2021 Forward Madison FC season

Forward Madison FC
2021 season
Owner	Big Top Events
Head coach	Carl Craig
Stadium	Breese Stevens Field
USL League One	9th
USL1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	Jake Keegan (6)
Highest home attendance	3,607; (June 30 vs. New England Revolution II)
Lowest home attendance	1,529; (May 15 vs. North Carolina FC)
Average home league attendance	2,761
Biggest win	2 goals:; TRM 1–3 MAD (May 29)
Biggest defeat	3 goals:; NTX 4–1 MAD (July 10)
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OwnerBig Top Events

Head coachCarl Craig

StadiumBreese Stevens Field

USL League One9th

The 2021 Forward Madison FC season was the third season in the soccer team's history, where they compete in the third division of American soccer, USL League One.

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since
1	GK	Phil Breno	(1995-12-11) December 11, 1995 (age 30)	2021
3	MF	Eric Leonard	(1995-10-05) October 5, 1995 (age 30)	2018
4	DF	Gustavo Fernandes	(1998-02-19) February 19, 1998 (age 28)	2020
5	DF	Cyrus Rad	(1999-07-10) July 10, 1999 (age 26)	2021
6	MF	Aaron Molloy	(1997-01-11) January 11, 1997 (age 29)	2021
7	FW	Jake Keegan (captain)	(1991-04-21) April 21, 1991 (age 34)	2021
8	MF	Michael Vang	(2000-05-13) May 13, 2000 (age 25)	2020
9	FW	Ryan Sierakowski	(1997-08-07) August 7, 1997 (age 28)	2021
10	MF	Carlos Gómez	(1994-02-21) February 21, 1994 (age 32)	2021
11	DF	Heath Martin	(2001-06-11) June 11, 2001 (age 24)	2021
13	DF	Connor Tobin (captain)	(1987-02-11) February 11, 1987 (age 39)	2019
14	MF	Taner Dogan	(1998-05-30) May 30, 1998 (age 27)	2021
17	FW	Derek Gebhard	(1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 (age 30)	2021
19	MF	Justin Sukow	(1998-09-19) September 19, 1998 (age 27)	2021
20	MF	Audi Jepson	(1994-08-23) August 23, 1994 (age 31)	2021
22	MF	Christian Enriquez	(1998-10-25) October 25, 1998 (age 27)	2021
23	FW	Tyler Allen	(1998-10-12) October 12, 1998 (age 27)	2021
24	GK	Aidan Hogan	(1997-04-23) April 23, 1997 (age 28)	2021
27	DF	Christian Díaz	(1991-04-07) April 7, 1991 (age 34)	2019
31	FW	Noah Fuson	(1999-12-31) December 31, 1999 (age 26)	2020
33	MF	Jesús Pérez	(1997-10-01) October 1, 1997 (age 28)	2021
44	DF	Josiah Trimmingham	(1996-12-14) December 14, 1996 (age 29)	2020
77	FW	Jiro Barriga Toyama	(1995-04-28) April 28, 1995 (age 30)	2019

Name	Position
Carl Craig	Head coach and technical director
Neil Hlavaty	Assistant coach
Jim Launder	Assistant coach
Eric Wilde	Assistant coach / Performance Analyst
Chris Stanton	Director of Soccer Operations and equipment manager
Emerson Lovato	Goalkeeper coach

Name	Position
Conor Caloia	Chief operating officer
Vern Stenman	President

Date from	Position	Player	Last team	Type	Ref.
January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26)	FW	Jake Keegan	Greenville Triumph SC	Free transfer	^[2]
February 11, 2021 (2021-02-11)	FW	Derek Gebhard	Charlotte Independence	Free transfer	^[3]
February 17, 2021 (2021-02-17)	MF	Aaron Molloy	Portland Timbers 2	Free transfer	^[4]
February 25, 2021 (2021-02-25)	FW	Tyler Allen	Reno 1868 FC	Free transfer	^[5]
March 3, 2021 (2021-03-03)	GK	Phil Breno	Charleston Battery	Free transfer	^[6]
March 8, 2021 (2021-03-08)	DF	Heath Martin	D.C. United Academy	Free transfer	^[7]
March 29, 2021 (2021-03-29)	MF	Carlos Gómez	Greenville Triumph SC	Free transfer	^[8]
April 22, 2021 (2021-04-22)	MF	Justin Sukow	Reno 1868 FC	Free transfer	^[9]
April 28, 2021 (2021-04-28)	MF	Audi Jepson	Saint Louis FC	Free transfer	^[10]
May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05)	DF	Ronaldo Lomeli	University of California, Riverside	Free transfer	^[11]
May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06)	GK	Aidan Hogan	Philadelphia Fury	Free transfer	^[12]
June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)	GK	Chris Brady	Chicago Fire FC	Loan	^[13]
June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18)	MF	Christian Enriquez	San Diego 1904 FC	Free transfer	^[14]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	MF	Javier Casas Jr.	Chicago Fire FC	Loan	^[15]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	FW	Alex Monis	Chicago Fire FC	Loan	^[15]
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)	MF	Jesús Pérez	Dundalk F.C.	Loan	^[16]
August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	MF	Taner Dogan	Dundalk F.C.	Loan	^[17]
August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	DF	Cyrus Rad	North Carolina State University	Free transfer	^[17]
August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)	FW	Ryan Sierakowski	New England Revolution II	Loan	^[18]

Date from	Position	Player	To	Type	Ref.
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	GK	Chris Brady	Chicago Fire FC	End of loan
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	FW	Jamael Cox		Released
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	MF	Brandon Eaton		Released
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	DF	Eli Lockaby		Released
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	GK	Philipp Marceta		Released
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	FW	Alex Monis	Chicago Fire FC	End of loan
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	MF	Vital Nizigiyimana		Released
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	MF	Adolfo Ovalle	Toronto FC II	End of loan
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	FW	Paulo Jr.		Released
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	MF	Allan Rodríguez	Chicago Fire FC	End of loan
December 14, 2020 (2020-12-14)	FW	Don Smart	Greenville Triumph SC	Free transfer	^[19]
February 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)	FW	J. C. Banks		Retired	^[20]
February 18, 2021 (2021-02-18)	DF	Jalen Crisler	Richmond Kickers	Free transfer	^[21]
April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06)	DF	Carl Schneider	Michigan Stars FC	Free transfer	^[22]
June 1, 2021 (2021-06-01)	FW	Wojciech Wojcik	Chicago House AC	Free transfer	^[23]
June 13, 2021 (2021-06-13)	GK	Chris Brady	Chicago Fire FC	End of loan
July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16)	GK	Brandon Barnes	Chicago House AC	Free transfer	^[24]
July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)	MF	Javier Casas Jr.	Chicago Fire FC	End of loan
July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)	FW	Alex Monis	Chicago Fire FC	End of loan
August 2, 2021 (2021-08-02)	MF	Louis Bennett II	Chicago House AC	Free transfer	^[25]
September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08)	DF	Ronaldo Lomeli		Released	^[26]

2021 Forward Madison FC season

Roster

Coaching staff

Front office staff

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Kits

Competitions

Exhibitions

USL League One

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Assist scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

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April 7, 2021 (2021-04-07) Preseason 1	Chicago Fire FC	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
12:00 PM CDT	Medrán 3' Gutiérrez 68'	Report	Barriga Toyama 75'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

April 17, 2021 (2021-04-17) Preseason 2	Indy Eleven	3–0	Forward Madison FC	Indianapolis, Indiana
1:00 PM EDT	Moon 50', 58' Arteaga 65' Hamilton 70'	Report	Lomeli 23' Shibata 48' Robinson 59' 83'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium

April 24, 2021 (2021-04-24) Preseason 3	Sporting Kansas City Reserves	0–1	Forward Madison FC	Kansas City, Missouri
2:00 PM CDT	23'	Report	Vang 40'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Note: SKC Reserves consists of players from both the Sporting Kansas City and Sporting Kansas City II rosters.

May 1, 2021 (2021-05-01) Preseason 4	Forward Madison FC	4–0	Milwaukee Bavarian SC	Madison, Wisconsin
11:00 AM CDT	Molloy 11' Fernandes 24' Tobin 31' Keegan 70' Gebhard 79' (pen.)	Report	Zamani 35' Marshall 79'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

July 20, 2021 (2021-07-20) Midseason 1	Forward Madison FC	0–2	Atlético Morelia	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT		Report	Ibarra 24' Barragán 43' Martínez 78' Gallegos 79'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,052

August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10) Midseason 2	Forward Madison FC	1–1	Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin
8:15 PM CDT	Vang 17' Dogan 29' Sukow 48' Molloy 86'	Report	Klancnik 76' Finnegan 83'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07) Midseason 3	Forward Madison FC	6–0	Minneapolis City SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Molloy 27' (Sukow) Enriquez 43' Sierakowski 44' (Gómez) Pérez 47' Allen 50' (Vang) Enzugusi 60' (Rojas)	Report		Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Toronto FC II	28	10	8	10	34	32	+2	38
8	New England Revolution II	28	11	4	13	33	39	−6	37
9	Forward Madison FC	28	8	12	8	32	34	−2	36
10	Fort Lauderdale CF	28	8	7	13	40	49	−9	31
11	Tormenta FC	28	8	6	14	36	47	−11	30

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	8	12	8	32	34	−2	36	6	6	2	16	13	+3	2	6	6	16	21	−5

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W
Position	8	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	8	3	3	5	6	8	10	10	9	9	9

May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08) 1	FC Tucson	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST	Franke 17' Dennis 45+1' Corfe 51' Ferriol 82'	Report	Fernandes 20' Barriga Toyama 28' Keegan 67' Molloy 81'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Joseph Salinas

May 29, 2021 (2021-05-29) 4	South Georgia Tormenta FC	1–3	Forward Madison FC	Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Candela 22' Mayr-Fälten 33' Liadi 52' Phelps 59' Obinwa 79' Eckenrode 88'	Report	Jepson 32' Gebhard 49' Tobin 54' (Molloy) Keegan 63', 82' (Sukow)	Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Joshua Belk

June 1, 2021 (2021-06-01) 5	Fort Lauderdale CF	2–2	Forward Madison FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Evans 1' Curry 25' (Acosta) Young 27' Díaz 69' (o.g.) Azcona 72'	Report	Barriga Toyama 27' Keegan 59' (Molloy) Fernandes 79' Gebhard 85' (Jepson)	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon

June 19, 2021 (2021-06-19) 8	Forward Madison FC	0–2	New England Revolution II	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Gómez 36' Díaz 49' Molloy 54'	Report	Rozhansky 35' Michel 42' N. Buck 45+1' (Rennicks) Rice 45+1' Presley 49' Spaulding 53' Tsicoulias 80' (Rozhansky) Ramirez 90+3'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,208 Referee: Chris Ruska

May 15, 2021 (2021-05-15) 2	Forward Madison FC	1–0	North Carolina FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 35', 90+2' Fernandes 45+1'	Report	Pearson 80'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 1,529 Referee: Calin Radosav

May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26) 3	Forward Madison FC	1–0	Union Omaha	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Sukow 58' (Jepson) Fuson 90'	Report	Knutson 16' Sousa 69'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 1,919 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06) 6	Forward Madison FC	1–2	Union Omaha	Madison, Wisconsin
5:00 PM CDT	Keegan 35' Molloy 66' Fernandes 90+1'	Report	Allen 7' (o.g.) Hurst 30' Alihodžić 51' (Boyce), 59'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 2,195 Referee: Laura Chambers

June 12, 2021 (2021-06-12) 7	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Barriga Toyama 53' Tobin 55' Díaz 59' Gebhard 71'	Report	Morán 16' Terzaghi 32' Crisler 55'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 2,929 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

June 23, 2021 (2021-06-23) 9	Greenville Triumph SC	2–2	Forward Madison FC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Booth 29' (Gavilanes), 68' Polak 32' Lomis 68' (pen.) Hemmings 90+2'	Report	Molloy 12' (pen.), 15' (Keegan) Fuson 66' Gebhard 71' Barriga Toyama 88'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 2,311 Referee: Kyle Johnston

June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) 10	Forward Madison FC	1–0	New England Revolution II	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Keegan 20' (Díaz) Díaz 60' Breno 90+2'	Report	Michel 42' Rozhansky 48'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,607 Referee: Katherine McCormick

July 10, 2021 (2021-07-10) 11	North Texas SC	4–1	Forward Madison FC	Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Rayo 2' (Vargas), 63' Munjoma 16' (ElMedkhar) Kazu 63' (Rayo), 74' (ElMedkhar)	Report	Keegan 81' (Sukow) Tobin 87'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 776 Referee: Melvin Rivas

July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) 12	Union Omaha	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT	Boyce 11' (Doyle) N'For 31'	Report	Barriga Toyama 32' Gebhard 60' Tobin 67' (Molloy) Fernandes 74'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,304 Referee: Kevin Fikar

July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24) 13	Forward Madison FC	1–1	Fort Lauderdale CF	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Barriga Toyama 21' Leonard 32' Fuson 39' (Barriga Toyama), 61' Casas 56' Monis 90+8'	Report	Poplawski 19' Evans 65' Reyes 82' Méndez 90+2' Neville 90+9' Curry 90+10' (Rosales)	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Jervis Atagana

July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31) 14	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–1	Forward Madison FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT	Carrera García 6' (Dietrich) Dietrich 28' Villalobos 43' Hernández 90+3'	Report	Fuson 34' (Gebhard) Jepson 54' Gebhard 74'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,619 Referee: DeShun Beard

August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07)	Union Omaha	Postponed	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT	Knutson 19' (Boyce) Boyce 56'		Jepson 42'	Stadium: Werner Park Referee: Corbyn May
Note: Match abandoned in the 58th minute due to inclement weather in Omaha.^[29] Game replayed from the beginning on October 20th.

August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14) 15	Forward Madison FC	2–1	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Trimmingham 23' (Keegan) Fernandes 45+1' Tobin 46' Sukow 62' (Fernandes) Fuson 79'	Report	Gómez 45' Somersall 45' Micaletto 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Adorae Monroy

August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18) 16	Forward Madison FC	2–2	Toronto FC II	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Molloy 11' Pérez 43' Gebhard 51' (Sukow)	Report	Altobelli 28' (Carlini), 45' Petrasso 77' Franklin 86' (Rothrock) Goulbourne 88'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 2,586 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21) 17	Forward Madison FC	1–1	North Texas SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Sierakowski 10' (Rad) Sukow 32' Molloy 82'	Report	Gomes 32' Smith 67' Ramirez 85' Hernandez 87' Jacquel 90+1' Almaguer 90+3' Rayo 90+6'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,085 Referee: Danielle Chesky

August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) 18	North Carolina FC	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Martinez 8' (Miscic)	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 996 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)	Richmond Kickers	Postponed	Forward Madison FC	Richmond, Virginia
6:30 PM EDT				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Match postponed to October 6th due to the anticipated impact of Hurricane Ida.^[30]

September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) 19	Forward Madison FC	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Sierakowski 50' (Keegan) Leonard 66' Gebhard 72'	Report	Calvo 26' Vinyals 57' Bolanos 80'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Samantha Martinez

September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) 20	Toronto FC II	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00 PM EDT	McLaughlin 27' Campbell 84' Antonoglou 89' Carlini 90+3'	Report	Sierakowski 38', 41' (Pérez) Fuson 89'	Stadium: BMO Training Ground Referee: Aubrey Kotelko

September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) 21	Forward Madison FC	1–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 21' (Keegan) Trimmingham 90+1'	Report	McLean 79', 90+6' Hemmings 80'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Referee: Nabil Bensalah

October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01) 22	New England Revolution II	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
5:00 PM EDT	Quinones 27' Kizza 58'	Report	Allen 61' Molloy 64'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Thomas Snyder