# 2020 OKC Energy FC season

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

    As of match played December 12, 2019
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Cody Laurendi | GK | (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | Austin Aztex | 105 | 0 |
| 2 | C.J. Cochran | GK | (1991-09-17) September 17, 1991 (age 33) | 2020 | Fresno FC | 31 | 0 |
| 35 | Kyle Ihn | GK | (1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 29) | 2020 | Lansing Ignite | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Kyle Hyland | DF | (1991-03-01) March 1, 1991 (age 33) | 2016 | Indy Eleven | 117 | 7 |
| 4 | Christian Ibeagha | DF | (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | North Carolina FC | 69 | 3 |
| 5 | Joe Amico | DF | (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | Orange County SC | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | Nicolas Taravel | DF | (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | Grenoble | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Atiba Harris | DF | (1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | Murciélagos | 56 | 4 |
| 22 | Zachary Ellis-Hayden | DF | (1992-03-01) March 1, 1992 (age 32) | 2020 | Fresno FC | 15 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Brad Dunwell | MF | (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996 (age 27) | 2020 | Rio Grande Valley FC | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | Rafael Garcia | MF | (1988-12-19) December 19, 1988 (age 35) | 2019 | Las Vegas Lights | 42 | 6 |
| 8 | José Hernández | MF | (1996-04-12) April 12, 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | LA Galaxy II | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | Jaime Chavez | FW | (1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 37) | 2020 | Fresno FC | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | Arun Basuljevic | MF | (1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 28) | 2020 | Fresno FC | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | Frank López | FW | (1995-02-25) February 25, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | San Antonio FC | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Kodai Iida | FW | (1994-12-06) December 6, 1994 (age 29) | 2020 | HFX Wanderers FC | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Cordell Cato | FW | (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 32) | 2019 | Charlotte Independence | 42 | 5 |
| 18 | Tucker Stephenson | FW | (1996-10-23) October 23, 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | Swope Park Rangers | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | Charlie Ward | MF | (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Ray Saari | MF | (1995-04-18) April 18, 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | Kansas City Comets | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Jonathan Brown | FW | (1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34) | 2019 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 71 | 4 |
| 91 | Owayne Gordon | FW | (1991-10-08) October 8, 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | San Antonio FC | 42 | 6 |

## Competitions
### USL
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio FC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Tulsa | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 25 | 1.67 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Austin Bold FC | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 22 | 1.38 | |
| 4 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | OKC Energy FC | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | 0.63 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: USLC standings

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L |

#### Match results
### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Cody Laurendi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | C.J. Cochran | 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 | FW | 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 |
Source: Energy FC stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | 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 | FW | 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 |
Source: Energy FC stats

### Clean sheets

| No. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games Played |
| No. | Name | 1 | Cody Laurendi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | C.J. Cochran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 35 | Kyle Ihn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Energy FC stats

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| MF | Arun Basuljevic | Fresno FC | Dec 17, 2019 |
| DF | Zachary Ellis-Hayden | Fresno FC | Dec 17, 2019 |
| MF | Kodai Iida | HFX Wanderers | Dec 18, 2019 |
| FW | Jaime Chavez | Fresno FC | Dec 19, 2019 |
| MF | José Hernández | LA Galaxy II | Dec 19, 2019 |
| GK | C. J. Cochran | Fresno FC | Dec 20, 2019 |
| DF | Joe Amico | Orange County SC | Jan 7, 2020 |
| MF | Brad Dunwell | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Jan 10, 2020 |
| GK | Kyle Ihn | Lansing Ignite | Jan 10, 2020 |
| FW | Frank Lopez | San Antonio FC | Jan 13, 2020 |
| MF | Charlie Ward | Ottawa Fury FC | Jan 14, 2020 |
| FW | Tucker Stephenson | Sporting Kansas City II | Jan 14, 2020 |

## Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| GK | Bryan Byars | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Deshorn Brown | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 |
| FW | Christian Eissele | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 |