# 2021 Phoenix Rising FC season

The 2021 Phoenix Rising FC season was the club's eighth season in the USL Championship and their fifth as Rising FC. They are the defending USL Championship Western Conference champions.

## Competitions
### Friendlies

All times from this point on Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00)

### USL Championship

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Phoenix Rising FC | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Orange County SC | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 52 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | San Diego Loyal SC | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 48 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | Oakland Roots SC | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 41 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | Tacoma Defiance | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 39 | |
| 6 | LA Galaxy II | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 39 | |
| 7 | Sacramento Republic FC | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 36 | |
| 8 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 32 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 41 | 77 | −36 | 21 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Tacoma Defiance 8, LA Galaxy II 2.

### USL Championship Playoffs
#### Conference Playoffs
## Roster

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 24 | Andre Rawls | GK | (1991-12-20) December 20, 1991 (age 33) | 2021 | Colorado Rapids (loan) |
| 26 | Edward Delgado | GK | (1998-01-23) January 23, 1998 (age 27) | 2021 | Las Vegas Lights FC |
| 28 | Zac Lubin | GK | (1989-08-15) August 15, 1989 (age 35) | 2021 | Ljungskile SK |
| 39 | Ben Lundt | GK | (1995-09-24) September 24, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | FC Cincinnati (loan) |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Darnell King | DF | (1990-09-23) September 23, 1990 (age 34) | 2021 | Nashville SC |
| 3 | Manuel Madrid | DF | (1993-08-29) August 29, 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | Mineros de Zacatecas |
| 4 | Ryan Flood | DF | (1998-10-17) October 17, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | FC Arizona |
| 5 | Tobi Adewole | DF | (1995-10-14) October 14, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | Saint Louis FC |
| 6 | Noah Billingsley | DF | (1997-08-06) August 6, 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | Minnesota United FC (loan) |
| 15 | Joe Farrell | DF | (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 31) | 2021 | Rochester Rhinos |
| 19 | Niall Dunn | DF | (2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 20) | 2021 | Phoenix Rising Academy |
| 25 | Tate Schmitt | DF | (1997-05-28) May 28, 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | Real Salt Lake (loan) |
| 41 | James Musa | DF | (1992-04-01) April 1, 1992 (age 32) | 2021 | Minnesota United FC |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Iván Gutiérrez | MF | (1998-02-16) February 16, 1998 (age 27) | 2021 | LA Galaxy II |
| 10 | Jon Bakero | MF | (1996-11-05) November 5, 1996 (age 28) | 2021 | Toronto FC |
| 12 | Arturo Rodríguez | MF | (1998-12-15) December 15, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | North Texas SC |
| 13 | Aodhan Quinn | MF | (1992-03-22) March 22, 1992 (age 32) | 2021 | Orange County SC |
| 18 | Luis Manuel Seijas | MF | (1986-06-23) June 23, 1986 (age 38) | 2021 | Independiente Santa Fe |
| 23 | Jonathan Levin | MF | (1993-05-06) May 6, 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | Las Vegas Lights FC |
| 27 | Kevon Lambert | MF | (1997-03-22) March 22, 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | Montego Bay United |
| 30 | David Loera | MF | (1998-09-10) September 10, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | Orlando City SC (loan) |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Santi Moar | FW | (1993-09-05) September 5, 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | New Mexico United |
| 9 | Rufat Dadashov | FW | (1991-09-29) September 29, 1991 (age 33) | 2021 | SC Preußen Münster |
| 17 | Prince Saydee | FW | (1996-02-20) February 20, 1996 (age 29) | 2021 | Miami FC |
| 20 | Solomon Asante | FW | (1990-03-06) March 6, 1990 (age 34) | 2021 | TP Mazembe |
| 21 | Joey Calistri | FW | (1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | Saint Louis FC |
| 22 | Seyi Adekoya | FW | (1995-12-05) December 5, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | Thisted FC |
| 56 | David Egbo | FW | (1998-10-31) October 31, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) |

## Player transactions
### Loan in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| March 24, 2021 | July 1, 2021 | Defender | 18 | Jeremy Kelly | Colorado Rapids |
| March 24, 2021 | End of Season | Goalkeeper | 24 | Andre Rawls | Colorado Rapids |
| April 13, 2021 | End of Season | Defender | 6 | Noah Billingsley | Minnesota United FC |
| May 6, 2021 | August 27, 2021 | Goalkeeper | 39 | Ben Lundt | FC Cincinnati |
| June 3, 2021 | End of Season | Forward | 56 | David Egbo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| June 10, 2021 | End of Season | Defender | 25 | Tate Schmitt | Real Salt Lake |
| September 9, 2021 | End of Season | Midfielder | 30 | David Loera | Orlando City SC |

### Loan out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Ref. |
| July 1, 2021 | End of Season | Defender | 3 | Deklan Wynne | OKC Energy FC | |
| August 7, 2021 | End of Season | Forward | 22 | Seyi Adekoya | OKC Energy FC | |

### Transfer In

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| July 15, 2021 | Defender | 3 | Manuel Madrid | Mineros de Zacatecas |
| August 18, 2021 | Forward | 9 | Darren Mattocks | Al-Merrikh SC |
| September 8, 2021 | Midfielder | 18 | Luis Manuel Seijas | Independiente Santa Fe |

### Transfer Out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Ref. |
| August 12, 2021 | Forward | 9 | Rufat Dadashov | FC Schalke 04 II | |

## Statistics

(regular-season & Playoffs)
| # | Pos. | Name | GP | GS | Min. | Goals | Assists | | |
| 7 | FW | Santi Moar | 33 | 31 | 2624 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Solomon Asante | 26 | 25 | 2167 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Aodhan Quinn | 31 | 29 | 2589 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | David Egbo | 17 | 10 | 861 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Darren Mattocks | 11 | 9 | 727 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Arturo Rodríguez | 29 | 16 | 1600 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Joey Calistri | 29 | 13 | 1326 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rufat Dadashov | 14 | 11 | 888 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Darnell King | 30 | 28 | 2498 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jon Bakero | 26 | 17 | 1427 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | James Musa | 32 | 32 | 2910 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kevon Lambert | 30 | 29 | 2447 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Tate Schmitt | 23 | 19 | 1723 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Joe Farrell | 25 | 20 | 1846 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Prince Saydee | 24 | 3 | 460 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Luis Manuel Seijas | 7 | 2 | 319 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ryan Flood | 21 | 14 | 1220 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tobi Adewole | 15 | 13 | 1141 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Manuel Madrid | 11 | 6 | 553 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | David Loera | 11 | 4 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Seyi Adekoya | 11 | 3 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Jeremy Kelly | 5 | 2 | 245 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Iván Gutiérrez | 9 | 1 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Noah Billingsley | 8 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Niall Dunn | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Jonathan Levin | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* One Own Goal each scored by LA Galaxy II and Sacramento Republic FC

### Goalkeepers

| # | Name | GP | GS | Min. | SV | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| 24 | Andre Rawls | 22 | 22 | 2009 | 62 | 22 | 0.986 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Ben Lundt | 9 | 9 | 810 | 23 | 10 | 1.111 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Edward Delgado | 3 | 2 | 181 | 6 | 6 | 2.985 | 0 | 0 | 0 |