The 2019 Tacoma Defiance season was the club's fifth year of existence, previously for the last four seasons as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their fifth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It was the team's second season playing in the Tacoma, Washington. The Defiance are majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 16, 2019.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 6, 2019.
Source: USL Championship Standings Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results summaryedit
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
34
8
7
19
42
82
−40
31
7
3
7
30
31
−1
1
4
12
12
51
−39
Last updated: October 19, 2019.
Source: USL Championship
Results by matchdayedit
Matchday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Stadium
H
H
A
H
H
A
A
A
A
A
H
H
H
A
H
A
A
A
A
H
H
H
A
H
H
A
A
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
Result
W
L
L
L
W
L
L
L
L
L
L
D
D
D
L
L
D
D
L
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
L
L
L
D
W
W
D
W
Source: [1] A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = DrawW; L = Loss
Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Malik Badawi
U.S. Open Cupedit
Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Seattle Sounders FC), Tacoma is one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[2]
Statisticsedit
Appearances and goalsedit
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
For transfers in, dates listed are when Tacoma Defiance officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Defiance officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Tacoma Defiance roster.
^"Tacoma Defiance Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
^"2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^"Tacoma's Dhillon Takes Fans' Choice Goal of the Week". USLChampionship.com. May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
^"Colorado Springs' Malcolm Earns Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
^"New Mexico's Frater Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
^"Nashville's Pickens Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^"Austin's Tyrpak Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^"Pittsburgh's Brett Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
^"Reno's Marcinkowski Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
^"Charleston's Lewis Voted Championship Player of the Week". USLChampionship.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
^"USL 20 Under 20 - Players 10-6". USLSoccer.com. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^"USL 20 Under 20 - Players 20-16". USLSoccer.com. October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
^ ab"Sounders FC 2 signs forwards Alec Diaz and Danny Robles to professional contracts for 2019 season". Seattle Sounders FC. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^"Sounders Academy standout Danny Leyva the latest signing in club's youth movement". Seattle Sounders FC. October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
^ ab"Sounders FC 2 signs Modou Ndow and Ben Numbi on loan". Seattle Sounders FC. December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^"Sounders FC 2 Signs Midfielder Josh Atencio". Seattle Sounders FC. January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ abc"Tacoma Defiance signs three players ahead of Friday's season opener". Seattle Sounders FC. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^"Tacoma Defiance signs forward Justin Dhillon". Seattle Sounders FC. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
^"Tacoma Defiance signs defender Everardo Rubio". Seattle Sounders FC. May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
^ ab"Tacoma Defiance Signs Midfielder Herbert Robinson Garcia". September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ abcde"Sounders FC 2 Signs Denso Ulysse to New Contract". SoundersFC.com. November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
^"Sounders FC 2 releases David Estrada". SoundersFC.com. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^"Sounders FC signs midfielder Danny Leyva as Homegrown Player". SoundersFC.com. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^"Seattle Sounders FC signs 17-year-old forward Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez as Homegrown Player". SoundersFC.com. May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
^"Sounders FC signs forward Justin Dhillon". SoundersFC.com. June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
^"Tacoma Defiance releases Joel Rydstrand". SoundersFC.com. August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.