Amairani Ramirez Juan Turrubiates Media Relations Manager Media Relations Intern RGV FC 956.225.7028 956.280.6580 GAME NOTES [email protected] [email protected] Head-to-Head 2019 Schedule and Results Date....................... Saturday, Apr. 13 Time...................... 7:30 p.m. CST Date Opponent Time/Result Venue....................H-E-B Park Watch................... ESPN+ Mar 8 Tacoma Defiance L 1-0 All-Time Series....3-3-2 Mar. 16 Fresno FC L 0-2 Home Series.........2-2-1 Mar. 23 @ El Paso Locomotive D 2-2 Mar. 29 @ Tulsa Roughnecks FC L 1-2 Road Series...........1-1-1 Apr. 6 New Mexico United D 0-0 Apr. 13 OKC Energy FC 7:30 p.m Apr. 20 Las Vegas Lights FC 9:30 p.m Apr. 24 @ LA Galaxy ll 9:00 p.m EDINBURG, Texas (April 12, 2019) – Rio Grande Valley FC (0-3-2) will host the third home match of Apr. 30 @ Portland Timbers 2 9:30 p.m the season at H-E-B Park as they take on OKC Energy FC (2-2-1) in pursuit of the first victory of the May 10 @ Phoenix Rising FC 7:30 p.m season. May 18 LA Galaxy ll 7:30 p.m May 25 San Antonio FC 9:00 p.m The Toros are coming off a well fought scoreless draw against New Mexico United where defense was the difference maker. RGV FC limited the opponent attack to just one shot on target and saw Houston Jun. 1 @ Orange County 9:00 p.m Dynamo keeper, Tyler Deric, complete the clean sheet on a good night in Edinburg. New Mexico kept Jun. 8 @ Real Monarchs 7:30 p.m most of the possession percentage throughout the match but still were out shot by RGV as the Toros Jun. 15 Colorado Springs FC 7:30 p.m attack struck on 14 occasions, nearly scoring on two opportunities on goal. Jun. 22 Austin Bold FC 9:30 p.m It is certain that the hunger for the first victory of the season is strong in the locker room for head coach Jul. 3 @ Reno 1868 FC 7:30 p.m Gerson Echeverry and his team. A new opportunity at home is the perfect moment to capitalize and earn Jul. 6 Seattle Sounders FC 2 7:30 p.m three points to inch up the Western Conference standings. Forward Maalique Foster praised the Jul. 13 Phoenix Rising FC 7:30 p.m defensive effort so far and gave his input on the offensive end; “We just need to stay calm and focus on Jul. 20 Sacramento Republic FC 9:30 p.m reaching the final third and putting away our chances. As you can see, we are doing well in the defensive, so it is just the other part, putting away our chances.” Jul. 27 @ Las Vegas Lights FC 7:30 p.m Aug. 3 Reno 1868 FC 7:00 p.m It seems like the key to closing out with a good result is the ability to finish in the final third for the Aug. 10 @ Colorado Springs FC 7:30 p.m Toros, with many chances presenting themselves and players like Jesus Enriquez being able to score a Aug. 17 @ San Antonio FC 7:30 p.m goal on the road, the adjustments have been made. Enriquez commented on the strategy going into this matchup with the Energy FC; “We just have to keep doing what we are doing. You guys saw, the third Aug. 24 El Paso Locomotive FC 7:30 p.m game they [New Mexico] didn’t score any goals on us. We were organized defensively, and we created Sep. 1 @ Austin Bold FC 7:30 p.m chances, more in the second half. Now our job is to capitalize on those chances and go forward from Sep. 7 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 4:00 p.m there.” Sep. 15 @ Sacramento Republic FC 9:30 p.m OKC currently sits in the 9th spot of the Western Conference standings behind two victories and a draw, Sep. 18 @ Fresno FC 7:30 p.m which gave them seven points. They have suffered two losses and conceded 12 goals in just five weeks of Sep. 21 Real Monarchs SLC 7:30 p.m action. All of their 11 goals have come from inside the box which means that the Toros defense will have Sep. 28 Orange County SC 8:30 p.m to be extra cautious when defending the inside zone in the back third. Oct. 5 @ New Mexico United 6:00 p.m Echeverry offered up his observations on the scouting report for OKC; “The pace that they have. They Oct. 13 @ OKC Energy 7:30 p.m are a very athletic team. There’s a lot of pace up front and up wide. They are very good at getting behind Oct. 18 Portland Timbers FC 2 7:30 p.m the defenders and they’ve scored some goals. That’s something scary about their midfielders that they’re very precise with their passes, especially their long passes and playing balls up in the top. So that is something that we have to be careful with because of their level of athleticism is very good.” He also discussed the issue of finishing for RGV FC; “Yes, I feel that right now that is our heel. Being the fact that we have not been able to put the ball at the back of the net at the rate that we would like to. The effort is there, and the opportunities have been there, and I think that the individuals who have been put in place have done really well at putting themselves to almost scoring but it’s the final piece, the last pass and final touch to make sure to put the ball at the back of the net has been missing. But, the boys have been working on finishing and we hope that the dam breaks eventually.” The orange and white faithful are expecting another good showing on defense from the Toros this Saturday and hope to celebrate a few goals as their attack looks to connect and capitalize on their created chances. RGV FC GAME NOTES LAST MATCH RECAP EDINBURG, Texas (April 6, 2019) – Rio Grande Valley (0-3-2) ended Saturday night at H-E-B Park with a scoreless draw against New Mexico United (2-0-4). LAST MATCH STATS The first half of the match started off slow for both teams. In the 6th minute, NMU striker Chris- topher Wehan took a shot from outside the box that went straight to goalkeeper Tyler Deric. Two minutes later, Santi Moar took a right footed shot in goal, but the shot goes past the top left corner. New Mexico United kept most of the possession in the beginning until the 12th minute when Jesus Enriquez took a left footed shot from outside of the box but missed high and wide of goal. New RGVFC NMU Mexico attacked once again in the 41st minute when Wehan shot from outside the box but missed up high and wide on the right side of the goal. 0 G 0 The Toros did not want to go into the locker room without attempting to get a lead. Alejandro Fuen- 14 SH 7 mayor attempted a bicycle shot from the left side of the box, but the shot went to the right side of the goal in the 43rd minute. Two minutes later, the Toros had two back-to-back attempts. Juan David 2 SOG 1 Cabezas shot from outside the box where the New Mexico defending line blocked. Following the 13 FC 13 block, Michael Salazar took a shot as well but was blocked by defender Justin Schmidt. 2 OFF 2 The second half went in favor of the Toros. In the 46th minute, Cabezas took a shot from outside the box but was deflected in the bottom right corner by Cody Mizell. Right after, Salazar took a shot 1 SV 2 from the center of the goal but was deflected by Schmidt. Salazar had another attempt following his first shot when he shot from the right side of the box but was blocked. Enriquez takes a shot after 4 YC 1 receiving the rebound off Salazar’s shot, but Mizell deflected the shot to the left. The Toros had four 0 RC 0 attempts at goal within three minutes of play. In the 61st minute, Salazar sent a pass to Nico Lemoine where he shot from outside the box but was deflected out up top of the crossbar. In the 69th minute, Moar sent a cross to David Estrada who heads the ball from the center of the box, but the shot went up too high. Moar attempted a right footed shot from the center of the box and was blocked by Alejandro Fuenmayor. Before the final whistle, both New Mexico and the Toros had attempts. Toros had three back-to-back where Camilo Monroy had two attempts that were missed and blocked. Hector Copete also had a right footed shot from outside the box but missed to the right of the goal. The Toros ended the night with a total of 14 shots, two at goal, and 80.8 percent of passing accura- cy. New Mexico United ended with a total of seven shots, one at goal, and an 81.9 percent passing accuracy. Tyler Deric totaled one save tonight. Cabezas totaled two shots, one at target, two tackles and an 86.5 percent passing accuracy.