Carter Manley scores third purpose of the season in victory
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 5, 2024) – San Antonio FC took down second-place Sacramento Republic FC Saturday, posting a 2-1 win at Toyota Area.
San Antonio fell behind within the 4th minute, with Sacramento scoring the opening purpose to take an early 1-0 lead.
SAFC was fast to equalize out of the halftime break, as Carter Manley broke via with an interception and slotted within the end from distance within the forty ninth minute. San Antonio’s offense continued to use stress, forcing a Sacramento personal purpose within the eighty fifth minute to take all three factors on the evening.
Subsequent Up
San Antonio FC kicks off a two-match street journey subsequent week, first visiting Copa Tejas rival El Paso Locomotive FC Wednesday, Oct. 9. Kickoff is about for 8:00 p.m. CT, and the match will probably be broadcast on ESPN+. This season is introduced by Toyota.
Scoring Abstract
SAC: Kieran Phillips (Assisted by Jack Gurr) 4’
SA: Carter Manley 49’
SA: Jared Timmer (Personal purpose) 85’
Postgame Notes:
SAFC improves to 9-14-7 on the season with 34 factors, sitting two factors under the playoff line with 4 matches remaining.
SAFC strikes to 6-7-3 all-time towards Sacramento, notching its first win over Republic since September 2022.
Defender Carter Manley scored his third purpose of the season and the fifth of his SAFC profession.
SAFC has scored in its final seven dwelling matches this season.
San Antonio outshot Sacramento 17-10 on the evening, the fifteenth time this season SAFC has matched or outshot its opponent.
Goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega made three saves on the evening.
Attendance: 6,875
SAFC Beginning XI: Pablo Sisniega, Kendall Burks (Trova Boni 46’), Mitchell Taintor (captain), Carter Manley, Rece Buckmaster (Shannon Gomez 69’), Nelson Flores Blanco, Bura, Luke Haakenson (Sofiane Djeffal 46’), Jorge Hernandez, Juan Agudelo (Hugo Mbongue 80’), Luis Solignac
Substitutions Not Used: Jesús Brígido, Jake LaCava, Richard Sanchez
Disciplinary Abstract:
SAC: Cristian Parano (Yellow Card) 12’
SAC: Jared Timmer (Yellow Card) 22’
SAC: Trevor Amann (Yellow Card) 68’
SA: Nelson Flores Blanco (Yellow Card) 78’
Quotes:
Head Coach Alen Marcina
(On the win…)
“I imply, that was a convincing victory. We had been the aggressors from begin to end. We, within the evening, positively deserved and earned the three factors. In case you have a look at the sport in its totality, we took a web page out of our previous e book. That was the SAFC means that individuals have recognized and acknowledged and supported. It was extremely laborious work. The blokes put in an unimaginable shift, and so they deserved these three factors.”
(On the substitutions bringing vitality to the match…)
“That that’s our expectation. We ask guys, if you enter the sport, you’ve bought to convey that vitality and depth. Your teammates, who could also be fatigued, feed off of that vitality and depth, and that’s what they did. They continued to be the aggressors, with and with out the ball, relentless. I imply, we pressed for 90-plus minutes. It was spectacular, and the fellows, they’re exhausted, however they earned the three factors towards the most effective groups within the league.”
(On the upcoming fixture towards El Paso …)
“There’s no straightforward video games right here. It’s any crew, as we simply confirmed. We beat the most effective groups, not solely within the Western Convention, however within the league, so each recreation is a struggle. Each recreation is a battle. El Paso gained tonight, so that they’ll even be assured going again dwelling, and this will probably be an entertaining recreation. It’s each groups that can struggle, so it’s going to be an enormous battle.”
Defender Carter Manley
(On the crew’s response to happening a purpose…)
“Yeah, the mentality was for positive there. Everybody was combating. Everybody was placing in tackles. Nobody gave up. Resilience was examined early with that early purpose, and we responded nicely. We responded collectively and that led to us being profitable and successful the sport.”
Defender Mitchell Taintor
(On the crew’s comeback…)
“We’ve gone down a lot this yr, and we’ve actually struggled to dig ourselves out of that gap and struggle via the sport and actually imagine that we will get one thing from it. Though I would like us not go down 1-0 tonight, the truth that we had the resilience and the willpower to maintain pushing and shopping for into what we mentioned we had been going to do all week, and to execute that and get the tying purpose, after which to not simply relaxation down and say, ‘Pay attention, we might take a tie right here. It nonetheless wouldn’t be that dangerous. You recognize, we get some extent.’ We stored pushing and it was uncomfortable, however you recognize that that’s what winners do, and I feel it was a extremely good evening that set a great basis for the subsequent 4 video games.”
