Diogo Pacheco and Jake LaCava web their second preseason targets
SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 22, 2025) – San Antonio FC grabbed its fourth straight preseason victory with a 2-1 win over El Paso Locomotive FC Saturday at Toyota Subject.
SAFC wasted no time leaping on the board after the opening whistle, as Jake LaCava discovered Diogo Pacheco for a fast strike within the third minute for Pacheco’s second aim in as many matches.
LaCava adopted the help with a aim of his personal shortly out of the halftime break to provide SAFC some further insurance coverage earlier than the Locomotive grabbed a aim again within the 71st minute.
Scoring Abstract:
SAFC: Diogo Pacheco (Assisted by Jake LaCava) 3’
SAFC: Jake LaCava (Assisted by Alexis Souahy) 52’
ELP: Trialist 71’
Subsequent Up
San Antonio FC closes out its preseason slate Saturday, March 1 in a closed-door pleasant towards Houston Dynamo FC. The tenth anniversary season offered by Toyota will open towards Monterey Bay F.C. Saturday, March 8 at Toyota Subject. Tickets are on sale now at SanAntonioFC.com or on the SAFC app.
SAFC Beginning XI: Richard Sanchez, Mitchell Taintor, Alexis Souahy, Jimmy Medranda (Trialist 57’), Shannon Gomez (Alex Crognale 77’), Almir Soto (Mohamed Omar 57’), Nicky Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Diogo Pacheco (Juan Osorio 77’), Jake LaCava, Juan Agudelo (Dmitrii Erofeev 77’)
Quotes:
Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez
(On the group’s efficiency…)
“The group performed rather well. Based mostly on the type of play that we have now for this yr, I believed we executed very nicely. I do suppose that there was additionally a development from the sport that we performed towards Houston Dynamo, though we appeared actually good there once we performed towards their first group, after which all through the weeks, we had been beginning to gel higher and understanding extra so with what the coaches and Coach Carlos has requested us, so , this recreation was a mirrored image of that. The outcome mirrored it, and so now it’s, extra so ensuring that we’re in step with that.”
(On what the group is seeking to enhance within the ultimate preseason match…)
“, simply smaller particulars, once more, based mostly off the type of play that we have now, which is a possessive type of play, simply ensuring that we’re exact with our passes, after which we’re wanting into exploiting the areas that the opposition provides us, so I feel that if we will have that mentality going ahead, I imply, it was truly mirrored on this recreation as nicely, and if we will simply be in step with that, I feel that we’ll have a fantastic yr.”
Ahead Jake LaCava
(On contributing to each targets on the day…)
“Clearly, it’s day anytime you possibly can contribute and play a hand in each targets, but in addition, for the reason that preseason has gotten underway, I’ve been very clear with what my position is on the group, and I’m very assured in my talents and my strengths this season. I feel there’s guys round me which are very assured of their strengths and their talents, and , I feel all of our strengths simply type of mesh nicely collectively, and I feel that’s type of what has been the important thing for me and serving to me this preseason thus far, however I’ve come again in assured and a number of the opposite guys have too, and we’re simply gonna construct off this.”
(On the group scoring a number of targets in every preseason match…)
“I feel it’s been good. As one of many attackers within the unit, I feel we’re all type of nonetheless studying one another, and chemistry, and studying the fellows has loads to do with the output within the video games, nevertheless it’s been good thus far. There’s been targets in each single certainly one of our video games such as you stated, and that’s one thing that maintain our heads excessive on. We’ve performed some powerful competitors, some actually robust school groups who’ve sat again, and so they’ve actually examined us, and we’ve needed to undergo the method of breaking groups down. Then right this moment with El Paso, they pressed a bit bit greater, and we had to determine some runs in behind, so I feel it’s good that we’re scoring in several types of methods … I feel for the reason that begin of preseason till now, we’ve been a lot better at taking our probabilities and within the ultimate third, and we’ll solely proceed to get higher on that.”
