Juan Agudelo scores first brace for SAFC this season
SAN ANTONIO (June 29, 2024) – San Antonio pushed exhausting for a late equalizer however fell simply quick in opposition to New Mexico, dropping a 2-3 end result Saturday at Toyota Subject.
San Antonio fell behind early with an personal aim within the 2nd minute, however a fast three-minute brace from Juan Agudelo with scores within the thirty fourth and thirty seventh minute introduced the hosts up 2-1. New Mexico was capable of equalize simply earlier than the half regardless of taking part in down a person with a crimson card ejection.
New Mexico transformed a penalty kick to seize a 3-2 result in open the second half and bunkered down on protection to take all three factors from the match.
SAFC outshot New Mexico 16-7 on the night time.
Subsequent Up
San Antonio FC will look to rebound again at dwelling subsequent week, internet hosting defending league champions Phoenix Rising FC Saturday, July 6. Kickoff from Toyota Subject is about for 8:00 p.m. CT, and the match will probably be broadcast on ESPN+ and Bally Sports activities Southwest. This season is introduced by Toyota.
Scoring Abstract
NM: Mitchell Taintor (Personal aim) 2’
SA: Juan Agudelo (Assisted by Jorge Hernandez) 34’
SA: Juan Agudelo 37’
NM: Abdirizak Mohamed (Assisted by Zico Bailey) 45’
NM: Greg Hurst (Penalty) 51’
Postgame Notes:
SAFC drops to 4-8-5 on the season with 17 factors, sitting in eleventh place within the Western Convention standings.
Juan Agudelo continues to steer SAFC with 5 objectives this season. His brace is the primary for SAFC this 12 months.
Jorge Hernandez strikes into sole possession of second place within the league together with his sixth of the 12 months, nonetheless main the league with 50 probabilities created.
Hernandez is one help shy from tying the SAFC all-time file, now with 16 in his membership profession.
San Antonio scored a number of objectives within the first half for the primary time this season.
Agudelo and Hugo Mbongue made their first appearances again from harm, each lacking the final two matches with decrease physique accidents.
Bura makes his first begin again from worldwide responsibility with Guinea-Bissau.
Attendance: 6,625
SAFC Beginning XI: Kendall McIntosh, Kendall Burks, Mitchell Taintor (captain), Shannon Gomez (Kameron Lacey 71’), Nelson Flores Blanco, Bura (Hugo Mbongue 82’), Luke Haakenson, Jorge Hernandez, Machop Chol, Jake LaCava, Juan Agudelo
Substitutions Not Used: Trova Boni, Izaiah Garza, Gio Padilla, Pablo Sisniega, Richard Windbichler
Disciplinary Abstract:
SA: Bura (Yellow Card) 22’
NM: Zico Bailey (Yellow Card) 25’
NM: Alex Herbert (Yellow Card) 28’
NM: Mukwelle Akale (Yellow Card) 36’
NM: Mukwelle Akale (Second Yellow Card) 39’
SA: Juan Agudelo (Yellow Card) 52’
Quotes:
Head Coach Alen Marcina
(On the efficiency…)
“Tonight, we managed this sport and we created the larger alternatives. We made huge, huge errors that led to New Mexico scoring, and we weren’t ruthless sufficient within the different field. We created a ton of alternatives. We did nice when it comes to that half, however these errors should be corrected. Appropriate these errors and that was three factors in opposition to the highest workforce within the Western Convention. I’m assured in that.”
(On Agudelo’s brace…)
“Implausible, he’s earned it. He’s labored extremely exhausting all 12 months. I’m tremendous, tremendous comfortable for him as a result of he’s one of many warriors in that locker room that places in a terrific shift each single night time. Rating or not rating, he causes loads of loads of issues for the opponent, so I’m simply extremely comfortable for him.”
Goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh
(On disappointment from the night time …)
“Offensively we’ve been working to get this end result, I feel, and at this time [the offense] put two in at dwelling, and I feel that what’s irritating to me. I’m so comfortable to see us rating twice. It was a weight off the strikers. I feel it was a weight off our offense. Our offense was good, put them below strain, saved us from being below strain for lots of the sport, and so they have been harmful, so I feel what’s actually disappointing to me is that in an evening the place we ought to be type of lauding the offense for his or her nice work, we’re speaking about how we didn’t come via with three factors right here.”
(On utilizing the end result as motivation…)
“I feel that every man goes to be terribly motivated and inwardly centered on executing their duties and specializing in every particular person piece in order that we are able to type of keep away from the crimson weddings. I feel that the extra possession that we take individually on the sphere, the higher off we’ll be and the higher place we’ll put ourselves this upcoming week and for the remainder of the season to get the factors. We will’t go searching at anyone else. We actually gotta type of head down look inward.”
Ahead Juan Agudelo
(On the loss…)
“The urgency, I wasn’t pleased with the urgency. I knew time can be of the essence. I knew they’d attempt to waste time, and our urgency simply wasn’t there. Yeah, we didn’t take sufficient dangers after we have been up a man.”
(On scoring the brace…)
“Because the starting of the sport first half, I felt my contact. I used to be simply feeling it. I used to be telling the blokes to attempt to give me the ball as a lot as potential. Some video games you simply really feel like your contact is there, and at this time every part was understanding … I wished to take free kicks. I wished to take photographs from anyplace and yeah, issues have been set in entrance of me.”
