SAFC posts fourth shutout of the season
SAN ANTONIO (June 7, 2025) – San Antonio FC kicked off June with its largest win of the season, recording a 3-0 victory in opposition to Las Vegas Lights FC Saturday at Toyota Discipline.
SAFC took a fast lead within the thirteenth minute, as Andres Paredes slotted dwelling the penalty kick for his first aim for the membership. Rece Buckmaster discovered Luke Haakenson with a by way of ball from the sting of the field to double San Antonio’s lead within the twenty seventh minute, sending SAFC into halftime up 2-0.
Paredes practically poached his second rating of the night time within the 61st minute as his close-range shot was saved, however Jorge Hernandez despatched the rebound in for his seventh aim of the season.
Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez made three saves within the match to put up his fourth clear sheet this 12 months.
Scoring Abstract:
SA: Andres Paredes (Penalty) 13’
SA: Luke Haakenson (Assisted by Rece Buckmaster) 28’
SA: Jorge Hernandez 61’
Subsequent Up
San Antonio FC heads to the street subsequent weekend to face Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday, June 14. Kickoff is about for 10:00 p.m. CT, and the match will likely be broadcast on FanDuel Sports activities Community and ESPN+. The tenth anniversary season is introduced by Toyota.
Postgame Notes:
SAFC improves to 6-4-2 on the season, transferring to 3rd place within the Western Convention standings with 20 factors.
San Antonio leads the all-time collection in opposition to Las Vegas 7-2-3, recording its first win over the Lights since Could 2023.
Ahead Andres Paredes scored his first aim for the membership, changing into the ninth totally different scorer for SAFC this season.
Midfielder Jorge Hernandez has 5 aim contributions in San Antonio’s final 4 dwelling matches.
Hernandez’s seven objectives this season are tied for fourth-most within the league.
SAFC has scored in its final 17 USL Championship dwelling matches.
Midfielder Luke Haakenson scored his third aim of the season, good for second on the group.
SAFC scored two objectives within the first half for the primary time since March 29, additionally scoring three objectives for the third time.
San Antonio is unbeaten in its final 35 league matches when main at halftime (32-0-3) courting again to October 2021.
San Antonio’s eight photographs on aim are a team-high this season.
Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez’s 4 clear sheets this season are tied for fourth-most in USL Championship.
Ricos SAFC Professional Academy member Dyllan Mendoza made his first USL Championship look.
Attendance: 5,393
SAFC Beginning XI: Richard Sanchez, Alex Crognale, Mitchell Taintor (Captain), Rece Buckmaster (Juan Osorio 84’), Nelson Flores Blanco, Almir Soto (Nicky Hernandez 72’), Lucio Berron, Luke Haakenson (Dyllan Mendoza 84’), Jorge Hernandez (Juan Agudelo 84’), Andres Paredes, Jake LaCava (Dmitrii Erofeev 72’)
Substitutions Not Used: Jimmy Medranda, Daniel Namani, Alexis Souahy
Disciplinary Abstract:
LV: Yellow Card (Vaughn Covil) 24’
LV: Yellow Card (Elias Gärtig) 38’
LV: Yellow Card (Shaft Brewer Jr.) 42’
LV: Yellow Card (Younes Boudadi) 50’
SA: Yellow Card (Lucio Berron) 86’
LV: Yellow Card (Valentin Noël) 90+4’
Quotes:
Head Coach Carlos Llamosa
(On the win…)
“I really feel good, glad, glad. There’s nonetheless issues to work on, however as I stated, we have to discover a method to get outcomes. There have been moments that we dropped our sport. We gave up possession in the present day, however all people was in entrance of the ball. We didn’t enable any by way of passes. We didn’t enable something harmful, aside from in all probability one play within the second half, in order that’s the best way. Generally you don’t play superbly, however you need to maintain the outcomes, and that’s what they did. They managed all the 90 minutes fairly nicely.”
(On what was totally different tonight…)
“The angle, the depth, you understand, I believe from kick off, the blokes went at it. The PK, that first aim got here from the group pressuring up high earlier than the error from the goalkeeper, and that was one thing that we labored on through the week, particularly at dwelling, that we should be extra aggressive. We’d like to verify groups come right here they usually have a tricky time enjoying in opposition to us.”
(On the group’s chemistry…)
“Which means quite a bit as a result of now we have locker room. You realize, now we have gamers from all around the world with totally different backgrounds, and when you spend time in that locker room, you see these guys appear to be a household, particularly after we play away. I used to be mentioning to my employees the opposite day, I’ve by no means seen a group with that chemistry. You realize, I see guys from South America sitting on the identical desk with American guys or European guys, issues like that … Seeing these guys, my guys, sitting on the identical desk after they’re coming from totally different backgrounds, meaning quite a bit to me.”
Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez
(On the group’s fourth clear sheet…)
“We spoke truly at first of the week as a gaggle and talked about some issues that maybe we simply obtained to deal with to attempt to get the consequence this in the present day, as a result of we all know that, going into the subsequent three matches, massive matches, it’s going to be robust, so we simply set some objectives throughout the week to deal with and we did hone in on these small particulars, and it mirrored on the sector in the present day, and we have been in a position to get the consequence.”
(On the group constructing camaraderie this season…)
“In a sport like this, you bought to be united, or any group sport, so we’re lucky to have a very good locker room, numerous actually good guys. All of us get alongside very well, and we simply obtained to guarantee that we put all that good power onto the sector as nicely and get outcomes. When you have got an evening like this, it sort of displays on the group that now we have, and we’re seeking to construct on … We’re on the lookout for extra outcomes persevering with ahead, so we’re going to proceed to work to get that.”
Midfielder Jorge Hernandez
(On the efficiency…)
“I felt like we have been simply cleaner on the ball. I really feel that in video games earlier than, we have been giving up easy passes, making easy errors that perhaps led to them scoring on us first or a nasty turnover, and I felt like in the present day was very clear from everybody, from the goalkeeper to our striker, in order that’s one thing that’s been actually good in the present day.”
(On what went nicely…)
“Everyone was dedicated. We talked about it that we had been giving up too many straightforward objectives and numerous PKs, so this week, we centered quite a bit on defending, and now we have nice defenders. We’re simply making easy errors, and we cleaned that up, and we scored three, and we stored the clear sheet.”
(On the group’s discuss at first of the week…)
“It’s all the time good to speak amongst ourselves. On the finish of the day, we’re those on the pitch, so we see it’s coming from ourselves. I really feel prefer it’s higher we’re seeing it as an alternative of the coaches telling us, and taking accountability for our errors, and I really feel like that actually helped.”
