Tucson, AZ (August 7, 2021) - North Texas SC defeated FC Tucson 2-0 to earn its first win on the road on Saturday night at Kino North Stadium.
Game Summary
First Half:
- 12’ SHOT (NTX) – Eddie Munjoma attempted a shot from the middle of the box that was saved on the line by Wallis Lapsley.
- 15’ GOAL (NTX) – A give and go with Nicky Hernandez inside of the box was able to set Kazu up to send it into the back post to give North Texas the 1-0 lead.
- 40’ GOAL (NTX) – Deri Corfe had his two close range shots saved back to back by Richard Sanchez at the
Second Half:
- 54’ SAVE (NTX) – Daniel Bedoya’s long range effort was comfortably dealt with by Richard Sanchez.
- 84’ SAVE (NTX) – Giovanni Calixtro tried to lob the ball over Richard Sanchez but he was quick to come off his line and deny the attempt.
- 89’ SAVE (NTX) – A cross from the right side by FC Tucson was dealt with easily in the air by Sanchez.
Lineups:
North Texas SC — Richard Sanchez; Eddie Munjoma (Mark Salas – 87’), Caiser Gomes, Rio Ramirez, Derek Waldeck, Imanol Almaguer, Blaine Ferri (Hope Avayevu – 81’), Nicky Hernandez (Mikey Maldonado – 65’) , Gibran Rayo, Bernard Kamungo (Collin Smith – 80’), Kazu (Gabriel Morais – 64’)
Substitutes not used — Collin Shutler.
FC Tucson — Wallis Lapsley, Maximiliano Schenfeld, Dakota Barnathan, Kaelon Fox, Noah Franke, Manuel Ferriol, Daniel Bedoya (Giovanni Calixtro – 60’), Charlie Dennis (Shak Adams – 60’), Deri Corfe (Kevin Rodriguez – 60’), Tobenna Uzo (Mohamed Kone – 60’), Joao Delgado.
Substitutes not used — Ryan Shellow, Alex Knox, Luca Mastrantonio.
Scoring Summary:
NTX: Kazu (Nicky Hernandez) – 14’
NTX: Gibran Rayo (Juan Galindrez) – 30’
Misconduct Summary:
TUC: Manuel Ferriol (Caution) — 16’*
TUC:* Maximiliano Schenfeld (Caution) — 19’*
NTX:* Kazu (Caution) — 48’*
NTX:* Eddie Munjoma (Caution) — 78’
Weather: Sunny, 99℉
Referee: Melvin Rivas
Assistant Referees: Tiffini Turpin, Ken Mizuno
4th Official: Jacob Larson
