# 2021 FC Tucson season

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.

## Players and staff
### Roster

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Wallis Lapsley | GK | (1997-04-14) April 14, 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | New York Red Bulls II | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ryan Shellow | GK | (1997-10-10) October 10, 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | Cornell University | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jim Barkei | GK | (1995-12-21) December 21, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | Memphis 901 FC | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Emiliano Andraux | GK | (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | FC Tucson Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Alex Knox | DF | (1997-06-21) June 21, 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | UCLA | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Luca Mastrantonio | DF | (1996-05-27) May 27, 1996 (age 28) | 2021 | UC Irvine | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kaelon Fox | DF | (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | Þór Akureyri | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Noah Franke | DF | (1995-03-25) March 25, 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Maxi Schenfeld | DF | (1992-10-18) October 18, 1992 (age 32) | 2021 | FC Tulsa | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Luke Lawrence | DF | (2001-08-22) August 22, 2001 (age 23) | 2021 | Barça Residency Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Dakota Barnathan | DF | (1994-11-09) November 9, 1994 (age 30) | 2021 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Miles Lyons | DF | (2001-01-01) January 1, 2001 (age 24) | 2021 | Barça Residency Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Daniel Bedoya | MF | (1994-02-13) February 13, 1994 (age 31) | 2021 | New Amsterdam FC | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Charlie Dennis | MF | (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998 (age 26) | 2020 | Tormenta FC | 15 | 0 |
| 11 | Kevin Rodriguez | MF | (1996-09-25) September 25, 1996 (age 28) | 2021 | Rio Grande Valley FC | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Gerard Lavergne | MF | (1999-01-25) January 25, 1999 (age 26) | 2021 | Atlético Pantoja | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | João Delgado | MF | (1994-01-16) January 16, 1994 (age 31) | 2021 | Reading United AC | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Manuel Ferriol | MF | (1998-08-13) August 13, 1998 (age 26) | 2020 | James Madison University | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Nathan Hurtado | MF | (2003-09-07) September 7, 2003 (age 21) | 2021 | Barça Residency Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Jordan Pena | MF | (2000-05-21) May 21, 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | Real Monarchs | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Brandon Sanchez | MF | (2003-09-12) September 12, 2003 (age 21) | 2021 | FC Tucson Academy | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Jerod Allen | MF | (2004-08-17) August 17, 2004 (age 20) | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Jared Odenbeck | MF | (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 (age 30) | 2021 | Stumptown Athletic | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Mohamed Kone | MF/DF | (1993-12-12) December 12, 1993 (age 31) | 2021 | New Amsterdam FC | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Tobenna Uzo | FW | (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 30) | 2021 | FC Arizona | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Deri Corfe | FW | (1998-03-03) March 3, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | New York Red Bulls II | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Alioune Diakhate | FW | (1994-04-10) April 10, 1994 (age 30) | 2021 | Indy Eleven | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Shak Adams | FW | (1998-09-07) September 7, 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | Seattle Sounders FC U-23 | 31 | 4 |
| 37 | Franco Pérez | FW | (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 (age 29) | 2021 | Estudiantes de Río Cuarto (loan) | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Gio Calixtro | FW | (2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 24) | 2021 | Portland Timbers 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Coaching staff

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

### Front Office Staff

| Name | Position |
| Amanda Powers | President |
| Jon Pearlman | Director of Soccer Operations |

## Competitions
### USL League One
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Richmond Kickers | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 40 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | North Texas SC | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for the play-offs |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: USL League One
| 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 |
| Stadium | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |

#### Match results
### USL League One Playoffs
## Statistics

(regular-season & Playoffs)
| # | Pos. | Name | GP | GS | Min. | Goals | Assists | | |
| 10 | MF | Charlie Dennis | 27 | 23 | 2002 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Deri Corfe | 29 | 22 | 2008 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Shak Adams | 28 | 21 | 1905 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | Gio Calixtro | 28 | 20 | 1681 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Daniel Bedoya | 29 | 17 | 1571 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kevin Rodriguez | 19 | 7 | 680 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | João Delgado | 24 | 17 | 1392 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Luca Mastrantonio | 18 | 14 | 1275 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Manuel Ferriol | 22 | 8 | 904 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Tobenna Uzo | 12 | 10 | 820 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Maxi Schenfeld | 26 | 26 | 2244 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | Noah Franke | 28 | 28 | 2456 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Kaelon Fox | 29 | 28 | 2370 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Dakota Barnathan | 26 | 19 | 1654 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | Mohamed Kone | 15 | 14 | 1184 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Jordan Pena | 14 | 11 | 965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Alex Knox | 23 | 5 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Samuel Biek | 7 | 4 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Jared Odenbeck | 7 | 4 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Franco Pérez | 9 | 2 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Brandon Sanchez | 2 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Alioune Diakhate | 5 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Gerard Lavergne | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Luke Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* One Own Goal scored by North Carolina FC

### Goalkeepers

| # | Name | GP | GS | Min. | SV | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| 1 | Wallis Lapsley | 30 | 30 | 2700 | 91 | 48 | 1.600 | 5 | 0 | 0 |