| 2020 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Prodigal LLC | |||
| Head coach | John Pascarella | |||
| United Soccer League | Western Conf.: 17th Group D: 5th | |||
| USL Championship Playoffs | Did not qualify | |||
| U.S. Open Cup | Cancelled | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jaime Chavez (2) All: Jaime Chavez (2) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 4,067 (March 7 vs. Colorado) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,423 (July 22 vs Rio Grande) | |||
| Average home league attendance | Overall: 1,920 Pre-Covid: 4,067 Post-Covid: 1,562 | |||
| Biggest win | ATX 1–3 OKC (July 17) | |||
| Biggest defeat | SA 4–0 OKC (August 19) | |||
The 2020 OKC Energy FC season was the club's seventh season of existence, and their seventh consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Energy FC will also take part in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covers the period from October 19, 2019 to the beginning of the 2021 USLC season. The 2020 season was the first for OKC under new head coach John Pascarella, who had previously been the assistant coach at Minnesota United FC. Pascarella became just the third head coach in club history; Steve Cooke had been in charge for the previous two seasons.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||
| 1 | Cody Laurendi | | GK | August 15, 1988 | 2016 | | 105 | 0 |
| 2 | C.J. Cochran | | GK | September 17, 1991 | 2020 | | 31 | 0 |
| 35 | Kyle Ihn | | GK | December 20, 1994 | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | ||||||||
| 3 | Kyle Hyland | | DF | March 1, 1991 | 2016 | | 117 | 7 |
| 4 | Christian Ibeagha | | DF | April 17, 1995 | 2020 | | 69 | 3 |
| 5 | Joe Amico | | DF | January 10, 1990 | 2018 | | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | Nicolas Taravel | | DF | October 13, 1994 | 2019 | | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Atiba Harris | | DF | January 9, 1985 | 2018 | | 56 | 4 |
| 22 | Zachary Ellis-Hayden | | DF | March 1, 1992 | 2020 | | 15 | 0 |
| Midfielders | ||||||||
| 6 | Brad Dunwell | | MF | December 31, 1996 | 2020 | | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | Rafael Garcia | | MF | December 19, 1988 | 2019 | | 42 | 6 |
| 8 | José Hernández | | MF | April 12, 1996 | 2020 | | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | Jaime Chavez | | FW | July 17, 1987 | 2020 | | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | Arun Basuljevic | | MF | December 17, 1995 | 2020 | | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | Frank López | | FW | February 25, 1995 | 2020 | | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Kodai Iida | | FW | December 6, 1994 | 2020 | | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Cordell Cato | | FW | July 15, 1992 | 2019 | | 42 | 5 |
| 18 | Tucker Stephenson | | FW | October 23, 1996 | 2020 | | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | Charlie Ward | | MF | February 19, 1995 | 2020 | | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Ray Saari | | MF | April 18, 1995 | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Jonathan Brown | | FW | April 17, 1990 | 2019 | | 71 | 4 |
| 91 | Owayne Gordon | | FW | October 8, 1991 | 2019 | | 42 | 6 |
| January 25 Friendly | OKC Energy | 6–1 | Mid-American Christian Evangels | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 1:00 PMCST | Chavez López Trialist #1 Trialist #2 Trialist #3 | Report | Stadium: Taft Stadium | |
| Note: Played in three 30-minute periods. | ||||
| January 29 Friendly | FC Dallas | 2–3 | OKC Energy | Frisco, TX |
| 4:00 PM CST | Mosquera Ondrášek | Report | Iida Chavez | Stadium: AdvoCare Field 4 at Toyota Soccer Center |
| February 1 Friendly | San Antonio FC | 5–1 | OKC Energy | Frisco, TX |
| 1:00 PM CST | Di Renzo Partain Gallegos Trialist Trialist | Report | Gordon | Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center |
| February 8 Friendly | OKC Energy | 2–2 | Central Arkansas Bears | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 1:00 PM CST | Chavez Basuljevic | Report | Stadium: Taft Stadium | |
| Note: Additional 15 minutes added after full-time. | ||||
| February 15 Friendly | Sporting Kansas City II | 1–1 | OKC Energy | Wichita, KS |
| 2:00 PM CST | Rad | Report | Chavez | Stadium: Stryker Soccer Complex |
| February 23 Friendly | New Mexico United | 2–1 | OKC Energy | Tucson, AZ |
| 2:00 PM CST | Moreno Sergi | Report | Chavez | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| February 26 Friendly | El Paso Locomotive FC | 3–0 | OKC Energy | Tucson, AZ |
| 2:00 PM CST | Lomis Bosetti Salgado | Report | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex | |
| Note: 120-minute scrimmage. | ||||
| February 29 Friendly | Grand Canyon Antelopes | 0–4 | OKC Energy | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2:00 PM CST | Stadium: GCU Stadium |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio FC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Tulsa | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 25 | 1.67 | |
| 3 | Austin Bold FC | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 22 | 1.38 | |
| 4 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | OKC Energy FC | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | 0.63 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
Source: USLC standings
| March 71 | OKC Energy | 1–2 | Colorado Springs | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CST | Ward Harris Chavez | Report | Volesky Lewis Stephenson Diz Pe | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
| July 132 | OKC Energy | 1–1 | FC Tulsa | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Chavez Hyland Basuljevic Harris | Report | da Costa | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,626 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
| July 173 | Austin Bold FC | 1–3 | OKC Energy | Austin, TX |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Ciss Guadarrama Gladiator Okugo | Report | Harris Hernández Brown Cato Chavez | Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 18 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez |
| July 224 | OKC Energy | 1–1 | Rio Grande Valley FC | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | López Ellis-Hayden Hernández | Report | Beckford Kibato Coronado Taiberson | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Michael Cap |
| August 15 | OKC Energy | 0–3 | New Mexico United | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Ibeagha Chavez | Report | Moreno Wehan Mizell Ahlinvi | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
| August 86 | OKC Energy | 0–3 | San Antonio FC | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Hernández Hyland López Taravel | Report | Di Renzo Parano Montgomery Bailone | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez |
| August 157 | OKC Energy | 0–0 | Rio Grande Valley FC | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Ellis-Hayden | Report | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| August 198 | San Antonio FC | 4–0 | OKC Energy | San Antonio, TX |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Solignac PC Taintor Gorskie Di Renzo | Report | Brown Hernández | Stadium: Toyota Field Referee: Héctor Hernández |
| August 229 | Sporting Kansas City II | 3–0 | OKC Energy | Kansas City, KS |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Harris Barbir Mompremier Rešetar | Report | Brown | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Jon Freemon |
| August 3010 | OKC Energy | 1–1 | Austin Bold FC | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Taravel García Harris Chavez | Report | Forbes Kléber Ortíz Saramutin | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,540 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez |
| September 511 | Colorado Springs | 0–0 | OKC Energy | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Argueta | Report | Hernández Taravel Ellis-Hayden | Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Calin Radosav |
| September 1212 | FC Tulsa | 1–1 | OKC Energy | Tulsa, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Marlon Suárez Moloto | Report | Chavez Hernández Gordon Ibeagha | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,932 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
| September 1913 | San Antonio FC | 2–0 | OKC Energy | San Antonio, TX |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Perruzza Bailone | Report | Dunwell Chávez Stephenson Taravel | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Gerald Flores |
| September 2714 | OKC Energy | 0–0 | Austin Bold FC | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Ibeagha García Hernández Ellis-Hayden | Report | Guadarrama | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Brandon Gardner |
| September 3015 | FC Tulsa | 3–2 | OKC Energy | Tulsa, OK |
| 7:00 PM CDT | Marlon Chapman-Page Uzo Altamirano | Report | Cato Taravel Chávez Stephenson Amico Ellis-Hayden | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Matthew Thompson |
| April 7–9 Second round | Denton Diablos FC (NPSL) or NTX Rayados (LQ) | v | | Denton, Texas or TBD |
| Stadium: University of North Texas Soccer Stadium or TBD | ||||
| Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2] | ||||
| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1 | GK | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 35 | GK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Source: Energy FC stats
| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Energy FC stats
| No. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 35 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Energy FC stats
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | | | Dec 17, 2019 | [3] | |
| DF | | | Dec 17, 2019 | [4] | |
| MF | | | Dec 18, 2019 | [5] | |
| FW | | | Dec 19, 2019 | [6] | |
| MF | | | Dec 19, 2019 | [7] | |
| GK | | | Dec 20, 2019 | [8] | |
| DF | | | Jan 7, 2020 | [9] | |
| MF | | | Jan 10, 2020 | [10] | |
| GK | | | Jan 10, 2020 | [11] | |
| FW | | | Jan 13, 2020 | [12] | |
| MF | | | Jan 14, 2020 | [13] | |
| FW | | | Jan 14, 2020 | [14] |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| DF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| DF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| DF | | | OKC receives an undisclosed fee. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] [16] |
| DF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| DF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| MF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| MF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| MF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| MF | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| FW | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] | |
| FW | | Contract expired. | Dec 5, 2019 | [15] |