Ignacio Bailone Scores Fourth Goal of the Season in Road Loss
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 24, 2023) – San Antonio FC fell 1-3 at Sacramento Republic FC tonight to move to 6-3-7 on the season.
Sacramento struck early, converting a penalty in the seventh minute to take the lead. Just before halftime, a second goal in the 39th minute would make it a two goal halftime deficit for SAFC.
Ignacio Bailone put SAFC on the scoreboard in the 74th minute, scoring his fourth goal of the season on an assist from Tani Oluwaseyi to make it a one score match.
After goalkeeper Jordan Farr was shown a red card, Sacramento would add a third goal in the 89th minute.
Next Up
San Antonio FC returns home next weekend, hosting Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday, July 1. Kickoff from Toyota Field is set for 8:00 p.m. CT, with tickets on sale now at SanAntonioFC.com or the SAFC. The match will also be broadcast locally on Bally Sports Southwest, or nationally on ESPN+.
Postgame Notes:
- San Antonio FC moves to 6-3-7 on the season with 25 points.
- Defender Zico Bailey made his first start since May 7, after assisting in last week’s match at San Diego Loyal SC.
- Defender Ismael Jome made his SAFC debut, entering as a substitute in the 66th minute
- Forward Ignacio Bailone’s goal in the 74th minute was his fourth of the season, the second-most on the team.
- Forward Tani Oluwaseyi assisted on Bailone’s goal, his team-leading third of the season.
Quotes:
Head Coach Alen Marcina
(On the loss…)
“We’re as a collective disappointed with the result, to go down a goal that early … was difficult. And to have an injury, obviously we faced some challenges and adversity tonight. We fought hard to try and come back, and got one back, unfortunately had a player sent off and made it difficult. Yeah disappointed, we’ll learn from this, put it behind us, move on and be ready for our next opponent.”
(On the team’s resilience…)
“We did do some good things tonight, made it very difficult for Sacramento and created some good opportunities, but at the end of the day we didn’t do enough to get a result. Obviously as a collective we’re disappointed, and just more hungry to bounce back and have a big result against Birmingham.”
Defender Connor Maloney
(On the loss…)
“The boys went down in the eighth minute, I take full responsibility for that one. Took a guy down in the box, gotta take that one on the chin and learn from it, and do anything and everything this week to make it up. I think the guys fought, fought hard, there was a lot of resilience tonight. Went down 2-0, came back 2-1 gave ourselves a chance, throughout the game there were a lot of positives to take away from it. So I’m proud of the boys for their resilience, and we move on and we look at Birmingham now.”
(On how the team will look to bounce back…)
“I think he [Alen Marcina] does a good job of having a mindset shift to the next game. This is a marathon not a sprint. There’s always the next game, and the next game is Birmingham. So we have our focus on that right now, and we’ve got to be ready because they’re a good team.”
