Jorge Hernandez and Luke Haakenson discover the web for SAFC
SAN ANTONIO (March 15, 2025) – San Antonio FC grabbed its second straight win Saturday, defeating Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 2-0 at Toyota Area.
Jorge Hernandez despatched in his first objective of the season in model, taking in an extended move and rounding the Pittsburgh goalkeeper off his line to poach the opening rating within the fifty fifth minute.
A pair of contemporary subs made an prompt impression off the bench within the 88th minute, with Alex Greive poking the ball previous a set of defenders and serving it into the field for Luke Haakenson to complete and safe the 2-0 end result.
SAFC recorded its second consecutive clear sheet of the season, holding the Riverhounds to only one shot on track within the contest.
Scoring Abstract:
SA: Jorge Hernandez (Assisted by Jimmy Medranda) 55’
SA: Luke Haakenson (Assisted by Alex Greive) 88’
Subsequent Up
San Antonio FC heads on the highway for the primary time this season to tackle Oakland Roots SC Saturday, March 22. Kickoff is about for 9:00 p.m. CT, and the match will probably be broadcast on ESPN+. The tenth anniversary season is offered by Toyota.
Postgame Notes:
SAFC improves to 2-0-0 on the season with 6 factors, tied for 1st place within the Western Convention standings.
Midfielder Jorge Hernandez scored his first objective of the season and his sixth all-time for the membership.
Midfielder Luke Haakenson scored his first objective of the season and his third all-time for the membership.
Newcomers Jimmy Medranda and Alex Greive each recorded their first assists within the match.
San Antonio outshot Pittsburgh 12-6 on the night time.
SAFC has scored in its final 11 house matches relationship again to final season.
Defender Mitchell Taintor moved into eleventh place all-time in USL Championship regular-season minutes, now with 20,122 minutes in his profession.
SAFC has solely allowed one shot on track by way of the primary two matches this season.
Midfielder Juan Osorio made his membership debut within the match, taking part in the ultimate 5 minutes.
SAFC is undefeated in its final six matches when scoring first.
Attendance: 5,876
SAFC Beginning XI: Richard Sanchez, Mitchell Taintor, Alex Crognale, Jimmy Medranda, Rece Buckmaster (Juan Osorio 86’), Almir Soto (Lucio Berron 86’), Nicky Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Diogo Pacheco (Luke Haakenson 76’), Jake LaCava (Alex Greive 76’), Juan Agudelo (Alexis Souahy 76’)
Substitutions Not Used: Brandon Gongora, Daniel Namani, Mohamed Omar, Sebastian Seiterle
Disciplinary Abstract:
SA: Yellow Card (Almir Soto) 34’
PIT: Yellow Card (Augi Williams) 42’
PIT: Yellow Card (Beto Ydarch) 72’
PIT: Yellow Card (Jorge Garcia) 87’
PIT: Yellow Card (Daniel Griffin) 90+7’
Quotes:
Head Coach Carlos Llamosa
(On the crew’s dominant protection within the season to date…)
“I might say it’s our protection as a crew, as a result of it’s these guys up entrance that begin the strain. They’re dictating the sport. We need to press and to win the ball, so these guys up entrance are doing an superior job. Everyone within the again, they’re conserving the road excessive, ensuring we don’t drop an excessive amount of and are taking part in in entrance of our goalie, and as a gaggle, I believe we’ve been doing an incredible job defensively. This one was sort of just like final week’s sport with the wind. The one distinction is that this time, we performed the primary half in opposition to the wind and didn’t have too many probabilities, however within the second half, we created probabilities and scored objectives, so it’s good to see that.”
(On the crew managing Pittsburgh’s physicality…)
“Nicely, they performed a variety of lengthy balls to the middle ahead. He’s a robust man as their foremost goal. I believe our defenders managed it nicely, after which later within the second half, once we had been up 2-0, they put one other huge goal up entrance. I believe once we went to 3 within the again, these guys did an incredible job difficult these huge targets. I assumed we dominated that sport with the lengthy balls, and we knew to anticipate that, so our guys in the present day had been able to match their physicality.”
Midfielder Luke Haakenson
(On what’s clicking for the crew defensively…)
“I believe we’re extraordinarily organized. I believe we’re very compact entrance to again, and I believe you will have 11 guys which might be dedicated to doing a variety of work, so I don’t assume it’s anybody man on the market. I believe for those who look prime to backside, it’s a variety of guys who’re dedicated to defending and placing in a shift, and you realize, more often than not protection wins video games, and also you noticed that tonight.
(On heading to the highway the subsequent two weeks…)
“Should you have a look at our squad, we have now a variety of skilled guys who’ve been across the league, been in different leagues. I don’t assume journey goes to be a problem for us. I believe if something, it’s a time for us to bond even additional, as a result of we’re away from house, and we get to be collectively extra on the highway and spend time collectively much more, so I believe it’s constructive and it’ll be a great check subsequent weekend.”
Midfielder Jorge Hernandez
(On the win…)
“It’s constructive. I really feel like we’ve been working exhausting in these previous two weeks. Two video games, two wins, two clear sheets, you realize, we’re right here to show a degree, and I really feel like we began the season on the correct foot.”
(On going through a troublesome crew in Pittsburgh…)
“Pittsburgh is a superb crew, giving them credit score. They’re good defensively, a really direct crew, and I simply felt like, you realize, we had been operating the sport first half. We had been operating, ready for the possibility and we bought it, and we scored it first, and after that, I really feel like the sport opened up somewhat.”
