2021 Hartford Athletic season

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Hartford Athletic
2021 season
Hartford Athletic wordmark stacked blue.png
OwnerHartford Sports Group
Head coach Harry Watling
Stadium Dillon Stadium
Highest home attendance5,138 (8/4 vs. TBR)
Lowest home attendance3,480 (10/26 vs. CHS)
Average home league attendance4,640
Biggest win HFD 7–0 NY (6/5)
Biggest defeat
–2 goals
(7 times)
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2022  →

The 2021 Hartford Athletic season is the club's third season of existence and their third in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. [1]

Contents

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

To start the season, Hartford Athletic will allow 50% capacity at home games at Dillon Stadium. [2]

Starting with the home game on May 29, they will be allowed to have a full capacity at home games. [3]

Roster

As of August 12, 2021 [4]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Carlos Merancio
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Lara
3 DF Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Younes Boudadi
4 DF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Nicolás Cardona
5 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Nii Armah Ashitey
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Arthur Rogers
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bradford Jamieson IV
8 MF Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  VEN Christian Gómez
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sebastian Elney
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Danny Barrera
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Luka Prpa
13 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeff Caldwell
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Derek Dodson (on loan from Orlando City)
15 DF Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  TOG Walid Yacoubou
16 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Gabriel Torres
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alfonso Vazquez
18 FW Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Walmer Martinez
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kenan Hot ( [A] )
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Thomas Janjigian
21 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Jaciel Cedeño
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Richie Schlentz
23 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Tabort Etaka Preston
24 DF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Giovanni Calderón ( [A] )
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Conor McGlynn
29 FW Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  HON Juan Carlos Obregón Jr.
31 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sebastian Pliszka ( [A] )
  1. ^
    USL Academy player

Competitions

Exhibitions

April 3, 2021 Hartford Athletic 4–0 Newtown Pride FC Hartford, Connecticut
Trialist 8 Soccerball shade.svg
Elney Soccerball shade.svg
Trialist 4 Soccerball shade.svg, Soccerball shade.svg		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
April 10, 2021 New York City FC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Hartford, Connecticut
Medina Soccerball shade.svg40', Soccerball shade.svg44' Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium
April 16, 2021 New York Red Bulls II 1–2 Hartford Athletic Montclair, New Jersey
Sowe Soccerball shade.svg Report Elney Soccerball shade.svg
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg		Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
April 21, 2021 Hartford Athletic 3–3 Philadelphia Union II Hartford, Connecticut
12:00 p.m. EST Jamieson IV Soccerball shade.svg3'
Janjigian Soccerball shade.svg43'
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg59'		 Report Stafford Soccerball shade.svg13'
Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg62'
Jasinski Soccerball shade.svg83'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
April 24, 2021 Hartford Athletic 3–0 University of Hartford Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Rogers Soccerball shade.svg29'
McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg42'
Jeciel Cedeño (Trialist) Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium
May 4, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–2 New England Revolution II Farmington, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg55'
Prpa Soccerball shade.svg66'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg1'
Soccerball shade.svg86'		Stadium: Farmington Sports Arena
July 20, 2021 Hartford Athletic Cancelled Western Mass Pioneers Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium

USL Championship

Source: [5]

April 30, 2021 New York Red Bulls II 2–3 Hartford Athletic Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT LaCava Soccerball shade.svg68'
Egbo Soccerball shade.svg90+1' (pen.)		 Report Barrera Soccerball shade.svg13'
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg36'
Rogers Soccerball shade.svg85'		Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 8, 2021 Miami FC 0–1 Hartford Athletic Miami, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Report Preston Soccerball shade.svg59'Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Referee: Matthew Thompson
May 15, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Prpa Soccerball shade.svg90+1' Cicerone Soccerball shade.svg42'Stadium: Dillon Stadium
May 29, 2021 Hartford Athletic Postponed Real Monarchs Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium
June 5, 2021 Hartford Athletic 7–0 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg15', Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Elney Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Barrera Soccerball shade.svg50', Soccerball shade.svg65'
Rogers Yellow card.svg 58'
McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg59'
Preston Soccerball shade.svg71'
Torres Yellow card.svg 82'
Lara Yellow card.svg 90+4'		 Report Knapp Yellow card.svg 32'
Egbo Yellow card.svg 51'
Castillo Yellow card.svg 62'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Thomas Snyder
June 13, 2021 Charlotte Independence 3–2 Hartford Athletic Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Parra Soccerball shade cross.svg19'
Dimick Yellow card.svg 26'
Kelly Soccerball shade.svg73'
Palomino Soccerball shade.svg80'
Sabella Soccerball shade.svg83', Yellow card.svg 85'		 Report Barrera Soccerball shade.svg50'
Boudadi Yellow card.svg 66'
Preston Soccerball shade.svg74'		Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 533
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 19, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–1 Loudoun United Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg6'
Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 77'
Cardona Soccerball shade.svg90+5'		 Report Mehl Yellow card.svg 25'
Bolivar Soccerball shade.svg78' (pen.)
Houssou Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: Christian Centeno
June 26, 2021 Hartford Athletic 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade cross.svg56'
Lara Yellow card.svg 58'		 Report Guenzatti Soccerball shade.svg33'
Fernandes Yellow card.svg 79'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,966
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 4, 2021 Loudoun United 0–2 Hartford Athletic Leesburg, Virginia
5:00 p.m. EDT Bolívar Soccerball shade cross.svg58'
Gomez Yellow card.svg 89'
Downs Yellow card.svg 90'
Gamble Red card.svg 90+3'		 Report Gómez Yellow card.svg 44'
Rogers Soccerball shade.svg64'
Preston Soccerball shade.svg73'
Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 90+3'		Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 693
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
July 10, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–2 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Barrera Yellow card.svg 36'
McGlynn Yellow card.svg 58'
Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 59'
Rogers Yellow card.svg 76'
Dodson Soccerball shade.svg86'
Janjigian Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report Sowe Soccerball shade.svg4'
Acosta Soccerball shade.svg18'
Harper Yellow card.svg 24'
Zajec Yellow card.svg 39'
Tombul Yellow card.svg 61' Yellow-red card.svg 83'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,002
Referee: Kyle Johnston
July 13, 2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–1 Hartford Athletic St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Report Dodson Soccerball shade.svg23'Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,943
July 17, 2021 Charleston Battery 3–1 Hartford Athletic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT Piggott Soccerball shade.svg21'
Repetto Soccerball shade.svg58'
Nicque Daley Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Tulu Soccerball shade.svg83'Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,515
July 24, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Miami FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Lara Soccerball shade.svg30'
McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg67'		 Report Palacios Yellow card.svg 59'
Reid Yellow card.svg 82'
Kcira Yellow card.svg 90+5'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Mathew Corrigan
July 31, 2021 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3–1 Hartford Athletic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. EDT Dixon Soccerball shade.svg49', Soccerball shade.svg83'
Wiedt Yellow card.svg 82'
Perez Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Dodson Soccerball shade.svg26'
Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 36'		Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Matthew Thompson
August 4, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–1 Miami FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Dodson Yellow card.svg 4'
Jamieson Soccerball shade.svg14' (pen.)
McGlynn Yellow card.svg 20'
Martinez Yellow card.svg 66'		 Report Craig Yellow card.svg 13'
Othello Soccerball shade.svg25'
Palacios Yellow card.svg 49'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,065
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 7, 2021 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 4–2 Hartford Athletic Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:00 p.m. EDT Barry Soccerball shade.svg19' (pen.)
Ngalina Soccerball shade.svg38'
Lewis Soccerball shade.svg51', Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Report Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 18'
McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg24'
Ashitey Soccerball shade.svg58'
Martinez Yellow card.svg 90+4'		Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Malik Badawi
August 13, 2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–0 Hartford Athletic St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST Adebayo-Smith Soccerball shade.svg85'Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,682
August 17, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–1 Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Dodson Soccerball shade.svg31'
Barrera Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.)		 Repetto Soccerball shade.svg45'Stadium: Dillon Stadium
August 22, 2021 Miami FC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Miami, Florida
6:30 p.m. EDT D. Williams Soccerball shade cross.svg45+1
Forbes Soccerball shade.svg48', Soccerball shade.svg90'
Sylvestre Yellow card.svg 87'		 Report Obregón Jr. Yellow card.svg 19'
Barrera Yellow card.svg 49'
Cedeño Yellow card.svg 67'
Rogers Yellow card.svg 85'		Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Attendance: 574
Referee: Elton García
August 28, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Caldwell Yellow card.svg 1'
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg18'
Yacoubou Red card.svg 36'
Barrera Soccerball shade.svg51' (pen.)
Martinez Yellow card.svg 54'
Lom Yellow card.svg 69'		 Report Cicerone Soccerball shade.svg2' (pen.), Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Rovira Yellow card.svg 25'
Dixon Soccerball shade cross.svg37', Soccerball shade.svg57'
Kilwien Yellow card.svg 45+2'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 1, 2021 Hartford Athletic P–P Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather. [6]
September 4, 2021 New York Red Bulls II 2–0 Hartford Athletic Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT LaCava Soccerball shade.svg12'
Williams Yellow card.svg 48'
Rafanello Yellow card.svg 52'
Ngoma Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report Preston Yellow card.svg 52'Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Attendance: 803
Referee: Kenneth Rojas
September 7, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–4 Louisville City FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg31'
Dodson Soccerball shade.svg44'		 Report Lancaster Soccerball shade.svg7'
González Soccerball shade.svg29'
Ownby Soccerball shade.svg56'
Hoppenot Soccerball shade.svg59'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,159
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 11, 2021 Charlotte Independence 2–0 Hartford Athletic Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Marveaux Soccerball shade.svg36', Soccerball shade.svg54'
Parra Yellow card.svg 41'
Palomino Yellow card.svg 57'
Bronico Yellow card.svg 60'
Martínez Yellow card.svg 64'		 Report Torres Yellow card.svg 12'
Boudadi Yellow card.svg 13'
McGlynn Yellow card.svg 89'		Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: John Griggs
September 15, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Real Monarchs Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg30'
Cardona Yellow card.svg 69'
Flores Soccerball shade.svg83' (o.g.)		 Report Orozco Yellow card.svg 5'
Halsey Yellow card.svg 45+2'
Saucedo Yellow card.svg 52'
Nydegger Yellow card.svg 67'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,705
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 25, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 31'
Haak Yellow card.svg 52'
McGlynn Yellow card.svg 63'
Preston Yellow card.svg 86'
Fernandes Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report Guenzatti Soccerball shade.svg12', Soccerball shade cross.svg32', Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Hilton Yellow card.svg 27'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,138
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
September 30, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Charlotte Independence Hartford, Connecticut
8:00 p.m. EDT Janjigian Yellow card.svg 17'
Haak Yellow card.svg 44'
McGlynn Yellow card.svg 67'
Bronico Soccerball shade.svg82' (o.g.)
Boudadi Yellow card.svg 86'
Elney Yellow card.svg 90'		 Report Martínez Soccerball shade.svg12'
Kelly Yellow card.svg 48', Soccerball shade.svg83'
Palomino Yellow card.svg 81'
Armour Red card.svg 90+1'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 6, 2021 New Mexico United 2–2 Hartford Athletic Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00 p.m. EST Rivas Soccerball shade.svg26'
Wehan Yellow card.svg 35'
Sandoval Yellow card.svg 45+3', Soccerball shade.svg55'
Muhammad Yellow card.svg 53'		 Report Barrera Soccerball shade.svg45+5' (pen.)
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg48'
Boudadi Yellow card.svg 84'		Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 6,444
Referee: Brad Jensen
October 10, 2021 Charleston Battery 4–3 Hartford Athletic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2:00 p.m. EDT Janjigian Soccerball shade.svg2' (o.g.)
Daley Soccerball shade.svg10', Soccerball shade.svg43'
Fahling Soccerball shade.svg61'
Repetto Yellow card.svg 83'
van Schaik Yellow card.svg 89'		 Report Barrera Yellow card.svg 40' Yellow-red card.svg 58'
Piggott Soccerball shade.svg45+1' (o.g.)
Haak Yellow card.svg 49'
Boudadi Yellow card.svg 74'
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg81'
Hot Soccerball shade.svg88'		Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,738
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
October 13, 2021 Loudoun United 2–3 Hartford Athletic Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 p.m. EDT Bolívar Soccerball shade.svg13'
Garay Yellow card.svg 38'
Gabarra Soccerball shade.svg51'
Gamble Yellow card.svg 56'
Mehl Yellow card.svg 59'
Pinto Yellow card.svg 73'		 Report Yacoubou Yellow card.svg 14'
McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg57'
Obregón Jr. Soccerball shade.svg69'
Pinto Soccerball shade.svg81' (o.g.)
Preston Yellow card.svg 90+5'		Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 368
Referee: DeShun Beard
October 16, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–0 Loudoun United Hartford, Connecticut
11:00 a.m. EST McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg33', Yellow card.svg 51'
Obregón Jr. Yellow card.svg 60'
Cardona Yellow card.svg 78'
Haak Yellow card.svg 87'		 Report Greene Yellow card.svg 32'Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,908
Referee: Benjamin Meyer
October 22, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Charlotte Independence Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Prpa Yellow card.svg 16'
Roberts Soccerball shade.svg37' (o.g.)
Preston Yellow card.svg 43'
Haak Yellow card.svg 90+3'		 Report Obertan Soccerball shade.svg49'
Johnson Soccerball shade.svg68'
Kelly Yellow card.svg 90+4'		Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Thomas Snyder
October 26, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Martinez Yellow card.svg 8', Soccerball shade.svg40', Soccerball shade.svg70'
Cardona Yellow card.svg 84'
Rogers Yellow card.svg 88'		 Report Kelly-Rosales Yellow card.svg 86'Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Natalie Simon
Note: Re-schedule of postponed September 1st match. [7]
October 30, 2021 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–0 Hartford Athletic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. EDT Rovira Yellow card.svg 54'
Griffin Yellow card.svg 75'
Peters Yellow card.svg 90+1'		 Report Barrera Yellow card.svg 16'
Cardona Yellow card.svg 28'
Boudadi Yellow card.svg 43'
Obregón Jr. Yellow card.svg 57'
Caldwell Yellow card.svg 90'
Martinez Yellow card.svg 90+1'		Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,532
Referee: Kevin Broadley

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Story". www.hartfordathletic.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ Athletic, Hartford (April 9, 2021). "Hartford Athletic Announces Fifty Percent Capacity At 2021 Home Matches". Hartford Athletic | Connecticut's Professional Soccer Team. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hartford Athletic to allow 100% capacity at Dillon Stadium starting May 29". courant.com. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Roster". HartfordAthletic.com. Hartford Athletic. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hartford Athletic". FotMob. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hartford Athletic vs. Charleston Battery Postponed". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Contest Between Hartford, Charleston Rescheduled". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. September 9, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
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