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Austin FC, Tigres UANL Entertain in Four-Goal Friendly

Published on July 14, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Austin, TEXAS - Playing its first international club-friendly match at Q2 Stadium, Austin FC lost, 3-1, to Liga MX's Tigres UANL, winners of seven league titles and the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League. Rodney Redes scored the Verde and Black's lone goal to briefly pull Austin level in the second half.

Tigres defender Diego Reyes opened the scoring in the 25th minute, but not until Austin had put together a series of chances going forward. Diego Fagundez and Tomás Pochettino each fired a shot wide after breaking through a Tigres defense that included Reyes and another former Mexican National Team center back, Hugo Ayala. Reyes' goal came off a corner kick as Guido Pizarro flicked on Rafael Carioca's cross to Reyes, who nodded it in from 4 yards.

The second half started slowly for both teams but picked up in the 59th minute when Andrew Tarbell made an impressive save after turning the ball over. Three minutes later, ATXFC found an equalizer.

Redes took a midfield pass from Owen Wolff and drove at the defense. He skipped past one tackle and fired a rocket into the bottom left corner from 25 yards out.

Tigres regained the lead in the 71st minute when Raymundo Fulgencio connected on a cross and volleyed it towards goal. Nicolas Lopez swooped in to deflect the ball past Tarbell. Lopez scored again just two minutes later. Tigres goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman played a long ball that found the foot of Fulgencio. A quick combination play put Lopez into penalty area and the forward placed a curling shot into the far upper corner of the net.

Both Manny Perez and Kekuta Manneh had chances to cut into the lead in the 82nd minute but Guzman came up with two big saves to preserve his Tigres' two-goal lead.

Goal-Scoring Summary

TIG (0-1) - Diego Reyes, 26' (assisted by Guido Pizarro)

ATX (1-1) - Rodney Redes, 62' (assisted by Owen Wolff)

TIG (1-2) - Nicolás López, 71' (assisted by Raymundo Fulgencio)

TIG (1-3) - Nicolás López, 73' (assisted by Raymundo Fulgencio)

Misconduct Summary

ATX - Jhohan Romaña (caution) 37'

Boxscore

Austin FC vs Club Tigres UANL| Q2 Stadium (Austin, TX )| July 13, 2021

Lineups

Austin FC: Andrew Tarbell, Aedan Stanley, Jhohan Romaña, Hector Jimenez (Å1/2an Kolmanič 45'), Manny Perez (McKinze Gaines 87'), Tomás Pochettino (Julio Cascante '74), Sebastian Berhalter, Diego Fagundez (Owen Wolff 45'), Rodney Redes, Kekuta Manneh, Matt Besler © (Freddy Kleemann 45')

Substitutes not used: Jared Stroud, William Pulisic, Brad Stuver

Head Coach: Josh Wolff

Club Tigres UANL: Nahuel Guzmán, Hugo Ayala, Diego Reyes (Juan José Sánchez 86'), Francisco Venegas (Aldo Cruz 67'), Érick Ávalos (Jesús Garza 67'), Rafael De Souza (David Ayala 67'), Guido Pizarro (Raymundo Fulgencio 30'), Javier Aquino (Luis Ronaldo Nájera 86'), Juan Pablo Vigón, Adrián Garza, Nicolás López (Alan Ramos 86')

Substitutes not used: Leonardo Fernández, Luis Quiñones, Miguel Ortega

Head Coach: Miguel Herrera

Match Information

Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Bermudez

Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Ocampo

4th Official: Gerald Flores

Weather: Sunny, 77 degrees

Next Match

Austin FC will remain at Q2 Stadium for the fifth home match of the MLS 2021 regular season against Seattle Sounders on Thursday, July 22. The match against Seattle Sounders will be broadcast on national television on ESPN with a local radio broadcast in English language on ALT 97.5 FM and in Spanish language on TUDN Radio Austin (104.3-HD2, KLQB).

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