Tucson 0–2 North Carolina FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
NCA Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,417
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16) 26 FC Tucson 3–1 Tormenta FC Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Adorae Monroy
October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23) 27 Forward Madison FC 2–2 FC Tucson Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT
TUC Report
MAD Report
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Calin Radosav
October 30, 2021 (2021-10-30) 28 FC Tucson 4–2 Richmond Kickers Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,566
Referee: Joseph Salinas

USL League One Playoffs

November 6, 2021 (2021-11-06) Quarterfinals FC Tucson 1–0 Richmond Kickers Tucson, Arizona
7:00 pm MST
TUC Report
RIC Report
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
November 13, 2021 (2021-11-13) Semifinals Union Omaha 6–1 FC Tucson Papillion, Nebraska
4:00 pm CST
TUC Report
OMA Report
Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 3,607
Referee: Michael Radchuk

Statistics

(regular-season & Playoffs) [9]

# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
10 MF England Charlie Dennis 27 23 2002 10 8 7 0
9 FW England Deri Corfe 29 22 2008 8 2 5 0
17 FW United States Shak Adams 28 21 1905 8 2 1 0
91 FW United States Gio Calixtro 28 20 1681 4 4 3 1
8 MF Colombia Daniel Bedoya 29 17 1571 3 3 5 0
11 MF United States Kevin Rodriguez 19 7 680 3 1 1 0
20 MF Portugal João Delgado 24 17 1392 2 3 4 0
4 DF Italy Luca Mastrantonio 18 14 1275 2 0 4 0
21 MF Spain Manuel Ferriol 22 8 904 2 1 9 0
7 FW Nigeria Tobenna Uzo 12 10 820 2 0 2 0
19 DF Chile Maxi Schenfeld 26 26 2244 1 0 11 4
15 DF United States Noah Franke 28 28 2456 0 4 2 2
5 DF United States Kaelon Fox 29 28 2370 0 1 4 0
24 DF United States Dakota Barnathan 26 19 1654 0 0 2 1
88 MF Burkina Faso Mohamed Kone 15 14 1184 0 1 5 0
27 MF United States Jordan Pena 14 11 965 0 0 1 0
3 DF United States Alex Knox 23 5 630 0 0 2 0
6 DF Germany Samuel Biek 7 4 375 0 0 1 0
42 MF United States Jared Odenbeck 7 4 308 0 0 0 0
37 MF Argentina Franco Pérez 9 2 227 0 0 1 1
31 MF United States Brandon Sanchez 2 1 71 0 0 0 0
14 FW Senegal Alioune Diakhate 5 0 67 0 0 0 0
14 MF Dominican Republic Gerard Lavergne 1 0 12 0 0 0 0
23 DF United States Luke Lawrence 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Goalkeepers

# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 United States Wallis Lapsley 30 30 2700 91 48 1.600 5 0 0

References

  1. ^ "FC Tucson Announces Transfer of Ownership From Phoenix Rising FC". FC Tucson Communications. February 18, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Caitlin (February 20, 2021). "With new owner, expanded staff, FC Tucson reinvents itself as an independent professional soccer club". tucson.com. Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 FC Tucson Roster". fctucson.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "FC Tucson Staff". fctucson.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "FC Tucson Technical Staff". fctucson.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Tucson Announces 2021 Preseason Schedule". FC Tucson Communications. March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  8. ^ "2021 FC Tucson Schedule". FC Tucson Communications.
  9. ^ "FC Tucson 2021 Player Stats". Retrieved November 13, 2021.
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