2021 Tacoma Defiance season

The 2021 Tacoma Defiance season was the seventh season of the Tacoma Defiance, an American soccer team that played in the USL Championship, the second tier of soccer in the country. It was the fourth season since the club was renamed from Seattle Sounders FC 2 and relocated to Tacoma, Washington. Defiance is majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer team, and serves as their reserve and development squad.

U.S. Open Cup
Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Seattle Sounders FC), Tacoma is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.

Appearances and goals
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=180|Name !width=75|Regular season !width=75|Playoffs !width=75|Total

Top assists
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=180|Name !width=75|Regular Season !width=75|Playoffs !width=75|Total

Disciplinary record
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=34; background:#fe9;"| !width=34; background:#fe9;"|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;"|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;"| !width=34; background:#fe9;"|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;"|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;"| !width=34; background:#fe9;"|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;"|sent off:
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|No.
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|Pos
 * rowspan="2" !width=120|Player
 * colspan="3"|Regular Season
 * colspan="3"|Playoffs
 * colspan="3"|Total
 * colspan="3"|Total
 * 32 || |FW ||align=left|🇵🇷 Alec Díaz || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 34 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Danny Robles || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 36 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Issa Rayyan || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0
 * 38 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Azriel Gonzalez || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 45 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Alex Villanueva || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 72 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Eric Kinzner || |3|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |3|| |0|| |0
 * 73 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Obed Vargas || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0
 * 74 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Taylor Mueller || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0
 * 77 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Sota Kitahara || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 80 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Ray Serrano || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 81 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Randy Mendoza || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 87 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 88 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Carlos Anguiano || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 99 || |MF ||align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brewitt || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 74 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Taylor Mueller || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0
 * 77 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Sota Kitahara || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 80 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Ray Serrano || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 81 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Randy Mendoza || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 87 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 88 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Carlos Anguiano || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 99 || |MF ||align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brewitt || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 81 || |DF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Randy Mendoza || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 87 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 88 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Carlos Anguiano || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 99 || |MF ||align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brewitt || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 88 || |MF ||align=left|🇺🇸 Carlos Anguiano || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0
 * 99 || |MF ||align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brewitt || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0
 * 99 || |MF ||align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brewitt || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0

!colspan=3|Total !!25!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!0!!0

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.