Juan Agudelo and Kevon Lambert internet targets within the draw
SAN ANTONIO (Could 4, 2024) – San Antonio FC took a degree away from its contest with Oakland Roots after a 2-2 draw Saturday at Toyota Discipline.
After a scoreless first half, the guests took the lead first with a sixty fifth minute objective. San Antonio was fast to equalize, as Bura curled a ball in for Juan Agudelo to punch residence within the 73rd minute. Kevon Lambert gave SAFC the lead simply six minutes later, heading residence a cross from Jorge Hernandez. A handball name within the penalty space allowed Oakland to transform within the 84th minute and even the rating again up at 2-2.
Subsequent Up
San Antonio FC enters the U.S. Open Cup Spherical of 32 at Indy Eleven on Wednesday, Could 8. Kickoff is ready for six:00 p.m. CT, and the match will probably be streamed on-line. If SAFC advances, it would host the winner of Houston Dynamo FC vs. Detroit Metropolis FC at Toyota Discipline within the Spherical of 16. This season is offered by Toyota.
Scoring Abstract:
OAK: Miche-Naider Chery (Assisted by Trayvone Reid) 65’
SAFC: Juan Agudelo (Assisted by Bura) 73’
SAFC: Kevon Lambert (Assisted by Jorge Hernandez) 79’
OAK: Johnny Rodriguez (Penalty) 84’
Postgame Notes:
SAFC strikes to 3-2-4 on the season with 13 factors, sitting in fifth place within the Western Convention.
San Antonio stays undefeated in opposition to the Roots all-time, main the sequence 3-0-3.
Juan Agudelo and Kevon Lambert every scored their second targets for the membership within the draw.
SAFC completed the night time with 9 photographs and 5 photographs heading in the right direction.
San Antonio’s 14 targets in 9 matches lead the Western Convention.
Richard Windbichler makes his first profession look for SAFC on the night time.
Together with his league-leading fifth help of the season, Jorge Hernandez is 2 assists shy of tying San Antonio’s all-time file, now with 15 whole in his membership profession.
SAFC has out-possessed all of its opponents this season, main Oakland with 61%.
Eight of San Antonio’s 14 targets this season have come within the seventy fifth minute or later.
Attendance: 7,437
SAFC Beginning XI: Pablo Sisniega, Trova Boni, Kendall Burks, Kevon Lambert (captain), Shannon Gomez, Mohamed Omar, Bura, Lucas Silva (Kameron Lacey 26’), Jorge Hernandez, Machop Chol (Richard Windbichler 83’), Juan Agudelo
Substitutions Not Used: Eduardo Fernandez, Kendall McIntosh, Jose Mulato, Dalziel Ozuna, Gio Padilla
Disciplinary Abstract:
SAFC: Yellow Card (Machop Chol) 30’
OAK: Yellow Card (Estgar Cruz) 43’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Mohamed Omar) 55’
OAK: Yellow Card (Trayvone Reid) 68’
OAK: Yellow Card (Baboucarr Njie) 76’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Kevon Lambert) 82’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Pablo Sisniega) 84’
Quotes:
Head Coach Alen Marcina
(On the draw…)
“It’s a optimistic outcome. I’m happy with the blokes’ response from final week. I requested them to be to be vocal, loud by communication utilizing our sport mannequin rules but additionally with their toes, and I consider strongly they did that tonight. We managed the sport, in my view, from begin to end and once more out-possessed the opponent. We have been of their half majority of the sport. I consider we created extra photographs than our opponent, however we had seven photographs from throughout the field, which was very, superb. Yeah, all in all optimistic. We’ll construct from this shifting ahead.”
(On breaking down groups at Toyota Discipline…)
“Once more, we have now our plan, our technique. It’s not simple. We attempt to put ourselves in good positions, and clearly we did. We don’t get seven photographs inside their field if we didn’t put ourselves in good positions, so we did break them down with time. If we’re a bit extra scientific, possibly the result’s a bit bit completely different on the finish, but it surely’s a piece in progress.”
Midfielder Mohamed Omar
(On the draw…)
“Truthfully, I believed the group did nicely to reply from final week’s efficiency. We’re actually happy with that. The sport was form of an up-and-down sport, however I believed all all through we imposed our type of play and we managed the sport, and I feel there are numerous positives you may take away from this sport and use them to look ahead to our midweek sport within the Open Cup.”
(On the staff’s communication development…)
I feel there was actually an enormous enchancment right this moment. Coach has been sincere about that, and we see that as a room for enchancment. We’re not right here to level fingers and say no one’s doing this nicely sufficient and whatnot. All of us wish to achieve success individually and as a staff, so collectively, we see our communication as being an space that wants some enchancment, and I feel in a match like tonight, there was numerous good communication on the sector, numerous constructive criticism, and I feel it helped all people. I used to be actually, actually happy to see the way in which you guys are speaking for the total 90 minutes.”
Midfielder Kevon Lambert
(On the draw…)
“Just a little disillusioned that we didn’t get the three factors on the finish of the day, however I believed I feel the blokes put out a very good efficiency. I feel we deserved extra from this sport, the way in which we fought from the primary minute to the final, so a bit disillusioned however actually happy with the blokes’ combat right this moment.”
(On making ready for the midweek Open Cup match…)
“We all know it’s gonna be powerful realizing that the sport is just some days away, so I feel we simply concentrate on restoration proper now and take all of the positives from tonight and go into the sport on Wednesday. If we take these positives and construct on among the issues that we noticed tonight going into that sport, I feel we needs to be high quality.”
