Energy FC at Taft vs First Place Phoenix Rising Tomorrow Night
June 21, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
OKC Energy FC News Release
Energy FC (7th, 5-4-6, 22 points) welcomes Phoenix Rising FC (1st, 8-2-5, 29 points) to Taft Stadium Saturday night. Energy FC are unbeaten in the last six league matches while Phoenix Rising have won six straight. During that stretch, Phoenix has scored 23 goals, kept four clean sheets and only conceded three times.
Phoenix is most recently coming of a 3-0 win at Reno 1868 FC Tuesday night. Adam Jahn, Solomon Asante and Joey Calistri all got on the scoresheet, while Zac Lubin recorded his eighth clean sheet. Jahn leads the team with nine goals and Asante is right behind him with eight goals and eight assists. Those numbers are good enough for third and sixth in the league in scoring, while Asante's eight assists is the highest in the USL Championship. Rising FC's 37 goals on the season is the best in the league.
Something to note for Energy FC is the recent, improved performances at the back. In the last ten matches, the Greens have only conceded eight times and have kept three clean sheets. That's quite the turnaround from the first six matches when OKC gave up 14 goals and kept zero clean sheets.
Another noteworthy point: this will be the first time the Greens haven't had a midweek match in a month. The rest and full week at home will hopefully do the squad wonders.
All-time, the two teams have met 11 times with OKC winning four, PHX winning five and the sides drawing twice. Phoenix did the double over OKC in 2019, winning 4-1 at Casino Arizona Field and 3-0 at Taft Stadium. This will be the second time OKC has played PHX, after a preseason exhibition in Tucson, Ariz. ended with a 2-0 Energy FC win. Deshorn Brown and Omar Gordon were the goalscorers on that day. Brown and Gordon still lead OKC with eight goals and six assists, respectively.
Saturday will mark a special occasion, as Kyle Hyland is set to make his 100th appearance for the club. In doing so, Hyland will be the first player to reach this milestone for Energy FC.
Saturday's match, which will also be Military Appreciation Night at Taft Stadium, kicks off at 8:00 p.m. CDT.
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