2019 Tacoma Defiance season

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.

Tacoma Defiance

2019 season
General manager	Marc Nicholls
Head coach	Chris Little
Stadium	Cheney Stadium
USL Championship	Conference: 17th
USL Playoffs	DNQ
Top goalscorer	Justin Dhillon
Highest home attendance	League: 5,185 (October 19 vs. Austin Bold FC)
Lowest home attendance	League: 1,396 (April 1 vs. Sacramento Republic)
Average home league attendance	League: 2,636
Biggest win	5–1 (August 30 vs. San Antonio)
Biggest defeat	0–5 (April 13 at Las Vegas) (July 12 at Real Monarchs) (September 10 at Reno)
Home colors Away colors
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Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 16, 2019.^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Trey Muse ([A]) 3 DF  USA Jonathan Campbell ([A]) 5 DF  CMR Nouhou Tolo ([A]) 12 DF  USA Saad Abdul-Salaam ([A]) 16 MF  USA Alex Roldan ([A]) 17 FW  USA Will Bruin ([A]) 21 MF  MTQ Jordy Delem ([A]) 23 MF  USA Henry Wingo ([A]) 29 DF  PAN Román Torres ([A]) 31 DF  USA Nick Hinds 32 FW  PUR Alec Díaz 33 DF  USA Sam Rogers 34 FW  USA Danny Robles 35 GK  USA Bryan Meredith ([A]) 36 DF  HAI Denso Ulysse 37 FW  USA Shandon Hopeau 38 MF  USA Azriel Gonzalez 39 MF  USA Marlon Vargas 40 DF  USA Enrique Montana ([B]) 41 DF  USA Khai Brisco ([B]) 42 MF  USA Alex Villanueva ([B]) 43 MF  USA Sota Kitahara ([B]) 44 MF  USA Ethan Dobbelaere ([B]) 45 MF  USA Blake Malone ([B]) 46 MF  USA Peter Kingston ([B]) 47 DF  USA Conner Drought ([B]) 48 MF  USA Chris Hegardt ([B]) 49 DF  USA Bryson Hankins ([B]) 50 MF  USA Gabe Threadgold ([B]) 56 FW  USA Austin Brummett ([B]) 65 GK  USA Jamie Lowell ([B]) 66 GK  USA Sam Fowler ([B]) 67 GK  USA Jacob Castro 70 MF  KEN Handwalla Bwana ([A]) 71 DF  USA Aleks Berkolds 73 DF  GAM Modou Ndow 75 MF  USA Danny Leyva ([A]) 78 MF  COD Ben Numbi 80 MF  USA Ray Serrano 84 MF  USA Josh Atencio 87 FW  USA Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez ([A]) 88 DF  USA Matt Nance 89 MF  AUS Jesse Daley 90 MF  MEX Herbert Robinson García 96 DF  MEX Everardo Rubio 98 MF  ENG Antonee Burke-Gilroy 99 FW  USA Justin Dhillon ([A])

1. ^
   Signed to first team contract with Sounders FC.
2. ^
   Sounders FC Academy player.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 6, 2019.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRA Abdoulaye Cissoko (on season long loan to San Diego 1904 FC)

Competitions

Preseason

Tacoma Defiance v Gonzaga Bulldogs

	Tacoma Defiance	–	Gonzaga Bulldogs
(PDT)
Note: Match results not publicized.

Tacoma Defiance v Vancouver Whitecaps U-23

February 16, 2019	Tacoma Defiance	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Vancouver Whitecaps U-23	Tukwila, WA
(PDT)		Report	Guilherme 30' Alade 63'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Note: Teams played 15 minutes of extra time.

Seattle Redhawks v Tacoma Defiance

March 3, 2019	Seattle Redhawks	3–0	Tacoma Defiance	Seattle, WA
7:00 pm (PDT)				Stadium: Championship Field

Friendlies

v

		–
(PDT)

USL regular season

Main article: 2019 USL Championship season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Portland Timbers 2	34	10	8	16	65	71	−6	38
15	OKC Energy FC	34	9	11	14	45	58	−13	38
16	Tulsa Roughnecks	34	8	10	16	45	69	−24	34
17	Tacoma Defiance	34	8	7	19	42	82	−40	31
18	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	34	7	6	21	31	65	−34	27

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 summary

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 matchday

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:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = DrawW; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Tacoma Defiance v Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

March 8, 2019 USL 1	Tacoma Defiance	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PST)	Díaz 49' Atencio  68' Ndow  84'	Preview	Coronado  77'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,432 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Tacoma Defiance v LA Galaxy II

March 16, 2019 USL 2	Tacoma Defiance	0–3	LA Galaxy II	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Rydstrand  79'	Report	Harvey  29' Williams 24', 60' Walker 41' Acheampong  68'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,911 Referee: Victor Rivas

Tulsa Roughnecks FC v Tacoma Defiance

March 23, 2019 USL 3	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	4–0	Tacoma Defiance	Tulsa, Oklahoma
1:00 pm (PDT)	Hedrick 8' Altamirano 20' Lobo 44', 57'	Preview	Rydstrand  23'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Thomas Snyder

Tacoma Defiance v New Mexico United

March 29, 2019 USL 4	Tacoma Defiance	1–2	New Mexico United	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Gonzalez 2' Ndow  27'	Preview	Frater  17', 77' Moar  23' Williams 37'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 1,837 Referee: Dejan Susak

Tacoma Defiance v Sacramento Republic FC

April 1, 2019 USL 5	Tacoma Defiance	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Leyva  22' Wingo 50' Bruin 78'	Report	Keinan  55' Iwasa 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 1,396 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera

Orange County SC v Tacoma Defiance

April 10, 2019 USL 6	Orange County SC	4–0	Tacoma Defiance	Irvine, California
7:00 pm (PDT)	Jones 28' Forrester  50' Leonardo 71' Seaton 85' Vinicius 89'	Report		Stadium: Champions Soccer Stadium at OC Great Park Attendance: 1,558 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Las Vegas Lights FC v Tacoma Defiance

April 13, 2019 USL 7	Las Vegas Lights FC	5–0	Tacoma Defiance	Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 pm (PDT)	Tabortetaka 11', 50' Parra 23' (pen.), 32', 60',  61'	Report	Daley  28'  63' Campbell  56'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 7,805 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

Phoenix Rising FC v Tacoma Defiance

April 20, 2019 USL 8	Phoenix Rising FC	4–0	Tacoma Defiance	Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30 pm (PDT)	Flemmings 34', 44' Johnson 37' Asante 53' Blackmon  90'	Report	Hinds  45+1' Ulysse  65'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,534 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

San Antonio FC v Tacoma Defiance

April 26, 2019 USL 9	San Antonio FC	3–0	Tacoma Defiance	San Antonio, Texas
5:30 pm (PDT)	Jamieson IV 9' Barmby 19', 24' Eboussi  60' Restrepo  69'	Preview	Kingston  42'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Luis Guardia

OKC Energy FC v Tacoma Defiance

May 4, 2019 USL 10	OKC Energy FC	2–1	Tacoma Defiance	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5:30 pm (PDT)	Brown 13', 70' da Fonte  42'	Preview	Daley  16' Gonzalez 40' Hinds  47' Rydstrand  68'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,338 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Tacoma Defiance v Portland Timbers 2

May 12, 2019 USL 11	Tacoma Defiance	1–4	Portland Timbers 2	Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT)	Dhillon 42' Hinds  88'	Report	Langsdorf 24' Williamson  38' Asprilla 49' (pen.), 61' Hurtado 59'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 1,927 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Tacoma Defiance v Reno 1868 FC

May 18, 2019 USL 12	Tacoma Defiance	1–1	Reno 1868 FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Dhillon 1' Daley  57'	Recap	Brown 84'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,121 Referee: Dejean Susak
Note: Dhillon's goal at 8 seconds was the fastest scored in USL Championship history

Tacoma Defiance v Fresno FC

May 26, 2019 USL 13	Tacoma Defiance	3–3	Fresno FC	Tacoma, Washington
1:30 pm (PDT)	Wingo  31' Hopeau 52' Dhillon 90'	Report	Lawal 38' Daly 48' (o.g.) Basuljevic 54' Chavez 81'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 1,788 Referee: Mark Allatin

LA Galaxy II v Tacoma Defiance

May 29, 2019 USL 14	LA Galaxy II	2–2	Tacoma Defiance	Carson, California
7:30 pm (PDT)	Vera  40' DePuy  41' Fiddes  42' Remero  42' Koreniuk  82' López 87' Iloski 90'	Report	Dhillon 4',  75' Daley 21' Ulysse  23' Ocampo-Chavez  42' Gonzalez  43'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 681 Referee: Malik Badawi

Tacoma Defiance v El Paso Locomotive FC

June 1, 2019 USL 15	Tacoma Defiance	1–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Rogers  24' Dhillon 42' Daley  55' Rydstrand  70'	Report	Kiesewetter 31' Herrera  62' Rezende 68' Ross  75'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Joseph Salinas

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC v Tacoma Defiance

June 8, 2019 USL 16	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–0	Tacoma Defiance	Colorado Springs, Colorado
5:00 pm (PDT)	Burt 23',  45+3' Yaro  34' Dorsey 71' Jome 87'	Report	Gonzalez  51' Berkolds  89'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 3,547 Referee: Greg Dopka

Austin Bold FC v Tacoma Defiance

June 15, 2019 USL 17	Austin Bold FC	1–1	Tacoma Defiance	Austin, Texas
5:30 pm (PDT)	Kléber 61' Báez  90'	Report	Dhillon 37' Daley  82' Gonzalez  88'	Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Rio Grande Valley FC v Tacoma Defiance

July 6, 2019 USL 18	Rio Grande Valley FC	0–0	Tacoma Defiance	Edinburg, Texas
5:30 pm (PDT)	Junqua  42'	Report	Hinds  58' Atencio  69' Daley  78' Vargas  90+6'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,228 Referee: Calin Radosav

Real Monarchs SLC v Tacoma Defiance

July 12, 2019 USL 19	Real Monarchs SLC	5–0	Tacoma Defiance	Herriman, Utah
7:00 pm (PDT)	Chang 8' Martínez 36',  62', 67', 76' Blake 83'	Report		Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,919 Referee: Michael Radchuk

Tacoma Defiance v Las Vegas Lights FC

July 24, 2019 USL 20	Tacoma Defiance	4–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Dhillon 31' Ocampo-Chavez 47', 66' Burke-Gilroy  73' Hopeau 85'	Report	Sandoval  4' Torre 36',  75' Parra  45'+2' Olsen  69' Gonzalez  70' Ochoa  86' Preston  90'+4'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Tacoma Defiance v OKC Energy FC

July 27, 2019 USL 21	Tacoma Defiance	0–2	OKC Energy FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)		Report	Gordon  15' Ross  53' Hyland 77' Harris 89'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,291 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Tacoma Defiance v Orange County SC

August 9, 2019 USL 22	Tacoma Defiance	2–1	Orange County SC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Hopeau 43' Berkolds  45' Vargas 52',  55' Hinds  62'	Report	Seaton 11',  89' Orozco  23' Quinn  44' Leonardo  47'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Kevin Broadley

El Paso Locomotive FC v Tacoma Defiance

August 17, 2019 USL 23	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–0	Tacoma Defiance	El Paso, Texas
6:30 pm (PDT)	Partida 32' Makinde  48' N'Toko  62' Salgado 70'	Report	Berkolds  9' Rubio  37' Atencio  58' Dhillon  61'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,222 Referee: Marco Vega

Tacoma Defiance v Phoenix Rising FC

August 27, 2019 USL 24	Tacoma Defiance	2–4	Phoenix Rising FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Hopeau 26' (pen.) Bwana 72'	Report	Musa  1' Jahn 2', 83' Lambert  67' Asante 81' Flemmings 84'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Tacoma Defiance v San Antonio FC

August 30, 2019 USL 25	Tacoma Defiance	5–1	San Antonio FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Dhillon  9', 17', 90' Robles 29' Ocampo-Chavez 75' (pen.) Dobbelaere 80' Daley  86'	Report	Barmby  31' Hernández  74' Restrepo  86' Yaro 88'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

Sacramento Republic FC v Tacoma Defiance

September 7, 2019 USL 26	Sacramento Republic FC	3–0	Tacoma Defiance	Sacramento, California
7:30 pm (PDT)	Skundrich  11' Enevoldsen 13', 75' Taintor  18' Iwasa 45+2'	Report	Vargas  33' Hegardt  90+4'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 10,218 Referee: Luis Guardia

Reno 1868 FC v Tacoma Defiance

September 10, 2019 USL 27	Reno 1868 FC	5–0	Tacoma Defiance	Reno, Nevada
7:00 pm (PDT)	Musovski 4', 26', 30', 41' Casiple 27' Seymore  74'	Report	Dhillon 47'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Victor Rivas

Tacoma Defiance v Real Monarchs SLC

September 17, 2019 USL 28	Tacoma Defiance	1–4	Real Monarchs SLC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Ocampo-Chavez  4', 60' Leyva  4'  64' Rubio  44'  44' Berkolds  90+2'	Report	Coffee 32' Chang 55', 73' (pen.) Brown  58' Plewa  63' Blake  81' Cálix 89' Powder  90+2'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,016 Referee: Mark Allatin

Portland Timbers 2 v Tacoma Defiance

September 20, 2019 USL 29	Portland Timbers 2	6–3	Tacoma Defiance	Portland, Oregon
7:30 pm (PDT)	Hurtado 3' Asprilla 22', 48' (pen.),  58' Sierakowski 40' Williamson 45' Anguiano 83'	Report	Roldan 42' Daley  44' Dhillon  53', 53' Ocampo-Chavez 90'+1'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Tacoma Defiance v Tulsa Roughnecks FC

September 28, 2019 USL 30	Tacoma Defiance	1–1	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Leyva  33' Hinds  53' Hopeau 86'	Report	Uzo  36'  75', 60' Marlon  72'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,327 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Fresno FC v Tacoma Defiance

October 5, 2019 USL 31	Fresno FC	1–4	Tacoma Defiance	Fresno, California
7:30 pm (PDT)	Samura  52' Chaney 83' Alihodžić  90'+1'	Report	Villanueva  28' Dhillon 31', 64' Daley  53' Ocampo-Chavez 69'  69' Leyva 75'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Tacoma Defiance v Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

October 12, 2019 USL 32	Tacoma Defiance	2–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Daley  55' Burke-Gilroy  61' Atencio 90'+3' Robles 90'+4'	Report	Robinson  10' Reaves  26'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,351 Referee: Danielle Chesky

New Mexico United v Tacoma Defiance

October 16, 2019 USL 33	New Mexico United	1–1	Tacoma Defiance	Albuquerque, New Mexico
6:00 pm (PDT)	Wehan 8' Frater  63'	Report	Gonzalez 7' Rubio  88'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 9,323 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Tacoma Defiance v Austin Bold FC

October 19, 2019 USL 34	Tacoma Defiance	3–1	Austin Bold FC	Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm (PDT)	Gonzalez 21' Vargas 77' Daley 79' Hegardt  88' Rogers  89'	Report	de Villardi  61' Tyrpak 82'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Malik Badawi

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

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]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Trey Muse	22	0	21+1	0	0	0
3	DF	USA	Jonathan Campbell	12	0	12	0	0	0
5	DF	CMR	Nouhou Tolo	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	DF	USA	Saad Abdul-Salaam	3	0	3	0	0	0
16	MF	USA	Alex Roldan	6	1	6	1	0	0
17	FW	USA	Will Bruin	1	1	1	1	0	0
21	MF	MTQ	Jordy Delem	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	USA	Henry Wingo	7	1	7	1	0	0
29	DF	PAN	Román Torres	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF	USA	Nick Hinds	27	0	22+5	0	0	0
32	FW	PUR	Alec Díaz	16	1	8+8	1	0	0
33	DF	USA	Sam Rogers	20	0	18+2	0	0	0
34	FW	USA	Danny Robles	24	2	16+8	2	0	0
35	GK	USA	Bryan Meredith	8	0	8	0	0	0
36	DF	HAI	Denso Ulysse	15	0	12+3	0	0	0
37	FW	USA	Shandon Hopeau	28	5	25+3	5	0	0
38	MF	USA	Azriel Gonzalez	18	4	13+5	4	0	0
39	MF	USA	Marlon Vargas	24	2	13+11	2	0	0
40	DF	USA	Enrique Montana	1	0	1	0	0	0
42	MF	USA	Alex Villanueva	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
43	MF	USA	Sota Kitahara	2	0	2	0	0	0
44	MF	USA	Ethan Dobbelaere	7	1	2+5	1	0	0
46	MF	USA	Peter Kingston	3	0	3	0	0	0
47	DF	USA	Connor Drought	1	0	1	0	0	0
48	MF	USA	Chris Hegardt	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
49	DF	USA	Bryson Hankins	1	0	1	0	0	0
50	FW	USA	Gabe Threadgold	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
56	FW	USA	Austin Brummett	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
65	GK	USA	Jamie Lowell	2	0	2	0	0	0
66	GK	USA	Sam Fowler	1	0	1	0	0	0
67	GK	USA	Jacob Castro	2	0	2	0	0	0
70	MF	KEN	Handwalla Bwana	6	1	6	1	0	0
71	DF	USA	Aleks Berkolds	23	0	22+1	0	0	0
72	MF	SWE	Joel Rydstrand	16	0	11+5	0	0	0
73	DF	GAM	Modou Ndow	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
75	MF	USA	Danny Leyva	14	1	12+2	1	0	0
78	MF	COD	Ben Numbi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
80	MF	USA	Ray Serrano	8	0	2+6	0	0	0
84	MF	USA	Josh Atencio	25	1	23+2	1	0	0
87	FW	USA	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	17	6	13+4	6	0	0
88	DF	USA	Matt Nance	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
89	MF	AUS	Jesse Daley	23	2	20+3	2	0	0
90	MF	MEX	Herbert Robinson García	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
96	DF	MEX	Everardo Rubio	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
98	MF	ENG	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	22	0	18+4	0	0	0
99	FW	USA	Justin Dhillon	24	12	19+5	12	0	0

• Last updated: October 19, 2019
• Source:

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Regular season	Playoffs	Total
1	FW	99	Justin Dhillon	12	0	12
2	FW	87	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	6	0	6
3	FW	37	Shandon Hopeau	5	0	5
4	MF	38	Azriel Gonzalez	4	0	4
5	FW	34	Danny Robles	2	0	2
	MF	89	Jesse Daley	2	0	2
15	MF	16	Alex Roldan	1	0	1
	FW	17	Will Bruin	1	0	1
	DF	23	Henry Wingo	1	0	1
	FW	32	Alec Díaz	1	0	1
	MF	39	Marlon Vargas	2	0	2
	MF	44	Ethan Dobbelaere	1	0	1
	MF	70	Handwalla Bwana	1	0	1
	MF	75	Danny Leyva	1	0	1
	MF	84	Josh Atencio	1	0	1

• Last updated: October 19, 2019
• Source:

Top assists

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Regular Season	Playoffs	Total
1	DF	31	Nick Hinds	4	0	4
2	FW	37	Shandon Hopeau	4	0	4
	DF	38	Azriel Gonzalez	3	0	3
3	MF	70	Handwalla Bwana	2	0	2
	FW	87	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	2	0	2
	MF	89	Jesse Daley	2	0	2
	FW	99	Justin Dhillon	2	0	2
8	DF	12	Saad Abdul-Salaam	1	0	1
	FW	17	Will Bruin	1	0	1
	MF	39	Marlon Vargas	1	0	1
	MF	42	Alex Villanueva	1	0	1

• Last updated: October 19, 2019
• Source:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Player	Regular Season			Playoffs			Total
3	DF	Jonathan Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF	Henry Wingo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	DF	Nick Hinds	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
32	FW	Alec Díaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	DF	Sam Rogers	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
36	DF	Denso Ulysse	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
38	MF	Azriel Gonzalez	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
39	MF	Marlon Vargas	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
43	MF	Alex Villanueva	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
46	MF	Peter Kingston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
48	MF	Chris Hegardt	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
71	DF	Aleks Berkolds	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
72	MF	Joel Rydstrand	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
73	DF	Modou Ndow	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
75	MF	Danny Leyva	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
84	MF	Josh Atencio	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
87	FW	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
89	DF	Jesse Daley	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
96	DF	Everardo Rubio	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
98	MF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
99	FW	Justin Dhillon	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total			59	3	1	0	0	0	59	3	1

• Last updated: October 19, 2019
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Honors and awards

Goal of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Opponent	Ref
11	FW	Justin Dhillon	Reno 1868 FC	[3]

Team of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Ref
1	Bench	Shandon Hopeau	[4]
11	Bench	Trey Muse	[5]
12	Bench	Shandon Hopeau	[6]
13	Bench	Justin Dhillon	[7]
26	FW	Justin Dhillon	[8]
	Bench	Shandon Hopeau
31	FW	Justin Dhillon	[9]
	Bench	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez
33	GK	Trey Muse	[10]

USL 20 under 20

Rank	Position	Player	Age	Ref
8	MF	Danny Leyva	16	[11]
17	FW	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	17	[12]

Transfers

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.

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
48	FW	Alec Díaz	Sounders Academy via Pacific Northwest Soccer Club	Signed for 2019 roster	October 2, 2018	[13]
49	FW	Danny Robles	Sounders Academy via Pacific Northwest Soccer Club	Signed for 2019 roster	October 2, 2018	[13]
40	MF	Danny Leyva	Sounders Academy via Barcelona USA Academy	Signed for 2019 roster	October 16, 2018	[14]
73	DF	Modou Ndow	On loan from MFK Vyškov	Signed for 2019 roster	December 21, 2018	[15]
78	MF	Ben Numbi	On loan from MFK Vyškov	Signed for 2019 roster	December 21, 2018	[15]
84	MF	Josh Atencio	Sounders Academy	Signed for 2019 roster	January 22, 2019	[16]
71	DF	Aleks Berkolds	San Diego State	Sounders MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#68)	March 4, 2019	[17]
88	DF	Matt Nance	Xavier University		March 4, 2019	[17]
72	MF	Joel Rydstrand	Creighton University	Sounders MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#44)	March 4, 2019	[17]
99	FW	Justin Dhillon	LA Galaxy II	free	March 15, 2019	[18]
96	DF	Everardo Rubio	Murciélagos F.C. B		May 31, 2019	[19]
90	MF	Herbert Robinson García	Coyotes de Tlaxcala		September 6, 2019	[20]
	DF	Abdoulaye Cissoko	San Diego Zest FC	Signed and then loaned to San Diego 1904 FC through 2019	September 6, 2019	[20]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
96	DF	Jalen Markey	Miami FC	Option declined	November 14, 2018	[21]
34	DF	Ibrahim Usman		Option declined	November 14, 2018	[21]
71	FW	David Olsen		Out of contract	November 14, 2018	[21]
92	DF	Rodrigue Ele		Out of contract	November 14, 2018	[21]
77	MF	Francisco Narbón	Plaza Amador	Out of contract	November 14, 2018	[21]
74	FW	David Estrada	New Mexico United	Released granted	December 18, 2018	[22]
75	MF	Danny Leyva	Seattle Sounders FC	Signed Homegrown Player contract with first team	April 9, 2019	[23]
87	FW	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	Seattle Sounders FC	Signed Homegrown Player contract with first team	May 1, 2019	[24]
99	FW	Justin Dhillon	Seattle Sounders FC	Signed contract with first team	June 28, 2019	[25]
72	MF	Joel Rydstrand	San Roque	Released granted	August 27, 2019	[26]