San Antonio FC (5-0-3) beat OKC Energy FC (1-4-3) 4-0 at Toyota Field on Wednesday night. Goals from Luis Solignac, PC, Mitchell Taintor and Gonzalo Di Renzo earned the Alamo City club its biggest win of the season to remain unbeaten in 2020.
“It was a strong showing from start to finish, said SAFC Head Coach Alen Marcina. “I am incredibly proud of the guys. We put forth two objectives tonight, to apply high intensity in attack and when we press, and we felt like the guys executed that well.”
SAFC opened the scoring early after Solignac found the end of a rebound and tapped the ball into an open net in the third minute of the match for the 1-0 lead. The hosts added their second of the night in the 14th minute after a handball in the visitors’ box resulted in a penalty kick, which midfielder PC buried to double the lead and tally his first goal for the club en route to an SWBC Man of the Match performance.
The Alamo City club added their third goal of the night after Taintor found the end of a set piece from midfielder Cristian Parano and headed it past goalkeeper CJ Cochran, marking the defender’s first goal for the club as well. SAFC sealed the win in the 67th minute after Di Renzo found midfielder Jose Gallegos on a counter-attack in which the San Antonio native dribbled out of trouble and found Di Renzo inside the box to take the 4-0 lead.
San Antonio native Matthew Cardone recorded his second clean sheet of the season and 16th overall for the club, tying the club record for most all-time shutouts. Cardone is the only player on the SAFC roster who has been with the club since its 2016 inaugural campaign.
The night marked a special one for SAFC as local boy Leo Torres made his USL Championship debut, marking the first full-time SAFC Pro Academy player to work his way up the academy ranks to make his league debut with the first team. Torres joined the SAFC Pro Academy in its 2016 inaugural year with its founding U-12 team.
The Alamo City club will return to USL Championship action on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. as the team hosts FC Tulsa at Toyota Field.
Scoring Summary:
SAFC: 1-0, Luis Solignac 3’
SAFC: 2-0, PC (penalty) 14’
SAFC: 3-0, Mitch Taintor (Cristian Parano assist) 42’
SAFC:4-0, Gonzalo Di Renzo (Jose Gallegos assist) 67’
Disciplinary Summary:
SAFC: Yellow Card (PC) 25’
OKC: Yellow Card (Jonathan Brown) 28’
OKC: Yellow Card (Jose Hernandez) 41’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Mitch Taintor) 45’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Hunter Gorskie) 66’
SAFC Starting XI: GK: Matthew Cardone; D: Connor Maloney, Mitchell Taintor, Hunter Gorskie (c), Joshua Yaro, Blake Smith; M: Zach Herivaux (Hayden Partain 72’), PC (Santiago Viera 84’), Cristian Parano (Gonzalo Di Renzo 60’); F: Jose Gallegos (Leo Torres 72’), Luis Solignac (Ignacio Bailone 60’)
Substitutions not used: Carlos Mercado, Kai Greene
Postgame Notes:
- San Antonio FC defeated OKC Energy FC 4-0 at home to take their unbeaten streak to eight matches – the halfway point of the season…SAFC improves their record to 4-1-7 against the Energy including three straight wins, outscoring OKC 10-1 in those matches
- SAFC scored four goals in the game, marking their highest output of the 2020 season so far…the three goals scored in the first-half tie the most in club history and are the most this season…SAFC has previously scored at least four goals in a match six times, compiling a 6-0-0 record in those games
- SAFC forward Luis Solignac scored his third goal of the season, and the 200th regular season goal in SAFC history…some notables from the first 200 SAFC goals:
- First goal: Jason Johnson at TAC (4/3/16)
- Fastest goal: 0:32 – own goal (Michael Gallagher), vs. SLC 7/21/18
- 100th goal: Ever Guzman vs. SLC (7/21/18)
- 150th goal: Cristian Parano vs. ATX (7/3/19)
- Most goals (ind. all-time): Ever Guzman – 23
- Most goals (team single-game): 5, vs. NMU (8/24/19)
- 200th goal: Luis Solignac vs. OKC (8/19/20)
- San Antonio FC scored four goals tonight by four different goalscorers (Solignac, PC, Taintor, Di Renzo)…SAFC has now had nine different goalscorers this season over the course of eight matches…the goals for PC and Taintor marked their first for SAFC
- Both SAFC midfielder Cristian Parano and forward Jose Gallegos recorded assists in the victory…the dime marks the third for Parano in 2020 and the second for Gallegos
- San Antonio FC midfielder Leo Torres made his SAFC league debut, marking the first full-time SAFC Pro Academy player to see league minutes…Torres joined the academy on day one in 2016 and has progressed through each level…midfielder originally made his club debut in the Open Cup in 2019
- With tonight’s clean sheet, SAFC has now shutout their opponents in five of eight league matches in 2020…goalkeeper Matthew Cardone recorded his second clean sheet of the season and 16th overall for SAFC, tying him for the most all-time alongside Diego Restrepo for the club
- For the first time this season, SAFC used all five available substitutes…the league temporarily changed the rules from three subs allowed to five for the 2020 season
San Antonio FC (5-0-3) beat OKC Energy FC (1-4-3) 4-0 at Toyota Field on Wednesday night. Goals from Luis Solignac, PC, Mitchell Taintor and Gonzalo Di Renzo earned the Alamo City club its biggest win of the season to remain unbeaten in 2020.
“It was a strong showing from start to finish, said SAFC Head Coach Alen Marcina. “I am incredibly proud of the guys. We put forth two objectives tonight, to apply high intensity in attack and when we press, and we felt like the guys executed that well.”
SAFC opened the scoring early after Solignac found the end of a rebound and tapped the ball into an open net in the third minute of the match for the 1-0 lead. The hosts added their second of the night in the 14th minute after a handball in the visitors’ box resulted in a penalty kick, which midfielder PC buried to double the lead and tally his first goal for the club en route to an SWBC Man of the Match performance.
The Alamo City club added their third goal of the night after Taintor found the end of a set piece from midfielder Cristian Parano and headed it past goalkeeper CJ Cochran, marking the defender’s first goal for the club as well. SAFC sealed the win in the 67th minute after Di Renzo found midfielder Jose Gallegos on a counter-attack in which the San Antonio native dribbled out of trouble and found Di Renzo inside the box to take the 4-0 lead.
San Antonio native Matthew Cardone recorded his second clean sheet of the season and 16th overall for the club, tying the club record for most all-time shutouts. Cardone is the only player on the SAFC roster who has been with the club since its 2016 inaugural campaign.
The night marked a special one for SAFC as local boy Leo Torres made his USL Championship debut, marking the first full-time SAFC Pro Academy player to work his way up the academy ranks to make his league debut with the first team. Torres joined the SAFC Pro Academy in its 2016 inaugural year with its founding U-12 team.
The Alamo City club will return to USL Championship action on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. as the team hosts FC Tulsa at Toyota Field.
Scoring Summary:
SAFC: 1-0, Luis Solignac 3’
SAFC: 2-0, PC (penalty) 14’
SAFC: 3-0, Mitch Taintor (Cristian Parano assist) 42’
SAFC:4-0, Gonzalo Di Renzo (Jose Gallegos assist) 67’
Disciplinary Summary:
SAFC: Yellow Card (PC) 25’
OKC: Yellow Card (Jonathan Brown) 28’
OKC: Yellow Card (Jose Hernandez) 41’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Mitch Taintor) 45’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Hunter Gorskie) 66’
SAFC Starting XI: GK: Matthew Cardone; D: Connor Maloney, Mitchell Taintor, Hunter Gorskie (c), Joshua Yaro, Blake Smith; M: Zach Herivaux (Hayden Partain 72’), PC (Santiago Viera 84’), Cristian Parano (Gonzalo Di Renzo 60’); F: Jose Gallegos (Leo Torres 72’), Luis Solignac (Ignacio Bailone 60’)
Substitutions not used: Carlos Mercado, Kai Greene
Postgame Notes:
- San Antonio FC defeated OKC Energy FC 4-0 at home to take their unbeaten streak to eight matches – the halfway point of the season…SAFC improves their record to 4-1-7 against the Energy including three straight wins, outscoring OKC 10-1 in those matches
- SAFC scored four goals in the game, marking their highest output of the 2020 season so far…the three goals scored in the first-half tie the most in club history and are the most this season…SAFC has previously scored at least four goals in a match six times, compiling a 6-0-0 record in those games
- SAFC forward Luis Solignac scored his third goal of the season, and the 200th regular season goal in SAFC history…some notables from the first 200 SAFC goals:
- First goal: Jason Johnson at TAC (4/3/16)
- Fastest goal: 0:32 – own goal (Michael Gallagher), vs. SLC 7/21/18
- 100th goal: Ever Guzman vs. SLC (7/21/18)
- 150th goal: Cristian Parano vs. ATX (7/3/19)
- Most goals (ind. all-time): Ever Guzman – 23
- Most goals (team single-game): 5, vs. NMU (8/24/19)
- 200th goal: Luis Solignac vs. OKC (8/19/20)
- San Antonio FC scored four goals tonight by four different goalscorers (Solignac, PC, Taintor, Di Renzo)…SAFC has now had nine different goalscorers this season over the course of eight matches…the goals for PC and Taintor marked their first for SAFC
- Both SAFC midfielder Cristian Parano and forward Jose Gallegos recorded assists in the victory…the dime marks the third for Parano in 2020 and the second for Gallegos
- San Antonio FC midfielder Leo Torres made his SAFC league debut, marking the first full-time SAFC Pro Academy player to see league minutes…Torres joined the academy on day one in 2016 and has progressed through each level…midfielder originally made his club debut in the Open Cup in 2019
- With tonight’s clean sheet, SAFC has now shutout their opponents in five of eight league matches in 2020…goalkeeper Matthew Cardone recorded his second clean sheet of the season and 16th overall for SAFC, tying him for the most all-time alongside Diego Restrepo for the club
- For the first time this season, SAFC used all five available substitutes…the league temporarily changed the rules from three subs allowed to five for the 2020 season
