By Tyler Vaughn,

OKLAHOMA CITY – Energy FC has signed midfielder Jose Hernandez, pending league and federation approval, Head Coach John Pascarella announced today. Hernandez joins the club from USL Championship side LA Galaxy II.

Hernandez, a 23-year-old from Mexico City, made 31 appearances for LA Galaxy II in 2019, scoring three goals and adding five assists. A product of Real Salt Lake’s youth academy, Hernandez spent two seasons at UCLA, where he scored 16 times in 41 appearances.

“Jose is a good central midfielder and a very tricky dicky type,” said Pascarella. “He’s a small player with a low center of gravity who is very good on the ball, very creative and can play wide at times. He has a good final pass, is good taking on players 1v1 and will add some good attacking quality to our team.”

Hernandez signed a homegrown contract with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer in 2016 and scored one goal in seven appearances for RSL before being loaned to Real Monarchs SLC of the USL Championship. With Monarchs SLC, he tallied three goals and two assists in 30 appearances from 2017 to 2018.

Hernandez is the 13th player under contract for the 2020 season. He joins:

Goalkeepers: Cody Laurendi

Defenders: Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Atiba Harris, Kyle Hyland, Nicolas Taravel

Midfielders: Arun Basuljevic, Jonathan Brown, Rafael Garcia, Kodai Iida

Forwards: Cordell Cato, Jaime Chavez, Omar Gordon

Season seats for the 2020 season are on sale now. Visit energyfc.com or call 235-KICK for more information.