SAFC Remains in First Place in USL Championship Western Conference
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (August 27, 2022) – San Antonio FC fell 0-1 tonight at Indy Eleven, falling to 18-5-3 with 57 points to remain first in the USL Championship Western Conference standings.
Indy struck just before halftime, scoring in the 40th minute for the final 0-1 scoreline.
San Antonio FC heads to California next week to take on Oakland Roots SC, with the Saturday match broadcast on Bally Sports Southwest Extra and ESPN+. Kickoff is set for 9:00 p.m. CT.
Scoring Summary:
IND: 0-1, Robby Dambrot (Assisted by Juan Tejada) 40’
Disciplinary Summary:
IND: Yellow Card (Juan Tejada) 14’
IND: Yellow Card (Sam Brown) 45+5’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Jasser Khmiri) 79’
SAFC: Yellow Card (Mohammed Abu) 86’
IND: Yellow Card (Tim Trilk) 90+8’
Attendance: 10,081
SAFC Starting XI: GK: Jordan Farr; D: Jordy Delem (Shannon Gomez 45’), Jasser Khmiri, Mitchell Taintor, PC (captain) (Nicky Hernandez 90+1’), Connor Maloney; M: Cristian Parano (Deshane Beckford ‘76), Elliot Collier (Samuel Adeniran 53’), Mohammed Abu, F: Santiago Patiño, Justin Dhillon (Ignacio Bailone 64’)
Substitutions not used: Grant Makela, Ates Diouf
Postgame Notes:
- SAFC moves to 18-5-2 on the season with 57 points, leading the USL Championship Western Conference.
- Defender Connor Maloney led the team with seven tackles, extending his team lead with 72 on the season.
- SAFC outshot Indy 12-5, with a 6-2 edge in shots on target.
Quotes:
Head Coach Alen Marcina
(On the loss…)
“Disappointed we didn’t get a result. We created some very good opportunities, we know and we have to be better. We put one of those away, it’s a different game. We clearly outshot the opponent, they had one half chance, a slight deflection, goal. But again that’s less about what they did. Our pressing actions were fantastic, guys were committed to being aggressive in our pressing actions, fantastic. We won the ball in good spots, they basically gave us the ball, again due to our pressing. Again created high-quality opportunities that we have to be better at executing – that final action.”
(On getting ready for the next matches…)
“It’s been a few opponents now, we have a new challenge that we’re going to have to come up with solutions [to]. Deliberately slowing down, killing the game, it’s a new challenge and a new set of adversity that we’ve got to find some solutions to. It was clear tonight again, unfortunately there wasn’t a solution, and we’ve got to learn from this, move on and reflect and be better moving forward.”