2021 Hartford Athletic season

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Hartford Athletic
2021 season
Hartford Athletic wordmark stacked blue.png
OwnerHartford Sports Group
Head coachHarry Watling
StadiumDillon Stadium
Highest home attendance5,138 (8/4 vs. TBR)
Lowest home attendance3,480 (10/26 vs. CHS)
Average home league attendance4,640
Biggest winHFD 7–0 NY (6/5)
Biggest defeat
–2 goals
(7 times)
  • CHS 3–1 HFD (6/17)
    PIT 3–1 HFD (7/31)
    COL 4–2 HFD (8/7)
    MIA 2–0 HFD (8/22)
    NY 2–0 HFD (9/4)
    HFD 2–4 LOU (9/7)
    CLT 2–0 HFD (9/11)
Away colors
← 2020
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The 2021 Hartford Athletic season is the club's third season of existence and their third in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer.[1]

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic[]

To start the season, Hartford Athletic will allow 50% capacity at home games at Dillon Stadium.[2]

Starting with the home game on May 29, they will be allowed to have a full capacity at home games.[3]

Roster[]

As of August 12, 2021[4]
No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Carlos Merancio  Mexico
2 DF Alex Lara  United States
3 DF Younes Boudadi  Morocco
4 DF Nicolás Cardona  Puerto Rico
5 MF Nii Armah Ashitey  Ghana
6 MF Arthur Rogers  England
7 FW Bradford Jamieson IV  United States
8 MF Christian Gómez  Venezuela
9 FW Sebastian Elney  United States
10 MF Danny Barrera  United States
11 MF Luka Prpa  United States
13 GK Jeff Caldwell  United States
14 FW Derek Dodson (on loan from Orlando City)  United States
15 DF Walid Yacoubou  Togo
16 MF Gabriel Torres  Brazil
17 FW Alfonso Vazquez  United States
18 FW Walmer Martinez  El Salvador
19 MF Kenan Hot ([A])  United States
20 DF Thomas Janjigian  United States
21 MF Jaciel Cedeño  Ecuador
22 DF Richie Schlentz  United States
23 FW Tabort Etaka Preston  Cameroon
24 DF Giovanni Calderón ([A])  Puerto Rico
28 MF Conor McGlynn  United States
29 FW Juan Carlos Obregón Jr.  Honduras
31 GK ([A])  United States
  1. ^
    USL Academy player
    2.

Competitions[]

Exhibitions[]

April 3, 2021 Hartford Athletic 4–0 Newtown Pride FC Hartford, Connecticut
Trialist 8 Goal
Elney Goal
Trialist 4 Goal, Goal		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
April 10, 2021 New York City FC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Hartford, Connecticut
Medina Goal 40', Goal 44' Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium
April 16, 2021 New York Red Bulls II 1–2 Hartford Athletic Montclair, New Jersey
Sowe Goal Report Elney Goal
Obregón Jr. Goal		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
April 21, 2021 Hartford Athletic 3–3 Philadelphia Union II Hartford, Connecticut
12:00 p.m. EST Jamieson IV Goal 3'
Janjigian Goal 43'
Obregón Jr. Goal 59'		 Report Stafford Goal 13'
Sullivan Goal 62'
Jasinski Goal 83'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
April 24, 2021 Hartford Athletic 3–0 University of Hartford Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Rogers Goal 29'
McGlynn Goal 42'
Jeciel Cedeño (Trialist) Goal 77'		 Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium
May 4, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–2 New England Revolution II Farmington, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST McGlynn Goal 55'
Prpa Goal 66'		 Report Goal 1'
Goal 86'		 Stadium: Farmington Sports Arena
July 20, 2021 Hartford Athletic Cancelled Western Mass Pioneers Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium

USL Championship[]

Main article: 2021 USL Championship season

Source:[5]

April 30, 2021 New York Red Bulls II 2–3 Hartford Athletic Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT LaCava Goal 68'
Egbo Goal 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Barrera Goal 13'
Obregón Jr. Goal 36'
Rogers Goal 85'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 8, 2021 Miami FC 0–1 Hartford Athletic Miami, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Report Preston Goal 59' Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Referee: Matthew Thompson
May 15, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Prpa Goal 90+1' Cicerone Goal 42' Stadium: Dillon Stadium
May 29, 2021 Hartford Athletic Postponed Real Monarchs Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Report Stadium: Dillon Stadium
June 5, 2021 Hartford Athletic 7–0 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Goal 15', Goal 45+3'
Elney Goal 45+2'
Barrera Goal 50', Goal 65'
Rogers Yellow card 58'
McGlynn Goal 59'
Preston Goal 71'
Torres Yellow card 82'
Lara Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Knapp Yellow card 32'
Egbo Yellow card 51'
Castillo Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Thomas Snyder
June 13, 2021 Charlotte Independence 3–2 Hartford Athletic Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Parra Penalty missed 19'
Dimick Yellow card 26'
Kelly Goal 73'
Palomino Goal 80'
Sabella Goal 83', Yellow card 85'		 Report Barrera Goal 50'
Boudadi Yellow card 66'
Preston Goal 74'		 Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 533
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 19, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–1 Loudoun United Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Goal 6'
Yacoubou Yellow card 77'
Cardona Goal 90+5'		 Report Mehl Yellow card 25'
Bolivar Goal 78' (pen.)
Houssou Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: Christian Centeno
June 26, 2021 Hartford Athletic 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Penalty missed 56'
Lara Yellow card 58'		 Report Guenzatti Goal 33'
Fernandes Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,966
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 4, 2021 Loudoun United 0–2 Hartford Athletic Leesburg, Virginia
5:00 p.m. EDT Bolívar Penalty missed 58'
Gomez Yellow card 89'
Downs Yellow card 90'
Gamble Red card 90+3'		 Report Gómez Yellow card 44'
Rogers Goal 64'
Preston Goal 73'
Yacoubou Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 693
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
July 10, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–2 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Barrera Yellow card 36'
McGlynn Yellow card 58'
Yacoubou Yellow card 59'
Rogers Yellow card 76'
Dodson Goal 86'
Janjigian Goal 90+2'		 Report Sowe Goal 4'
Acosta Goal 18'
Harper Yellow card 24'
Zajec Yellow card 39'
Tombul Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 83'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,002
Referee: Kyle Johnston
July 13, 2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–1 Hartford Athletic St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Report Dodson Goal 23' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,943
July 17, 2021 Charleston Battery 3–1 Hartford Athletic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT Piggott Goal 21'
Repetto Goal 58'
Nicque Daley Goal 90'		 Report Tulu Goal 83' Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,515
July 24, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Miami FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Lara Goal 30'
McGlynn Goal 67'		 Report Palacios Yellow card 59'
Reid Yellow card 82'
Kcira Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Mathew Corrigan
July 31, 2021 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3–1 Hartford Athletic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. EDT Dixon Goal 49', Goal 83'
Wiedt Yellow card 82'
Perez Goal 88'		 Report Dodson Goal 26'
Yacoubou Yellow card 36'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Matthew Thompson
August 4, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–1 Miami FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Dodson Yellow card 4'
Jamieson Goal 14' (pen.)
McGlynn Yellow card 20'
Martinez Yellow card 66'		 Report Craig Yellow card 13'
Othello Goal 25'
Palacios Yellow card 49'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,065
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 7, 2021 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 4–2 Hartford Athletic Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:00 p.m. EDT Barry Goal 19' (pen.)
Ngalina Goal 38'
Lewis Goal 51', Goal 63'		 Report Yacoubou Yellow card 18'
McGlynn Goal 24'
Ashitey Goal 58'
Martinez Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Malik Badawi
August 13, 2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–0 Hartford Athletic St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST Adebayo-Smith Goal 85' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,682
August 17, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–1 Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Dodson Goal 31'
Barrera Goal 35' (pen.)		 Repetto Goal 45' Stadium: Dillon Stadium
August 22, 2021 Miami FC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Miami, Florida
6:30 p.m. EDT D. Williams Penalty missed 45+1
Forbes Goal 48', Goal 90'
Sylvestre Yellow card 87'		 Report Obregón Jr. Yellow card 19'
Barrera Yellow card 49'
Cedeño Yellow card 67'
Rogers Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Attendance: 574
Referee: Elton García
August 28, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Caldwell Yellow card 1'
Obregón Jr. Goal 18'
Yacoubou Red card 36'
Barrera Goal 51' (pen.)
Martinez Yellow card 54'
Lom Yellow card 69'		 Report Cicerone Goal 2' (pen.), Goal 90+1'
Rovira Yellow card 25'
Dixon Penalty missed 37', Goal 57'
Kilwien Yellow card 45+2'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 1, 2021 Hartford Athletic P–P Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to inclement weather.[6]
September 4, 2021 New York Red Bulls II 2–0 Hartford Athletic Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT LaCava Goal 12'
Williams Yellow card 48'
Rafanello Yellow card 52'
Ngoma Goal 90+2'		 Report Preston Yellow card 52' Stadium: MSU Soccer Park
Attendance: 803
Referee: Kenneth Rojas
September 7, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–4 Louisville City FC Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Goal 31'
Dodson Goal 44'		 Report Lancaster Goal 7'
González Goal 29'
Ownby Goal 56'
Hoppenot Goal 59'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,159
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 11, 2021 Charlotte Independence 2–0 Hartford Athletic Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Marveaux Goal 36', Goal 54'
Parra Yellow card 41'
Palomino Yellow card 57'
Bronico Yellow card 60'
Martínez Yellow card 64'		 Report Torres Yellow card 12'
Boudadi Yellow card 13'
McGlynn Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: John Griggs
September 15, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Real Monarchs Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Obregón Jr. Goal 30'
Cardona Yellow card 69'
Flores Goal 83' (o.g.)		 Report Orozco Yellow card 5'
Halsey Yellow card 45+2'
Saucedo Yellow card 52'
Nydegger Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,705
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 25, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Yacoubou Yellow card 31'
Haak Yellow card 52'
McGlynn Yellow card 63'
Preston Yellow card 86'
Fernandes Goal 79'		 Report Guenzatti Goal 12', Penalty missed 32', Goal 45+2'
Hilton Yellow card 27'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,138
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
September 30, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Charlotte Independence Hartford, Connecticut
8:00 p.m. EDT Janjigian Yellow card 17'
Haak Yellow card 44'
McGlynn Yellow card 67'
Bronico Goal 82' (o.g.)
Boudadi Yellow card 86'
Elney Yellow card 90'		 Report Martínez Goal 12'
Kelly Yellow card 48', Goal 83'
Palomino Yellow card 81'
Armour Red card 90+1'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 6, 2021 New Mexico United 2–2 Hartford Athletic Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00 p.m. EST Rivas Goal 26'
Wehan Yellow card 35'
Sandoval Yellow card 45+3', Goal 55'
Muhammad Yellow card 53'		 Report Barrera Goal 45+5' (pen.)
Obregón Jr. Goal 48'
Boudadi Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 6,444
Referee: Brad Jensen
October 10, 2021 Charleston Battery 4–3 Hartford Athletic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2:00 p.m. EDT Janjigian Goal 2' (o.g.)
Daley Goal 10', Goal 43'
Fahling Goal 61'
Repetto Yellow card 83'
van Schaik Yellow card 89'		 Report Barrera Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 58'
Piggott Goal 45+1' (o.g.)
Haak Yellow card 49'
Boudadi Yellow card 74'
Obregón Jr. Goal 81'
Hot Goal 88'		 Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,738
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
October 13, 2021 Loudoun United 2–3 Hartford Athletic Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 p.m. EDT Bolívar Goal 13'
Garay Yellow card 38'
Gabarra Goal 51'
Gamble Yellow card 56'
Mehl Yellow card 59'
Pinto Yellow card 73'		 Report Yacoubou Yellow card 14'
McGlynn Goal 57'
Obregón Jr. Goal 69'
Pinto Goal 81' (o.g.)
Preston Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 368
Referee: DeShun Beard
October 16, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–0 Loudoun United Hartford, Connecticut
11:00 a.m. EST McGlynn Goal 33', Yellow card 51'
Obregón Jr. Yellow card 60'
Cardona Yellow card 78'
Haak Yellow card 87'		 Report Greene Yellow card 32' Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 4,908
Referee: Benjamin Meyer
October 22, 2021 Hartford Athletic 1–2 Charlotte Independence Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Prpa Yellow card 16'
Roberts Goal 37' (o.g.)
Preston Yellow card 43'
Haak Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Obertan Goal 49'
Johnson Goal 68'
Kelly Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Thomas Snyder
October 26, 2021 Hartford Athletic 2–0 Charleston Battery Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EDT Martinez Yellow card 8', Goal 40', Goal 70'
Cardona Yellow card 84'
Rogers Yellow card 88'		 Report Kelly-Rosales Yellow card 86' Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Natalie Simon
Note: Re-schedule of postponed September 1st match.[7]
October 30, 2021 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–0 Hartford Athletic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. EDT Rovira Yellow card 54'
Griffin Yellow card 75'
Peters Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Barrera Yellow card 16'
Cardona Yellow card 28'
Boudadi Yellow card 43'
Obregón Jr. Yellow card 57'
Caldwell Yellow card 90'
Martinez Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,532
Referee: Kevin Broadley

References[]

  1. ^ "Our Story". www.hartfordathletic.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  2. ^ Athletic, Hartford (2021-04-09). "Hartford Athletic Announces Fifty Percent Capacity At 2021 Home Matches". Hartford Athletic | Connecticut's Professional Soccer Team. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  3. ^ "Hartford Athletic to allow 100% capacity at Dillon Stadium starting May 29". courant.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  4. ^ "Roster". HartfordAthletic.com. Hartford Athletic. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hartford Athletic". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  6. ^ "Hartford Athletic vs. Charleston Battery Postponed". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Contest Between Hartford, Charleston Rescheduled". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. September 9, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
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