Tacoma Defiance vs Oakland Roots, 2021 USL Championship, 2021 Regular Season

· USL Championship
Tacoma Defiance
  • 26': Samuel Adeniran
  • 45'+1': Samuel Adeniran (P)
  • 45'+4': Juan Alvarez
FT
3 - 1
Oakland Roots
  • 55': Wal Fall

About

Tacoma Defiance are hosting Oakland Roots at Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, Washington, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by José Hernández.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Jackson Ragen (Tacoma Defiance) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jose Carlos Anguiano with a cross following a corner.
  • 3': Danny Flores (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Jose Carlos Anguiano (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 5': Foul by Tom Brewitt (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 5': José Hernández (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Daniel Robles (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by José Hernández (Oakland Roots).
  • 11': Offside, Tacoma Defiance. Eric Kinzner tries a through ball, but Samuel Adeniran is caught offside.
  • 12': Foul by Jeremy Bokila (Oakland Roots).
  • 12': Juan Alvarez (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Offside, Oakland Roots. Soya Takahashi tries a through ball, but Jeremy Bokila is caught offside.
  • 15': Foul by Eric Kinzner (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 15': Jesús Enríquez (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Wal Fall (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 18': Foul by José Hernández (Oakland Roots).
  • 18': Jose Carlos Anguiano (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Jose Carlos Anguiano (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 21': Jeremy Bokila (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Issa Rayyan (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ray Serrano.
  • 26': Goal! Tacoma Defiance 1, Oakland Roots 0. Samuel Adeniran (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Daniel Robles (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jose Carlos Anguiano.
  • 27': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Zeus de la Paz.
  • 30': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Soya Takahashi.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Tom Brewitt (Tacoma Defiance) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jose Carlos Anguiano with a cross following a corner.
  • 32': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Soya Takahashi.
  • 33': Foul by Issa Rayyan (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 33': Jesús Enríquez (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Eric Kinzner (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 33': Jeremy Bokila (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Ray Serrano (Tacoma Defiance) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Adeniran.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Ray Serrano (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Brewitt.
  • 42': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 42': Soya Takahashi (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 43': Penalty Tacoma Defiance. Daniel Robles draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 43': Penalty conceded by José Hernández (Oakland Roots) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 45': José Hernández (Oakland Roots) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Tacoma Defiance 2, Oakland Roots 0. Samuel Adeniran (Tacoma Defiance) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Wal Fall (Oakland Roots).
  • 45'+1': Juan Alvarez (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Daniel Robles (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Danny Flores (Oakland Roots).
  • 45'+4': Goal! Tacoma Defiance 3, Oakland Roots 0. Juan Alvarez (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ray Serrano following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Tacoma Defiance 3, Oakland Roots 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Tacoma Defiance 3, Oakland Roots 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Max Ornstil replaces José Hernández because of an injury.
  • 46': Offside, Tacoma Defiance. Tom Brewitt tries a through ball, but Samuel Adeniran is caught offside.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Danny Flores (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Wal Fall (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Akeem Ward.
  • 48': Offside, Tacoma Defiance. Issa Rayyan tries a through ball, but Ray Serrano is caught offside.
  • 50': Jesús Enríquez (Oakland Roots) is shown the yellow card.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Wal Fall (Oakland Roots) header from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Soya Takahashi.
  • 52': Foul by Ray Serrano (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 52': Jesús Enríquez (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Andy Thomas (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Jeremy Bokila (Oakland Roots).
  • 54': Danny Flores (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Foul by Eric Kinzner (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 55': Goal! Tacoma Defiance 3, Oakland Roots 1. Wal Fall (Oakland Roots) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 55': Substitution, Tacoma Defiance. Obed Vargas replaces Ray Serrano.
  • 56': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Akeem Ward.
  • 58': Foul by Matías Fissore (Oakland Roots).
  • 58': Juan Alvarez (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Jackson Ragen (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 59': Jeremy Bokila (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Foul by Akeem Ward (Oakland Roots).
  • 62': Obed Vargas (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Jesús Enríquez (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wal Fall.
  • 64': Foul by Akeem Ward (Oakland Roots).
  • 64': Issa Rayyan (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Randy Mendoza (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Samuel Adeniran.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Samuel Adeniran (Tacoma Defiance) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 68': Foul by Kai Greene (Oakland Roots).
  • 68': Juan Alvarez (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Offside, Oakland Roots. Matías Fissore tries a through ball, but Danny Flores is caught offside.
  • 71': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Ariel Mbumba replaces Wal Fall.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Samuel Adeniran (Tacoma Defiance) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Issa Rayyan with a through ball.
  • 73': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Zeus de la Paz.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Tom Brewitt (Tacoma Defiance) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jose Carlos Anguiano with a cross following a corner.
  • 74': Substitution, Tacoma Defiance. Cody Baker replaces Issa Rayyan.
  • 75': Substitution, Tacoma Defiance. Marlon Vargas replaces Juan Alvarez.
  • 76': Danny Flores (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 76': Foul by Randy Mendoza (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 77': Randy Mendoza (Tacoma Defiance) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 78': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Memo Diaz replaces Soya Takahashi.
  • 78': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Joseph Restani replaces Jeremy Bokila.
  • 78': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Yohannes Harish replaces Matías Fissore.
  • 79': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Akeem Ward.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Tom Brewitt (Tacoma Defiance) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marlon Vargas with a cross.
  • 80': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Memo Diaz.
  • 81': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 81': Yohannes Harish (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Offside, Oakland Roots. Ariel Mbumba tries a through ball, but Yohannes Harish is caught offside.
  • 82': Foul by Yohannes Harish (Oakland Roots).
  • 82': Obed Vargas (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 83': Substitution, Tacoma Defiance. Alec Diaz replaces Samuel Adeniran.
  • 83': Substitution, Tacoma Defiance. Alex Villanueva replaces Randy Mendoza.
  • 84': Alex Villanueva (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Foul by Memo Diaz (Oakland Roots).
  • 85': Hand ball by Andy Thomas (Tacoma Defiance).
  • 86': Attempt saved. Danny Flores (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Cody Baker (Tacoma Defiance) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alec Diaz.
  • 87': Corner, Tacoma Defiance. Conceded by Zeus de la Paz.
  • 88': Corner, Oakland Roots. Conceded by Obed Vargas.
  • 89': Foul by Ariel Mbumba (Oakland Roots).
  • 89': Jose Carlos Anguiano (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Ariel Mbumba (Oakland Roots).
  • 90'+2': Obed Vargas (Tacoma Defiance) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Tacoma Defiance 3, Oakland Roots 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Tacoma Defiance 3, Oakland Roots 1.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 9
5 Saves 2
51 Possession 49
7 SHOTS 15
3 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
369 Accurate Passes 353
468 Passes 433
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 7
7 Crosses 19
0.1 Cross % 0.4
84 Long Balls 50
29 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 9
17 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 3
11 Effective Clearances 13
11 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Cheney Stadium
Location: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Attendance: 1,007

USL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Louisville City FC 27 +35 62
2 Charleston Battery 29 +32 56
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 +13 46
4 Detroit City FC 28 +5 42
Full Standings

Line-Ups

TAC Tacoma Defiance (3-4-3)

No. Name
26 Andy Thomas (GK)
99 Tom Brewitt
72 Eric Kinzner
95 Jackson Ragen
34 Daniel Robles
88 Carlos Anguiano
81 Randy Mendoza Yellow Card
36 Issa Rayyan
98 Samuel Adeniran
97 Juan Alvarez
80 Ray Serrano Lopez
Tacoma Defiance Substitutes:
Marlon Vargas, Alex Villanueva, Obed Vargas, Alec Diaz, Cody Baker, Christian Herrera, Taylor Mueller.

OAK Oakland Roots (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
1 Zeus de la Paz (GK)
21 Emrah Klimenta
33 Kai Greene
15 Akeem Ward
3 Soya Takahashi
5 Wal Fall
22 Luis Flores
7 Matías Fissore
9 Jeremy Bokila
18 José Hernández Yellow Card
11 Jesús Enríquez Yellow Card
Oakland Roots Substitutes:
Paul Blanchette, Guillermo Diaz, Max Ornstil, Joseph Restani, Lindo Mfeka, Yohannes Harish, Ariel Mbumba.

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