2021 Austin Bold FC season

Austin Bold FC
2021 season
Head coachMarcelo Serrano
StadiumBold Stadium
Austin, Texas
USL ChampionshipConference: TBD
Highest home attendance1,577
(7/31 v. SA)
Lowest home attendance531
(8/17 v. RGV)
Average home league attendance940
Biggest winATX 2–0 SLC (5/26)
Biggest defeatATX 0–3 SA (7/31)
ELP 3–0 ATX (8/7)
COL 4–1 ATX (8/28)
ELP 3–0 ATX (10/20)

The 2021 Austin Bold FC season was the club's third season of existence and their third in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer.

Roster

As of May 15, 2021[1]
No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK  USA Elliot Panicco (on loan from Nashville SC)
3 MF  PER Collin Fernandez
4 DF  JAM Jermaine Taylor
5 FW  JAM Nathaniel Adamolekun
6 MF  SEN Omar Ciss
7 FW  SEN Ates Diouf
8 MF  MEX Xavier Báez
9 FW  USA Sean Okoli
10 MF  USA Emilio Ycaza
11 FW  MEX Aldo Quintanilla
12 MF  USA Gilbert Fuentes (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)
13 FW  USA Roberto Avila
14 FW  JAM Jason Johnson
15 MF  USA Amobi Okugo
18 DF  FRA Fabien Garcia
19 GK  IRN Arshia Babazadeh
20 DF  USA Josué Soto
22 DF  CHI Jorge Troncoso
23 GK  FRA Hugo Fauroux
24 DF  USA Casey Walls (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)
27 MF  USA Juan Pablo Torres (on loan from New York City)
29 FW  BRA Stefano Pinho
31 DF  USA Nick Hinds (on loan from Nashville SC)
34 DF  BRA Gustavo Rissi (on loan from Cruzeiro)
88 DF  USA Kofi Sarkodie
91 FW  JAM Omar Gordon
  1. ^
    Austin Bold Academy Contract

Competitions

Exhibitions

March 20 Preseason 1 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin Bold Houston, TX
12:00 PM CDT Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
March 24 Preseason 2 FC Dallas 3–0 Austin Bold Frisco, TX
1:00 PM CDT Unknown (o.g.)
Jara 75'
Vargas 81'
Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
March 27 Preseason 3 Round Rock SC 1–6 Austin Bold
March 31 Preseason 4 Houston Dynamo Cancelled Austin Bold Houston, TX
Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Note: Match was cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests in the Austin Bold camp.[2]
April 9 Preseason 5 Austin Bold 1–1 RGV Toros Austin, TX
3:00 PM CDT Report Stadium: Bold Stadium
April 14 Preseason 6 OKC Energy 0–1 Austin Bold Oklahoma City, OK
11:00 AM CDT Report Stadium: Taft Stadium
April 17 Preseason 7 FC Tulsa 1–1 Austin Bold Tulsa, OK
2:00 PM CDT Garcia 68' Report Báez 37' Stadium: Oneok Field
April 23 Preseason 8 Austin Bold 3–0 Houston FC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium
April 30 Preseason 9 Austin Bold v Houston FC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium
April 30 Preseason 10 Austin Bold v Round Rock SC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium
May 8 Preseason 11 Austin Bold v Lonestar SC Austin, TX
Stadium: Bold Stadium

USL Championship

Standings — Central Division

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 32 13 8 11 61 48 +13 50 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
4 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 32 13 11 8 49 42 +7 47
5 New Mexico United 32 12 10 10 44 40 +4 46
6 Austin Bold FC 32 10 10 12 32 42 −10 42
7 Real Monarchs 32 5 20 7 28 56 −28 22
Source: USL

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 10 12 10 32 42  −10 42 6 7 3 18 16  +2 4 5 7 14 26  −12

Source: USLC Standings

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
StadiumAAHHHAAAAHAAHHAHHAHHHAHHAHAHAAAH
ResultLDWWLWDWLLDWDWDLWLDDDLWWWDLDLLDD
Source: Schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

The team's schedule was announced on March 30 featuring 32 matches, 16 at home and 16 away.[3]

May 15 1 New Mexico United 3–1 Austin Bold Albuquerque, NM
8:30 PM CDT Rivas 18'
Yearwood  56'
Brown 61'
Moreno 66'  84'
Azira  90'
Bruce  90+2'
Report Fauroux  28'
Hinds 46'
Rissi  73'
Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 8,647
Referee: Michael Radchuk
May 21 2 Real Monarchs 1–1 Austin Bold Herriman, UT
8:00 PM CDT Bancé  23'
Ramírez 41'
Flores  53'
Report MacMath 60' (o.g.)
Diouf  78'
Okoli  84'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
May 26 3 Austin Bold 2–0 Real Monarchs Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Okoli 40' (pen.)  46'
Ciss  87'
Troncoso 90+4'
Report Adams  39'
Orozco  45+3'
Martinez  89'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Melvin Rivas
May 30 4 Austin Bold P–P Tacoma Defiance Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Stadium: Bold Stadium
Referee: Luis Guardia
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather.[4]
June 3 5 Austin Bold 0–1 El Paso Locomotive Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Ycaza  9'
Garcia  29'
Hinds  57'
Báez  71'
Okoli  87'
Report Yuma  39'
Rebellón  51'
Luna 56'
Zendejas  81'
Solignac  90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 791
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 6 6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–1 Austin Bold Pittsburgh, PA
5:00 PM CDT Wiedt  48' Report Fernandez 1'
Okugo  75'
Johnson  87'
Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Elton Garcia
June 12 7 New Mexico United 0–0 Austin Bold Albuquerque, NM
8:30 PM CDT Report Gordon  17'
Diouf  52'
Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 9,288
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
June 16 8 RGV Toros 1–2 Austin Bold Edinburg, TX
7:00 PM CDT Diz  13'
Cerritos 21'
Kuzain  58'
Cabezas  75'
Pimentel  82'
Report Okoli 55'  90'
Garcia 90+6'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 19 9 Birmingham Legion P–P Austin Bold Birmingham, AL
6:30 PM CDT Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather.[5]
June 22 10 Austin Bold 2–3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Garcia 3'
Okoli 30' (pen.)
Soto  80'
Report Barry 16' (pen.) 56'
Batista  27'
Mayaka  38'
Ngalina  64'
Toure 90'  90+3'
Hodge  90+6'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
June 26 11 Oakland Roots SC 0–0 Austin Bold FC Livermore, CA
7:30 PM CDT Klimenta  25'
Ward  29'
Mbumba  41'
Enríquez  63'
Report Ycaza  8'
Okoli  64'
Stadium: Las Positas College Turf Field
Referee: Joseph Salinas
July 3 12 San Antonio FC 0–1 Austin Bold FC San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT Doyle  15'
Lindley  41'
Patiño  71'
Deplagne  79'
Report Diouf 2',  33'
Gordon  45'
Báez  52'
Okoli  60'
Panicco  77'
Soto  83'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,243
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 7 13 Austin Bold 1–1 RGV Toros Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Hinds  16'
Sarkodie  45+1', 48'
Adamolekun  88'
Report Kuzain  45+2'
Cabezas  45+3'
Pimentel  52'
Azócar 62'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 686
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
July 18 14 Austin Bold 1–0 Real Monarchs Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Torres 12',  62'
Ciss  90+3'
Report Moberg  53'
Iloski  57'
Briggs  90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 954
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 24 15 RGV Toros 1–1 Austin Bold Edinburg, TX
8:00 PM CDT Cabezas 8',  56'
López  67'
Deric  85'
Report Torres  35'  50'
Báez  79', 85'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Brad Jensen
July 31 16 Austin Bold 0–3 San Antonio FC Austin, TX
8:00 p.m. CDT Gordon  12'
Ycaza  20'
Okoli  23'
Garcia  29'
Taylor  37'
Hinds  40'
Panicco  67'
Report Cuello 30' (pen.)
Gallegos  34', 74'
Abu  45+4'
Deplagne  59'
Fogaça 69' (pen.)
Maloney  90+5'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 4 17 Austin Bold 2–1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Torres 12'
Fernandez 81'
Diouf  86'
Report Yapi 31'
Torres  48'
Barry  74'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 547
Referee: Gerald Flores
August 7 18 El Paso Locomotive 3–0 Austin Bold El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Fox 59'
Mares 72'
Carrijó 90+3'
Report Garcia  86' Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Michael Radchuk
August 14 19 Austin Bold FC 0–0 Miami FC Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Fernandez  32'
Troncoso  45+2'
Walls  90+1'
Report Sparrow  69'
Akinyode  74'
Chapman-Page  84'
Sylvestre  89'
François  90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
August 17 20 Austin Bold 1–1 RGV Toros Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Báez 26' (pen.)
Diouf  40'
Avila  44'
Report Diz  8'
Manley  24'
Amoh 38'
Riley  55'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 531
Referee: Tori Penso
August 23 21 Austin Bold 1–1 New Mexico United Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Avila 55' Report Tinari  17'
Wehan 37'
Schmidt  90+2'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 608
Referee: Brandon Stevis
August 28 22 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 4–1 Austin Bold Colorado Springs, CO
8:00 PM CDT Barry 22' (pen.)
Hodge 38'
Amang 40'
Zandi  45+2'
Ngalina 90+1'
Torres  90+3'
Report Báez 15'
Soto  22'
Sarkodie  62'
Okugo  82'
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 8,023
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 7 23 Austin Bold 2–1 San Antonio FC Del Valle, TX
8:00 PM CDT Garcia  36', 45'
Fernandez 40'
Báez  72'
Avila  83'
Soto  88'
Report Sjöberg  32'
Dhillon 42'
PC  56'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 10 24 Austin Bold 1–0 New Mexico United Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Gordon  26'
Garcia  54'
Avila  58'
Ciss  71'
Báez 78' (pen.)
Sarkodie  90+3'
Report Guzmán  71'
Azira  77'
Yearwood  90+1'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 926
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 18 25 FC Tulsa 0–1 Austin Bold Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT Report Garcia 11'
Rissi  14'
Diouf  78'
Ciss  90+3'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,588
Referee: Gerald Flores
September 22 26 Austin Bold 2–2 El Paso Locomotive Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Stéfano 31'
Taylor  34'
Okugo  56'
Ciss  90+1'
Guadarrama 90+4'
Report Ryan  57'
King  66'
Luna 70'
Gómez 83'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Natalie Simon
September 25 27 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 3–1 Austin Bold Colorado Springs, CO
8:00 PM CDT Beckford 8'
Mayaka  19'
Barry 41'
Lewis 83'
Zandi  90+3'
Hodge  90+4'
Report Báez 17'
Soto  21'
Okugo  26'
Ciss  29'
Guadarrama  90+2'
Diouf  90+4'
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 6,355
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
October 6 4 Austin Bold 1–0 Tacoma Defiance Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Gordon 62'
Okugo  78'
Report Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,144
Referee: Luis Guardia
October 10 28 Austin Bold 1–1 OKC Energy FC Austin, TX
8:00 PM CDT Walls  45+1'
Báez 90+2' (pen.)
Report Bijev 83' Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
October 13 9 Birmingham Legion 3–1 Austin Bold Birmingham, AL
7:00 PM CDT Taylor 15' (o.g.)
Brett 75'
Lapa 82'
Kavita  90+3'
Report Adaptation 23',  61'
Báez  26'
Rissi  88'
Guadarrama  90+3'
Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: John Griggs
Note: Re-schedule of postponed June 19th match.
October 16 29 Real Monarchs 4–3 Austin Bold Herriman, UT
2:00 PM CDT Torres 27', 35'
Davis 51',  82'  84'
Delgado  86'
Iloski 89'
Report Sarkodie  13'
Walls  27'
Fuentes 53'
Fernandez 68',  74'
Okugo  71', 85'
Troncoso  88'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 968
Referee: William Hoffman
October 20 30 El Paso Locomotive 3–0 Austin Bold El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Gómez 23',  34'
Solignac 48'
Luna 90'
Report Rissi  36'
Diouf  77'
Soto  90+2'
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,007
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 23 31 San Antonio FC 0–0 Austin Bold FC San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT Ford  30'
Maloney  65'
Khmiri  86'
Report Guadarrama  30'
Panicco  89'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,516
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
October 30 32 Austin Bold 1–1 Charlotte Independence Austin, TX
7:00 PM CDT Avila 63' Report Roberts  23'
Parra  77'
Obertan 79'
Areman  90+5'
Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 751
Referee: Brandon Stevis

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Name USL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Elliot Panicco 18 0 18 0
3 MF Collin Fernandez 19 2 19 2
4 DF Jermaine Taylor 7 0 7 0
5 FW Nathaniel Adamolekun 2 0 2 0
6 MF Omar Ciss 13 0 13 0
7 MF Ates Diouf 18 1 18 1
8 MF Xavier Báez 19 3 19 3
9 FW Sean Okoli 13 3 13 3
10 MF Emilio Ycaza 17 0 17 0
11 FW Aldo Quintanilla 3 0 3 0
12 MF Gilbert Fuentes 1 0 1 0
13 FW Roberto Avila 5 1 5 1
14 FW Jason Johnson 8 0 8 0
15 MF Amobi Okugo 14 0 14 0
18 DF Fabien Garcia 19 2 19 2
20 DF Josué Soto 7 0 7 0
22 DF Jorge Troncoso 14 1 14 1
23 GK Hugo Fauroux 2 0 2 0
24 DF Casey Walls 8 0 8 0
27 MF Juan Pablo Torres 17 2 17 2
29 FW Stefano Pinho 19 0 19 0
31 DF Nick Hinds 19 1 19 1
34 DF Gustavo Rissi 15 0 15 0
88 DF Kofi Sarkodie 13 1 13 1
91 FW Omar Gordon 18 0 18 0

Source: Stats

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name USL Total
6 MF Omar Ciss 1 0 1 0
7 MF Ates Diouf 2 0 2 0
8 MF Xavier Báez 1 0 1 0
9 FW Sean Okoli 4 0 4 0
10 MF Emilio Ycaza 1 0 1 0
14 FW Jason Johnson 1 0 1 0
15 MF Amobi Okugo 1 0 1 0
18 DF Fabien Garcia 1 0 1 0
23 GK Hugo Fauroux 1 0 1 0
31 DF Nick Hinds 1 0 1 0
34 DF Gustavo Rissi 1 0 1 0
91 FW Omar Gordon 1 0 1 0

Source: Stats

Clean sheets

No. Name USL Total Games Played
1 Elliot Panicco 3 3 6
23 Hugo Fauroux 0 0 1

Source: Stats

See also

References

  1. ^ "Austin Bold FC Roster". Austin Bold FC. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Austin Bold FC and Houston Dynamo FC Preseason Match Canceled". Austin Bold FC. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Austin Bold FC Reveals Full 2021 USL Championship Season". austinboldfc.com. March 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Austin vs. Tacoma Contest Postponed Due to Inclement Weather". uslchampionship.com. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Legion FC Match vs. Austin Bold Abandoned". uslchampionship.com. June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021.