# 2021 Tacoma Defiance season

The 2021 Tacoma Defiance season was the seventh season of the Tacoma Defiance, an American soccer team that played in the USL Championship, the second tier of soccer in the country. It was the fourth season since the club was renamed from Seattle Sounders FC 2 and relocated to Tacoma, Washington. Defiance is majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer team, and serves as their reserve and development squad.

## 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 August 11, 2021.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 18 | GK | Spencer Richey | United States |
| 26 | GK | Andrew Thomas | United States |
| 31 | GK | Christian Herrera | United States |
| 32 | FW | Alec Díaz | Puerto Rico |
| 34 | MF | Danny Robles | United States |
| 35 | DF | Alex Villanueva | United States |
| 36 | DF | Issa Rayyan | United States |
| 39 | MF | Marlon Vargas | United States |
| 41 | DF | Cody Baker | United States |
| 43 | MF | Sota Kitahara | United States |
| 45 | MF | Ethan Dobbelaere | United States |
| 49 | MF | Reed Baker-Whiting | United States |
| 72 | DF | Eric Kinzner | United States |
| 73 | MF | Obed Vargas | United States |
| 74 | DF | Taylor Mueller | United States |
| 75 | MF | Danny Leyva | United States |
| 80 | MF | Ray Serrano | United States |
| 81 | DF | Randy Mendoza | United States |
| 82 | DF | Joe Hafferty | United States |
| 87 | FW | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | United States |
| 88 | MF | Carlos Anguiano | United States |
| 92 | DF | Abdoulaye Cissoko | France |
| 94 | DF | Jimmy Medranda | Colombia |
| 97 | MF | Juan Alvarez | United States |
| 98 | FW | Samuel Adeniran | United States |
| 99 | MF | Tom Brewitt | 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 August 28, 2021.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 38 | MF | Azriel Gonzalez (On loan to FC Edmonton) | United States |

## Competitions
### USL regular season
#### 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 30, 2021. Source: USL Championship, Soccerway

#### 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 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D |

#### 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 15 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 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Stefan Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | PUR | Alec Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | USA | Danny Robles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | USA | Alex Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | USA | Issa Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | USA | Azriel Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | USA | Marlon Vargas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | USA | Eric Kinzner | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | GK | USA | Christian Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | USA | Taylor Mueller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | USA | Reed Baker-Whiting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | USA | Sota Kitahara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | USA | Ray Serrano | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | USA | Carlos Anguiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | USA | Randy Mendoza | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | FRA | Abdoulaye Cissoko | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | USA | Juan Alvarez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | USA | Joe Hafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | USA | Obed Vargas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | USA | Samuel Adeniran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: May 10, 2020
* Source:

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | Regular season | Playoffs | Total |
* Last updated: October 26, 2020
* Source:

### Top assists

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | Regular Season | Playoffs | Total |
* Last updated: October 26, 2020
* Source:

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Player | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total | Total |
| 32 | FW | Alec Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Danny Robles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Issa Rayyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Azriel Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Alex Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | Eric Kinzner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | Obed Vargas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | Taylor Mueller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Sota Kitahara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Ray Serrano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | Randy Mendoza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Carlos Anguiano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Tom Brewitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: July 11, 2021
* Source:

## Honors and awards
### Team of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Position |
| 3 | Abdoulaye Cissoko | LA Galaxy II | DF |
| 4 | Issa Rayyan | San Diego Loyal SC | DF |
| 10 | Ray Serrano | LA Galaxy II | MF |

## 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 | Date |
| 43 | MF | Sota Kitahara | Sounders FC Academy | December 15, 2020 |
| 64 | GK | Christian Herrera | Oakland Roots SC | December 15, 2020 |
| 66 | MF | Carlos Anguiano | Portland Timbers 2 | December 15, 2020 |
| 98 | FW | Samuel Adeniran | Atlas Delmenhorst | March 15, 2021 |
| 99 | MF | Tom Brewitt | Morecambe FC | March 15, 2021 |
| 81 | DF | Randy Mendoza | Stumptown AC | March 15, 2021 |
| 36 | DF | Issa Rayyan | Philadelphia Union II | March 15, 2021 |
| 82 | DF | Joe Hafferty | Sounders FC Academy | May 16, 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 87 | FW | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | Seattle Sounders FC | Returned via season ending loan | October 4, 2020 |
| 45 | MF | Ethan Dobbelaere | Seattle Sounders FC | Returned via season ending loan | October 4, 2020 |
| 65 | GK | Eric Klenofsky | Toronto FC II | Returned via season ending loan | October 4, 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | Nashville SC | Option declined | October 5, 2020 |
| 97 | MF | Collin Fernandez | Austin Bold FC | Option declined | December 15, 2020 |
| 98 | MF | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | Altona Magic SC | Option declined | December 15, 2020 |
| 81 | DF | Danny Reynolds | Southern States SC | Option declined | December 15, 2020 |
| 90 | MF | Chino Pérez | Dundalk | Option declined | December 15, 2020 |
| 33 | DF | Sam Rogers | OKC Energy FC | Out of contract | December 15, 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Reed Baker-Whiting | Seattle Sounders FC | Homegrown player signing | May 11, 2021 |
| 92 | GK | Abdoulaye Cissoko | Seattle Sounders FC | Homegrown player signing | May 21, 2021 |
| 38 | MF | Azriel Gonzalez | FC Edmonton | On loan until the end of season | August 11, 2021 |