The 2020

Tacoma Defiance Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, is an American professional soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. that competes in the MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the national soccer pyramid, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders ...

season was the club's sixth year of existence, formerly as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their sixth season in the

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

, the second tier of the

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. It was their third season in Tacoma, Washington. The Defiance are majority owned by

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

Roster

Competitions

Preseason

Friendlies

USL regular season

Standings — Group A

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (

), Tacoma is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Top scorers

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Ethan Dobbelaere Ethan Christopher Dobbelaere (born November 14, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Professional career An academy product, Dobbelaere signed with the Seattle Sounders FC first team on June 15, 2020. Dob ...

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Abdoulaye Cissoko Abdoulaye "AB" Cissoko (born 27 December 1999) is a French professional footballer who currently plays for MLS side Seattle Sounders FC. Career Cissoko appeared for his local side Les Ulis, playing in the French Championnat National 3, in both ...

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Top assists

Marlon Vargas Marlon Vargas (born January 12, 2001) is an American Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for Colorado Rapids 2 in MLS Next Pro. He joined the academy of Major League Soccer's Seattle S ...

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Antonee Burke-Gilroy Antonee Burke-Gilroy (born 3 October 1997) is an English-born Australian association football player who plays for A-League club Perth Glory. Career Burke-Gilroy played with Newcastle Jets as well as spending 6-months on loan with Portuguese ...

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Disciplinary record

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Nick Hinds Nicholas Hinds (born October 15, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for USL Championship club El Paso Locomotive. Career Youth Hinds began his youth career with Plantation FC and Kendell SC before joining ...

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Christian Herrera Christian Herrera (born April 20, 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Championship club Colorado Springs Switchbacks. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national under-20 team. Career Herrer ...

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Josh Atencio Joshua Ryan "Josh" Atencio (born January 31, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. Career Atencio joined the Seattle Sounders FC academy in 2016. He made his ...

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Collin Fernandez Collin Fernandez (born 13 February 1997) is a professional footballer who currently plays for USL Championship club FC Tulsa. Born in the United States, he has most recently represented Peru at youth level. Career Professional On 28 August 201 ...

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Honors and awards

Team of the Week

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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

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Saint Louis FC Saint Louis FC was an American professional soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was founded in May 2014, and competed in the USL Championship. The team played their matches at West Community Stadium, a venue inside the World Wide ...

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UNC Wilmington The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW or UNC Wilmington) is a public research university in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina System and enrolls 17,499 undergraduate and graduate students eac ...

MLS SuperDraft The MLS SuperDraft is an annual college draft for teams of Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada. It takes place in January and is used by teams to select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the le ...

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Oakland Roots SC Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall of 2019. In 2021, ...

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Toronto FC II Toronto FC II is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, who play in MLS Next Pro, a third tier league of the United States soccer league system. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of Toronto FC as well as i ...

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Portland Timbers 2 Portland Timbers 2 is an American professional soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. The team, often referred to as "T2", serves as the reserve squad for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS). The team was a member of the USL Champio ...

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Out

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Reno 1868 FC Reno 1868 FC was an American professional soccer team based in Reno, Nevada. Founded in 2015, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in March 2017 and ceased operations after the 2020 season. History Previously, northern Nevada has ...

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Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC is a professional soccer team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2014, the team is a member of the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States soccer league system, American soccer pyramid. T ...

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References

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Tacoma Defiance seasons