2021 Austin Bold FC season

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.

Austin Bold FC

2021 season
Head coach	Marcelo Serrano
Stadium	Bold Stadium Austin, Texas
USL Championship	Conference: TBD
Highest home attendance	1,577 (7/31 v. SA)
Lowest home attendance	531 (8/17 v. RGV)
Average home league attendance	940
Biggest win	ATX 2–0 SLC (5/26)
Biggest defeat	ATX 0–3 SA (7/31) ELP 3–0 ATX (8/7) COL 4–1 ATX (8/28) ELP 3–0 ATX (10/20)
Home colours Away colours
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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

Houston Dynamo v Austin Bold

March 20 Preseason 1	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Austin Bold	Houston, TX
12:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: BBVA Stadium

FC Dallas v Austin Bold

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

Round Rock SC v Austin Bold

March 27 Preseason 3

Round Rock SC

1–6

Austin Bold

Houston Dynamo v 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]

Austin Bold v RGV Toros

April 9 Preseason 5	Austin Bold	1–1	RGV Toros	Austin, TX
3:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Bold Stadium

OKC Energy v Austin Bold

April 14 Preseason 6	OKC Energy	0–1	Austin Bold	Oklahoma City, OK
11:00 AM CDT		Report		Stadium: Taft Stadium

FC Tulsa v Austin Bold

April 17 Preseason 7	FC Tulsa	1–1	Austin Bold	Tulsa, OK
2:00 PM CDT	Garcia 68'	Report	Báez 37'	Stadium: Oneok Field

Austin Bold v Houston FC

April 23 Preseason 8	Austin Bold	3–0	Houston FC	Austin, TX
				Stadium: Bold Stadium

Austin Bold v Houston FC

April 30 Preseason 9	Austin Bold	v	Houston FC	Austin, TX
				Stadium: Bold Stadium

Austin Bold v Round Rock SC

April 30 Preseason 10	Austin Bold	v	Round Rock SC	Austin, TX
				Stadium: Bold Stadium

Austin Bold v Lonestar SC

May 8 Preseason 11	Austin Bold	v	Lonestar SC	Austin, TX
				Stadium: Bold Stadium

USL Championship

Main article: 2021 USL Championship season

Standings — Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	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
Stadium	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	D

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]

New Mexico United v Austin Bold

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

Real Monarchs v Austin Bold

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

Austin Bold v Real Monarchs

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

Austin Bold v Tacoma Defiance

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]

Austin Bold v El Paso Locomotive

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

Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Austin Bold

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

New Mexico United v Austin Bold

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

RGV Toros v Austin Bold

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

Birmingham Legion v Austin Bold

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]

Austin Bold v Colorado Springs Switchbacks

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

Oakland Roots SC v Austin Bold FC

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

San Antonio FC v Austin Bold FC

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

Austin Bold v RGV Toros

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

Austin Bold v Real Monarchs

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

RGV Toros v Austin Bold

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

Austin Bold v San Antonio FC

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

Austin Bold v Colorado Springs Switchbacks

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

El Paso Locomotive v Austin Bold

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

Austin Bold FC v Miami FC

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

Austin Bold v RGV Toros

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

Austin Bold v New Mexico United

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

Colorado Springs Switchbacks v Austin Bold

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

Austin Bold v San Antonio FC

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

Austin Bold v New Mexico United

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

FC Tulsa v Austin Bold

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

Austin Bold v El Paso Locomotive

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

Colorado Springs Switchbacks v Austin Bold

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

Austin Bold v Tacoma Defiance

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

Austin Bold v OKC Energy FC

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

Birmingham Legion v Austin Bold

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.

Real Monarchs v Austin Bold

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

El Paso Locomotive v Austin Bold

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

San Antonio FC v Austin Bold FC

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

Austin Bold v Charlotte Independence

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

• Austin Bold FC
• 2021 in American soccer
• 2021 USL Championship season