# 2018 OKC Energy FC season

The 2018 OKC Energy FC season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Energy FC also played in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covered the period from November 5, 2017, to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.
The 2018 season was the first for OKC under new head coach Steve Cooke, who had previously been the interim head coach of Colorado Rapids. Cooke became just the second head coach in club history; Jimmy Nielsen had been in charge for the previous four seasons.
Energy FC finished tenth place in the Western Conference, missing the playoffs for just the second time in club history and the first time since 2014. OKC took points from 16 of their last 21 matches, after losing 10 of their first 13 games, but still finished 10 points outside the final playoff spot. In the U.S. Open Cup, Energy FC was knocked out by amateur club NTX Rayados, who play in the North Texas Premier Soccer Association. It marked the first season in club history in which OKC did not win at least one game in the cup.

## Roster

    As of match played October 13, 2018
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Cody Laurendi | GK | (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | Austin Aztex | 65 | 0 |
| 16 | Bryan Byars | GK | (1991-10-02) October 2, 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | Matt Van Oekel | GK | (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986 (age 38) | 2018 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Richard Dixon | DF | (1990-02-23) February 23, 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | Saint Louis FC | 55 | 0 |
| 3 | Kyle Hyland | DF | (1991-03-01) March 1, 1991 (age 33) | 2016 | Indy Eleven | 86 | 5 |
| 5 | Christian Ibeagha | DF | (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | North Carolina FC | 28 | 2 |
| 6 | Drew Beckie | DF | (1990-09-30) September 30, 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 0 |
| 15 | Atiba Harris | DF | (1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | Murciélagos | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | Max Gunderson | DF | (1989-11-05) November 5, 1989 (age 34) | 2018 | OKC Energy U23 | 13 | 0 |
| 23 | Shawn McLaws | DF | (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 13 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Callum Ross | MF | (1994-09-15) September 15, 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Charlotte Independence | 31 | 2 |
| 7 | Philip Rasmussen | MF | (1989-01-12) January 12, 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | Lyngby BK | 40 | 6 |
| 8 | Juan Guzman | MF | (1988-08-31) August 31, 1988 (age 36) | 2017 | Patriotas | 34 | 2 |
| 11 | Alex Dixon | MF | (1990-02-07) February 7, 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | Jacksonville Armada | 71 | 20 |
| 13 | Justin Chavez | MF | (1990-03-23) March 23, 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | José Barril | MF | (1992-04-25) April 25, 1992 (age 32) | 2017 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 68 | 4 |
| 21 | Kalif Alhassan | MF | (1990-10-15) October 15, 1990 (age 33) | 2018 | Dila Gori | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Marco Bustos | MF | (1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | Ryley Kraft | MF | (1998-02-13) February 13, 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | Orlando City B | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Adam Jahn | FW | (1991-01-05) January 5, 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | Columbus Crew SC (loan) | 10 | 3 |
| 10 | Miguel González | FW | (1990-10-01) October 1, 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 48 | 11 |
| 12 | Christian Volesky | FW | (1992-09-15) September 15, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Saint Louis FC | 23 | 9 |
| 17 | Jonathan Brown | FW | (1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 37 | 1 |
| 20 | Deshorn Brown | FW | (1990-12-22) December 22, 1990 (age 33) | 2018 | Lorca | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | Monty Patterson | FW | (1996-12-09) December 9, 1996 (age 27) | 2018 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Jaime Siaj | FW | (1995-12-16) December 16, 1995 (age 28) | 2018 | Charlotte Independence | 23 | 4 |

## Competitions
### USL
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Saint Louis FC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 53 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | San Antonio FC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 50 | |
| 10 | OKC Energy FC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 39 | |
| 12 | Fresno FC | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 39 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: USL standings

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

#### Match results

In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season would span 34 games, the longest regular season the league had ever run. The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Indy Eleven, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.
On January 12, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Energy FC opened their home slate with the season's first fixture of the Black Gold Derby against Tulsa Roughnecks, the second time in four years that Energy FC and Tulsa faced off in the season opener. The teams had previously faced off to open the 2015 season.
The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 19. Energy FC played three times against both Colorado Springs Switchbacks and Tulsa. They faced every other Western Conference team twice.

### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Cody Laurendi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Richard Dixon | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kyle Hyland | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Callum Ross | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Christian Ibeagha | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Drew Beckie | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Philip Rasmussen | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Juan Guzman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Jahn | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Miguel González | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Alex Dixon | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11 |
| 12 | FW | Christian Volesky | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 |
| 13 | MF | Justin Chavez | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | José Barril | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Atiba Harris | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | Bryan Byars | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jonathan Brown | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Max Gunderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Deshorn Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Kalif Alhassan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marco Bustos | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Shawn McLaws | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Ryley Kraft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Monty Patterson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Matt Van Oekel | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Jaime Siaj | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| Players who left the club during the season: |||||||||
| 9 | FW | José Angulo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Joseph Adjei | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Juan Niño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Coady Andrews | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Jordan Cano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | Ema Twumasi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | Francis Atuahene | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Source: Energy FC stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Richard Dixon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kyle Hyland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Callum Ross | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Christian Ibeagha | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Drew Beckie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Philip Rasmussen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Juan Guzman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Jahn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Miguel González | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Alex Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Justin Chavez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | José Barril | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Atiba Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kalif Alhassan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marco Bustos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Matt Van Oekel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Jaime Siaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: |||||||||
| 9 | FW | José Angulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Joseph Adjei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | Francis Atuahene | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Energy FC stats

### Clean sheets

| No. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games Played |
| No. | Name | 1 | Cody Laurendi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | Bryan Byars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | Matt Van Oekel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
Source: Energy FC stats

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Shawn McLaws | Harrisburg City Islanders | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | December 7, 2017 |
| FW | José Angulo | Saint Louis FC | Completed permanent transfer. | December 28, 2017 |
| MF | Callum Ross | Charlotte Independence | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 2, 2018 |
| GK | Matt Van Oekel | Real Salt Lake | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 5, 2018 |
| DF | Christian Ibeagha | North Carolina FC | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 15, 2018 |
| GK | Bryan Byars | Tulsa Roughnecks | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | January 25, 2018 |
| FW | Jaime Siaj | Charlotte Independence | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 6, 2018 |
| DF | Joseph Adjei | Wa All Stars | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 15, 2018 |
| MF | Justin Chavez | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 23, 2018 |
| DF | Max Gunderson | OKC Energy U23 | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | February 28, 2018 |
| MF | Juan Niño | FK Lovćen | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | March 1, 2018 |
| FW | Christian Volesky | Saint Louis FC | Saint Louis receives an international roster spot. | May 8, 2018 |
| MF | Kalif Alhassan | Dila Gori | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | May 24, 2018 |
| DF | Drew Beckie | Jacksonville Armada | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | June 7, 2018 |
| MF | Ryley Kraft | Orlando City B | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | June 9, 2018 |
| DF | Atiba Harris | Murciélagos | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | June 27, 2018 |
| FW | Monty Patterson | Wellington Phoenix | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | July 30, 2018 |
| MF | Marco Bustos | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Terms of the deal were undisclosed. | August 15, 2018 |
| FW | Deshorn Brown | Lorca | Signed through the 2019 season. | September 18, 2018 |

### Loan in

| Pos. | Player | Parent club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End |
| FW | Francis Atuahene | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | March 2, 2018 | July 28, 2018 |
| MF | Ema Twumasi | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | March 2, 2018 | June 23, 2018 |
| DF | Jordan Cano | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | March 16, 2018 | May 30, 2018 |
| DF | Jordan Cano | FC Dallas | On a match-by-match basis. | July 7, 2018 | September 2, 2018 |
| FW | Adam Jahn | Columbus Crew SC | On a match-by-match basis. | July 24, 2018 | October 14, 2018 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Chad Bond | | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 |
| GK | C. J. Cochran | Nashville SC | Contract expired. Signed for Nashville on December 7, 2017. | November 5, 2017 |
| FW | Andy Craven | | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 |
| DF | Michael Daly | Fresno FC | Contract expired. Signed for Fresno on December 5, 2017. | November 5, 2017 |
| DF | Sam Fink | Saint Louis FC | Contract expired. Signed for Saint Louis on December 13, 2017. | November 5, 2017 |
| MF | Daniel Gonzalez | | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 |
| DF | Michael Harris | | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 |
| GK | Jacob Lissek | Penn FC | Contract expired. Signed for Penn on February 15, 2018. | November 5, 2017 |
| MF | Luis Martinez | | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 |
| DF | Anthony Wallace | | Contract expired. | November 5, 2017 |
| FW | Wojciech Wojcik | New York Cosmos B | Contract expired. Signed for Cosmos B on March 20, 2018. | November 5, 2017 |
| MF | Juan Niño | | No longer listed on roster. | May 26, 2018 |
| FW | José Angulo | | Departed through mutual consent. | June 17, 2018 |
| DF | Coady Andrews | | Retired. | June 24, 2018 |
| DF | Joseph Adjei | Malkiya Club | Departed through mutual consent. Signed for Malkiya on October 7, 2018. | July 20, 2018 |

## Awards
### USL Team of the Week

| Week | Starters | Bench | Opponent(s) |
| 1 | | Francis Atuahene | Tulsa Roughnecks |
| 10 | | Callum Ross | Colorado Springs Switchbacks |
| 14 | Jaime Siaj | | Portland Timbers 2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros |
| 15 | | Drew Beckie | LA Galaxy II |
| 17 | | José Barril | San Antonio FC Colorado Springs Switchbacks |
| 18 | Alex Dixon | | Las Vegas Lights |
| 21 | José Barril | Alex Dixon | Tulsa Roughnecks Real Monarchs |
| 23 | Alex Dixon | Christian Volesky | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros |
| 24 | | José Barril | Seattle Sounders FC 2 |
| 27 | | Callum Ross | LA Galaxy II |
| 29 | Cody Laurendi | | Las Vegas Lights |

### USL Save of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Link |
| 25 | Cody Laurendi | Swope Park Rangers | |

## Kits

| Home | Away |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Record |
| Home | White | White | White | Match 1 vs. Tulsa / 9–5–13 |
| Away | Blue | Blue | Blue | Match 12 vs. Reno / 3–2–3 |