2021 Memphis 901 FC season

Memphis 901 FC
2021 season
Head coach	Ben Pirmann
Stadium	AutoZone Park; Memphis, Tennessee
USL	Conference: 7th
USL Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
2021 U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
Highest home attendance	5,425 (7/24 v. TUL)
Lowest home attendance	3,029 (10/6 v. SKC)
Average home league attendance	4,125
Biggest win	NY 0–3 MEM (9/19)
Biggest defeat	LOU 3–0 MEM (6/12) ; OKC 4–1 MEM (8/7)
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Memphis 901 FC season was the third season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.^[1] This article covers the period from November 2, 2020 (the day after the ultimately cancelled 2020 USLC playoffs final) to the end of the 2021 USLC season (tentatively scheduled for November 2021).

Club

Roster

As of July 10, 2021^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Kyle Morton (on loan from Houston Dynamo)	United States
2	DF	Mark Segbers	United States
3	DF	Zach Carroll	United States
5	DF	Brecc Evans	United States
7	MF	Mitch Guitar	United States
8	DF	Raúl González	Puerto Rico
9	FW	Kyle Murphy	United States
10	MF	Kadeem Dacres	United States
11	FW	Michael Salazar	Belize
13	GK	John Berner	United States
14	FW	Francis Atuahene	Ghana
16	FW	Rashawn Dally	Jamaica
17	MF	Tycho Collins (^[A])	China
18	MF	Dominic Oduro	Ghana
19	MF	Dre Fortune	Trinidad and Tobago
20	MF	Roland Lamah	Belgium
22	GK	Cody Cropper	United States
23	MF	Leston Paul	Trinidad and Tobago
27	MF	Simeon Betapudi (^[A])	United States
28	GK	Brady Scott (on loan from Austin FC)	United States
30	MF	Laurent Kissiedou	Ivory Coast
31	GK	Jake Gelnovatch	United States
33	DF	Skylar Thomas	Canada
36	DF	Andre Reynolds II (on loan from Chicago Fire)	United States
49	FW	Matt Brucker (^[A])	United States
50	DF	Niall Logue (on loan from El Paso Locomotive)	Northern Ireland
88	MF	Max Talley (^[A])	United States

^

Signed to a USL academy contract

Competitions

USL Championship

Central Division standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Louisville City FC	32	18	7	7	61	37	+24	61	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	Birmingham Legion FC	32	18	8	6	51	31	+20	60
3	Memphis 901 FC	32	14	10	8	47	42	+5	50
4	FC Tulsa	32	14	13	5	49	48	+1	47
5	OKC Energy FC	32	8	11	13	30	38	−8	37
6	Indy Eleven	32	9	15	8	32	47	−15	35
7	Atlanta United 2	32	8	14	10	47	56	−9	34^[a]
8	Sporting Kansas City II	32	4	20	8	33	64	−31	20^[a]

Source: USL
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.^[3]

Match results

The 2021 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.^[4]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in Central time

May 15 1	Birmingham Legion FC	1–0	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, AL
3:30 PM CDT	Asiedu 10' Rufe 53' Brett 60'	Report	Carroll 20' Oduro 57'	Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Kyle Johnston

May 23 2	Atlanta United 2	2–2	Memphis 901 FC	Kennesaw, GA
3:30 pm	McFadden 28', 90+3'	Report	Dacres 45' Kissiedou 73'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 643 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

May 29 3	OKC Energy FC	0–0	Memphis 901 FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT	Dunwell 76' Brown 86'	Report	Paul 8' Dacres 72' 89' Salazar 90+1'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,102 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

June 5 4	Indy Eleven	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT	Smith 30' Cochran 43' Ouimette 90+6'	Report	Salazar 3' Murphy 35' Atuahene 44'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 4,999 Referee: Matthew Thompson

June 12 5	Louisville City FC	3–0	Memphis 901 FC	Louisville, KY
7:30 PM ET	Ownby 22', 70' Charpie 58' Lancaster 68' (pen.) McCabe 72'	Report	Segbers 16' Thomas 50' 57'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 12,115 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 16 6	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Memphis,TN
8:30 PM	Thomas 75'	Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

June 19 7	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	OKC Energy FC	Memphis,TN
7:30 PM CDT	Oduro 8' Fortune 60'	Report	Bijev 18' Ellis-Hayden 30' Coronado 49' 90' Basuljevic 64' Ward 77'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 5,265 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

June 26 8	Memphis 901 FC	2–3	Sporting Kansas City II	Memphis,TN
7:30 PM CDT	Dacres 32', 64' Kissiedou 48' Carroll 53' Murphy 58'	Report	R. Smith 8' G. Smith 39' Mushagalusa 43', 55' Čuić 59' Barbir 72', 87' Džankić 90+6'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,875 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

July 3 9	Atlanta United 2	2–2	Memphis 901 FC	Kennesaw, GA
7:30 PM	Sebhatu 54' Matheus 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Murphy 21', 27'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 706 Referee: Joshua Belk

July 10 10	Birmingham Legion FC	0–1	Memphis 901 FC	Birmingham, AL
6:30 PM CDT	James 62'	Report	Salazar 27' Oduro 45+2' Murphy 53'	Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Joshua Encarnación

July 17 11	Indy Eleven	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT	Moon 47'	Report	Salazar 51' Dally 85'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,999 Referee: Luis Arroyo

July 24 12	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	FC Tulsa	Memphis,TN
7:30 PM CDT	Murphy 45+4' Carroll 64' Dally 90+5'	Report	Marlon 39'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 5,425 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

August 1 13	Sporting Kansas City II	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	Kansas City, KS
4:00 PM CDT	Harris 25' (pen.), 45' Rad 90+2'	Report	Murphy 12' Salazar 48'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Mathew Corrigan

August 7 14	OKC Energy FC	4–1	Memphis 901 FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT	Daniels 40', 45' Brown 54' Osmond 69' Bijev 73' Dunwell 90+2' Stephenson 90+4'	Report	Logue 13' Kissiedou 24' Murphy 49' Paul 61' Morton 85'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,183 Referee: Kevin Broadley

August 10 15	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Memphis,TN
7:30 PM CDT	Scott 34' Murphy 44', 84' (pen.) Salazar 47' Atuahene 59' Logue 81'	Report	Barry 35' (pen.) Beckford 53' Ockford 56' 83' Argueta 70'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,512 Referee: John Matto

August 14 16	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Birmingham Legion FC	Memphis,TN
7:30 PM CDT	Murphy 58'	Report	Flemmings 37'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,864 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

August 25 17	FC Tulsa	2–1	Memphis 901 FC	Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Jadama 8' Moloto 75' Marlon 80', 90+2'	Report	Dacres 16' Reynolds 39' Murphy 87'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Jervis Atagana

August 29 18	Sporting Kansas City II	0–0	Memphis 901 FC	Kansas City, KS
4:00 PM CDT	Čuić 25'	Report	Murphy 54' Oduro 64' Winn 75' Segbers 86'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Jeremy Scheer

September 1 19	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	OKC Energy FC	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Fortune 8' Logue 70'	Report	Batista 19' Ellis-Hayden 24' Bijev 47' Cochran 90+1'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,816 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

September 4 20	Memphis 901 FC	3–2	Birmingham Legion FC	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Kissiedou 45+2' Lamah 90+3' Gonzalez 90+6'	Report	Kasim 42' Vancaeyezeele 43' Dean 70' A. Crognale 79' E. Crognale 83' Lopez 87'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Luis Guardia

September 11 21	Memphis 901 FC	0–2	Miami FC	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Oduro 29' Fortune 57'	Report	da Silva 28' François 32', 50' Craig 68' Chapman-Page 74'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Benjamin Meyer

September 19 22	New York Red Bulls II	0–3	Memphis 901 FC	Montclair, NJ
12:00 p.m. EDT	Edelman 28' 39' Tombul 67' Egbo 70'	Report	Murphy 21' (pen.), 79' Thomas 26' Segbers 33' Paul 90+4'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 506 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

September 22 23	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	Indy Eleven	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Murphy 31' Paul 56' Reynolds 75' Cropper 90' Kissiedou 90+6'	Report	Moon 28'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,716 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

September 25 24	Memphis 901 FC	1–1	Louisville City FC	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Murphy 3' Oduro 55' Fortune 84' Segbers 88'	Report	Lancaster 8' Ownby 23' DelPiccolo 55' Hoppenot 64' Greig 87'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Calin Radosav

October 2 25	FC Tulsa	0–3	Memphis 901 FC	Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Rivas 2' Marlon 70'	Report	Bourgeois 17' (o.g.) Logue 33' Kissiedou 25', 35', 45+3'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

October 6 26	Memphis 901 FC	3–1	Sporting Kansas City II	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Murphy 20', 60', 74' (pen.) Paul 25' Oduro 89' Lamah 90+5'	Report	Mushagalusa 17' K. Rad 39' Davis 69' McIntosh 73' G. Smith 86' Čuić 87'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,029 Referee: Danielle Chesky

October 10 27	San Antonio FC	4–2	Memphis 901 FC	San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT	Deplagne 11' Gallegos 30' Nathan 44', 66', 86' Khmiri 45+1' 90+3' Taintor 51' Cardone 82'	Report	Salazar 13', 22' Thomas 73' Dacres 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 5,005 Referee: Kevin Broadley

October 13 28	Memphis 901 FC	2–1	Louisville City FC	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Oduro 25' Salazar 45' Kissiedou 57' Fortune 61' Segbers 78'	Report	DelPiccolo 12' Charpie 30' J Wynder 35'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

October 16 29	Memphis 901 FC	4–2	Atlanta United 2	Memphis,TN
6:00 PM	Segbers 43' Lamah 50' Dacres 53' Murphy 60' Winn 69'	Report	Macky Diop 37', 44' (pen.) Fortune 64' Washington 75'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,482 Referee: Gerald Flores

October 23 30	Louisville City FC	3–1	Memphis 901 FC	Louisville, KY
6:30 PM CDT	Lancaster 21', 45+3', 65' (pen.) Ownby 25'	Report	Dacres 36' Salazar 41' Kissiedou 70'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Joshua Encarnacion

October 27 31	Memphis 901 FC	3–2	FC Tulsa	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Fortune 24', 39' Segbers 33' Murphy 75', 85' Paul 88' Oduro 90+2'	Report	Marlon 8' (pen.) Logue 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,443 Referee: Elton García

October 30 32	Memphis 901 FC	3–0	Indy Eleven	Memphis,TN
6:00 PM CDT	Fortune 7', 56' Lamah 12' Murphy 31' Reynolds 66' Carroll 81'	Report	Vassell 25' Moon 80' Partida 85'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,015 Referee: Matthew Franz

U.S. Open Cup

On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced a truncated format for the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, with 16 clubs participating, entering at the same time in a Round of 16. The format included just four teams from the USL Championship, the four semi-finalists from the 2020 playoffs (El Paso, Louisville, Phoenix, and Tampa). Due to the fact that Memphis failed to qualify for the 2020 USLC playoffs, this eliminated the club from the 2021 U.S. Open Cup.^[5]

References

^ "Memphis 901 FC Reveals Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "2021 Team Roster". Memphis 901 FC. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
^ "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "Open Cup Committee Decides Not To Play Opening Round Of U.S. Open Cup Due To Challenges Surrounding COVID Pandemic; Teams Will Enter Tournament At Round Of 16". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to a USL academy contract

[table_hth_ATL0.46172037555916-4] The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.^[3]

[1] "Memphis 901 FC Reveals Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[2] "2021 Team Roster". Memphis 901 FC. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

[3] "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

[5] "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[6] "Open Cup Committee Decides Not To Play Opening Round Of U.S. Open Cup Due To Challenges Surrounding COVID Pandemic; Teams Will Enter Tournament At Round Of 16". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

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