# 2019 Tacoma Defiance season

The 2019 Tacoma Defiance season was the club's fifth year of existence, previously for the last four seasons as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their fifth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It was the team's second season playing in the Tacoma, Washington. The Defiance are majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 16, 2019.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Trey Muse | United States |
| 3 | DF | Jonathan Campbell | United States |
| 5 | DF | Nouhou Tolo | Cameroon |
| 12 | DF | Saad Abdul-Salaam | United States |
| 16 | MF | Alex Roldan | United States |
| 17 | FW | Will Bruin | United States |
| 21 | MF | Jordy Delem | Martinique |
| 23 | MF | Henry Wingo | United States |
| 29 | DF | Román Torres | Panama |
| 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | United States |
| 32 | FW | Alec Díaz | Puerto Rico |
| 33 | DF | Sam Rogers | United States |
| 34 | FW | Danny Robles | United States |
| 35 | GK | Bryan Meredith | United States |
| 36 | DF | Denso Ulysse | Haiti |
| 37 | FW | Shandon Hopeau | United States |
| 38 | MF | Azriel Gonzalez | United States |
| 39 | MF | Marlon Vargas | United States |
| 40 | DF | Enrique Montana | United States |
| 41 | DF | Khai Brisco | United States |
| 42 | MF | Alex Villanueva | United States |
| 43 | MF | Sota Kitahara | United States |
| 44 | MF | Ethan Dobbelaere | United States |
| 45 | MF | Blake Malone | United States |
| 46 | MF | Peter Kingston | United States |
| 47 | DF | Conner Drought | United States |
| 48 | MF | Chris Hegardt | United States |
| 49 | DF | Bryson Hankins | United States |
| 50 | MF | Gabe Threadgold | United States |
| 56 | FW | Austin Brummett | United States |
| 65 | GK | Jamie Lowell | United States |
| 66 | GK | Sam Fowler | United States |
| 67 | GK | Jacob Castro | United States |
| 70 | MF | Handwalla Bwana | Kenya |
| 71 | DF | Aleks Berkolds | United States |
| 73 | DF | Modou Ndow | Gambia |
| 75 | MF | Danny Leyva | United States |
| 78 | MF | Ben Numbi | DR Congo |
| 80 | MF | Ray Serrano | United States |
| 84 | MF | Josh Atencio | United States |
| 87 | FW | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | United States |
| 88 | DF | Matt Nance | United States |
| 89 | MF | Jesse Daley | Australia |
| 90 | MF | Herbert Robinson García | Mexico |
| 96 | DF | Everardo Rubio | Mexico |
| 98 | MF | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | England |
| 99 | FW | Justin Dhillon | United States |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 6, 2019.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| — | DF | Abdoulaye Cissoko (on season long loan to San Diego 1904 FC) | France |

## Competitions
### USL regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Portland Timbers 2 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 71 | −6 | 38 |
| 15 | OKC Energy FC | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 38 |
| 16 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 34 |
| 17 | Tacoma Defiance | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 82 | −40 | 31 |
| 18 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 27 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 19, 2019. Source: USL Championship

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | W |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Seattle Sounders FC), Tacoma is one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Trey Muse | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Jonathan Campbell | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Nouhou Tolo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Saad Abdul-Salaam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Alex Roldan | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Will Bruin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MTQ | Jordy Delem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | USA | Henry Wingo | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | PAN | Román Torres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | USA | Nick Hinds | 27 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | PUR | Alec Díaz | 16 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | USA | Sam Rogers | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | USA | Danny Robles | 24 | 2 | 16+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | USA | Bryan Meredith | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | HAI | Denso Ulysse | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | USA | Shandon Hopeau | 28 | 5 | 25+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | USA | Azriel Gonzalez | 18 | 4 | 13+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | USA | Marlon Vargas | 24 | 2 | 13+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | USA | Enrique Montana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | USA | Alex Villanueva | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | USA | Sota Kitahara | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | USA | Ethan Dobbelaere | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | USA | Peter Kingston | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | USA | Connor Drought | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | USA | Chris Hegardt | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | USA | Bryson Hankins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | USA | Gabe Threadgold | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | USA | Austin Brummett | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | GK | USA | Jamie Lowell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | USA | Sam Fowler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | GK | USA | Jacob Castro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KEN | Handwalla Bwana | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | USA | Aleks Berkolds | 23 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | SWE | Joel Rydstrand | 16 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | GAM | Modou Ndow | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | USA | Danny Leyva | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | COD | Ben Numbi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | USA | Ray Serrano | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | USA | Josh Atencio | 25 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | USA | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | 17 | 6 | 13+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | USA | Matt Nance | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | AUS | Jesse Daley | 23 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | MEX | Herbert Robinson García | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | MEX | Everardo Rubio | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | ENG | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | 22 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | USA | Justin Dhillon | 24 | 12 | 19+5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: October 19, 2019
* Source:

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | Regular season | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Justin Dhillon | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 87 | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 37 | Shandon Hopeau | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 38 | Azriel Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 34 | Danny Robles | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 89 | Jesse Daley | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 16 | Alex Roldan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 17 | Will Bruin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 23 | Henry Wingo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 32 | Alec Díaz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 39 | Marlon Vargas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 44 | Ethan Dobbelaere | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 70 | Handwalla Bwana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 75 | Danny Leyva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 84 | Josh Atencio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* Last updated: October 19, 2019
* Source:

### Top assists

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | Regular Season | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | DF | 31 | Nick Hinds | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 37 | Shandon Hopeau | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | DF | 38 | Azriel Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 70 | Handwalla Bwana | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 87 | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 89 | Jesse Daley | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Justin Dhillon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 12 | Saad Abdul-Salaam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 17 | Will Bruin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 39 | Marlon Vargas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 42 | Alex Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* Last updated: October 19, 2019
* Source:

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Jonathan Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Henry Wingo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Alec Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Sam Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Denso Ulysse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Azriel Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | Marlon Vargas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Alex Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Peter Kingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Chris Hegardt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | Aleks Berkolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | Joel Rydstrand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | Modou Ndow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | Danny Leyva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Josh Atencio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | Jesse Daley | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | Everardo Rubio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Justin Dhillon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 1 |
* Last updated: October 19, 2019
* Source:

## Honors and awards
### Goal of the Week

| Week | Position | Player | Opponent | Ref |
| 11 | FW | Justin Dhillon | Reno 1868 FC | |

### Team of the Week

| Week | Position | Player |
| 1 | Bench | Shandon Hopeau |
| 11 | Bench | Trey Muse |
| 12 | Bench | Shandon Hopeau |
| 13 | Bench | Justin Dhillon |
| 26 | FW | Justin Dhillon |
| 26 | Bench | Shandon Hopeau |
| 31 | FW | Justin Dhillon |
| 31 | Bench | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez |
| 33 | GK | Trey Muse |

### USL 20 under 20

| Rank | Position | Player | Age | Ref |
| 8 | MF | Danny Leyva | 16 | |
| 17 | FW | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | 17 | |

## Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Tacoma Defiance officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Defiance officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Tacoma Defiance roster.

### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 48 | FW | Alec Díaz | Sounders Academy via Pacific Northwest Soccer Club | Signed for 2019 roster | October 2, 2018 |
| 49 | FW | Danny Robles | Sounders Academy via Pacific Northwest Soccer Club | Signed for 2019 roster | October 2, 2018 |
| 40 | MF | Danny Leyva | Sounders Academy via Barcelona USA Academy | Signed for 2019 roster | October 16, 2018 |
| 73 | DF | Modou Ndow | On loan from MFK Vyškov | Signed for 2019 roster | December 21, 2018 |
| 78 | MF | Ben Numbi | On loan from MFK Vyškov | Signed for 2019 roster | December 21, 2018 |
| 84 | MF | Josh Atencio | Sounders Academy | Signed for 2019 roster | January 22, 2019 |
| 71 | DF | Aleks Berkolds | San Diego State | Sounders MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#68) | March 4, 2019 |
| 88 | DF | Matt Nance | Xavier University | | March 4, 2019 |
| 72 | MF | Joel Rydstrand | Creighton University | Sounders MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#44) | March 4, 2019 |
| 99 | FW | Justin Dhillon | LA Galaxy II | free | March 15, 2019 |
| 96 | DF | Everardo Rubio | Murciélagos F.C. B | | May 31, 2019 |
| 90 | MF | Herbert Robinson García | Coyotes de Tlaxcala | | September 6, 2019 |
| | DF | Abdoulaye Cissoko | San Diego Zest FC | Signed and then loaned to San Diego 1904 FC through 2019 | September 6, 2019 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 96 | DF | Jalen Markey | Miami FC | Option declined | November 14, 2018 |
| 34 | DF | Ibrahim Usman | | Option declined | November 14, 2018 |
| 71 | FW | David Olsen | | Out of contract | November 14, 2018 |
| 92 | DF | Rodrigue Ele | | Out of contract | November 14, 2018 |
| 77 | MF | Francisco Narbón | Plaza Amador | Out of contract | November 14, 2018 |
| 74 | FW | David Estrada | New Mexico United | Released granted | December 18, 2018 |
| 75 | MF | Danny Leyva | Seattle Sounders FC | Signed Homegrown Player contract with first team | April 9, 2019 |
| 87 | FW | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | Seattle Sounders FC | Signed Homegrown Player contract with first team | May 1, 2019 |
| 99 | FW | Justin Dhillon | Seattle Sounders FC | Signed contract with first team | June 28, 2019 |
| 72 | MF | Joel Rydstrand | San Roque | Released granted | August 27, 2019 |