2021 Loudoun United FC season

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Loudoun United FC
2021 season
Head coach Ryan Martin
Stadium Segra Field
Highest home attendance1,126 (6/8 v. CHS)
Lowest home attendance310 (8/18 v. IND)
Average home league attendance639
Biggest win LDN 4–1 IND (8/18)
Biggest defeat LDN 0–5 CLT (9/8)
PIT 5–0 LDN (9/11)
MIA 6–1 LDN (9/25)
  2020
2022  

The 2021 Loudoun United FC season was Loudoun United FC's third season of existence, their third in the second-division of American soccer, and their third in the USL Championship.

Contents

Club

Roster

As of September 25, 2021 [1]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Jermaine Fordah
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Keegan Meyer
2 DF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Gaoussou Samaké (on loan from ASEC Mimosas)
4 MF Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Jeremy Garay ( [A] )
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hassan Pinto
6 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Massimo Ferrin
7 FW Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  VEN Darluis Paz
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Barakatulla Sharifi
9 FW Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  VEN Jovanny Bolívar ( [A] )
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael Gamble
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Giovanni Montesdeoca
13 MF Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Allexon Saravia
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tyler Gabarra
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicky Downs
17 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Kimarni Smith ( [A] )
18 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Wahab Ackwei
19 DF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Landry Nanan Houssou (on loan from ASI D'Abengourou)
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ted Ku-DiPietro
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robby Dambrot
23 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Diego Gomez-Ochoa ( [B] )
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sammy Sergi
26 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Owen Walz ( [B] )
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Di Rosa
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mathias Yohannes ( [B] )
29 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Timmy Mehl
30 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Noah Abrams
31 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jonathan Mennell ( [B] )
33 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jacob Greene ( [A] )
34 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abdellatif Aboukoura ( [B] )
35 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Troy Matingou ( [B] )
37 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson Hopkins ( [B] )
44 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jace Clark ( [B] )
55 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael DeShields ( [A] )
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with D.C. United.
  2. ^

Competitions

Exhibitions

March 26 D.C. United 5–1 Loudoun United FC Washington, DC
3:00 PM EST Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 0
April 3 Loudoun United FC Cancelled Philadelphia Union II Leesburg, VA
Stadium: Segra Field
April 10 Loudoun United FC Cancelled Richmond Kickers Leesburg, VA
Stadium: Segra Field

USL Championship

The USLC realigned itself to place the current 31 teams into four regional divisions, with Loudoun in the Atlantic Division. Loudoun would play its divisional rivals four times each (evenly split between home and away matches), with the remaining four games against non-division teams. [2]

May 21 Miami FC 2–1 Loudoun United FC Miami, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Craig Soccerball shade.svg6'
Ackwei Soccerball shade.svg7' (o.g.)
Löbe Red card.svg 14'
François Yellow card.svg 59'
Reid Yellow card.svg 84'
Walker Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Report Sergi Yellow card.svg 53'
Amoustapha Soccerball shade.svg82'
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Referee: Natalie Simon
May 182 Loudoun United FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls II Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Sergi Soccerball shade.svg27', Yellow card.svg 52'
Amoustapha Yellow card.svg 36'
Ku-Dipietro Yellow card.svg 42'
Fordah Yellow card.svg 63'
Paz Yellow card.svg 75'
Panchot Yellow card.svg 74'
Report Sowe Soccerball shade.svg4', Yellow card.svg 75'
Edelman Yellow card.svg 26'
Egbo Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.)
Brummett Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 710
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 293 New Mexico United 0–1 Loudoun United FC Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:30 PM EDT Yearwood Red card.svg 23' Report Bolívar Soccerball shade.svg40'
Mehl Yellow card.svg 57'
Samaké Yellow card.svg 60'
Stadium: Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park
Attendance: 8,801
Referee: Chris Ruska
June 24 Loudoun United FC 2–3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Landry Yellow card.svg 14'
Mehl Yellow card.svg 20'
Samaké Yellow card.svg 46'
Bolívar Soccerball shade.svg50'
DeShields Yellow card.svg 57'
Panchot Soccerball shade.svg70'
Report Velarde Soccerball shade.svg18'
Ackwei Soccerball shade.svg41' (o.g.)
Dixon Yellow card.svg 51'
Cicerone Soccerball shade.svg58' (pen.)
Gatt Yellow card.svg 72'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 817
Referee: John Griggs
June 85 Loudoun United FC 0–1 Charleston Battery Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Ku-Dipietro Yellow card.svg 90+5' Report Fahling Soccerball shade.svg73'
Kelly-Rosales Yellow card.svg 67'
Bunting Yellow card.svg 86'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
June 116 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–1 Loudoun United FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Antley Yellow card.svg 13'
Guenzatti Soccerball shade.svg34'
Wyke Yellow card.svg 79'
Langsdorf Soccerball shade.svg85', Yellow card.svg 86'
Report Dambrot Soccerball shade.svg4', Yellow card.svg 23'
Bolívar Yellow card.svg 74'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,332
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
June 197 Hartford Athletic 2–1 Loudoun United FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 PM 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 268 Charleston Battery 3–0 Loudoun United FC Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Zarokostas Yellow card.svg 2', Soccerball shade.svg16'
Daley Soccerball shade.svg35', Soccerball shade.svg60'
Gdula Yellow card.svg 51'
Report Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
June 309 Loudoun United FC 2–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Leesburg, Virginia
8:45 PM EDT Ku-Dipietro Soccerball shade.svg42'
Bolivar Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report Perez Soccerball shade.svg48'Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 984
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 410 Loudoun United FC 0–2 Hartford Athletic Leesburg, Virginia
5:00 PM 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 1111 Loudoun United FC 1–4 Miami FC Leesburg, Virginia
5:00 PM EDT Ku-Dipietro Yellow card.svg 29'
Walz Yellow card.svg 41', Soccerball shade.svg75'
Gomez Yellow card.svg 59'
Report Akinyode Yellow card.svg 18', Soccerball shade.svg26'
da Silva Yellow card.svg 38'
Anglin Yellow card.svg 61'
François Soccerball shade.svg70'
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg73'
Forbes Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 402
Referee: John Matto
July 1712 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1–0 Loudoun United FC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Cicerone Soccerball shade.svg6'
Rovira Yellow card.svg 68'
Report Di Rosa Yellow card.svg 8'
Saravia Yellow card.svg 42'
Smith Yellow card.svg 78'
Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,483
Referee: Kyle Johnston
July 2413 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 Loudoun United FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 EDT Guillén Soccerball shade.svg7'
Fernandes Yellow card.svg 21', Soccerball shade.svg52'
Lasso Yellow card.svg 37'
Ekra Yellow card.svg 73'
Guenzatti Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report Smith Yellow card.svg 34'
Downs Soccerball shade.svg70'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,920
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 2714 Loudoun United FC 3–5 Charleston Battery Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Walz Yellow card.svg 2'
Ku-Dipietro Soccerball shade.svg22'
Amoustapha Soccerball shade.svg41'
Hogan Soccerball shade.svg45' (o.g.)
Landry Yellow card.svg 87'
Report Repetto Soccerball shade.svg4', Soccerball shade.svg32'
Zarokostas Soccerball shade.svg9'
Archer Yellow card.svg 23'
Daley Yellow card.svg 45+5'
Harmon Soccerball shade.svg56'
Lewis Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 556
Referee: John Griggs
July 3115 Loudoun United FC 1–3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Pinto Yellow card.svg 15'
Amoustapha Yellow card.svg 41'
Mehl Yellow card.svg 66'
Smith Soccerball shade.svg70'
Report Hodge Yellow card.svg 45+2'
Torres Yellow card.svg 58'

Edwards Soccerball shade.svg63', Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Toure Soccerball shade.svg65'
Echevarria Yellow card.svg 68'

Barry Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 905
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
August 616 Loudoun United FC 0–0 Charlotte Independence Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Amoustapha Yellow card.svg 11'
Ku-Dipietro Yellow card.svg 60'
Report Sabella Yellow card.svg 32'
Armour Yellow card.svg 39'
Bronico Yellow card.svg 45+3'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 519
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
August 1317 Charleston Battery 1–0 Loudoun United FC Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Harmon Yellow card.svg 56'
Crawford Soccerball shade.svg79'
Piggott Yellow card.svg 84'
Pérez Yellow card.svg 90+8'
Report Downs Yellow card.svg 4'
Garay Yellow card.svg 30'
Dambrot Soccerball shade cross.svg38'
Fordah Yellow card.svg 84'
Hopkins Yellow card.svg 90+5'
Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,059
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 1818 Loudoun United FC 4–1 Indy Eleven Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Sergi Soccerball shade.svg43', Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Dambrot Yellow card.svg 47'
Paz Soccerball shade.svg73'
Ku-Dipietro Soccerball shade.svg76'
Saravia Yellow card.svg 85'
Amoustapha Yellow card.svg 90+2'
Report Cochran Yellow card.svg 33'
Ouimette Yellow card.svg 34', Soccerball shade.svg78'
Moon Yellow card.svg 64'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 310
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 2319 Loudoun United FC 0–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Saravia Yellow card.svg 36'
Landry Yellow card.svg 64'
Report Hilton Soccerball shade.svg23'
Lasso Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Wyke Yellow card.svg 82'
Mkosana Yellow card.svg 87'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 360
Referee: Luis Arroyo
September 420 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 Loudoun United FC Edinburg, Texas
7:30 p.m. CST Amoh Soccerball shade.svg14' (pen.)
Pimentel Yellow card.svg 68'
Sorto Yellow card.svg 80'
Report Mehl Yellow card.svg 13'
Saravia Yellow card.svg 15'
Ku-Dipietro Soccerball shade.svg20' (pen.)
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,052
Referee: Elton García
September 821 Loudoun United FC 0–5 Charlotte Independence Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Landry Yellow card.svg 3' Yellow-red card.svg 37' Report Parra Yellow card.svg 23', Soccerball shade.svg28', Soccerball shade.svg40'
Roberts Soccerball shade.svg49'
Palomino Soccerball shade.svg74'
Sabella Soccerball shade.svg81'
Pack Yellow card.svg 84'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 546
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
September 1122 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 5–0 Loudoun United FC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Wharton Soccerball shade.svg20'
Forbes Soccerball shade.svg58', Soccerball shade.svg82'
Cicerone Soccerball shade.svg75'
Williamson Soccerball shade.svg80'
Perez Yellow card.svg 90+2'
Report Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,502
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 2523 Miami FC 6–1 Loudoun United FC Miami, Florida
7:30 PM EDT François Yellow card.svg 9', Soccerball shade.svg55', Soccerball shade.svg63'
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg25'
Forbes Soccerball shade.svg32'
Walker Soccerball shade.svg39'
Reid Soccerball shade.svg81'
Palacios Yellow card.svg 88'
Report Ku-DiPietro Soccerball shade.svg48'Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Attendance: 418
Referee: Brandon Stevis
September 3024 New York Red Bulls II 3–3 Loudoun United FC Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Zajec Yellow card.svg 25'
Sowe Soccerball shade.svg37' (pen.)
Archimède Soccerball shade.svg55'
Jørgensen Soccerball shade.svg58'
Knapp Yellow card.svg 63'
Report DiPietro Soccerball shade.svg4'
Hopkins Soccerball shade.svg20'
Mehl Yellow card.svg 24'
Mennell Yellow card.svg 36'
Samaké Soccerball shade.svg57'
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 485
Referee: William Steffen
October 325 Charlotte Independence 5–1 Loudoun United FC Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Obertan Soccerball shade.svg7'
Johnson Soccerball shade.svg8'
Bronico Soccerball shade.svg13', Yellow card.svg 32'
Marveaux Soccerball shade.svg19'
Kelly Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report Dambrot Yellow card.svg 38'
Mehl Yellow card.svg 76'
Clark Soccerball shade.svg80', Yellow card.svg 86'
Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
October 1026 Loudoun United FC 3–2 Miami FC Leesburg, Virginia
1:00 PM EDT Paz Yellow card.svg 5' Yellow-red card.svg 26'
Greene Soccerball shade.svg20'
Landry Yellow card.svg 32'
Bolívar Yellow card.svg 72', Soccerball shade.svg86'
Ku-DiPietro Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
Clark Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Report François Soccerball shade.svg13' (pen.)
Akinyode Yellow card.svg 31'
Walker Yellow card.svg 65'
Cortez Soccerball shade.svg74'
Craig Red card.svg 75'
Reid Yellow card.svg 88'
Stadium: Segra Field
Referee: Matthew Franz
October 1327 Loudoun United FC 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 1628 Hartford Athletic 1–0 Loudoun United Hartford, Connecticut
11:00 a.m. EDT 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 2029 New York Red Bulls II 3–0 Loudoun United FC Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Archimède Soccerball shade.svg19', Yellow card.svg 40'
Sowe Yellow card.svg 38'
Harper Soccerball shade.svg47' (pen.)
Egbo Soccerball shade.svg56', Yellow card.svg 57'
Report Mehl Yellow card.svg 24'
Ku-DiPietro Soccerball shade cross.svg37', Yellow card.svg 68'
Dambrot Yellow card.svg 38'
Landry Yellow card.svg 51'
Bolívar Yellow card.svg 81'
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 520
Referee: Corbyn May
October 2330 Loudoun United FC 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Houssou Yellow card.svg 75'
Paz Yellow card.svg 86'
Report Dos Santos Soccerball shade.svg40'
Antley Yellow card.svg 41'
Hilton Yellow card.svg 71'
Dalgaard Yellow card.svg 86'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 917
Referee: Abdou Ndiaye
October 2731 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Loudoun United FC Charlotte, North Carolina
5:30 PM EDT Fuchs Yellow card.svg 30'
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg38'
Riascos Yellow card.svg 75'
Report Mehl Yellow card.svg 78'
Hopkins Yellow card.svg 88'
Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,782
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 3032 Loudoun United FC 1–4 New York Red Bulls II Leesburg, Virginia
1:00 PM EDT Hopkins Soccerball shade.svg7', Yellow card.svg 20'
Ku-DiPietro Yellow card.svg 37'
Clark Yellow card.svg 68'
Greene Yellow card.svg 86'
Fordah Yellow card.svg 86'
Report Sowe Soccerball shade.svg5'
Rafanello Soccerball shade.svg26', Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Knapp Yellow card.svg 58'
Edelman Soccerball shade.svg73'
Egbo Yellow card.svg 84'
Stadium: Segra Field
Referee: Jalen Gray

Atlantic Division

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3223725523+3271Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Charlotte Independence 3218955736+2159
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 3217875234+1858 [a]
4 Miami FC 32161065540+1554 [a]
5 Hartford Athletic 32121555050041
6 Charleston Battery 321015749601137
7 New York Red Bulls II 32718742672528
8 Loudoun United FC 32425331784715
Source: USL
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The USL decided to replay the sides' October 16 match from the 67th minute after the referee wrongly disallowed a Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC goal. The original score was 0–0. [3]

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (D.C. United), LUFC is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition. [4]

References

  1. "Roster". loudoununitedfc.com. Loudoun United FC. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  2. "USL Championship Unveils 2021 League Alignment". Loudoun United FC. USL Championship. March 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  3. "The Miami FC vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds Match to be Replayed on Oct. 27, Starting from 67th Minute". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  4. "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.