# 2020–21 Los Angeles Force season

The 2020–21 Los Angeles Force season was the club's second in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) and second overall.

## Roster
### Players

    As of April 8, 2021
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Brandon Gomez | United States |
| 2 | DF | Kavian Kashani | United States |
| 3 | DF | Joseph Patrick Pérez | United States |
| 4 | DF | Seamus McLaughlin | United States |
| 5 | DF | Ali Kromah | United States |
| 6 | DF | Erick Villatoro | United States |
| 7 | MF | Abraham Villon | United States |
| 8 | MF | Cyro Reis de Oliveira | Brazil |
| 9 | FW | Chandler Hoffman | United States |
| 10 | FW | Cristian Gordillo | Mexico |
| 11 | FW | Erik Hernandez | United States |
| 12 | GK | Kifi Cabrera | United States |
| 13 | DF | Juan Pablo Ocegueda | United States |
| 15 | FW | Samuel Goñi | Spain |
| 17 | FW | Josiah Romero | United States |
| 21 | DF | Joshua Culwell | United States |
| 22 | MF | Julio Rubio | United States |
| 24 | FW | Christopher Ribet | United States |
| 25 | DF | D'Morea Alewine | United States |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Klemm | United States |
| 27 | MF | Edson Alvarado | United States |
| 30 | MF | Baldemar Pineda | United States |
| 87 | MF | Diego Barrera | United States |
| 94 | FW | Christian Chaney | United States |
| — | MF | Ángel Gaspar | Mexico |

### Staff

* Thales Peterson – Head coach
* Salvador Moran – Assistant coach
* Ramon Melin – Goalkeeper coach
* Alberto Gomez – Fitness coach
* Gabriel Torricelli Vicente – Head Physiotherapist

## Competitions
### NISA Fall Season

On June 4, NISA announced details for the 2020 Fall Season. The eight member teams would be split into conferences, Eastern and Western, with the Force playing in the later.
The Fall regular season schedule was announced on July 31, 2020. The team played two regular season games against the rest of the Western Conference.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Oakland Roots SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 2 | California United Strikers FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Force | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 16, 2020. Source: Match reports

#### Matches
### Fall Playoffs

All eight NISA teams qualified for the 2020 Fall tournament, which will be hosted at Keyworth Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, beginning on September 21 ending with the final on October 2.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles Force | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Chattanooga FC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | California United Strikers FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Knock-Out Stage
### NISA Spring Season
#### NISA Legends Cup

NISA announced initial spring season plans in early February 2021, including starting the season with a tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a standard regular season to follow. The tournament, now called the NISA Legends Cup, was officially announced on March 10 and is scheduled to run between April 13 and 25. All nine NISA members teams taking part in the Spring were divided into three team groups and played a round robin schedule. The highest placing group winner automatically qualified for the tournament final, while the second and third highest group winners played one-another in a semifinal to determine a second finalist.
The Force were drawn into Group 3 alongside New Amsterdam FC and tournament hosts Chattanooga FC.

##### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chattanooga FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Legends Cup final |
| 2 | Detroit City FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Legends Cup semifinal |
| 3 | San Diego 1904 FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Legends Cup semifinal |
| 4 | Los Angeles Force | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Michigan Stars FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | California United Strikers FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Stumptown AC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 9 | New Amsterdam FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

##### Group 2 results

| vte Home \ Away | CHA | LAF | NAM |
| Chattanooga FC | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Los Angeles Force | | — | 3–2 |
| New Amsterdam FC | | | — |

##### Matches
#### Regular season

The Spring Season schedule was announced on March 18 with each association member playing eight games, four home and four away, in a single round-robin format.

##### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Detroit City FC (Y, X) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 20 | Advance to season final |
| 2 | Los Angeles Force | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 18 | Advance to spring final |
| 3 | Stumptown AC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 15 | |
| 4 | California United Strikers FC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 | |
| 5 | Maryland Bobcats FC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | |
| 6 | Chattanooga FC (Z) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Advance to spring final |
| 7 | San Diego 1904 FC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 7 | |
| 8 | Michigan Stars FC | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | |
| 9 | New Amsterdam FC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
* ↑ If either 2020 Fall Champion Detroit or 2021 Legends Cup runner-up Chattanooga finish the spring season in first place, or both teams finish in the top two, the spot in the spring final will go to the next best team.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 19, 2021. Source: Match reports

##### Spring Playoffs
### U.S. Open Cup

As a team playing in a recognized professional league, the Force would normally be automatically qualified for the U.S. Open Cup. However, with the 2021 edition shorted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NISA has only been allotted 1 to 2 teams spots. On March 29, U.S. Soccer announced 2020 Fall Champion Detroit City FC as NISA's representative in the tournament.

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played July 3, 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Fall Season | Fall Season | Fall Playoffs | Fall Playoffs | Legends Cup | Legends Cup | Spring Season | Spring Season | Spring Playoffs | Spring Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA | Brandon Gomez | 17 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Kifi Cabrera | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Kavian Kashani | 9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Joseph Pérez | 12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Seamus McLaughlin | 12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Ali Kromah | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Erick Villatoro | 16 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Juan Pablo Ocegueda | 12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | USA | Joshua Culwell | 10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | D'Morea Alewine | 11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | USA | Daniel Klemm | 8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | USA | Abraham Villon | 12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Cyro Reis de Oliveira | 13 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Julio Rubio | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | USA | Edson Alvarado | 13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Baldemar Pineda | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | USA | Diego Barrera | 12 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | MEX | Ángel Gaspar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | USA | Chandler Hoffman | 3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Cristian Gordillo | 17 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Erik Hernandez | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Samuel Goñi | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Josiah Romero | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | USA | Christopher Ribet | 10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | USA | Christian Chaney | 9 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 |
| Left during season ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Valle | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | USA | James Alewine | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | DF | USA | Frank Martinez | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | MF | USA | Josue España | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | FW | USA | Danny Trejo | 6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | COL | Marvin Merlano | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | FW | USA | Diran Bebekian | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | DF | USA | Gregory Salazar | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Abraham Torres Nilo | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | MF | USA | Jimmie Villalobos | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | DF | USA | William Raygoza | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | DF | USA | Spencer Moeller | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | FW | USA | Moja Hale | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | MF | BAH | Quinton Carey | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | MF | USA | Jonathan Partida | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | GK | USA | Daniel Orozco | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | FW | USA | Santiago Galera | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | FW | URU | Paolo Cardozo | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | GK | USA | Armando Quezada | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 70 | DF | USA | Jesus Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Fall Season | Fall Playoffs | Legends Cup | Spring Season | Spring Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | FW | 94 | Christian Chaney | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Cristian Gordillo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Chandler Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 87 | Diego Barrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 8 | Danny Trejo | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 13 | Juan Pablo Ocegueda | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 26 | Daniel Klemm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Fall Season | Fall Season | Fall Playoff | Fall Playoff | Legends Cup | Legends Cup | Spring Season | Spring Season | Spring Playoffs | Spring Playoffs | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Brandon Gomez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kavian Kashani | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Joseph Pérez | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Seamus McLaughlin | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Erick Villatoro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Josue España | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Abraham Villon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Cyro Reis de Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Cristian Gordillo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Gregory Salazar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Abraham Torres Nilo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Juan Pablo Ocegueda | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Samuel Goñi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Moja Hale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Quinton Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | D'Morea Alewine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Edson Alvarado | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Diego Barrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | Christian Chaney | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |