By Energy FC Communications,

Energy FC has re-signed defender Christian Ibeagha, pending league and federation approval, Head Coach John Pascarella announced today. Ibeagha, who graduated from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Okla., spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with Energy FC.

“I’m definitely excited,” said Ibeagha. “It’s been a long offseason, but it’s great being back with the group. We underachieved the past two seasons, but we’re back, ready to work hard and ready to accomplish our goals.”

Ibeagha, a native of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, made 60 appearances for Energy FC, including 57 starts, over the past two seasons, winning 74% of his tackles.

“Christian is a player that the city and club obviously know,” said Pascarella. “It’s good to have a local guy here. He’s talented, he knows the team and league, and he’s played a lot of minutes, so it’s good to have a guy with that type of experience.”

Ibeagha becomes the 21st player under contract for the 2020 season on a roster that includes:

Goalkeepers (3): CJ Cochran, Kyle Ihn, Cody Laurendi

Defenders (6): Joe Amico, Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Atiba Harris, Kyle Hyland, Christian Ibeagha, Nicolas Taravel

Midfielders (7): Arun Basuljevic, Jonathan Brown, Brad Dunwell, Rafael Garcia, Jose Hernandez, Kodai Iida, Charlie Ward

Forwards (5): Cordell Cato, Jaime Chavez, Omar Gordon, Frank Lopez, Tucker Stephenson

Energy FC begins the 2020 season at Taft Stadium March 7 at 7 p.m. against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. Season seats for the 2020 season are on sale now. Visit https://www.energyfc.com/2020-memberships or call 235-KICK for more information.