2021 Austin FC season

Austin FC
2021 season
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Head coach	Josh Wolff
Stadium	Q2 Stadium
MLS	TBD
MLS Cup	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Home colors	Away colors
	2022 →

The 2021 Austin FC season will be the club's inaugural season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. It will also be the first season a top-tier sports franchise will be playing in the Greater Austin region.

Barring disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the season is expected to begin in February or March 2021 and conclude in October or November 2021. Outside of MLS play, Austin FC is expected to participate in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, which is expected to begin in April 2021.

Background

Management team

Position	Name
Chairman	Anthony Precourt
Sporting Director	Claudio Reyna
Head coach	Josh Wolff
Assistant coach	Davy Arnaud

Roster

As of January 15, 2021^[update].^[1]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	Brady Scott	GK	(1999-07-30) July 30, 1999 (age 24)	2020	Nashville	0	0
—	Brad Stuver	GK	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33)	2020	New York City FC	0	0
—	Andrew Tarbell	GK	(1993-10-07) October 7, 1993 (age 30)	2020	Columbus Crew SC	0	0
Defenders
—	Matt Besler	CB	(1987-02-11) February 11, 1987 (age 37)	2021	Sporting Kansas City	0	0
—	Julio Cascante	CB	(1993-10-03) October 3, 1993 (age 30)	2020	Portland Timbers	0	0
—	Jon Gallagher	RB	(1996-02-23) February 23, 1996 (age 28)	2020	Atlanta United	0	0
—	Hector Jiménez	LB	(1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 35)	2020	Columbus Crew SC	0	0
—	Nick Lima	CB	(1994-11-17) November 17, 1994 (age 29)	2020	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0
—	Jhohan Romaña	CB	(1998-09-13) September 13, 1998 (age 25)	2020	Guaraní	0	0
—	Ben Sweat	LB	(1991-09-04) September 4, 1991 (age 32)	2020	Inter Miami	0	0
Midfielders
—	Cecilio Domínguez	CM	(1994-08-11) August 11, 1994 (age 29)	2020	Independiente	0	0
—	Diego Fagúndez	CAM	(1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29)	2021	New England Revolution	0	0
—	Daniel Pereira	CAM	(2000-07-14) July 14, 2000 (age 23)	2021	Virginia Tech Hokies	0	0
—	Alexander Ring	CM	(1991-04-09) April 9, 1991 (age 33)	2020	New York City FC	0	0
—	Ulises Segura	LM	(1993-06-23) June 23, 1993 (age 30)	2020	D.C. United	0	0
—	Jared Stroud	RM	(1996-07-10) July 10, 1996 (age 27)	2020	New York Red Bulls	0	0
Forward
—	Danny Hoesen	FW	(1991-01-15) January 15, 1991 (age 33)	2020	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0
—	Kekuta Manneh	FW	(1994-12-30) December 30, 1994 (age 29)	2021	New England Revolution	0	0
—	Rodney Redes	FW	(2000-02-22) February 22, 2000 (age 24)	2020	Guaraní	0	0
—	Aaron Schoenfeld	FW	(1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34)	2021	Minnesota United	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
July 6, 2020	FW	—	Rodney Redes	Guaraní	$2,750,000	^[2]
August 24, 2020	MF	—	Cecilio Domínguez	Independiente	$2,500,000	^[3]
December 13, 2020	DF	—	Julio Cascante	Portland Timbers	$250,000 GAM	^[4]
December 13, 2020	DF	—	Jon Gallagher	Atlanta United	$225,000 GAM	^[4]
December 13, 2020	DF	—	Nick Lima	San Jose Earthquakes	$250,000 GAM	^[4]
December 13, 2020	MF	—	Ulises Segura	D.C. United	$150,000 GAM	^[4]
December 13, 2020	DF	—	Ben Sweat	Inter Miami	$100,000 GAM	^[4]
December 15, 2020	FW	—	Danny Hoesen	San Jose Earthquakes	Drafted^[a]	^[5]
December 15, 2020	MF	—	Jared Stroud	Red Bull New York	Drafted^[a]	^[5]
December 15, 2020	GK	—	Brady Scott	Nashville	Drafted^[a]	^[5]
December 15, 2020	MF	—	Joe Corona	LA Galaxy	Drafted^[a]	^[5]
December 15, 2020	DF	—	Kamal Miller	Orlando City	Drafted^[a]	^[5]
December 17, 2020	MF	—	Alexander Ring	New York City FC	$1,250,000 GAM	^[6]
December 21, 2020	DF	—	Hector Jiménez	Columbus Crew SC	Free	^[7]
December 22, 2020	DF	—	Jhohan Romaña	Guaraní	Undisclosed	^[8]
December 23, 2020	GK	—	Andrew Tarbell	Columbus Crew SC	Free	^[9]
December 28, 2020	GK	—	Brad Stuver	New York City FC	Free	^[10]
January 5, 2021	MF	—	Diego Fagúndez	New England Revolution	Free	^[11]
January 6, 2021	DF	—	Matt Besler	Sporting Kansas City	Free	^[12]
January 21, 2021	MF	—	Daniel Pereira	Virigina Tech Hokies	Drafted^[b]	^[13]
January 22, 2021	FW	—	Kekuta Manneh	New England Revolution	Free	^[14]
February 4, 2021	FW	—	Aaron Schoenfeld	Minnesota United	Free	^[15]

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
December 15, 2020	—	—	Kamal Miller	Montreal Impact	$225,000 GAM	^[16]
December 22, 2020	—	—	Joe Corona	Houston Dynamo FC	Drafted^[c]	^[17]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
—	FW	Rodney Redes	Guaraní	July 6, 2020	December 31, 2020	^[18]
—	MF	Cecilio Domínguez	Guaraní	September 1, 2020	December 31, 2020	^[3]

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
2021 Austin FC SuperDraft Picks
1	1	Daniel Pereira	MF	Virginia Tech
1	11	Freddy Kleemann	DF	Washington	Received pick from CF Montréal
1	21	Aedan Stanley	DF	Duke	Received pick frrom FC Dallas via Colorado Rapids Signed with Sporting Kansas City II
2	28	Daniel Steedman	FW	Virginia	Signed with Atlanta United 2
3	55	Noah Lawrence	GK	Ohio State

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

The schedule will be announced in the Winter of 2020–21..

Midseason

The schedule will be announced in the Winter of 2020–21.

Competitive fixtures

Major League Soccer

The schedule will be announced in the Winter of 2020–21.

U.S. Open Cup

The schedule will be announced in the Winter of 2020–21.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
–	DF	CRC	Julio Cascante	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	MF	PAR	Cecilio Domínguez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	DF	EIR	Jon Gallagher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	MF	NED	Danny Hoesen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	DF	USA	Nick Lima	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	FW	PAR	Rodney Redes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	DF	COL	Jhohan Romaña	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	GK	USA	Brady Scott	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	MF	CRC	Ulises Segura	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	MF	USA	Jared Stroud	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	DF	USA	Ben Sweat	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Last updated: December 22, 2020
Source: TBD

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Total

Top assists

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Total

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player
No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			MLS Cup			U.S. Open Cup			Total

Awards

Awards will be announced as the season begins.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Selected in the MLS Expansion Draft.
^ Selected in the MLS SuperDraft.
^ Selected in the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft.

References

^ "Club - Players". AustinFC.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ Baer, Benjamin (July 6, 2020). "Austin FC announce Paraguayan winger Rodney Redes as first signing". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Bogert, Tom (September 1, 2020). "Austin FC loan Cecilio Dominguez to Club Guarani until inaugural MLS campaign". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bogert, Tom (December 13, 2020). "Austin FC make moves to build inaugural roster in half-day trade window". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bogert, Tom (December 15, 2020). "2020 Expansion Draft results: Austin FC makes picks". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/12/17/austin-fc-acquire-midfielder-alex-ring-nycfc-blockbuster-deal
^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/12/21/austin-fc-sign-versatile-midfielder-hector-jimenez
^ "Austin FC Acquires Colombian Defender Jhohan Romaña via Transfer from Club Guaraní". Austin FC. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ https://www.austinfc.com/post/2020/12/23/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-goalkeeper-and-2020-mls-cup-champion-andrew-tarbell
^ austinfc.com. MLS. December 28, 2020 https://www.austinfc.com/post/2020/12/28/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-goalkeeper-brad-stuver. Retrieved December 28, 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Longtime Revs midfielder signs with Austin FC in free agency". January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/01/06/austin-fc-acquires-sporting-kansas-city-captain-matt-besler-free-agency
^ Liljenwall, Ari (21 January 2021). "Austin FC select Virginia Tech midfielder Daniel Pereira at No. 1 in 2021 MLS SuperDraft". MLSSoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/01/22/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-forward-kekuta-mennah
^ "Austin FC Acquires Free Agent and Two-Time Israeli Premier League Champion Aaron Schoenfeld". Austin FC. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^ "Impact get Canadian D Miller from Austin". TSN. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Richardson, Dustyn (December 22, 2020). "Dynamo select Joe Corona in MLS Re-Entry Draft". Dynamo Theory. SB Nation. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ Creditor, Avi (July 6, 2020). "Austin FC Signs Rodney Redes as Its First Player". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

External links

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[MLS_Expansion_Draft-5] Selected in the MLS Expansion Draft.

[MLS_SuperDaft-14] Selected in the MLS SuperDraft.

[MLS_Re-Entry_Draft-19] Selected in the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft.

[1] "Club - Players". AustinFC.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

[redes_in-2] Baer, Benjamin (July 6, 2020). "Austin FC announce Paraguayan winger Rodney Redes as first signing". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

[:0-3] Bogert, Tom (September 1, 2020). "Austin FC loan Cecilio Dominguez to Club Guarani until inaugural MLS campaign". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

[:1-4] Bogert, Tom (December 13, 2020). "Austin FC make moves to build inaugural roster in half-day trade window". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:2-6] Bogert, Tom (December 15, 2020). "2020 Expansion Draft results: Austin FC makes picks". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] ttps://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/12/17/austin-fc-acquire-midfielder-alex-ring-nycfc-blockbuster-deal

[8] ttps://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/12/21/austin-fc-sign-versatile-midfielder-hector-jimenez

[9] "Austin FC Acquires Colombian Defender Jhohan Romaña via Transfer from Club Guaraní". Austin FC. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[10] ttps://www.austinfc.com/post/2020/12/23/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-goalkeeper-and-2020-mls-cup-champion-andrew-tarbell

[11] austinfc.com. MLS. December 28, 2020 https://www.austinfc.com/post/2020/12/28/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-goalkeeper-brad-stuver. Retrieved December 28, 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[12] "Longtime Revs midfielder signs with Austin FC in free agency". January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[13] ttps://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/01/06/austin-fc-acquires-sporting-kansas-city-captain-matt-besler-free-agency

[15] Liljenwall, Ari (21 January 2021). "Austin FC select Virginia Tech midfielder Daniel Pereira at No. 1 in 2021 MLS SuperDraft". MLSSoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[16] ttps://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/01/22/austin-fc-acquires-free-agent-forward-kekuta-mennah

[17] "Austin FC Acquires Free Agent and Two-Time Israeli Premier League Champion Aaron Schoenfeld". Austin FC. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

[18] "Impact get Canadian D Miller from Austin". TSN. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[20] Richardson, Dustyn (December 22, 2020). "Dynamo select Joe Corona in MLS Re-Entry Draft". Dynamo Theory. SB Nation. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[21] Creditor, Avi (July 6, 2020). "Austin FC Signs Rodney Redes as Its First Player". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

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