Match Information 2015 S2 Schedule Last
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
MATCH INFORMATION BRIEF This top-of-the-table clash between second place SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 Sounders FC 2 and third place LA Galaxy II is also the first-ever match between the two teams. LA II has won its AT last two matches, and six of its last seven. LA GALAXY II S2 lost its first match at home last Friday against Tulsa Roughnecks FC and dropped to second place in the USL (6-4-1, 19 points) (6-4-2, 20 points) Western Conference following an Oklahoma City victory over Whitecaps FC 2. Kickoff: Thursday, June 11 | 7:30 p.m. PT Location: Starfire Stadium, Tukwila, Wash. SEA LA Referee: Levi Rippy Overall Record 6-4-2 6-4-1 Assistants: Mike Rottersman, Logan Griffis Goals Scored 24 15 Fourth official:Charles Spaniola Goals Scored Per Game 2.00 1.36 Goals Allowed 21 13 BROADCAST INFORMATION Goals Allowed Per Game 1.75 1.18 Live Stream: SoundersFC.com Talent: Nathan Murphy, Aaron Heinzen 2015 S2 SCHEDULE SUSPENSIONS March 21 Sacramento Republic FC W 4-2 LA: Andre Auras SEA: None March 29 Whitecaps FC 2 W 4-0 April 11 Timbers 2 W 2-1 April 16 @ Tulsa Roughnecks FC L 4-3 LAST TIME OUT April 18 @ OKC Energy FC L 2-1 April 26 @ Whitecaps FC 2 D 1-1 Sounders FC 2 (6-4-2, 20 points) lost its first home match of the season to Tulsa Roughnecks FC (4-5-2, 14 points) May 1 OC Blues FC W 2-1 by a final score of 5-1. May 9 @ Sacramento Republic FC L 3-0 May 15 OKC Energy FC W 3-1 Tulsa started the scoring in the 10th minute when forward May 22 @ Timbers 2 W 2-0 Adam Black curled a shot from 20 yards past diving S2 May 30 @ OC Blues FC D 1-1 goalkeeper Charlie Lyon. Although Rossi equalized for S2 June 5 Tulsa Roughnecks FC L 5-1 15 minutes later, Black found the net again in the 34th June 11 LA Galaxy II 7:30 p.m. PT minute to complete the brace and make it 2-1. June 16 @ Real Salt Lake - USOC 7:00 p.m. PT June 20 @ Arizona United SC 6:30 p.m. PT Tulsa midfielder Lucas Cordeiro made it 3-1 in the 40th June 25 Real Monarchs SLC 7:30 p.m. PT minute, finding a gap in the S2 backline to double the Tul- June 29 @ Timbers 2 7:00 p.m. PT sa lead. July 4 @ Whitecaps FC 2 3:00 p.m. PT S2 pushed to get a goal back throughout the second half, July 12 Arizona United SC 5:00 p.m. PT recording nine shots in the final 45 minutes. However, Tul- July 18 @ Colorado Springs FC 6:00 p.m. PT sa struck twice more late in the second half, with Kidd July 24 Timbers 2 7:30 p.m. PT Nwabueze and former-Sounder Sammy Ochoa scoring in August 1 @ Sacramento Republic FC 8:00 p.m. PT the 78th and 87th minutes, respectively. August 8 Whitecaps FC 2 7:30 p.m. PT August 19 Colorado Springs FC 7:30 p.m. PT Scoring Summary August 23 @ LA Galaxy II 5:00 p.m. PT SEA: Pablo Rossi (Sérgio Mota) 25’ August 28 @ Real Monarchs SLC 6:00 p.m. PT TUL: Adam Black 10’ 34’, Lucas Cordeiro (Brady Ballew) September 5 @ Austin Aztex 7:30 p.m. PT 40’, Kidd Nwabueze (Lucas Cordeiro) 78’, Sammy September 11 OC Blues FC 7:30 p.m. PT Ochoa 87’ September 17 Austin Aztex 7:30 p.m. PT SoundersFC.com/Media SOUNDERS FC 2 WEEKLY NOTES ABOUT LA GALAXY II GALAXY NOTABLES LA Galaxy II is in its second USL season, LA II forward Jack McBean leads the USL in advancing to the USL Western Conference shots with 33. Raul Mendiola leads the league semifinals against eventual champion with seven assists, and also has three goals on Sacramento Republic FC. LA II is led by head the season. coach Curt Onalfo, who spent two seasons as the head coach of Kansas City Wizards and Travis Bowen, brother of former Sounders FC three seasons as the LA Galaxy assistant coach. forward Tristan Bowen, has two goals for LA II this season. Ariel Lassiter leads the club with LA II is currently in third place place in the USL four goals. Western Conference with a 6-4-1 record (2-1-0 on the road). Goalkeeper Clement Diop has played nine matches for LA II, allowing 11 goals and recording two shutouts. FIRST TEAM FLUCTUATION BY THE NUMBERS Week to week, there are staples in the S2 The average age of S2’s starting roster lineup that don’t seem to change that often. against Tulsa Roughnecks FC was 20 Giuliano Frano has started in all but one game 20 years old and included five current high this season, while Andy Craven, Aaron Long school seniors and six Sounders FC Academy products. and Pablo Rossi receive a bulk of minutes as well. However, other well-known fixtures such as Damion Lowe, Oniel Fisher and Aaron Kovar S2 has scored 24 goals this season, were noticeably absent from the S2 lineup in scoring four goals twice. The Rave Green the 5-1 loss against Tulsa Roughnecks. 24 are second in the league, with only Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Eastern With injuries and international call-ups that Conference scoring more goals (26). S2 affect the First Team roster, as well as with an has only been shut out once this season. extra game due to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the S2 roster will likely be different once As a team, S2 puts 43 percent of its shots again to face LA Galaxy II, with Sounders FC on target, while holding opponents to 36 Academy players such as Choong sil Lim, 43 percent accuracy. S2 takes an average Diego Silvas and Nate Tongovula all listed as of 12 shots per game with a high of 20 possibilities for the Thursday night meeting. shots against Whitecaps FC 2 on March 29. LA has allowed 13 goals from 106 shot WEEKLY AWARDS attempts this season. DATE NAME AWARD ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS Week 1 F Andy Craven USL Team of the Week These clubs have never faced each other in league M Giuliano Frano USL Team of the Week M Pablo Rossi USL Team of the Week or Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play. USL Player of the Week Week 2 F Darwin Jones USL Team of the Week USL Player of the Week Week 4 M Giuliano Frano USL Team of the Week Week 6 D Nick Miele USL Team of the Week Week 9 F Andy Craven USL Team of the Week Week 10 D Damion Lowe USL Team of the Week Week 11 D Nick Miele USL Team of the Week SoundersFC.com/Media TEAM LEADERS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Braces: Lawal, April 16 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC Craven, May 15 vs. OKC Energy FC Hat Tricks: Jones, March 29 vs. Whitecaps FC 2 Quickest Home Goal: Jones, March 29 vs. Whitecaps FC 2 (17’) Quickest Road Goal: Lawal, April 16 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC (9’) Latest Game-Winning Goal: Frano, April 11 vs. Timbers 2 (88’) Latest Goal: Frano, April 11 vs. Timbers 2 (88’) Quickest Goal Allowed: vs. Tulsa Roughnecks - Bardsley (2’) Latest Goal Allowed: vs. OKC Energy FC - Konig (86’) Fastest Substitute Goal: Garza, March 21 vs. Sacramento Republic FC (15 seconds) TEAM STATISTICS Longest overall win streak: 3 games, March 21 - April 16 Longest home win streak: 5 games, March 21 - June 5 Longest road win streak: 1 game, May 22 - May 30 Longest overall unbeaten streak: 3 games, March 21 - April 16 Longest home unbeaten streak: 5 games, March 21 - June 5 Longest road unbeaten streak: 2 gams, May 22 - present Longest overall winless streak: 3 games, April 16 - May 1 Longest home winless streak: 1 game, June 5 - present Longest road winless streak: 4 games, April 16 - May 22 Largest margin of victory: 4 goals, March 29 vs. Whitecaps FC 2 Largest margin of defeat: 4 goals, June 5 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC Largest margin overcome: 1 goal, (three times) Most goals scored: 4 goals (twice) Most goals against: 5 goals, June 5 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC GOALS ASSISTS SHUTOUTS 1. Andy Craven 5 1. Andy Craven 4 1. Charlie Lyon 2 Darwin Jones 5 2. Sérgio 2 3. Pablo Rossi 4 3. Damion Lowe 1 4. Qudus Lawal 2 Victor Mansaray 1 Sam Garza 2 Pablo Rossi 1 6. Giuliano Frano 1 Duncan McCormick 1 Cristian Roldan 1 Aaron Long 1 Jimmy Ockford 1 Sam Garza 1 Nick Miele 1 Oalex Anderson 1 GOALS - USOC ASSISTS - USOC 1. Pablo Rossi 3 1. Tongovula 1 2. Andy Craven 2 Garza 1 3. Vic Mansaray 1 Lawal 1 SoundersFC.com/Media STATS AND STANDINGS USL WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS TEAM Pts GP RECORD HOME AWAY GF GA OKC Energy FC 21 11 6-2-3 5-1-0 1-1-3 18 13 Seattle Sounders FC 2 20 12 6-4-2 5-1-0 1-3-2 24 21 LA Galaxy II 19 11 6-4-1 4-3-1 2-1-0 15 13 Sacramento Republic FC 19 13 6-6-1 4-2-1 2-4-0 21 16 Orange County Blues FC 16 10 5-4-1 3-3-1 2-1-0 16 10 Austin Aztex 16 12 5-6-1 3-3-1 2-3-0 14 15 Switchbacks FC 15 10 5-5-0 3-1-0 2-4-0 20 14 Portland Timbers 2 14 11 4-5-2 2-2-0 2-3-2 13 16 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 14 11 4-5-2 1-3-1 3-2-1 14 17 Arizona United SC 13 10 4-5-1 1-2-1 3-3-0 11 20 Whitecaps FC 2 13 13 3-6-4 2-0-3 1-6-1 14 22 Real Monarchs SLC 8 12 1-6-5 1-2-3 0-4-2 12 20 USL EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS TEAM Pts GP RECORD HOME AWAY GF GA Rochester Rhinos 25 11 7-0-4 3-0-0 4-0-4 14 4 Charleston Battery 23 12 6-1-5 4-0-2 2-1-3 20 13 Richmond Kickers 22 12 6-2-4 4-1-2 2-1-2 21 14 Louisville City FC 17 11 5-1-5 4-0-2 1-1-3 20 8 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 16 11 4-3-4 3-1-3 1-2-1 26 21 Harrisburg City Islanders 14 9 4-3-2 2-0-1 2-3-1 18 16 Saint Louis FC 13 10 3-3-4 1-2-2 2-1-2 12 12 New York Red Bulls II 13 12 3-5-4 3-3-2 0-2-2 17 21 Charlotte Independence 9 9 2-4-3 2-1-1 0-3-2 10 13 Toronto FC II 9 10 2-5-3 0-0-1 2-5-2 9 19 Hammerheads FC 7 11 1-6-4 0-2-4 1-4-0 9 19 FC Montreal 4 10 1-8-1 1-5-1 0-3-0 7 18 SoundersFC.com/Media 2015 AT A GLANCE SITUATIONAL SPLITS PLAYER SPLITS GOAL SPLITS Overall 6-4-2 When Craven..