2020 FC Tulsa season

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FC Tulsa
2020 season
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Head coachMichael Nsien
Stadium ONEOK Field
Tulsa, Oklahoma
USL Conference: 7th
Group D: 2nd
USL Cup Conference Quarterfinals
2020 U.S. Open Cup Cancelled
Black Gold Derby Champions
Highest home attendance3,381 vs. SA (Sept. 26)
Lowest home attendance2,255 vs. ATX (Aug. 19)
Average home league attendance2,636
Biggest win STL 0–2 TUL (Aug. 8)
TUL 2–0 COS (Oct. 3)
Biggest defeat SA 2–0 TUL (Aug. 22)
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  2019
2021  

The 2020 FC Tulsa season was the franchise's 6th season in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. [1] It was their first season since the club's rebranding from Tulsa Roughnecks to FC Tulsa. [2]

Contents

Club

As of October 6, 2020 [3]
No.PositionNationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sean Lewis
2 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bryan Byars
3 DF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Vangjel Zguro
4 DF Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Cyprian Hedrick
5 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Callum Chapman-Page
6 FW Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB Ariel Martínez
7 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Panin Boakye
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eric Bird
9 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Toby Uzo
10 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marlon
11 MF Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  HON Christian Altamirano
12 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Andrew MacRae
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matthew Sheldon
14 MF Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  HON Brayan Reyes
15 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kevin Garcia
16 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rodrigo da Costa
17 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mfon Udoh
18 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Solomon Kwambe
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Fabián Bastidas
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bradley Bourgeois
24 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Raphael Ayagwa
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ciaran Winters
30 MF Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Lebo Moloto
92 FW Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB Darío Suárez

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 8Preseason 1 FC Tulsa 2–0 Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles Tulsa, Oklahoma
2:00PM CDT da Costa Soccerball shade.svg43' (pen.)
Suárez Soccerball shade.svg65'
Report Stadium: Titan Sports Complex
February 16Preseason 2 FC Tulsa 1–1 Saint Louis FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
2:00PM CDT Suárez Soccerball shade.svg35' Report Blackwood Soccerball shade.svg90'Stadium: Titan Sports Complex
Note: Played three 40-minute periods.
February 22Preseason 4 Rogers State Hillcats 0–1 FC Tulsa Claremore, Oklahoma
2:00PM CDT Report Suárez Soccerball shade.svg65'Stadium: Soldier Field
February 25Preseason 5 North Texas SC 1–3 FC Tulsa Frisco, Texas
2:00PM CDT Sealy Soccerball shade.svg16' Report Boakye Soccerball shade.svg23'
Marlon Soccerball shade.svg34'
Udoh Soccerball shade.svg73'
Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center
February 29Preseason 6 FC Tulsa 1–2 Sporting Kansas City II Tulsa, Oklahoma
1:00PM CDT Martinez Soccerball shade.svg62' Report Soccerball shade.svg8'
Soccerball shade.svg78' (pen.)
Stadium: Titan Sports Complex

USL Championship

Standings — Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPPGQualification
1 San Antonio FC 1610333014+16332.06Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 FC Tulsa 156722116+5251.67
3 Austin Bold FC 165743027+3221.38
4 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1423917281190.64
5 OKC Energy FC 16178122917100.63
Source: USL

Match results

March 71 Sacramento Republic FC 1–1 FC Tulsa Sacramento, California
9:30 PM CST Skundrich Yellow card.svg 23', Soccerball shade.svg42'
Sargis Yellow card.svg 28'
Barahona Yellow card.svg 32'
Report Moloto Yellow card.svg 24'
Sheldon Yellow card.svg 60'
Garcia Yellow card.svg 68'
da Costa Soccerball shade.svg79'
Martínez Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
July 132 OKC Energy 1–1 FC Tulsa Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Chávez Soccerball shade.svg40'
Hyland Yellow card.svg 51'
Basuljevic Yellow card.svg 53'
Harris Yellow card.svg 87'
Report da Costa Soccerball shade.svg45+5'Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 1,626
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
Note: Black Gold Derby
August 14 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–2 FC Tulsa Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Castellanos Soccerball shade.svg71'
Adams Yellow card.svg 73'
Report Marlon Soccerball shade.svg26'
Bird Yellow card.svg 28'
Martinez Soccerball shade.svg74' (pen.)
da Costa Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Boakye Yellow card.svg 90+2'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Elton Garcia
August 85 Saint Louis FC 0–2 FC Tulsa Fenton, Missouri
7:00 PM CDT Umar Yellow card.svg 18'
Blackwood Yellow card.svg 75'
Bryan Yellow card.svg 83'
Report Bird Soccerball shade.svg43'
Garcia Yellow card.svg 59'
Martinez Yellow card.svg 72'
da Costa Yellow card.svg 87'
Suárez Soccerball shade.svg90'
Stadium: West Community Stadium
Attendance: 950
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 126 FC Tulsa 0–0 San Antonio FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Bird Yellow card.svg 44'
Garcia Yellow card.svg 69'
Moloto Yellow card.svg 72'
Sheldon Yellow card.svg 85'
Report Montgomery Yellow card.svg 37'
Solignac Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 2,445
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
August 197 FC Tulsa 2–2 Austin Bold FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Marlon Yellow card.svg 16'
Moloto Soccerball shade.svg26'
Suárez Soccerball shade.svg65'
Ayagwa Yellow card.svg 69'
Report Taylor Yellow card.svg 44'
Garcia Soccerball shade.svg45+2', Yellow card.svg 61'
Báez Yellow card.svg 49'
McFarlane Soccerball shade.svg83', Yellow card.svg 89'
Jome Yellow card.svg 88'
Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 2,255
Referee: Jon Freemon
August 228 San Antonio FC 2–0 FC Tulsa San Antonio, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Solignac Yellow card.svg 41', Soccerball shade.svg42'
Bailone Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Marlon Yellow card.svg 59'
da Costa Yellow card.svg 64'
Bourgeois Yellow card.svg 81'
Bird Yellow card.svg 82' Yellow-red card.svg 90+8'
Bastidas Red card.svg 87'
Martinez Yellow card.svg 90+7'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 299 FC Tulsa 1–2 Sporting Kansas City II Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Kwambe Yellow card.svg 36'
Martinez Soccerball shade.svg39'
Report Mompremier Soccerball shade.svg20', Yellow card.svg 86'
Riley Yellow card.svg 25'
Harris Soccerball shade.svg55'
Duke Yellow card.svg 90'
Davis Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: Chris Ruska
Referee: 2,790
September 210 FC Tulsa 2–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Suárez Soccerball shade.svg25', Soccerball shade.svg68'
Marlon Yellow card.svg 27'
Bird Yellow card.svg 43'
Moloto Yellow card.svg 75'
Zguro Yellow card.svg 84'
Report Prpa Soccerball shade.svg28'Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 511 Austin Bold FC 1–1 FC Tulsa Austin, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Avila Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Suárez Soccerball shade.svg30'Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium
Referee: Elton García
September 83 Austin Bold FC 2–2 FC Tulsa Austin, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Guadarrama Soccerball shade.svg45+5' (pen.)
F. Garcia Soccerball shade.svg52'
Forbes Yellow card.svg 73'
Report Suárez Soccerball shade.svg17', Soccerball shade.svg37'
Bourgeois Yellow card.svg 45+5'
K. Garcia Yellow card.svg 67'
Stadium: Austin Bold Stadium
Referee: Melvin Rivas
Note: Rescheduled from Thursday, July 23, 2020.
September 1212 FC Tulsa 1–1 OKC Energy Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Marlon Yellow card.svg 55'
Suárez Soccerball shade.svg73'
Moloto Yellow card.svg 81'
Report Chavez Yellow card.svg 35'
Hernández Yellow card.svg 71' Yellow-red card.svg 77'
Gordon Soccerball shade.svg90'
Ibeagha Yellow card.svg 90+5'
Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 2,932
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Note: Black Gold Derby
September 2614 FC Tulsa 1–0 San Antonio FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Moloto Yellow card.svg 59'
Suárez Yellow card.svg 61'
Martinez Yellow card.svg 63'
Bird Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Report Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
September 3015 FC Tulsa 3–2 OKC Energy Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Marlon Soccerball shade.svg15'
Chapman-Page Yellow card.svg 35'
Uzo Soccerball shade.svg79', Soccerball shade.svg88'
Altamirano Yellow card.svg 86'
Report Cato Soccerball shade.svg12'
Taravel Yellow card.svg 45+2'
Chávez Yellow card.svg 45+4'
Stephenson Soccerball shade.svg57'
Amico Yellow card.svg 70'
Ellis-Hayden Yellow card.svg 84'
Stadium: Oneok Field
Attendance: 2,320
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Note: Black Gold Derby
October 316 FC Tulsa 2–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Marlon Soccerball shade.svg36', Yellow card.svg 38'
da Costa Soccerball shade.svg40'
Martínez Yellow card.svg 65'
Bourgeois Yellow card.svg 86'
Report Diz Pe Yellow card.svg 43' Yellow-red card.svg 90+6'
Kurimoto Yellow card.svg 68'
Burt Yellow card.svg 81'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,128
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
October 613 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros P-P FC Tulsa Edinburg, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Stadium: H-E-B Park
Note: Match postponed due to a positive Covid-19 test in the RGVFC organization. Not played because not necessary for playoff qualification.

USL Championship Playoffs

October 10, 2020 Conference Quarterfinals El Paso Locomotive FC 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
FC Tulsa El Paso, TX
7:30 p.m. MDT Carrijó Soccerball shade.svg19', Soccerball shade.svg82'
Borelli Yellow card.svg 67'
Rebellón Yellow card.svg 96'
Report Bird Yellow card.svg 24'
da Costa Soccerball shade.svg38'
Chapman-Page Yellow card.svg 61', Soccerball shade.svg68', Red card.svg 101'
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 1,659
Referee: Brandon Stevis
Penalties
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Rebellón Soccerball shad check.svg
Ryan Soccerball shad check.svg
Robinson Soccerball shad check.svg
Soccerball shad check.svg Altamirano
Soccerball shade cross.svg Moloto
Soccerball shade cross.svg Martínez
Soccerball shad check.svg Bourgeois

U.S. Open Cup

As a USL Championship club, the FC Tulsa were to begin play by April 7–9. However, the tournament was suspended and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. Bailey, Eric (February 26, 2014). "Fans vote to resurrect Roughnecks name for new Tulsa pro soccer team". Tulsa World . Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. "FC Tulsa Unveils New Name, Crest and Colors to Usher in New Era of Pro Soccer in Tulsa" (Press release). FC Tulsa. December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  3. "2020 Roster". fctulsa.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.